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ONE WORD Goals: 2024 New Year's Goal Setting Creative Art & Writing Activity

By Creativity Overload Lessons and Designs

Do you need a New Year's goal setting activity for grades 5-8? Have students select ONE WORD to guide their actions this 2024 year. This writing and art activity includes NO PREP printable and digital versions (Google Slides & PowerPoint). It

Subjects:

Visual Arts, For All Subject Areas, The New Year

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Activities, Printables, Bulletin Board Ideas

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2024 Chinese New Year Activity BUNDLE | Hands-on print & go activities

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Students love celebrating Chinese New Year and figuring out their zodiac animal & trait. Grab this bundle of engaging hands-on, printable, no prep Lunar New Year activities. This includes 3-D Zodiac Animal Wheels, 20 question scavenger hunt

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, The New Year, For All Subjects

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Activities, Printables, Bulletin Board Ideas

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2024 Year of the Dragon Chinese New Year COLLABORATIVE Puzzle | Print & Go

By Creativity Overload Lessons and Designs

The dragon is the animal of the 2024 Chinese/Lunar New Year. Grab this fun, hands-on collaborative puzzle. Divide students in partners or groups and have them each color one puzzle piece. Then have the whole class work together to create this

Subjects:

Visual Arts, For All Subject Areas, The New Year

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Printables, Bulletin Board Ideas

$3.50

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4 Chinese New Year Hands-On Activities: 3-D Animal Calendar & Scavenger Hunt

By Creativity Overload Lessons and Designs

The Lunar New Year 2023 packet contains FOUR fun and engaging activities for the upcoming Chinese New Year. Students will create 3-D Chinese Animal Zodiac wheels, participate in a scavenger hunt, create "My Chinese Animal" reports, & write using

Subjects:

Visual Arts, For All Subject Areas, The New Year

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Printables, Bulletin Board Ideas

$4.50

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New Year Firecrackers: 2024 Goal Setting 3-D Art & Writing Activity & Bulletin

By Creativity Overload Lessons and Designs

New Year Firecrackers are a perfect January craft activity. Students make displayable 3-D firecrackers. This resource includes printable and editable firecracker templates, firework toppers, a teacher guide, and display lettering (two different

Subjects:

Visual Arts, For All Subject Areas, The New Year

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Printables, Bulletin Board Ideas

$4.00

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All About Me Stocking- Christmas Holiday Glyph Activity & Bulletin Board

By Creativity Overload Lessons and Designs

Students create their own unique stocking glyph that tells about their holiday favorites. All About Us Stockings are a perfect Christmas holiday art and writing activity. It includes printable and editable student stocking templates, key, teacher

Subjects:

For All Subject Areas, Holidays/Seasonal, Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

Activities, Printables, Bulletin Board Ideas

$4.00

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12 Days Before Break Christmas Writing Booklet for Grades 5-8

By Creativity Overload Lessons and Designs

Build writing fluency this holiday season by having students write each day using these printable 12 Days Before Break Writing Prompts. Combine all the prompts together with the cover to create a booklet. Perfect for whole class writing time,

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Writing, Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Activities, Printables, Independent Work Packet

CCSS:

W.5.10

$2.50

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This or That Christmas Activity | Team Building Editable Game

By Creativity Overload Lessons and Designs

Christmas This or That is as perfect team building class activity or game for the holidays. Teachers print and fold 40 This or That words/phrases, making 20 sets of words. Teachers hold up two words & students move to the side (word) that

Subjects:

For All Subject Areas, Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa, For All Subjects

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Activities, Printables, Games

$2.50

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January Activity Bundle: Snow Globe Goal Setting & After Winter Break Writing

By Creativity Overload Lessons and Designs

Get two engaging January Activity Resources in this creative after winter break and New Year Goal Setting bundle. It includes a hands-on printable Snow Globe Goals (New Year's goal setting artistic activity). It also includes a fun and creative

Subjects:

Writing, Winter, The New Year

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Printables

$6.50

$4.50

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My Winter Break Printable Writing Activity: Funny Fill-In & Descriptive Writing

By Creativity Overload Lessons and Designs

Do you need a fun and unique back to school after winter break writing activity? Students write and share what they did over their Christmas break or winter holiday. This ALL-IN-ONE activity has students create a funny fill-in story about their

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Writing, Winter

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Printables

$3.00

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Christmas Tags: Printable holiday tags and cards in color & black & white

By Creativity Overload Lessons and Designs

Cute printable holiday gift tags or cards. These cute Christmas tags come in color and black and white. They also come in large and small versions. Just print and go! Cut and fold along the dotted lines. Write a message inside. They save you

Subjects:

Holidays/Seasonal, Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa, For All Subjects

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Activities, Printables

$2.00

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Ugly Sweater Holiday Art & Writing Activity: Printable Glyph & Bulletin Letters

By Creativity Overload Lessons and Designs

Keep students engaged this holiday season with this hands-on UGLY SWEATER GLYPH art and writing activity. Students answer fun questions about what they had for dinner, the pattern on the soles of their shoes, and more. Their answers then turn into

Subjects:

Writing, Holidays/Seasonal, Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th

