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Free elementary life skills projects
MINDFULNESS FLIPBOOK ACTIVITY FREEBIE
This is a small taste of my larger Mindful Rotations Pack, focusing on having a mindful brain and body. Great addition to any growth mindset lessons! A flipbook that get your kiddos thinking about how to be mindful by controlling their breathing, actions, and bodies. If you have any questions or suggestions about this product, please email me at AmandaThompsonsTeachings@gmail.com. Positive feedback is always appreciated! Feel free to also connect with me on Instagram @thompsonsteachingsIntereste
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K - 3rd
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RED RIBBON WEEK FLIPBOOK FREEBIE
Engage your students in learning about staying safe with medicine and making smart choices with drugs and alcohol using this interactive flipbook! Great for using along side of my Drugs and Alcohol pack for Red Ribbon Week. FULL PACK:• Drugs and Alcohol Pack for Red Ribbon Week and BeyondIf you have any questions or suggestions about this product, please email me at AmandaThompsonsTeachings@gmail.com. Positive feedback is always appreciated! Feel free to also connect with me on Instagram @thomps
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1st - 4th
Project Self-Reflection for Students (FREE printable)
After a major project or assignment, each student can fill out look back and answer self-reflecting questions about the project and their own efforts.
This is also a great tool to use for teachers to get an idea of how their students felt about the assignment/project and make improvements or adjustments for the next school year.
FREE word document printable - feel free to add/delete to your classroom needs.
Enjoy :)
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2nd - 12th
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Grocery Shopping Estimation Activity
How many times have you heard or groaned yourself, “Why do I need math? I’m never going to use it in real life!”
Well, here’s a chance to prove that wrong! Students will use their excellent estimation skills in a practical, “real-world” situation… grocery shopping!
Students will engage in addition, rounding/estimation, division, and even budgeting.
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4th - 6th
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Real Life Math: Shopping For Clothes
Teaching Life Skills as part of your curriculum. Real Life Math provides great opportunities to teach students about real lifes situation where they will use basic math skills. This activity centers around online shopping for Fall and Winter Clothing. Directions; lists of clothing needs; and order form are included.
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5th - 12th
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College Planning Guide ~ Our Future is Looking Bright
It is never too early for students to begin thinking about their plan for the future. With the College & Career Readiness that is being discussed in schools now, this gives students the opportunity to look ahead and plan a BRIGHT future!
Included in this FREEBIE are the following:
* Directions page (1 page)
* Three Possible Choices Organizer (2 pages)
* Analyzing Final Choice Organizer (1 page)
* College & Career Planning Page (1 page)
* Research Paper pages (2 pages)
Thank you for sup
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5th - 12th
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Party Planning Project Based Learning - Free
Real World Math - Budgeting can be fun with this Party Planning Project! Your students will be given the challenge to plan a party for 10 people with the budget of $10. They will be given a budget page and a spending page. Using the "Grocery Story" page and "Party Store" page, students will go shopping and decide what items they think are most important for hosting a party.
This simple budget project uses dollar bills and ten frames to make spending the money less abstract.
Your student
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K - 4th
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Also included in: Project Based Learning Math Projects
Structured Teaching Job Boxes 1-30
Job boxes are great for students as they have been able to do these tasks on their own and can develop increased independence. Independent job boxes also teach vocational skills and life skills, while emphasizing specific learning targets for the learner. When introducing a new job box, first teach it to the student during work with teacher time. Once the student has mastered the task, the job box moves into their independent work rotation of materials. This is a very easy to put together and ve
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PreK - 12th
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Career Research Choice Board on Google Slides Freebie
Create awesome career research projects with this Career Research Choice Board! Students have 6 choices: Podcasts, Google Sites, Poster, Google Slides, Job Advertisement, and Interview. It is perfect for secondary transition plan goals or just a fun project-based assignment for students! For each assignment, there is a description of the assignment and presentation requirements. At the end, there is a rubric to make grading super easy! Each option has unique requirements and will engage your stu
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5th - 12th
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Look who's coming to dinner...Thanksgiving day project
Looking for something different to do for a Thanksgiving Project for middle and high school students? Have students learn about one of the most challenging things to do for the holidays...create a menu for a bunch of people coming to your house. You will be given pre-teaching tips, step by step plans for the project, student hand-out, a graphic organizer to help guide students throughout the project, modifications for students with special needs, extension activities, and an assessment rubric. G
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5th - 12th
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Monopoly Game Day - February 6th - Center Idea
Create a monopoly board game (on any topic they've learned during the school year) individually, with partners, as a small group, or whole group. Templates provided for game board, cards, money, and pieces.
