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Engage your students with this hands-on " Raise a Pet Rock" project designed to complement your Rocks and Minerals science unit! In this creative culminating activity, students will name, design, and raise their very own "pet rock" while demonstrating their knowledge of the three types of rocks, rock cycles, physical properties of rocks, and daily uses of rocks. This Resource Includes:Student workbook with project title page and four printable worksheets (Choose Type of Rock, How Was Your Pet R

Engage your students with this hands-on " Soil Homes for a Pet Rock" project designed to complement your Soils in the Environment science unit! In this creative culminating activity, students will create their very own pet rock, and design a soil home to meet all of their pet's needs. This includes choosing the perfect layer of soil for a home, picking out animal neighbours who also live in soil, selecting the ideal soil type for house plants, and designating tasks for their pet rock to keep th

Engage your students with this hands-on " Seed Study" project designed to complement your Growth and Changes in Plants science unit! This creative culminating activity can be done in three different ways, offering students the opportunity to grow their own plants and document their observations in a plant journal, OR complete a research project resulting in the creation of their own Seed Packet Infographic (perfect for bulletin boards!) or written report. This project links to specific Ontario

Make Ancient Civilizations come alive in your classroom with this engaging Social Studies Suitcase project! Students will "pack" their suitcases with artifacts to represent food, clothing, education, trade, religion, conflict, housing and transportation from the civilization of their choice. This project can be used to explore one ancient civilization in depth, or compare two different civilizations! This artsy activity will help students explore key aspects of Strand A: Early Societies to 1500

Transform your word work block with these engaging, low-prep morphology centers and slides! Perfect for upper elementary classrooms (Grades 3-6), this comprehensive resource helps students master prefixes, suffixes, and base words, while making learning engaging and fun! This resource includes six hands-on literacy centers, plus full interactive slideshow lessons to pre-teach each activity- making it perfect for small groups, stations, or whole-class instruction. The Centers Include:Word Sums

Bring math to life with this real-world patterning project your students will love! In this creative, hands-on project, students run their own bead businesses while exploring patterning, addition and subtraction, and money math. They will use input/output tables to make important decisions about their business. Perfect for assessment, enrichment, or as a culminating task in your patterning unit! This project is aligned with Grade 4 Ontario Math Curriculum. This resource also includes a bonus c

Looking for a creative, crafty way to wrap up your Rocks and Minerals unit? This bulletin board kit + flipbook project has everything you need to show off your student's learning with pride- just print and go! In this engaging project, your students will design and decorate their own pet rock, and create an adorable flipbook filled with their learning about rocks and minerals. A detailed rubric is included to help you mark with ease! The flipbooks include four pages, broken into simple step

Looking for a spooky display to promote the love of reading in your classroom? This resource is exactly what you need! No prep, just print and go- with three different versions to provide a variety of writing space, and four bonus characters for early finishers or extra charm in your display! It’s the perfect way to blend literacy, creativity, and seasonal fun while building a display that your students (and hallway visitors!) will love. What’s Included:3 Differentiated versions of the book rev

Engage your students with this hands-on " Seed Study" project designed to complement your Habitats and Communities science unit! This creative culminating activity can be done in three different ways, offering students the opportunity to grow their own plants and document their observations in a plant journal, OR complete a research project resulting in the creation of their own Seed Packet Infographic (perfect for bulletin boards!) or written report. This project links to specific Ontario cur

Looking for an exciting, engaging, and educational activity packet for End of Year season? This resource has you covered! Inspired by the viral " Spotify Wrapped" yearly recaps, this resource calls on students to reflect on the highlights of their school year, while reviewing some key curriculum content. This 20-page workbook can be printed out all at once, or spread out over the span of a few days. This Resource Includes:Title Page "My Top Moments" Sheet"My Top Subjects" Sheet"My Top Books" S

Want to make summary writing exciting and engaging for your students? This lesson has everything that you need to guide your students on using the " Somebody, Wanted, But, So, Then" strategy to effectively summarize a fictional text. This resource is recommended for use with the Wild Robot novel. This resource includes a graphic organizer and good copy worksheet for students, plus slides inspired by the text. The slides include a " Summary Sleuth" activity where students will evaluate sample su

Ontario teachers, this FREEBIE is for you! Create an "EQAO" letters poster to help your students track each day of testing in an exciting and engaging way. This freebie comes with 8 reward card ideas, and 4 blank cards for you to write your own ideas for your class! Pro Tip: Laminate each letter poster and add on Velcro dots to attach the inner letter after each day of testing. Or, colour in the inner letter using a whiteboard marker to track each day with ease! Want more Ontario-specific FREE