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This is a cute song I sing with my class to help them remember the parts of an atoms and the differences between protons, neutrons, and electrons. As an extension activity, I have the students take a classic tune/song and rewrite the lyrics using their knowledge of science. They always have a blast singing with their classmates and learning at the same time! Hope you enjoy it! I appreciate your feedback. :) __________________________________________________________________________________________ Terms of Use - Copyright © Monica Abarca. This resource is intended for classroom and personal use and is to be used only by the original downloader (one teacher). Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, school, or uploading to a school server/website is strictly prohibited. This product may not be distributed or displayed digitally for public view, this also includes using any part of this resource on You Tube for student videos. Failure to comply is a copyright infringement and a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Fonts and clipart found in this resource are copyrighted and may not be used without permission or obtaining a license from the original author. All rights belong to Monica Abarca.

Words may sting, but silence is what breaks the heart. There’s nothing wrong with you. There’s a lot wrong with the world you live in. I don’t miss him, I miss who I thought he was. Love is an irre…

Inside: Conversation Jenga for the language class. When I put my students in a speaking situation, I like to make it low-pressure and fun. We’ve really enjoyed conversation Jenga lately– which is obviously better than a worksheet with questions to ask each other. In a sense, conversation Jenga is an authentic speaking situation because it’s a

I love using class call backs and attention grabbers! These are so fun! My class loves them! This freebie is a classroom staple!

Problem: I would love to study poetry with my class but I'm not sure how to go about it. Solution: Read on! Here is a way to structure a week-long study of poetry: Preparation -

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Looking for a fun vocabulary activity? This extension is perfect for middle and high school to help encourage critical thinking and associations.

Every English language arts teacher needs a variety of successful, student led discussion strategies that will provide opportunities for student learning.

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Hey Ya'll! Today I'm going to share with you our adverb posters. We actually did these about 2 weeks ago and am just now getting around to sharing it with you. Adverbs are always so tricky for our little ones. To get started, we brainstormed a list of different types of adverbs onto our anchor chart. After reviewing these for a few days, some of my kiddos just weren't getting it. Of course, Amy from Step into Second Grade came to my rescue! She blogged about making adjective posters. I loved the idea so I decided to use them for adverbs instead. I printed out 4 verb pictures (eat, write, run, and sleep) and glued them onto butcher paper. I split my kids up into groups and had them rotate to each one. They had to write adverbs that described each picture. Was it perfect? No! Was every word spelled correctly? No! Was it effective? YES!!! This just seemed to click with my strugglers. They used the anchor chart posted above to help guide them. I didn't hear one conversation that didn't have to do with adverbs. It was fantastic! I displayed our final products underneath our whiteboard. They were so proud of their finished product. A lot of the same words were repeated but that is OK! Sometimes I get so caught up in the cuteness of things that are on TPT that I forget how effective the simple things can be.

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Check out the top ESL conversation activities for adults—make your English speaking classes fun, engaging and filled with happy students.

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I absolutely love this post from great maths teaching ideas for a trigonometry-pile-up. However, I don't teach trigonometry in my 8th grade math classes but I do teach Pythagorean Theorem. I decided to make triangle stacks that cover this topic. The first unit for my Algebra students is Pythagorean Theorem. It isn't a topic we usually cover in Algebra but the students are eighth graders and they will be tested on this material so we will cover it at the beginning of the year. Toward the end of the school year I will use this activity with my Pre-Algebra students as well. Silly students, don't look for answers here. You will not find them as I don't post answers that can be copied. (The diagram is definitely not to scale.) The correct worksheet is the downloaded copy. It has the corrections. Sorry for the confusion. I need to update that picture one of these days. All of the answers are integers so I may use this in conjunction with the Pythagorean Triple lessons that I will be doing with the students. Students will place numbers in each of the triangles starting at the bottom so it will be easy to follow their work. They willstart at the bottom of the puzzle to find answers and work their way up to the top triangle to find the missing side. I plan to have the students place this in their interactive notebooks. I can't tell you how many times I made this diagram. I thought it was perfect until the area where the green, blue, yellow and purple triangles intersect. I was 1 cm off, Yikes! So I adjusted the picture and hope you understand what it means. All in all I am very pleased with how it turned out. It will be interesting to see how it works with the two different groups of students. My concern is that it will be too easy for the Algebra kids but too hard for many of the Pre-Algebra kids. I'll let you know. Click here to download the Pythagorean Stacks worksheet. Hope you all are enjoying your summer! School starts in one month for us. Too much planning to do and so little time. UGH! Til next time, Jan

Worksheet that focuses on family and relatives (father, mother, daughter, uncle, cousin etc.).Also includes a family tree that needs to be completed; this should give students a better insight in the maze of family vocabulary. - ESL worksheets

