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Back to School Common Core W.8.2b resources
WHY STUDY HISTORY | Back to School Activity | First Day of School Discussion
Why do we study history anyway? This back to school activity is a must have for any history or social studies class! Start the first day of school (or the first lesson of any history class) with “WHY” because students always want to know why? Why am I learning about history? Why do we have to study this stuff anyway? When am I ever going to use this in life? Isn’t history about a "bunch of old dead people" and things that have already happened? **Major necessary upgrades have been made to ma
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Also included in: American History U.S. History Bundle: Beginnings through the 1850's
How to Write an Email to a Teacher
“Y did U mark me tardy??” “Dear, miss- i was absent did i miss anything”“YOU GAVE ME AN F ON MY PROJECT AND NOW I CAN’T PLAY IN THE GAME TOMORROW. YOU BETTER TALK TO MY COACH RIGHT AWAY. I MEAN IT.” Students will learn to write an appropriate email to a teacher to address their concerns in 5 steps. This lesson bundle includes 1) an introductory slide show with outrageous emails from real students with the link to 2) a sticky “how to” video; 3) an editable handout for note taking; 4) six printabl
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Create an Animal | Fun Explanatory, Expository, & Descriptive Writing Activity
Puts their informative, explanatory, descriptive writing to the test and smiles on their faces! Students get to be creative and have fun, yet they must also use their best expository writing skills. The purpose for their writing becomes so clear during this lesson -- which is to have their partners draw exactly what they've described. Includes lesson plan, sample hybrid animal photos, a sample drawing and description of a "jaccoon" (jaguar and raccoon hybrid), and a handout for the student that
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4th - 8th
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Writing Interactive Notebook Eighth Grade Common Core with Scaffolded Notes
Interactive Writing and Language Notebook for Eighth Grade - 311 pages - answer keys included! Great for distance learning! This bundle has everything you need for a full year of teaching eighth grade writing and English language arts:A 183-page hands-on interactive writing notebook including answer keys128 pages of scaffolded notes including answer keysInteractive Writing NotebookThis writing and language notebook features all-original graphics and is completely hands-on and interactive. Each c
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7th - 9th
On This Day in History...September Daily Warm Up Bell Ringer Distance Learning
Getting students interested in historical events is virtually impossible! That's why we created our “On This Day in History… September'' resource to provide a historical event for each day during the month of September along with a thought-provoking, Generation Z relevant discussion prompt that you can use year after year. What sets our On This Day resource apart from similar resources is that each prompt encourages students to think critically about “their place in the world” with respect to
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ELA Bell Ringers - Standards Based Approach Skills & Activities (School Theme)
Not sure if you are hitting the standards and skills your kids need? A standards-based approach for language arts bell ringers will help. These 20 core standards-based language arts skills and activities make the perfect ELA bell ringers. A quick review and activity for each of the 20 school-themed concepts can be used as a “bell ringer”, as independent work, or however you see fit. You get both digital and printable versions. Included:✅20 standards-based activities✅Digital Version✅Printab
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5th - 8th
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CCSS Middle School ELA Standards | I Can Learning Targets Banner BUNDLE
Included in this classroom decor and learning tool resource is a pennant with an "I Can" learning target statement for every Common Core State Standard for grades 6-8 ELA. Print, cut, punch, and string together the pennants to create your own banner to display current learning targets for students! With patterned pennants included as well, the banner is a fun piece of classroom decor that students will enjoy noticing and reading, reminding them of their learning goals. Simply swap out the learn
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6th - 8th
Back to School: Seven Get to Know You Editable Activities with Movie Tickets
This is a fun and engaging, movie-themed resource, which can be used across the curriculum in Grades 5-12! There are seven get to know you activities in this back to school resource. This standards aligned resource includes 20 "Get to Know You" editable movie tickets, 60 editable movie titles, 23 slides or pages, 7 "Get to Know You" editable movie activities with instructions, 5 editable printables, 2 verbal activity options, 1 kinesthetic activity option, 3 writing assignments, a variety of "G
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5th - 12th
