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Middle school study skills writing-expository resources for SMART Notebook
Homeworkopoly SmartBoard
This is a homework incentive for your SMARTboard. It has multiple pages with instructions as well as a student randomizer and serveral interactive components to the file. This file will allow you to begin your own HOMEWORKOPOLY game today with your class. You will see them striving to reach GROUP GOALS in the community "BANK" as well as encourage each other to complete all of their assignments for a chance to get in on the fun each day.
(Classroom management. All Grade Levels. Student Driven. S
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1st - 12th
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Writing Hooks - Fishing For A Hook Activity (Smart Notebook Version)
Students have a hard time understanding hooks, and the importance of a good "hook". This engaging lesson will have students literally "fishing for hooks". They will discover the importance of hooks in their persuasive writing. After students learn what a hook is, they will actually fish for hooks in a plastic swimming pool using a fishing pole and magnet. Once they fish out a "hook" they will read the hook and determine its effectiveness. This activity provides an engaging way to teach stud
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Grades:
4th - 9th
Recognzing Different Types of Writing
This is a SmartBoard lesson that helps students recognize three different types of writing. It gives them quick exerts of each and then test their newly learned skills with a couple of fun games.
Grades:
2nd - 9th
Smart Notebook: Revisions for Creating Clear and Concise Academic Writing
Smart Notebook: Revisions for Creating Clear and Concise Academic Writing created by Darla Brink
Five specific strategies with student examples. Activities provided for guided practice and reflection. Strategies include getting rid of unnecessary words, avoiding ineffective repetition, rewriting without using second person and getting to the point.
Smart Notebook: Revisions for Creating Clear and Concise Academic Writing by Darla Brink is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonComm
Grades:
5th - 8th
Connotation Denotation Lesson
Encourage your students to use better word choice in their writing as they discover how to correctly apply connotation to enhance the tone of their writing. Students will create connotation lines and apply selected words to their own piece of writing.
Grades:
6th - 9th
PERSONAL NARRATIVE COMPLETE UNIT WITH LITERATURE AS INSPIRATION FOR SMARTBOARD
Personal Narrative
Writing Unit (about 2-3 weeks)
Grades 2,3,4 but can be adapted for older or younger grades
EACH LESSON INCLUDES A LEARNING OBJECTIVE!
This Unit incorporates the use of literature as inspiration for writing our personal narrative. It's created for a 2nd or 3rd grade Personal Narrative writing Unit.
Each day requires:
*reading a book
*teacher models a graphic organizer
*students complete their own organizer
*short paragraphs written for each organizer
Skills touched upon in
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Grades:
1st - 6th, Staff
Tic Tac Toe Smart Board Game
This is a template for a Tic Tac Toe game created in Notebook for Smart Board. It has 92 slides, 9 games to choose from, and needs 81 questions.
This is perfect for a unit review.
*There are NO questions/answers in this pack. This is just the template. If you are looking for a complete Tic Tac Toe game, look at my Custom Version. (I'll insert your 81 questions into the slides for you)
I created and have used this game for years. If you experience any glitches, please let me know so I can upg
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education
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SmartBoard Game Board Template
Use this interactive game board for any content. Great for review! Divide the students into groups and have them advance around the game board with teacher or student-created questions.
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K - 12th
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Strategies to Improve Reports: a SmartBoard Presentation for 4th-6th Grade
As students move into the upper Elementary grades and Middle school, strong expository writing skills and research skills are critical. Students are inherently curious, ask questions and look for answers, but what do they do with their facts once they have found information and done the research? This presentation goes through 9 critical strategies for writing and improving research papers
In this interactive SmartBoard presentation, fourth through sixth graders will learn about:
1. Strateg
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Grades:
4th - 6th
Argumentative Reading and Writing CommonCore Lesson
The skills covered in this unit include: identifying multiple stances for a given claim, identifying the author’s claim on an argumentative text, vocabulary for argumentative writing, analyzing claims, evaluating author’s reasons, using ethos, logos, and pathos to back up an argument, the structure for an argumentative paragraph based on text, and graphic organizers. The text that was used in this example is from www.readworks.com and is titled “Making your Mark,” and presents claims about wheth
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4th - 8th
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PlayDoh Writing Process
SmartBoard slides to accompany a lesson that teaches the writing process using PlayDoh. Last slide is a compare/contrast chart to guide students through the similarities of creating art and creating a piece of writing! The lesson plan can be found on-line.
Grades:
3rd - 8th
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Sparta vs Athens Jeopardy
Sparta, Athens, Ancient Greek government SmartBoard Interactive Jeopardy game. This is a 48 slide SmartBoard Interactive Jeopardy game that reviews Athens, Sparta, and the Ancient Greece government. This game allows the teacher to keep score for up to six teams and includes double jeopardy and final jeopardy.
