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Goal setting worksheet for upper elementary, middle, and high school students. This worksheet prompts students to set a goal using the SMART goal framework: specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, time-bound. Use this to guide students in setting goals for themselves consistently throughout the school year (ex: before or after every grading period). By setting goals, students actively practice growth mindset and grow a greater sense of self-efficacy.This worksheet can be used in advisor

This product gives you a ready to use lesson that lasts around 30 minutes. You will be given a link to make a copy of the entire google slide deck. The slides can then be projected for whole class instruction, individually assigned to each student through google classroom or other lms for each student to complete online, or printed out as worksheets. This is a great entry activity into a lesson on the required characteristics of living organisms. Students will classify each object as living o

Explicitly teaching and modeling growth mindset encourages students to put in their best effort to learn and try new things. These 48 coloring pages (8.5 by 11 inches) have inspirational sayings that remind students to practice growth mindset. There are 8 different coloring page designs (flowers, spring, leaves, rainbows), each with 6 different growth mindset sayings. Coloring pages are great for brain breaks, early finishers, after testing, cool downs, etc.

Explicitly teaching and modeling growth mindset encourages students to put in their best effort to learn and try new things. These 6 posters (8.5 by 11 inches) have inspirational sayings that remind students to practice growth mindset. The colors and designs can match many classroom themes. It comes with a pastel rainbow colored "growth mindset" header for your bulletin board.

Grades and behavior reflection AND goal setting for middle school and high school students. Before grades are due for report cards (~every 5 weeks), I have my middle schoolers complete these two worksheets. It's great to do this consistently as it sets an environment where students regularly reflect on their behavior, grades, and work habits in class. By answering reflection questions, students become more self-aware as they process whether or not they are proud of their current behaviors and

Word searches are a fun and easy way for students to engage with new vocabulary words. This word search has 15 vocabulary words under the life science topic "genetics" (NGSS MS-LS3-2). Words can be found vertically, horizontally, and diagonally, with no backward words. Answer key is provided. I always give students a word search when they finish taking their final test for a unit. It is effective in keeping students occupied and quiet if they finish their test early. It also gives them a fun w

Word searches are a fun and easy way for students to engage with new vocabulary words. This word search has 15 vocabulary words under the life science topic "reproduction" (NGSS MS-LS3-2). Words can be found vertically, horizontally, and diagonally, with no backward words. Answer key is provided. I always give students a word search when they finish taking their final test for a unit. It is effective in keeping students occupied and quiet if they finish their test early. It also gives them a f

Daily Agenda Google Slides Templates in PURPLE HUES/Rainbow theme! Perfect for your class slides to project daily agendas, homework, directions, etc. Slides are editable and customizable using the embedded Purple Hues color palette! There are 7 different blank slide options embedded along with 21 additional slides with preset titles/headers.Includes:Custom purple hues color palette to useTotal of 7 different template slides embedded (with ready to use text boxes)Additional 21 slides with conven

Word searches are a fun and easy way for students to engage with new vocabulary words. This word search has 15 vocabulary words under the topic "scientific method". Words can be found vertically, horizontally, and diagonally, with no backward words. Answer key is provided. I always give students a word search when they finish taking their final test for a unit. It is effective in keeping students occupied and quiet if they finish their test early. It also gives them a fun way to preview the ne

Word searches are a fun and easy way for students to engage with new vocabulary words. This word search has 24 vocabulary words under the life science topic "organ systems" (NGSS MS-LS1-3). Words can be found vertically, horizontally, and diagonally, with no backward words. Answer key is provided. I always give students a word search when they finish taking their final test for a unit. It is effective in keeping students occupied and quiet if they finish their test early. It also gives them a

Word searches are a fun and easy way for students to engage with new vocabulary words. This word search has 18 vocabulary words under the life science topic "cells" (NGSS MS-LS1-2). Words can be found vertically, horizontally, and diagonally, with no backward words. Answer key is provided. I always give students a word search when they finish taking their final test for a unit. It is effective in keeping students occupied and quiet if they finish their test early. It also gives them a fun way

Word searches are a fun and easy way for students to engage with new vocabulary words. This word search has 15 vocabulary words under the life science topic "organisms" (NGSS MS-LS1-1). Words can be found vertically, horizontally, and diagonally, with no backward words. Answer key is provided. I always give students a word search when they finish taking their final test for a unit. It is effective in keeping students occupied and quiet if they finish their test early. It also gives them a fun

Daily Agenda Google Slides Templates in SPRING/FLOWERS theme! Perfect for your class slides to project daily agendas, homework, directions, etc. Slides are editable and customizable using the embedded flowers color palette and headers that are included! There are 47 different blank slide options embedded (weekly templates, daily agenda templates, with many different variations). Includes:Custom spring/flowers theme color palette to useTotal of 47 different blank template slides embedded (with r

All About Me! A fun activity for the first day/week of school to help you get to know your students (thoughtful prompts for students to answer about themselves). Students can answer the various questions and also color the doodles. Included:Ready to print handouts3 variations to choose fromDoodles included for students to color

Daily Agenda Google Slides Templates in BACK TO SCHOOL / SCHOOL SUPPLIES THEME with bolder colors! Perfect for your class slides to project daily agendas, homework, directions, etc. Slides are editable and customizable using the embedded Back to School theme color palette and headers and clipart that are included! There are 45 different slide options embedded (weekly templates, daily agenda templates, with many different variations). Includes:Custom bold back to school theme color palette to us

Daily Agenda Google Slides Templates in PASTEL RAINBOW theme! Perfect for your class slides to project daily agendas, homework, directions, etc. Slides are editable and customizable using the embedded pastel rainbow color palette and headers and clipart that are included! There are 53 different slide options embedded (weekly templates, daily agenda templates, with many different variations). Includes:Custom pastel rainbow theme color palette to useTotal of 53 different template slides embedded

Keeping track of communication with parents/guardians can be tedious. This Parent Contact Log makes this task fast and easy with the dropdown menus and check list options. The files are editable (google docs), and it comes with 2 options, digital and printable! I keep my digital parent contact log bookmarked, and keep the tab open on my computer. After contacting a parent, I immediately record the contact on this contact log (takes less than 1 minute because of the quick dropdown options)!

This completely editable file on Google Docs has a total of 3 printable worksheets (15+ practice problems) students can complete to demonstrate understanding of vocabulary words related to genetics. The vocabulary words and their definitions are listed at the top of each worksheet so that students can refer to them as they work on each problem. Answer keys for each worksheet are provided. Vocabulary words included: 1. Genes 2. Allele 3. Phenotype 4. Genotype 5. Homozygous 6. Heterozygous 7. Do

Behavior Reflection for middle school and high school students! Give students independent time to think through their choices and behaviors, and have them identify how they can rejoin the class as a positive member. The questions are meant to guide the student in identifying their behavior, how their behavior affects themselves and others, and what they can do to rejoin the class as a positive member. It should give them about 10 minutes to cool down and reflect. As the teacher, you can read the

I use this lesson/activity to help students understand the levels of organization in multicellular organisms. After learning the definitions of each level of organization, students get to practice organizing systems that they are familiar with (ex: person, family, neighborhood, city, state). The practice problems will help students understand that the human body is also organized into subsystems that interact and work together. The google slides can be assigned to each student to be completed on