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Middle school other (ELA) cultural activities
ESL Getting to Know You Activities for Back to School - ESL Games - First day
These "getting to know you" activities were created with ELL Newcomers in mind to lower the affective filter, take off any pressure to have to speak and to allow connections to be made amongst the teacher and peers. 5 different activities are included with a quick direction sheet and the materials needed to complete the activity. The best part is how much you will be able to learn about your newcomer students without them even having to say a word!Let's Connect!Looking for more support?Click her
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K - 6th
Native American Tribes Research Project
This Native American Research Project is a great way to differentiate students learning based off of readiness levels, and interest. This Research Project gives students the ability to independently do their own research, while still being apart of a collaborative group.
How it works:
-Split students up into groups of five, and assign each group a separate tribe to research.
-Within each gruel assign each student a job (i.e. Anthropologist 1, Anthropologist 2, Geographer, Archeologist, or Hist
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3rd - 6th
A Virtual Field Trip to Afghanistan: A Thousand Splendid Suns
Building background for students before reading a novel is one important scaffolding measure that teachers can take. Before starting A Thousand Splendid Suns, send your students on a virtual field trip to Afghanistan!WHY THIS ACTIVITY IS SO IMPORTANT:Besides building background knowledge for students, helping kids see a place in the world different from home and negatively pictured in the media is helpful for expanding their world view. This product features video by Afghani filmmakers, the be
Grades:
8th - 12th
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Also included in: A Thousand Splendid Suns: COMPLETE NOVEL UNIT
Pride Month & LGBTQIA+ History & Culture: Digital Choice Board Activity
Whether you're celebrating Pride Month in June or are incorporating more LGBTQIA+ voices and experiences to diversify your curriculum, this digital choice board activity will help students gain exposure to 25 different resources across the categories of: stories, poetry, art & music, books and culture.The goal of a choice board is to primarily provide choice to students - an opportunity to self-navigate their interests and explore new ideas. This activity can be used as a bell ringer, a we
Grades:
7th - 12th
Also included in: Digital Choice Board Activity Bundle: Monthly Celebrations
Year 6 History Project | Year 6 Australian Curriculum | HASS
This engaging project has Year 6 students using inquiry skills to research in HASS, Australian federation, life in 20th century Australia and an Iconic figure. Now suitable for home and distance learning with Google slides option. It has been designed to tie assessment with the Australian Curriculum Year 6, although it could meet Year 5 standards or for any class completing research on Australia.This resource includes: Printable student outline for projectSome key websites to help students start
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Grades:
5th - 6th
Also included in: Year 6 HASS Australian Curriculum Bundle | Year 6 HASS
Travel Journal, Student Travel Journal, School Vacation Journal, Travel Diary
Travel Journal's are my favorite assignments to send with students when they go on vacation during the school year. Students can use the journals to write and draw about their experiences while they are away from school. My students love retelling their vacation and sharing their travel journal with the class when they return. Also, a great keepsake!
This travel journal includes:
-A title page with room for a picture
-A brief travel questionnaire
-Travel question writing prompts
-Writing pa
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K - 8th
Storytelling Japan Student Created Pictures Drama Unit Kamishibai Drawing
IMPROVED! Dive into the world of Kamishibai storytelling with DramaMommaaSpeaks' captivating unit, where students embark on a journey of imagination and creativity, exploring the art of storytelling like never before. This 8 day low prep unit is focused on storytelling using a Japanese form of storytelling called Kamishibai as its springboard for inspiration. This unit is successful with fourth through seventh grade students and classes in language arts, reading, drama, world history, social s
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5th - 7th
Readers Theater Little Girl and Winter Whirlwinds Bulgaria Folktale #catch24
Part of a Bundle Need something for after winter break? Something to celebrate spring? Low prep and easy to read or present! This Bulgarian folktale adapted into a reader's theater script with roles for 25+ students is suitable for upper elementary gifted or middle school students studying fairy tales, L. Arts or Drama class. This piece could be a one or three-day study depending upon how much effort a teacher wants to expend. #catch24Need something for a substitute that lasts several days?
