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Encourage your students to reflect on their progress while bolstering their academic writing skills!Easily adapted for reflection on any task, project, assignment, goal, etc. Includes: Rough draft template w/ writing supportDirections page for final draftRECOMMENDED - Model how to use the optional frames and starters for your students. Frames and stems may be spliced and used as needed. Encourage students to stretch their academic writing skills by using as many frames or parts of frames as poss

Help your students understand the methods of control employed during Nazi Germany through an analysis of the movie, Swing Kids (1993).Includes:Graphic organizer for notesAnalysis Questions w/ writing supportParagraph or Essay response w/ writing support

Help your students write well as they establish their goals for the new year! PERFECT for easing back into school after the winter break!Includes: Three prompts with writing support that can be broken down into sections or completed as one longer assignment. RemindersSpecify the required minimum length for each response.  Be sure to MODEL how to use the sentence frames. Think out loud as you complete some of each prompt. You can set the requirements for how many of the sentence frames students m

Math AND Writing! Help your students learn to write WHILE they learn addition and subtraction! To the teacher: The sheets can be edited so you can use the same template (w/ frames) for any addition or subtraction math problems. Alter assignments for differentiated instruction. (Example: higher numbers for more advanced students, etc.)Sheets can be broken down into sections so students may practice either addition OR subtraction OR both addition and subtraction in a given lesson. Sheets can be d

Easily posted to Google Classroom! Objective: Students will demonstrate understanding of key ideals or goals expressed in the Preamble of the US Constitution in a substantial, well-written paragraph (or essay). Includes: Lesson plan /outline and answer key for teacher (page 1)Preamble text with close reading activity (page 2) Writing template with sentence frames for well-structured student written response (page 3)Final draft page (page 4)This easy-to-use Google Doc is ideal for helping stud

Math AND Writing! Help your students learn to write WHILE they practice multiplication and division! The sheets can be edited so you can use the same template (w/ frames) for any multiplication or division math problems. Alter assignments for differentiated instruction. (Example: higher numbers for more advanced students, etc.)Sheets can be broken down into sections so students may practice either multiplication OR division OR both multiplication and division in a given lesson. Sheets can be dup

Helps students understand the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation in an easy and fun way! Students pretend to be delegates at the Confederation Congress as they review the Articles in order to determine whether they can respond to Shays' Rebellion! NOTE: This listing is for the accompanying simulation Google Slides ONLY Slides: - Editable - Guides students and the teacher through the process of using the KIT below: ***To purchase the accompanying kit materials Click Here. ***Kit

Easily posted to Google Classroom! Objective: Students will demonstrate understanding of key Enlightenment ideas and their direct influence on the Declaration of Independence in a substantial, well-written paragraph. NOTE: This lesson is intended for use AFTER students have received instruction on the Age of Enlightenment and specifically, the ideals expressed by John Locke. Includes: Lesson plan /outline and answer key for teacher (page 1)Excerpt from the Declaration of Independence with clo

GREAT for end-of-unit writing assignment or assessment! Use this 5-paragraph template to help your kids construct a well-written essay and acquire academic English ONLINE. Easy GOOGLE DOC essay template for use in explaining the achievements of ANY civilization or individual. Contains space for each paragraph and optional sentence frames. Great for use with social science curriculum. In line with Common Core standards. * NOTE: Fill in the name of the person or civilization before assigning the e

Support students in their physical activity at home while also strengthening their academic language skills!Includes: Editable logs with writing support. Recommended: Model how to use the sentence frames and starters for students (i.e. use them yourself on a shared screen in a Zoom session, etc.).

Includes link to CNN10 Student News! Help your students write well as they record information learned from each episode. Helps students stay informed about current events and issues while focusing on improving their academic writing skills. Includes: Google Doc with writing support and episode notetakerLink is embedded in the title

Help your students easily define key terms with this easy-to-use Google Doc! Send your students the message that not only is the subject important, but so also is the language used to discuss it. This simple tool provides basic sentence frames for defining terms as well as designated space to draw a small picture. Note: Be sure to encourage students to use multiple frames to expand their academic language comfort zone! Modeling use of the tool for students is highly recommended.