VANtastic Teaching

A fun review source for the novel Summer of the Mariposas by Guadalupe Garcia McCall. Reviews themes, characters, quotes, setting, monsters, and cultural aspects of Latin America. This can be used with the 8th grade OpenUp Resources/ EL curriculum Module 1.

Use these conversation cue cards not only as a way to help your students have group conversations, but also use the shapes on the back of the cards to form groups easily and with little effort! ***Disclaimer: These conversation cues were taken from the EL Education curriculum website.

Voice Level Posters that are great for classroom management. Four different types of styles; rainbow aesthetic, plants, rainbow plain, and plain.

Use this very aesthetically pleasing slide pallet to make your classroom look young and fresh! ***This has been 8th grader tested and approved :)

Review and practice affixes with this interactive activity. These slides are to be used with the Peardeck add-on for Google Slides.

Use this mood board as a fun check-in with your students! Including mood boards for Spongebob, Shrek, Kim Kardashian, and Taylor Swift.

A fun Halloween activity that is connected to looking at the "uncanny" in The Twilight Zone.

Goes over figurative language, poetry structure, and how to identify atheme in poetry. This is an interactive Google Slides to be used with the Peardeck add-on.

Use this super handy check-in sheet for students that miss class. This helps keep both the student and teacher accountable! Includes... "Date of missed class" "Day of the week""Check these places""My goal for this class period is...""Assignments/Lessons I missed""What can I (the teacher) do to help you succeed?""I hereby declare that I tried my best to get caught up on my missing work"