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Genre Doodle Notes are the perfect introducing or reviewing genre. When students color or doodle, it activates both hemispheres of the brain at the same time- refreshing, reenergizing, and refocusing students on the content. There are many proven benefits of this cross-lateral brain activity: - new learning - relaxation (less anxiety) - visual connections - better memory & retention of the content! Students fill in the sheet by coloring, doodling, and connecting. Students can add these notes t

Do your students struggle with writing sentences that show rather than tell? Perfect for whole class instruction, centers, or mentor sentence activities, this game will help your students identify descriptive sentences that are appealing to readers while having FUN! My students love this game and I know yours will too! Includes: Student Directions 24 different setting cards (48 cards total) Exit Ticket

This 5 lesson unit will help develop teamwork and leadership into your classroom. This activity can easily be adapted for science, social studies, and math. It incorportates English and Art through out.

This activity was developed to help students work collaboratively to discuss the story in greater depth. This lesson pairs with the short story Ghost of the Lagoon by Armstrong Sperry. Students will rotate around to 5 chat stations at the conclusion of the story to discussion higher-leveled questions. Questions have been differentiated into two levels. There are 10 stations included in this lesson: 5 difficult and 5 easy. This activity is student approved, classroom tested:) Enjoy!

A teacher generated board game to help teach students about spending and saving money. This game was made to realistically mirror a child’s/ young adult’s spending. Students will keep a check book registry as they play. Student with the most amount of money at the end will win! I have played this game with my students and they LOVE it! They don’t even realize they are doing math because they are so engaged! All game templates are included! All you need is a dice and playing pieces. You c

Students can pratice comparing and ordering real numbers individually or as a class using the same cards for a vartiety of activites. Five activity suggestions have been provided to use with the fraction, decimal, percent, and scientific notation cards. You may choose to use the whole deck or select the ones that best fit your students needs!

Context Clues Work It Out Exercise Stations- This product is sure to engage your active learners as they practice the critical skill of Context Clues. Active learning has proven to be an effective practice and in this product, students have the ability to not only get fit, but self assess their own learning! Included: 20 stations 20 workout cards (allows students to self check answers) Oops Worksheet (just in case a student is unable to participate)

Figurative Language Work It Out Exercise Stations- This product is sure to engage your active learners as they practice the critical skill of figurative language. Active learning has proven to be an effective practice and in this product, students have the ability to not only get fit, but self assess their own learning! Included: 20 stations (simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, alliteration, onomatopeia) 20 workout cards (allows students to self check answers) Oops Worksheet (just in

This is one of my favorite lessons to teach! My kids LOVED it and I know yours will too, but of all THEY NOW UNDERSTAND PLOT, which has helped not only reading comprehension, but their writing as well! Engage students using a kinesthetic simulation activity to learn the different elements of plot! This activity has a storyline designed to bring students on a journey up Plot Pyramid to locate the answer (resolution) to a question that has sparked debate for years! Of course there will be plen

This activity was developed to help students work collaboratively to discuss the novel in greater depth. This lesson pairs with the novel Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. Students will rotate around to 3 chat stations at the conclusion of chapter 6 to discussion higher-leveled questions. Questions have been differentiated into three levels. There are 9 stations included in this lesson: 3 difficult, 3 medium, and 3 easy. This activity is student approved, classroom tested:) Enjoy!

Classroom Transformation Math Race! Your students will LOVE this easy classroom transformation activity that review subtracting whole digit numbers (not across zeros and across zeros option available). Students will race an opposing team around the room solving subtraction problems. The answer to the card will lead them to the next card (self-checking:)) opportunity. It gets better...Every time they hear the whistle blow, they owe some jumping jacks. The possibilities are endless with this

This was the PERFECT activity to complete before winter break! My students had some much fun completing their poems, some even came to school that last day just to finish them! As for me, I couldn't believe the outcome! Never did I image I could get this quality of work from my students the week before Christmas and we were able to review many concepts from the first half of the year in one activity! My students loved this activity and I know yours will too! This product comes complete with

Dog of Pompeii Boom Review Game is a fun and engaging way to have students review and analyze the story. This "ZAP" game is especially perfect to have students comprehend their understanding of the text incorporating level 1, level 2, and level 3 questions to require various levels of thinking. Play as a whole class or a small group, your students will beg to play again and again! This game includes 30 question cards, 6 BOOM cards, an answer key, and an exit ticket!

Homophones Work It Out Exercise Stations- This product is sure to engage your active learners as they practice the critical skill of homophones. Active learning has proven to be an effective practice and in this product, students have the ability to not only get fit, but self assess their own learning! Included: 20 stations (you're, your, to, too, two, there, their, they're, its, it's) 20 workout cards (allows students to self check answers) Oops Worksheet (just in case a student is unable to p

Character Traits Kinesthetics is one of my students FAVORITE activities to do! This activity is such a simple way to get your kids up, MOVING and discussing the text they are reading. This product can be used for ANY text- a class novel, independent novel, biography, article, etc. Easy to set up, students will work out while they discuss different character traits and decide whether it fits or doesn't fit their character. Slides are available with definitions or without. There are 3 follow-u

Trivia Work It Out Exercise Stations- This product is sure to engage your active learners as they answer silly trivia questions. Active learning has proven to be an effective practice and in this product, students have the ability to not only get fit, but self assess their own learning! This is the perfect lesson for any P.E. class! Included: 20 stations 20 workout cards (allows students to self check answers) Oops Worksheet (just in case a student is unable to participate)

Place value can be challenging for many students and very boring for others! This product will be sure to reach all of your students by getting them up and moving! Students will review place value by exercising their brains and bodies! My students love this activity and I love how great of an assessment tool it is! Learn, Laugh, and MOVE with your students! What is included: Teacher Directions with extra suggestions Set 1: Whole Numbers (millions-ones place) Set 2: Decimal Numbers ( millio

Genre True or False Workout: Do your students struggle with genre? This product was created to help students review literary genre by working the mind and body. I have used several of my Work It Out products in my classroom and students always beg for more. There is nothing better than students learning and having fun! This product is a PowerPoint which allows you to move throughout the activity at your own pace.

Revise, revise, revise! Looking for an interactive way to help your students revise their stories? Look no further! This activity will break down the plot diagram, to help students focus on adding and revising each plot element in their story! As students complete the activity, they will color in a turkey to record their progress! This activity has been classroom tested! I was overwhelmed by the effectiveness of this activity, as my student's stories improved drastically AND they had fun ma

Word Problems: Solve and Design- a fun, inactive way for your students to practice solving single-step word problems during the winter holiday season. Students will solve 9 single-step word problems (3 differentiated versions included). As they complete each problem they will check their answer (self-check). If students get the correct answer they will add a "yes" element to their own gingerbread house. If students get the incorrect answer, they will highlight their mistake and add a "oops"