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Winter short stories simulations
Lamb to the Slaughter by Roald Dahl Activities Bundle
These engaging Lamb to the Slaughter activities will help your students with making inferences, citing textual evidence, and persuasive writing. Students LOVE Lamb to the Slaughter by Roald Dahl, and these activities really bring your short story unit to life.✅ Pre-Reading Simulation✅ Persuasive Essay✅ Optional presentation and discussionLAMB TO THE SLAUGHTER Activities:Pre-Reading Simulation: Students will work to discover Mrs. Maloney's guilt and motive. In this simulation, students will have
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8th - 11th
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The Lady or The Tiger by Frank Stockton with Simulation - Print & Digital
This lesson on the short story “The Lady or The Tiger” by Frank Stockton can be printed, used digitally, or a combination of the two. All resources are Google Drive resources (primarily Google Docs unless otherwise noted as Google Slides, Google Forms, etc.). These resources include support for struggling readers and writers and/or special education students, such as an adapted text, chunked questions, graphic organizers and suggested transitions for writing. This lesson focuses on the skills of
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8th - 9th
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Also included in: Short Story Unit Bundle: Teaching Literary Elements - Print & Digital
Polar Express Activities - Read Aloud - Virtual Field Trip Classroom Fun
Let's take a Christmas Virtual Field Trip to ride the POLAR EXPRESS! This No Wheels Field Trip is just what you need for the Christmas Magic to start when remote learning or in-person learning when field trips aren't possible!You don't need to worry about having the book! An online read-aloud by Liam Nelson is included!! Small snippets of the movie are included to supplement the essential parts of the book. Students will see a real-life Polar Express train, and staff will sing along!Find out if
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PreK - 3rd
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Also included in: Christmas Bundle- Virtual Field Trips - Distance Learning
"Lamb to the Slaughter" Mock Trial Directions
My students read "Lamb to the Slaughter" by Roald Dahl every fall and this mock trial is always a lesson they remember and ask to do over and over. Unfortunately it doesn't fit with every piece of literature. The lesson requires close reading, critical thinking, argument writing, oral communication, as well as comprehension of the story.
This product includes a one-page directions sheet for the teacher, as well as directions to be printed and handed to each of the following: prosecution, defe
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6th - 10th
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Reader's Theater: Life in Colonial America! (+activities)
Bring key characteristics of Colonial America alive with this leveled set of 3 reader’s theater scripts featuring the New England, Middle, and Southern colonial way of life! Focus on differentiation by matching reading levels with the different scripts. Each script contains 6-7 parts, making it a perfect activity for centers or leveled guided reading groups! Modified versions provide support in basic fluency skills, regular versions focus on expression development, and enriched versions challen
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: 4th Grade Social Studies Projects Bundle
Reader's Theater Bundle of Myths, Legends, and Traditional Tales!
Are you looking for a creative way to have your students graders explore myths, legends, and traditional tales for 4th and 5th grade Language Arts? Let this collection of classic American literature Reader’s Theaters engage students in fluency & expression while at the same time meeting a key Common Core reading benchmark! This bundle includes my 7 best selling sets of DIFFERENTIATED scripts on Native American tribes, Greek Myths, Aesops' Fables, Classic Fairy Tales, American Tall Tales, Tra
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3rd - 6th
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Thanksgiving Virtual Field Trip for Google Slides: Distance Learning
Let's take a Thanksgiving Virtual Field Trip to join the Pilgrims and Wampanoag Indians in 1621 for the very first Thanksgiving ever! This No Wheels Field Trip is just what you need to celebrate Thanksgiving with your students while learning about the original celebration, the life cycle of the 3 sisters garden varieties, and more! Taking a a Thanksgiving Virtual Field Trip back in time... you can't go any other way!What are the 3 sisters? Can you grow a corn cob in water? How about creating a c
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1st - 4th
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NGSS:
K-ESS3-1
, 2-LS4-1
, K-LS1-1
