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Elementary Valentine's Day close reading simulations
Pioneer Unit / Oregon Trail Game
Do you love the game Oregon Trail? This unit includes a whole class version of the game!
This is a Problem Based Learning Unit all about the pioneers of our great nation. I created this unit for my second graders, but you could use it for older children too. This unit is very detailed. It integrates ELA skills, social studies, history, and provides the opportunity for creativity as well as FUN!
The children get to "go along" in the journey. This unit has three parts. Check out the Preview Fil
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2nd - 5th
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Valentine's Day Math Project | Conversation Hearts Graphing Lesson & Activity
This Valentine's Day-themed math project introduces your students to four methods for displaying data: Frequency TablesBar GraphsPictographsLine Plots Your students will record observations about each method for displaying data and compare/contrast methods for collecting data. Students will then use this knowledge to solve a problem for Val’s Heart Factory. Love this project idea, but planning to teach graphing at a different time of year? Sal's Sweet Factory will be a perfect fit for your class
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2nd - 3rd
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Dust Bowl Mystery: Inquiry-Based Intro. to Great Depression!
The Great Depression and The Dust Bowl have fascinated kids and adults for years. Use this mystery to harness that fascination and engage students in an inquiry-based investigation that they will remember all year long!This lesson is SO FUN when used as an introduction to a unit about The Great Depression. I let them try to solve the mystery first and THEN tell them that our next unit will be about The Great Depression. It's the perfect way to get them asking questions and build genuine curiosit
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4th - 8th
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Mock Election and Voting Simulation Unit
Let’s Get Out and Vote! This election simulation takes students from registering with paper applications or online, to researching the candidates, making campaign signs, voting in a mock election paper-based or online; you decide! Students collect the votes in a graph to decided who the winnign candidate is. Its a fun way to teach civil responsibility and learn about the election process. This unit is organized to be completed in 4-5 days. It has a plan at the beginning of each day along with
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3rd - 8th
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Valentine's Day Social Skills Task Cards
Valentine's Day Social Skills Task Cards are 64 task cards that will help your students practice how to enter and maintain conversations dealing with Valentine's Day, problem solve difficult situations that might arise, practice body language and wording of answers for situations, and talk about what they do and love about this holiday. Students can really struggle with knowing what to say and do in tough situations, and these social skills cards can help walk them through it.Includes:● 16 Va
Grades:
4th - 10th
Also included in: Social Skills Task Card Bundle
Valentine's Day Forensic Science Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) Activity
Your students will love this Valentine's Day Forensic Science Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) activity that uses LIP PRINTS to solve a mystery! This activity is a perfect way to celebrate Valentine's Day without sacrificing valuable instructional time. This activity is low-prep, NGSS-aligned and fun for kids! AND.... Unlike other forensics activities, this lab will not give your students nightmares! In Fun Forensics activities, no one dies!!!NOW INCLUDES HIGHT SCHOOL VERSION!This activity is per
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Grades:
5th - 12th
NGSS:
MS-LS1-5
, MS-LS1-3
Coal Mining Simulation
This simulation is about coal mining, but does so much more than just having students take the chocolate chips out of a cookie!
Students have the opportunity to:
1. Build background knowledge of coal mining
2. Create a coal mining company and work with financial decisions
3. Go coal mining (yes, with chocolate chip cookies!), but coal companies will have events occur to them during and after the simulation (when they sell their coal)
4. Learn about strip/surface mining and reflect
5. Listen to a
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4th - 7th
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Valentine’s Day Crime Scene Investigation: nature of science SEP
Explore the nature of science with this holiday CSI investigation for grades 4–6. Students examine evidence using careful observations to determine who is responsible for writing an anonymous Valentine’s Day card. Important:This is the Grade 4–6 version of The Case of the Anonymous Valentine. A similar junior version exists.• The guilty suspect has been changed• Evidence is more complex• Recoding sheets are more complex• The storyline and props are the same Includes:· Case introduction card· 2
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Holiday CSI Bundle: Nature of Science SEP
Reader's Theater: Honoring the Heroes of September 11th
Students will actively engage in dialogue that will increase their awareness of the events surrounding September 11th through a kid sensitive script based on a true story focusing on the human spirit. Stitches of Love tells the sweet story of the power of healing provided through a rescued flag from Ground Zero and the journey it made around our country to its final resting place in the 9/11 Memorial. By providing 16 individual parts, more students will have a chance to practice fluency, use th
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3rd - 6th
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Project Based Learning | Football Math and Reading - FUN for Super Bowl 2024
Get your students excited about the upcoming Super Bowl with this fun and engaging football-themed project! In this activity, students will imagine being a FOOTBALL MANAGER and will use close reading skills and creative thinking to design their own DREAM TEAM and practice real-world math skills. Go to new depths of learning with this Project-Based Learning activity. This differentiated resource uses elements of the Design Process as well as Depth and Complexity, so that students can further enha
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5th - 8th
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Ohio 4th Grade Reader's Theater Mega Bundle!
