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8th grade science classroom managements for SMART Notebook
Classroom Transition Song DJ Smart Notebook
I developed this Smart Notebook file to help my students transition in the classroom throughout the day. I chose a variety of old tv theme songs of varying lengths. When I click a song, students know immediately where they are supposed to go or what they are supposed to do by the end of the song. For example, when they hear the Andy Griffith theme song, students know to immediately line up silently and be ready by the time the song is over. It works perfectly and the kids love it! I also ha
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K - 8th
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Virginia's Natural Resources SMARTboard Unit Lesson - VA SOL 4.8
Updated September 2015 - New links added!
This is an 18 page instructional unit SMARTboard about Virginia's Natural Resources. It covers all of the Science VA SOL's for this topic for fourth grade. (VA SOL 4.8) It contains tons of interactive elements, video clips, & games.
Topics include: Natural Resources, Human Resources, Capital Resources, Water Resources - groundwater, reservoirs, oceans, bays, rivers, & lakes, watersheds, Chesapeake Bay Watershed, Atlantic Ocean, Animal Res
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3rd - 8th
Spring & Summer Themed "Bubbles" SMART Board Attendance w/ SOUND and ANIMATION
POP! I'm here!!
This bubble-themed attendance activity allows students to show they are present for the day by "popping" their bubble. The realistic "pop" sound is sure to bring lots of smiles to your students' faces!
This activity comes with both a numbered page (if you assign students numbers) and a page where you can change student names. Directions for changing names are included!
*If you are concerned about students being able to reach the higher items on a SMART Board, consider hav
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PreK - 8th
AWESOME MONSTEROPOLY SMART BOARD REVIEW GAME TEMPLATE
Are your students tired of playing BORING review games to prepare for assessments? Undoubtedly, your answer must be YES! Well, here's A SMART Board review game template that your students are sure to beg you to let them play. The MONSTEROPOLY SMART BOARD REVIEW GAME TEMPLATE allows your class to review as many questions as you want while playing a MONOPOLY-like game that includes crazy stunts and monster money. The main board slide on the SMART Board presentation has moving animated monsters
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2nd - 12th, Staff
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SmartBoard Attendance- Popping Bubbles
Who doesn't love bubbles? This happens to be a personal favorite of mine - the students just have to pop the bubbles and they disappear! Anyone that's left is absent. If you don't save it when they are done, you will be able to use it over and over again. A perfect tool for classroom management. Be sure to check out all of my smartboard attendance files for Notebook software. Have Fun!
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PreK - 12th
SmartBoard Attendance- Connect Four
What's more fun than Connect Four? Playing Connect Four AND having attendance being taken! Your students will love you for this one. This is a great classroom management tool. We all know that mornings are very hectic. Don't waste your time taking attendance - leave the kids in charge of it! All they have to do is follow the rules of Connect Four and drop their name in for attendance! This file comes with instructions to change the chips to your student's name. Don't forget to not save it
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PreK - 12th
Hallowe'en Science Experiments/Activities
Four exciting, hands-on and engaging Hallowe'en Science experiments you can do with your class using simple and easy to find supplies. In the older grades you can even explain the Science behind the chemical and state reactions! This file also links to two videos on YouTube demonstrating the experiment.
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PreK - 8th
ZONK Monsters Review Game (SmartBoard)
Zonk is a FUN review game that can be used for all grades and all subjects! One of the best things about ZONK is that it is a game based not only knowledge, but luck as well! This keeps the students interested and those who may not know the answers are still engaged and have an opportunity to score points!
You can break the students up into groups or have them play as individuals. If playing with groups, establish your rules from the start. I typically tell the students that the person who
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K - 12th
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Space Unit - Instructional Smartboard Lesson - VA SOLs 4.7 & 4.8
Updated November 2015!! This SMARTboard lesson is a 24 page instructional unit lesson that covers all of the Virginia fourth grade SOLs for Space. This lessons focuses on:
1 - -Changes in Our Understanding of the Universe/Solar System - Geocentric vs. Heliocentric (Earth Centered vs. Sun Centered) - Aristotle, Ptolemy, Copernicus, & Galileo & our modern understanding of the Universe
2 - Our Solar System - Our Sun, Planets, Moons, Inner & Outer (Terrestrial/Gas Giants) Planets
3 -
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4th - 10th
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Weather SMARTboard Instructional Lesson - 26 Pages-Clips & Interactive
This SMARTboard lesson is a 26 page instructional lesson for my 4th grade Virginia Science SOL Weather Unit. It covers all of the Virginia 4th grade Science SOLs for Weather. It contains tons of video clips & interactive activities! (Twenty web links in all!) Topics included are: The Water Cycle, Types of Clouds (Cumulus, Cirrus, Stratus, & Cumulonimbus), Types of Precipitation (Rain, Snow, Sleet, Freezing Rain, & Hail),
Weather Instruments (Thermometers & Temperature, Anemo
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3rd - 8th
Plants Interactive SMARTboard Lesson - VA 4th Grade Science SOL Unit
This is a unit SMARTboard lesson covering Plants. It has interactive features, animations, and video clips. This lesson covers all of the VA SOLs for 4th grade about plants. Topics include: Plant parts & functions (roots, stems, leaves, flowers), Flower parts (Petals, Sepal, Pistil - Style, Stigma, Ovary, Stamen - Anther, Filament, Pollen, Pollination, Spore Reproduction, Photosynthesis, Plant Adaptations, Plant Dormancy.
