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Balloons Over Broadway Thanksgiving READ ALOUD STEM™ Activity
Have a classroom Thanksgiving Day Parade! Make learning fun with this Thanksgiving STEAM challenge in which students design their very own Thanksgiving Day Parade Balloon! An excellent companion activity to the fall read aloud book Balloons Over Broadway by Melissa Sweet.Not only do students design the balloon, but as an added challenge they must create a device to keep it floating in the air!Students plan, design, and execute their own ideas. After they have completed their activity, there is t
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Grades:
K - 5th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
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Also included in: Thanksgiving READ ALOUD STEM™ Activities and Challenges BUNDLE
STEM Challenge Bucket Tower Problem-Solving Learning Activity Upper Elementary
This unique and original STEM Activity features a bucket with the challenge to build a tower that will hold weight. It's an engaging student favorite and you will love the ready-made lab sheets and low prep. Students must also explain why their towers need a bucket. Imaginative answers are one of the high points of this challenge- along with seeing those creative bucket towers!➡️ Click here to save 20% on this STEM resource in a bundle of 3 projects.➡️ Click here for the Easy Supplies 6-Pack bun
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: STEM CHALLENGES ENTIRE YEAR 60 Projects, Planning Guide, and Posters
STEM Challenge Earthquake Resistant Structures Project- 3 Versions
This STEM activity features an earthquake simulation with students building and shaking! You will love the shake tray instructions and ready-made lab sheets. This engineering project is one of our favorites! Your students will love building the structures and cheering when they remain standing. I include 3 different methods for the challenge.➡️ Click here to save 20% with a bundle including this resource and 2 more Earth challenges.NOTE: This resource contains many ways to complete this challeng
Grades:
4th - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
, 4-ESS3-2
, 4-ESS3-1
Also included in: Earth Projects STEM Challenge Bundle Featuring Earthquake Structures
Math Interactive Notebook for Upper Elementary
Fusing the joy of learning with hands-on concrete explanations and examples, this interactive notebook promises to ignite your students' interest in math, encourages critical thinking, further develops conceptual and procedural skills, and boosts their academic performance. This interactive math notebook contains 38 different math journal activities - with each one containing an interactive hands-on aspect for the student that helps deepen understanding and gives students a concrete explanation
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Grades:
4th - 6th
Also included in: Math Interactive Notebook Bundle Resource
Inside Out Movie Worksheets | Movie Day Activities | Social Emotional Learning
Looking to support your student's social-emotional needs?What better way to engage students than with a MOVIE TIME? ... INSIDE, OUT is certainly a fun childhood favorite!Check out these LEARNING ACTIVITIES created just for the movie!Personality Islands Digital PBLPersonality Islands Printable PBLHow to Make Broccoli Pizza - A Fun and Engaging Reading and Math ActivityThis resource includes a printable AND digital version to use with Google Classroom™Looking for more MOVIE GUIDES? Click HERE-Movi
Grades:
4th - 7th
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Creativity Activities and Challenges MEGA Bundle Finish the Picture, STEM
Need a quick, no prep, creative STEM challenges to get your students to think outside the box?! Creativity challenges can be used as a quick warm up before a STEM challenge to help jumpstart students’ creativity. They can also be used for morning work, brain breaks, and at various other times throughout the school day.This bundle includes 100+ Creativity Challenges and Activities. Featuring Balloons Over Broadway, Snowflake Bentley, Valentine's Day, Groundhog Day, Earth Day, Halloween, Christmas
Grades:
K - 5th
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STEM Popcorn Challenge - Problem-Solving & Volume Project - Measurement Activity
It’s the Popcorn STEM Activity! This Easy Prep Challenge is one of my absolute favorites to use as an exploration into volume. This challenge has been tested with 2nd-5th graders and they all enjoy designing those containers to hold the popcorn. Inevitably, there will be gigantic containers. Please note: This challenge is available in money-saving bundles!➡️ Click HERE to save 20 % with STEM Volume Bundle➡️ Click HERE to save 20 % with STEM 6-Pack Math Skills Bundle➡️ Click HERE to save 20 % wit
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: STEM Challenges Volume BUNDLE featuring Problem-Solving & Math
Second Grade Math Journal Bundle
This resource will give you interactive independent activities to foster critical thinking in your students during your math block for an entire year! These black and white printables are perfect to send to the copier or you can print on colored paper to create high interest in your student's journalsThese math journal activities that will help you spiral through concepts that you have taught during your math block. These activities give your students the opportunity to apply their knowledge of
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Grades:
2nd
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Math Interactive Notebook 4th Grade Number & Operations in Base Ten
