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8th grade critical thinking reading strategies interactive whiteboards
Figurative Language Jeopardy Style Game Show Distance Learning
Figurative Language Jeopardy style game show for 4th-9th Grade! Want to have some fun practicing figurative speech? Here is a suggestion: a GAME SHOW!! Five fun categories that will get your students actively engaged.I've added some differentiation to this game show!! Most slides have a blue screen covering the multiple choice answers. The student must look at the question and answer on his own. OR, the teacher can just click the blue screen to show the answer choices. A great way for older
Grades:
4th - 10th
Working Memory Executive Functioning NO PRINT Speech | Distance Learning
Memory for Messages is the perfect functional resource to target working memory skills in your middle and high school students. This lesson is designed to be NO PRINT and NO PREP. You can download it today, and use within minutes. *****************************************************************************************************************Each student is presented with a printed message, then asked to determine which words are relevant in that message, to be written down on a "sticky note"
Grades:
6th - 9th
Middle School Reading Comprehension | Language Under the Sea BOOM Cards
Middle School BOOM CARDS for Comprehension Strategies and Higher Level Reasoning: This is a comprehensive NO PREP, NO PRINT Boom Card Activity that addresses the concept of reading comprehension of expository text and is the first in my Middle School Boom Card Series. It includes full-color, high-resolution images real images and is fully interactive with point & click features and immediate feedback is provided. These cards are self-grading and are a fun engaging way to address a wide var
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5th - 8th
Marshmallow Challenge - STEM and Team Building Activity - SMART Board
★ Top Selling Resource ★ The Marshmallow Challenge is a great team building activity that can be adapted for any grade level (even adults) or subject area. This activity is sure to get the participants collaborating and critically thinking! A perfect activity for days before or after winter break.
Students are challenged to work together to build the tallest, free-standing tower made out of simple household items within a certain amount of time. A handout is included that asks students to an
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K - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
3-2-1 Exit Ticket Template & Entrance Ticket Templates (Printable & Digital)
Entrance and Exit Tickets are an amazing strategy to pre-assess and formatively assess your students. With this resource, you can use the 3-2-1 strategy to assess your students in all classroom settings.This resource includes 2 options for your 3-2-1 strategy:3-2-1 FTQ (Facts, Things, Question)3-21 Bridge (Words, Phrases, Metaphor)Each resource includes:Printable PDF (2 per page & 4 per pageGoogle SlidesGoogle Jamboard3 different colors: Pink, Green, OrangeBlack & White Version***Please
Grades:
3rd - 12th
Propaganda Techniques - Analyze Text and Media (Power Point and Smart Notebook)
You get both the Power Point version and Smart Notebook version with this product! For this to work properly, you must be in SLIDESHOW MODE in PowerPoint.
PURPOSE: This is a fun and interactive "game show" activity that can be used to introduce propaganda techniques, or as a formative assessment to let you know what students understand about propaganda techniques. In this lesson students will analyze a text that includes seven different propaganda techniques and then make a personal connec
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5th - 8th
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Hypothetical Questions | Visual Writing Prompts | What would you do? Icebreakers
Following the wild popularity of the Visual Writing Prompts Bundle comes HYPOTHETICAL VISUAL ICE BREAKERS AND OPINION PROMPTS for 2024. This FUN writing resource is evergreen with proven success with struggling or reluctant writers and an excellent ICEBREAKER for students and staff.The resource is broken into five unique areas⭐ What If?⭐ Icebreakers⭐ Would you rather? ⭐ Hmmm??? That's a tough one⭐ Tough questions for young adults.Everything is entirely EDITABLE with absolutely "NO PREP REQUIRE
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4th - 9th, Staff
Specific Reading Skills BUNDLE: Inference, Context, Main Idea -GOOGLE Activities
90 Google Slides & 450 Reading Activities designed to isolate and improve students' specific reading skills! Terrific for daily practice, remediation, review & distance learning!*Using Context * Main Idea * Fact & Opinion * Detecting Sequence * Finding Facts *Drawing Conclusions...Each slide includes an appealing mini-story followed by simple, story-related questions to test comprehension. The stories begin with a vocabulary of one-syllable words and progress to stories that inc
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3rd - 8th
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Phenomena – NGSS Middle School Life Science
This LIFE SCIENCE PHENOMENON download is a collection of short videos and images designed to give teachers quick and easy access to an observable event or phenomena, that is aligned to the Middle School Life Science Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). What is a phenomenon and why is it useful in the science class?Natural phenomena are observable events that occur in the universe and allow students to use their science knowledge to explain or predict. In the science classroom a carefully ch
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5th - 8th
Also included in: Phenomena – NGSS Middle School Science Bundle
ANIMALS SET #1 SEL Check-ins How are you feeling? morning meetings, exit tickets
How are you on a scale of...(fill in the option!) is a great activity to check in with students and connect to how they are, while having fun! It's a social emotional Mood-meter that lowers the affective filter. Morning meetings, PLCs, exit tickets... any time! Students can demonstrate rigor by choosing an image and making thoughtful connections to their state of being that day (or week, or moment!). Students can justify their choices with the Visible Thinking Routine: What makes you say that?
