9th grade holidays balanced literacy resources for SMART Notebook

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A Christmas Carol activities

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Smart Board activities to go with my "A Christmas Carol in symbols with questions." Includes functional reading, writing, and math activities designed for young children or those with moderate to severe cognitive handicaps. Matching symbols to words, forming sentences with symbols, simple addition and subtraction word problems, counting quarters. Appropriate for special needs students, including autism, Down Syndrome, and traumatic brain injury, and FMD. Symbols are helpful for emerging read

Subjects:

Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa, Literature, Special Education

Grades:

PreK - 12th

Types:

Interactive Whiteboard

SmartBoard Attendance- Halloween

Created by

Cristina Knapp

Happy Halloween! Who doesn't love Halloween? This is a fun way to have the kids take attendance by putting their candy into the trick-or-treat bag! The candy pieces that are left are considered absent students. A great tool for classroom management. Just don't save it when they are done and you will be able to use it throughout the month of October! Be sure to check out all of my smartboard attendance files for Notebook software. Enjoy!

Subjects:

Classroom Management, For All Subject Areas, Halloween

Grades:

PreK - 12th

Types:

Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa

Christmas Trivia SmartBoard Activity

Created by

fizzpro

This is a very fun game to play on the SmartBoard. It is adaptable for any number of participants. You can play the game using the Smart Response clickers but they are not required. The game designed to use a koosh ball or bean bag to throw at the dancing reindeer to bring up a question. If you don't want to use this techniques students can touch the reindeer and the question will open. Christmas Trivia by Sherri McKendree is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDer

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Grades:

2nd - 12th

Types:

Games, Activboard Activities

Halloween Jeopardy Game for Smartboard

Created by

Reading is Thinking

Get your students thinking about Halloween through Halloween Jeopardy. Categories include - Halloween "Old School" Halloween Movies Halloween Cartoons Halloween Statistics Halloween Who Am I? You will need a smartboard to run this game! Enjoy!

Subjects:

For All Subject Areas, Halloween, Holidays/Seasonal

Grades:

5th - 10th

Types:

Activities, Games

Christmas Trivia Game for Smart Boards

Created by

Teacher Time

This is a Christmas Trivia game that can be used for all ages. It includes 24 questions and is easy to use! (You can also adapt it by having students create extra questions.)

Subjects:

Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa

Grades:

2nd - 12th

Types:

Classroom Management, For All Subject Areas, Thanksgiving

SmartBoard Attendance- Turkey Theme

Created by

Cristina Knapp

I must admit, that this is another one of my favorites! It's perfect for November and the fall! Once the students put their feather behind the turkey for attendance it looks really cute - and attendance is done for the day! Just make sure you don't save it at the end of attendance and it can be used over and over again! Be sure to check out all of my smartboard attendance files for Notebook software. Have Fun!

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Grades:

PreK - 12th

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Piranhas Don't Eat Bananas Guided Reading Weekly Plan - Four Blocks Literacy

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This is a SMART notebook file that forms 4 days (or 1 weeks) worth of guided reading lessons for the book Piranhas Don't Eat Bananas. This file follows the Anchor, Read, Apply model and has a purpose for reading the book each day. This file was made originally for a high school special education class using the Four Block Method of Instruction but can easily be used in most school classrooms, for home school, relief teaching, etc. Each purpose is also identified being a particular hat from th

Subjects:

Interactive Whiteboard, Guided Reading Books

Grades:

K - 10th

Types:

U.S. Coins SmartBoard

Created by

Solida Dickson

U.S. Coins Penny, Nickel, Dime, Quarter

Subjects:

Other (Math), Presidents' Day

Grades:

PreK - 12th

Types:

Unit Plans, Lesson

Christmas/Holiday Brainstorm Game

Created by

The Teacher Couple

This is a quick game to play during the holiday season that helps increase students' brainstorming skills. Played like Scattegories, divide the students into groups. Have each group number a piece of paper or dry erase board from 1 to 12. One person in each group should serve as the recorder. Press the letter tile, and groups must come up with a word or phrase (must be a noun) that starts with that letter. For example, if the letter is "s," they could have Silent Night for the song and star

Subjects:

Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa, English Language Arts, Vocabulary

Grades:

3rd - 12th

Types:

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

Christmas Family Feud Smartboard Activity

Created by

Amanda Runion

20 Family Feud style questions centered around Christmas and the Holidays. Each slide has the question listed at the top with the answers in a table below. Each cell of the table has a screen shade on it until you are ready to reveal the answer. Can be played in teams of two or more. *If you print a handout version ahead of time, you have your answer key :) **Please make sure your computer allows you to access Smart Notebook technology before downloading.

