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Better Call Ball PE Game teaching resource preview
Arts, movement & wellbeing

Better Call Ball PE Game

Students play a volleying game in groups of 5: they stand in hula hoops around a poly-spot, call 'ball' before hitting, try to keep a volley going as long as possible without letting it hit the floor, and the top teams advance to play on a netted court.

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Persuasive Writing about King Tut Project teaching resource preview
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Persuasive Writing about King Tut Project

Working in role-play groups (e.g. medical examiner, archaeologist, reporter, sketch artist, historian), students complete a web quest to gather clues about King Tut's death, participate in a mock trial (judge, jury, attorneys, witnesses), and write persuasive pieces arguing their conclusion, supported by pre/post tests and grading…

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1st Day of School PE Kickoff Bundle teaching resource preview
Arts, movement & wellbeing

1st Day of School PE Kickoff Bundle

In each mini-lesson, students watch a brief teacher demonstration (I do), practice the cued skill element together (we do), then apply it individually during a kicking game (you do); students also play a full class kicking/retrieving game (Friday Night Heights) and are scored against a five-component rubric (9-step approach, foot…

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Last Week of School Math Activities | 5th Grade No-Prep Pack teaching resource preview
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Last Week of School Math Activities | 5th Grade No-Prep Pack

Complete 22 worksheet activities across 5 scripted 45-minute daily lessons: My Year in Numbers (skip counting and reflection); Math with Friends (multi-step problems and decimal/fraction practice); Math Story Adventure (story problems with all operations); Number Detectives (decimals, fractions, and volume); Dreams for Sixth Grade (math…

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All About Me Bio Poem Simile Writing Getting to Know You Activity teaching resource preview
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All About Me Bio Poem Simile Writing Getting to Know You Activity

Study a sample simile poem; answer reflective questions identifying personal strengths, emotional traits, interests, social traits, and physical characteristics; draft similes (using 'like' or 'as') based on these traits in an interactive notebook template; share drafts for peer feedback; revise; publish a final poem onto a lined sheet…

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Refugees Simulation Pack teaching resource preview
Reading & language arts

Refugees Simulation Pack

Work in groups of 5-6 through 8 scripted scenarios (choosing 6 items to carry, losing a bag via dice roll, giving away items, discarding the heaviest item, eating/drinking supplies, competing by dice roll for limited boat seats, paying to board with money or valuables, losing water-damaged items), then complete written…

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Last Week of School Math Activities | 7th Grade No-Prep Pack teaching resource preview
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Last Week of School Math Activities | 7th Grade No-Prep Pack

Complete 22 worksheet activities across 5 scripted 45-minute daily lessons: My Year in Numbers (skip counting, integers, and reflection); Math with Friends (multi-step problems and pre-algebra practice); Math Story Adventure (story problems with proportions, percents, and equations); Number Detectives (proportions, integers, equations,…

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7
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Book Browse: Teach Your Students How to Choose a Book to Read teaching resource preview
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Book Browse: Teach Your Students How to Choose a Book to Read

Browse a table of books (a genre set, e.g. historical fiction), complete a Book Browse chart recording title, author, whether they've read it before, and whether they want to read it (with reasoning) for at least 7-8 books, then select one book to check out and record its page count and a realistic finish date.

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4–9
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Back-to-School Icebreakers After Winter Break - 3 Lesson Pack teaching resource preview
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Back-to-School Icebreakers After Winter Break - 3 Lesson Pack

participate in grade-appropriate reflection and reconnection activities (e.g. elementary: Winter Break Bingo mingling game; middle school: highlights/challenge reflection and pair-share; high school: individual reflective writing and 'real talk' discussion), set goals for the new semester, and engage in structured discussion

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Holes - Literature Kit Gr. 5-6 teaching resource preview
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Holes - Literature Kit Gr. 5-6

Answer chapter questions, build vocabulary, use graphic organizers, and engage in critical-thinking activities tied to the novel.

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5–6
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Building Comprehension - Grade 5 teaching resource preview
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Building Comprehension - Grade 5

Read each short story and answer follow-up comprehension questions; per the teaching guide, questions target skills like locating, evaluating, and predicting information, with some stories including a follow-through extension activity.

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The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse: Full Lesson Plan w/ PowerPoints & Graphic Organizers teaching resource preview
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The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse: Full Lesson Plan w/ PowerPoints & Graphic Organizers

The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse: Full Lesson Plan w/ PowerPoints & Graphic Organizers This is a comprehensive teaching resource meticulously designed for educators of middle school and early high-school students. It provides an intricate, yet streamlined approach to delivering a compelling lesson on William Saroyan's novel, The…

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7–10
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What is it Like to Be an Archaeologist?: A Group Project teaching resource preview
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What is it Like to Be an Archaeologist?: A Group Project

In groups of four to five, students take on roles (Excavator, Scribe/Recorder/Historian, Site Boss, Presenter, Photographer/Illustrator) to 'excavate' hidden broken clay-pot shards from sand-filled boxes, reassemble them, and draw conclusions about the artifact's origin and use; individually, students define vocabulary terms…

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6–8
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Groundhog Day Writing Prompts and Activities teaching resource preview
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Groundhog Day Writing Prompts and Activities

Read facts distinguishing Groundhog Day legend from history, answer comprehension questions, respond to writing prompt task cards, complete a pre-writing graphic organizer, proofread, and produce a final draft graded with a rubric.

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4–6
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Poetry Jam: Interactive Notebook teaching resource preview
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Poetry Jam: Interactive Notebook

Students write original poems in multiple forms, assemble foldable flip-book pages for an interactive notebook, use parts-of-speech sensory cards to draft sensory poems, and are graded on their work with a rubric; strongest poems may be submitted for outside publication.

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5–8
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Math Phonics Pre-Algebra teaching resource preview
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Math Phonics Pre-Algebra

Complete worksheets and activity pages on adding/subtracting/multiplying/dividing integers, solving equations, plotting ordered pairs and graphing, finding slope, and multiplying binomials (including the FOIL method) and factoring quadratics; play games such as Speed Integers, Algebra Dice Roll, and Grapho.

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3–6
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Origins of Constitution- Vocabulary Development, Notetaker, Assessment teaching resource preview
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Origins of Constitution- Vocabulary Development, Notetaker, Assessment

Students engage with a lesson plan and essential-terms vocabulary instruction, complete a note-taking chart on the origins of the Constitution, complete K.I.M. vocabulary activities for essential terms, work through a study guide, and take a test; answer keys are provided for the note-taking chart, vocabulary activity, study guide, and…

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7–10
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