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Low prep engaging activity for your students! Product includes: --Lesson plan and attention activity --Directions and materials for student stations --Student packet for them to practice and record their work for reference or turn in In this lesson, students will move from station to station to practice different skills related to writing an argumentative essay. This serves best as a review or reinforcement. The individual activities cold also be used separately, interspersed within an argument

These nesting tubes are a great way to visualize a food chain in several different biomes. Students will get a hands-on experience and a helpful resource that you can easily print and make in your classroom. This Product Includes:4 sets of 6 templates for making nesting cylinders, each with images of creatures in a food chain--FULL COLOR, ideal for a beautiful classroom set 4 sets of 6 templates for making nesting cylinders, each with images of creatures in a food chain--BLACK AND WHITE ideal fo

This activity gives teachers and students a hands-on challenge to match animals to their skeletons, as well as attach them to a worksheet if your kids like to have something to turn in. This is a great time to discuss common skeletal structures, as well. This product includes: **48 matching large, color tiles for students to match 24 different animals to their skeletons **48 smaller black and white tiles for students to color and match 24 different animals to their skeletons **4 worksheets stude

This cross-disciplinary paraphrasing skill series is designed for students to develop their paraphrasing skills, while they also learn about National Parks. Students will be asked to participate in a variety of activities that ask them to develop specific skills, such as: *Identifying information that can be paraphrased *Changing specific words *Combining sentences *Rearranging phrases *Adding descriptors *Using varied phrases In this particular product, students will practice paraphrasing wh

Students who write biographical essays don't always know how to organize the information they gather. This product provides teachers and students with three options for organizational patterns. A teacher may choose to use only one with a class, to give their students the option to choose between the three, or they may even use two different outline options right in a row, to give their students more varied writing experience! The three outlines provided in this product focus on: 1: Characteristi

In this short activity, students hear a few Taino words and match them to their definitions. This is a great way to honor the history of the Taino people who lived in the Caribbean and were the first people encountered by Columbus.

This hands-on activity walks the teacher and student through making their own firefly! Materials needed: 4 pipe cleaners (preferably black or brown) Cardstock or copy paper for printing Glue or double-sided tape Coloring materials Scissors Toilet paper roll (optional)Highlighter or glow-in the dark paint (optional)

Paraphrasing doesn't come naturally to all students, but it is an important skill. This lesson plan and the 26 student pages are all designed to help students practice specific, learnable skills that will aid them in paraphrasing, taking them step-by-step through the process. These activities and the lesson are also designed to help students understand the many reasons for paraphrasing, including: --retelling a story --avoiding plagiarism in publication --making writing more interesting --making

In this activity (which should take about one class period), students will get the chance to learn the three kinds of irony by viewing examples, innovating their own definitions, and creating their own examples. Each station will teach a different kind of irony (dramatic, verbal, and situational).

In this simple activity and accompanying worksheet, students identify different animals and match them to their feet. They will also learn the purposes for each animal's differently shaped feet. The six pages included are: *One page with animal feet on it. *One page with photos of the animals that match their feet, and descriptions of the animals' specialized feet. *Animal feet matching worksheet for students. *Animal tracks matching worksheet. *Answer keys for both matching worksheets.

Students who write biographical essays don't always know how to organize the information they gather. This product provides teachers and students with three options for organizational patterns. A teacher may choose to use only one with a class, to give their students the option to choose between the three, or they may even use two different outline options right in a row, to give their students more varied writing experience! The three outlines provided in this product focus on: 1: Characteristi

This cross-disciplinary paraphrasing skill series is designed for students to develop their paraphrasing skills, while they also learn about National Parks. Students will be asked to participate in a variety of activities that ask them to develop specific skills, such as: *Identifying information that can be paraphrased *Changing specific words *Combining sentences *Rearranging phrases *Adding descriptors *Using varied phrases In this particular product, students will practice paraphrasing wh

Students are better writers when given choice, a purpose, an audience, and context. You can give all those things to your students using this bundle, with no prep time! These products are designed to help students write a biographical article (5-6 Paragraphs) and provide them with all of the above. This bundle includes: --Timeline Notetaking Page --Research Notes --Thesis Development Page --Assignment Sheet and Prompt Options --Outline Options with Writing Pages --Example Outlines --Rubric for G

In these activities, students are challenged to master the skills of editing for a specific grammar convention. Students will read 4 short excerpts from a variety of genres, having been given a specific kind of error and how many errors to search for, with clear directions for how to mark them in order to fix them. Using these practices, students will be able to gain confidence in their proofreading skills, and thus be more successful writers. These activities are intended for use by students w

In these activities, students are challenged to master the skills of editing for a specific grammar convention. Students will read 4 short excerpts from a variety of genres, having been given a specific kind of error and how many errors to search for, with clear directions for how to mark them in order to fix them. Using these practices, students will be able to gain confidence in their proofreading skills, and thus be more successful writers. These activities are intended for use by students w

In these activities, students are challenged to master the skills of editing for a specific grammar convention. Students will read 4 short excerpts from a variety of genres, having been given a specific kind of error and how many errors to search for, with clear directions for how to mark them in order to fix them. Using these practices, students will be able to gain confidence in their proofreading skills, and thus be more successful writers. These activities are intended for use by students w

Use this very short minilesson and accompanying worksheet to help students understand what a compromise is through examples.

This cross-disciplinary paraphrasing skill series is designed for students to develop their paraphrasing skills, while they also learn about National Parks. Students will be asked to participate in a variety of activities that ask them to develop specific skills, such as: *Identifying information that can be paraphrased *Changing specific words *Combining sentences *Rearranging phrases *Adding descriptors *Using varied phrases In this particular product, students will practice paraphrasing wh

6 Creative Essay Prompts for Holes by Louis Sachar. Offering more than one prompt to choose from dramatically increases the level of investment they have in the project. They are varied, so all students can find at least one prompt that stands out to them a little. Each prompt includes a context and an audience. Students never learn to be authentic writers when they practice all their writing in a vacuum. Each allow for students to write a traditional 5-Paragraph essay, or to use their creativi

In these activities, students are challenged to master the skills of editing for a specific grammar convention. Students will read 4 short excerpts from a variety of genres, having been given a specific kind of error and how many errors to search for, with clear directions for how to mark them in order to fix them. Using these practices, students will be able to gain confidence in their proofreading skills, and thus be more successful writers. These activities are intended for use by students w