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"KIDS LOVE THIS ACTIVITY." "GREAT REAL LIFE MATH ACTIVITY" - TPT customers - The Game of Life, a Math Project about Money This project walks students through eight stages. ` Stage 1: Education You will choose an education you hope will lead to an occupation you desire. Student loans and grants are introduced and calculated. ` Stage 2: Occupation You will choose an (available) occupation and salary. You will calculate all the deductions from your check. State and federal taxes, social secu

"THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PROVIDING SUCH AN INVENTIVE WAY TO REINFORCE GRAMMAR CONCEPTS." - TPT customer - I use Lewis Carroll's classic poem "Jabberwocky" to urge students to listen to their innate understanding of grammar and parts of speech. By identifying the part of speech of a nonsense word, students gain confidence in their ability to understand how language works. This document (PDF; answer key included as a separate PDF) begins with nonsense words found in regular sentences. Students id

Exciting, real world applications of mathematical concepts are always fun and engaging in the classroom. This Deal or No Deal game comes with a graphic organizer (PDF; see preview) to urge students to calculate probability and understand the corresponding value of bank offers. The file is entirely automated. There is a text banner that tells the user what to do next in the game. When given new Bank Offers, students calculate probabilities and decide if the deal is worth taking. Note: This is

Have students practice plotting points on a coordinate plane. When they connect the points in order, a picture of a much-beloved fictional character or historical figure appears. The pictures range from including 56-87 points in 4-6 shapes. They are each available individually here on TPT as well: ~ Picture Graphing (Alien)~ Picture Graphing (Snowman)~ Picture Graphing (Dinosaur)~ Picture Graphing (Robot)~ Picture Graphing (Shakespeare)~ Picture Graphing (Lincoln)If you like this document,

Imagery - the five senses - more than just "seeing it" a powerpoint & idea organizer The biggest hurdle I find students have when understanding imagery is that they think it anything that they can "see in their mind" is imagery. Not so! Our students have healthy imaginations and can "see in their mind" actions and dialog and all sorts of things that aren't imagery at all! I created this powerpoint presentation (and accompanying idea organizer for note-taking and practice) to combat this common

Directions: While reading the story below, pay particular attention to the order of events within the passage. There are many signal words that can indicate the sequence of events in the story. Read the story and then put the events that follow in order by numbering them 1-6. Stories include: ~ Abraham Lincoln and the Robot Invasion ~ Space Monkeys Save Buzz Aldrin ~ The Basketball Heroes ~ The Shiniest Armor that Ever Shined ~ The Race of a Thousand Turtles ~ Detective Abode Solves the Case I

"THIS WAS ENGAGING FOR THE STUDENTS!" - TPT customer - Introduce students to probability. These activities and worksheets cover theoretical vs experimental probability and dependent vs independent probability. Each two-sided worksheet includes concept development (instruction and/or guided practice), independent practice, and a few assessment questions for students to prove understanding. The last sheet in the packet is "CASINO MATH." Materials required: - two decks of cards - four dice - a

Have students practice plotting points on a coordinate plane. When they connect the points in order, a picture of a much-beloved fictional character appears. This Alien character includes 69 points in 6 shapes. . If you like this document, you may like other Picture Graphing documents as well: ~ Picture Graphing (Creature)~ Picture Graphing (Monster)~ Picture Graphing (Astronaut)~ Picture Graphing (Alien)~ Picture Graphing (Snowman)~ Picture Graphing (Dinosaur)~ Picture Graphing (Robot)~

The murder mystery is a great genre to engage reluctant readers and delight voracious readers alike. The genre lends itself well to the practice of making and verifying predictions as well. This murder mystery game is based on the classic novel by Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None. Each chapter is summarized--shrunk from many pages to 3-6 half-pages each. It can be printed onto a double-sided 8.5"x11" page and then folded. The result gives the game a booklet feel. The chapters can the

Have students practice plotting points on a coordinate plane. When they connect the points in order, a picture of a much-beloved historical figure appears. Creature includes 65 points in 4 shapes. . If you like this document, you may like other Picture Graphing documents as well: ~ Picture Graphing (Creature)~ Picture Graphing (Monster)~ Picture Graphing (Astronaut)~ Picture Graphing (Alien)~ Picture Graphing (Snowman)~ Picture Graphing (Dinosaur)~ Picture Graphing (Robot)~ Picture Graph

