Thinkercise

Teamwork, planning, decoding, research, and communication are skills needed to be successful in this race to create a peace machine. Simulation game takes 1-2 periods. easy to prepare- uses classroom materials, a few timers, cheerios, rope, and lots of excitement!

Vocabulary and figurative language activity for The Lemming Condition by Alan Arkin. Requires students to provide text evidence and page numbers. Good for individuals and small group work.

Teachers can use this product as a powerpoint slide show to complete with students, print it, or assign online to assess their understanding of key characters in Alan Arkin's classic allegory. This can also be divided up into an assignment for 4 groups of students, giving each a character, or give partnerships a page - totally up to you and your classroom! Two pages with two characters on each page, Bubber, Crow, Old Lemming, and Bubber's Father are included.

Primary Students learned Point of View and empathy from School’s First Day of School, and now they can choose an object or room in their school to write about for a class book! 25 pages, including a blank template page if they’d like to write how THEY felt, or an object that I haven’t included. Space for illustration, and writing on bottom of page. Great, simple, effective post-reading activity!

Comprehension/ higher level thinking skill questions to share with K-3rd graders after reading this great Bad Seed by Jory John book. Perfect for introduction to the library, beginning of the year library rules. Goes well with drawing and craft activities online already. Comes with answer key and student sheet.

This is a three lesson unit on sonnet writing that can be stretched over four or more class periods. There are two printable activity pages, using sneaker "feet" printables as part of a physical representation of iambic pentameter, and a page that provides hints and tips for students. The rest of the product is a guide on how to teach the three lessons. I've used this with my Gifted 4th grade and 5th grade English classes with success. However, I could easily see it being used with middle and hi

This unit includes higher level thinking questions, and a post-reading writing activity. Other ideas for post-reading activities include acting out a scene from the story, but changing an element. (Camp scene – but Auggie’s hearing aid actually saves the day.) There are other ideas on the websites listed below. You may choose to have students read the book together as a class, and discuss the questions, use the questions as prompts in journals, or a combination of both. Another option is to us