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Nature Classroom Decor: Middle School, High School Decor Themes, Canva Editable
If you are a middle or high school teacher who appreciates cozy and cohesive classroom decor that doesn't look childish, then welcome to your happy place! This Nature Classroom Decor Bundle will turn your teaching space into a warm, inviting classroom that's perfect for middle and high school students. What Makes this Nature Classroom Decor Bundle Special?✨ Cozy Color SchemeThis classroom decor bundle features a soothing color palette that brings the calming effect of nature indoors. These colo
Grades:
6th - 12th
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Public Speaking Introduction, Speech and Debate Unit - Bundle! - 5 Lessons!!!
Public Speaking Activities for Writing a SpeechSpeech ActivitiesDebate ActivitiesWriting for Public Speaking, Speech, and DebateDifferentiated Activities for Public Speaking, Speech, and DebateEnrichment Activities for Public Speaking, Speech, and DebateGoogle Slides*****************************************************************************************Introducing how to research, write, practice, and present a speech has never been easier! These lessons guide students through a step-by-step p
Grades:
6th - 8th
Geography Jeopardy - an interactive social studies game
Geography Jeopardy is an interactive game in which students answer geography trivia questions. This resource reflects the popular TV game show, but adaptations have been made so it can be played in the classroom. The categories are:Where Am I?LandformsImaginary LinesKnown by Its ShapeGeography SuperlativesIslandsParts of a MapCountries Starting with "I"Colorful PlacesWater! Water! Water!ContinentsFamous LandmarksWhere in the World?*SIGN UP AS A FOLLOWER OF “OFF THE PAGE” AND GET NOTIFICATIONS OF
Grades:
5th - 8th
BUNDLE NO-PREP Team Building Escape Room - Classroom Community - Back to School
TpT Store Top Seller!!!This NO PREP BUNDLE contains 3 unique and fun escapes for classroom synergy! Each escape in this bundle is perfect for anytime of the year as a fun team-building activity. Students love working together to solve these puzzles and successfully use technology to complete the entire escape.What are people saying about these products??Stacy R: "I downloaded this activity last night and used it the next day! No prep!! The 6th graders had a great time doing this escape room. Tha
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3rd - 6th
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Brain Breaks and Class Closers 1 - activities for middle school
Have you ever had a time when your students needed a brain break to help them refocus? Have you ever finished class early and wondered what to do for the last few minutes? These brain breaks can help. They are designed to be photocopied and kept handy to be used at a moment’s notice with no further prep required. Several of these can also be used as complete lessons. Most of the activities can be used for as long as you need and then left and picked up at another time. Some games include variati
Grades:
5th - 8th
Escape From Mr. Lemoncello's Library - a complete novel study
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library is a complete novel study that’s ready to go with minimal preparation required by the teacher. It contains several interactive activities that engage students in critical thinking. This book is a great fit for middle school language arts, and it aligns with many of the common core state standards.The activities included engage the students in many learning outcomes: reading comprehension, decoding new words, predicting, critical thinking, analyzing, understan
Grades:
5th - 8th
Among the Hidden - a complete novel study
Among the Hidden is a complete novel study that’s ready to go with minimal preparation from the teacher. This book is great for middle school language arts. It aligns with many of the common core state standards.The activities included engage the students in many learning outcomes: reading comprehension, critical thinking, supporting a position, understanding point of view, recognizing imagery, creative writing, skimming and scanning for quotes, doing book reports, and solving puzzles.This resou
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5th - 8th
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The Barren Grounds Lessons and Novel Study
Supporting Indigenous Resources for Inclusive Learning**** This Product is featured in my blog: Students Succeed with The Barren Grounds and Misewa Saga **** This no-prep, 6 weeks, learning resource novel study, includes a 35 page student response and answer key (70 pages in total). This unit uses comprehension strategies: Summarizing, Connection, Visualization, Questioning, Character Description, Infer and Transformation to attain deep understanding.This novel study unit is suitable for: a whol
Grades:
4th - 8th
Hatchet - a complete novel study
Hatchet is a complete novel study that’s ready to go with very little preparation by the teacher. This book is a great fit for middle school language arts. It aligns with many of the common core state standards.The activities included engage the students in many learning outcomes: reading comprehension, critical thinking, using context clues, understanding the five types of literary conflict, sequencing, prioritizing, defending a position, writing a paragraph, creating opening and closing senten
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5th - 8th
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Jeopardy - an interactive ELA game
"The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe: Jeopardy" is included in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe available at our store. This is an interactive game in which students answer trivia questions from the novel. This resource reflects the popular TV game show, but adaptations have been made so it can be played in the classroom. The categories are:Secrets and LiesHiding PlacesNumbers 1-5Parts of the FaceCreatures of NarniaFood and DrinkCrimesMusical InstrumentsDark and LightGift RecipientAdult, Ch
Grades:
4th - 6th
Henry's Freedom Box Read Aloud Book Companion Activities for Reading & Writing
Henry's Freedom Box narrates the compelling journey of Henry "Box" Brown escaping his life as a slave. This book is an engaging read-aloud to use when teaching about the Underground Railroad. In this resource, you get activities, task cards, graphic organizers, and a lapbook project in digital for Google Slides TM and in PDF. WHAT'S INCLUDED IN YOUR HENRY'S FREEDOM BOX UNIT?The unit includes the following skills. There is a version for printing and a color version for Google Drive TM.Schema Bui
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4th - 6th
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Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library - Escape Room
"Escape From Mr. Lemoncello’s Library: Escape Room" is included in Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library available at our store. This resource is an excellent addition to the novel. Everything is ready to photocopy and use. Like the characters in this story, your students will experience the satisfaction of solving puzzles in a fun and competitive way. The escape room includes four stages.Stage 1: Students will figure out a message by identifying the first letter of different US states. Students
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5th - 8th
