Student Centered Classroom

This is a fun way to teach phonics! The short u word family word searches will help students with phonics, letter recognition, and fine motor skills. There are two options, one sheet the student just highlights or circles the word, the other option is for the student to write the word on the line after it is found. An answer sheet is included to make self-checking easy and quick. The activity is created using Comic Sans font, which is easier for students with dyslexia to read.

In this big bundle you will get every word search for CVC word families for all short vowels! This is a fun way to teach phonics! The short vowel word family word searches will help students with phonics, letter recognition, and fine motor skills. There are two options, one sheet the student just highlights or circles the word, the other option is for the student to write the word on the line after it is found. An answer sheet is included to make self-checking easy and quick. These are perfect f

This is a fun way to teach phonics! The short i word family word searches will help students with phonics, letter recognition, and fine motor skills. There are two options, one sheet the student just highlights or circles the word, the other option is for the student to write the word on the line after it is found. An answer sheet is included to make self-checking easy and quick. The activity is created using Comic Sans font, which is easier for students with dyslexia to read.

This is a fun way to teach phonics! The short o word family word searches will help students with phonics, letter recognition, and fine motor skills. There are two options, one sheet the student just highlights or circles the word, the other option is for the student to write the word on the line after it is found. An answer sheet is included to make self-checking easy and quick. The activity is created using Comic Sans font, which is easier for students with dyslexia to read.

This is a fun way to teach phonics! The short a word family word searches will help students with phonics, letter recognition, and fine motor skills. There are two options, one sheet the student just highlights or circles the word, the other option is for the student to write the word on the line after it is found. An answer sheet is included to make self-checking easy and quick. The activity is created using Comic Sans font, which is easier for students with dyslexia to read.

There are five higher order thinking activities for the students to have fun with working with a partner or a small group in a collaborative setting. These fun open ended sorting activities will promote critical thinking and problem-solving skills and they students decide how to build and create groups based on like characteristics. The students have to group the items on the cards based on qualities they see fit. There is no right or wrong answer, as long as the students can explain why they gr

Two IB - PYP planners are included. A 3 - 5 weeks unit that allows students to create a new holiday or celebration by incorporating the unique characteristics of one another. Through this unit the students will understand and appreciate one another by creating a celebration that celebrates diversity as well as demonstrating the similarities between the students. There are many opportunities throughout the lesson for the students to develop individually as well as together as a group. This is al

In this mystery bundle, the students will use the clue cards to figure out the mystery. These who did it? mysteries can be completed alone, with a partner, in a small group, or as part of a workstation. This is a great activity to apply critical thinking skills, problem solving, and collaboration. Each mystery is a little different and nothing is scary, just fun! As an extension the students can even create their own Who did it? mystery. These will be great to add to a substitute binder!

This is an appropriate novel to read with middle school students or advanced intermediate grade students. The Glass Sentence is the first novel in a trilogy. The novel unit study includes chapter checks, word work, comprehension questions and character analysis for all 39 chapters, an answer key, mini activity ideas, and a culminating PBL that incorporates Social Studies and Language Arts standards. The novel can be read as a whole class read aloud, independent reading, as a literature circle,

Do you need a fun interactive bulletin board for your Catholic classroom, school or homeschool learning environment? Well then this is a perfect saint bulletin board for you to begin school with or any time of the year. There is saint a week with five facts. There are a few ways you can use this bulletin board activity. Each week you can hang up the new saint poster, but cover it with a sheet of paper, and hang up the five clues or facts about the saint. The students will have to figure out who

This is a 3 - 5 weeks PYP unit that I developed that allows students to create a new holiday or celebration by incorporating the unique characteristics of one another. Through this unit the students will understand and appreciate one another by creating a celebration that celebrates diversity as well as demonstrating the similarities between the students. There are many opportunities throughout the lesson for the students to develop individually as well as together as a group. This is also a p

This is a 4 - 6 weeks PYP unit that I developed that allows the students to develop a multicultural community. Through this unit the students will understand and appreciate one another by constructing a community that celebrates one another's differences. There are many opportunities throughout the lesson for the students to develop individually as well as together as a group. This is also a perfect unit to incorporate the community.

In this mystery activity the students will use the clue cards to figure out who each pet belongs to. This can be completed alone, with a partner, in a small group, or as part of a workstation. This is a great activity to apply critical thinking skills.

This is fun mystery activity that will get the students thinking! The students will be detectives either alone or with a partner and figure out where the missing shapes are hiding. This is a great activity for workstations, when students need something to do when they finish early, or simply to practice problem solving as a whole class.

This is a higher order thinking sorting activity that is open ended. The students have to create their own groups or categories and explain why the vegetables are placed in the specified group. This will actively engage all students and be loads of fun! This activity can be completed by all students.

This is a fun and interactive activity students can do with a partner or in a center. They have to group the modes of transportation according to similar qualities or characteristics and explain their reasoning. The students are sure to have an exciting time while learning and working together!

This is a sorting activity that can be done with a partner or in a center. The students will create groups to place the fruits based on their knowledge, ideas, and group discussions. The students have to think outside of the box in order to create groups for the fruits. There are no right or wrong answers. The students have to explain why they placed the fruits where they did. This is sure to be a fun activity for the students!

This is a sorting activity that requires the students to think outside of the box. The students can work with a partner or a small group to sort the countries into groups, such as regions, languages, or religions. The students have to create and explain their groups. There are no right or wrong answers, the students simply have to explain their thinking and reasoning!

This is a fun, open ended sorting activity that can be done independently, in centers, or with a partner. The students have to group the animals based on qualities they see fit. There is no right or wrong answer, as long as the students can explain why they grouped the animals the way they did! There are several ways to group the animals.

This is a fun problem-solving mystery activity. The students will use critical thinking skills and the clues on the cards to solve the crime. This can be done in workstations, alone, or with a partner. Once they solve the crime, they can explain how they solved it.