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PreK - 12th, Adult Education, Staff
Fun Phonics | Among Us Template
Among Us has been a trendy game nowadays.In this template, you will find that the beginning slides focuses on the rule of -ck. After that, I put the graphics and blank template for you to fill out as you need in case you would like to personalize it yourself. You might want to create a slide based off of the rule of -ck, rule of bonus letters, CVC, CVCe, etc. If you need any help with personalizing, feel free to send a message. Please leave me feedback as well. You do get credit if you leave a r
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Grades:
K - 12th
Compare and Contrast Activities and Graphic Organizers | Digital and Print
Similarities and differences in speech therapy!Work on comparing and contrasting with more complex similarities and differences with these mazes for higher elementary and middle school. A NO PRINT digital version is included - great for speech teletherapy or distance learning.5 MAZES Suggestion: Laminate and use whiteboard marker for multiple useNO PRINT: Use an annotation app to complete mazes. Directions are included with suggested free apps. 3 WORKSHEETS TO FILL IN ANSWERS
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Mood & Tone using word choice in Wonder by R.J. Palacio
This product is an interactive PowerPoint that can be used on a SMART Board or Epson Board but can also be used sans interactions.Mood and tone are super tricky to both differentiate and to determine while reading. Students will be able to activate their prior knowledge through the use of the Do Now - which includes a clip from the movie Inside Out. Then, students will play clips from commonly-known tunes and match them with the appropriate emotion and Emoji.This PowerPoint contains a mini-lesso
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Grades:
4th - 8th
Hatchet Vocabulary Jeopardy Style Game Show - GC Distance Learning
Hatchet Vocabulary Jeopardy style game show for 5th-7th Grade! Want to have some fun practicing vocabulary for Hatchet by Gary Paulsen? Here is a suggestion: a GAME SHOW!! Divided into five categories (by chapter) this will get your students actively engaged.This download INCLUDES a copy for Google Classroom! Great for Distance Learning. The GC version does not include scoring and the point values do not disappear...this is just a limitation of Google Slides. However, the fun and learning are S
Grades:
5th - 8th
Phenomena – NGSS Middle School Earth Science
This EARTH SCIENCE PHENOMENON download is a collection of short videos and images designed to give teachers quick and easy access to an observable event or phenomena, that is aligned to the Middle School Life Science Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). What is a phenomenon and why is it useful in the science class?Natural phenomena are observable events that occur in the universe and allow students to use their science knowledge to explain or predict. In the science classroom, a carefully
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5th - 8th
Also included in: Phenomena – NGSS Middle School Science Bundle
Auditory Comprehension -WH Questions: Includes 6 Stories!
