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Want to promote March Madness and a love of reading in your classroom? This Google Slides presentation may be used to create a bracket-style tournament for your students. The slides include two EDITABLE templates, so you are able to make changes that best suit your needs. The first template slide has a March Madness Book Bracket graphic (view preview), or you can add your own logo or image on the second template slide. Round 1 begins with 32 teams, and the bracket progresses to the Sweet Sixte

The slides explain what is a thesaurus, how it is used, and why it should be used. The end of the presentation includes practice exercises to help students better understand the importance of word choice. Custom animation and sample "answers" are included to assist in modeling and discussing student responses. The presentation could be used as a mini-lesson during a writing unit to help students with the revision process.

Having students write Twitter-style tweets based on course content can be an effective and engaging assessment tool. Whether it be summarizing a text or retelling a conversation, the concise form of writing allows students to creatively express their ideas and demonstrate their understanding of content knowledge and skills. As opposed to templates for individual tweets, this Google Slides presentation may be used by students to create an entire Twitter thread. The slides include two EDITABLE

This power point provides an overview of 6 types of text structure (cause & effect, compare & contrast, main idea/supporting details, persuasive, problem/solution, and sequence/chronological order). The presentation defines each type, illustrates the structure using a graphic organizer, and provides a list of signal words that are associated with each type. At the end, students are asked to read sample paragraphs and practice identifying the specific text structure that is represented. Custom an

Love games like Jeopardy and Trivia Crack? Looking for a fun way to engage students during Distance Learning? Want to review material in your classroom and/or virtually? This Google Slides presentation may be used to create a Jeopardy-style Trivia Crack game for your students. The slides include an EDITABLE template AND a link to a ready-to-play (sample) trivia version of the game (included in the first slide's Speaker's Notes), so you are able to make changes that best suit your needs or you

A simple, interactive game to teach students about different homophones. The power point includes instructions on how to play and 20 practice exercises, as well as a template slide for you to create your own examples. The presentation uses custom animation, so the correct responses are hidden and then "fly in" after students give their answers. The game could be used as an individual activity, but if you want to create a little classroom competition, whole-class participation is the way to go.

I use this "Readbox Rentals" chart as a way to track which books students borrow from our Readbox classroom library. It's a simple accountability system, but you can edit the document to fit your classroom needs.

A simple Back to School/Beginning of the Year ice breaker activity. The chart can easily be edited to suit your student population. The thumbnails may show that the graphics have shifted, but if downloaded to Microsoft Word, the document should retain its intended formatting.