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8th grade Winter creative writing centers
Finish the Picture: Drawing and Writing Prompts
Use finish the picture prompts to encourage your students to think creatively! My students LOVE to draw so I created this resource to engage them in writing about their masterpieces. These prompts are excellent options for morning work, writing centers, creative writing activities, art centers, and early finishers. I use these prompts for morning work and my artists share their work at morning meeting! https://bit.ly/2XS6GD7 #hotsummerdealsThis resource includes:40 Finish the Picture prompts
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K - 8th
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Winter STEM or Christmas STEM Activity - Snowman Stretch STEM Challenge
This Winter STEM activity is a favorite every year and the perfect way to keep your kids engaged in brain-busting work disguised as fun right up until winter vacation!Snowman Stretch Christmas or Winter STEM Challenge Activity Overview: Working against a criteria/constraints list individually or in partners/groups, students will design and build the tallest free-standing snowman possible. (Option 2: Students design and build a snowman of greatest volume or surface area possible.)Note: This is t
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2nd - 8th
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Figurative Language STATIONS - Group Activities - Print & DIGITAL
Figurative Language Stations with Task Cards: Would you like your students more clear on figurative language and sound devices? Motivate them with this must-have creative STATION work! Now includes a DIGITAL version! You get EIGHT different stations with task cards and inviting student handouts for each. Students identify and analyze figurative language, and then brainstorm to apply their knowledge in imaginative ways. Clear and specific teacher guidelines are provided to make set up and grad
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6th - 9th
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Meme Caption Writing Prompts (Fun End of Year Activity)
This Google Slides document includes 30 slides with different memes with text boxes for students to practice their creative writing by coming up with captions for the different pictures. Students love being able to create captions and it really helps with engagement!There is also a blank slide included so you can insert your own pictures as well as individual meme pictures that can be copied and pasted to use in whatever you like at the end of the document.
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3rd - 12th
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Comic Strip Templates - BIG Bundle!
Comics are a great way to engage the reluctant learner and can be used across all subject areas to integrate common core as well as content specific standards.
This file is a big bundle of 60 comic strip graphic organizers. Within this set, I have included a big accordion comic strip foldable and a story element graphic organizer that I have my students fill out prior to beginning any comic story.
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Photosynthesis Comic Strip Project
Carbon Cycle Comic Strip Project
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K - 12th
Winter Coloring Pages | Parts of Speech Color by Number
This set of winter coloring pages will not only SAVE your SANITY during the chilly winter season, but it will have your students asking for MORE! Reviewing and practicing parts of speech has never been more fun for students and EASY for teachers! Click HERE to save 20% with the Parts of Speech Color by Code Bundle for the Year!Please click on the PREVIEW above for an idea of everything included!This resource was created with both students AND teachers in mind. The color by code sheets are super
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5th - 8th
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Monthly Creative and Critical Thinking Task Cards & Enrichment
OVER 160 enrichment activities for every month of the school year to engage your students in creative and critical thinking. Activities are seasonally based with prompts about traditional holidays, wacky holidays, historical events, and seasonal symbols. Students write, create, categories, make timelines, etc. There are 16 cards per month and a set for each month August through May (there are no June or July sets), making a total of 160 cards! There are a total of 160 task cards in this bundle
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2nd - 8th
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Also included in: Early Finisher and Enrichment Activities - The ULTIMATE Bundle
December Christmas Coloring-by-Number, Figurative Language Activities
In this set of five Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and winter-themed coloring sheets, students review standards while coloring!! These activities reflect the diversity and fun of the month of December. These no-prep worksheets are great for literacy centers, bell ringers, brain breaks, review, or substitute plans. All ages love to join in on the fun!Student Experience: Students must identify the parts of speech or figurative language (allusion, alliteration, simile, metaphor, onomatopoeia, idiom
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6th - 10th
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Christmas Coloring Pages - Parts of Speech Color By Number Worksheets
The Christmas coloring pages are no prep & will help your students learn their parts of speech while keeping them engaged during those weeks leading up to winter break. Better than a typical part of speech worksheet, the differentiated Christmas activities are fun color by number activities and they make great Christmas bulletin boards!Please Click the preview for more details.✏️ The best part? These no prep coloring pages save your valuable time!✏️ Great to use in centers, for early finishe
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5th - 9th
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Also included in: Christmas Parts of Speech, Figurative Language, & Vocabulary ELA Bundle
Daily Journal Prompts Morning Work | Journal Writing Prompts Multi-Level BUNDLE
Daily Journal Prompts Morning Work BUNDLE:This creative journal writing multi-level BUNDLE contains 84 thought-provoking journal prompts and templates and one blank prompt at the end of the packet for 2nd-8th graders.You can make an entire writing journal from the pages in this packet or pick and choose individual writing prompts that can meet the needs of your students. Handwriting lines encourage the neat composition of handwriting. A small space for an illustration or picture is also included
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2nd - 8th
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What If ? Task Cards for Creative Thinking, Cause and Effect, and Journals
A set of *52* creative "What If" prompts to stretch thinking and encourage kids to think outside the box. These are perfect task cards to use for teaching cause and effect, to use as journaling prompts, with early finishers, and for students to think critically and creatively.