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Grades:
6th - 8th
Halloween SMARTBoard Template Game
Use this Halloween SMARTBoard Template as a kooshball game, for asking students questions and review, or getting to know each other. It can be used for many classroom activities. There are 25 icons on the main page, each icon is linked and will take you to the question page. All you need to do is just add your text into the template. When you are on the question page, click on the Happy Halloween icon to take you back to the main page. This was made with Notebook 11. You will need to click the "
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PreK - 6th
A Paragraph is Like a Cheeseburger
This is a fun creative thinking/writing lesson that will help students build a clear understanding of the parts of a paragraph and can extend to the parts of an essay using an analogy between paragraphs and cheeseburgers. It would also be a fun review for paragraph writing.
Included is a SMART Notebook file which includes the teacher lesson plan notes and all materials needed for the lesson.
Created by Sarah Allred Follow me on Twitter @RockstarTchr
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Thought Bubble Strategy Game! Thought Organization, Impulsive Answering
Use this Smart Board game to teach students to think before answering. Have them move the options into the thought bubble and speech bubble based upon what the questions ask.
Includes questions about Fall, and one idiom "apple of my eye". Other questions relate to common language terms "synonym" "antonym" "compare/contrast"
Interactive! Fun! Students love it! Use the thought bubble strategy within your classroom!
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Grades:
3rd - 12th
Vocabulary Practice Using Sports Games (SmartBoard Version)
Finding different approaches to reviewing vocabulary/introducing vocabulary can be very difficult. Vocabulary baseball is a fun way to incorporate both review and new words. On the next two slides you will find the random word generator and the baseball game board. This uses SmartBoard software and can be reformatted to meet any vocabulary for any grade! My kids loved playing these games and actually wanted to practice vocabulary!
Grades:
1st - 8th
Plagiarism Week
I have created a SMARTboard lesson that introduces students to plagiarism. The lesson covers what plagiarism is, who can commit plagiarism, and even some of the consequences of it. It includes several famous examples of "borrowing work" and has many links to additonal information for discussion. It also include a short quiz.
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5th - 12th
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Expository Essay
This smart lesson walks students through what an expository essay is and what makes a great paper! It is an interactive and very engaging lesson that is easy to follow. It is broken down into 4 categories: 1. Strong and personal connection to the prompt. 2. Organization: Introduction, 1st Reason, 2nd Reason, and Conclusion. 3. Accurate use of language and conventions. 4. Descriptive Language: Idioms, Similes, Metaphors, Alliteration, $100 words/RIP words, Ba Da Bings, etc...
Grades:
3rd - 12th
Cause and Effect
This is a short lesson on Cause and Effect. The first two pages are a short story and answer page.
The following pages involve 5 cause and effect sentences, which the students will either fill in the cause or effect for each. For example, a picture is provided of two babies (one crying, one laughing). The sentences reads, "Mom wanted to take their picture..." This would be the cause, the students will have to write the effect.
There is also a small explanatory writing prompt on the last
Grades:
4th - 7th
Subordinating Conjunctions : Interactive Lesson!
Teach your students subordinating conjunctions in an interactive and engaging way! Includes:Defining Subordinating ConjunctionsVisualsExamplesHochman Writing ProgramWrite your own!Complete the sentenceMultiple Choice QuestionsCreative Writing Prompt Movement ActivityAnd More!
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Grades:
4th - 7th
Four Square Smartboard Presentation-The Entire Process
This is an extensive presentation that provides everything you need to teach students 3-6 four square from very beginning all the way through to the final editing process. It also includes step by step instructions, writing prompts, and ideas for descriptive writing, expository writing, reports, and autobiographies. This presentation revolutionized my classroom for the past 10 years! Pages in the presentation can be printed and copied for student practice and use.
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3rd - 6th
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Expository Revision
Students will use this SMARTboard lesson to revise their expository essay. The pages will help your students add elaboration, voice, support, details, transitions, and fluency to their rough draft. They will proof their essay with a guided peer editing session. This lesson is full of writing activities that may be used individually or as a unit.
Grades:
6th - 9th
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Baseball Review Game
Looking for an exciting way to engage your studnets and review for a test? This SmartBoard Presentation Baseball Review Game will have them totally involved. It currently is setup for a Review of the subject matter, but it can be easily adapted to any subject area and any Test. Split the class into two groups and swing away! One group pitches questions to the other. It is can be totally managed by the students!
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6th - 9th
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SMARTBoard lesson on the writing process
This is a short SMARTBoard lesson on the steps of the writing process. Students will think about what goes into each step of writing. This is a very helpful mini lesson to use when giving out the first writing assignment, or to help improve the quality of work students are turning in.
Grades:
6th - 12th
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