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Persuasive Writing Christmas Theme {Holiday Sweater Contest}
Holiday Sweater Contest: Help your students develop their persuasive writing skills with this creative writing and art project! The task involves designing a holiday sweater for a vintage department store contest. After designing, students will use persuasive writing to convince the judges why their design deserves to win the grand prize.This resource includes:Detailed lesson plans for two days (or stretch it out over several days)Small group warm-up activity to engage students and review persua
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2nd - 5th
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Also included in: Holiday Persuasive Writing Bundle {Halloween and Christmas}
Gingerbread House Drawing Art Lesson - 2 Point Perspective Christmas Art Lesson
This Christmas/ holiday themed art drawing lesson will keep your middle school boys and girls ENGAGED during this very exciting time of year. Students will learn how to create a 3D house using 2 point perspective technique. In addition, students will use value and colored pencil techniques to create a 3D form. The PowerPoint and PDF slides include: vocabulary (2 point perspective, vanishing point, value scale, tint, shade and value), objectives, standards, step by step instructions, student refe
Grades:
6th - 12th
Planet Report: The Solar System Inner and Outer Planets
Encourage your students to delve into our solar system's 8 planets. This planet report is an easy way to incorporate writing and art into your science lesson. During this project, students will be required to create an artistic representation of one of the planets in our Solar System (excluding Earth) and research different aspects of the planet to present in a written report. All of these items will be easily graded with the included rubric. The report will cover these topics:Planet NamePositi
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3rd - 6th
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Christmas Debates for Middle School ELA - Public Speaking Activity
If Christmas is a crazy time of the school year for your students, make that Christmas frenzy work for you with these fun holiday debate topics for middle school!Because public speaking already carries a great deal of stress for many students, these debates feature both light-hearted and thoughtful holiday debate topics to engage your students and foster a festive atmosphere. These assignment sheets and rubrics keep middle-school kids laughing, thinking, and learning the art of public debate.Th
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: Public Speaking Bundle
Christmas Writing (Compare and Contrast)
Christmas Writing! Compare and contrast Santa's Reindeer and wild Caribou. The product contains a Christmas reading passage about Santa’s Reindeer and a reading passage about wild caribou. It also contains two different graphic compare and contrast organizers, two sample templates for writing a comparative essay, reindeer themed paper, student checklist to use during peer editing and a grading rubric for you to use. I have also included a list of children’s books about caribou and books that fe
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2nd - 6th
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A Christmas Carol One Pager Project
Have your students share their understanding of the novel A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens by imaginatively blending their written ideas with colorful images based on information from the text. With this one-pager reading comprehension project, students will analyze the literature by determining theme, symbolism, characterization, and more. Students' artwork make for unique and creative analyses of the literature and also make great bulletin boards!Included in this purchase is:Student direct
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: A Christmas Carol Novel Study | Complete Unit Plan
Christmas Poetry Unit
Let the Poet Tree be your guide as your students become poets right before your eyes! This unit is our go-to for the month of December and one of the highlights of our year. Return to this one year after year. Includes:* 12 different poetry forms (one for each of the 12 days of Christmas)* Letters from the Poet Tree* Poetry templates with sample poems* Two poetry rubrics and more!Learn for the Long HaulCheck out more time-saving resources by Learn for the Long Haul:Music of DolphinsNameplates By
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3rd - 6th
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Design a Solar System Project Activity for Astronomy
Design a Solar System - Astronomy or STEM ProjectThis is an awesome resource to use as a summative assessment of your students understanding of planets, orbits, stars, galaxies and more. Your students will have the exciting challenge of creating their very own solar system. This project has detailed guidelines but is open ended enough to release your students creativity in a multitude of ways. They will enjoy the freedom to create and design while feeling confident in the direction they are aske
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8th - 12th
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Christmas Trees For Sale!- Holiday Opinion Writing
This is a fun, holiday writing activity that is festive, but still teaches Common Core Standards. I have loved doing this with my students at Christmastime!First, each student decorates a tree, using the printable trees and stickers, glitter, markers, pipe cleaners etc. Then, they write a persuasive opinion piece trying to convince others to “buy” their tree! This allows for a lot of creativity and development of opinion writing skills. Everything you need is in this packet (minus the glitter an
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1st - 3rd
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Letter Writing Mini Unit (Christmas Themed)
Spread the holiday cheer in your classroom, and excite your students about letter writing that is fun and engaging Christmas themed mini unit! This letter writing unit is common core aligned and includes a friendly letter power point, 10 day lesson plans, list of books that will pair nicely with this unit, editing rubric, grading rubric, many paper choices, and more. The unit ends with writing a letter to Santa! Make this month fun for the kids in your classroom, and hit some common core standa
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Solar System Project Rubric
This is a simple rubric to send home with criteria and suggestions for a solar system model. It is also used for grading the final product.
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2nd - 5th
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Kindergarten and First Grade Writing Activities for December and January
Welcome to Writing Right Through December and January! This series will help you and your students practice various writing skills and genres in a fun and engaging way. Each month, you will find a new set of writing activities that are aligned with the seasons and holidays.➤Do you struggle each week, trying to plan for writing instruction? ➤Do you need some easy and effective writing activities for young learners?➤Do you want writing activities that don't require hours of preparation or grading,
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K - 1st
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Also included in: Kindergarten and First Grade Writing Activities for the Year Bundle
Earth, Sun, And Moon Interactions Choice Board Project
This project is available as a Microsoft Word download for easy editing and differentiation. The project covers the Earth, Sun, and Moon interactions including Eclipses, Different Seasons, and Changing Tides. Download includes a Rubric and Accountability Sheet to notify parents of the project at the time it is assigned.
