Next week we will be starting a one-week theme of argumentative speech. On the first lesson you will get to settle on a topic, do some rese...
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Fun and engaging ESL activities, games and worksheets in printable PDF format with full teacher's notes and answers for English teachers to use in class.
Another page of illustrations by Frank Netter, scanned from Clinical Symposia, Volume 16, Number 3, July-August-September, 1964. See this earlier post for more.
Kids of all ages will love these unique free, printable activities with all of them each fitting on a single sheet of A4 paper.
I can't even believe May is almost here…. time flies in the spring! This might just be my favorite time of year to teach kindergarten.
Tried meditation and just couldn’t get your brain to stop working? Breathwork might be better for you. Reduce stress with these tips from expert Josh Trent.
Kick off the new school year with the perfect project for a young crafter or adventurer.
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This year, I wanted to be intentional with my third graders as it relates to relationship. We started that on the first day of school. One of the things I’m most passionate about when it comes to academic achievement is building to mastery.Some students LOVE the first day of school, but not all students are...Read More »
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These following direction activities are directionality activities that can help kids learn directions or spatial concepts such as left, right, up, down, and compass directions (north, south, east, and west) with a motor component. This hands-on learning activity really gets the kiddos moving and learning! We’ve shared directionality activities before that help kids navigate and ... Read more
Cause and effect is an essential reading skill that our readers need in able to adequately and effectively comprehend. It helps students understand how one event connects or leads to the next event. I thought it would be so fun to give my cause and effect resource a little makeover with a fun newsroom theme. Students will be reporters to report on the cause and effect relationships in the story. They will cover what happened (THE EVENT) and what made that event happen (THE CAUSE). These activities, anchor charts, and crafts will help you plan a mini room transformation for your students. Get ready to transform your classroom into a Cause and Effect News Studio! As far as transforming your room goes, I am all for less is more in this instance. You could cover their desk pods or tables with plastic tablecloths and lay the printable microphones on each student's spot. I included a banner that you can print to hang at the front of your room. You might want to make a backdrop up there, too, with bulletin board paper for when students do their reporting. You could also move a piece of furniture or some desks to that area for reporters to sit. I think it would be really cute if you dressed as a reporter and have students dress as one at the end of the unit for one final cause and effect news report. I give instructions in the resource on how to print the anchor chart as a poster. You can laminate this and use a dry erase marker on it when you go to model identifying cause and effect relationships in the text. The posters can be printed and hung near your anchor chart for student reference. For the opening activity, have students gather on the carpet. Explain to them what a cause and effect are and that they will be reporting on different cause and effect relationships in texts. Show them these picture cards all mixed up. Have students help you match the causes and effects and display them on your board or in a pocket chart. Model with the microphone how you might report on these events. I always tell students to identify the effect first and then to find the cause. I have found that this strategy is helpful for students. You really can use any fictional story for cause and effect, but there are some texts that just lend themselves well to teaching this reading skill. Some good ones include The Rain Came Down, A Bad Case of Stripes, any book by Doreen Cronin, Alexander and the No Good, Horrible, Very Bad Day, and any of the Laura Numeroff books. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs would be another good one, since it's about weather. Fictional books about weather events would be great for the news reports! For the first day, I would give each group one of these envelopes filled with the graphic organizers below. These are normally used for cooperative groups or centers and each will have its own text. I would actually read aloud one text for the whole class and then have students go prepare their news reports with their tables. There are two graphic organizers included, the first only has one cause and effect relationship and the other has three. You can choose what would be best for your students. After identifying the cause and effect relationships have each group come up front to deliver their news report. Have a discussion on whether or not students identified the same or a different relationship and explain that stories can have many different ones just like in real life. Use different texts each day so that students are exposed to more examples of cause and effect relationships. I have included different crafts and graphic organizers below that you could use each day. There are enough to even come back to cause and effect later in the year. I always strive to give you lots of options so that you can meet the needs in your classroom. The news report and microphone crafts are sure to get your students excited about cause and effect! After making these, you can hang them in your room to add to your room transformation. I tried to make these look like hats reporters would wear back in the day. I think they would be so fun for your students to wear after one of your lessons! For exit tickets, you can use these printables or have students use their whiteboards. I would display a short passage or story and have students identify a cause or effect. This will let you know if they understand the vocabulary of cause and effect. I actually changed this badges after taking this photo to press passes for students to have access to your newsroom throughout the week. Give students these bookmarks to use during their independent reading time to apply the skill. I always include these book club templates and discussion cards in case you have book clubs meet each week like I used to do. I miss them so much! Students would review the skill on Friday while eating popcorn and discussing the text that day. I hope you love this resource as much as I do! As I am updating all of my reading comprehension units, I am trying to add as many fun themes as possible. Up next is updating my point of view unit with a fun 70s theme! These themes are what keep me excited to teach and help aid in not being burnt out. It doesn't take much to get students excited, so you can make a transformation as small or as big as you want. My students would get excited just over the paper microphones! Ha! You can check out the resource HERE or by clicking on any of the photos. It is sold separately and in a BUNDLE. If you already own it, be sure to download it again. Thank you so much for reading!