What are Interactive Math Notebooks?Interactive math notebooks are teaching pages used to introduce and teach math concepts and skills. Each set of notebook pages includes definitions, explanations, rules, and algorithms that may be needed to address each standard. Practice problems are included to be used for guided practice. Once completed, these pages serve as a great reference tool for students to refer back throughout the year. How do I use them with my students?Notebook pages can be used
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
Also included in: Math Interactive Notebook 4th Grade BUNDLE | Digital and Printable
READ ALOUD STEM Activities and Challenges MEGA Bundle #1 STEM Club, STEM Centers
Integrate STEM and Literacy in your classroom all year with READ ALOUD STEM Volume One! Everything you need to be the master STEM Teacher at your school! Awaken imagination and creativity all year. Students learn coding, engineering, explore real-world problems, learn about STEM role models, pioneers, inventors, and more!Amazing resource for STEM clubs, STEM Teachers, STEM Stations, STEM Centers, parents who love hands-on learning, and elementary teachers who want to create a hands-on educationa
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Grades:
1st - 5th
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STEM Spaghetti Tower Challenge Problem-Solving Project
Who knew a project using spaghetti could be so engaging and have easy prep for you? Students love this tower-building event with the unlikeliest of materials- spaghetti and one marshmallow. You will enjoy the ready-made lab sheets and the 4 different versions of this resource. ➡️ Click here to save 20% on this STEM resource in a bundle of 3 projects.What is the challenge?Students will use raw spaghetti strands to build a structure that will hold weight at the top. There are 4 variations of this
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Guided Math First Grade Addition and Subtraction Strategies Unit 2
Guided Math Whole Group and Teacher-Led Small Group Lessons for First Grade Download the Free Standards-Alignment for Guided MathAddition and Subtraction Unit FocusThis is the first addition and subtraction unit for 1st grade. Students become comfortable with computation and the basic strategies and procedures used to carry out the following skills. Vocabulary for parts of a number sentenceMaking TenPart part wholeMissing addendMissing subtrahendNumber sentence matching a pictureNumber sentence
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Grades:
1st
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Also included in: First Grade Guided Math Bundle
Fake News Unit | Critical Thinking | Media Literacy | Fact Analysis & Research
Teaching students to navigate news and information on mainstream, traditional and social media as critical thinkers is essential in 2024. It is becoming increasingly difficult to separate FACTS and OPINIONS, SATIRE from LIES, and PERSUASION from PROPAGANDA in the "MISINFORMATION:" eraA well-grounded understanding of MEDIA-LITERACY is crucial in stopping FAKE NEWS and RADICALIZATION. And This PROVEN resource will teach your students the skills to identify, analyze and critique information throug
Grades:
5th - 10th
3rd Grade Guided Math Bundle
Guided Math Whole Group and Teacher-Led Small Group Lessons for Third GradeDownload the Free Standards-Alignment for Guided MathThe entire year of math lessons aligned to standards is waiting for you. Whole group math lessons followed up with the teacher-led small group and all materials.Who Is This Designed ForThis resource is for any general ed. teacher, instructional coach, special education classroom, or math intervention time teacher. Stay organized, on track, and ready for your math instru
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Grades:
3rd
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Math Interactive Notebook 5th Grade OA and NBT
What are Interactive Math Notebooks?Interactive math notebooks are teaching pages used to introduce and teach math concepts and skills. Each set of notebook pages includes definitions, explanations, rules, and algorithms that may be needed to address each standard. Practice problems are included to be used for guided practice. Once completed, these pages serve as a great reference tool for students to refer back throughout the year. How do I use them with my students?Notebook pages can be used
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Grades:
4th - 6th
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STEM Bubble Wand Design Challenge Science Problem-Solving Activity
Bubbles, Bubbles, Everywhere! STEM students love bubbles! This STEM activity has elements of fun, but also a great design and building challenge. After exploring with bubbles students will design and test their own bubble wands! Watch them engineer the ultimate bubble with their bubble wands!➡️ Click here to save 20% on this STEM resource in a bundle of 3 projects.➡️ Click here to save 20% on this STEM resource in a bundle of 6 projects.What is the challenge?This STEM Challenge will have your st
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: STEM Fun Challenge Bundle
Oregon Trail: Simulation Game
Super engaging slideshow game to get students thinking about what life on the Oregon Trail was like. You lead the class with 13 scenarios, and students make decisions and keep track of survival points. A great way to introduce the Oregon Trail to students. It includes 42 slides, directions, and a student handout to record survival points. I use this activity with my 8 graders a few details might need to be edited if used with younger grade levels.Takes about 1 hour.
