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End of the Year Activities Camping Theme for Last Week of School Camp Days
Our week-long End-of-Year Camping Theme unit is a fun way to end the year! Get ready for a classroom transformation! With engaging activities like an all about me worksheet, camp games, and more where students enjoy camping days while teachers can use the time for work at school. Keep kids engaged while creating memorable adventures during this unforgettable end-of-year camp experience!⭐️ Be sure to open up the preview to see what is inside.Key Features In This Week Long Camp Themed Unit:✓ Daily
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1st - 3rd
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State Report Editable Template - Informational Report Writing Research Project
Looking for an organized way to help you guide your students to create meaningful, well-researched reports? The research project includes a student-written example, editable student directions, research pages, writing pages, and an editable rubric. Everything you need to teach and organize this social studies unit is included in this time-saving unit!It includes: A Student Written State Report ExampleList of States (I pull sticks and let the kids choose. This is my checklist.)Student Directions
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4th - 6th
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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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7th - 10th
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Book Companions with Social-Emotional Learning Activities and SEL Activities
Take the guesswork out of your SEL instruction with this set of 40+ SEL book companions - at only 15 minutes per lesson, these structured social emotional learning activities based on popular children's books will realistically fit into your busy day!HOW ARE THESE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING ACTIVITIES DIFFERENT FROM OTHER SEL AND CHARACTER EDUCATION LESSONS?⇨ Each weekly unit focuses on ONE SEL 'goal' so your students have time to digest and understand the message.⇨ Each weekly focus is based upo
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1st - 3rd
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Classroom Behavior Management Tools and Classroom Economy Tools BUNDLE
Tools to establish a smooth-running classroom where students are held accountable for responsible and respectful learning decisions. To learn more about the behavior management tools included in this resource, read below. *****************************************************************************EDITABLE CLASSROOM ECONOMY TOOLKIT:Creating a classroom economy system that helps students practice money management, focuses on job responsibilities, and rewards students in meaningful ways is a valua
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2nd - 6th
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1st Week of Spanish Class Back to School BUNDLE First Week of School Spanish 1
What to do on the 1st day of Spanish class? This Spanish class back to school bundle includes everything you need for a successful first week of Spanish class. This is the perfect Spanish back to school bundle for a first-year Spanish teacher or your first year at a new school with a focus on World Language proficiency. Spanish 1 first week of school plans. Are you stressed about back to school in Spanish class and what to do in unit 1? Here is everything you need for a smooth and confident firs
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8th - 10th
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Morning Meeting Unit Growing Bundle Social Emotional Learning Life Skills
Want to teach Social Emotional Learning Skills in Morning Meeting but have no time to plan out the lessons? THIS RESOURCE IS FOR YOU! Each of these Morning Meeting Units will guide you through TWO WEEKS worth of Morning Meeting Lessons to teach your students all about Social Emotional Learning Skills. Each day is simple but meaningful and should take 10-20 minutes to work through as a class. What is a Growing Bundle?!A Growing Bundle is a set of resources that will continue to be added to over t
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1st - 5th
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Depth and Complexity Teaching Critical Thinking Using Fairytales
Teach your students how to explore content with depth and complexity.Here it is, a complete and ready-to-use resource for teaching all 11 elements (Big Ideas, Rules, Trends, Patterns, Language of the Discipline, Ethics, Relationships Over Time, Details, Unanswered Questions, Across Disciplines, and Multiple Perspectives) of critical thinking.! Your students will explore of these elements by applying them to familiar stories, such as “Cinderella”, “The Emperor’s New Clothes”, “Goldilocks and the
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4th - 10th
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Also included in: Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Mega Bundle
End of Year Memory Book and Morning Meeting Unit EOY Memories Packet
Want to reminisce on your year and create a memorable keepsake with your students?! THIS RESOURCE IS FOR YOU!This End of Year Memory Book is the perfect activity for thinking back through the year and celebrating all the beautiful moments as a class! Each page will allow students to capture their favorite memories from your class to look back on for years to come!How to Use:This Memory Book is intended to be used during your last two to three weeks of school. In my own personal classroom, I used
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PreK - 6th
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Classroom Debate Unit for Grades 4-7