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1st - 12th
Freebie Friday! Play Dough Recipe and Sequencing Activity
A easy five ingredient (no cooking) play dough recipe to make with each student. You can add glitter and scents to the play dough as well to support sensory integration.
Also, included are two versions (word and picture level) of a sequencing activity to follow-up play dough making.
Finally, there is a quick narrative for students to write about the play dough making activity. A word box is included.
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PreK - 12th
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History Timeline Template
A template suitable for History timelines, particularly useful for Early Years education.
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K - 3rd
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Planning a Meal Project (Group or Individual Project Based Learning)
Students can use this digital activity to plan, price, and shop for everything they need to cook a balanced meal. MyPlate is referenced for teaching the components of a balanced diet, then students create a Menu, Shopping List, and price everything needed using a grocery store website. There are places included in the slide to add pictures if they go shopping or prepare the meal, as well as a place to compare their estimated cost to their actual cost. This activity would be beneficial in introd
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2nd - 12th
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Business Plan
A simple yet comprehensive business plan template that students can use to help their start up business! Whether it's for your school's market day or a student project, this is an excellent tool to help your students get the ball rolling and begin the first stages of planning their venture.
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3rd - 12th
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Math in the Kitchen
This common core unit is designed to promote fraction math skills in a real and fun environment. The recipes and inquiries are highly motivating and help promote a desire to know about fractions in order to complete the assignments. The recipes can be used as is or can be converted to make larger quantities using multiplication of fractions. There is a recipe page printable included for students to write the recipes on and to list the math conversions. There is also coordinating clip art in
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4th - 6th
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Wants and Needs Budget Project
A fun way to help students learn about budgeting their wants and needs. This should be used after wants and needs have been introduced to the class. Students will be given a prompt where they go away to an island for a month. On their month-long trip, they will have a set amount of money (you can always change it). The budget I used for my class was $1,450. Students will get to pick from three different types of shelters, two different clothing stores, multiple types of groceries (you can always
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2nd - 4th
A Week of Kindness Activities
Creating a solid foundation of kindness in your classroom will go a long way. This culture of respect, trust and fellowship will take time. These materials will help you guide you in your quest to create a positive learning environment in your classroom.
The worksheets could be made double sided or as single handouts. The pages with the large face on them can also be used as a poster you can can hang on your wall at the end of the week you can share these in the hallway for others to see how ki
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1st - 12th
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FREE! Student Resume Creator!
Objective: Students will be able to develop confidence in themselves at the beginning of the school year by completing a resume that highlights individual areas of strength, helping you get to know them better as well!
Includes:
1. Cover Page with Directions
2. Resume Guide
3. Resume Example using everyone's favorite wizard student ;-)
4. Printed Fillable Template
5. Electronic Fillable Template - with sharing directions via Google Docs
6. Differentiated Instruction Opportunities
7. Grading Sug
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4th - 10th
My Place in the World Project
I designed this project for students who still need help learning city, state, country, continent. This project asks students to create a book starting with their bedroom and with each page, zooms out gradually until they are looking at the Earth. Students are engaged and learn about their place in the world!
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2nd - 5th
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(Freebie) Veteran's Day Thank You Letter Templates
Veteran's Day Thank You Letter Templates
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PreK - 2nd
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$100 Problem Solving Activity - 100th Day of School
Enjoy this unique problem solving activity. This is perfect for the 100th day of school or to add to your unit on money. Students partake in a scavenger hunt online and practice life skills (grocery shopping). The problem task is printed front and back and cut out so that each student receives what looks like a $100 bill. Students love this activity and it promotes higher-level thinking skills!
Created by The SPED-tacular Miss C! ©
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2nd - 4th
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Meal Mender - Health Nutrition Summative Assessment Project
I am making this free because I am very passionate about helping students and their families understand HOW and WHY to improve the quality and variety of foods in their diets.
This is a really practical and engaging way to apply what was learned during a nutrition unit. The students use what they know about variety of foods (MyPlate food groups) and quality of foods to "mend" their favorite meal by making it healthier. I copied and bound the best projects into a booklet to send home as a Reci
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3rd - 6th
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Flags of the Spanish-speaking World Project
In the Flags of the Spanish-Speaking World Project, students will collaborate, research, create, and present a flag of the Spanish-speaking world. Flags of the Spanish-speaking World is a collaborative project that teaches your students about Latin America, geography, and also produces some beautiful flags for you to hang around your classroom or the school. This project took five days in my classroom; however, it may take more or less time in your classroom. You can manipulate this project to
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Grades:
4th - 10th
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