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3rd - 8th
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Electricity SMARTboard Unit Lesson - VA SOL 4.3
This 20 page Instructional Unit SMARTboard Lesson teaches kids all about Electricity. It follows the Virginia 4th grade SOL requirements for Electricity (VA SOL 4.3), but would be appropriate for grades 3-8. This lesson is FUN - with TONS of web links and interactive parts. My students LOVE this SMARTboard! It takes about 1-2 weeks to complete, and I use it in conjunction with my Electricity Interactive Notebook, also featured here on TPT. If you're teaching 4th grade science in Virginia, t
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3rd - 9th
SmartNotebook Hangman Game
Fun and easy classroom activity for any age student to use the SmartBoard and participate in the game.
Easy as 1) download, 2) open and 3) play.
This SmartNotebook file includes 2 pages "hangman boards" - 1 with female student and 1 with a male student.
Check out our other SmartNotebook Games & Templates:
SmartBoard Checkers Game
Connect 4 Gameboard
Crossword Gameboard Template
Magic Words Teacher Template
Free Sudoku Math Template
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1st - 12th
CHAMPS Behavior Expectations Classroom Management Smartboard
This is a smartboard document for teachers using the CHAMPS model for behavior expectations. Just post the document in front of the class during any activity and then slide the highlighted square over the expectation for each of the CHAMPS categories. I have provided many slides with these expectations so that you can also click on a slide that has the expectations saved on them. Also, there is a page with the SLANT active listening strategies on them. I know that both you and your students wil
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2nd - 8th
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Smart STEM Tallest Christmas Tree
Tis the season for holiday STEM! Here is a SmartBoard activity that I made for a 2nd grade class. This Smart has directions, materials, charts and timers for the activity. Students are to build the tallest Christmas tree that they can in 15 minutes. At the beginning, I have the jobs broken down. For my class, I will not assign specific jobs, but for some classes it could be needed. For older grades, have the students graph their data they collected.
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1st - 8th
Friendship Salad SMARTBoard Lesson
SMARTBoard lesson walking you through the process of making a friendship salad, which is a fabulous idea by Mrs. Durning at http://teacherweb.com/NY/MTA/durning
The salad is a metaphorical representation of the things we need to run a classroom-kindness, manners, nice words, etc. There is also reference to what we don't need-a rotten banana. The children will then decorate printable rotten bananas. (attached in this file)
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K - 8th
SMART Board Morning Attendance and Routines
Have your students "check in" and take attendance themselves each morning. My students absolutely love coming in and checking in.
This document includes:
attendance check in (2 types and are editable)
calendar - month names with themed clip art included
today, yesterday, tomorrow practice
weather graph
teacher directions
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PreK - 8th
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Force & Motion SMARTboard Unit - VA SOLs
This ten page instructional SMARTboard covers all of the 4th grade VA Science SOLs on the topic of Force and Motion - VA SOL 4.2. It is colorful, well organized, and contains lots of interactive parts including tons of video links. Use this lesson to teach your entire unit!
Topics covered include:
position & location
motion, speed, direction
energy, potential energy, kinetic energy
force, push, pull
friction
inertia
and more!
I also offer an interactive notebook for this unit that c
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3rd - 10th
"Whooo's Here Today?" Owl & Back to School Theme SMART Board Attendance w/ SOUND
Whooo's here today?? Students click their owl to hear a real owl hooting and then watch it disappear. Any owls left on the page indicate students who are absent for the day.
This attendance activity comes with both a numbered page (if you assign students numbers) and a page where you can change student names. Directions for changing names are included!
*If you are concerned about students being able to reach the higher items on a SMART Board, consider having students use a pointer. This has
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PreK - 8th
Heads Up for the Smart Board! Customizable Template for any subject or grade!
Have you ever played the fun new game Heads Up? Now you can bring it into your classroom! This game template allows you to customize up to 72 terms that you want your students to master! This template includes a scoreboard, instructions, and is SUPER EASY to customize. This is a sure way to bring enthusiasm and engagement into your classroom!
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K - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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SmartBoard Attendance- Super Hero Theme
I know, I know - I've said it before that this one was my favorite! Seriously, though, this time I mean it! My students absolutely LOVE this attendance board. It's perfect for all age levels. It gets the kids involved. It gets your attendance done for you. And best of all, who doesn't like to be a Super Hero? Just have them drag their superhero to the comic book and attendance is done. Just don't save it when they are done and you will be able to use it over and over. Be sure to check o
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PreK - 12th
Mendelian Genetics Unit: Lesson 7: Your Monster and Punnet Squares
Now that students know how to set up Punnet squares and predict future genotypes and phenotypes, have them do the same with their monsters!
Students will pick a partner in class, and their two monsters will fall in love and have many monster babies! Students will select traits, and will create 10 punnets squares that will show the possible outcomes for four different babies.
Finally, students will put together a packet with their adult monsters (illustrated with their genotypes and phenotypes
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6th - 8th
Jeopardy Game Template for SMART Notebook
Do you want to create your own Jeopardy games, but don't have the time? Now with this neatly designed, bright and colorful template you can create Jeopardy style games for your classroom in a snap! Just add your own categories, questions, answers, and save it! Create as many different jeopardy games as you like.
The scoreboard arrows keep score by the hundreds for up to 4 teams. This Smart Notebook file contains 54 pages: 25 question pages, 25 answer pages, a game board, a scoreboard, and ins
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K - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Wave Interactions - Refraction, Reflection, Diffraction & Interference
A Beginning SMART Notebook Lesson on Wave Interactions with matter including the definitions and differences between reflection, refraction, diffraction and interference. Compares how these differ in mechanical and electromagnetic waves. Includes images, linked video clips, animation and a review science song from YouTube. Must have Smart Notebook software to run.
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Grades:
5th - 9th
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