A Perfect Five

Looking for an interesting short story? Need a unit of activities to compliment a short story? These activities require no prep! Just download the story and print the activities! Charlie Fish's "Death By Scrabble" will have your students in deep discussions. The story lends itself to teaching many literary elements. You will find yourself going in many directions with the text! This unit of activities is enjoyable and promotes critical and creative thinking.

-This lesson helps students understand the meaning, purpose, and benefits of advertising. - The lesson discusses brand names and logos. - Students will be quizzed on their knowledge of popular logos. - The lesson has a link to a YouTube video that exposes the students to the song, "My Adidas," written by Run DMC. The students must listen carefully to determine why the person likes this brand of shoes. The students must recite in plain language the kinds of activities the person does in his Ad

Each think sheet encourages critical and creative thinking skills. Students define and illustrate idioms, provide a written reflective response to a thought provoking quote, solve a mathematical word problem, make a list, and solve a riddle. A quick and easy evaluation rubric is included for teacher use. Ideas for think sheet use:  Morning work before class starts  Icebreaker/warm-up activity  Center work  Exit work/exit sheet  Homework  End of day activity  Extra credit (25 points can b

Looking for a creative project for your students? This project asks your students to design an unique school based on personal interests. The students can choose to design a school for ballerinas, a school for football players, a school for hip hop dancers, and even a zombie school! The students must use creative and critical thinking skills to complete the project. The project contains a rubric for easy grading.

Are you in need of a quick lesson to assess second grade creative writing? The lesson includes a warm-up activity, product activity, and rubric for easy grading. The students play a game, write an adventure story, and illustrate the story. There is no prep needed after printing.

Are you teaching a safety sign lesson? Are your students interested in types of crimes? This unit provides a great introduction for units that teach about crime scene investigation! This unit introduces the following concepts: - customs - safety signs -crime vocabulary -crime scenarios -Miranda Rights The unit includes writing activities, unit assessment, and answer key. The unit is ready after printing; no prep required.

These ready-made STEM challenges are easy to prepare for and use inexpensive materials. Students will remain actively engaged throughout the challenge and will have opportunities for reflection on the student lab sheets. The set includes 10 challenges with corresponding student labs.