Grades:
3rd - 12th
Types:
Also included in: Western Expansion Games Bundle: Oregon Trail, Gold Rush, Lewis and clark
Math Interactive Notebook 3rd Grade Number and Operations in Base 10 & Fractions
What are Interactive Math Notebooks?Interactive math notebooks are teaching pages used to introduce and teach math concepts and skills. Each set of notebook pages includes definitions, explanations, rules, and algorithms that may be needed to address each standard. Practice problems are included to be used for guided practice. Once completed, these pages serve as a great reference tool for students to refer back throughout the year. How do I use them with my students?Notebook pages can be used
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Grades:
2nd - 4th
Kindergarten Math Journal Bundle
This kindergarten math journal resource will give you interactive independent activities to foster kindergarten critical thinking in your students during your math block!This bundle is complete! All common core and Texas Teks will be covered over the 9 units for kindergarten.These black and white printables are perfect to send to the copier or you can print on colored paper to create high interest in your student's journals.These math journal activities that will help you spiral through concepts
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Grades:
K
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My Place in the World Project: "Me on the Map" Geography for Kids
This hands-on geography project "My Place in the World" has kids create a visual representation of how we fit into the world. Teachers often use it with the kids' geography book "Me on the Map," by Joan Sweeney. Ideal for integrated Social Studies, ELA, Geography, Literacy, and Map Skills.Using a series of nesting circles to show the relative sizes of different geographic places, this simple but effective geography lesson helps kids sort out their relation to one another. This activity includes
Grades:
K - 5th
Also included in: Geography for Kids Bundle: Three Essential Hands-on Activities
2-Digit Subtraction with Regrouping Mini-Lessons, Word Problems, and Workstation
Are you apprehensive about teaching 2-digit subtraction with regrouping? Then this resource will help you sleep easier. This complete unit for introducing 2-digit subtraction with regrouping includes scripted mini-lessons and a math workstation!INCLUDES:☀️ Three scripted mini-lessons utilizing place value mats to lead students through the developmental steps for computational fluency: Direct modeling (concrete)Expanded form (abstract)Standard algorithm (abstract)The lessons show how to overlap t
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
4th Grade Guided Math Bundle
Guided Math Whole Group and Small Group Lessons for Fourth GradeDownload the Free Standards-Alignment for Guided MathThe entire year of math lessons aligned to standards is waiting for you. Whole group math lessons followed up with the teacher-led small group and all materials.Who Is This Designed ForThis resource is for any regular ed. teacher, instructional coach, special education classroom, or math intervention time teacher. Stay organized, on track, and ready for your math instruction every
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Grades:
4th
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Second Grade Math Journal Volume 1
This resource will give you interactive independent activities to foster critical thinking in your students during your math block!These black and white printables are perfect to send to the copier or you can print on colored paper to create high interest in your student's journalsThese math journal activities that will help you spiral through concepts that you have taught during your math block. These activities give your students the opportunity to apply their knowledge of key mathematical co
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Grades:
2nd
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Also included in: Second Grade Math Journal Bundle
Life Skills Reading and Math: ULTIMATE BUDGETS BUNDLE
| Budgets | Math | Life Skills | Reading | Writing | REAL WORLD | Unit 1 | Unit 2 | Unit 3 | Unit 4 | Unit 5 |Budgets are an essential life skill that many students unfortunately have not mastered. Since they are such an important facet to living an independent life, it is crucial that students are able to comfortably learn to manage them on their own.Due to demand, I have bundled some of my most popular budget downloads in this purchase. You will get access to 6 units that set students up for b
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Grades:
Not Grade Specific
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