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Using these guided reflections sheets will help your students to think critically about their poor behavior choices. They will consider why their choice of behavior is a problem and how their behavior choices affect those around them. The prompts are written in the first person to allow for more ownership of the behavior and the apology. Simply print off a few copies of each sheet (in different colors for ease of recognition) and keep them on hand for whenever disruptions occur and time out of

Super Spellers is over 60 fun, engaging, free-choice activities for your students to use with their weekly spelling lists. Students select the words they need to learn how to spell from their own writing and class word lists, then they learn the patterns using Super Speller Activities all while earning points for their spelling team. Students will draw pictures, write poems, create codes, learn braille, make games, play games and plenty more. Whether they work independently or as a partner, y

Start the school year with independent learning activities that allow you to learn about your students and them to learn about each other and their school community. You will find in these task cards over 50 activities that will motivate students to produce projects that engage their multiple intelligences and thinking skills. I started the year last year with my grade 6 students using this unit and it was a hit. I set up the posters around the room like task cards. I set out the materials

Students will investigate how the meaning and the spelling of an adjective changes with the addition of -er or -est. For example, quick, quicker, quickest. Included are 2 guided investigation worksheets, word cards and some spelling rule posters for you to print on to different color papers and display or project.

Get cooperative learning underway in your classroom with a set of activities designed for mixed ability groups. While you are teaching students how to work cooperatively in groups and how to take on different roles within a group, use these activities to also address concerns students have regarding bullying, friendship, leadership and emotions. Each of the 5 tasks should take 60 minutes to complete if the students are effective at delegating tasks and working efficiently. If they are new to

Get your students thinking about the books they read with seven different book review worksheets. Students will answer questions about the plot, setting, and characters in their independent reading novels and provide their own thoughts and opinions to support their answers.

Get you students thinking with this straightforward place value activity. Students roll a dice and decide where to place the digit to build a larger number than their partner. More able students delve deeper into the activity to explore elements of chance as well as analyze and explain the strategy involved in winning the game. Students who are even more able continue to analyze how changes to the rules effect the strategies used. A great naturally differentiated activity that can be set up

Help your students keep their research organised with this basic research grid. Students pose the questions then record the answers from two sources in the space provided. Room for up to six questions.