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Problem solving professional development Common Core W.8.4 resources
Creativity Challenge | Innovation | Problem Solving | First Week Of School | SEL
First Week of School Activities to explore Creativity and Problem Solving. Set up classroom expectations during Back To School season with a growth mindset! Creativity is more than just being artsy. It's also about creative problem solving. Check out these 14 social emotional learning SEL lessons to help students solve problems and be more creative when dealing with academic obstacles, life problems, and relationship conflicts. This life-long tool is great for the First Week of School activities
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6th - 10th
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The Omnivore's Dilemma - Research Project Bundle
The Omnivore's Dilemma: Young Readers Edition is an amazing resource for teaching students the research process. It's interesting, relevant to their lives, and is an awesome platform for inquiry based learning.
These resources have all been used in my classroom to genuinely astounding results. When given the autonomy to research an aspect of the food industry that they want to change, students dive deeply into the research--more so than they ever did on tasks I had explicitly assigned.
This bu
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7th - 12th
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Goals in the New Year-A Dynamic and Engaging Goal-Setting Activity!
Kickstart the post-winter break season with our engaging "Goals in the New Year" activity designed for students. This comprehensive package encourages students to brainstorm, focus, plan, and reflect on their goals for the remainder of the school year. The activity fosters a positive and goal-oriented mindset while providing practical tools for self-discovery and achievement. Both Print and Digital versions include the following components:Key ComponentsCircle Map Brainstorming:Students jot down
Grades:
K - 12th
STEM Design for Learning: Designing Weather Instruments
A Webquest for Real World Project-Based Learning
The Weather Station WebQuest is a great way to introduce students to the world of weather measurement and invention. The webquest and design process supports critical thinking and collaboration as students form teams and make decisions about weather instrument design. The final product is a weather station with models representing best efforts in inquiry, research, design, collaboration, and decision making.
WebQuest project-based learning teac
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Grades:
5th - 8th
Writing Fluency: 90 15 Minute Quickwrites, 40 Writing Topics, Test Prep,Sub
Writing fluency! The Fifteen Minute Quickwrite Unit arms teachers with a writing tool that will increase how much students can write during a timed writing assessment. It also gives students a lifetime skill of improved writing fluency that will help them meet future writing goals. 40 Writing Topics can be used in shared classroom timed writing notebooks to improve fluency and allow students to have fun writing.Product includes:90 Quickwrites (4 pages) in PDF format. Printable.40 Writing Topi
Grades:
6th - 12th
3 Classroom Bucket Lists for Back to School, End of the Year, and PD / $1 Deal
Bucket lists can be used as part of back-to-school, end-of-the-year reflection, and as part of professional development. Writing a bucket list is a good way to get to know students, to build classroom community, and to set classroom goals. This is a great activity for writing on the first day of school or as a way to wrap up the year! To make this useful for you, I've included 3 versions of each plus a Google Slides and fillable .pdf. Since this resource contains a Google Slides, TPT will create
Grades:
5th - 12th, Staff
Science Fiction: Critical Thinking Research
This PowerPoint Presentation is great for introducing the Science Fiction genre or as a culminating activity, as it explores the question "What if?" These activities are aimed at middle school gifted and talented students, but can be tweaked for any level student in a classroom that utilizes cooperative learning. Students have discussion questions, scenarios to analyze and generate their own questions, and then opportunities to research and develop solutions to their problems. The activity concl
Grades:
6th - 8th
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Multiple Intelligences: DO IT! CHOICE CARDS® - SOCIAL CONCERNS - SET 1
Power-Up your classroom with BYTES Power Smarts! Activate your students' empathy for social causes with the Do It! Choice Cards. Students will choose a project to raise awareness, raise empathy, and raise resources for the social concern they choose while also working to meet Common Core Standards. See the full packet contents listed below and click on Preview under the thumbnails above to see a sample of the packet contents.Choice Cards® are task cards, but we think the word CHOICE is more mo
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4th - 8th
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6Cs Creativity C: Do Something Different | Creativity Awareness Activity | SEL
This is Section C. Do Something Different for the 6Cs Creativity Social-Emotional Learning Skills chapter. Want to see exactly what you get before you buy this product?Watch the PREVIEW VIDEO.Look at the PREVIEW PDF.(It is a watermarked version explaining the entire PDF resource.)Find out how to get this resource for LESS THAN $1.00NOTE: This product is designed to be used as part of an entire unit on Creativity and Innovation. This individual product is not meant to be downloaded separately and
Grades:
6th - 9th
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Social Emotional Learning Weekly Goal Activities
Some students need to visualize and plan out their goals. These are great templates you can use to help your Middle/ High School student. You will receive 3 different pages that can be used for behavior, academics, specific classes, and your student's life.
Grades:
6th - 12th
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Improving Analytical and Writing Skills on the Metro
Note: Some of my products have some “out there” ideas. Make sure to look at the preview before purchasing. If you don't like the preview, then it's not something you should purchase. Everyone's classroom is unique and while these lessons work within my classroom, that may not be the case in another’s room.As with any educator, I am always looking for a way to make learning engaging, relevant, and come to life. My newest guide tasks students with analyzing various metro systems, along with practi
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5th - 8th
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Grade 8 English Language Arts (ELA) Tool Kit for Educators, PARCC Edition
Grade 8 English Language Arts (ELA) Tool Kit for Educators: Standards Aligned Sample Questions, Apps, Books, Articles and Videos to Promote Personalized Learning and Student Engagement, PARCC Edition
This book is a directory of educational resources that every teacher and parent will find useful while helping their students learn eighth grade English Language Arts (ELA) skills. It is designed to help educators easily find high quality resources to create personalized learning and differentiated
Grades:
8th, Staff
SEL Activity: What are you thankful for?
Take 10 minutes out of the beginning of your class for a quick check-in. Print this sheet for students to fill out at any point in the school year. They can keep it or turn it in to you. I find that taking a break from teaching and letting students reflect helps them to be better focused for the lesson.
Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Specific and Measurable Student Goal Worksheet
This worksheet is a free resource for teachers to help their students learn how to make and manage a goal. We often expect students to know how to make a goal, but often do not explicitly teach and model what that looks like. The worksheet breaks down the parts of an attainable goal and has students be specific in all aspects and parts of their goal. Students give a reason for their goal, an end date, how they will measure their goal, what steps they will need to take, and the resources they wil
Grades:
4th - 12th
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