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Arts & music Common Core W.4.3 resources under $5
Elf Yourself Holiday Activity - Christmas Writing & Craft | Craftivity Ornament
Looking for a festive holiday writing activity? Bring some holiday fun to your classroom or school with Elf Yourself! This fun Christmas writing activity takes photos of your students and turns them into holiday elves! Use as a Christmas writing activity or create a holiday themed door or bulletin board display. These personalized elves also make great parent Christmas gifts, tree ornaments or keepsakes. You can even use this resource to secretly "elf" another class. This resource is a fun and e
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PreK - 5th, Staff
Art Sub Lessons - Silly Sandwich Art Lesson Art Sub Plans .pdf .pptx
Do you need elementary or middle school art sub plans ASAP? How about a fun, no-prep, fully scripted art activity that uses simple materials? Would you like an easy to use drawing lesson you can keep in your emergency sub folder? If the answer to any of these is, "yes," check out this art sub lesson called, "Silly Sandwich."In this activity, students use their imaginations to create a drawing of a silly sandwich. It may be presented as a projected Powerpoint or a printed out .pdf and shown close
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1st - 6th
Spookley the Square Pumpkin Halloween STEAM Activity
Integrate pumpkin math and pumpkin writing with this engaging Pumpkin STEAM activity! This STEAM activity works as a companion to the book Spookley The Square Pumpkin by Joe Toriano. Students learn about 3D shapes and build their very own unique pumpkin to make a class pumpkin patch!Students color and design their own pumpkin using one of the included 5 pumpkin shape templates. For more of a challenge students can design their own shape template. Each student writes details about that shape, and
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1st - 5th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
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Also included in: Pumpkin Day STEAM Activities and Challenges BUNDLE
Outdoor Learning Activity - Outdoor Scavenger Hunt - Outdoor Education Earth Day
This complete Outdoor Education Activity is a perfect Spring or Earth Day activity and contains everything you need to complete this engaging outdoor scavenger hunt and nature art activity. This is a great way to take learning outside, and is perfect for the Reggio Emilia or nature based classroom!Have your students head outside, hunt for, and illustrate nature items beginning with each letter of the alphabet. Challenge pages for students to list multiple items has also been included.✅The previ
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1st - 4th
Writing a Play -- A Step by Step Approach to Writing a One Act Play
Help your students write a full one act play script with this easy to use set of lessons, graphic organizers, and rubric! This file contains everything you will need to help you to teach play script writing to your students. This set of three lessons was designed with students in mind. They flow through a logical progression of introducing the elements of a play to the prewriting phase where students will plan their entire play storyline to the drafting phase where the students will write the
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3rd - 5th
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Halloween Writing and Witch Craftivity
Are you looking for a fun Halloween activity for your students? Look no further! This adorable activity is perfect for students in grades 2-5. It allows them to be artistic and also strengthens their writing skills.This resource includes:⭐️ Step-by-step directions for both the students and teacher⭐️ Step-by-step photos to use as a visual guide⭐️ Graphics to create the witch ⭐️ A variety of writing page formats to choose from⭐️ 8 Story starters⭐️ A graphic organizerThis resource is perfect for:a
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3rd - 5th
The Gingerbread Man READ ALOUD STEAM Activity
Draw and Disguise a Gingerbread Man with this super fun and engaging Gingerbread Directed Drawing Activity! Take students through the design process as they learn to draw and disguise a Gingerbread Man. Students use growth mindset to improve with each iteration. Students integrate technology by using the Chatterpix App to animate their Gingerbread Man.STEM and Literacy Connection:After the disguise is made, a writing activity allows students to create a new ending to The Gingerbread Man. Perfect
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1st - 4th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: Winter and Christmas READ ALOUD STEM™ Activities and Challenges BUNDLE
Finish the Doodle! 50 Doodle Journal Entries
This no prep resource includes 50 journal pages with incomplete doodles for your students to finish and write about. A blank page is included for teachers to create their own doodles. If you use one a week, this will last the entire year! It is black and white for easy printing. Enjoy!
