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*EASY BUCKET DRUMMING BUNDLE #1 - Videos for Music Class - Distance Learning
This is a BUNDLE of my bucket drumming videos - great for sight-reading with bucket drums! I made these for my class, and they were such a success that I thought I'd offer it to you here! This resource is the downloadable, mp4 versions of each video. I don't like using YouTube in class because I don't like relying on a good internet connection, and no one wants to worry about ads popping up! AS I ADD MORE VIDEOS, I WILL INCREASE THE PRICE OF THIS BUNDLE, so the sooner you buy, the more of a dis
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K - 6th
You Be the Judge - analyzing Supreme Court cases on the Bill of Rights
It’s one thing to simply memorize the Bill of Rights; it’s quite another to actually understand how they apply in everyday life. Teaching the former gives students words but no understanding for what they mean; teaching the latter gives students practice in critical thinking as well as a deep appreciation for their basic rights as American citizens. It is, in effect, the ultimate lesson in civics.
This activity is designed to teach students the meaning and application of the Bill of Rights by h
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7th - 11th
Math Project-Create Own Dream Home-Blueprints and Floor Plan (perimeter & area)
Create blueprints and/or floor plans for your own dream home!!
Your little architects will love dreaming big with this project. Using their imaginations and graph paper, they will create their own blueprints.They will be learning area, measurement and perfecting those problem solving and critical thinking skills. The bonus is they won't even know it because they will be having fun.
This project is very "real life" oriented.
For the younger grades this would be better for the GT students. Or
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3rd - 9th
Digital Dance Around the World Activities Google Classroom TikTok Challenge
Around the World Dance {DIGITAL GOOGLE CLASSROOM VERSION } - Great for Distance Learning Include dance and multicultural fun in your classroom!Great Activities for 3rd-8th Grade and Around the World Units!Students will learn over 18 different traditional and cultural dances from Italy, Russia, Guinea, Kenya, India, China, and Mexico! There are 20 video links (QR Codes as well as URL Links -QR not required) included to see dancers in action!GET YOUR STUDENTS UP AND DANCING! There are 7 dance and
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3rd - 8th
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Middle School 3D Art Paper Mache Bird Sculptures - Painted Recycled Art Lesson!
Painted Recycled Art for Middle School Art or a 3-D High School Art Unit! Easy Papier Mache Bird Sculptures! ⭐Papier Mache is a fun art project that can be made almost for free! An engaging 3-D Spring or Summer-themed Lesson or timely Mother's Day gift item! Cardinals and Winter Birds could be created as well!Cross-curricular science lesson! Bird Anatomy!Student-tested with 6th, 7th, and 8th graders. Students will have a great time making this easy-to-teach bird sculpture while learning about
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5th - 12th, Adult Education
Also included in: Paper Mache Sculpture Lesson BUNDLE! Middle School 3-D Art Project Ideas
Music Around the World Google Classroom Format {50% OFF} Digital Resource
Around the World Music Unit {DIGITAL GOOGLE CLASSROOM VERSION } Common Core Aligned!Include music and multicultural fun in your classroom! Great Activities for 3rd-7th Grade and Around the World Units! Students will learn over 30 different musical instruments from Japan, France, India, Spain, Brazil, Mali (West Africa), Uganda (East Africa), Russia, and Italy! There are video links included to see the instruments in action! Looking for the print version? (includes ready-to-go print copy + Googl
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3rd - 7th
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Math Brain Teasers and Logic Puzzle Games Worksheets in Print or Digital
Here's how to keep your gifted and talented sports fanatic engaged with logic puzzles and math brainteasers. These 10 challenging sports puzzles provide great math brain teasers with fun for kids! Quick and easy setup provides no prep ease for teachers, too. Click here to save 30% off the price of individual resources with the Middle School Math bundle.Students will love solving these printable or digital worksheets and will ask for more. These worksheets will engage students with whole or small
