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Presidents' Day balanced literacy simulations
Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart Reader's Theater Play
Originally published in the October 2008 issue of Scholastic's Storyworks magazine (and later reprinted in Scope, Scholastic News, and my book, Read Aloud Plays: Classic Short Stories), this newly-revised script is true to the original text but is cleverly structured to be more appropriate for middle grade and young adult audiences. It includes the original text, a comprehension worksheet, a "mock trial" activity, as well as teacher notes and a key--fourteen pages in all. Parts for 9 students, s
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5th - 9th
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Project Based Learning Starting a School Newscast
Are you wanting to start a school newscast? How to Start a School Newscast is a guide to help teachers or administrator start a school newscast. Materials lists, steps, hints, and printable guides will help you get started. This project helped get my students engage in learning and increased their communication skills. Students become so excited about finding news stories they don't even realize that they are writing and reading. Their fluency increases while enjoying the project! Students
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Project Based Learning Bundle
Reader's Theater: Native American Myths & Legends
With this differentiated reader’s theater set, students will engage in 4 traditional Native American legends and myths that helped to explain the natural world to our early ancestors!! √ Click HERE to SAVE 25% on this resource with my Reader’s Theater Bundle of Myths, Legends, and Traditional Tales!ABOUT THIS PRODUCTEach play is based on 4 traditional myths and legends that students will be able to compare and contrast; helping to meet the CCSS: RL.4.9. Compare and contrast the treatment of s
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Reader's Theater Bundle of Myths, Legends, and Traditional Tales!
Jury Selection Simulation: Overview of Legal System and Justice
Students will be introduced to a case about college student Amy in a case of drunk driving with damage to property. Overviews of the legal system include this simulation of jury selection, understanding of key terms in court proceedings, and an argument of innocence vs. guilt. Students will read descriptions of 30 potential jury members and create a list of favorable versus unfavorable qualities about each. They will then evaluate the pros and cons of this potential jury member, considering pote
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9th - 12th
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How a Bill Becomes a Law - Full Lesson/Simulation
This is a full lesson plan for how a bill becomes a law. I have the full written out lesson plan (objective, student will, teacher will, etc) as well as all the materials needed for the lesson. This includes: role/task cards, mock congress sheet, powerpoint, exit ticket and lesson plan.
My students really loved this, as it was a real-life simulation. It was important to explain the expectations beforehand and it ran smoothly. The kids had so much fun coming up with their own laws to "pass" in
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4th - 6th
Halloween Writing Activity Ghost Haunt Dice Simulation
Other Halloween ActivitiesGhosts Say What: Quotation PracticeSpooky Parts of SpeechSpooky Compound SentencesSpooky Idiom MatchSpooky Writing PromptsHalloween Literacy Based TicTacToe Choice BoardsHalloween TicTacToe Choice BoardThis product is an interactive simulation using dice that follows the story of a ghost out to have some fun on Halloween.Included in this product:- Directions for the simulation-Signs to mark locations of events in classroom-Event directions-Recording sheet-Sample recordi
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2nd - 6th
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Where is the President?/ Presidents Day / Google Slides / Virtual Field Trip
Your students will learn about the US Presidents and American History while they travel around Washington, DC visiting American Historical Landmarks all while in search of the president. This scavenger hunt is perfect for Social Studies class but is great for everyone else as well! While on the scavenger hunt students will answer trivia questions and learn historical facts. Your class will take a virtual trip and travel to: ⭐ The White House⭐ The Washington Monument⭐ The Jefferson Memorial⭐ The
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2nd - 4th
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Mount Rushmore Virtual Field Trip (U.S. Symbols, Monuments, Landmarks)
Take your students on a virtual field trip to learn about Mount Rushmore National Memorial located within the Black Hills of South Dakota. Using a combination of Google Earth™ 360-degree views, video, informational text, and visuals, your students will learn about the history and significance of this U.S. landmark. This virtual field trip covers::: Geographic location :: What is Mount Rushmore?:: Shrine of Democracy:: The Sculptor, Gutzon Borglum:: Choosing the Mountain:: Sioux Land:: The Initia
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4th - 6th
The White House Virtual Field Trip - Washington, D.C., Presidents, USA
Fun and interactive activity to learn about the White House! There is also a supplemental handout to accompany the virtual field trip. No prep!Check out my other Washington, D.C. related trips!Washington, D.C.Arlington National CemeteryPresidents of the United States (all 46)* Be sure to check out the video preview. NOTE: music clips are not available via the preview, but are available on the virtual field trip once purchased. *The trip is on Google Slides. It can easily be linked to your Google
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Reader's Theater: American Folk Tales
This original reader’s theater set features 4 popular folk tales pulled from America’s greatest folklore! (Davy Crockett, Mike Fink, John Henry, Molly Pitcher) Each play is written on a different reading level and helps meet the Language Arts common core standards in the areas of traditional literature, elements of a drama, and fluency & expression! ABOUT THIS PRODUCTEach play is approximately 2 pages long, contains 4-6 character parts, and introduces students to the traditional folk tale ch
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Reader's Theater Bundle of Myths, Legends, and Traditional Tales!
