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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

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

This activity was developed to help students practice social skills, leadership skills, and teamwork skills. This lesson pairs with the teleplay, Monsters are Due on Maple Street by Rod Sterling. Students will rotate around to 3 chat stations at the conclusion of the story to discussion higher-leveled questions. Questions have been differentiated into three levels. There are 9 stations included in this lesson: 3 difficult, 3 medium, 3 easy. This activity is student approved, classroom teste

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

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)

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!

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

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

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!

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!

Need a fun way for your students to practice integers? This game is sure to engage your students and add some friendly learning competition to the classroom! This activity is ready to be used in your classroom today. More boards coming soon... grab it now before the price goes up!

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