Enjoy teaching plants' parts, structures and functions with these hands-on activities. Your 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students will love them!
LOADS of fun ideas for STEM activities for preschoolers (and older kids too)! Perfect for preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school, and easily adapted for middle & high school! Unique STEM projects and challenges!
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Meaningful activity is value-driven. This ACT-informed worksheet explores the key domains of values: Family, relationships, parenting, friendships, employment, education, recreation, spirituality, community, and physical well-being.
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We always enjoy all types of science experiments for kids! Our latest science experiment is all about exploring the surface tension of water and other liquids. This simple experiment for kids really intrigued my 5 year old and inspired her to come up with all kinds of ideas! Follow our Science for Kids Pinterest board! …
Fun and engaging ESL activities, games and worksheets in printable PDF format with full teacher's notes and answers for English teachers to use in class.
Help your preschooler practice positional words with this printable worksheet. Positional words included in this activity are:
Morse code, pigpen, phonetic alphabet, tap code, substitution ciphers, American sign language: fun secret spy codes for kids
Fun and engaging ESL activities, games and worksheets in printable PDF format with full teacher's notes and answers for English teachers to use in class.
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If you are looking for ideas to make your meeting more fun while teaching your girls how to respect authority you have come to the right place. Using some of these activities below to help your girls understand who is authority and learn how to respect them by listening to their parents, teachers, police, and leader who are there to help them follow directions and rules that are made to keep them safe. I recommend the following activities that will reinforce respecting authority: Practice with activities Be creative with a craft Get moving with a game Put into action with a service project or real life experience. Optionally: If I have a song that related, sing that as well. Below are a few ideas to get you started. Respect Authority Activity Booklet Do you want to skip all the planning? If so, use the Respect Authority Activity booklet and take your girls on a garden adventure helping a family of fairies on a mission to teach the world how to live by very important values. Using the leader booklet and the girl’s activity booklet your girls will complete lots of activities to help their fairy friends plant flowers, water gardens, and learn how to put important values to live by into action. With step-by-step activities planned for you all you have to do is gather the supplies listed, you can’t ask for a easier way to run your meeting. Learn more about the activities included and get yours today! Other Fun Activities to Try for Respect Authority Respecting Authority Figures Using some of the scenario’s below have your girls act out different scenes. These scenarios are ways to have girls give their opinion on how they would handle a situation. Scenario ideas: A police officer talking to a student about being out past curfew A principal talks to a student about having a cell phone in school A teacher talks to a student about talking while she is talking A parent talks to daughter about helping clean the house A GS Leader talks to girl about being a sister to every girl Further Authority DiscussionI think its important to talk further about how parents are authority figures. Just like you need to respect authority in public it is important to respect our moms and dads at home. Explain to your girls the importance of family time with your girls and that when spending time with family to respect their parents authority. Pipe Cleaner Glasses Prep: Get pipe cleaners for each girl two 6-inch pipe cleaners and one 12-inch pipe cleaner. What to Make: Make pipe cleaner glasses by twisting the ends of the long pipe cleaner together to create a circle. Twist the circle in the middle to create 2 connected circles for lenses. Attach a 6-inch pipe cleaner to each side and bend at the ends to fit around the the girls ears. Ask the girls if they have heard glasses called spectacles and tell them these are their “respectacles.” Have them put their glasses on and give them a short children’s book about respecting or disrespecting authority to read. Ask the girls to determine if the behavior was proper or if not what should have been done differently. You can get your books from the library or here are a few