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Common Core SL.7.1b resources under $5
Roles of the President | A Day in the Life of the Executive Branch | White House
What does the President of the United States do anyway? Throughout the day, the President wears many hats and is responsible for many different roles within the Executive Branch. This engaging mini-lesson is an excellent way for students to comprehend all roles played by the President. "Roles of the President" is an engaging resource for any unit that studies the President or the Executive Branch. The 7 roles studied include: Chief Executive, Chief Diplomat, Commander in Chief, Party Chief, Ec
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6th - 9th
Also included in: PRESIDENTS BUNDLE: Civics, Executive & Presidential Resources
Political Parties | Campaign Simulation Running for President
This presidential election simulation is an excellent way for students to comprehend all aspects of political parties and the campaigns needed to elect a presidential candidate - "Let's Get The Party Started!" The teacher will divide class into groups of 4 to 5 students per group. Each group will develop their own political party and choose a presidential candidate to represent their party. Using the included criteria, allow students a few class periods, or portions of class periods, to create
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5th - 12th
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Hero’s Journey, Speech Assignment for Joseph Campbell's Hero Journey, CCSS
What do Finding Nemo, Legally Blonde, and The Lego Movie all have in common? All of these stories (and so many others) fit the classic storytelling pattern of a heroic journey, as established by famed scholar Joseph Campbell.Using ten of the Hero’s Journey steps chronicled by Campbell, students will connect many of the films they love with elements of the Ancient Greek storytelling tradition in this partner speech assignment. The entire lesson plan will take six days or so, depending on your cla
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7th - 10th
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End of the Year Activities - Team Building - Reading Comprehension Mystery Game
Keeping students engaged before the end of the year break can sometimes be a challenge. Mystery games are a great way to build reading comprehension skills while your students have fun. Also great for team building!A computer virus has taken over at Amplified Finance and $3 million has been stolen! Can you solve the mystery before it's too late?! This digital mystery will keep your students engaged and excited about learning. Innovative and fun, students won't even know they're learning! Do
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4th - 8th
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End of the Year Activities - Digital Mystery Game - Inferencing - Team Building
Keep your students engaged with this end of the year activity. Great for team building. This is a new spin on the classic mystery games I have created. Keep inferencing skills up during Summer break! Students will work together to solve the mystery AND learn about inferencing! The material is so fun and engaging, students won't even know they are actually learning! This activity can be used anytime of year and is a fantastic way to get students excited about learning. Do your students enjo
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4th - 8th
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Discussion Stems: Talk Moves for Student-Led Conversations | Digital and Print
Ready to level up student-led discussions? Build in discussion stems with accountable talk moves. Peer to peer conversations will be richer, and students will have specific strategies for pushing their thinking.RESOURCE CONTENTS:1. 40 discussion stem accountable talk movesThe discussion stems are in secure PDF format as well as on a Google Slide™. The Google Slide™ is secure, but a blank slide with a secure background and editable textbox is included. These talk moves are arranged in two formats
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7th - 10th
Socratic Seminar Introduction | Socratic Seminar How To Slide Deck
If your students are new to Socratic Seminar, it is incredibly important to pre-teach the method and expectations before letting students engage in discussion. This slide deck includes everything you need to introduce your students to the concept of Socratic Seminar! What is a Seminar, how does it work, how to prepare, and how it is assessed! The slides are also editable, and you can change the order or text to suit your needs! I used Google fonts, so there’s no need to download anything extra
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8th - 11th
Class Constitution: Creating a Classroom Constitution & Preamble
Have you ever created a constitution for your own classroom? Each year in civics class, as we learn about the United States Constitution, I have my students help create our very own class constitution. The students love being a part of creating rules and policy for our classroom. This student-led activity has always proven to be a success! Each student's voice is heard as they actively engaged in crafting of an official document for the class. The process begins as students are grouped to dr
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6th - 12th
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ESL Vocab Bursts! Game SET 1- A, B, & C [All ages, All stages!]
Vocabulary games improve ALL the target ESL skills – Listening, Speaking, Reading, & Writing! My ESL students have started to beg to play these Vocab Bursts, so I've even started using them as a class reward for the last 5 minutes of class if everyone's on task during our daily intervention block. English Learners (ELs) actually ENJOY bolstering their vocabulary in these fun, visually-rich games. In these Vocab Burst games, it's a race to write down as many words as you can, based on what
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K - 12th
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21st Century Collaboration & Communication Skills: Developing Group Norms
Perfect for establishing norms before students engage in collaborative work! A great resource for beginning of the school year. Students must learn how to effectively work together and be taught how to build positive and supportive relationships with diverse members of a group, which is a critical 21st century skill. Effective collaboration must be developed; it doesn’t happen without work and effort. Showing students how to develop and use group norms is one researched-based strategy that help
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Slavery in the Southern Colonies: A Socratic Seminar
Looking for a higher order thinking activity? Need a way to close out a unit on the Southern Colonies? Do you want to do a Socratic Seminar with your students? Students will evaluate three primary source documents to answer document-based questions. Students will engage in higher-level thinking and improve listening and speaking skills during this common-core supported activity. This activity is appropriate for 5th-7th graders and meets the Common Core Standards for Speaking and Listening.
