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Middle school critical thinking literature elective course proposals for Montessori
Marine Food Webs and Food Chains Card Sort Activity - Temperate Ocean Ecosystem
Engage students with this huge card sort activity to construct marine food chains and food webs. Use the suggestions to a lead discussion about how human activity affects temperate ocean food webs through climate change and the accidental introduction of invasive species. Use the provided labels to practice key vocabulary by assigning terms such as producer, detritivore, autotroph, etc to ocean organisms. ✨ Here’s What You’ll Get✨- 32 organism cards- Energy arrows- Labels (including but not limi
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Grades:
7th - 10th
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NGSS:
HS-LS2-3
, MS-LS2-2
, MS-LS2-3
Also included in: Everything in My Store MEGA BUNDLE
Creative Writing Semester
This provides enough material for a full semester of a Creative Writing class. This course is designed for 10-12 grade students, but could easily be adapted for 6-9 grade students. Additionally, if more time is spent in class on writing assignments than is spent as homework, this curriculum would be enough for a whole year.This course curriculum includes a course overview with a suggested timeline. It also includes multiple units focusing on different skills used in creative writing. Each unit
Grades:
8th - 12th
The Global Explorers Club: Africa Unit Study
Are you ready to discover the wonders of Africa together? First, a short introductory unit will introduce your students to the continent of Africa and its many countries. Then, you’ll begin your adventure in Ghana where you’ll meet Anansi, one of the most popular animal tricksters from West Africa. You’ll begin to study the African rain forest, learn about Adinkra printmaking and Kente cloth, create Akan “brass” goldweights, make jollof rice, and learn how to play Ampe, Oware, and Pombo. Next, y
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Grades:
K - 6th
Morrie's Stories Lesson Book
When I began to teach essential literary concepts to my preschoolers, I found the need for some illustrations to help guide their understanding. I developed the Morrie's Stories Lesson Book to meet this need. This lesson book includes Montessori inspired cards to illustrate literary concepts, fully scripted lesson plans, and extension activities. This book contains four units and covers the basic elements of understanding literary fiction. The activities in each unit are designed to spread over
Grades:
PreK - 6th
Also included in: Literary Littles Reading Guides and Morrie's Story Lesson Book Bundle
Film Appreciation Course Curriculum Guide
This is a course outline and curriculum guide for film appreciation. It includes a course description, rationale, detailed syllabus by unit, bibliography of resources with links to online open source teaching and assessment resources, learning objectives correlated with Common Core and Texas TEKS, assessment evidence chart. There are samples of major assessments and rubrics for three student projects- a student created film blog, a collaborative mise-en-scene and cinematography digital photograp
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Grades:
8th - 12th
CCSS:
Design Thinking Projects: Candy Kids Club- Drawing, sketchbook tablet, CTE.
Overview:Lesson #3 in our Brand Me Level 2 Series is Candy Kids Club.In this hands-on project, students will design and hand-draw a character with interchangeable body parts, similar to the toy Mr. Potatohead. Images can be digitally shared as .jpg, printed, laminated or vinyl-cut as stickers.
Grades:
4th - 12th, Higher Education, Staff
Morning Meeting Questions for a Student-Led Meeting + Prompts!
Morning Meeting Questions & Prompts
In this document you will find 20 questions and prompts for a student-led morning classroom meeting.
Each question has a prompt on the back that can help the students start their answer or encourage them to build a complete sentence.
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K - 6th
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The Global Explorers Club: South America Unit Study
Are you ready to explore South America together? Grab your passports and begin your trek through South America in Venezuela, alongside the famous explorer Alexander von Humboldt. You’ll read about his journey along the Orinoco River, study the ecosystem of the Andes, meet Teresa Carreño, and explore Angel Falls, the world’s tallest waterfall.Next, you’ll head to Colombia where you’ll read Juana & Lucas together, meet teacher and librarian Luis Soriano Bohórquez, begin to study the Inka Empir
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Grades:
K - 6th
Geometry Construction Card Set
Set includes 18 self directed cards for students to create geometry constructions. Cards start very basic (such as duplicating a line segment or angle) and progress to more challenging constructions (making a parallelogram or inscribing a triangle in a circle). The cards include loads of vocabulary and are color coded by each step so that students can complete on their own or in a group. My Montessori kids love them!
Grades:
3rd - 8th
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The Global Explorers Club: North America Unit Study
Are you ready to discover the wonders of North America together? First, you’ll begin your journey through North America with a short introductory unit on world geography. You’ll meet Robert Bateman, begin your very own nature journal, start learning about animal classification, and consider the importance of names, using Alma Flor Ada’s book My Name is Maria Isabel as a guide. You’ll learn how to draw a compass rose and research the meaning and etymology of your name before completing your very
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Grades:
K - 6th
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle - Escape Room
Come one, come all, to the fun and engaging culminating activity for the wonderful novel by Avi, The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle! As one of my childhood favorites, I was thrilled when I started teaching this novel years ago. I looked to see if I could find an exciting culminating activity for years and never found one I truly loved, so I decided to make an escape room. This has been created to be either low or high teacher involvement, as I've seen some of my classes can handle more auto
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6th - 10th
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The Prisoner's Dilemma and Power
The Prisoner's Dilemma is a classic scenario in game theory that explores how rational individuals may not always make the best decisions when they are in a situation where they must choose between cooperation and betrayal. The dilemma involves two individuals who are arrested and charged with a crime. The police offer each individual a deal: if they cooperate and confess, they will receive a reduced sentence. However, if one confesses and the other remains silent, the one who confesses will go
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5th - 8th
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*Folding* 'Envelope-Like' Letter Writing Templates!