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Early Finisher Task Card Bundle
Creative Thinking A-Z Task Cards
Think It Through: Weekly Activities for Creative and Critical Thinking
Monthly Creative &
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2nd - 8th
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Also included in: Early Finisher and Enrichment Activities - The ULTIMATE Bundle
Finish the Doodle Challenges BUNDLE | Brain Break | Early Finisher | Centers
Let your students show their creative side with these Finish the Doodle Challenges! It's amazing to see how one doodle can spark so many different ideas among the class.Each Finish the Doodle Challenge has two versions - full page doodles AND doodles with writing components. That means you can make these fun activities an academic assignment as well!This set is a bundle of all my Finish the Doodle Challenges. Each Volume has a slightly different type of challenge. By investing in the bundle,
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2nd - 8th
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Christmas Around the World Passages - Print & Interactive Digital
With this resource, students will learn how seven children from around the world celebrate Christmas in different ways through reading engaging passages on differentiated reading levels. Students can respond to short-answer or multiple-choice questions after reading. The questions are aligned to informational text reading standards. Teaching notes and lesson plans are included. This resource can be printed or shared digitally. What is included?+ Printable and interactive digital versions7 readin
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3rd - 8th
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Also included in: Christmas & Winter Holiday Differentiated Passages Bundle
Creative Picture Writing Prompts: June Picture Prompts Sentence Writing
Picture writing prompts are a greaty way to engage elementary or middle school students who are bored with writing. A great last minute download to save yoru time and sanity! 50 images included! NO PREP and no printing required! These make an awesome last minute resource for 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, or 8th grade students. THIS DOWNLOAD IS PART OF A MONEY-SAVING BUNDLE - → → → Save over 75% off with this WRITING PROMPTS BUNDLE ✅✨This file is meant to be downloaded and then projected on an o
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2nd - 8th
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Also included in: Daily Writing Prompts, Practice, or Journals - 600+ Options! BUNDLE
Digital Writing Journal | 180 Daily Writing Prompts for Google Slides
Looking to add a digital component to your writing block? This EDITABLE digital writing journal is the perfect addition to your daily writing routine. This independent project makes for great test prep for students needing to learn to respond to a prompt.This journal is GREAT for independent work, morning work or distance learning. After students have learned your expectations, it is an independent daily journal on Google Classroom. Suggested Use: Each day, students will read the prompt, determi
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1st - 8th
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Poetry Stations High School and Middle School Digital Activity
My #1 top-selling lesson! Teachers love my poetry stations! Add this to your National Poetry Month celebration, and check out 2.0 as well. Pump up your poetry unit with this engaging and entertaining formative assessment. With a little preparation and careful instructions, students can rotate through nine poetry-based activities with simply a “rotate” from the teacher every 9-10 minutes. I've also included 11 copyright-free poems.Click here to follow me for free lessons and sales!Click here to h
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6th - 12th
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Descriptive Writing Task Cards - Adding Details to Stretch Sentences
It can be difficult to get students to write descriptive sentences, but these task cards can help spice up their writing! They will stretch a sentence by starting with one that is short and simple and adding descriptive words and specific details to make it more interesting and more precise. Also very helpful for ESL Students! For even more fun activities to spice up writing, try this Descriptive Writing Activity Bundle.⭐️ What you get with this resource:40 printable ask cards2 paperless options
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4th - 8th, Adult Education
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Winter Science Escape Room | Holiday Digital Breakout Review Game
