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Kindergarten critical thinking music composition lessons
Balloons Over Broadway Thanksgiving READ ALOUD STEM™ Activity
Have a classroom Thanksgiving Day Parade! Make learning fun with this Thanksgiving STEAM challenge in which students design their very own Thanksgiving Day Parade Balloon! An excellent companion activity to the fall read aloud book Balloons Over Broadway by Melissa Sweet.Not only do students design the balloon, but as an added challenge they must create a device to keep it floating in the air!Students plan, design, and execute their own ideas. After they have completed their activity, there is t
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K - 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: Thanksgiving READ ALOUD STEM™ Activities and Challenges BUNDLE
Creativity Activities and Challenges MEGA Bundle Finish the Picture, STEM
Need a quick, no prep, creative STEM challenges to get your students to think outside the box?! Creativity challenges can be used as a quick warm up before a STEM challenge to help jumpstart students’ creativity. They can also be used for morning work, brain breaks, and at various other times throughout the school day.This bundle includes 100+ Creativity Challenges and Activities. Featuring Balloons Over Broadway, Snowflake Bentley, Valentine's Day, Groundhog Day, Earth Day, Halloween, Christmas
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K - 5th
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No Tech Elementary Music Sub Plans, Set #1
Need a day off but don't have time to create sub plans? Look no further! This set of No Tech Music Sub Plans is the perfect resource for music teachers in kindergarten through sixth grade. With these editable plans, you can easily print and go in just a few minutes. No technology is required, and the only other resources needed are ones likely already in your music room, such as a drum or crayons. Not only will these No Tech Sub Emergency Plans make the decision to put your own or your family's
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K - 6th
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Also included in: Music Sub Plan Bundle - Elementary Music K-6
My Place in the World Project: "Me on the Map" Geography for Kids
This hands-on geography project "My Place in the World" has kids create a visual representation of how we fit into the world. Teachers often use it with the kids' geography book "Me on the Map," by Joan Sweeney. Ideal for integrated Social Studies, ELA, Geography, Literacy, and Map Skills.Using a series of nesting circles to show the relative sizes of different geographic places, this simple but effective geography lesson helps kids sort out their relation to one another. This activity includes
Grades:
K - 5th
Also included in: Geography for Kids Bundle: Three Essential Hands-on Activities
Elementary Music Sub Plans for the Non-Music Sub {Set 1}
Do you need Elementary music sub plans for your music classroom? These Elementary music sub plans have ready-to-use lesson plans that can be taught by ANY substitute teacher--no musical experience needed! With enough plans for up to 2 weeks, these Elementary music sub plans give you the peace of mind to take a sick day without scrambling to create lesson plans.Lessen your stress and anxiety when you or your family member is sick, and take the day knowing you have Elementary music sub plans that
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K - 5th
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Also included in: Music Sub Plan Bundle - Elementary Music K-6
Note Neighborhood – Big Bundle
Welcome to Note Neighborhood! Spend a little time here and get to know all the neighbors from Ta to the Sassy Half to King Whole Note.Everybody has a story that they want to tell and along the way you’ll be reading, practicing, and having tons of fun! This bundle includes all the Note Neighbors, their PowerPoint stories, and any extra resources and files that go with them! You get everything! If you’re someone who uses the Tika-tika rhythm syllable system you’ll want to use the Power Point t
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K - 6th
The Day The Crayons Quit...Book Companion...Color Activities!
Visit this site to learn more!!Updated to to include Color pages and Colour pages.This is one of my favorite stories. So many Common Core Standards can be addressed using this piece of literature. Best is that it will bring a smile to your children's faces as they listen to this delightful tale and maybe even take a peek at their own crayons.Activities are differentiated to meet the variety of levels found in the classroom.The packet contains:Story Recall...Problem identification/how it was so
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K - 2nd
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Fruit and Vegetables Sorting Using Photos
Fruit and vegetables photos sorting or categorizing can be used as an individual center, or small group activity. Includes 18 large labeled photo fruit cards, 18 vegetable cards, and 2 sorting mats.Click on the PREVIEW link to see all pages and to make sure this is the educational level you are looking for.KidSparkz Teaching ResourcesMore activities with a FRUIT or VEGETABLES theme ...
