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Students learn important social studies and history skills with this engaging online exploration guided by a comprehensive packet. You will receive a MS Word file that you can customize to your curriculum. The file includes embedded links to support content-area vocabulary building and differentiation! This version is designed as part of a middle school course in ancient civilizations in the Middle East and Mediterranean, but can be adapted for use with contemporary world geography, and more! S

Google Forms survey for upper elementary through high school teachers to better get to know their students in an efficient way as the school year gets underway, You will be provided with a link to your own copy of a Google file that you can make a copy of and use right away, or modify to fit your style and needs! This is a great tool with which to start the year, prepare for meeting parents/guardians at Back-to-School events, and to make important social-emotional connections with your students

Instructions, rationale, and starter words designed with parents in mind to help with learning at home. Whether engaging in remote learning, homeschooling, or just enrichment time, this provides a great jumping off point. Created with the help of an experienced early childhood specialist to insure developmental appropriateness for pre-k and up! Document contains over 40 specific nouns/names to get your started! If some don't apply to your household, they may give you ideas for others. Enjoy!

A new take on the independent reading log. Use this form that serves a double purpose and what was once a chore becomes a win-win! You get to facilitate literacy, and your students get to help their peers by reviewing good (or not so good) reads!

Use this to guide your conferences with students about their independent reading. Great note-taking template for your records as well! Motivate students and keep track of their independent reading with this easy-to-use conference structure. Maybe 3-5 minutes of 1:1 differentiated engagement count! Two forms per single page document. Use this as a model and adapt it to fit your needs, or use it as-is.

A twist on the traditional reading log, this form prompts students to rate the books they read. They are asked to explain their rating in review form to help their peers choose good reads in the future. The form is meant to be checked by a teacher, and then added to an easily-accessible binder for other students to consult, or for the teacher to use when a student says "I don't know what to read next". The idea is for this task to become more authentic, and to provide a positive nudge of motivat

We all strive to help students make their best possible choices, and when they don't we want them to learn from their mistakes. In order to learn they must be able to clear their minds and reflect, which can be inhibited if they don't think the process that got them to the point of being redirected by an adult was clear and fair. This poster not only provides a framework for teachers to use (or adapt as they see fit using this easy edited document file), but is great reference for students. NOTE

Helps students answer essential questions about the legacy of the European colonization of Africa. Can also be used for general geography curriculum, not just about Africa/world geography. Lesson/activity can be adapted for all grades from sixth up.

The Giver – Exploring an Ethical Dilemma Posed to the Reader by making connections and comparisons to Star Trek. Students are engaged in examining ethical dilemmas around choosing to dissent, question authority, and potentially interfere with another society or group's rules and development. This sheet gives instructions to teachers and students for how to draw thematic connections to an episode of Star Trek the Next Generation, leading to journal entries and a "fishbowl" discussion. This is

This is a Word file (so you can edit/adjust as needed) containing a "reverse engineering" template for peer (or self) review of a 5-paragraph (you can change the number as needed) persuasive/thesis essay. It begins by hooking the student with the idea that they are deconstructing an essay after it's written to see how it works... much like science-fiction and spy tales talk about groups capturing technology of others and taking it apart to see how it works! It is compatible with a variety of t

This form/organizer students to report to the teacher what their proposed fiction/creative writing story will be before engaging in the formal authoring stages of the Writing Process. This way, a teacher can gauge student understanding of Common Core aligned key elements in story writing without waiting

Upper elementary/middle school lesson plan for introducing the 3 main literary conflict types. Includes potential variations, ways to lengthen/shorten the activity, etc. Can be used within a unit of study that culminates in students writing original fiction (recommended), or (with limited modifications) as a stand alone lesson. This can also be used during book units as a way to introduce conflict types, and then later having students identify the conflict types in the novel/novels they read

A middle school lesson plan introducing students to facets of the geographic theme of "Place" through the use of a picture book chock full of data. Students will learn the meaning of the world "demographics", and be able to share examples. Suggestions for various adaptations are provided. Visual and numeric presentation of data are both covered.

A common core aligned activity to help students when creating their own characters for almost any genre of story! With some elbow grease, it can be modified/reversed to be used to analyze characters in existing text, historical figures, etc.

This is a 3-column (plus summary box) note-taking template designed to be used with an inquiry project that is developed around a problem/essential question. Great tool for research projects, claim/evidence essay writing, etc!

This should be purchased with my Editing Symbols Quiz. A preview file can be found along with that item.

A "matching-column" style quiz of common editing marks and symbols. Answer key available in my store as an additional file. Be sure to check-out the preview file.

This is a lesson to start/launch a unit based on Lois Lowry's The Giver. Students are asked to activate prior knowledge and explore what is meant by the theme "utopia". The lesson sets students up for success in exploring how this story explores the pros and cons of a supposedly utopian society.

A fairly comprehensive list of the editing marks a middle schooler is likely to need for understanding peer and teacher reviews.

A project-based learning unit plan to guide students through an exploration of contemporary European geography.