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Kickstart your school year with this engaging reading and writing program launch for grades 5 and 6. Perfect for the first twenty days of school, our daily lessons ensure a smooth transition back to school, fostering critical skills and a love for learning. Empower your students with the tools they need for academic success! Updated to support Ontario 2023 Language CurriculumThis bundle has everything you need to set up your Readers' and Writers' program! This bundle includes teacher printable a

Are you looking for lessons to help you teach the new Ontario 2023 Language curriculum? Includes all lesson plans, worksheets, templates, rubrics, and printables that you need! These lessons have been used in my own grade 7/8 classroom. 10 Lessons and Summative Task Topics Include:1.What is a Digital Footprint 2.Learning the Lesson the Hard Way 3.How Dependent Am I on Technology? 4.Digital Citizenship 5.Being a Good Digital Citizen 6.Cyber Bullying 7.Cyber Addictions 8.Cyber Safety 9.Copyright

Back to School MUST have resource!Twenty day introduction to writers' workshop in the middle grades. From going through the rules of the workshop, to editing vs. conferencing, to the different genre of writing. Everything is covered or introduced in this twenty day plan. This package includes detailed lessons, BLMs, posters and teacher prompts. NOW INCLUDES: a digital presentation Although this is intended for use when the school year begins, it can easily be used at any point throughout the

Vocabulary building word study lessons for 7th and 8th grade. Students will consolidate previous knowledge of: Parts of speech (nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs), synonyms, morphemes (prefixes and suffixes), syllables and heteronyms/homonyms. Everything you need to teach your students the vocabulary building language foundations for reading and writing in a middle school classroom. This unit is aligned with the new 2023 Ontario Language Curriculum. This unit includes a Powerpoint presentation

STEAM Challenge - Design a parachute for Santa to land safely in the event of a crash landing. Premise: the NTSB requires that Santa have specific safety gear in order to be able to fly on Christmas Eve. Students are to design a parachute that will get Santa safely and slowly to the ground. Package includes: Introduction script (Breaking News), Materials list and student work sheet.Extensions: graph the student times. What people are saying:I teach STEAM for 3/4 and 7/8. This is one of their fa

"Elevate Your Reading Classroom: The Ultimate Back to School Resource for Junior and Intermediate Classes"The first 20 days of school can set the tone for the entire year, and reading is a crucial part of that experience. This comprehensive resource makes it easy to create a smooth transition from primary to intermediate level reading workshops, with all the necessary lesson plans, BLM's, and anchor chart ideas included. This resource will help take your students to the next level of reading suc

Task Cards for Library Orientation! Designed to enhance library skills, these engaging cards guide students through essential library functions. 36 Library Scavenger Hunt Task CardsThis pack includes 36 scavenger hunt cards and a printable answer sheet allowing students to record up to twelve answers. This is a great way to introduce/remind students of the different parts of the library. You may also wish to do this as a challenge, having one student choose a card and find the book - record how

This handy resources gives you 40 journals prompts that are a great way to begin the week. Give these to your students while you get caught up on all the items that pop up after a weekend. Prompts generally include a writing piece and a drawing. Topics Include: Summer Memories Celebrating 100! First Day of School My Prediction All About Me Taking Care of My Teeth My Goals On a Rainy Day Our Classroom My Kite for a Windy Day New Friend Interview My Favorite School Activities Autumn Leaves

Writer's Workshop - First Twenty Days outline This gives you a twenty day introduction to writers' workshop in the middle grades. From going through the rules of the workshop, to editing vs. conferencing, to the different genre of writing. Everything is covered or introduced in this twenty day plan. Although this is intended for use when the school year begins, it can easily be used at any point throughout the year to teach different aspects that are covered. Updated: March 11, 2014 - Inclu

This back to school bundle will help you start the new school year with ease! This bundles includes presentations, printable resources, and posters. ⭐️ These resources are aligned with the new 2023 Ontario Language Curriculum.⭐️ Bundle Includes: Reading and Writing Workshop Bundle - 100 pages of lessons to help you successfully set up your reading and writing lesson blocks. PDF and Slidedeck files included. Digital Media Literacy Lessons - 60 pages of lesson plans, worksheets, templates, rubr