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PreK - 2nd
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Paul Klee Abstract Art Lesson: Portrait Dice Games Art Project - Nsw Visual Arts
Are you teaching an abstract art lesson on Paul Klee? Are they going to create an abstract portrait? Here's a fun lesson to brighten up your lesson plans! This is the perfect addition to your elementary art curriculum! Engaging abstract portrait art lesson with language (writing) activities. These no-prep abstract portrait art projects are perfect for your art sub tub. Super easy to implement for substitute teachers. Plus, the engagement will help with behavior! Perfect to start your art integra
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K - 12th
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Also included in: Art History Lesson - Famous Artists - Art Activities and Sub Plans
NO Balloons Over Broadway Thanksgiving READ ALOUD STEM Activity Latex Free
Skip the balloons with this latex free Balloons Over Broadway classroom Thanksgiving Day parade lesson! Make learning fun with this Thanksgiving STEAM challenge in which students design their very own Thanksgiving Day parade float! An excellent companion activity to the fall read aloud book Balloons Over Broadway by Melissa Sweet.Students plan, design, and build their own float design. After they have completed their activity, there is time for reflection on what worked and what didn't.Use the f
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Grades:
K - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
...
Note Neighborhood – Expansion Pack BUNDLE
Welcome to Note Neighborhood! Everybody has a story that they want to tell and along the way you’ll be reading, practicing, and having tons of fun! This bundle includes all the "Expansion Pack" Note Neighbors, their PowerPoint stories, and any extra resources and files that go with them! You get everything! Expansion Pack Sets Include:Dotted RhythmsTime SignaturesSixteenth & Eighth Note GroupingsFlying Eighth NoteSingle Sixteenth NoteIf you’re someone who uses the Tika-tika rhythm syllable s
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K - 6th
K-2 Summer Games 2024 STEM Activities and Challenges Kindergarten, First, Second
Integrate STEM in your kindergarten, first-grade, and second-grade classrooms with this amazing Summer Games STEM bundle! Perfect for the Paris Summer Olympics 2024!Get your students pumped up for Summer Games 2024 and STEM! Create a Laurel Wreath and Olympic Torch! Have your own opening ceremonies.Engineer your very own kayak and use magnets to direct it through the course.Create your own surfer and use magnets to help them surf their way to gold!Learn the history of the Summer Olympics and the
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K - 3rd
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Main Idea & Supporting Details | Main Idea Elementary Level Photos
Engage your students with real photos and teach them how to determine the main idea and supporting details with this resource. This resource uses semantic, syntactic, and visual clues to help young children develop how to use these clues to make sense of the text and determine the main idea. This will help them later as they read a passage without pictures. You will receive:28 pages with full-color picturesanswer keymain idea posterAnother buyer recommended that this unit is great for the Vir
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K - 2nd
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Also included in: Critical Thinking Skills for Beginners Bundle
Wants and Needs Sort - 1st grade Social Studies Needs vs Wants Activities
These interactive needs vs wants activities are perfect to teach your students about wants and needs, and to help them understand the consequences of choosing wants vs needs in real-life situations.PACKED with everything you need! Includes a lesson plan, simulation activity with teacher script, vocabulary aid, sorting activities, critical thinking worksheet, and writing activity.Description:This fun interactive activity sends students on an adventure simulation as they pack their backpacks with
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K - 2nd
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Hibernation Migration Adaptation Winter Animals Kindergarten Science
Hibernation, Migration, and Adaptation of winter animals is the focus of this 10 day inquiry-based kindergarten science unit!
Also includes a shelter design challenge full of critical thinking and hands-on problem solving!
Next Generation Science Standards* aligned!
