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This is a fantastic game to play with your students to help them get to know each other. Directions are included on the second page! I plan to use it on the first day of school. This game turns hilarious quickly! It's best for older students, but it is great for high level younger students and could be modified to make it easier for them to understand. I've recently uploaded a PowerPoint version that teachers can project to students. So, you have the old version and the new PowerPoint versi

This is a fantastic resource for open house that is quick and easy. It can be used as an enrichment activity or for remediation. Students create math problems to answer the questions in the box about themselves. Make it even more interesting by having parents or other students guess who student is.

This worksheet has students draw different levers, label the fulcrum/force/effort, and tell which class of lever it is. I usually lay out the different items for the students to examine and play with. This is completely optional. You can just show pictures of the different items or not show pictures at all! An answer sheet is included! This is super easy to grade!!! This is a super fun activity for your science class!

This is a Power Point on the physical properties of matter. It discusses what makes something a physical property. It goes in depth into density. This also describes what constitutes a physical change by requiring students to look at different examples and figure out why they are physical changes. The Power Point ends with an assignment for students to create a Power Point or use magazine cut outs to create examples of physical properties. This power point is great at hammering home the det

This is a Power Point project that students complete on the different states of matter. I have included directions for all 5 states of matter. Solid Liquid Gas Plasma Bose-Einstein Condensates Directions are also included for a title slide and citation page. The rubric will be very helpful and meet the criteria required by many admin for project assignments. It is very involved and includes the qualifications to get 10 points, 7 points, 4 points, or 0 points for a slide. This is in Wor

This document has more than a dozen tips for teachers hoping to score a job. ***If you use this, please leave me a review! I love hearing success stories! *** I recently was given the opportunity to sit-in on almost 20 interviews. As I was sitting there and listening to the responses from both brand new and veteran teachers, I kept a list of tips that I knew I wanted to pass on to others hoping to score a job. I wish someone had something this specific back when I was looking for my

Lab Tools Power Point Graduated cylinder, stopwatch, balance, meter stick, volume This is a great power point that can be used for a variety of purposes. Each slide has a question and choices about which science lab tool should be used in each scenario. I don't know about you, but each year, I find myself scrambling to find problems such as these to teach or review science lab tools. It could be a formative assessment that would be great at the beginning of the school year. It could be

This is a SUPER EASY to grade vocabulary quiz. It includes important Renaissance people and words. The answer key is DONE! I have also included a modified version for students who need a little more help.

This is FANTASTIC for both new and veteran teachers. It has everything you need to survive the first day of middle school. This includes icebreakers, handling lockers, storing supplies, and having fun. If you are a new teacher, you definitely need this so you can keep up with everything you will need to do for the day. In my school, we don't change classes on the first day, so this should keep you busy for the whole day. It is completely editable, so you can change it to fit your scho

This is designed to be done in about 4 days. I usually do the "Gummy Bear Experiment" with it. I did not include that, because it is not my independent work. This includes Tennessee science standards with it! This is one of my favorite units to teach. There's lot of room for student discussion and problem solving.

This PP presentation was created for an evaluation. It was made to go along with the TEAM model, but can be used in any classroom. I took special attention to make sure I included slides that model two different types of thinking. It concludes with an extended writing assignment. It uses counters and white boards. I also refer to "brain buddies." These the groups my students get into. You can change that to whatever you like. Enjoy! My kids did!

This is a list of Tennessee's SPIs without any formatting. If you go to the TN website, the standards are difficult to copy and paste. I have done all of that for you. This is just a list of the standards in a Word document so you can easily do whatever you want with them.

This lesson infuses technology into the teaching and learning of potential and kinetic energy. It works great for a 1:1 environment, however, you can also use it and modify it to work for whatever your class's technology capabilities are. Students will learn how to distinguish between potential and kinetic energy. They will work in groups and individually.

This presentation includes funny pictures that show what you should and should NOT wear if you are trying to stay within dress code. I have used my school's policy, but the rules are pretty similar at most schools. This is a great presentation to show during the first day of school. You can edit this to fit your school's needs.

This is a list of 7 different rules with cute icons on each sheet. Each rule gets its own piece of paper. You can print this on a regular computers, slap it on your wall and be done. I made a variety of rules, so only use the ones that work for you. Enjoy! This is great for new teachers!

This is my second worksheet. All 13 problems are new! Answer key is included! EASY TO GRADE!!!

This takes the Eureka material and puts it in Power Point form. This includes a quiz (and answer key) with original questions for 4th grade module 2 lesson 1. Objective: Express metric length measurements in terms of a smaller unit; model and solve addition and subtraction word problems involving metric length.

This video quiz (link is at the top) and answer key with time stamps help teach about the Incas and what led to their fall. See objectives below. When you buy this, you get both a Microsoft Word version and a PDF. The video for this quiz wasn't available online, but it is now back up on YouTube. Create a graphic organizer or concept map explaining how and where each empire arose (how the Aztec and Incan empires were eventually defeated by the Spanish in the 16th century). Use multimedia

Objective: Express metric length measurements in terms of a smaller unit; model and solve addition and subtraction word problems involving metric length. This quiz is designed can be used independently or with Eureka, Engage New York, Great Minds materials. The quiz includes original problems and an answer key.

This is the procedures for a lesson plan I created for an evaluation with the following objectives: 1. I can analyze a piece of writing to identify the different elements of a story. 2. I can create a story using story elements. This is not put in any particular lesson plan format, but this is simply what I looked at as I went along with the lesson so I wouldn't get confused. It uses web elements. Also, I had to give my evaluator a schedule because she was to come in for just a 15 minute