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Use this resource to introduce Plant and Animal Adaptations to your students! I suggest splitting these slides over two class periods. Outline of Slides:Slide 1: Defines "Adaptations" Slide 2: Identifies two categories for adaptations - Structural and Behavioural Slide 3: Defines Structural Slide 4: Provides examples and encourages discussion Slide 5: A video about structural adaptations Slide 6: Defines Behavioural Slide 7 - Hilarious video of Dancing Birds that is sure to get your whole class

This product is an excellent way to further your students knowledge or even assess their understandings of animal adaptations in a highly engaging way! I was inspired by the books "What If You Had Animal... (hair, teeth, eyes,etc.) and wanted a project in a similar style. So... I created this! Product Includes:- A few key understandings to cover prior to introducing this project - A list of engaging picture books to help introduce animal adaptations - A student planning sheet - A student note ta

Are you teaching your kiddos about identifying the unknown number in equations? Or how to "balance" an equation? This is a student worksheet that will have them solving for the unknown number using addition, subtraction and multiplication.

This product is a great accompaniment to the picture book "Who Is Melvin Bubble?" I have used this book to wrap up my Grade. 4 Identity unit and the kids love it! After reading together, students receive their own "Who Is..." which they complete in the style of Melvin Bubble, only this time it is about themselves! This is an excellent creative writing project that has students looking to family and friends to provide honest descriptions about themselves as well as looking to their own imaginati

Hello! The movie "Inside Out" inspired this fun project! Use it to assess your students understanding of Identity OR as a fun beginning of the school year project to get to know each other. Rather than Riley's Islands of Personality, students will choose Identity Islands that showcase who they are. The idea is that they then glue their completed islands to a large poster, decorate, and present! This project has students illustrating their identity islands as well as writing about why they chose

This bundle includes a variety of resources to supplement your units on Plants and Animals. The best part? All of these resources have been used in my classroom and have proven to be highly engaging! The resources included specifically focus on: - plant uses (Weslandia book resource) - Traditional First Nation Healing Plant Google Slides - producers and consumers - structural and behavioral adaptations - endangered animals.

Are you currently teaching an advertisement unit or looking to launch one? This bundle includes two Google Slide presentations that have students analyzing a variety of kid friendly advertisements. In these slides students will critically analyze each advertisement by determining the purpose, message, and effective strategies used. Included: - Get the Message? Advertisement Analysis (Google Slides) - Get the Message? Advertisement Analysis Quiz or Activity (Google Slides)

This Google Slide presentation will serve as a great addition to any plant unit. There are 11 presentation slides that provide a kid-friendly overview of traditional healing practices of plants as well as introduces 6 plants (Fritillaries, Blueberry, Saskatoon Berry, Willow, Wild Onion, and Horsetail) and how they were/are used to heal. Some slides also include links to videos that explain: tuberculosis and even flatulence (this one will have your kiddos laughing). *Please feel free to delete m

Are you looking for ways to engage your students while teaching them about how to effectively send a message? Here is another activity where students are analyzing the purpose, message, and effective strategies for advertisements. Includes: - A visual and explanation of P.I.E (Persuade, inform, entertain) -A list of effective strategies commonly used in advertisements - 6 Kids friendly advertisements slides

Are you looking for a user friendly/kid friendly template for an endangered animal project? Students simply choose their animal and complete the Google Slides provided. Encourage your students to get creative and add backgrounds, transitions, change the font, etc. Includes:- student directions -research/planning table to be filled in by student - 1 cover page slide, and 7 slides with the headings: Appearance, Habitat, Diet, Reason for Endangerment, How Many Are Left, Preservation.

Do you teach about visual features or how to communicate a message effectively? As an experienced teacher, I found that the most engaging way to teach these concepts is through analyzing advertisements. I have quickly learned that kids LOVE advertisements (especially ones with animals and food!). In these slides, students will be provided with the definitions of: purpose, meaning and effective strategies. A list of a variety of effective strategies to choose from, and 5 different advertisement s

Looking for a way to hold your students accountable while reading a novel? Are you searching for a project outline that provides choice for your students while also providing a guideline for them to easily follow? Then look no further! This product includes:- Student recording pages for: Holes, Coraline, The Bread Winner, The Fantastic Mr. Fox, and Chocolate Fever (grade 3-5 appropriate novels depending on reading level). - Project outline student sheet How to Use:- Have groups read a novel bas

Wrapping up your Animal Adaptation unit or want an effective "check-in" assignment? Well, you're in luck! This project is excellent for assessing your students' understandings of structural and behavioural adaptations in a fun and engaging way! This product includes:- A detailed description of how to use it in the classroom - Student copy of project outline - Student Criteria checklist - An image of a finished product by real students *This product does not include the descriptive paragraph stu