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4th - 7th
Asteroid, meteor, meteorite, and comet poster activity with rubric
Asteroid, meteor, meteorite, and comet poster activity with rubric Includes all the basic requirements for a poster.Students must draw the Earth, the atmosphere, and space. Then correctly place, label, and define each of the 4 on the poster. Grading point system is premade for easy expectations and grading. On a word document so you can edit any parts you would like to. Simple easy activity that most students enjoy Used in my middle school classroom, see thumbnail previews for some of my 6th g
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5th - 10th
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Planet for Sale Poster Project
This is a great project to include in a Solar System unit. Students are required to select a planet and complete research on it. They then present their project in poster form as a realtor. I have used this project with 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th graders.
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1st - 6th
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Assessment Bundle - Evidence for the Big Bang Theory - NGSS HS-ESS1-2
Evaluate student understanding of the big bang theory and the evidence that supports it with this assessment pack aligned to the NGSS HS-ESS1-2. This bundle includes traditional multiple choice assessment tasks, a C-E-R performance task, a red shift quiz in which students analyze star spectra data, and formative assessment tasks to prepare students for summative evaluation.5E Model Phase: EvaluateLearning Target:Students will construct an explanation based on evidence for the Big Bang theory.Suc
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9th - 12th
NGSS:
HS-ESS1-2
Also included in: Evidence For The Big Bang Theory BUNDLE - HS-ESS1-2
Common Core Connotation Writing Gingerbread House For Sale Ads
Common Core Learning! Common Core Connotation!
Teach your students the power of words choice with this fun freebie!
Get your students to love the thesaurus! Have your students carefully chose their words writing two different for gingerbread house for sale ads.
Students are challenged to write the ads focusing on the intended audience- Gingerbread Digest (someone looking to purchase a gingerbread house to live in it) Readers Digest (to the average person)
CCSS Aligned for grades 4 - 8
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3rd - 12th
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Solar System Brochure Activity - Space Creative Writing Science Activity
This Space Science is a project where students will design a brochure on our Solar System! This astronomy activity makes for a great exploratory, review or substitute ready-to-go printable. It includes directions with clear and concise criteria (1 page), a two-page editable template (both in Microsoft Word and PowerPoint) and a student-friendly rubric. This product is included in my Astronomy Unit 2: Solar System!Students will demonstrate their understanding of the following:Geocentric System v
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4th - 10th
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Also included in: Solar System Planets Curriculum Bundle - Space Science Unit
Earth Moon and Sun System Assessment (with rubric and scaffolding information!)
This product should be used as the final assessment for the NGSS Standard MS-ESS1-1 where students are asked to create a model of the Earth Moon and Sun system, and how all of the phenomena work together. This covers the ENTIRE standard. This assessment includes:- Rotation vs revolution of - Eclipses- Moon phases- Tilts of axis's and orbits- Seasons- Equinoxes and Solstices etcI've included 2 pages of all the information that should be taught prior to this assessment as teachers notes at the end
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7th - 9th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS1-2
, MS-ESS1-3
, MS-ESS1-1
Space and Sky Science Digital Hyperdoc Unit
It’s time to explore the universe with this ENTIRE UNIT on Space and Sky Science! Featuring a full colour and interactive digital document, it is perfect for distance learning or classroom use. The document functions as a digital textbook and is split into seven topic sections (missions) with questions for the students to work through. Students will be guided through these questions with links to videos, websites, and other digital tools where they can learn from experts and fully appreciate th
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5th - 8th
Poetry Writing Christmas Prompts
This download includes 36 poetry writing prompts with a Christmas theme along with 19 templates and a rubric!✩Use the prompts for end of the year revision of procedure writing. Make them discussion topics or use them as brain breaks.✩Each prompt is on an individual page so you can print full size, print multiples to a page for task cards or display on a screen.✩The prompts cover haikus, shape poems, limericks, acrostic poems, cinquains, alphabet poems, simile poems, quatrains, couplets, ballads
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1st - 6th
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Mars Exploration Booklet Research Assignment Handout - Space Technology
A solid and well-defined set of directions and rubric for students to create a booklet from 3 sheets of copy paper about Mars and Mar’s landers and rovers. If your students have their phones, electronic device, or a laptop as a reference, this is completely NO PREP with NO PRIOR KNOWLEDGE!Students will create a booklet using this handout's clear step-by-step directions and rubric. Students will write facts about planet Mars, and write the dates, missions, discoveries, and information about vario
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7th - 11th
Space Research Project
I designed this project for students to complete during our Solar System Unit. Students will research a topic related to space, write an informational paper and then create a poster or model of their topic.
This pack includes:
1 Information/directions page
2 Research organizers (one for objects and one for people)
1 Resource page for books and websites used for research
3 Grading rubrics (one for the poster, one for the model and one for the information paper)
1 sheet of 30 research topics
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Grades:
2nd - 12th
Create a Holiday Children's Book! — Seasonal ELA or Art — Writing — CCSS
You've found the perfect Christmas or winter holiday project! This no-prep art and writing project provides your students with everything they need to create their own holiday narrative storybook! The two-week unit starts with an introductory presentation, continues with straightforward and fun planning activities, and culminates with the creation of an original holiday children's book! Best of all, this project can also serve as a holiday present for your students to give to their family and f
Grades:
6th - 10th
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