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⭐ NO PREP ⭐ Growth Mindset Escape Room ⭐ Breakout Game
This growth mindset activity is the perfect way to teach students about the benefits of growth mindset and prepare them with determination to succeed. Students love working together to solve puzzles to escape a fixed mindset.The escape room is digitally controlled and is perfect for laptops, desktops, iPads, Chromebooks, and tablets of all brands and operating systems! No add-ons, extensions, or extra preparation is required: only the internet browser included on your device. This escape room in
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3rd - 8th
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Creative Writing Using The Mysteries of Harris Burdick
This creative writing assignment is based off the book The Mysteries of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg. It is perfect for distance learning as the digital version is included. Your students will be guided through the writing process to produce a creative writing piece based on an illustration from the story. Please see the PREVIEW above for a closer look at what is included!Click here to follow me and be notified of new products and sales!Included:6 lesson plansElements of mystery Power
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library: Jeopardy - an interactive ELA game
This resource is included as part of Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library available at our store. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library Jeopardy is an interactive game in which students answer trivia questions from the novel. This resource reflects the popular TV game show, but adaptations have been made so it can be played in the classroom. The categories are:Show Me the MoneyOccupationsHow Long?TwelveWho's Who?Essay ContestColor My WorldRoomsAll in the FamilyFinish the Book TitleRebus RaceYou A
Grades:
5th - 8th
Analogy Task Cards
56 Analogy Task CardsCreated for grades 3-5. There 2 sets each with differentiated levels, feel free to start with set #1.There are 28 task cards in each set.A great way to use task cards is by playing SCOOT. SCOOT is an easy, fun, fast paced game that will get the kids up and moving around.Place a task card on each desk in numerical order. Each student will read the sentence and will write down the correct answer on their sheet. Then after a minute or two, say "SCOOT!" and the students will SC
Grades:
4th - 6th, Adult Education
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Brain Breaks and Class Closers 2 - activities for middle school
Have you ever had a time when your students needed a brain break to help them refocus? Have you ever finished class early and wondered what to do for the last few minutes? These brain breaks can help. They are designed to be photocopied and kept handy to be used at a moment’s notice with no further prep required. Several of these can also be used as complete lessons. Most of the activities can be used for as long as you need and then left and picked up at another time. Some games include variati
Grades:
5th - 8th
I Am David - a complete novel study
I Am David is a complete novel study that’s ready to go with minimal preparation from the teacher. This book is a great fit for middle school language arts. It aligns with many of the common core state standards.The activities included engage the students in many learning outcomes: reading comprehension, critical thinking, creative writing, using exact verbs, learning vocabulary, using context clues, researching, writing a descriptive paragraph, writing a script, finding supporting evidence, mak
Grades:
5th - 8th
Structures and Forces - a science unit for middle school
Structures and Forces is a comprehensive science unit for middle years students with very little prep required by the teacher. It's completely laid out with teacher notes and a sequence of activities. Students will learn about various types of structures and the forces that act upon them. They will also experience many hands-on activities to reinforce the concepts in the unit. The culminating activity is a project in which students design, build, test, and evaluate a structure that has a functio
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5th - 8th
Creative Bell Ringers ELA and Early Finishers For Middle School Choice Board
Do you want to be the best teacher? Would you like to offer a fun alternative for the early finishers who have already done their work? Is one of your goals to encourage creativity and writing skills by using creative bell ringers for middle school? Would you be interested in empowering your students to do independent work as warm-up activities? If you found something that gave you all these benefits, would you want to get started with it right away? Think about what a difference it would make i
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6th - 8th
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Among the Hidden: Escape Room
"Among the Hidden Escape Room" is available in Among the Hidden available at our store. This escape room is ready to go with very little preparation by the teacher - just photocopy and go. To complete it, students will have to have a copy of Among the Hidden, at least one book for every group. Students will complete four stages to finish the escape room.Stage 1- Students will complete a 5 x 5 magic square. The numbers students insert into the squares are included in the novel Among the Hidden. A
Grades:
5th - 8th
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Area and Perimeter of Irregular Shapes Worksheets (5 Pack!)
These Area and Perimeter of Irregular Shapes Worksheets are great for practicing this difficult third grade standard! These Area and Perimeter Worksheets include side lengths of numbers 1-12 to align with multiplication facts. All shapes are rectilinear.Check out what other great teachers have said about these Area and Perimeter Worksheets below!Check out more Area and Perimeter of Irregular Shapes Worksheets at the Play Learn Blossom store. Play Learn Blossom StoreArea of Irregular Shapes Diffe
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Area and Perimeter Worksheets Bundle- Rectangles and Irregular Shapes
Careers Escape Room (Jobs | Skills | Work | Employment...)
Careers Escape Room (Jobs | Skills | Work | Employment...) Brand New Careers Virtual Escape Room by Cre8tive Resources! This lasts an hour or under depending on how quick the teams can solve each puzzle! Students love this style of lesson, great as an educational treat for your class.The preview will show you some of the puzzles and content included in this fantastic escape room Product Contents:Escape Room Interactive Tracker PowerPoint - Keeps the competitive nature on displayEscape Room Puzzl
Grades:
7th - 12th
Also included in: Jobs, Work & Business - Middle School Careers Unit
Inference With Pictures
Making Inferences with Pictures!
Making inferences means reading between the lines! Learn to spot contextual clues in stories by making inferences with pictures. This is a great beginner's activity for building reading comprehension skills.
Contents:
*Teacher Instructions
*50 High quality images
*Response Recording Sheets
*Blank Recording Sheets (Differentiated)
*Anchor Posters (Schema and Inference)
Materials needed: LCD projector to project photos.
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Grades:
K - 6th, Adult Education
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