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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
Taylor Swift Classroom Rules Poster Set - Now With Customizable Rules!
This Taylor Swift Classroom Rules and Expectations poster set is a great addition to any Swiftie's classroom! Make going over expectations at the beginning of the year fun and engaging with these lyric posters! *Now with a PowerPoint version in which you can customize EVERY rule! (Lyrics, colors, and clipart are NOT editable - just the rule below the lyric is)In this product, you will receive:1 PDF file AND 2 Powerpoint file. Both files include the following:1 PremadeTitle Poster (11" x 8.5")2
Grades:
Not Grade Specific
Social Boundaries Lesson and Friendship Skills
This resource is for teaching upper elementary students about friendship boundaries and solving conflict in friendships. It focuses on identifying the personal boundaries (togetherness vs. exclusion, fun vs. mean joking, caring vs. hurtful touching, sharing ideas vs. controlling/bossing, saying negative vs. positive things about a friend), generating examples of behaviors on the okay and not okay side of boundaries, and giving I-statements to friends. It's a great SEL lesson or guidance lesson.I
Grades:
3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Yearlong Social Emotional Learning Curriculum Bundle for K-5
CONFLICT RESOLUTION: Social Skills School Counseling Lesson | Digital SEL
The low-prep Conflict Resolution Game Show will teach your students useful peaceful problem solving skills. Now includes both Google Slides™ and Power Point Presentation files, which allows you to use for SEL distance learning, teletherapy, virtual counseling groups, school counseling guidance and in person lessons.Ways to Use☀️ This FUN, interactive guidance lesson & game can be used as a stand-alone classroom guidance lesson about conflict resolution and/or supplement to your social emotio
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Also included in: Bundle for Izza
12 Life Skill Activities for Students
Help your students become their best selves by teaching them life skills! This resource includes 12 life skills for kids with: Detailed lesson plans47 engaging activitiesDiscussion questionsHistorical figure spotlightsClassroom decorLife skill signsColoring pagesUse this resource every month (or as needed) and introduce a new life skill! You will see growth in your students, see improvement in classroom management, and foster a wonderful classroom community. The life skills included are:Active L
Grades:
1st - 12th
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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
The Back to School Bundle! | Google Slides and Printable Activities
The Back to School Bundle has everything you need for the first days of school to help you start the year strong with your students!! I've put together everything I do with my own students to start the year and made it easily accessible for any classroom to enjoy! Fun, engaging, and simple activities are provided for you to make your Back to School process stress free!*Note: these resources were all used and enjoyed by my 2nd grade students. The materials of this work can be adapted to fit 1st-5
Grades:
2nd - 4th
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Character Education Mini-Lessons BUNDLE | PowerPoint & Google Slides
Bite-Size Character Ed lessons are perfect for distance learning or remote learning. These paperless, no-prep slides will keep your students’ social emotional learning going while at home. Send the files home via your chosen platform (Google Classroom, SeeSaw, etc)It's so hard to find time to squeeze social emotional learning into our already jam-packed schedules. With so many things vying for our (and our students') attention, I looked to find a way to incorporate short, no-prep, paperless char
Grades:
K - 3rd
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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ESL Newcomers Curriculum ELL Vocabulary School Activities Digital Resources (U1)
Are you looking for an ELL newcomer curriculum or activities that cover listening, vocabulary, speaking, reading, and writing without additional prep work? This ESL newcomer unit includes digital resources, and over 150 printable pages, to prepare your ELL newcomer for the first 4 weeks of school. Unit 1 includes in-depth learning of greetings, pronouns, "I am" statements, asking questions, and school vocabulary cards. Story topics include My School, In the Classroom, Classroom Rules, and Our Da
Grades:
K - 5th
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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
Types:
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
Conflict Resolution Activities with Conflict Resolution Situation Cards
Teaching, modeling, and practicing conflict resolution skills (including types of conflict and I-messages) with students helps everyone – fewer behavior issues, stronger friendships, more time for learning, and kiddos are more prepared for the real world. This resource bundles six of my conflict resolution resources for a complete guidance lesson unit, social emotional learning lesson unit, or small group counseling curriculum.Activities incorporate movement, cooperative learning, and opportunit
Grades:
2nd - 5th
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Back to School Google Slides | Editable