These writing prompts are perfect for:
writing stations
whole group creative writing
early finishers
small groups
students needing a challenge
your sub tub
Directions:
1. The student finishes the pict
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K - 5th
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Art Sub Lesson - Halloween Drawing- Haunted House Elementary Middle .pdf .pptx
This Halloween art lesson for elementary and middle school is fun for students and easy to teach. Written as a sub plan, it is low prep and uses the most simple materials.Students will use their imaginations to create a drawing of a haunted house. There are visuals that will help guide them along and Halloween images they may use for reference. There are also two optional writing prompts.This activity is perfect to leave for short or long term absences; emergency leave; maternity leave; or for y
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3rd - 6th
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Halloween Craft: Pop-Up Haunted House & Activity Pack
Halloween Craftivity: Pop-Up Haunted House and Spooky Story Writing PaperNow with Close Reading on The History of Halloween, even more fun activity pages and games. Your students will have a frightfully fun time writing their own spooky stories and designing a pop-up haunted house, along with fun activities that will leave them shouting BOO! What's included in this pack: 1. Craft directions for cutting the haunted house doors and windows open.2. Haunted House Version 1: Add your own character
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Holidays Through the Year Mega Bundle
Write a TV Show Narrative Writing Pre Assessment Fun Writing Activity
Want to keep students engaged while practicing their writing? This high-interest writing activity for upper elementary will have students writing their own television episodes. Great for whole class, small groups, early finishers, end of the year, writing assessments, or narrative writing review! Helps reinforce narrative writing skills while teaching genre components for comedy, mystery, and drama. Includes additional resources to tie into your lesson to encourage students to read different gen
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3rd - 6th
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Snow Globe Winter Writing Crafts Narrative Writing Prompts Winter Bulletin Board
These cute snow globe writing crafts are a must-have for your winter bulletin board! These first grade winter writing prompts are no prep.Your students will love these two winter craftivities (writing prompts and crafts). These art activities are great for literacy lessons or writing lessons if you are teaching narrative writing. These story writing printables are also ideal for literacy centers or writing centers.The flip book prompts included are the following narrative writing sentence starte
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Grades:
K - 2nd
Personal Narrative Comic Strip Art and Writing Lesson!
The lesson walks you through preparing, teaching and assessing students. Included in the lesson plan are: common core standards, objectives, vocabulary, materials, procedure, student work images, two brainstorming worksheets and an assessment rubric!!
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3rd - 8th
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Chasing Vermeer Activities in PowerPoint AND Google Slides
Engage your students while teaching Chasing Vermeer. Students will have fun searching for missing paintings from the novel and participating in fun and creative activities to go along with Chasing Vermeer. This colorful powerpoint includes suggestions for writing, drawing, and critical thinking activities to challenge bright young minds. Click here to save 20% off the price of individual resources with the Chasing Vermeer Bundle.Inside you'll find:Chapter 3 - Choose a painting to enter and expla
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4th - 5th
Also included in: Chasing Vermeer Lessons
Andy Warhol Art History Lessons
Bring ART into Language Arts. 5 DAYS OF ART HISTORY (Monday through Friday). Students will learn about Andy Warhol and Pop Art. They will get to play different roles as they go through the days.Day 1 and 2- ResearchersDay 3- WriterDay 4- Art CriticDay 5- Artist♥ INCLUDES: → Lesson Plans that give step-by-step instructions and includes links for videos.→ 1 Informative Passage about the artist (Day 1)→ 1 Graphic Organizer/Bubble Map to describe the artist (Day 1)→ 1 Informative Passage about the
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Art History Bundle - Kahlo, Warhol, Picasso, Monet
Summer Reflection Back to School Writing Project and Craftivity
Looking for a fun way to transition from summer to back-to-school, get a baseline of your new class' writing skills, and create a great bulletin board for open house? Here it is!The project includes:instructionsmodelstemplatesbrainstorming pagescaffolded final copy paper for ELLs or struggling writersmultiple versions of final copy paperCommon Core alignmentAll pages of this product are visible in the preview - check it out!Your students will love the student choice as they choose templates, cr