Types:

Activities, Printables

$3.50

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Friendly Letter Puzzle Cards: Printable Cards and Envelope Template | Craft

By Creativity Overload Lessons and Designs

Have your students write friendly letters in a fun and creative way. Have them create PUZZLE LETTERS/CARDS. This fun craftivity has students choose one of the eight puzzle card templates. They color the card and write a message or draw a picture.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Arts & Music, Writing

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

Activities, Printables

$3.50

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Christmas Gnome Clipart for personal and commercial use, movable pieces allowed

By Creativity Overload Lessons and Designs

Grab this cute Christmas Gnome Clipart Set. It includes 12 cute holiday gnomes. All clipart is 300 DPI, meaning it can be enlarged without losing quality. This set can be used as movable (drag and drop) pieces in your resources without a text

Subjects:

Graphic Arts, Holidays/Seasonal, Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Clip Art, By TpT Sellers for TpT Sellers

$2.50

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Christmas Puzzle Cards: Printable Holiday Cards with Envelope | Holiday Craft

By Creativity Overload Lessons and Designs

Do you want a unique and creative card this holiday season? Grab these PUZZLE CARDS! Puzzle cards aren't your typical Christmas card. This fun craftivity has students choose one of the eight puzzle card templates. They color the card and write a

Subjects:

Writing, Holidays/Seasonal, Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

Activities, Printables

$3.50

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Learn to Write Dialogue Using Real Conversation Hearts | Valentine's Day

By Creativity Overload Lessons and Designs

This fun Valentine's Day collaborative writing activity has students practice punctuating and writing dialogue correctly using real "conversation" hearts. Students work in teams to create a "conversation" between a couple/pair, glueing candy hearts

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar, Valentine's Day

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Activities, Printables

CCSS:

W.5.3b, W.6.3b, W.7.3b, W.8.3b, CCRA.L.2, W.4.3b

$4.00

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February Activity Bundle: Valentine Activities & Black History Scavenger Hunt

By Creativity Overload Lessons and Designs

Get FOUR engaging February Activity Resources in this creative Valentine's Day, and Black History Month bundle. It includes a hands-on printable Secret Valentine design by code artistic activity with lettering for a bulletin board display. It also

Subjects:

Winter, Valentine's Day, Black History Month

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Activities, Google Apps

$13.75

$9.50

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February Daily Edits: 20 Proofreading Paragraphs with movable editing symbols

By Creativity Overload Lessons and Designs

February Daily Edits is the ultimate interactive proofreading activity. Students receive their own Google Slides digital notebook full of 20 paragraphs to correct and edit with movable (drag and drop) editing symbols. This resource includes 4 WEEKS

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar, Valentine's Day

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Interactive Notebooks, Google Apps

CCSS:

CCRA.L.2

$8.00

Online Resource
Google Drive™ folder

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Secret Valentines: Artistic Team Building Activity & Display for February

By Creativity Overload Lessons and Designs

Secret Valentines is an ideal art and team-building activity for February, perfect for Valentine's Day. The resource includes printable and editable Secret Valentine cards, a Design by Code Heart Template, a Key, Teacher Guide, and Secret Valentine

Subjects:

Arts & Music, For All Subject Areas, Valentine's Day

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th

Types:

Activities, Printables, Bulletin Board Ideas

$3.75

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Parts of Speech Digital Activity: Mystery Puzzles Set 1 | Google Slides

By Creativity Overload Lessons and Designs

Mystery Digital Puzzles is an interactive Google Slides activity that has students practice the eight parts of speech by dragging and dropping digital puzzle pieces to reveal a mystery picture. Each of the three hidden pictures includes a puzzle

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Grammar, Winter

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Google Apps

$3.25

Online Resource
Google Drive™ folder

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

I've taught elementary, multi-age, middle school, and have coached high school speech and debate. I am currently teaching 7th grade and LOVE it!

MY TEACHING STYLE

I believe in bringing learning alive each and everyday. I love to create and teach engaging lessons to students. I believe that ALL students can succeed and it is my job to create those memorable moments.

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

National Teacher Year Finalist (final four)- 2012 Teacher of the Year 2012

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

Masters +30-- I've started my doctorate.

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

I have four beautiful daughters and am married to an awesome teacher. I love to travel, scrapbook, act, and create engaging lessons.

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PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool, Not Grade Specific

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English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Writing-Expository, Reading, Grammar, Vocabulary, Specialty, Math, Science, Social Studies, Elections - Voting, U.S. History, Arts & Music, Visual Arts, Graphic Arts, Physical Education, Drama, Health, ELA Test Prep, Other (Social Studies), Other (ELA), Gifted and Talented, Critical Thinking, For All Subjects, Literature, Classroom Management, Short Stories, Writing, Oral Communication, Writing-Essays, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Thanksgiving, Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa, Poetry, Autumn, Halloween, Winter, The New Year, Valentine's Day, Martin Luther King Day, Presidents' Day, Black History Month, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, Spring, Earth Day, For All Subjects, Summer, Informational Text, End of Year, Close Reading, Women's History Month, African History, Classroom Community, Social Emotional Learning