Keep your students engaged in learning science during the winter season before Christmas break! Students will have a blast with this Winter Science Digital Breakout Escape Room (there are no specific holidays that are included) as they use their knowledge of middle school science topics to make an EzPz Escape from this science breakout. Students are required to answer station cards and use a decoder to get the codes for digital locks that will break them out of the digital room. There are 5 stat
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Science Escape Room MEGA Bundle | Digital Breakout Review Game
Winter STEM Activity or Christmas STEM - Frozen Fortress STEM Challenge
Winter STEM activities keep your kids engaged in brain-busting work disguised as fun through all the craziness leading up to winter vacation!Frozen Fortress Winter STEM Challenge Activity Overview: Working against a criteria/constraints list in partners or groups, students will design and build a “snowball” fortress wall with two main criteria: greatest area (or just height or length for younger students) and ability to withstand a “snowball” attack.Note: This is the printable version, though yo
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2nd - 8th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
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Narrative Writing Sizzling Starts Leads Hooks Introduction Paragraph Writing
This resource will help your students write a narrative's exposition, orientation, lead, or Introduction Paragraph. Writing lessons scaffold the writing of sizzling starts. The Backfill and the Get Back techniques conclude the writing of the exposition. In addition, the graphic organizers, checklist, integration of technology (QR codes), and writing activities involving a short animated movie will facilitate your students to write their impressive openers. ⭐ This resource includes both US and Br
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4th - 8th
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Halloween Writing Prompts: Creative Narrative Writing Spooky Story Starters
Set a spooky mood in your middle or high school ELA classroom this October with these chilling Halloween story starter writing prompts. Get your students writing for enjoyment while also revising and editing their work to meet the rigor of the Common Core Narrative Writing Standards.This resource features 24 engaging story starters, also known as narrative leads, that you can use in a variety of ways. Don't feel like grading writing? Have students use these as impromptu speech topics. Students c
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6th - 9th
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What Does Our Principal Assistant Principal Dean Director Headmaster Do All Day?
What Does Our Principal, Assistant Principal, Dean, Director, Headmaster Do All Day? Student Written BookWhat is this resource?This activity is perfect for Teacher Appreciation Week, Principals or Administrators Appreciation Days, or the perfect retirement gift for an outgoing principal or administrator.What is included in this resource?Principal VersionAssistant Principal VersionDean VersionDirector VersionHeadmaster VersionThree different levels are included for all grades: -Drawing Version (P
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PreK - 12th, Staff
Writing Centers Bundle: Set of 4 w/ rubrics, planners, more
Four different writing activities (with rubrics) are included in this 48-page set. They're fun and will always generate different products, no matter how many times they're used. The activities provide opportunities for expository, narrative, and creative writing. You can use these for writing centers and for whole- class writing assignments. They offer lots of flexibility and variation, and can be used repeatedly. If used as a center, these can stay up all year long. Another bonus is that
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3rd - 8th
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Vocabulary Writing Activities for Any List Digital & Print
What's the use in students memorizing vocabulary words if they can't use them in discourse!? The vocabulary activities in this resource focus on engaging middle and high school students in creative and informative writing opportunities. They can be used with any word list!CONTENTS:This vocabulary in writing resource contains six different types of activities:5 RAFT writing assignments that encourage students to use their words in writing as they take on different points of view and write for dif
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Grades:
7th - 10th
Also included in: Vocabulary Activities for Any Word List: Set 2
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