HaleyInTheMiddle

This package includes: - mentor text analysis worksheets for poetry and prose - one is for structure and what they notice; one is a scavenger hunt for features. - poetry stations - creative writing activities - self assessments - brainstorming and peer feedback sheets You get a package of relevant worksheets (22 pages), a powerpoint with accompanying slides and activities like "Show, Don't Tell" and "Descriptive Writing", as well as creative writing prompts (46 slides). I have also i

Social Studies / Math cross-curricular project centered around the picture book If the World Were 100 People by Jackie McCann & Aaron Cushley. We read the book together and then students go through the questions within the package. This project explores inequity in the world by looking at things such as geography, education, literacy rates, access to food and clean water, etc. Students explore these by turning fractions to decimals and percentages, graphing them, and then reflecting on some

Do you have a Christmas tree in your classroom and want to integrate it into your curriculum somehow? Create a POET-tree! Resource includes: 1) 20 famous poet ornaments (backs have coloured patterns on them) 2) 16 poetic device ornaments (star and lightbuld shaped - definition on front, example on back) 3) Blank templates to either make your own or have students design them 4) 26 winter-themed poems, including Hannaukah and Kwanzaa poems, to either decorate the tree with, read out with the cla

The goal of this project is to encourage a love for reading in students by allowing for student choice in book & project. It can be used with any novel - whether you are doing independent reading, lit circles, or a guided class novel. Rubric is included matching BC Curriculum's big ideas & curricular competencies. Using a "menu" to guide their project choices, students create a variety of projects to practice multiple skills such characterization, visualization, plot summarization, questio

Rating scale, short answer reflections, and design your own pink tshirt for Pink Shirt Day activity.

Make paper circuits using coloring sheets! Use the blank back of the page to have students design their circuit, putting the lights through the paper to make their image light up. Turns a plain paper circuit into art! Includes 11 options ranging from 1-3 lights being used to increase the difficulty.

Students calculate fractions, decimals, and percents to show their interests. They must show their values in a circle graph, and create an artistic representation in a brain. Use the template, or have them trace their profile and colour inside! Includes rubric based on BC Curriculum Standards for Grade 7.

Use daily each month as a check-in tool for students to approach the subject of mental health. PAGE 1: Using daily each month. PAGE 2/3: Can be used after each month or use cumulatively at end of year/unit. PAGE 4: Use at end of year as a reflection to look at patterns in mood.

Send your students on a shopping spree! Bring flyers to class, or use digital flyers, and have students shop for friends and family. In this project, students will practice adding decimals, calculating tax, finding an average, estimating, and connecting Math to real-world scenarios.

Reading and work booklet that includes Residential schools, Indian Act, Head Tax, Internment Camps, Komagata Maru, Gender Gap, Wealth Inequalities, Africville and Jim Crow Laws, and more. Presentation includes timeline activity.

We did a Climate Change unit focused on our local environment of Chilliwack BC. If you live in Chilliwack, these worksheets would be perfect as they feature local animal scavenger hunts, reflections, and write ups about the Vedder River and Cheam Wetlands.