These Back to School Slides will help you plan fun, engaging, and memorable activities for the first days of school! TWO background sets (original-clean and bright, updated-soft pastel) are included for every slide! Reuse the slide sets all year round with the "Extra Slides" provided outside of the first two days of school slide sets.Use the slides and activity descriptions (60+ activities and routines explained!) to help yourself plan the activities you will use. Slides can also be used as a vi
Grades:
1st - 5th
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Also included in: The Back to School Bundle! | Google Slides and Printable Activities
Girl CODE Girls Group Counseling Program for Positive Girl Relationships
This elementary school small group counseling program promotes positive girl relationships! Teach your students about positive communities that value inclusiveness, diversity, and empowerment to transform the girl community in your school! As your students learn to unlock the Girl CODE, they will practice showing compassion, reframe pessimistic or negative views to build an attitude of optimism, embrace diversity, and explore actions that empower girls! What's included:⇢2 student self-rating for
Grades:
4th - 6th
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Also included in: Small Group Counseling Curriculum Bundle: Group Counseling Lessons
SEL Lessons and Respect Lessons for What if Everybody Did That? Social Emotional
Teach your first, second, or third-grade students the importance of respect with this set of engaging and comprehensive respect sel lessons, designed to be used in conjunction with the book 'What if Everybody Did That?' by Ellen Javernick.WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THESE SEL LESSONS?Five days of done-for-you sel lessons that aim to teach and reinforce students respecting each other and their classroom (each lesson is designed to take only 15 minutes!)Guiding questions for your read-aloud timeRespect so
Grades:
K - 3rd
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Growth Mindset Activities and Lessons
Growth Mindset Activities and Lessons Are you ready to start fostering a growth mindset culture with your elementary students and unsure where to start? This resource is designed with explicit, research based lessons, activities, anchor charts, and an interactive bulletin board to help your students distinguish between growth and fixed mindsets, how the brain learns, goal setting, and much more! When students believe that dedication and hard work can change their performance in school, they gro
Grades:
K - 5th
Also included in: Growth Mindset Mega Bundle
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
Hexagonal Thinking | Getting to Know You Activity | GRADES 5-8 | Back to School
⭐ BUILD A POSITIVE CLASSROOM CULTURE! Provide your students in 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th grades with an engaging and insightful way to connect with one another and learn about hexagonal thinking.**DESIGNED FOR GRADES 5-8**Students will:fill in the sections of a hexagon with information and illustrations about themselvesuse the hexagons as a tool to communicate as they move through the classroom and match up their common interests►As an alternative activity, students can connect their hexagons in sm
Grades:
5th - 8th
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Also included in: BUNDLE 25 Interactive Google Apps LANGUAGE ARTS Lessons and Activities
Spanish 1 Back to School Spanish Present Tense Super 7 High Frequency Verbs
Start your novice Spanish class with a unit focusing on the Super 7 present tense high-frequency verbs (es, tiene, le gusta, hay, está, va a, quiere). This is the perfect first unit of the year for back to school in Spanish class. This Spanish back to school unit 1 is an editable Google unit for novice CI Spanish classes. If you are new to comprehensible input and want the first unit for Spanish 1, this unit is for you. It works well for Spanish 1, middle school Spanish, exploratory Spanish, or
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Grades:
7th - 10th
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CCSS:
Morning Meeting + Morning Journal Prompts - 1st Grade Back to School Bundle
This bundle includes my best-selling morning meeting slides for K-2 in addition to the 1st grade morning journal slides! What's included in this morning bundle for 1st grade?1) Morning Meeting Slides You'll receive 5 slides for each day of the school year! Just one click is all it takes to start your morning meeting, with the following parts:•Morning Message•Each message slide now comes as a totally editable slide for you to type your messages for your class! This way, messages can be personaliz
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Grades:
1st
Preschool + Pre-K Social Emotional Learning Curriculum Bundle
Teaching social emotional skills to your preschoolers is just as important (if not more important) as academic skills! Now, you can easily help your pre-k or preschool students with social skills intentionally- by using whole group lessons!This set of done-for-you lessons will have you all planned up for the entire year- making sure you don't miss any important social emotional skills!Check out the individual listing in this bundle for more information on each lesson. Learn more about teaching
Grades:
PreK - K
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