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I am Malala is an empowering story that encourages high ordered thinking skills and in depth conversations among students. This is a unit plan that was designed to guide students through the novel starting with building background knowledge to applying and evaluating the themes of the Malala's story with a variety of conclusion activities! The wide variety of activities will encourage students to analyze the events that changed Malala's life in a split second and what it means to be courageous

This product is sure to engage your students and get them talking about complex ideas and world events. I am Malala is an empowering story that encourages high ordered thinking and in depth conversations among students. This is a unit plan that was designed to guide students through the novel starting with building background knowledge to applying and evaluating the themes of the Malala's story with a variety of conclusion activities! The wide variety of activities will encourage students to

I currently use this activity for my 7th and 8th grade leadership elective course and students LOVE it! Create your ideal company by completing the 10 missions provided. This will give students a look into the business world and the aspects of being a leader, decision making, and teambuilding. Students will keep a budget as the plan and design their own business. They will also need to keep a portfolio of all the different phases of the missions in order to present their BIG idea to their cl

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 is a great way to make note taking fun! It also differentiated the speed of note taking and allows students to grasp the concept at their own pace while scaffolding their learning experience. Suggestions of use: Use as centers- have the students travel around to take notes. This worked great in my class and made note-taking fun. Students were also able to make the connections between graphs, tables, equations, and word problems very easily. This also benefitted the entire class becaus

Are your student’s getting ready to write a short story?... If so this is the perfect unit for you. This unit was created for middle school students, but could easily be adjusted for upper elementary and high school students. This unit helps guide students through the writing process and helps them think about the different characteristics of short stories. Let their creativity explode!

Here is a great product, I use in my classroom everyday! Brain Breaks are a great opportunity to get kids up and moving, to incorporate teambuilding activities throughout the year, and to simply give students a well deserved break! These cards are easy to use, easy to keep at your finger tips for any time of day, and student friendly! What’s included: 54 cards (a full deck!) 54 brain breaks A complete list of explanations for each brain break. Just print and go! Topic’s: Student choice Exe

This product contains 4 different fun ways to group students (more will be added soon!). You can use these cards to simply group students or you can use them for jigsaw puzzle grouping activities. These cards encourage students to work together to build (for example) a hamburger as quickly as possible to create their group for the next activity. This would be a great quick brain break for students to get up out of their seats to match their cards and create a group! Perfect transition every

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

This product will help bring fun competition into the classroom. Games Galore pairs perfectly with any task card set, worksheet, or quiz. Your students will no longer complain about having to review or complete a worksheet! My students BEG to play these games on a daily basis! There are 18 different games included in this pack (more to come) that can be played whole class, small group, in pairs, OR can easily be implemented into weekly centers. Just purchase, print, and play (please note: t

This is the perfect print and go product! Turn discussion day, into game day! These discussion activities are sure to engage and excite your students! Many of these activities have been used during observations and have received high remarks! Activities Included: Body Webbing ERASE On Top Speed Date Face-off Learning with Legos ... and more! Each activity comes with everything you need to implement discussion, including step by step directions and hand-outs!

Here is a great tool for students to follow as they first begin to solve equations. This graphic organizer guides students through solving one-step equations with ques and examples. Be sure to have this, the next time you start your first solving equations lesson of the year!

Getting ready to teach two-step equations or do you have students who still don't understand it? Here's a great organization tool for students to use when solving two-step equations. This has been used in the classroom and as a remediation tool and has had great results! Create your own template and an answer key have been included!!!!

Looking for a way to challenge your students AND review figurative language in a fun and engaging way? I have created a puzzle that will conquer just that! This has been student tested and approved!

A great hands-on activity for you to use in the classroom as a small group activity or whole class activity! Students will need to differentiate between arithmetic sequences and geometric sequences as well as identify the rule. All cards and directions are included! An answer key has been provided!

Revisions: Are you looking for a fun way for your students to revise their writing beyond the basics? This is a writing event your students will remember FOREVER! Students will race around to 7 different stations by using the location clues provided (route info). At the station students will complete a revision task (road block) and a team challenge (detour)! This activity was created based on the infamous TV series, The Amazing Race. Please note: set-up is required, BUT totally worth it!

I am Malala is an empowering story that encourages high ordered thinking skills and in depth conversations among students. This product contains ONLY the introduction activities to get students excited about the novel while providing them with background information necessary to engage with the novel's big ideas. These activities are included in the I am Malala novel study and I am Malala Young Reader's Edition novel unit available in my store. Common Core Aligned

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

Students will sort ten different negative exponent sets looking for and identifying patterns as they do so. Cards are in groups of four in the document that can also be used as an answer key! Also, included is a recording sheet for students to fill in as they put together each set of four cards. This can be used as a follow-up study guide for students to use! Enjoy!