Practically Speeching

Who stole Peter Piper's iPod?! Your students will have a blast with this fun lesson! Here's what you do: 1) Download the preview file for the chart the kids can fill in. 2) Open the powerpoint and go through the different clues that are provided for each suspect. Don't forget to read the police report and the eye witness report! 3) When you've reached the last suspect, have students compile a list of who they think it is, why, and their motive. 4) Solve the mystery! **Please note, this item i

Use this during the first 5-10 minutes of your class/session. THIS WILL BE A WEEKLY UPLOAD/DOWNLOAD! This warm up includes: -Tier 2 Vocab Word ------->Synonym/Antonym ------->Compare/Contrast ------->Category ------->Definition -Idiom of the Week ------->2 pictures ------->Often a video ------->Concrete and Figurative meaning represented

Go over these persuasive words with your students, then laminate the two slides with the hats. Hand out each vocabulary word at random and have your students use them within their letter to the host! Words include: Advantage Always Best Certain Confident Definitely Effective Important Popular Profitable Should Strongly Recommend Superb Superior Tremendous Truly Trustworthy Worthwhile

Use this printable game to "dunk that chunk"! The instructions are easy, chunk the number, word, or direction combination on the back of the basketball card and then get a slam dunk! The team with the most dunks wins! This activity focuses on executive function training by highlighting the strategy of chunking. The combinations in this printable activity include: -3 and 4-number combinations -3 and 4-word combinations -Directions of varying difficulty Directions to Play: Print and cut out a

Use this game like "headbandz" or "20 questions". Save the mummy from the ghost by figuring out the picture on the back of the card! Great for groups! All halloween pictures!

Use this fantasy football-style activity to get your kids thinking about vocabulary! Break up groups into teams and have them choose 3 words. The more they use, hear, and report back about the words, the more point they get! Hang up in the room and make it a great fall activity!

See if your students can bust the myths about food in this powerpoint activity! Does turkey make you sleepy? Is jello made of bones? Use inferencing to tackle these food-y questions!

Use this during the first 5-10 minutes of your class/session. THIS WILL BE A WEEKLY UPLOAD/DOWNLOAD! This warm up includes: -Changeable date -Tier 2 Vocab Word ------->Synonym/Antonym ------->Compare/Contrast ------->Category ------->Definition -Idiom of the Week ------->2 pictures ------->Often a video ------->Concrete and Figurative meaning represented

Printable activity involving "what would you do" questions, list of coping strategies, and a story about what thunderstorms really are. Create a "thunder box" and store these inside!

Have your kids figure out who the criminal is! They collect clues, use inferencing to guess who the thief is and solve the mystery! Great way to work inferencing and problem solving goals into the lesson! Super fun! Print the last two slides and have the kids take part in the action! Instructions: Please note, this is an adaptable ppt so you can reuse it. YOU decide who the thief is before you begin the game. Have students sort through the information on the slides, deciding what is important a