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This Web Quest was created on the foundation of Gardner's Multiple Intelligences and Differentiation. It contains activities in math, reading,writing, building, creating, etc... as well as the option to change "token" values that students need to accumulate based upon ability levels. Please feel free to check out the website and the types of activities students can complete. https://sites.google.com/a/stretchinstructor.com/ancient-egypt-webquest/ All the activities and links can be used by

Students love to PLAY video games, so why not let them CREATE their own video game (digital story)! This highly ENGAGING activity can be used for enrichment, RtI time, or as a classroom. Free resources are available here: http://goo.gl/3S4gf This file contains a set of teacher directions, as well as K-2 friendly student directions and rubric for evaluation of the activity. This activity is also appropriate for grade 3-4 with no programming experience. The file is a .docx so that you can mod

Here are the directions for creating your own Family Feud game that can be played by your students at any time, from any computer, from any place. It also makes for a great project that students in grades 5-12 can create on their own! The format used is Scratch, which is a FREE program from MIT. Click here to view the game in action: http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/heidi_STRETCh/3048296 ANSWERS for game on web: (warm-up activity, differentiation, whole brain learning, making connections, enga

These five teacher activity cards introduce students to computer science through the use of Bee-Bots. To order Bee-Bots, see https://www.bee-bot.us/bee-bot.html. Students will learn how to use the command buttons to make their Bee-Bots move and eventually create a Bee-Bot dance. They will also be introduced to computer science vocabulary such as algorithm and debugging. These activity cards can also be used by coaches and instructional specialist who wish to introduce their teachers to compute

This is an EBI Level 3 intervention for students who are struggling with color identification. This file includes recommendations for Level 1 & 2 interventions, as well as detailed instructions and data collection tools for running a Level 3 intervention with fidelity. The Word document has an embedded Excel spreadsheet that will graph the data real time, as you update student progress.

Students can practice reading CVC words and show their understanding by drawing pictures of the words. Then they will match each word on the top to the word that rhymes with it on the bottom.

This is the parent newsletter you can send home introducing the "Sprout Kids" project. Please feel free to download this file and customize it with your personal class information. If you would like to see the rest of the project... go to http://stretchinstructor.blogspot.com/2013/09/sprout-kids-project-photosynthesis.html

If you are currently using Math Expressions K-5 curriculum, this will be a huge time saver! All of the Formative Assessments for Chapter 6 - Check for Understanding - have been put into student friendly graphic organizers that can be used as an Exit Ticket to see if students have "hit their learning target." These can also be used in the "I GOPHER Math" workshop model of instruction. To learn more see: http://gamifiedguidedmath.blogspot.com/

If you are using Code.org's computer science resources, then you will love this worksheet that aligns with the Anna & Elsa Hour of Code activity. This worksheet prompts students with reflective questions and can also be used as a formative assessment for CCSS 4.MD.C.7. For more specifics on the use of this resource, see the following BLOG post: https://nofearcoding.blogspot.com/2018/04/4mdc7.html As always - this file is a .docx so that you can modify and change as necessary to fit your own d

This is a part of the Unit 2 writing prompts to support the Math Expressions curriculum.