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On This Day in History...August Daily Warm Up Bell Ringer Distance Learning
Getting students interested in historical events is virtually impossible! That's why we created our “On This Day in History…August'' resource to provide a historical event for each day during the month of August along with a thought-provoking, Generation Z relevant discussion prompt that you can use year after year. What sets our On This Day resource apart from similar resources is that each prompt encourages students to think critically about “their place in the world” with respect to the eve
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See Me On Social FollowMe Back-to-School All About Me Social Media Activities
Slay back-to-school with our “Get to Know You” social media templates! Start back on the right track by having your students participate in these activities themed around current social media platforms. Gaining insight into your students' lives is a crucial component of creating a positive classroom climate and building relationships with those in your class. Fostering a welcoming environment inevitably yields greater success. Our “All About Me” activities are designed for upper elementary a
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Create a Dog | Fun Explanatory, Expository, & Descriptive Writing Activity
Puts their informative, explanatory, expository writing to the test and smiles on their faces! Students get to be creative and have fun, yet they must also use their best writing skills. The purpose for their writing becomes so clear during this lesson -- which is to have their partners draw exactly what they've described. Includes lesson plan, sample hybrid dog breed photos, pictures of common dog breeds, a sample drawing and description of a Labrador Raccooner, and a handout for the student th
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4th - 8th
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Beginning of Year Activity Ship Illustration
Jump into the back-to-school spirit with this beginning-of-year activity. The Beginning of the Year Ship Activity is a great first-week activity to get to know your students. Use the editable activity and rubric to help your students create a ship of life. This simple and quick activity engages students and creates a beautiful activity for your bulletin board display to kick off the school year. The activity asks students to share their support system, strengths, weaknesses, hopes, and dreams.
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Beginning of Year Activities Bundle
Dystopian Bundle | Mini-Lessons | Socratic Seminar | Games | Utopia Project
Perfect for teens living in a dystopian world! Packed with community building group utopia project, engaging mini-lessons, extensive word banks, vocabulary development, complex sentence frames, paperless games, Socratic Seminar, and Flipgrid activities. Follow me to build your teacher and tutor toolbox. Thanks for visiting. Happy teaching! Create critical thinkers.Propaganda Bundle: Propaganda Techniques, Logical Fallacies, Lessons, GamesArgument Bundle: Argument Unit For or Against Screen TimeS
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7th - 10th
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Conversation Starters Package on Standardized Testing
Generate inspiring class discussions with these thought-provoking conversation questions on standardized testing.What's included:A list of 10 thought-provoking questions for middle/high school students on the subject of standardized testingActivities to fill in before and after discussion (Ensuring students know what is expected of them and what constitutes an effective and productive discussion) Useful expressions and transitions pages (Encouraging students to use and record a variety of useful
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Conversation Starters Packages: Growing Bundle
Citing Textual Evidence Mini-Lesson | Analyzing Riddle Poetry | Fun | Practice
Fun and done! Students love poems to solve. Don't tell them they're analyzing poetry. Complete with five "riddle" poems, sentence frames, and more. Pair with the rest of my Riddle Poetry Bundle. Perfect for introducing your next poetry unit. Or get them hooked at the beginning of the year as you build community and kindle their curiosity. Follow me to build your teacher and tutor toolbox. Thanks for visiting. Happy teaching!Snatch the bundle and save.Analyzing Poetry Bundle: Riddle PoemsCelebrat
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5th - 8th
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Compare and Contrast Paragraph Frames: "Good" vs. "Bad" Teachers & Students
Great for back to school...Careful--they may enjoy this too much! An excellent conversation starter! Very enlightening and yet another way to get to know your students! The two paragraph templates feature graphic organizers, sophisticated sentence frames, extensive word banks, embedded transitions, differentiated versions with more white space, and a complex writing rubric, plus a student-editable Google Slides version and accompanying lesson. Compare and contrast "good" teachers and "bad" teach
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5th - 9th
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