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5th - 8th
Also included in: Logic Puzzles and Brain Teasers in Print or Digital Worksheets
High School Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions Drawing Conclusions
Engage and challenge your kids with nonfiction reading passages to teach English or social studies students how to make inferences about real events! These eight drawing conclusions reading passages with questions concern people, events, or procedures related to American history and will give your kids the critical thinking practice they need to make inferences or form conclusions from reading. Higher-level short pieces help students think outside the box, and your kids will love them! Click her
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7th - 9th
Also included in: High School Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions Bundle
Personalized Learning Project (Cap Stone) (Senior Project) (Independent Study)
An EDITABLE GOOGLE-DOC VERSION of this resource is included (on the last page). You can customize this resource. Then print or have students complete online as a Google Doc. FROM STUDENT MANUAL INTRODUCTION PAGE:What is the Personalized Learning Project, and what is its purpose?The Personalized Learning Project (PLP) is an independent learning project based on your interests. The PLP allows you to explore an area of interest and provides you with the opportunity to apply and demonstrate k
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8th - 12th
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The Fallacy Detective Bundle
The "Study Guide" resource uses the book's questions with supplemental discussion/questions. It covers all chapters(1-38) thoroughly.The "Writing and Thinking" resource has brief questions on chapters 4-37.This one though only needs the student to read the chapters. The book's questions are not used nor referred to, so it can stand alone.They both have different questions. I use one for homework and one for class time.They both supplement the text and stimulates discussion and comprehension.This
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6th - 12th
Patty Paper® Geometry Full Book
Patty Paper® Geometry was designed as a resource to supplement high school geometry courses or as a text in pre-geometry, pre-algebra, and middle grades mathematics programs. An investigation set may take two to three days, and the exercise sets may take an additional two to three days. Duration will vary depending on age, abilities, and how well students work cooperatively. This 274 page black-line master book contains both guided and open investigations. The guided investigations provide step
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8th - 10th
Did Pocahontas Save John Smith? An Investigation and Essay Activity
It’s a story familiar to every American child: John Smith, captured by Powhatan Indians, was about to have his head smashed in when suddenly the Chief’s daughter, Pocahontas, laid her head on his and begged her father not to kill Smith, thereby saving his life. But is it true?
The answer to that is simple: nobody really knows. In this activity, students will examine both sides of the question, analyze the arguments made for and against the veracity of Smith's story, and decide for themselves wh
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7th - 11th
Hot Dog Coding Game Bundle (Game 1 to 5 + bonus)
All Hot Dog Coding Games in ONE package. Enjoy a nice package discount and save time from going through purchase process multiple times.Each game focuses on one or two crucial skills kids need before they officially start computer coding class or training.Hot Dog Coding Game 1: introduction to all 5 skillsHot Dog Coding Game 2: Teach kids thinking from different perspectivesHot Dog Coding Game 3: Teach kids decompose big tasks into smaller manageable pieces and executive function skillsHot Dog
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PreK - 6th
MAKING LISTS Activity| Fun Fridays| Morning Meetings| Transitions| Quick Writes
THESE SLIDES ARE A MUST FOR ANY TEACHER WHO WANTS A FUN AND QUICK ACTIVITY AT THEIR FINGERTIPS! PLEASE CHECK OUT THE PREVIEW!❤️ COMMENTS:My kids have LOVED these! The list ideas have been great for me to teach the kids about how they could take a simple list and use an idea from it to write in so many different formats! Great job!My class loves this, and I love all the ideas! They ask to make lists now every day.We had so much fun sharing our lists. Thank you.Great attention-grabbing bellringer!
