The SimPal Classroom

You and your group members are taking us on a musical journey! The decades of music we will be traveling through are the 1950’s, 1960’s, 1970’s, 1980’s 1990’s, 2000’s and 2010’s.

UPDATED: Your students can now create a Christmas-themed "Among Us" avatar! Among Us is the latest game to be a part of every student's conversation, much like Roblox, Fortnite, Fall Guys and more! If you're looking for a new and relevant classroom management/reward system, then this is definitely your go-to! I've tried this with my students and they absolutely love it! This resource includes: · Implementation guide · Visible "CREW GOAL" sheet · Visible "CREW BEHAVIOUR LOOK-FOR" sheet · Am

The goal of this resource is to help students understand what makes a good non-fiction summary. Before writing a summary of a non-fiction text, students have to have a clear understanding of what should be included in a summary as well as should NOT be included in a summary. Using the 'IVTB' model for summary writing, this resource is the perfect way to introduce and walk through non-fiction summary writing with your students. Each section outlines a different part of the summary writing process

Character Chronicles: Unveiling Personalities and Cupcake CreationsLooking for a quick and easy culminating task for your novel study From the Desk of Zoe Washington by Janae Marks? Well look no further! This assignment involves no-prep - just assign and go! Part 1: STEAL CharacterizationStudents will first complete a "STEAL" characterization based on a character of their choosing from the novel "From the Desk of Zoe Washington" by Janae Marks. The STEAL method focuses on analyzing a character's

Motel Design: Creating a Vibrant World Inspired by 'Front Desk' by Kelly YangLooking for a quick and easy culminating task for your novel study Front Desk by Kelly Yang? Well look no further! This assignment involves no-prep - just assign and go! Part 1: STEAL CharacterizationStudents will first complete a "STEAL" characterization based on Mia Tang from the novel "Front Desk" by Kelly Yang. The STEAL method focuses on analyzing a character's speech, thoughts, effect on others, actions, and looks

Are you teaching in a virtual setting this year? Are you tired of staring at an empty Zoom/Google Meet/Microsoft Teams screen, and even more tired of students not participating during virtual lessons? Are you looking for a new and relevant classroom management/reward system? If you answered yes to all three questions, then this is definitely your go-to! With the transition to virtual learning, I was looking for something to keep my students engaged and participating throughout the day, and thi

Want an easy way to track your students' homework completion? Well look no further! This easy-to-use tracker, designed in Microsoft Excel, tracks completion with a simple "Y" if the homework was completed, and "N" if the homework was not. Based on your input, the box will be colour coded (green, or red) and track the number of responses for each student. Please reach out to me if you have any questions about using the tracker! A "How To Use" tab has been included on the document.

Bridge to Terabithia Reading Comprehension Quiz (Chapters 1-6) Quiz is out of 15 marks - 7 marks for KNOWLEDGE/UNDERSTANDING - 2 marks for THINKING - 6 marks for COMMUNICATION and APPLICATION

Are you looking for a last minute religion/art assignment before the Christmas break? Looking to display something on your classroom bulletin board? Or for a Christmas Art Night at your school? For this task, students will be assigned one of the four Advent themes, read a bible verse associated with the theme they've been assigned, and complete art and writing based activities based on the passage.

A fun descriptive writing assignment for Halloween! Using the included planning chart, students will create their very own monster using the 5 senses! Once students have completed the descriptive writing piece, they will make their monsters come to life through a visual display and will incorporate a specific colour scheme for their monster drawing.

Are your students currently working on their persuasive/opinion writing skills?Are you looking for a culminating task for your students to showcase these skills?In this assignment, students will be taken through the writing process starting with brainstorming an idea and building on it from there. Each step outlined in the package provides students with simple, easy-to-follow steps as well as an exemplar paragraph (one introduction, one body paragraph and conclusion exemplar are provided). Persu

For this task, students will be required to collect and organize primary data and display the data using charts and graphs. Once they have displayed their data in the form of a graph, they will also be required to read, describe, and interpret the data (i.e. draw conclusions from the information they collected). UPDATED MARCH 10, 2020 1) Added a "This booklet belongs to" page 2) Added success criteria

February is Back History Month! There are many important people in Canada’s history, specifically black history. For this task, students will be responsible for researching a particular individual (either picked or assigned). Once students have completed their research, they will present their work to the class on their person. A list of famous black Canadians has been included. Please note, this assignment is specifically linked with oral communication. A rubric and success criteria for oral c

Multiple choice quiz for chapters 1-9 of the novel Hole (by Louis Sachar) 24 multiple choice questions

Student's Task: As an employee of Natural Resources Canada, your job is to become an expert on an invasive species of your choice so that you can do your best to catch the offender! In order to help you catch the unwanted species, you will create an “un-WANTED!” poster. Can be used as a mid-unit task, or even as a culminating task! Instruction sheet and rubric included.

A lot of Christmas songs have become classics (played every year and well-known) because they follow a similar structure that the untrained ear describes as “catchy”. With this activity, your students will be able to investigate some of the world’s favourite Christmas songs and identify what elements make it a Christmas Classic! A great activity to complete with your students leading up to the Christmas season!

Grade 5 "Whole Numbers" math test. Test is out of 40 marks. Aligns with the Ontario Math curriculum. Test covers the following: - Writing numbers in standard, expanded and word form. - Place value - Greater than/Less than - Rounding whole numbers to the nearest thousand/ten thousand - Ordering numbers from smallest to largest - Word problems

A fun and easy "getting to know you" activity that is perfect for back-to-school! The name says it all - comes with a section where students can draw a picture of their choosing (or with prompts from you) and lines underneath where they can write the "description" of their Instagram photo.

With this product, students will be responsible for creating an informational poster to show their understanding of the human body. The informational poster will be about ONE of the organ systems. Great for a mid-unit task, or even culminating task! Instruction sheet and rubric included.

Holes Novel Study Quiz (Chapters 10-19) 22 multiple choice questions2 short answer questions/26