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Transportation Week activities are the must-have resource for librarians looking to transform their school libraries into hubs of excitement and exploration!  This comprehensive resource is designed to provide librarians with a truckful of engaging activities centered around the theme of transportation. Inside, you'll find everything you need to plan and execute a fun and engaging Transportation Week celebration. They’ll captivate students' imaginations and fuel their love for learning. From met

Empower your Women's History Month lesson planning with an engaging no-prep resource. Say goodbye to hours spent researching and preparing materials. Say hello to materials that are a one-stop solution for librarians and media specialists who need a quick and easy lesson that also supports research and critical thinking skills. Celebrate remarkable women's achievements, contributions, and resilience. Transform your Women's History Month lessons into an engaging and structured library experience.

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

Squeezed for planning time and need quick ideas for students to learn about Native American Heritage?  These no-prep Native American Heritage lessons turn your standard read-aloud into a comprehensive literacy activity! This pack of no-prep Native American Heritage lessons offers brilliant read-alouds, retelling rumbles, and resourceful research activities. Watch as your mini scholars morph into masterful storytellers and inquisitive researchers, all while absorbing invaluable knowledge about N

NO PREP PLAN for HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH that are perfect for the library and substitute teacher. This no prep activity is great if you need something on the fly or if you need to whip up some sub plans.  I use these specifically as sub plans for substitute teachers. They work whether you have 20, 30 or 40+ minutes of library class. The sub will not run out of things to do with your class. After downloading this resource you will receive a complete lesson plan for PreK through Grade 5 students.

Let students swim alongside our water friends on a manatee virtual field trip! They’ll experience manatee first hand, jot their observations, and can even extend their learning with short informational passages!Give students a first hand experience of what it’s like to be a manatee! This no prep lesson gives students an interactive research experience as they learn what manatees do and consider their role in our world. This activity makes research up close and personal for students through 360 V

Let students walk amongst giants on a dinosaur virtual field trip! They’ll experience dinosaurs first hand, jot their observations, and can even extend their learning with short informational passages!Give students a first hand experience of what it’s like to be a dinosaur! This no prep lesson gives students an interactive research experience as they learn what dinosaurs were like when roaming the earth millions of years ago. This activity makes research up close and personal for students throug

ALLEVIATE WORRIES ABOUT PREK BORROWING BOOKS FROM THE LIBRARY. Teach them routines to independently borrow, read, & return library books. And rest well knowing they will come back the way they left. It is often presumed that PreK cannot or should not borrow books. The fear is that they will tear pages, chew on covers, and just forget to return them.  This is not so. With a few proactive steps, PreK is highly capable of and eager to borrow library books. As librarians, we do this by creating

Give young students practice with series in coding.How do you help young students understand series in coding?  Whether you are in the classroom or teaching remotely, these interactive activities provide you and students with options to practice developing series within code.  These also double as assessments, and are a perfect option for introducing Computer Science and Computational Thinking Standards. It's also a great way to help students learn how to program the robot Bee-Bot. Included

Give young students practice with series in coding.How do you help young students understand series in coding?  Whether you are in the classroom or teaching remotely, these interactive activities provide you and students with options to practice developing series within code.  These also double as assessments, and are a perfect option for introducing Computers Science and Computational Thinking Standards. It's also a great way to help students learn how to program the robot Code & Go Mouse.

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 when students program Unruly Splats.Teach block coding across content areas with these task cards and activities.  Whether students are just learning block code, or are more advanced programmers, there is something for everyone! Task Cards that can be printed 3 or 4 to a page → print & laminate to help students use as a planning tool before they create the codeBlank Planning Sheets  → Planning sheets that help students set a goal and sketch out what the code will

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

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

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

Help students learn the difference between augmented and virtual reality before  they use it for learning. Augmented and Virtual Reality are engaging forms of media that immerse students in life-like situations. Situations that can be used during research projects.  Students are incredibly curious and sometimes the questions they have can only be answered through authentic experiences.  Visiting places like museums, zoos, aquariums, and other field trip locations are great for field trips. Field