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Elementary oral communication art history simulations
Fairy Tale Court - a mock trial mini unit
Fairy Tale Court is an activity that facilitates many ELA learning outcomes in a way that's highly engaging for students. Students will develop research skills, engage in critical thinking, defend a position, play the role of a character in court, and practice presentation skills. They will learn all about the judicial system as they participate in a mock trial of their own.This resource includes:Teacher NotesFairy Tale Court InstructionsCourt Procedures and EtiquetteSix Classic Fairy TalesExhib
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5th - 8th
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Taxation without Representation! Simulation & Reader's Theater
Students will actively engage in this hands on activity that was developed to give students a solid understanding of the unfair taxing practices on the colonists by the British in 1773. Students will participate in various roles to simulate how the feelings and actions resulting from this time in history ultimately led to the beginning of their fight for independence!√ Purchase this within my American Revolutionary War Bundle of Activities to save money!Please visit my store (JB Creations) for
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: 4th Grade Social Studies Projects Bundle
Reader's Theater: Branches of Government (intermediate grades)
Students will bring the 3 branches of our government to life in this whole class script of We the People! The fast moving script reviews the roles and responsibilities of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches in a fun, relaxed way! This original play contains 24 parts featuring various reading levels to ensure whole class participation, differentiation, and engagement. Students will integrate important Social Studies concepts with key LA common core standards such as fluency and ex
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: America Becomes a Nation: Reader's Theater Bundle for 4th Grade
Ancient Egyptian Mummy Reenactment Activity
Teach students about ancient Egyptian mummification with this fun and interactive reenactment activity. Students will role-play while they learn how to “mummify” one of their classmates, who will play the part of the deceased pharaoh. The rest of the class will pretend to be embalmers, priests, priestesses, and other people involved in the mummification process. The students will select their roles by picking cards that illustrate different burial goods and items used in the mummification proc
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4th - 7th
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Holes Mock Trials - a court simulation activity
This resource is included in Holes available at our store. Holes Mock Trials is an activity that facilitates many ELA learning outcomes in a way that is highly engaging for students. They will develop research skills, engage in critical thinking, defend a position, play the role of a character in court, and practice presentation skills. Students will learn about the judicial system as they participate in a mock trial of their own.This resource includes:Teacher NotesCourt InstructionsCourt Proced
Grades:
5th - 8th
Social Skills Unit based on My Mouth is a Volcano by Julia Cook
This mini-unit is designed to teach and review with students the importance of being polite, respectful friends by not interrupting. Taking turns is an important life skill that students need to practice and learn. The unit can be used to teach and/or review with students in pre-K through 5 grade at any level, including a great resource for special education. The book "My Mouth is a Volcano" by Julia Cook is a great addition to this unit, but is not required for this unit to be successful.
Grades:
PreK - 5th
Impromptu Interviews - perfecting the art of conversation
Impromptu Interviews is a mini unit about the art of interviewing where students analyze what happens in a good interview. In the culminating activity, students will participate in impromptu interviews. They will prepare for these as interviewers without knowing beforehand who they will interview. This will help to preserve the true nature of interviews, which are not rehearsed in advance. Interviewees, chosen at random, will play the role of the person being interviewed. A wide range of scenari
Grades:
5th - 8th
Frida Kahlo: La Casa Azul Virtual Field Trip
Take your students on a virtual field trip to learn about Mexican artist, Frida Kahlo. A great addition to your Women's History Month learning, your students will deepen their understanding of her life, artistic works, and contributions through this tour of her home and studio, La Casa Azul. This trip combines Google Earth™ 360° views, websites, informational text, video, and visuals, with everything set up in Google Slides and ready to go!This virtual field trip covers::: Who was Frida Kahlo?::
Grades:
5th - 7th
Also included in: Latin America Virtual Field Trip Bundle (Google Earth Exploration)
Cave Paintings and Petroglyphs: Museum Bundle
Set up an enriching classroom museum where your students can explore ancient rock art. Step-by-step directions are included to help you (or volunteers) make plaster artifacts for your students to use. Artifacts include:
*mortar (you'll need to supply a rock for the pestle)
*stone "rock" your students can carve into a bowl
*plaster petroglyphs
*a replica of the "Blombos Stone"
*a replica of a stone carved with cupules
*several stones for your students to carve on
*Museum Display Cards, patterne
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3rd - 8th
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REAL WORLD LIFE SKILLS TIME MANAGEMENT GROUP ACTIVITY
Students will become familiar with using their time wisely as they experience this exciting and fun activity about time management. This is a story and 4 rubrics to set the expectation. Students will be placed in groups of 3 to work together and accomplish the tasks that are asked of them for this project. This lesson is one of my students favorite and they obtain a tremendous amount of group social skills and overall time management knowledge. This is a sure WIN, WIN for the class.Overview Stud
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: REAL WORLD LIFE SKILLS Time Management
Tuesday by David Wiesner Socratic Seminar Plan + Extras
Need a way to creatively reach your student's Speaking and Listening standards? Want to assess ALL students based on their thoughts and not what they are able to write down? Socratic Seminar is an amazing way to assess student understanding and find holes in it, too. In addition, students who have difficulty with writing, but are able to verbalize their thinking will find an even playing field.
This seminar on David Wiesner's book, Tuesday, is meant for younger students. I have used it as earl
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K - 4th
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Major Religions- Play, Research, Presentation, Worksheet, Graphic Organizer
This NO PREP, DIGITAL/PRINTABLE product is many lessons in one! Students will learn about the world's five major religions (Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Islam). This multi-tiered lesson includes: COMPARE & CONTRAST, CRITICAL THINKING, COLLABORATION, REFLECTION, ORAL COMMUNICATION, RESEARCH, PRESENTATION, and SCAFFOLDING built-in with one activity (e.g. the play) supporting another (e.g. the research). Use this product as your ENTIRE RELIGIONS UNIT, if you choose.Play-- stud
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Grades:
5th - 12th
Ancient Civilizations Bazaar Year-End Project- Grapes, Presentation, Research...