All templates can be easily cut at the top angular lines, then folded along the straight middle lines to create an envelope-like appearance that kids love.What sets these templates apart from others you will find is that they are foldable! This adds a new element of magic for students, and it saves you from buying envelopes. :-) A variety of kid-friendly letter writing templates. Simply print, make copies, and allow children easy access to in your classroom. Watch the magic of letter-communicati
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PreK - 6th
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The Feelings Wheel Guide for Teens | Understanding and Labeling Feelings
Feelings and Emotion Wheel. Many children & teens struggle with labeling their emotions. These worksheets help them identify how they are feeling and come up with additional descriptive words.Use this as a tool to communicate with the child/teen and further understand how they are processing their environment.Included (5 pages) ....1. Feelings wheel2. What is the feelings wheel?3. Benefits of using the feelings wheel4. How to read the rings of the wheel5. Application of the feelings wheelThi
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5th - 12th
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"Flora & Ulysses" - Discussion Questions and Quiz
This is a set of comprehension questions and a quiz to use when teaching the novel "Flora & Ulysses" by Kate DiCamillo. Each reading has approx. 20 - 30 pages and 4/5 questions to assess students ability to understand and interpret the story. The quiz has character matching and short answer questions. This was one of my favorite novels my Reading Group read this year! You will laugh and cry with this superbly done, and riotously funny novel. It is a MUST READ for advanced readers.
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
Independent Reading Response to Fiction (Read to Self) Program
Looking for something to enhance and make worthwhile your 'read to self' time in the classroom? Are you exhausted by students who do not commit to books? We have the answer for your independent reading instruction that will also instill the love of reading in your classroom!!!! With this 33 page document you will receive a monthly program where your students will deepen their understanding of what they are reading through close and critical responses to the text. You (the teacher) will gain an a
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Grades:
4th - 10th
Bundle: 40 End-of-the-day & Morning Questions for Student-led Meetings.
Bundle Questions for Morning and End-of-the-day Meetings!
In this file you will find two documents:
-End-of-the-day Questions for Wrap Up:20 questions and prompts for an end-of-the-day wrap up. Each question has a prompt that can help the students start their answer or encourage them to build a complete sentence.
-Morning Meeting Questions: 20 questions and prompts for a student-led morning classroom meeting. Each question has a prompt on the back that can help the students start their answer
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1st - 6th
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Greek Mythology - Mythical Creatures
There are 15 Greek mythical creatures cards in this set. 1. Print first set and use as flash cards .2. Print second set and use for matching word to picture.3. Print both sets and use for matching picture to picture and word to word.Perfect for bulletin boards, special education, speech therapy, ESL/ELL programs, centers and Montessori teaching. The cards are also great for generating discussions.
Grades:
3rd - 7th
Valentine paper circuit card STEM activity
valentine paper circuit cardThe product includes details on how to connect dc electric paper circuit using : Adhesive Copper tape, button cell, LED etc and making a beautiful lighting card on Valentine's day or birthday
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Grades:
4th - 6th
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FREE **Next Dollar Up Strategy Work Task **Task Boxes** FREE
Students will look at each item and it's price and then match to the next dollar amount correctly with this digital file! Simple print and laminate for durability (optional) and then hole punch in the circle to hand on my wooden pine jig for sorting.
This is a free download, with full use cards as a preview to our full file Next Dollar Up Work Task.
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1st - 8th
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Whirligig Novel: Project
Used with the novel, Whirligig by Paul FleischmanStudents will make a whirligig [technically a pinwheel], but they can also do a digital one.They will choose a person to immortalize.They will also do a small writing prompt.
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Grades:
7th - 10th
Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi - Grades 6-8
Crispin finds himself in danger after the death of his mother and has many adventures as he flees across 14th Century England. The novel is written by Avi. Each novel study contain an average of 65 pages and includes:Suggestions for teaching the unit...A vocabulary list...Comprehension questions...Activity cards for grammar...Creative writing...Word study...Research and integrated activities...Tracking and record sheets...Answer key.Please visit my website for more information.www.teacherspaytea
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Grades:
6th - 8th
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Literary Elements- 6-9 -English Language Art Montessori 911
The file contains Templates for :1-Story Building Blocks2-Theme Plant3-Plot Detective (2 Pages)4-Plot Pyramid5-Setting Tree6-Main Character7-Book Report (2 Pages)Pdf File Easy To Print
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Grades:
4th - 6th
Jack & Jill's Story Bundle
Hello Fellow, Bilingual Teacher!!!Congratulations on joining this learning adventure!!!!Each ESL Beginner/Intermediate/advanced course Levels Ranges from Lessons 1 to 50!Offering you a wide variety of classes and topics for you to expand your student's learning experience & cover all the bases of English as a second language for all ages!!Each ESL Program Offers a variety of material for each of the 10 Levels:50 PDF lessons.50 PDF practice class worksheets.50 PDF homework.50 PDF quizzes.50 P
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Grades:
PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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