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Grades:

4th - 10th

Types:

Activities

Story Characters - Using Body Biographies to Help With Character Analysis

Created by

MyPaths

This Smart Board Activity uses an INTERACTIVE character to go through the instructions!! Your students are sure to love participating with the character!!! Purpose: Character analysis is an area that students seem to have great difficulty. Readers seem to really have problem grasping and connecting with characters in the text. A body biography is a visual and written representation of a character’s life. In creating a body biography, students practice character analysis, understanding liter

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Literature

Grades:

3rd - 12th

Types:

Interactive Whiteboard, Lesson, Centers

Story Characters - Using "Fakebook" to create a character analysis (Smartboard)

Created by

MyPaths

Purpose: Character analysis is an area that students seem to have great difficulty. Readers seem to really have problem grasping and connecting with characters in the text. This engaging activity allows students to combine the authentic experience of reading social media text with the fun of creating a new “Fakebook” page that is a visual and written representation of a character’s life. In creating a “Fakebook” page, students practice character analysis, understanding literary devices, and d

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Literature, Reading Strategies

Grades:

5th - 12th

Types:

Lesson, Centers

The Gruffalo - Four Block Literacy Guided Reading - Including 6 Thinking Hats

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This is a SMART notebook file that forms 4 days (or 1 weeks) worth of guided reading lessons for the book The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson. This file follows the Anchor, Read, Apply model and has a purpose for reading the book each day. It also has links to various other lesson ideas about The Gruffalo. This file was made originally for a high school special education class using the Four Block Method of Instruction but can easily be used in most school classrooms, for home school, relief teach

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Grades:

K - 12th

Types:

Spanish, Thanksgiving, World Language

Spanish Thanksgiving Games, Vocabulary and Activities for SmartBoard

Created by

Sue Summers

This Spanish Thanksgiving SmartBoard resource contains 9 games and activities, plus a page with vocabulario and corresponding images. The games and activities use mostly Spanish food vocabulary but also a few words associated with the Thanksgiving holiday. Examples are family, airplane, football, t.v. and deer.Activities included are:Word BizImage MatchImage SelectWord GeneratorWord GuessRandom Image ChooserTable with 12 Food Words and Pictures for Vocabulary PresentationDrag Food Pictures to

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 12th

Types:

Activities, Interactive Whiteboard, Games

Also included in: Spanish SmartBoard Bundle - Sports, Weather, City, Numbers, Colors, and More!

Hairy Nose Itchy Butt Guided Reading Lessons - Four Blocks Literacy

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This is a SMART notebook file that forms 4 days (or 1 weeks) worth of guided reading lessons for the book Hairy Nose Itchy Butt. This file follows the Anchor, Read, Apply model and has a purpose for reading the book each day. This file was made originally for a high school special education class using the Four Block Method of Instruction but can easily be used in most school classrooms, for home school, relief teaching, etc. This file also features the 6 Hats Thinking Model.

Subjects:

Unit Plans, Interactive Whiteboard

Grades:

1st - 10th

Types:

Spanish Valentine's Day SmartBoard Games & Activities - San Valentín

Created by

Sue Summers

Valentine's Day will definitely be happy in your classroom with these 7 Smart Board games and activities! Included are: Colored Hearts - for practicing colors and/or prepositionsBody & Clothing - drag words to correct place, then draw additional wordsWord Guess Spelling - spell the Spanish Valentine wordsWord Generator - translate the Spanish Valentine wordsDrag Word to Picture - more body parts & clothing practiceRandom Image Chooser - say Spanish word for the random image that appear

Subjects:

EFL - ESL - ELD, Spanish, Valentine's Day

Grades:

4th - 10th

Types:

Balanced Literacy, Literature, Reading

Also included in: Spanish SmartBoard Bundle - Sports, Weather, City, Numbers, Colors, and More!