This EDITABLE year-end project is an in-depth exploration of ancient civilizations through research, creation of INTERACTIVE displays, and presentations. Develop skills in research, creativity, and public speaking.Students create a bazaar with each booth representing a different civilization. In addition to areas students have already learned about (GRAPES, etc.), students research and learn about new concepts such as food, dance, songs, and stories of civilizations. What a fun way to end the ye
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5th - 10th
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CLASS PLAY - A Dinner Banquet With Persians, Assyrians, Hittites, & Phoenicians
Use as a REVIEW of empires in the Middle East, or as a PRE-ACTIVITY before beginning a unit for these empires. The play is educational and engaging! The play provides DETAILS about each of the following empires, including their CONTRIBUTIONS and their INTERACTIONS.Persian EmpireAssyrian EmpireHittite EmpireThe PhoeniciansNO PREP NECESSARY -- Print & Go!DESIGNED FOR A HIGH LEVEL OF ENGAGMENT BY ALL STUDENTSAs you know, sometimes the students who do not have a role in an activity might check o
Grades:
5th - 12th
The Sensory Self-Regulating Zone Pack
The Sensory Self-Regulating Zone Pack is a comprehensive 42-page resource designed to support the self-regulation of primary school-aged children. Tailored specifically for teachers and support officers within schools, this pack provides everything needed to create a dedicated space where children can effectively manage their emotions and behaviors.Key Features:Detailed Instructions and Examples: Step-by-step guidance on setting up the Sensory Self-Regulating Zone, complete with visual examples
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PreK - 6th
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Make Monet Paper Water Lilies
Step by step tutorial on making beautiful paper water lilies. Enhance your bulletin boards or displays with this easy, inexpensive project. Appropriate for children in grades 3 and up. I made them to decorate a display of "Monet-style" tempera paintings by my students. Our classroom water lily pond was just stunning!
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
Grades:
3rd - 12th
Shark Tank Certificate
This Shark Tank Certificate is great to give to the students after they strike a deal with the sharks in your classroom Shark Tank simulation. My students saw it as a "contract" and LOVED it!
This is also included as a part of my product "Shark Tank Project".
A special thanks to:
KG Fonts
&
Paula Kim Studio
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5th - 9th
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Early Civilizations Ancient India Research and Diorama
Students will love researching one of the ancient civilizations. Using the G.R.A.P.E.S method, students will learn all about the geography, religion, achievements, politics, economy, and social structures of Ancient India. After researching Ancient India, students will choose one area of focus and create a diorama. Dioramas are a great way to assess student knowledge about a topic. *Please fell free to leave a comment and receive free TPT points to be used toward future purchases.Materials Inclu
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5th - 7th
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Grocery Store Dramatic Play
Pretend play and dramatic play is such a valuable tool for teaching preschool, prek and kindergarten aged students. A grocery store is a place the students are likely familiar with and thus can actively learn and engage with in dramatic play centers. Have fun setting up a pretend grocery store for your classroom with these printable!Included in this Resource:Open/Closed Signs -- half and full page options, b.w and color options Daily "Specials" signsAisle NumbersLane Numbers for "checkout"Small
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PreK - K
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Persuasive Writing Unit | Collaborative Learning Task
Opinion Writing BundleCollaborative Simulation LessonsThese two opinion writing mini lessons are the epitome of collaboration through court room stimulations for two very well known stories. Both mini lessons follow an identical sequence, reinforcing persuasive writing techniques in a fun way.Students will work together to prove their "innocence" creating alibi's and answering probing questions. Discover for yourselves, through creating the scenarios, suspect profiles, taking notes as a detectiv
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3rd - 6th
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Early Civilizations Ancient Egypt Research and Diorama
Students will love researching one of the ancient civilizations. Using the G.R.A.P.E.S method, students will learn all about the geography, religion, achievements, politics, economy, and social structures of Ancient China. After researching Ancient Egypt, students will choose one area of focus and create a diorama. Dioramas are a great way to assess student knowledge about a topic. Please fell free to leave a comment and receive free TPT points to be used toward future purchases.Materials Includ
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5th - 7th
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Spontaneous Conversation Placemats - Collection # 1
Buy some wiggly-eyed ring puppets, throw them in a basket with these laminated conversation placemats and let the kids communicate with playful confidence through hands that magically come alive with these cheap party favours. These conversation placemats are simple, limited in choice and encourage authentic and spontaneous conversation. For some of these cards, you’ll see I’ve made a note for the kids to refer to another page (for example, when students are describing what they are wearing). I
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4th - 9th
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Classroom Debate - a guide to elementary school classroom debate
This is a guide on how to stage a structured debate in an intermediate elementary school classroom. After researching many different formats, I created this template and plan and have since run many successful debates following this format. In this guide I include the planning sheet for the teacher to note down the topic statement, to divide his/her class into two teams, and to assign two or three judges who will sit out from the debate but help judge and evaluate students during the preparatio
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4th - 9th
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French Dialogue: Customizable Conversation & Pronunciation: Recess Games
DO YOUR STUDENTS STRUGGLE WITH PRONUNCIATION AND THE MEANINGS OF CONVERSATIONS? Your students will love this simple, authentic & customizable French recess dialogue script! With a partner they will discuss their plans for what games they will play at recess. Students will use the provided word bank to fill in the blanks in the script for each category (sports and expressions with JOUER À + THE SPORT) to ensure that their dialogue is realistic and relevant. The dialogue script comes in multip
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4th - 10th
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