Literacy skills are embedded into the lessons: Non-fiction text, speaking/listening, writing response, and technology
A compelling question guides the unit and supporting questions help students to focus their knowledge and build
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PreK - 1st
Elementary Music Sub Plans for the non-music sub {Set 2}
Do you need Elementary music sub plans for your music classroom? These Elementary music sub plans have ready-to-use lesson plans that can be taught by ANY substitute teacher--no musical experience needed! With enough plans for up to 2 weeks, these Elementary music sub plans give you the peace of mind to take a sick day without scrambling to create lesson plans.Lessen your stress and anxiety when you or your family member is sick, and take the day knowing you have Elementary music sub plans that
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K - 5th
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Also included in: Music Sub Plan Bundle - Elementary Music K-6
Problem Solving: Visual Questions
This packet of 45 visual problem solving questions will help your Pre-K and Kindergarten kids build critical thinking and problem solving skills.Use these as slides on the projector or print out on paper.Most of these illustrated questions contain vivid real photos and a few have high quality clipart. These questions are not themed, but many could fit into your themes.Types of questions children will solve:* how many more?* how many are left?* how many in the next one?* what is missing?* what wo
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PreK - K
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Bucket Drumming Bundle
Want to purchase all of the Bucket Drumming resources? Includes rhythmic elements quarter notes, eighth notes, sixteenth notes, and eighth-sixteenth combinations!This file includes all worksheets and presentations for:Bucket Drumming 101Bucket Drumming 102Bucket Drumming 103Bucket Drumming 104As always, your feedback and thoughts are extremely important to me! Please leave feedback and ratings below!Thanks :)Cheers, Amy
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K - 12th
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Peanut Butter Jam Sessions for Drum Circle, Rhythm Band, or Found-Sounds
Whether introducing or reinforcing rhythmic literacy, you and your students will have a jammin' good time practicing and composing rhythms with these mnemonic graphics and engaging activities. 36 pages include a hyperlinked index, 'tried and true' teaching guide, 33 pages of colorful, printable or projectable rhythm cards and jam sessions, and two pages of black-line masters, smaller one-beat activity cards for more economical printing if desired.
Adaptable to three skill levels:
Level 1: qu
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K - 8th
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Complete Kodály Set for Teaching First Grade Concepts
Looking for a comprehensive set of materials to use with your students for the entire school year?! This bundle will assist in teaching the four primary concepts taught in first grade according to a traditional Kodály Sequence. Those concepts include: quarter note/beamed eighths (ta, du, ti-ti, ta-di, du-de), quarter rest, so-mi (sol-mi), and la. Please Note: This bundle is currently receiving a make-over! Please be on the lookout for updates as each concept is updated. Quarter Note/Beamed Eight
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K - 2nd
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Also included in: Kodály BUNDLED Set Grade K-5
Back to School Tattling Sort and Activity - Don't Squeal Unless It's a Big Deal!
This "I Do", "We Do", "You Do" lesson is based on the book Don't Squeal Unless It's A Big Deal. After the teacher read aloud (although you can do the activities independently as well) - the class will complete a pocket chart sort and discuss tattling rules. Then, students will complete an individual t-chart to demonstrate understanding. May also be used at a literacy center to review/reteach tattling rules.This lesson includes:* links to read aloud* suggested lesson plan* pocket chart sort* stu
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PreK - 3rd
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How to Differentiate a Lesson Reference Guide
Need a fast and easy way to create a differentiated lesson for your students? This handy one page "cheat sheet" or reference guide is all you need to create a lesson to meet the needs of your GATE students. This idea was developed by Sandra Kaplan who has worked in the field of Gifted Education for years. YOU MUST HAVE SOME BASIC KNOWLEDGE ON DEPTH AND COMPLEXITY AND HOW TO PLAN DIFFERENTIATED LESSONS IN ORDER TO USE THIS PRODUCT. It is a guide only. Here's how it works: You decide on the th
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PreK - 12th, Staff
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Fall Leaf Nature Walk, Scavenger Hunt, Kindergarten Science, Outdoor Activities
Take children outdoors to learn about autumn leaves with this fall leaf collecting walk. The before, during, and after the walk lesson plan is filled with fun ideas and activities for preschool, kindergarten, or homeschool children to learn about the leaves and trees found at their school or home. Each nature walk in this series helps your little "nature detectives" learn important science content through exploration and discovery while learning outdoors in all four seasons. Included in this r
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PreK - 1st
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Science Fair Project - Skittles
This is a package for conducting and making a science fair board on What is the Most Common Color/Flavor of Skittles? Package includes:~Instructions~Title: What is the most common flavor/color of Skittles?~Headings: Purpose, Problem, Hypothesis, Procedures, Materials, Results, Conclusion, Recommendations and Data, Relationship to Mathematics, Real Life Connections and Questions.~Picture Borders/Frames: one portrait and one landscape 4 x 6 photo border~Chart: two page vertical chart for graphing
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K - 3rd
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