This activity can be used over multiple sessions for many different students!! This is a boom card deck and will require a boomlearning.com account.Includes 6 stories! All stories are voice recorded. The student must use good listening skills to listen for important details! Each story is roughly 30 seconds long. Following the story are 6 wh-questions. This product comes with two levels for answering the questions: multiple choice and open-ended response.Wh Questions Used WhoWhatWhereWhen How Wh
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
Phenomena – NGSS Middle School Physical Science
This PHYSICAL SCIENCE PHENOMENON download is a collection of short videos and images designed to give teachers quick and easy access to an observable event or phenomena, that is aligned to the Middle School Life Science Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). What is a phenomenon and why is it useful in the science class?Natural phenomena are observable events that occur in the universe and allow students to use their science knowledge to explain or predict. In the science classroom, a careful
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Grades:
5th - 8th
Also included in: Phenomena – NGSS Middle School Science Bundle
LET'S PLAY JEOPARDY! - Google Slides - Middle School ELA Review Game
INTERACTIVE PRACTICE/ REVIEW (GOOGLE SLIDE PRESENTATION):* I created this for my 8th grade ELA class but it can be used across the middle grades.*Skills Included in Jeopardy Game:- Structure - Nonfiction- Theme- Main Idea/ Details- Point of View (1st, 2nd, 3rd Person Omniscient/ Limited)- Author PurposeDirections: Click on the category amount of your choice. THINK carefully, and guess the answer (partners, whole class, or independently). Press the “Click to see answer” button, and then click the
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6th - 8th
The Better Answers Writing Strategy Unit
This unit file contains everything you'll need to teach the Better Answers Writing Strategy to your students. This strategy is great for short answer and constructed response questions. All activities include the Microsoft Word, Pages, and PDF versions. Included in this file are the following:-The Better Answers Strategy Poster (JPEG and PDF)-The Better Answers Burger Organizer and Rubric (Word, Pages, and PDF)-The Better Answers Unit Smartboard Presentation (includes learning objective and acti
Grades:
6th - 9th
Social Media Manners:Middle School/High School (Teletherapy/Distance Learning)
This lesson is a static PDF and is a NO PRINT resource. Do you have difficulty finding meaningful lessons that target critical thinking skills in older students? This lesson is perfect for you! This lesson was written to empower students to think critically and practice responsibility when using online platforms. This is a lesson on social mediaetiquette & safety paired with discussion questions with students to activate higher level thinking skills.There are 15 online behaviors addressed in
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6th - 12th
Digital Multi-Syllabic Blending Drills (Open, Closed, and VCe Syllable Types)
Get your students reading multi-syllabic words in no time! The cards are broken down by syllables to show students that larger words are individual syllables put together. Use these cards as a blending drill; an extension activity on closed, open, and VCe syllable types; or an introduction to multi-syllabic words and syllable division.There are 10 separate blending drill activities for a total of 100 words of practice! The words range from 2-4 syllables and contain a variety of closed, open, an
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3rd - 12th
Reading: Topic vs. Main Idea (English & Español)
This is a reference poster I created to address the fact that, up until I created this resource, I had NEVER seen anything that specifically addressed Topic vs. Main Idea as a skill. There are many anchor charts and resources that help students distinguish the Main Idea versus Theme, but none were available for Topic versus Main Idea (topic sentence). By rights, this should be an easier concept to master as a stepping stone to the concept of Main Idea.StandardsCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.1.2: Identify
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
Also included in: Bundle: Everything Elementary ELA Anchor Charts (English & Español)
HD Word Online Companion | Book 1, 2, 3 | Science of Reading | Decoding | Bundle
This Mega Digital Bundle resource was created by a literary consultant to be used with the HD Word Teacher Lesson Plan Books One, Two & Three! No need to pay yearly fees for the online resources. It is all here! Based on the Science of Reading for junior grades, but can also be used for struggling readers of all ages. You can purchase the HD Word Lesson Plan Book Set HEREHD Word Online Companion Books Can also be purchases Separately:HD Word Online Companion Book OneHD Word Online Companio
Grades:
1st - 12th
Reading - Text Structures (English & Español)
This is a reference used when teaching/reviewing Text Structures to 4th and 5th Graders. Knowing how a text is put together can assist students in comprehending text. Included is a graphic organizer for each text structure. Standards----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.5Describe the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or inform
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3rd - 8th
Also included in: Bundle: Everything Elementary ELA Anchor Charts (English & Español)
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