Teacher Tomlins

This Utopia vs Dystopia slide deck helps students understand the difference between the two genres. In this deck, students will view YouTube videos and book covers to think deeply about what makes a Utopian or Dystopian society.  Includes:YouTube Videos

Students will love looking back at their copies of "My Personal Yearbook," complete with reflections about their lives, lists of favorites and hot trends, letters to their future selves, and more. This deck is full of colorful pages and cool graphics to help students document their current passions and interests.

Roll The Dice Narrative Writing This is a way to get students' imaginations flowing for writing a narrative piece. All you need are dice for your students, and off they go building a silly, simple, sassy story!

This Valentine's Roll The Dice Narrative Writing is a way to get students' imaginations flowing for writing a narrative piece. All you need are dice for your students, and off they go building a silly, simple, sassy story!

Halloween Roll The Dice Narrative Writing This is a way to get students' imaginations flowing for writing a narrative piece. All you need are dice for your students, and off they go building a silly, simple, sassy story!

Digital New Years' Activities for Google Slides (for Google Classroom)! Then, students are guided to think about their future and what goals they would like to achieve.  Students type in answers for a 4 part vision board (school, family, personal, and post-high school) and add images.  This resource includes the following activity pages in Google Slides: -Who and why people make vision boards. - Example Vision boards - Reading and videos to encourage thinking about vision boards - Guidance to th

Mini-Lesson on grit and overcoming challenges. Students build a definition of grit. End result is a student-created presentation including an interview with someone they feel has shown grit. Includes a rubric for grading.

Digital Goal-Setting Activities for Google Slides (for Google Classroom)! Then, students are guided to think about their future and what goals they would like to achieve.  Students type in answers for a 4 part vision board (school, family, personal, and post-high school) and add images.  This resource includes the following activity pages in Google Slides: - Who and why people make vision boards. - Example Vision boards - Reading and videos to encourage thinking about goals and vision boards - G

Multiplying and dividing fractions can be a difficult concept. This slide deck guides students through their printable notes containing instructional videos, guided notes, and "I do", We do", and "You do" problems. This set has 27 slides to guide students through their own printable notes for understanding multiplying and dividing fractions. This resource is also part of a Multiplying and Dividing Fractions Bundle. You can find it here.Included in this resource: Teacher PresentationAction slides

Included Template for an Instagram style Profile pageTemplate for Instagram style Post page to be duplicated as neededSidebar directions for using students to refer as they edit the page.  Including how to crop images and make images shape.Great for increasing engagement and making a lesson feel relevant. Use as a summative character study or review of a unit. Student examples shown for inspiration.

This Compliment Project deck focuses on building empathy and kindness in the classroom or school.  The deck includes slides for whole-class discussion, perspective-taking, as well as thinking about the power of your words.  The culminating activity is for students to write words of kindness or a compliment to their peers.  This Deck Includes:YouTube Videos (slide 3, 4, 5, & 8) Class discussions Students fill in (slide 7) Links to Google Docs that should be customized for your class.

This is a data sheet used for tracking behaviors and building accountability. This daily/weekly/class behavior data tracker incentivizes students to reflect upon their behavior. Included in this resource: Editable Student DatasheetList of Optional Expected Learning BehaviorsDirections to Use Data Sheet

Get your students thinking about the future by setting goals for a new year by creating a beautiful bunting in this kit. Students will have the chance to write a mini letter, goal, or aspiration to themselves.  This is a way to set a target for the year.  Encourage students to think of goals that are beyond the classroom: personal, home life, sports, physical, etc. Remind them of how much they've grown, changed, and learned so far this year, and think about how they want to grow and change for

Use this fun First Day of School Mad Libs for your students to express their creativity and show understanding of the basic parts of speech (nouns, verbs, adjectives)! Get ready for some silly stories! Included:fill in the blank part of speech page 2-page First Day Cloze Passage. Looking for more activities to start your year off:Start of the Year Goals BannersPersonal TimelineSMART Goals Vision BoardPLEASE LEAVE FEEDBACK IF YOU ENJOYED THE ACTIVITY! :-D

Multiplying and dividing fractions can be a difficult concept. This slide deck guides students through their printable notes containing instructional videos, guided notes, and "I do", We do", and "You do" problems. This set has 27 slides to guide students through multiplying and dividing fractions. This resource is also part of a Multiplying and Dividing Fractions Bundle. You can find it here.Included in this resource: Teacher PresentationAction slides to present answers

This is a great project for the start of the year for math or history.  Students will create a timeline of 15 key events in their lives. They must rate these events on a scale of -10 to +10 as well as add images. PROVIDED: Description of the project Brainstorm Sheet Rubric Lined Printable Option with detail extension Grading Rubric YOU WILL NEED:Legal Size Paper 8.5 x 14  to print Lined Printable Option Looking for more activities to start your year off:Start of the Year Goals BannersPersonal T

Roll The Dice Narrative Writing This is a way to get student's imaginations flowing for writing a narrative piece. All you need are dice for your students and off they go building a silly simple sassy story!

What’s your lens made of? is a lesson about perspective taking. Students will fill in their glasses with aspects that make them who they are- football player,  big sister, only child, born in Peru, struggling reader… The idea is they think about what makes their lens unique to them and how that might change how they see the world vs someone else.

Adapted from the NYT "What's Going On in This Picture?" Students are shown a picture in 4 zoomed-in parts. They get one minute to jot down what they think is happening in the picture. They then share. The teacher asks, what made you think that? Then points out the part of the [picture that the student says made them think of their "happening". Students are supporting their reasoning with evidence.

Notes for the introduction of a fraction lesson. Discusses parts of a fraction and how to identify a fraction on a bar and circle. This set has 1 page. Print the sheets out full size to be placed in binders or print the half-sized sheets and trim to be added to Math Notebooks. Your students will love the added addition of coloring while taking notes. Included in this resource: Student pagesSample answer key