, 3-LS1-1
Also included in: Virtual Field Trip Bundle-Distance Learning- Made for Google Slides
Winter Break Simulation | Last Day Before Winter Break Activity
This no-prep, game-based Winter Break Simulation will be a fun activity for the last day of school before students go on break! In this winter break activity with printable and digital options, students will work on their budgeting, problem-solving, and executive functioning skills to plan out a winter break trip for themselves and their friends! Simulations can be such fun and meaningful activities, but they often take a lot of work and preparation to set up, which is why we did all of the work
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Winter Activities and Printables Bundle for Teachers | Winter Break
The Most Dangerous Game Mock Trial
After being hunted for three days by General Zaroff, Sanger Rainsford is now on trial and being charged for Zaroff's murder. Was Rainsford truly acting in self-defense, or did he willfully and intentionally kill General Zaroff and feed him to his hounds? Your students will RAVE about this mock trial based on Connell's short story "The Most Dangerous Game"! What better way to get students to practice literary analysis, argument development, and speaking and listening skills than with a mock trial
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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Christmas Tree Farm Virtual Field Trip for Google Slides: Distance Learning
Let's take a Christmas Virtual Field Trip to the Christmas Tree Farm! This No Wheels Field Trip is just what you need to visit the Christmas Tree Farm! Add it to your in person field trip to the Christmas Tree Farm, and your students will learn and connect with even more information!How do Christmas Tree Farms work? How do they harvest? (AMAZING!) What are the different types of Christmas Tree, and what are they best used for???Visit the World's Largest Tree Farm! Students will believe you are t
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K - 3rd
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NGSS:
K-ESS3-1
, 2-LS4-1
, K-LS1-1
, 3-LS1-1
Also included in: Virtual Field Trip Bundle-Distance Learning- Made for Google Slides
Farm Virtual Field Trip for Google Slides: Distance Learning - 4 Day Tour!!!
Virtual Field Trip to the Farm! This No Wheels Field Trip is just what you need to visit the Farm when remote learning or in person learning when field trips aren't possible!This is perfect for before THANKSGIVING! Students will help Farmer Brown look for his turkey during each section of the trip! Will you catch that pesky turkey?This virtual farm field trip is meant to last over 4 days! You will be visiting: The Sheep Pasture, They Dairy, The Chicken Coop, and the Corn Field!!! Each day inclu
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K - 3rd
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NGSS:
K-ESS3-1
, 2-LS4-1
, K-LS1-1
, 3-LS1-1
Also included in: Virtual Field Trip Bundle-Distance Learning- Made for Google Slides
Fall Virtual Field Trip for Google Slides: Pumpkin Patch - Distance Learning
Let's take a Fall Virtual Field Trip to the Pumpkin Patch and learn all about pumpkins!!! This No Wheels Field Trip is just what you need to celebrate the season of fall while learning about the pumpkin harvest, the life cycle of an pumpkin, and more! Let's go to the pumpkin patch for a fall virtual field trip!How do pumpkins grow? Want to see an oozy pumpkin Jack O' Lantern? Want to get lost in a corn maze??? The Pumpkin Patch 360 view is the COOLEST way to visit a Pumpkin Patch when you can't
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PreK - 2nd
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Reader's Theater: Tall Tale of Paul Bunyan (differentiated scripts!)
Focus on differentiation while meeting several Common Core Reading standards! This reader’s theater set features the popular tall tale of Paul Bunyan written on 3 separate reading levels for a total of 3 scripts! Each script contains 6-7 parts, making it a perfect activity for centers or leveled guided reading groups! Modified versions provide support in basic fluency skills, regular versions focus on expression development, and enriched versions challenge students with tier 2 vocabulary and
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3rd - 6th
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Fall Virtual Field Trip for Google Slides: Apple Orchard - Interactive Adventure
Let's take a Fall Virtual Field Trip to an Apple Orchard and learn all about apples!!! This No Wheels Field Trip is just what you need to celebrate the season of fall while learning about the apple harvest, the life cycle of an apple, and more! It's a true interactive adventure!Visit the real apple orchard on a fall virtual field trip... but come back right here and see differences in new places! If you can't make it to the apple orchard in the fall, this fall virtual field trip is ALL you need!