ideas you can get from amazon. The Berenstain Bears Show Some Respect I Am a Booger… Treat Me With Respect! Respect and Take Care of Things Few Pinterest Finds you will love too… Here is a great idea to get your girls thinking about Respecting authority in different areas of their life. Brainstorm with girls the answers to each category. The best way to teach the girls to respect authority (and everyone else) is to demonstrate respect yourself. I found a great resource that has some ideas for games, crafts and how to demonstrate respect. check it out….Click here Song to Sing with Girls You can get the following song audio by going here: Listen to Those in Authority Listen To Those in Authority Listen to those in authority, always behave. Honesty, sincerity, are traits that you should gain.Caring, sharing, helping out, raise your hand and wait,Till you’re called on for your turn. Study hard, give your best,And you will pass the test! (Chorus)Listen to those in authority, teachers, principals.Listen to those in authority and do just what you should.No words of hate, no lies, be kind and everyday try hard to get along.Respect yourself and others. Choose right over wrong.Respect yourself and others. Choose right over wrong. No words of hate, no lies, be kind and everyday try hard to get along.Respect yourself and others. Choose right over wrong.Respect yourself and others. Choose right over wrong. Listen to those in authority, your heart knows what’s right.Bullying is always wrong, and it’s not good to fight.Appreciate every race, everyone’s unique. Work together as a team.That’s what we need in our school. Be good, obey the rules. (Chorus) What Do You Stand For? Character Building Card Game If you have read some of the other blog post for petal ideas I share this over and over, because its so great. I found this on amazon a while back and let me tell you its a great way to get your girls talking, it has amazing scenarios to work through, there are many cards that will fit into the other petals as well, so make sure to pick out the ones you want for the specific petal you are working on. Get yours here: What Do You Stand For? Character Building Card Game What do we do after your girls complete the activities? Well of course give them the badge to display proudly on their vest, they earned it! Additionally If you are like many leaders we want to award our girls when they complete something even beyond just the patch. One great way to show achievement is with a certificate. Don’t worry you don’t have to make them, I found a resource that has done all the work for you and all you have to do is print them and customize the certificates with each girl’s name, badge or award earned, date, and troop leader. Editable certificates perfect for awarding girls after earning a badge. Garden Fairy Fun Patches You are going to love these cute adorable fun patches to put on the back of your girl’s vest. I partnered with a amazing company Advantage Emblems and they are producing and shipping the patches. You can buy them individually or as a complete set. The Fairy Fun Patch Complete Set Honest and fair Friendly and helpful Considerate and caring Courageous and strong Responsible for what I say and do Respect myself and others Respect authority Use resources wisely Make the world a better place Be a sister to every girl Teach your girls about integrity and values This book was wrote by my sister – Who was a Girl Scout as a girl and a Leader for many years before starting a family of her own. This beautifully illustrated book empowers kids to be nice and kind human beings. ‘The Adventures To Me ’ is an endearing story of a little elephant on a journey to becoming the best version of “me”. Equipped with nothing other than a colorful scooter, a backpack, and a map, the little elephant starts their “Adventures to Me”. Along the way, meets new friends of all different backgrounds as encounters challenges, has to make choices, and learns lessons along the way. The road to discovering the best version of “me” is paved with lessons about confidence, truthfulness, resilience and strength, respect, kindness, responsibility, accepting differences, using what you have, dreaming big, setting goals, and looking ahead towards the future with a positive mindset. For the little elephant, the journey of life is full of a wealth of possibilities –– ready to embark on a beautiful journey alongside our elephant friend? Learn about the choices we all make to be good people and explore the great “Adventures To Me”! View on Amazon Enjoy every minute being a leader and continue to inspire your girls! Purchase this wonderful illustrated book from Amazon.
Reading about the explorers to America and doing hands-on activities helps us too explore. This time, we're exploring the explorers!