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2nd - 4th
Theater Improv Warm-Ups and Games FOR EVERYONE
Young people LOVE theater improvisation, and so will you. Improv can help you create a cohesive class culture, spark creative writing, and make your students 100% engaged!Using this 4-page handout, you can explore many Improv WARM-UPS, EXERCISES and GAMES with your students - no previous improv experience required. The first page can turn into an easy anchor chart of what skills are necessary for improv (and serves as great justification for using improv in your classroom - these are important
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2nd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Halloween STEM Activities and Task Cards
Get your spook on with these 18 FUN and creative STEM Challenges! These STEM task cards are perfect for the month of October! These are low prep, easy to incorporate STEM activities that can be used in ANY elementary classroom! Here's what you'll get: How to guide with tips on incorporating STEM/STEAM18 STEM/STEAM ChallengesPersonal narrative writing promptImaginative narrative writing promptOpinion writing promptExpository writing promptYou will not regret putting these in your cart now! Your s
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Not Grade Specific
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Nurturing Our Students Self-Worth and Self-Confidence
Keala Settle's incredible performance of the song "This is Me," from the hit movie "The Greatest Showman," is the inspiration to this complete unit of study teacher's guide, certain to help lift your students' self-esteem!This unit of study will guide you and your students through activities that promote critical thinking, reading comprehension and analysis, and build classroom community as well.Activities included in this guide-*Copy of the lyrics*Video links of two powerful performance of "Thi
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Coaching Our Students' Literacy Skills Through Inspirational Song Lyrics
Yeh Shen - A Chinese Cinderella Story for Reader's Theater
This Reader's Theater is for 4 students. It is the Chinese version of Cinderella. In the script, Yeh Shen’s mother died and then her father. Now she has a stepmother who does not like her. They are very poor and so the stepmother makes Yeh Shen a servant in their home. Yeh Shen is lonely until she makes a friend. It is a large goldfish from the lake and it has been sent by her mother to make her feel better. When her stepmother learns about it she plots to catch and kill the fish. Once she has t
Chinye - A West African Cinderella Story for Reader's Theater
This Reader's Theater is for 4 - 7 students. I have each narrator also take a smaller part. This is the West African version of Cinderella. In the script, Chinye lives with her father, stepmother, and stepsister. The stepmother and stepsister hate her and make her do all the hard chores. The stepmother decides she wants to kill Chinye so she sends her to get water in the jungle at night. The animals do not kill her though and one, a warthog, leads her to a tiny hut. An old woman lives there and,
Pablo Picasso Art History Lessons
Bring ART into Language Arts. 5 DAYS OF ART (Monday through Friday). Students will learn about Pablo Picasso and Cubism. They will get to play different roles as they go through the days.Day 1 and 2- ResearchersDay 3- WriterDay 4- Art CriticDay 5- Artist♥ INCLUDES: → Lesson Plans that give step-by-step instructions and includes links for videos.→ 1 Informative Passage about the artist (Day 1)→ 1 Graphic Organizer/Bubble Map to describe the artist (Day 1)→ 1 Informative Passage about the style o
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Art History Bundle - Kahlo, Warhol, Picasso, Monet
The Wizard of Oz and the Perseverance Road - Whole Group Reader's Theater
This is a Reader's Theater for the entire class. It was designed to be read or used as a play - depending on the time you have. There are 18 speaking parts but opportunities to double up or expand them allow you to fit it to your class/group. It is based on the Wizard of Oz. In the script, Dorothy is the type of girl who always gives up when things get tough until a tornado comes and whisks her away to the Land of Oz She’s ready to give up there until the munchkins volunteer to take her to see t
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4th - 12th, Adult Education
Picture Write (Narrative Writing/Sub Activity/Small Group Activity)
This Picture Write is a GREAT independent activity for students! This activity works as a fantastic substitute activity, or to bolster creative writing. This can also be used during small group session rotations. It can be used in a few different ways! Here are some different options:1) Staple one of the attached color pages to the Picture Write sheet. Have students color the picture, then write a story about it! The are five color sheets included in this product designed to inspire creative nar
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2nd - 5th
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