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PreK - 2nd
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Christmas Magic Virtual Field Trip for Google Slides: Distance Learning
Let's take a Christmas Virtual Field Trip to get the Christmas Magic started! This No Wheels Field Trip is just what you need to for the Christmas Magic to start when remote learning or in person learning when field trips aren't possible!Ready to ride in Santa's sleigh? Want to see Christmas lights in 360(AMAZING!) Decorate your own Gingerbread House and more!Students will believe you are the most AMAZING teacher... which YOU are! Learn real facts and information on your NO WHEELS FIELD TRIP to
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K - 3rd
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Also included in: Virtual Field Trip Bundle-Distance Learning- Made for Google Slides
3rd Grade Math Gingerbread Escape Room
Looking for something a little challenging, incredibly engaging, and slightly different from an ordinary day? Escape room challenges have all of that and more.In this escape room challenge, the students must escape from being stuck in Gingerbread Village after getting lost on a lovely winter sleigh ride. They can only get out if they can successfully navigate their way through 5 math challenges.This challenge has students apply skills in place value, order of operations, multi-digit addition/sub
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3rd - 4th
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Also included in: 3rd Grade Math Holiday Escape Room Bundle
Edgar Allan Poe Engaging Resources Bundle - The Tell-tale Heart and More
Edgar Allan Poe’s spooky and mysterious works of literature have intrigued and sparked student interest time after time! Do some close reading with a focus on figurative language and literary devices with these resources and put on the most exciting mock trial your classroom has ever seen! Here's what you'll get:⭐️ Edgar Allan Poe Biography ActivitiesIntroduce your students to the man behind the writing!⭐️ The Tell-Tale Heart Mock TrialTest your student's knowledge of this spooky tale in this fu
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Grades:
8th - 11th
Project Based Learning | Football Math and Reading - FUN for Super Bowl 2024
Get your students excited about the upcoming Super Bowl with this fun and engaging football-themed project! In this activity, students will imagine being a FOOTBALL MANAGER and will use close reading skills and creative thinking to design their own DREAM TEAM and practice real-world math skills. Go to new depths of learning with this Project-Based Learning activity. This differentiated resource uses elements of the Design Process as well as Depth and Complexity, so that students can further enha
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5th - 8th
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Christmas Around the World Virtual Field Trip - All Continents
Detailed and exciting virtual field trip to explore how different parts of the world celebrate the Christmas season. The countries featured in this trip are:ItalyGermanyEnglandAustraliaEgyptSwedenHawaii/United StatesCanadaMexicoFranceChinaJapanColombiaRussiaSouth AfricaIcelandAntarcticaPhilippinesPeruThere are two versions of fun, supplemental handouts included to accompany the virtual field trip AND a Christmas word search! No prep!* Be sure to check out the video preview. NOTE: music clips are
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Not Grade Specific
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The Landlady Murder Mystery
Based on Roald Dahl's "The LandLady," a crime scene is created for students to investigate before reading through the story. Included in the package are suspect cards, slide deck, graphic organizer, pictures of the crime scene set-up, and paragraph assignment and self-reflection. NOT Included: Any items that are needed to set up the crime scene. Only photos of what I have set up are included so you can either use or recreate yourself. The LandLady short story can be found for free on the web.
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8th - 11th
Listening Activities and Listening Comprehension - Following Directions
Looking for fun listening activities to help your students practice following directions? The engaging Winter Listening Adventures is no prep and provides great practice and review for cardinal directions, working with coordinates, and listening skills for state testing.The 3 listening adventures offer an engaging way to work on listening comprehension while having fun. Great for whole class, Friday work, subs, and after recess, students will beg for more. Includes specific teacher directions fo
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
Winter Writing Activity Snowflake Dice Simulation
This product is an interactive simulation using dice that follows the journey of a snowflake. Included in this product:- Directions for the simulation-Signs to mark locations of events in classroom-Event directions-Recording sheet-Sample recording sheet-Directions for narrative-Sample narrative based on sample recording sheet-Rubric for narrativeI love to complete this activity during the winter months with my students, many of whom have never experienced snow. They create the most creative narr
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2nd - 5th
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The Lottery by Shirley Jackson BUNDLE | Writing, Vocabulary, Simulation, & Quiz
This BUNDLE of "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson resources is sure to make an impression on your students. It hooks them from the beginning with the memorable introduction. It's followed by "The Lottery" simulation. Having students use strong word choice and voice from the simulation, students will write a reaction to "The Lottery". They will create "toppers" to look like one strong word. Student examples are included within the resource. Students will also receive a vocabulary digital note
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7th - 12th
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March Madness Activities | Project Based Learning | BASKETBALL Math and Reading
Get your students excited about the upcoming MARCH MADNESS BASKETBALL SEASON with this fun and engaging basketball-themed project!In this activity, students will imagine being a BASKETBALL COACH and will use close reading skills and creative thinking to design their own DREAM TEAM and practice real-world math skills.Go to new depths of learning with this Project-Based Learning activity. This differentiated resource uses elements of the Design Process as well as Depth and Complexity so that stude
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Grades:
5th - 8th
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