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5th - 8th
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Classroom Management Trashketball Game - Rules, Expectations, Behavior Activity
As you review rules, procedures, and expectations, this New Year's Activity and Back-to-School Trashketball Game engages students and lays the foundation for a positive classroom culture throughout the year. This PowerPoint presentation can be used for social-emotional-learning (SEL) as you return from the holidays so you can make a fresh start in 2023. Updated version now has a link to a Google Slides Presentation.This activity encourages students to carefully read a syllabus, school policy ma
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6th - 10th
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Beginning of the Year Activities - Creating Classroom Rules - Classroom Norms
Are you searching for engaging and accessible beginning of the year activities? Look no further! The Beginning of the Year Activities - Creating Classroom Rules - Classroom Norms is a student-centered, collaborative activity designed with the needs of diverse learners.Through this activity, students have the opportunity to contribute to a positive classroom culture and co-create the classroom rules and classroom norms with their peers and the teacher. The Creating Classroom Rules - Classroom Nor
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6th - 8th
Also included in: Beginning of the Year Activities SCIENCE BUNDLE
TED Talk Presentations - Print and Digital
Teach public speaking and speech writing with this lesson that challenges students to present TED Talks. Existing TED Talks serve as mentor texts, which students view, analyze, and evaluate before using the writing process to create their own. Print-and-go handouts guide students through their discussion, planning, peer review, editing, and rehearsal. An editable slide and MS Word document is included for the final assignment, so you can customize the assessment for your students’ needs. This
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7th - 10th
Empathy and Perspective Taking with Pets and Animals Fun Social Skills Activity
Review perspective taking (theory of mind) and flexible thinking social skills by looking at animal photographs to try to figure out what the animal might have been thinking and feeling when the picture was taken. Students will identify a feeling and at least two different thoughts the animal may be having.There are 36 different photographs of animals to discuss. Students love this fun activity because it is similar to making memes and the animals bring the kids so much joy! This engaging socia
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3rd - 7th
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Four Brains are Better than One - Collaborative Ice Breaking Activity {Editable}
This collaborative crossword activity hits many difficult Grade 6-11 Common Core Standards for SPEAKING and LISTENING in a way that is simple, fun for the students and effective. The focus is on collaborative problem solving in small groups.***************************************************************************TEACHERS WHO HAVE USED THIS PRODUCT HAVE SAID:♥ "We love this brain game!" (Thanks Rocquina V.)♥ "I used this as an icebreaker at the beginning of the year! The students really enjoye
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6th - 12th
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Public Speaking Introduction, Speech and Debate Lesson - Writing a Speech
Public Speaking Activities to Write a SpeechSpeech ActivitiesDebate ActivitiesKnow Your Audience for Public Speaking, Speech, and DebateDifferentiated Activities for Public Speaking, Speech, and DebateEnrichment Activities for Public Speaking, Speech, and DebateGoogle Classroom Ready!*****************************************************************************************Introducing how to write a speech when preparing for a speech has never been easier! This lesson guides students through a st
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6th - 8th
Speaking and Listening - How to Have a Discussion
The speaking and listening activity teaches students how to carry on a conversation. The discussion topic cards are filled with engaging, relevant topics which can help build classroom community and help students practice oral communication. It’s important that our students receive direct instruction on how to engage in a civil conversation, specifically, how to agree, disagree, contribute a point of view, listen to other points of view, and attempt to understand and acknowledge other people’s i
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5th - 8th
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Independent Reading Activity: One-Pagers, Annotation Guides, + Bulletin Boards
Motivate your middle school students to read books for enjoyment with these flexible and easy to assess activities! Students practice identifying the literary elements and reading with a purpose! Students will identify themes and summarize the plot and conflict.Book Bistro is a research-based independent reading program that fosters a love of reading.It's essentially a high-interest, middle school book report that taps into the social nature of middle school students. The assignment puts the fun
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6th - 9th
Perspective Taking and Nonverbal Communication Social Skills Digital Print Game
Review flexible thinking and theory of mind skills by looking at nonverbal communication such as body language and facial expression in photographs to determine what the child might have been thinking and feeling when the picture was taken. Students will identify a feeling and at least two different thoughts the child in the photograph may be having. Students love this and have a lot of fun with this activity because it is similar to making memes. This engaging social skills game addresses soci
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3rd - 7th
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End of the Year Activities Mystery Game - Team Building - Reading Comprehension
Are you ready to watch student engagement skyrocket before the end of the year?! Great for team building and they won't even know they're improving reading comprehension skills. Students will work together to solve the mystery AND practice a variety of academic skills including; inferencing, critical thinking, problem solving, reading comprehension, and much more! The material is so fun and engaging, students won't even know they are actually learning! This activity can be used anytime of yea
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4th - 9th
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End of the Year Activities - Reading Comprehension Mystery Game - Team Building
The most engaging reading comprehension activities for the classroom and a great team building activity for end of the year. This mystery game is sure to improve reading comprehension skills while team building. Innovative and fun, students won't even know they're learning!Lord Bishop has been killed at the Bluestone Castle! Can you solve the mystery before it's too late?! This digital mystery will keep your students engaged and excited about learning. Do your students enjoy these mysteries?
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4th - 8th
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Flexible Thinking Social Skills Perspective Taking Theory of Mind Activity
Review perspective taking (theory of mind) and flexible thinking social skills by looking at real-life photographs of adults to try to figure out what the person might have been thinking and feeling when the picture was taken. Then identify a feeling and at least two different thoughts the person in the photograph may be having. Students love this and have a lot of fun with this activity because it is similar to making memes. This engaging social skills game addresses social awareness, emotiona
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3rd - 7th
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Valentines Day Activities Reading Comprehension Team Building Activities
Valentine's Day Activities and Valentine's Day Party Games for the Classroom⏳ Gameplay: 90 minutes - 2 hours (depending on how you play)Age: 7 and aboveNumber of players: 1 - 99All mysteries come with a digital option to play online!STORY - Mystery DetailsSuzie shows up to school on Valentine's Day, but she's running late. When she comes into the classroom she notices a large, heart-shaped box on top of her desk. There's a note and inside the box are 25 clues. Can you use the clues and eviden
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Holiday Reading Comprehension Solve a Mystery Game - Team Building
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