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This presentation can be used to teach students of any age to play chess starting from square one (pun intended!) Subjects displayed: -The board -The pieces -The moves -The rules -Winning Includes examples, demonstrations, and animations to explain key points. Teach the game one step at a time, or let players explore and learn at their own pace. Powerpoint (upload to Google Slides) and PDF files provided. Learning chess is easy for students in any grade when you break it down into simple steps.

Everything runs through their Google Account!*If you want a safe way for your students to play digital chess, this is it! No additional apps, external websites, or account setup needed. No worries about logging in to an external site with questionable privacy policies, setting up usernames and passwords, or worrying about blocked websites. You make a copy of either the Slides** version or the Sheets** version, and share it ("Can Edit") to two students who want to play one another. (Or, teach s

Goal Setting, Progress Tracking, and Technology Skill integration in a simple one-pager! Perfect for grades 5-8 to learn how to use Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets, and to take responsibility for their own progress. Help students set goals and write reflections on their progress in a document that will follow them across grade levels. Perfect size for printing or sharing with parents during conferences. Teachers in grades 1-4 can fill in data and develop goals and reflections for students as w

If you run a Chess Club, Chess Team, or have Chess Sets available for students to play, this pack is for you! The files contain 12 mini-games and variants (alternate versions of chess with slightly different rules) that will help your students: *Learn the game and how the pieces move; *Develop skills and strategy, and reinforce concepts; *Provide engaging alternatives to a typical Chess game, including fast-paced competitions and team collaborative challenges. You will receive a full color PDF

Everything you need to get your chess club up and running today! Includes: Presentation: How to Play Chess Digital Chess Game - full boards (8x8)Digital Chess Game - mini boards (5x6)Chess Posters - digital and printableChess Variants & Mini- Games

This Google Sheet provides a color-coded comparison of your students' Math MAP scores from Fall, Winter, and Spring one one page. You get a separate tab for overall RIT score, and a page for each strand. Both Math and Reading reports are provided. The color-coding is based on cutoffs that you choose. The report includes a small visual line graph and a calculation of number of bands of growth for each student. If you load your student rosters, you will be able to filter the reports by teacher.

This Google Sheet provides a color-coded comparison of your students' Reading MAP scores from Fall, Winter, and Spring one one page. You get a separate tab for overall RIT score, and a page for each strand. Both Math and Reading reports are provided. The color-coding is based on cutoffs that you choose. The report includes a small visual line graph and a calculation of number of bands of growth for each student. If you load your student rosters, you will be able to filter the reports by teache

This digital chess game is a smaller version of chess played on a 5x6 board. By removing one set of the repeated pieces (a rook, bishop, and knight) and shrinking the board, you can help students learn the game more simply. It also makes games move faster to fit in more practice in a short time. This digital game works via Google Slides, so you don't need students to sign up for any external sites or pay for any subscriptions. Simply have students make a copy of the file, share it with their op