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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

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 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

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!

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!!!!

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!

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!

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