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Are your students overwhelmed by their screen time and unsure of its effects? Help them take control of their digital well-being! Empower students to reflect on how their daily tech use impacts their emotions and create a path towards healthier tech habits. In today's digital age, students are constantly connected, but many struggle to understand the effect this connection has on their emotional health. As a school librarian, you are in a unique position to guide them through this self-awareness

An engaging activity pack that centers around civil rights leaders lessons. These activities cultivate critical thinking skills in young minds through a dynamic and educational experience. These activities offer a meaningful and enjoyable way to teach essential information about civil rights through innovative engagement strategies. With these thought-provoking activities, you can inspire the next generation of civil rights leaders. This standards-based civil rights lesson engages students and i

USE INQUIRY-BASED LEARNING TO TEACH STUDENTS ABOUT BIOMES. Get them using their background knowledge and critical thinking skills while participating in a biome sort.  After sorting animals into biomes, use fun informational passages to teach students about different biomes. In the process they’ll have fun engaging in research & taking notes. AFTER downloading this resource you’ll get:⭐ Standards - based lesson that outlines how to teach students about biomes using hands-on inquiry.  ⭐ Biome S

TEACH STUDENTS HOW TO READ, UNDERSTAND, AND ENJOY GRAPHIC NOVELS IN THE WAY THE AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR INTENDED. Graphic novels aren't just glorified picture books. These are meaningful texts with rich stories. They use a combination of text and illustrations to help the reader figure out what's going on.  They're also more! There are some things that make graphic novels different from other books. They're filled with rich language, illustrative choices, and frames that make the plot move. As we

Help your students master the criteria for evaluating websites! Do your students think that just because they Googled™ it, they can trust it? If so, this standards-based lesson gets them looking at the internet with a critical eye. During this lesson, your students will use criteria to evaluate websites they plan to use for research. Not only to determine if they are trustworthy, but also to determine bias and intended audience. It includes: Standards-based lesson that outlines how to help stude

INTRO TO CODING - ALGORITHMS & SERIESTeaching PreK and Kinders to write and understand code does not have to be overwhelming or developmentally inappropriate. Introducing coding and algorithms to early learners can be FUN and include real world connections. Why teach coding through routines? Coding is an abstract concept, which means our young students need concrete ways to understand it. Routines are ingrained throughout our daily lives; especially young children. Using daily routines helps t

Support and engage independence in emerging programmers with the FINCH robot.It can be difficult to know where to begin when introducing a robot or block coding.  The task cards and activity sheets give students opportunities to explore the SNAP! Jr™ software, plan programs to use with the Finch robot, and build off of their programming skills with purpose. Motion cards to use with SNAP! Jr™→ print & laminate to help students use as a planning tool before they create the code in SNAP!Visual and

Keep students engaged in the research process by teaching them how to access, choose, and use resources that teach them about their topic and meet their learning needs.If your students spend large amounts of time looking for information, complaining that they don’t understand what’s on the site, or claim they can’t actually find anything about their topic, then they need to learn how to analyze resources.  First graders can get stuck bouncing around within a database; hopping from one topic to

Keep students engaged in the research process by teaching them how to access, choose, and  resources that teach them about their topic and meet their learning needs.If your students spend large amounts of time looking for information, complaining that they don’t understand what’s on the site, or claim they can’t actually find anything about their topic, then they need to learn how to analyze resources.  Kindergarteners can get stuck bouncing around within a database; hopping from one topic to

Reflect with PreK students AND communicate with parents!It can feel like our youngest learners, our PreK Students, need the most support communicating their day’s learning with families.  Yet, it is just as important for them to reflect on their learning and be able to communicate it with others.   If you are a Library Media Specialist who works with PreK students and know how important it is for them to reflect on and share their learning, this resource is perfect for you! AFTER downloading thi

Help your fourth graders organize their research, think critically about it, AND remember to cite their sources..Teaching fourth graders to research involves many moving pieces. Like: bibliographies, collecting important details, drawing conclusions, paraphrasing.  These note-taking sheets help students transfer reading comprehension and writing skills that students learn during reading and writing. They are similar to a main idea/details or box and bullets that many popular literacy programs te

Teach Third Graders to Independently Organize their Research Notes AND Cite SourcesHow do we introduce note taking and citation and meet the diverse needs of Third Graders? This Standards Based Lesson provides graphic organizers that support any level of a researcher’s budding curiosity while also encouraging emerging citation skills.  These note taking sheets meet students’ diverse needs. While researching, students can draw diagrams and take notes. They help scaffold the note taking process f

Help Second Graders Organize their Research Notes AND Cite SourcesHow do we introduce note taking and citation and meet the diverse needs of Second Graders? This Standards Based Lesson provides graphic organizers that support any level of a researcher’s budding curiosity.  These note taking sheets meet students’ diverse needs. While researching, they can draw diagrams and take notes. They help scaffold the note taking process for students by helping them identify a number of facts to collect. T

Help First Graders Organize their Research Notes How can we support the diverse research and note taking abilities of First Graders? This Standards Based Lesson provides graphic organizers that support any level of a researcher’s early literacy. Whether your students have become proficient with spelling and writing, just developing encoding skills, or are skilled artists, these note taking sheets will meet their diverse needs.  This lesson includes: Standards Based Lesson that outlines step-by-s

Help young researchers take notes with these kid friendly graphic organizersTeaching Kindergarteners to research and take notes can feel like a daunting task. This Standards Based Lesson provides graphic organizers that support any level of a researcher’s early literacy. Whether your students have become proficient with spelling, just developing encoding skills, or are skilled artists, these note taking sheets will meet their diverse needs.  This lesson includes: Standards Based Lesson that outl