MsB Does ELD

30 random trivia questions from students grades 5-12! This activity is great for end of the year celebrations and can be done with large groups of students. It can also be a great way to kick off your school year! All of the answers are included in the slides!

This sildeshow covers the Aztec, Maya, and Inca civilizations. It includes printable fill in notes for students and a post note activity for each civilization. It also has multiple videos embedded into it to break up the note taking. This was designed to be ELL (English Language Learner) friendly with simple context focused langauge used throughout. I had great success with this in my 6th grade ELL social studies classes. I hope you find it jsut as useful in your own classes!

In this assignment students are asked to make their own flag and then explain their reasoning behind what they create. It has a brainstorming activity built into it help the stduents get their ideas out onto paper before creating their final flag. I use it as a begnign of the year activity as one way of getting to know my students. However, you could use this at any time really. If you do use it with your students, I would love to know how it works out!

Have some fun with your students before the holidays! This is a complete trivia game that highlights 10 different winter holidays around the world. The game is broken down into 5 rounds, with 10 questions in each. All answers are revealed at the end of each round. This was designed with multiple rounds so it can be broken up over the course of multiple days if needed. For example, you could let your students play 1 round per day for a week. My students had previously learned about all of these

These word wall slides come in 5 different languages! They have English, Spanish (red), Portuguese (green), Haitian Creole (blue), and French (purple). All of the words in this deck have a central theme of natural forces, specifically hurricanes, volcanoes, and earthquakes. There are 24 word cards in total each including: the definition, the main word in all five languages, a picture, and an example sentence!

This activity was designed for a newcomers' social studies class. The students in this class are learning English but all have a home language that is either Spanish or Portuguese. In the activity students will be reading about different gods and goddesses from ancient Egypt and then creating a poster about one to share with the class. Included: Readings on 10 different gods and goddesses ALL in English, Spanish, and Portuguesea reading check worksheetactivity directions in all three languages

This slideshow covers some of the main accomplishments of Ancient Egypt. It has fill in notes for students and videos embedded into the slides to break up the note taking. It was also designed for 6th grade social studies classes that had English Language Learners in it, so this product is ELL friendly.

This is a pre-reading vocabulary activity for the greek myth about Prometheus and Zeus. I used it with my 6th grade level 3 ELLs (English Language Learners) as an opening activity. Each student was assigned one word to work with. This could easily be adapted to be done: individually, in pairs, or small groups instead. The objective is to fill in a slide for each key vocabulary word that: defines the word, uses it correctly in a sentence, describes what the word is not, and pairs a picture with

This is a digital work tracker that is already build out for September - June. I designed this to use in my own classroom to help keep my chronically absent students up to date on their missing assignments. It can also be used year after year. Once you have downloaded this slideshow you can simply make it editable and then make as many copies as you need. For example I teach 6 different class sections this year that span 3 grade levels. So, I will be using a differnt copy for each class. If you

This activity is ready to use! It includes a grammar introduction to the 8 major parts of speech (one slide per part), two color by part of speech activities, and answer keys for both. This is valentine's day themed and can easily be used again and again. For my 6th grade level 3 ELL students I know this activity takes 1-2 classes to complete, 45-90 minutes. I you use this with your students as well, I would love to know how it goes! Enjoy and Happy Valentine's Day!

This is a basic presentaion to begin working on or reviewing participles with students. I use this with 6th grade English Language Learners (ELLs) but it could work for ELLs in grades 3-12. It could also work with younger native speakers as well. Enjoy!

This acticity was used in an ELL (English Language Learner's) level 1 geography class. It was used to recape physical features and get students to start exploring which types of physical features that can be found in Latin America.

I used these slides to teach my students what sketch notes are and how to create their own. We have used it during ELA, Reading and Social Studies classes and have had success in all three with these introduction slides. I hope they work well for your students as well!