Utopia and Dystopia: Smartboard Presentation

Created by

Mila Digs Worksheets

This is to help teachers introduce the Utopian and Dystopian Genre to Students. This is a Smartboard Presentation. Please download the student worksheet and teachers guide (sold separately for 4$). Together, the presentation and Work together will take about 2 class periods. The work can also be assigned as homework - its pretty much a review of what was discussed in class. Smartboard Presentation: A lecture and interactive activity that has the class define utopia/dystopia and come up with

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Grades:

7th - 11th

Types:

Interactive Whiteboard, Interactive Notebooks

Smartboard Attendance/ Lunch Count

Created by

Daniel Jones

This is a fall template that you can manipulate for use with your students. It comes with instructions on how to change the names on each leaf. You will also get a password to watch a video on how to create your own!

Subjects:

Autumn, Halloween, Holidays/Seasonal

Grades:

K - 12th

Types:

Interactive Whiteboard

Smartboard Attendance - Valentine's Day Theme

Created by

Cristina Knapp

Who doesn't love Valentine's Day....especially kids? Well this attendance board is sure to jump start their excitement about the upcoming holiday. This file contains two different pages - one with valentine's and the other with cupid and arrows. This is a perfect way for your students to take attendance! Just make sure that you don't save it when you're done using it each morning and you'll be able to use it over and over again. Be sure to check out all of my smartboard attendance files for

Subjects:

Classroom Management, Other (Specialty), Valentine's Day

Grades:

PreK - 12th

Types:

Balanced Literacy, Classroom Management, English Language Arts

Editable Literacy Station Rotation Board

Created by

Alex Pfeifer

This literacy station rotation board is fully editable to customize for your kiddos! Stations included: Poetry Station ABC Station Sight Word Notebook Station Writing Station Colorful Writing Station (my kiddos can use colorful pens at this one) Blocks Station Sand Table Station Ipad Station Computer Station Listen and Learn Station Arts & Crafts Station Retelling Station Puppet Station Puzzle Station Listening Station Read the Room Station Write the Room Station Game Station Stamp Station L

Subjects:

Grades:

PreK - 9th

Types:

Interactive Whiteboard, Centers

SMARTBOARD Christmas or Holiday Game Template

Created by

Bethany Silver

This is a Christmas game template made with Smart Notebook software. This game is completely written and ready to go with all links in place. Just simply type in questions and answers and you are done! Text boxes are already there with font in place. Just click and type. Gameboard takes you to QUESTION slide, which has a link to go to ANSWER slide, which takes you to POINTS slide that will take you back to the GAMEBOARD. The gameboard consists of all types of Christmas objects (gingerbread

Subjects:

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

Grades:

PreK - 12th

Types:

Arts & Music, Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa, Holidays/Seasonal

Christmas Squares Review Game Template - Smart Notebook File

Created by

Workaholic NBCT

Your students will love reviewing any concept with this fun, Christmas themed, Christmas Squares Notebook file. Just add your questions and answers and you are ready to play this fun review game with your students. This Smart Notebook Template includes a title page, how to play instructions, the main game board, 9 question pages, and 9 answer pages. What a great and fun way to review any concept with your class! THIS IS A SMART NOTEBOOK FILE. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE SMART NOTEBOOK INSTALL

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Grades:

PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff

Types:

Activities, Interactive Whiteboard, Games

Hairy Maclary Guided Reading Weekly Lesson Plan - Four Blocks Literacy

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This is a SMART notebook file that forms 4 days (or 1 weeks) worth of guided reading lessons for the book Hairy Maclary. This file follows the Anchor, Read, Apply model and has a purpose for reading the book each day. This file was made originally for a high school special education class using the Four Block Method of Instruction but can easily be used in most school classrooms, for home school, relief teaching, etc.

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