I like to include listening activities in my Spanish classes as much as I can. It can be seriously challenging to find good listening activities for lower-level students, though. Textbooks only have so many (good) listening comprehension activities, and it can be tricky to find recordings of Spanish speakers who speak SLOWLY and CLEARLY. Here are three great websites that I've found and used in my Spanish 1 and 2 classes: 1. Quia There are listening activities for Level 1 HERE and for Level 2 HERE. Click "Start now>>" and you will see 10 multiple-choice listening activities. Each time you reload the page, it will give you new activities. (Good news if you want more options, bad news if you want to bookmark the page and go back in the future for particular recordings.) There are probably 30 listening activities that Quia randomly picks and loads on the webpage. Quia provides multiple-choice questions for each listening activity, so you can use those or make your own! I like to go through and listen to all the activities and record the ones I want to use in class. I used Audacity to record them, which is a free program you can download on your Mac or PC. It's super easy to use, and then you can save the recordings to your computer and use them year after year. 2. 123TeachMe There are listening activities for Novice Low HERE. There are 39 "groups", and each has two audio recordings. I just go through and listen to a bunch of them and record the ones I want to use in class. These recordings show up in the same order every time you load the page, so you can pull up the website in class and play the recording(s) you want. The website includes a question for each recording, so you can use that one or create your own! 3. University of Texas A reader sent me this link, so many thanks to Amanda B! The University of Texas at Austin has Spanish proficiency exercises, organized by Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced, and Superior. You can choose various topics for each level, and then there are several speakers from different Spanish-speaking countries, so your students can hear a variety of accents. You could easily pull this website up in class and play the recording you want, or record in advance whatever you want students to listen to. I hope these ideas have helped you include more listening activities with native speakers in your lower-level classes! Where else do you get good listening activities? I'd love to hear other suggestions!

These area and perimeter of polygons bulletin board posters will look GREAT on your word wall and will help your 5th, 6th, 7th, or 8th grade geometry class learn perimeter and area!

Teach your child to recognize and read consonant digraphs /th/, /sh/, and /ch/ with a digraph garden!

A simple illustrated book used to help young children learn how to speak in German by teaching words and phrases. You can also read a copy of 'My Very First...

Inside: Conversation Jenga for the language class. When I put my students in a speaking situation, I like to make it low-pressure and fun. We’ve really enjoyed conversation Jenga lately– which is obviously better than a worksheet with questions to ask each other. In a sense, conversation Jenga is an authentic speaking situation because it’s a

I love using class call backs and attention grabbers! These are so fun! My class loves them! This freebie is a classroom staple!

Problem: I would love to study poetry with my class but I'm not sure how to go about it. Solution: Read on! Here is a way to structure a week-long study of poetry: Preparation -

Teaching students the power of their words is so important, especially early on in the elementary years! Giving students an opportunity to practice using their words for encouragement, kindness and to bring others joy is something that we as teachers can so easily build into our day. The Compliment Box is one of my favorite […]

Ready to improve your classroom behavior management and teach students strategies to improve their self-awareness, self-control, and social skills? These social emotional learning resources will give your students the tools they need to be successful in the classroom. This unit covers teaching your classroom rules and includes mini lessons, anchor charts, activities, a game, a song, and more! These lessons are designed to quickly and easily fit into your day since our time is very limited. It's crucial to incorporate SEL into your daily instruction. Click the preview for detailed peek at the components of this resource. This Social Emotional Learning Unit includes: Five days of mini daily lesson plans Sticky note questions for read aloud ( What If Everybody Did That?) Class Rules Song Teacher anchor charts SEL student notebook covers Student mini anchor chart Classroom Promise activity and anchor chart Classroom Rules Charades game Rule Follower Frog SEL animal character activity and poem Differentiated writing activity/assessment Often times, students tend to give up when faced with challenges in the classroom, therefore we need to equip them with the strategies to face and overcome those obstacles.  Obstacles are a critical part of success.  They allow us to develop determination and the ability to persevere through difficult circumstances.  This takes lots of practice, which students will get from this resource! You may also love: Listening and Following Directions SEL Activities Making Good Choices SEL Activities Kindness SEL Activities Resilience SEL Activities Classroom Management Games (The ENTIRE YEAR Bundle) Back to School Classroom Management Activities and Crafts Get more classroom tips and instructional strategies from me below: INSTAGRAM PINTEREST THE LEMONADE STAND BLOG Would you like to SAVE on new resources? Just click the GREEN STAR below my name. This will allow you to follow my store and receive e-mail notifications when a new resource is added. Don’t forget to leave feedback on your purchase to earn TPT credits!

Here are five easy-to-implement ideas and activities for teaching young learners how to find nonfiction text evidence.

All About Me activity is a fun practice that brings lots of benefits more than just personal favorites. Various activities can be combined with the theme and best to apply for preschoolers or kindergarteners.

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Oh my goodness! Exhausted does not even begin to describe how I feel right now. This week was our first week of school AND we moved

Looking for a fun vocabulary activity? This extension is perfect for middle and high school to help encourage critical thinking and associations.