Jumpstart the back-to-school season with our comprehensive resource designed for grade 7 and 8 teachers. Our "First Week Back" guide offers engaging daily activities to ensure a smooth and successful transition into the new school year. Each day is tailored to captivate students, set clear expectations, and build a positive classroom environment from day one. What's included: Day 1 21 slides (Includes introducing yourself to the class, basic expectations/rules, name tag creation, knowledge an

This is a MUST HAVE resource to make teaching Digital Media Literacy easy! ONTARIO TEACHERS: This will help you teach the new Digital Media Literacy strand in the 2023 Language curriculum. This package goes beyond the conversations about cyberbullying and safe use. In this resource you will find student sheets and posters for the nine elements of digital citizenship: * digital health and wellness * digital security * digital rights and responsibilities * digital literacy * digital law * digi

Elevate your library lessons with this dynamic bundle! Bundle includes 3 sets of task cards, a hands-on coding activity, a STEM resource package, and a captivating set of lightbox slides. Perfect for fostering critical thinking and creativity, these resources make learning engaging and fun. * Task cards sets are perfect for back to school library orientation or reviewing skills with students throughout the year. One set is K-4, other sets are 3-8. * STEAM package includes everything you need t

Coding for computers and tablets. STEAM initiatives are supported with this package. This resource is a great starting of place for those that would like to incorporate coding into their STEAM/STEM or technology lessons. This resource includes 5 different "stations" that could be done as a whole class activity, or more like traditional ELL and math learning centres. There are two reading pages included to help students better understand binary coding and block coding. The coding "challenge jour

This unit was designed (and taught) for a grade 5-7 mixed ability group. If you want to get your students to think about the world around them and understand that everyone in the world has the same rights, but not everyone actually gets those rights, this is the unit to do this. Using explanatory writing as the genre of writing, students learn about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, while learning how to write different explanatory writing formats. This unit includes links to requ

Streamline Your STEAM Classroom with this 'Ready to Go' Resource Package Bring your STEAM lessons to life with this easy-to-use resource package. Simply print, copy, and go! The package includes everything you need to get started, including STEAM bulletin board headers, project "rules", a pre-activity for students to research and learn about the aspects of STEAM, a teacher planning sheet, student workbook, student reflection sheet, and student presentation guidelines. This "Ready to Go" resource

"Design a Catapult for Cupid's Valentine's Day Delivery Challenge: The Ultimate STEM Project"Breaking News: Cupid's bow and arrow are out of commission and he needs your help to deliver valentines to the right people on Valentine's Day. Student Worksheet: This worksheet will spark your students imaginations, helping them create a catapult to deliver Cupid's valentines. Extensions: Take the project to the next level by graphing the distances the catapult can reach. Plot your data and see how you

Library Task Cards, Introduction to the LibraryThis pack includes 26 scavenger hunt cards and a printable answer sheet allowing students to record up to twelve answers. The purpose of this scavenger hunt is to familiarize the students with the library, using the alphabet. This set of cards will also familiarize your students with using your library search tool. This resource is not specific to fiction or nonfiction. A simple but effective activity that gets students engaged in locating informat

This resource is a ready to go activity booklet. Pages could be used either as a booklet or separate the pages to create quick and easy Christmas stations. This resource is still growing and will be completed by December 1st. Includes: * Symmetry drawings * Write a Christmas story * SENSE-ational Christmas * Christmas traditions * Christmas Acrostic * Christmas letters (Dear Santa, Dear Mom & Dad, Dear Mom and Dear Dad) * Decorate your own ornament * Decorate your own tree Please don't forget

Back to School ready to print and go resource. Activities include: * Time capsule sheet * Getting To Know Me glyph * All About Me poem * Highlights of My Summer * "Text" Your Friend About Your Summer * All About (Me) Learning * Thank You - write a letter to last year's teacher * Fall Reading Interview Bonus:Parent homework. This package also includes the letter I send home on the first day asking parents to tell me about their child. This has been one of the BEST things I have added to my prog