"BEST HOLES RESOURCE YET!!! LOVE IT" - TPT customer - This Smart Board Notebook file breaks the book Holes by Louis Sacher into daily chunks. Each day, a different reading skill objective is addressed. The lessons are structured as follows: - Review/engagement/objective - Reading/thinking cycle through 2-4 (short) chapters [ Each reading/thinking cycle includes Active Reading questions (connect, evaluate, predict, infer, etc) as well as the expected page numbers for the next chunk of text to

"THIS IS JUST WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR" - TPT customer - This Smart Board Notebook file breaks the book Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt into daily chunks. Each day, a different reading skill objective is addressed. The lessons are structured as follows: - Review/engagement/objective - Reading/thinking cycle through 2-4 (short) chapters [ Each reading/thinking cycle includes Active Reading questions (connect, evaluate, predict, infer, etc) as well as the expected page numbers for the next ch

This document walks students through the concept of Measures of Central Tendency, from understanding what measures are and calculating them to understanding the power of outliers and choosing the best representative measure. This document includes: - an explanation of Mean, Median, and Mode - Which Measure of Central Tendency Is Best? - Outliers - Consistency - Changing the Mean of a Data Set - Data - Extra Practice on Mean, Median, Mode worksheet - Extra Practice on Outliers worksheet & paper

Around the World in Eighty Days Unit: Chapter Activities ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE UNIT I absolutely love Jules Verne's classic adventure novel Around the World in Eighty Days. I created activities for every 1-4 chapters in the 37-chapter novel. Most activities, briefly described, includes a printable document for students. There are 41 pages in the document and 19 activities. Pick and choose your favorites to use with your stud

Directions: While reading the story below, pay particular attention to the order of events within the passage. There are many signal words that can indicate the sequence of events in the story. Read the story and then put the events that follow in order by numbering them 1-6. Stories include: ~ Rock, Paper, Scissors Champion of the World ~ The Center of the Moon ~ Discovering Animal Planet ~ Desert Island ~ The Cake That Ate Its Baker ~ Two Doors of Death This is the second version (stories #7

"Out, Out—" by Robert Frost Poetry, Allusion, Personification, Imagery, Theme, & more This six-page printable walks students through analyzing the poem "Out, Out" by Robert Frost. It begins by discussing the allusion to Shakespeare, discusses through the story and feelings of the poem, and explores the newspaper article of the event the poem may be based on. Student then bring the three source texts together to fully understand the poem. Update: I have added an opening activity that dives in

Have students practice plotting points on a coordinate plane. When they connect the points in order, a picture of a much-beloved fictional character appears. This Dinosaur character includes 56 points in 5 shapes. . If you like this document, you may like other Picture Graphing documents as well: ~ Picture Graphing (Creature)~ Picture Graphing (Monster)~ Picture Graphing (Astronaut)~ Picture Graphing (Alien)~ Picture Graphing (Snowman)~ Picture Graphing (Dinosaur)~ Picture Graphing (Robot

This clean, efficient sheet of paper has all of the perimeter, area, surface area, and volume equations students most often need to use when studying geometry. I hope you and your students find it useful. Enjoy! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out my Geometry: Area & Perimeter worksheet packet (18+ pages).

I spent a lot of time creating this visually appealing and comprehensive Story Map graphic organizer, all fit on to a single 8.5"x11" piece of paper. You may use it for FREE by downloading the preview. The document and the preview are the EXACT SAME. I offer it for $0.99 to those that want to throw a donation my way for the work I put into it. Such a donation is entirely optional, but thank you so much if you choose to do so! Enjoy!

----------------------------------------------------------------------- Script Slipped: The Case of the Stolen Shakespeare Manuscript ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Here is a fun and engaging way for students to be introduced to William Shakespeare! Students will explore facts about William Shakespeare and his plays in order to solve a mystery: The Case of the Stolen Shakespeare Manuscript. Students complete ten clues by using information and resource