This Let's Debate Mini-Unit is intended to support 4th - 7th grade teachers and students as they prepare to participate in class debates, both as actual debaters and as stakeholder audience members. This engaging activity can be used in many subject areas, and is a great culminating task for any unit. Perfect for that upcoming teacher evaluation you may have coming up!This four day unit includes:► Detailed lesson plans spanning four days► List of suggested topics► Schedules and templates► Deba
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4th - 7th
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Essential Spanish 1 Novice Middle School Spanish Curriculum MEGA BUNDLE present
This is a middle school Spanish bundle of resources to use in a novice Spanish class. Present Tense Spanish Mega Bundle would be perfect for Spanish 1, middle school Spanish, or exploratory Spanish. Try out some comprehensible input with ready-to-go, teacher-tested units focusing on Spanish Super 7 & Sweet 16 verbs, as well as diverse Spanish cultures.If you are just starting to teach Spanish or just starting to try and incorporate more comprehensible input, this novice Spanish present tense
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Grades:
6th - 9th
Grade 5 Social Studies Ontario - Indigenous Peoples & The Impact of Europeans
Grade 5 Ontario Social Studies Teachers do you need to teach all about the history of Indigenous Peoples and the impact of Early European Explorers in what would eventually be known as Canada. Then check out this comprehensive Social Studies Unit for Strand A of the Ontario Social Studies 2020 curriculum.This inquiry-based unit will allow your students to have more flexibility and choice in their learning to cover learning expectations and spark an interest in this topic.This unit is designed t
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5th
Indigenous Peoples and Europeans & Early Societies | ONTARIO GRADE 4/5 UNIT
Teach your split grade 4 and grade 5's with this inquiry based split grade unit on Indigenous people and Europeans and Early societies. Teach two separate curriculums during one period with this complete unit in an easy and manageable way. Grade 41) Identify and locate the major early societies on a map and time line. 2)Compare the daily life of two or more early societies. 3) Identify the environmental features in early societies 4) Identify how the environment impacts the daily life of earl
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3rd - 6th
Mystery Genre Study Unit - Read, Write & Think Like a Detective Activities
Read, write, and think like a detective! Bulk up your mystery genre study with inference activities, short stories, writing projects, secret codes, observation, logic puzzles, fingerprinting, and invisible ink! This unit is guaranteed to engage your third, fourth, or fifth grade students.Open the previews to take a closer look at all resources.Read Like a DetectiveEight inference activities and five short detective stories help kids build critical thinking and deduction skills. These literature
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3rd - 5th
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Middle School Digital Citizenship Unit
This is the ultimate Middle School Digital Citizenship Unit which will equip your middle school students with the essential skills they need to navigate the digital world responsibly and confidently. This comprehensive Digital Citizenship Unit is thoughtfully crafted to engage and educate middle school students about online interactions, privacy, smartphone addiction, influencer marketing, common scams and ethical behaviour. With 10 captivating lessons that include a variety of independent and g
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Full Year Middle School English Language Arts Lesson Bundle 1
Spanish 1 Back to School Super 7 BUNDLE High Frequency Verb First week Spanish
A Spanish 1 first week of school, back to school bundle of all resources for Spanish present tense Super 7 high-frequency verbs (es, tiene, le gusta, hay, está, va a, quiere). 1st day of school plans for Spanish 1 starting Unit 1 focusing on the Spanish Super 7 verbs.This Back to School Super 7 Present Tense Bundle includes these resources. ✅ High Frequency Verb Unit - Present Tense Novice Spanish (with in-person handouts and resources, all in Google) - 40 slides + 11 pages✅ Distance Learning Hi
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7th - 10th
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James and the Giant Peach Book Companion: A Mega Resource Pack
**Enhance Your Roald Dahl Unit with the Ultimate James and the Giant Peach Resource Pack! Perfect for Independent Readers, Small Groups, and Whole Class Learning.**If you're seeking an all-inclusive companion to Roald Dahl's captivating tale, look no further than our mega resource pack for "James and the Giant Peach." Designed to engage students reading the book independently, in small groups, or as a cohesive class, this pack guarantees an unforgettable literary journey.**What's Included:**- **
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2nd - 4th
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SEL Activities and Lesson Plans - Social and Emotional Learning Activities
Do you want to incorporate SEL and Character Education into your lesson plans, but have no idea how to fit it in? Readers With Character is a done-for-you program with daily 15-minute lessons... long enough to make a difference, and short enough to realistically schedule into your day!This resource includes 10 of our favorite weekly SEL-focused book companion units that focus on the following social skills or behaviors:Respect Not interruptingCoping strategiesRespecting personal spaceTaking resp
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1st - 3rd
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Historical Thinking Bundle: A Complete Unit - Digital & Print!