Engage students with this yearlong set of Reader’s Theaters that follows the new learning standards for 4th grade Ohio Social Studies throughout the early history of our state and country! These 15 plays are perfect for the integrated classroom as they are each differentiated by reading level, contain a larger than normal number of character parts (for whole class participation), and are written with a high interest, historically accurate focus! Not only will students see major historical events
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3rd - 6th
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Valentine's Day Economics! Heart Basket Assembly Line (problem based learning)
Challenge students to put key economic skills to the test in this hands on, problem based learning activity perfect for Valentine’s Day but adaptable for all year! Students will not only learn how to make a useful heart basket, but they will create a budget, analyze available factors of production, explore the benefits of an assembly line and perform an actual work task to generate a profit. You’ll be amazed at how many standards will be covered while students are actively engaged every step o
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3rd - 6th
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March Madness Activities | Project Based Learning | BASKETBALL Math and Reading
Get your students excited about the upcoming MARCH MADNESS BASKETBALL SEASON with this fun and engaging basketball-themed project!In this activity, students will imagine being a BASKETBALL COACH and will use close reading skills and creative thinking to design their own DREAM TEAM and practice real-world math skills.Go to new depths of learning with this Project-Based Learning activity. This differentiated resource uses elements of the Design Process as well as Depth and Complexity so that stude
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5th - 8th
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Valentine's Day Virtual Field Trip -Distance Learning- STEM Friends
A Valentine's Day Virtual Field Trip is the perfect way to celebrate this year! On this No Wheels Field Trip, you are invited to meet some Valentine STEM friends! Find out how all the fun things we do and use on Valentine's Day is made or gets done!This field trip includes sooo much Valentine's Day fun!How does the post office work?How do boxes get shipped?How are crayons made?How is glitter made?Where did the Teddy Bear come from?How are balloons made?How much chocolate is made on Valentine's D
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2nd - 5th
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Also included in: Virtual Field Trip Bundle #2-Distance Learning-Google
The Apostles Bundle; includes graphic organizers, simulation and more!
This Bundle includes Apostles Research graphic organizers / "One-Pagers," an interactive Apostles Dinner Party Simulation where your students will research an apostle and arrive "in character" ready to mingle and an Informational text with Activity Pages for Saint Luke and Matthew! This could be your emergency sub folder or an early finisher station. These lessons all fit with Catholic Schools week or as part of a Confirmation retreat. Bonus search included as well.
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Grades:
4th - 12th
Stranger Things Short Playscripts in English
Short Stranger Things playscripts in English perfect for reader's theater, short plays, and drama instruction. Practicing reader’s playscripts is a fun way to build reading fluency! When the scripts play out stories known by students this practice becomes interdisciplinary combining reading fluency, vocabulary, literature, public speaking, and fun.The scripts are simple and most appropriate for 4th-6th grade students, depending on reading level and ability. They are ready to be printed and use r
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4th - 12th
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Valentine's day mystery | Valentines Escape the Room | Literacy Game
If you want to celebrate Valentine's day with your students and reinforce the literacy skills they are learning, then look no further! This product is perfect for you and your students! This Valentine's day mystery will take students on a learning adventure! - Students will learn that all 8 people were at Valentine's party when two partygoers fell deeply in love and have been struck by cupid's arrow. Students will then solve for WHO IS CUPID? - Students will begin by solving 8 valentine's non-fi
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: February Monthly Bundle | Valentine's Bundle | Monthly Bundle
Valentines Day Writing Activity Dice Simulation
This product is an interactive simulation using dice that follows the route a valentine takes around Valentine's Day. Included in this product:- Directions for the simulation-Signs to mark locations of events in classroom-Event directions-Recording sheet-Sample recording sheet-Directions for narrative-Sample narrative based on sample recording sheet-Rubric for narrativeI love to complete this activity the week before Valentine's Day with my students. They create the most creative narratives foll
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2nd - 6th
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5th - 12th
Valentine’s Day Crime Scene Investigation Junior: nature of science SEP
Explore the nature of science with this fun winter Crime Scene Investigation suited for grades 2 and 3. Students examine evidence using careful observations to determine who is responsible for writing an anonymous Valentine’s Day card. Important:This is a simplified version of the original The Case of the Anonymous Valentine for grades 4–6.• The guilty suspect has been changed• Evidence has been simplified• Recoding sheets have been simplified• The storyline and props are the same as the origin
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2nd - 3rd
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Also included in: Holiday CSI Junior Bundle: Nature of Science SEP
Valentine King & Queen Persuasive Writing & Activity
Students will learn about the election process, making nominations, running a campaign, secret ballots, and writing persuasive speeches to convince voters who to crown as Valentine King and Queen as class leadership roles. This is usually done two weeks before Valentine's Day to run campaigns and write speeches. On Valentine's Day, they will read their speeches before the voting and then a class king and queen will be honored. There is also a fun craft to create decorative crowns.
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
Valentine’s Day STEAM Activity: Properties of Minerals
Your students are working as jewelry designers preparing for a Valentine’s Day sale. They have to incorporate properties of minerals into their jewelry design. This winter STEAM project is an art project that incorporates science standards. It is intended for S.T.E.A.M., S.T.E.M., art, or math & science classrooms. It follows the design process which closely mimics the engineering design process and includes a list of requirements to incorporate real world design experience. Includes:· T
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Holiday Science Driven STEM and STEAM Activity Bundle
Rosa Parks Bundle (Escape Room/Differentiated Reading Passages)
This bundle has two great Rosa Parks resources that will keep your kids engaged.-Virtual escape the room-DIFFERENTIATED comprehension readings and quizzes
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3rd - 8th
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Valentine’s Day Post Office Simulation Pack for Grades 3-5 COMMON CORE ALIGNED!
This purchase contains everything you need to simulate a post office experience for your students on Valentine's Day! Now all those Valentine's Day cards and gifts can serve an educational purpose and teach students the importance of responsibility and work ethic. Students will work and operate a post office work area as they are responsible for delivering all the Valentine's Day mail for their classmates and friends!
My 4th graders LOVE this project every year and it keeps minds focused and a
Grades:
3rd - 5th
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