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Your students will love this lesson that integrates art, math (learning about angles, shapes, and patterns), and technology. This lesson comes full with hyperlinks to videos, text, and background information. Additionally, this lesson has visuals, entrance and exit tickets. Your students will learn about a fascinating culture, their history and why they make totem poles while using math skills. This lesson was a huge success before the hyperlinks and videos were added. Be prepared to have th

Thank you for showing interest in the “African Kente Cloth” lesson plan. I used it with my class just this year (times four- because I am a special area teacher) and each class loved it. The 26 slide PowerPoint resource and lesson plan has all the parts your need of a “highly effective” lesson, incorporating: 1. Motivator 2. Preassessment 3. Background knowledge 4. Classroom discussion 5. Activity 6. Models (photographs)/ tools/ art techniques 7. Student reflection sheet Your students will lov

This PowerPoint allows the teacher and students to review the parts of the computer (either in a lab or in a center). The PowerPoint uses clip art and labels. Then, the students are to match up the label with the correct computer part by clicking and dragging the words and placing them in the correct box (or the teacher can print out the PowerPoint and first graders can physically cut and past the words on the diagram). Newly added: Students will have the opportunity to learn about the basi

Thank you for your interest in this file. I designed this flipchart to be used as a tool for teachers in a whole class situation or as an independent/center work. Each of the ten pages are interactive; whether it is through click and drag, click and identify, annotate or list examples of technology. The purpose of this flipchart is to get students to think of technology as something that makes life easier. Many students believe that technology must be “electric”, “plugged in”, or a “computer

This is a full art lesson on Alexander Calder, and his MOBILES. You will find that using PowerPoint with cross curricular connections in both math and language arts makes this lesson a perfect one. This lesson was used for second grade, but there are applications for kindergarten and first grade. This PowerPoint builds background, discusses mobiles, shapes (organic and geometric)! This is a wonderful lesson with plenty of visuals, entrance and exit tickets!

Thank you for your interest in this product. I had a lot of fun creating this ActiveInspire flipchart, and had even more fun teaching Power Answer to my students. I have used the entire flipchart and parts of the flipchart with grades 1st-5th grade. I have found this particular lesson very important, as it helps to teach students how to answer questions (nonfiction and fiction) properly. As you use this flipchart you will find that there are a ton of resources, and embedded tools that you can

This spreadsheet is filled with an interactive graph based on real data that your students put into the spreadsheet. Their are hyperlinks for students to use (video and text for differentiation) to learn how to check their pulse. This would be a great lesson to complete for a heart healthy unit, or just to teach kids to stay active during wintery weather. There are follow up questions that are at the bottom of the spreadsheet that will help them analyze their own data. Kids will love this les

Summer is in the air! This summer themed flipchart has summer themed nouns, adjectives vocabulary cards, and “complete the sentence” activities. Therefore this flipchart has many uses. First, the chart can be used during calendar and weather time which takes place in the primary grades. Students can choose the correct card (when printed) or choose the correct page when describing the weather. Secondly, you can post this flipchart or print it out for your students to use when they are writing s

You and your class will love solving this elementary school caper. Your students will use their geometric and measuring skills to find out which student took the schools activity funds. The story takes place over two math lessons (measuring and shapes) with entrance and exit tickets. Students also have the chance to explore what they already know with measuring a set of shapes (4 slides of printables that students can measure), printable rulers, printable student fact sheet and a printable shape

Super Pack: STEVETECH Buy these seven products and save, save, and save! Here are just a few items that I have in my store that have been for sale. I have great success with each of these items and you get a chance to buy them in one package to save money. Below are the names and descriptions of each of the products. Enjoy! 1. A fun behavior management “Ice Cubes”- Directions and printout a. I used this management device for all of my students the first several years in teaching and it wor

Your students will enjoy this lesson whether they are in a traditional classroom or in the lab. Students can work on their gingerbread glyph either online, on a computer, or print out the materials and they can cut, paste and color as needed. Students will have a great time learning about glyphs, following rules, and the history of gingerbread houses. Students can complete the gingerbread house using the Promethean software in about 20 minutes. If you were to print out the materials, students

• This KIDSPIRATION 3 file will help students understand the importance of captions, reading carefully, and following directions! By the end of the lesson students will be able to read (or listen to) the captions and illustrate what they understand. • To do so, students will read the captions (or click on the horn that will present a prerecorded voice of what is written) and illustrate exactly what is written by choosing icons from icon bank on the left side of the screen. Once the pictures

Your students will enjoy this lesson whether they are in a traditional classroom or in the lab. When I teach addition and subtraction story problems I think it is best to teach the students using visual and auditory methods. This lesson incorporates visual tracks, traditional vertical problem solving, as well as embedded voki’s that will allow students to hear the story problem. I chose voki characters that will help motivate students to complete one problem in hopes there is another surprise

This is what every teacher needs to start off a new year without breaking the bank. This “School of Fish” themed resource has a ton of ideas for name tags, behavior management, how to set up your classroom according to “Student Centered Learning Environment”, behavior management (PBIS), weekly planners, daily record sheet, and first week collaborative activities. Best of all, if you don’t like the theme or you want to change an item, just click and drag! Many of the slides comes with notes that

You and your class will love solving this St. Patrick’s Day mystery. Your students will use their geometric and measuring skills to find out which leprechaun took the schools pot o’ gold. The story takes place over two math lessons (measuring and shapes) with entrance and exit tickets. Students also have the chance to explore what they already know with measuring a set of shapes (4 slides of printables that students can measure), printable ruler, printable leprechaun fact sheet and a printabl

• This KIDSPIRATION 3 file will help students understand the importance of recycling, sorting, and counting to twenty. • To do so, students will read the directions (or use Kidspiration’s text to voice feature) in order to sort the correct items to be recycled and thrown away. • Your students will have a great time sorting items from the cafeteria table, or even the dining room table as click and drag items from the table to the correct bin. • This lesson was used for both kindergarten and f

Spring is in the air! This spring themed flipchart has both spring themed nouns and adjectives vocabulary and complete the sentence activities. Therefore this flipchart has many uses. First, the chart can be used during calendar and weather time which takes place in the primary grades. Students can choose the correct card (when printed) or choose the correct page when describing the weather. Secondly, you can post this flipchart or print it out for your students to use when they are writing se

I created this zip folder (that has five different files) to help out with my schools behavior management. It has worked out so well that I shared it out with several other schools that met with increased success and safety. This product includes table assignments, posters and stop signs. Just recreating some of the files that I uploaded to this package will save you at least ten hours of work. Also included is a spreadsheet to keep track of data. If you are looking for a way to keep you

This is what every teacher needs to start off a new year without breaking the bank. This resource has a ton of ideas for name tags, behavior management, how to set up your classroom according to “Student Centered Learning Environment”, behavior management (PBIS), weekly planners, daily record sheet, and first week collaborative activities. Best of all, if you don’t like the theme or you want to change an item, just click and drag! Many of the slides comes with notes that describe more on ho

BACK TO SCHOOL: “GET TO KNOW YOUR CLASSMATE CARDS” Rationale: The more your students are able to know about each other, the more likely they are to respect each other. Using these cards can reduce the amount of behavior problems in your class by showing that all students have strengths, skills, interests, and worth. When students create their own trading card, they are increasing their own self confidence through actualization of skills, interest and merit. With the popularity of sport cards