This bundle contains 7 Historical Thinking lessons and a 4-5 day culminating group project where students are required to apply the skills from these lessons in a fun, critically engaging way. This means roughly 2 weeks of fully planned materials that will help your students develop their historical thinking skills!Included in this Unit Bundle:Introduction to Historical Thinking lessonHistorical Significance LessonContinuity and Change LessonCause and Consequence LessonHistorical Perspective Les
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Ontario Grade 4 Social Studies - Early Societies Full Year Complete Inquiry Unit
This complete unit is designed to meet the Ontario Grade 4 Curriculum for Early Societies. Everything you need from start to finish to teach your students history in fun and engaging ways. Help your students learn more about early societies and ancient civilizations from around the world between 500BCE to 1500 CE. This is a complete unit that uses engaging activities, hands-on learning, differentiated instruction and inquiry based learning projects all throughout the unit. Help your student
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4th
Media Literacy Unit Plan Digital and Printable
Help your students in third, fourth or fifth grades think critically about digital and print media. Advertising is everywhere: in movies, in books, on youtube, and on every website students visit. This unit helps students to see how media is designed for a variety of purposes in order to become critical thinkers. This unit includes digital student pages that are ready for GOOGLE classroom and distance learning.Included in this 2-week media literacy unit is:Introduction - Introduce students to
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3rd - 5th
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Inquiry and Research - A Student-Choice Guided Unit | Project-Based Learning
Inquiry-Based Learning: A thorough, guided system to help teach your students how to inquire, tune in, find out, reflect and present their findings. FOR ANY TOPIC.
What Is Inquiry-Based Learning?
Inquiry-Based teaching is a response to our current ‘knowledge based’ society and allows for effective and engaging teaching. Inquiry-Based Learning not about finding facts. Rather, it is about researching and answering questions or solving issues. It is a method of learning where students explore the
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4th - 7th
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A Wrinkle in Time: Novel Study Unit Plan
This 4 ½ - 6 week novel study will guide students through an imaginative exploration and critical analysis of Madeleine L’Engle’s Newberry Award Winning book, A Wrinkle in Time. Students will be challenged to think deeply about the book’s themes and respond thoughtfully through written work and oral discussions. Their imaginations will be stretched and their critical thinking skills will be developed on a daily basis. The study is divided into three segments: Chapters 1-4, Chapters 5-8, and Cha
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5th - 9th
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December Morning Meetings
5 Weeks of Daily Morning Meeting Slides for December!Want to try a week for FREE....click HERE!EVERYTHING IS READY TO GO FOR YOU! Just open the PowerPoint file or Google Slides and type a quick morning message to your class and the rest of your morning meeting is planned for you.There are 2 PowerPoint or Google Slides files to choose from in the zip file:Original Version- updated 7/18/222020 Version- with options for virtual and social distancing for each greeting and activityEach day includes:*
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K - 3rd
Also included in: December Morning Meeting and Calendar BUNDLE
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