Classroom Essentials

In this lesson plan, kids will learn about what life was like for native Californians before other settlers arrived and how the diverse geography and climate affect native people. This unit plan includes a SOAPS worksheet, a video worksheet, a map project, an informal writing component, a poetry worksheet, and a Powerpoint with a note-taking technique. All have a student example with the exception of the map project and crossword.

This is a great group project for a culminating activity at the end of reading Red Scarf Girl. Included are 36 squares for students to color to create a class poster. The writing prompt is “How does Ji-li change as a result of the cultural revolution?”

This is a great group project for a culminating activity at the end of reading The One and Only Ivan. Included are 28 squares for students to color to create a class poster. The writing prompt is “Pick a character from the story. What is the meaning of belonging for them? Why? What does the idea of belonging mean to you?“ writing prompt on the back of their cutout square as well as their square position.

A perfect way to get students to practice decoding while having a movement break and getting the wiggles out! This Google Slides is also editable, so you can add more phrases or add sight words of your choosing!

Kids will practice their knowledge of using cool and warm colors by creating a house and a hand. You can use the slide to draw with them step-by-step, or you can hang the block poster up to make it a more independent activity. In this resource, you receive: -2 block posters showing the steps of the activity -One cool and warm hand activity -One cool and warm house activity -1 slide deck that includes: -Supply list for both activities -Warm and cool color explanation -Warm and cool color ide

These faces are a great way to get to know your students on the first day of school! The students get to draw their faces and decompress at the start of school while also expressing themselves. I would use this for 2nd grade and up.

This is a great group project for a culminating activity at the end of reading Hatchet. Included are 36 squares for students to color to create a class poster. The writing prompt is “How does Brian's character develop throughout the novel, and what key events contribute to his transformation from a dependent teenager to a resourceful survivor?”

These headbands are made in accordance to the Amplify CKLA ELA Curriculum. You can edit this resource in Canva with the links above to better fit your pacing and curriculum.

I love using this lesson to teach my students about block letters and to introduce modern and diverse artists to my students. I use a couple of techniques to teach them to write block letters/their own names in Graffiti letters. I show a video and pause it after every step, I have a step-by-step poster that is displayed next to the video, and I follow along with the steps on my whiteboard.

This is my intro to the color wheel. I read my students “Mixed” by Arree Chung. This children’s book talks about the primary colors mixing. We then go on to explain and talk about the Color Wheel and why the primary colors and secondary colors are placed on the Color Wheel the way that they are. My students love reading a book along with the activity. The book along with my lesson instructions help students connect primary and secondary colors with prior knowledge to mixing colors.

This is a perfect worksheet for students to practice implied practice. In this resource, you receive: -a worksheet for implied texture -a slide deck with a Youtube video that will help explain the two types of textures.  -a Kahoot link for this specific lesson

Students will have a note-taking activity to do while you go over the slideshow and the PPT has very detailed information on what to say during your lecture. There's a separate page that lists the important topics for each slide.

This is an easy, BEGINNER FRIENDLY escape rooms that is not too hard, but not too easy. Your students will have to track down a wild Turkey that is stealing seeds and berries. There are 5 different levels all with different puzzles to solve. There is no prep needed.

This is a great group project for a culminating activity at the end of reading BFG. Included are 36 squares for students to color to create a class poster. The writing prompt is “How does Sophie's encounter with the BFG change her perspective on giants and the world around her, and what key lessons does she learn about friendship and courage throughout the story?”

This phonics word family coloring sheet works on the word family am, an, and ar.

This is a great lesson to go over homonyms for all students. There are 20 slides with 2-3 examples for 20 different words as well as a worksheet for all words that uses the same images as the slides. This a perfect no-prep lesson, or you can print the slides out as mini posters to hang for the students. This is also an excellent lesson for ELD or ESL classrooms.

This is a great way to "trick" your students into thinking they are playing a game, but really they are practicing repeatedly writing their phonics. This can either be done in competition or not. Students will get in partners or a group. They will each have their own die. Whatever number they roll, they have to write that site word in one box below. They will keep rolling and writing down all the words one at a time. The objective is to fill up all of the boxes first.

This is an easy reading comprehension activity for students. They will read through the story, cut out the squares on the side of the paper, and sequence them in the correct order. This product comes with 4 stories and 4 worksheets each with an answer key.

All you have to do is cut out the numbered squares with the pictures.This is such a great activity to get kids moving around and engaging with each other as well as the material. Hang up the pictures around the room and pass out the worksheets to the students. Students will walk around the room and write the word in the appropriate squares on their worksheet. I also have an identical Short Vowel CVC Activity here.

All you have to do is cut out the numbered squares with the pictures.This is such a great activity to get kids moving around and engaging with each other as well as the material. Hang up the pictures around the room and pass out the worksheets to the students. Students will walk around the room and write the word in the appropriate squares on their worksheet. I also have an identical Long Vowel CVC Activity here.