Practically Speeching

Use this fun, interactive game to teach your students about dreams, and Dr. King's "I have a dream" speech. This powerpoint game uses inferencing to go through many peoples dreams. Students will infer what this person's dream could be - i.e., doctor, lawyer, singer. It's a great intro or wrap up activity for MLK, Jr. Day! **Please note, this is a PPS.x file. It will not download and open like a regular PPT file. It will open and you will be able to view the ppt in slideshow mode. This is done

January marks the half-way point in the school year for many students (and teachers!). Forecast with your kids what they think they will be doing each month until June. It’s a great way to take the focus off of goals, deadlines, and testing. Instead, teach inferencing by “forecasting” what could happen that month. Then go back and fill in what happened! Compare and contrast what actually happened vs. what they forecasted to happen For the younger set, have them color what they think will happe

Teach basic sentence combining techniques using commas and "and" with this great interactive game! The kids answer correctly to put together a snowman! The instructions read... Click on the choice that combines the sentences correctly. For every correct answer you will build a part of your snowman! Try to build the entire snowman with your friends! **Please note, this file is a PPSx file, meaning it will open as a "powerpoint show" and not in powerpoint. This is to maintain the integrity of

Have your students play a part in Christopher Columbus' discovery. The play is written in modern-day language using the first set of Tier 2 vocabulary words. The mission: use context clues to figure out the unknown vocabulary!

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