RootsofLearning

Slides aligning with the Junior Great Books curriculum to facilitate reading and discussing all three stories in the Friendship book. Add on work sheets available for additional purchase.

These slides support both the development of empathy in students and the practice of identifying emotions, especially in reference to how we physically feel emotions. The students are guided through three relevant scenarios that challenges them to consider multiple perspectives and emotions different people might feel in the same situation.

Use these slides to combine Space Science Learning and Opinion Writing in a fun and interesting way. Students are astronauts tasked with decided wether they would rather go to the stars, the Moon, or the Sun. Students must research then write opinion paragraphs using the OREO (Opinion, Reason, Example, Opinion Restated) model.

This powerpoint is a guide for teachers on how to teach English Language Learners the steps for writing the introductory paragraph of an essay. It incorporates Universal Language Design principles that can help all learners.

What is Newspaper Blackout Poetry? In 2010, Austin Kleon wrote Newspaper Blackout, a collection of poems made by redacting newspapers with a permanent marker. These slides guide students through the steps of meaningfully creating their own blackout poetry.

Help your students become independent problem solvers using this bump, hill, mountain flowchart. Students will learn how tell the difference between a big deal and a little deal.

Utilize the power of movement to facilitate your students understanding of science and the Civil Rights Movement. The Bundle Includes a full lesson plan and two Frozen Pictures lessons. Frozen Pictures or Tableaux are a kinesthetic learning exercise in which students recreate a picture or historical scene as a collaborative group. This lesson, lesson 1 is designed to help students explore animal adaptations. Lesson 2 is a celebration of Ruby Bridge and students are challenged to portray Ruby's b