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Paper Models can be a great tool for reviewing structure and organization. Here are some ways to use your paper model of the digestive system: 1. Print a set on card stock. Have students work in groups to assemble the model as a review activity. No gluing or taping required - students can assemble and dissemble as much as necessary! 2. Have students work in groups or pairs to make a life size model of the human body. Provide roller paper for students to trace and cut out an outline of their bo

Great as a puzzle, project, or as a classroom display! HUGE document with built-in varying degrees of difficulty. This is TWO FULL SETS of bones from head to toe. One set in realistic color, and one set in black and white, simple line drawing. The bones print in segments that are true to life size proportions (for someone around 5'3") I hand draw all of my paper model sets with great care for accuracy. Labels for three levels of difficulty are included for differentiated instruction. A comple

This is a GROWING set of over 50 song posters! I will continue to add songs and nursery rhymes. A few Spanish songs or bilingual version will be added, too! These posters print beautifully to make gorgeous and cheerful room decor for a classroom, day care, or home school room. Included in this file: Alphabet Song Twinkle Twinkle Old MacDonald Itsy Bitsy Spider I'm a Little Teapot What's the Weather? Hickory Dickory Dock (short and long versions) Row Row Row Your Boat If You're Happy and You Kno

Print out a full color version as a classroom model, or print the coloring book style for students to color, label, and assemble themselves! Anatomy models are expensive. My paper models are a great replacement and make learning fun, too! This model includes the internal and external anatomy of the heart foldable, but also includes a set of lungs that attach to the pulmonary arteries! It also fits in the my printable Life Size Skeleton Model's rib cage! Note: If you just want the heart folda

Handwriting practice lessons using famous quotes. Improve handwriting and learn what important historical figures had to say on topics such as honesty, courage, and doing our best. This is a 30 page penmanship workbook. There are 12 different famous quotes to practice in print, and then in cursive. Students trace over dotted-line quotes, and then rewrite it themselves. At the end of each section there are mazes to help with fine motor-skill coordination. This book is a one-of-a-kind. Check out

It's like an interactive notebook, only better! Interactive poster projects are so much fun, look amazing displayed in the classroom, and help students to talk about what they've learned. This interactive water cycle has pieces that lift to reveal information about each step. As well as: Vocabulary foldable - fits 6 terms of your choice Water cycle facts sheet (fill in the blank) Sorting pouches for examples of precipitation, evaporation, collection, and condensation A question envelope for th

Vocabulary lists, chapter plot questions, and critical thinking questions for each chapter. Answer key included. 22 pages of questions. If spaces were left for students to write directly on the sheets, this document would be over 75 pages long! This set of questions is meant for students to use as part of a notebook, and not written on directly. You get a lot of bang for your buck with this one. <<< THIS IS THE ULTIMATE ENDER'S GAME READING GUIDE >>> These worksheets are gre

9 Bell Ringer Templates + 10 Note-Taking Templates for building your own digital interactive notebooks on Google Slides. Bell Ringers Included: Making observations & inferences Determining main ideas from short passages and supporting with evidence Listing pros and cons Vocabulary word of the day Journal entries Top Hat graphic organizers Graphing KWL Charts A detailed teacher guide is included to give you some ideas on how each one can be used. Plus, you get a ton of blank templates for bu

Every organelle you need to build an Animal Cell or Plant Cell. Full color, hand-drawn organelles that can be cut out, printed, laminated, and used in so many ways! Black and white, line-drawing (coloring book style) is also included! Print the color version on card stock and laminate as a great review puzzle or learning-station activity. Glue magnets on the backs of the pieces for interactive board work Print the black and white version for students to assemble their own cell. As an added c

Students are given a set of worksheets and ant hill tiles to create their science poster. Perfect activity for a 1st, 2nd, 3rd, or 4th grade insect unit. Check out the preview! Students learn: anatomy of an insect life cycle of an ant difference between herbivore and carnivore role of queen vs. worker ant purposes for ant chambers (nursery, food storage, etc.) All of their research is organized into the coolest poster! Students make an actual ant colony with tunnels and chambers. Very fun!