This packet contains 60 pages (!!!) of activities that include ELA, Math, Science, & Social Studies. This is a 20 day (4 Weeks) Independent Learning Packet. This packet can be used in the following ways: sub plans supplement curriculum homework center practice small group practice school closings Please see the table of contents inside the preview for the skills covered. The subjects include ELA (Reading, Grammar, and Writing), Math, Science, Social Studies, and Health. Answer Keys are in a separate file. Links and description for digital instructions. ⭐️Please note that there are some overlaps with Science, Social, Studies, Health content for Grades 2-3⭐️ What’s included in this packet: ELAAsk & Answer QuestionsProblem & SolutionWord Sort: Short i and Long iBlendsBobbing for HomophonesCharacter FeelingsDescribing CharactersWord Sort: Long aAcorn AdjectivesOrdering SentencesVerbsWord Sort: Long iWrite a StoryReading NonfictionPronounsStrong VerbsWord Sort: Long oDictionary SkillsCommon and Proper NounsABC Order MathModel Place ValuePlace ValueFootball Place ValueApples in the OrchardAcorn Place ValueMystery NumberGreatest and Least NumberComparing Numbers3-Digit NumbersComparing Numbers II4-Digit NumbersRounding NumbersRounding to the Nearest Ten: 2-Digit NumbersRounding to the Nearest Ten II: 3-Digit NumbersRounding to the Nearest Hundred: 3-Digit NumbersAstounding RoundingFootball RoundingMixed ProblemsMixed Problems IISum ApplesMulti-digit SubtractionEstimate Sums Social Studies/Science/HealthBeing a Good CitizenCooperationHonestyResponsibilityWhat if there were no rules? Science ToolsThink Like a Scientist!Work Like a ScientistRocksSoilTypes of SoilI am a human!ExerciseNutritionOur TeethGetting SickJunk FoodHealthy HygieneFruit GroupsHealthy Habits ✋This resource is part of a BUNDLE! Click here to grab all the monthly learning packets in this money-saving bundle! This resource is also available in the following grade level: 2nd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade 🛑 Are you a member of the TLL Membership? These materials are already included. If you are not a member, click here to learn more. The TLL Membership gives you an all-access pass to hundreds of ELA resources for teachers in Grades 3-5. Please reach out if you have any questions or I can support you in any way. [email protected] Let’s connect! The Literacy Loft Blog The Literacy Loft on Instagram The Literacy Loft on Pinterest The Literacy Loft on Facebook
These 17 first day of school activities are all about getting to know each other better. Use them as fun icebreakers to kick off the school year!
Hey there bookworms! I’m so excited to be back with you for another round of bright ideas! Here we go! One of the things I loved about my position last year was being able to go into so many different classrooms and learn new tricks from the fantastic teachers in our building. One of my ... Read More about Beat the Bell {A September Bright Idea!}
This Five Senses set includes a student booklet, and a cut and paste activity page. In their booklet, students will read and tell the body part they use to explore each sense. Each page has handwriting dots for the words feel, touch, smell, taste, and see. Students will trace the word in their booklet, and color the pictures. Once complete, students will have their very own booklet they can use to practice and remember their five senses. Two senses are per page in the document, but the pages should be cut in half to make pages for the student booklet. They can then be stapled together by a teacher. There is also a cut and paste activity page included in this set where students can complete the sentences using what they know about each sense. Students will color and cut the body parts out. They will then glue them in the correct boxes to complete the sentences. All pictures were drawn by me! Update 10-24-19: Pages were rearranged to allow for easier back to back printing. You might like these other activities. My Magnet Booklet My Matter Booklet - What Is Matter? Day Sky, Night Sky - My Daytime, Nighttime Book
Learn all about light with a quick, simple science experiment for kids with supplies you already have at home!
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This free printable All about Me worksheet is a fun activity for preschool and kindergarten kids. PDF template available in color and B&W
Wellness is a way of being, living, and feeling through evaluating whole self to improve quality of life. Living a life that revolves around wellness looks differently for everyone and no mold fits everybody’s lifestyle, and that’s okay. The importance of wellness is to live life authentically and wholeheartedly through enjoying the little moments. It’s more than just being healthy, it’s about being happy as well. There are eight primary areas to focus on when it comes to improving your wellness. These are called the eight dimensions of wellness. They are physical wellness, intellectual wellness, emotional wellness, spiritual wellness, environmental