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4th - 7th
Mesoamerica: the Olmec Civilization PowerPoint Presentation
4,000 years ago the Olmec civilization rose to prominence in Central America. They became the mother civilization for all of Mesoamerica. Their religion was adopted and modified by all the other cultures, as were their agriculture practices and architectural structures. As sudden as their appearance, the Olmec disappeared leaving behind many questions about their civilization.Featuring: -academic vocabulary and concepts-reflection-discussion-academic writing-questions with answersIntroduce yo
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7th - 10th
Also included in: Ancient History Growing Mega Bundle
Let's Learn Recorder - Customizable Recorder Curriculum for Grades 3-6
Let's Learn Recorder is the ultimate customizable recorder curriculum designed specifically for grades 3-6, and a perfect alternative to Recorder Karate. Whether you're a seasoned music educator or new to teaching, this comprehensive program provides everything you need to inspire and engage your students. Fully Customizable: Easily adapt the content to fit your classroom schedule, whether you have 10 minutes or an hour. Step-by-Step Instruction: Break down the fundamentals of recorder playing i
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3rd - 6th
Think You Know Your Rights? A Bill of Rights critical thinking worksheet
It’s one thing to simply memorize the Bill of Rights; it’s quite another to actually understand how these Amendments apply in everyday life. Teaching the former gives students words but no understanding for what they mean; teaching the latter gives students practice in critical thinking as well as a deep appreciation for their basic rights as American citizens. It is, in effect, the ultimate lesson in civics.This worksheet is designed to teach students the meaning and application of the Bill of
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7th - 11th
Bucket Drumming Curriculum
This Google Slides presentation is a collection of YouTube resources compiled in a way that acts as a curriculum for Bucket Drumming in general music. There are lessons, techniques, warmups, play-alongs, duets, some original arrangements, a 6-level challenge for rhythms, and more. This is geared toward middle school but is definitely appropriate for elementary and even high school.
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5th - 11th
NO PREP Beginner Boomwhacker Unit for Elementary Music Classes
Looking for an easy way to teach instrumental music to your students? This resource is perfect for generalist and music specialists alike to teach music to their upper primary, junior and lower intermediate grades. Each slide comes with easy instructions to teach the songs so all you need is a couple diatonic sets of boomwhackers (depending on how many kids there are in your class) and you are ready to go! (Please note that this resource is for in-person instruction.)In this Google Slides resour
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2nd - 6th
Design Your Own Home - Architecture Unit
Students learn the basic stages of designing a house, from planning to final design, in this two week unit. Critical thinking plays a large role in this activity. The unit has a strong emphasis on the preliminary planning stages of designing a home: spaces that are necessary vs. those that are amenities; defining public vs. private spaces; room locations and relationships; and working within a square footage budget. Just as an architect does, students will develop a preliminary floor plan, refin
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6th - 12th
Fractions Math Project Based Learning
A fraction fun-filled project-based learning for students of all academic levels. This Fraction Menu Project comes with 5 different recipes to challenge your students. Your students work in groups to add or subtract the recipes to complete the menu. Encourage them to use their creativity to design their menus and work collaboratively together to produce accurate computations. This document comes with a master template, a student sample, and an ANSWER KEY to all 5 recipes. Great as a group oral p
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4th - 6th
Social Studies - Graph and Chart Skills - Bundle
(13) One page worksheets of the following:Reading a Bar GraphReading a line GraphReading a Circle GraphReading a DiagramReading a FlowchartAnalyzing a PhotographAnalyzing ArtAnalyzing a Political CartoonReading a TimelineReading a TableReading a Climate GraphComparing Climate GraphsReading a Cartogram
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4th - 12th, Adult Education
Surviving the Unknown (with Hatchet
A workbook to use with the anchor text, Hatchet. This workbook includes all the introduction activities, journals, supplemental activities, and assessment options.As students read Hatchet and follow Brian on his journey, they will also be on a journey to learn about what it means to survive, the importance of perseverance, and the roles that mindset, instinct, and luck play in one’s ability to survive. By the end of this unit, students will be able to apply these concepts not only to Brian’s exp
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Hatchet Unit BUNDLE
Ukulele Curriculum for Beginners
Appropriate for any student who is playing ukulele for the first time, this Google Slides presentation walks you through the history of the ukulele, beginning to intermediate chords, chord/progression drills, pop song play-alongs, ukulele performances to watch, and more. This slideshow is arranged in a logical order that will help you walk your class through learning the ins and outs of the instrument. The songs provided match the chords that the students are learning. There is also a unit on im
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4th - 10th
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