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This activity packet can be used for guidance lessons, small group, read aloud activities, literature circles, sub work and more! Growth Mindset is a positive way of thinking. When someone laments, “Well, I’m just bad at Math!” or “I am terrible at cartwheels!”, the growth mindset approach would be to help the person look at their "temporary" short comings a different way. A growth mindset lets a person figure out the next step in his/her journey towards success and helps the learner take owne

Persuasive Appeals, Rhetorical Appeals are made fun with this packet! Students will climb the Bloom's Taxonomy ladder as they understand, remember, analyze, evaluate and create their own appeals. Help them learn ethos, pathos and logos with these activities. I remember learning about persuasive appeals in 7th and 8th grade and again, in more depth, in college. I think it is fascinating to delve into the psychology behind how advertising companies and businesses can cause certain emotions in con

This resource includes 3 paper and pencil coding assessments. The theme is Earth Day, but can be used all year long to celebrate our Earth! Please leave feedback, if you have the time and would be so kind! :) The assessments include: Recycle! Gather only the recyclable items and put them in the recycle bin by cutting and sorting the steps in order. Then, answer questions about good recycling habits. Planting Trees! Help the car from the Tree Nursery navigate through the town by coding the car

This file download contains 10 certificates to recognize and applaud your students' achievements! :) There are two sizes included which are full page 8.5 x 11 and 1/4 page both in color and black and white. Preview for a closer look! These certificates are great for the end of the year! Other end of the year activities include: End of the Year Memory Book and Autograph Book

Coding is such a fun way to use problem solving and critical thinking! These 3 activities have the students read a map and navigate themselves to different locations. They will draw the rectangles from the tool box in the work space area to navigate themselves on a field trip. This is a great introduction to coding and these activities also focus on map skills! Clip art from: Teacher's Resource Force Want more coding activities? Paper & Pencil Coding while Using a Map Paper & Pencil Coding

These two worksheets focus on interpreting data from graphs and plotting data in pictographs and lined bar graphs. 2 worksheets: 1. Interpreting Data from a Pictograph. There are 6 questions that ask "more than" and "less than" questions. 2. 4 worksheets of varying levels of difficulty to differentiate instruction. -Level 1- One part of the pictograph is completed to show an example. -Level 2- Pictograph is blank without assistance. -Level 3- Students draw a pictograph from the table and a

This packet teaches students about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. There are 4 activities included. 1. Create your own "I have a Dream Speech." This speech can be about, "How would you make the world a better place?" Or you can customize it to be anything you like for your classroom. "How would you make our school or classroom a better place?" 2. Reading Comprehension Questions: There are 6 questions that the students will answer from the MLK reading passage. 3. Time Line: I have included a Ti

This Worksheet focuses on Similes and Metaphors. I have included a description of what a Simile and a Metaphor is for the students to refer back to while working. There are three sections: 1. Identifying Simile and Metaphor 2. Changing Simile into Metaphor 3. Writing Prompt: "Juliet is the Sun" What can we tell about Juliet from this metaphor? (i.e. beautiful, bright, life revolves around her, life giving, necessary for survival) Click the link below to check out another Similes and Metaphors

I created this assessment when my class was working on our "Community Helpers unit in Social Studies. All of the similes and metaphors are about fire fighters and helping the community. However; even if your class is not focusing on community helpers, this printable is still great practice. 3 sections of figurative language: 1. Determine the similes from the metaphors. 2. Re-write metaphors to make them similes. 3. Explain the metaphor and justify the comparison being presented. *I extende