A (Growing!) set of winter songs, rhymes, and chants for preschool and kindergarten! These printable posters make great functional decorations for your classroom or home school space! Songs included: 1. Five Little Snowmen 2. Hibernation Song 3. Five Little Snowflakes 4. Ten Little Snowflakes 5. The Snowkey Pokey 6. Snowflakes, Snowflakes 7. Mitten Chant 8. I'm a Little Snowman 9. Mittens on my Hands 10. Polar Bear, Polar Bear 11. I'm a Little Penguin 12. Five Little Penguins 13. If You Want to

Handwriting practice lessons using famous quotes. This is a 28 page penmanship workbook. There are 13 different quotes from literature to practice in print, and then in cursive. Students trace over dotted-line quotes, and then rewrite it themselves. Improve handwriting and introduce characters and ideas from popular children's literature. I use these in a reading enrichment class for 6th graders. The students begin their day by warming up their handwriting muscles while I read an excerpt from

Fun, animated review of the material as well as TWO case studies exploring the characteristics of life. Students journey to Europa, where they must analyze samples for the presence of life. In the second case study, students discover the tobacco mosaic virus. This extremely fun PowerPoint was created to get kids thinking! No more simple lectures centered around listing the shared characteristics of life - your students will be putting themselves in the shoes of xenobiologists and research bota

The Kuiper Belt's the limit with our luxury travel agency. Let us plan your next trip around the sun! ~ Solar Tours This incredibly gorgeous 40+page DIGITAL interactive notebook for Google Slides is so much fun! Designed to be a big project for one student (astronomy unit for homeschool) or a broken up into separate group projects for a classroom. Students will: • Arrange and label the planets on a solar system map • Take notes on the Milky Way galaxy • Label the internal and external structur

Handwriting practice lessons from the Bible. This is a 32 page penmanship workbook. This is a GROWING resource. There are currently over a dozen different Bible proverbs or psalms to practice in print, and then in cursive. Students trace over dotted-line verses, and then rewrite the verse themselves. At the end of each section there is a beautiful, hand drawn maze to help increase fine motor skill coordination. This book is a one-of-a-kind. Check out the preview! • Ideal for a wide range of

This unit includes the following: 1. A fully animated INTERACTIVE PowerPoint full of hyperlinked examples for every element of poetry. Check out the preview! This PowerPoint features built in activities and an anticipatory set with video clips. Elements of poetry are color coded into three categories and organized like a set of digital flashcards. you click on the element that you want to know more about, and it takes you to the slide with a definition and examples from the Poetry Foundation si

Handwriting practice lessons using famous quotes from the first 16 presidents. This is a 35 page penmanship workbook. There are 16 different quotes from presidents 1-16 to practice in print, and then in cursive. Students trace over dotted-line quotes, and then rewrite it themselves. This is a GROWING resource! Buy it now and you will get FREE updates each time I add more quotes! My goal is to eventually have all presidents represented in the document. • Ideal for a wide range of ages • Great a

This Digital Interactive Notebook for Google Slides can be used for ANY NOVEL STUDY for upper elementary grade levels. Looking for the Middle School Version 6th 7th 8th Grades ? What is a Digital Interactive Notebook? It's an editable slide with text boxes for notes and definitions, and movable parts to label, sort, or create with. They look just as gorgeous as their physical counterparts, and students will NEVER LOSE OR DAMAGE THEM! Pages print as 8.5x11 sheets when students are done. Include

This is an entire unit for the movie: A Girl Like Her. Including: Teacher Notes Bullying Questionnaire Four Character Analysis Graphic Organizers Discussion Questions and Journal Entries Download the teacher notes in the preview! All documents mentioned in the Teacher Notes are included in this unit. ALL OF MY "A GIRL LIKE HER" DOCUMENTS ARE INCLUDED IN THIS FILE! THIS IS A BUNDLE This Bundle is a great way to address anti-bullying and suicide prevention in the classroom. Recommended for hig

Is your toddler’s speech difficult to understand? Or does he have very limited words that all sound similar? The culprit is often a lack of vowel sounds. Once a toddler learns to use more vowels, their speech generally improves by leaps and bounds.For the longest time, my 18 month old son seemed to have a single word he used for everything. “Duh-duh” If he wanted to go outside, he would point out the window and say “duh-duh.” If he wanted candy, he would do his approximation of the ASL sign for