Trash Scenario Activity
In the beginning of the book Trash, by Andy Mulligan, two boys find something very valuable at a dumpsight. To replicate this scenario and engage students with novel, show them this slideshow that presents a similar situation in which they (the students) stumble upon an object of value. Put a description of the object in a sealed envelope and pass out to students. Then have students share out discussion style what they found and what they plan to do with their object. This is a fun intro activit
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Not Grade Specific
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Juvenile Assault/Battery Lesson, Discussion, and Writing Activity
Bundle - Complete (In-depth/Possible Multi-day) Lesson
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Entire RPG based learning curriculum
The following is a proposed curriculum design for an intensive English theme-based immersion program designed for use in Korean post-secondary education. It is designed to address three deficits within the EFL classroom; lack of significant increase in English ability, self-efficacy and motivation to study English.This curriculum has a foundation in five main parts; Korean culture and social identity; Types of possible second language acquisition programs, Collaborative and Task Based learning;
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Rituals & Routines- Back to School - Interactive Story -Contractions - Story Map
Let's take a Back to School STORY Venture.. Don't Do This with our favorite classic books: Don't Take an Alligator to School, Pigeon Goes to School, and If You Take a Mouse to School!! This No Wheels Field Trip is just what you need to have some FUN with an interactive story when school starts back that will encourage rituals and routines!On this Back to School STORY Venture, you will start by visiting the story adventure map! The map will guide you through the Back to School STORY Venture jumpi
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1st - 2nd
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Presidents of the United States Virtual Field Trip - USA, America, White House
Incredibly detailed virtual field trip exploring each of the 46 United States Presidents. It features unbiased information regarding the lives of each president and key facts/events during their presidency. This trip also has a fun "detour" to Disney World to attend the "Hall of Presidents" show. There is a supplemental handout that accompanies the virtual trip. No prep!* Be sure to check out the video preview. NOTE: music clips are not available via the preview, but are available on the virtual
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Not Grade Specific
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Interactive Story - Virtual Field Trip - Back to School - Story Map - Reading
Let's take a Back to School STORYventure... Old School Party with our favorite classic books: Where the Wild Things Are, Amelia Bedelia, Miss Nelson is Missing, and Chrysanthemum!! This No Wheels Field Trip is just what you need to have some FUN with an interactive story when school starts back that will encourage reading good books in a new way to students!On this Back to School STORYventure, you will start by visiting the story adventure map! The map will guide you through the Back to School S
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2nd - 4th
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Exploration Simulation Resources
Resources created to be used with Scholastic's Explorers Simulation. Some resources created to be used with NYS 4th grade exploration curriculum but can easily be adapted to other regional explorers. Pack of materials include multiple rubrics, written assignments, and checklists. Can be used for group work or independently. Download includes 8 separate documents.
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Not Grade Specific
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Grammar Week- Students Become the Teacher
This resource is one of my favorite ways to teach grammar. This is a week-long project where students are introduced to grammar concepts and get to teach them to the class. It involves collaboration, research, and creativity. The end product of this project will be student "presentations" where they each teach the class in a unique and creative way. Grammar concepts included:-Sentence Types-Commas and Colons-Subject/Verb Agreement and Pronoun/ Antecedent Agreement-Hyphens, Dashes, and Parenthesi
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Staff
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Presidential Pursuit
This seven day unit of study emphasizes the importance of the election process in the United States. Since recent presidential elections have become divisive, students nominate and then elect a candy as the head of state of their Confectionery Country. The unit begins with students developing ideas about why someone would want to be president. Students learn the requirements and job description of the executive office and the qualifications of voters through history. Students make a graph, a
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4th - 7th
1930s The Great Depression Franklin D. Roosevelt: The New Deal Propaganda Lesson
1930s- Great Depression: Franklin D. Roosevelt: “The New Deal” Propaganda Lesson Plan
Objective: Identify the various New Deal Programs and define and describe those New Deal programs through the accurate use of Propaganda
Scenario: students are members of FDR’s “brain trust”. They have been placed in charge by Roosevelt to popularize various New Deal Programs.
Task: Choose Two New Deal programs and create two propaganda posters which:
a. Informs the American public about the New Deal Progr
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Not Grade Specific
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Ahmaud Arbery Authentic Assessment - Using & Citing Evidence - Distance Learning
Testing is tricky during distance learning and digital instruction, but this authentic assessment will prompt independent, culturally responsive, and honest work. This product uses the tragic case of Ahmaud Arbery to teach students about citizen's arrest law. Students receive a role-play where lawyers ask them to answer some questions about citizen's arrest in response to community questions and concerns. Students then receive an interactive task that lets them click on a variety of sources (
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8th - 12th
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Rules, by Cynthia Lord Extended Response Prompts
This digital download is a collection of nearly 80 extended response prompts for the popular novel, Rules, by Cynthia Lord. These are prompts that will help your students meet success in standardized tests, and most importantly, comprehending and analyzing the the content of the novel.
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5th - 7th
Fun Plagiarism Fact Pattern
This product contains a fictitious four-page fact pattern about a student who plagiarized her high school student government election speech, two exhibits (I.e., her speech and the internet source she copied from), and a workshop extension activity. I based the fact patter on Melania Trump's use of one of Michelle Obama's well-known speeches on the value of working hard. You can use this product to introduce students to the concept of plagiarism, its importance and consequences, and the factor
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7th - 12th
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Presidency Trends- What it takes to hold the office?
Are you looking for a way to introduce cultural proficiency to students? Harness the spiciness of an upcoming election or focus lay the foundation for learning the presidents of the U.S.Included- Warm up-Students brainstorm what it means to communicate with culturally diverse groups. Students will then be then be tasked to think about what culture they are apart of and the rules that each of those cultures has. Analyze- cultural data of past presidents. Students will make generalizations about t
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7th - 9th
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Also included in: US History- 8th Grade Curriculum (Year long bundle)
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