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4th - 7th
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Digital Choice Board Activity: The American Dream (for high school ELA)
The American Dream is a topic driving so much high school ELA curriculum, but sometimes can feel boring to students. If you're going to teach it why not use a juicy essential question? Using the Essential Question: Is the American Dream more likely to inspire or destroy? students will explore a variety of sources in search of the answer. This is the kind of activity that gives you the quick, bell-work, short, supplemental activities that you need for literacy, writing, and critical thinking
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8th - 11th
Interview a Veteran for Veterans Day, Memorial Day, DISTANCE LEARNING
Want your students to understand the importance of showing our veterans the appreciation and respect that they so greatly deserve? Interviewing a veteran about his/her experiences in military service is one of the best ways to cultivate within our students this sense of appreciation and respect for our veterans. Included in this interview form are twenty questions, as well as a page of helpful tips to consider when conducting an interview with a veteran.Your students may use this interview for
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3rd - 8th
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Drama Reader’s Theater Inca Short Story The Magic Lake Folktale Peru Moral Story
Part of a Readers Theater Bundle The Inca folktale The Magic Lake is a dramatization of a Native American short story with roles for 20+ students and suitable for Social Studies studying indigenous people or South America, a Drama, Language Arts or reading classes. Students have fun while they strengthen their reading (fluency), speaking (diction) and listening skills (restating) while learning to work cooperatively. This product was created specifically for the classroom. This folk tale is ver
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Folk and Fairy Tales Readers Theater Scripts and Units Grades 4 to 7
Safari Africa Theme No Prep Early Finisher Activity Pack - Substitute Teachers
No Prep Early Finisher Worksheet Pack - Great for Substitute TeachersThis African Safari or Jungle theme printable worksheet bundle is perfect for those early finishers who need additional challenges and engage them during the lesson. Great for Geography or studying Africa and its animals.This is also a great no-prep resource as a substitute teacher or for engaging homework ideas. This activity pack boasts a range of activities to cover multiple curriculum areas.Activities Include:Themed Activit
Grades:
1st - 6th
THANKSGIVING BUNDLE | Read Write STEM Art Games Research Activity Worksheets
SAVE OVER 50%!...Easily incorporate THEMATICALLY RIGOROUS LEARNING into your classroom routine with this no-prep, 163-page (+4 PowerPoints) Thanksgiving Mega Kit for Middle Grades (Grades 4-8) Unit! It includes everything you need to celebrate Thanksgiving and Fall with your students! 3 reading passages, CCSS-aligned questions with Answer Key to go with each passage, 12 writing prompts (4 narrative, 4 informative, 4 opinion) with 18 writing papers, Revising & editing checklists for each writ
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Grades:
3rd - 12th
Holiday "Magnet" Poems for Google Slides-- Editable and FUN!
This bundle of FUN contains "magnet" poetry via Google Slides for 12 holidays.Students can drag and drop words onto the slide to create poems just like those magnetic word/ poem sets for refrigerators and magnetic boards. Each poem activity is followed by a reflection slide in which students reflect back on the poems they created and answer the following questions:What is the theme of your poem? Explain.What did you learn about this holiday, if anything?Did you use any literary devices in your
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5th - 12th
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Digital Choice Board Activity: The Power of Fear and Hope (for SEL and ELA)
Characters in all genres of fiction are faced with insurmountable odds and we are left wondering how these characters are motivated: is it more by fear or more by hope? This is the kind of activity that gives you the quick, bell-work, short, supplemental activities that you need for literacy, writing, and critical thinking during any novel unit or lit circle unit that focuses on the power of fear and the power of hope. This digital choice board activity will help students gain exposure to 2
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Grades:
8th - 11th
Gratitude Scavenger Hunt SEL Activity
Continue cultivating your student's sense of gratitude all year long with this fun and engaging scavenger hunt!Students can work in pairs or independently to move around the classroom and school while reflecting on what they are truly grateful for.Looking for more engaging gratitude activities?! Look no further! Check out these place value resources!***Gratitude Garland***Gratitude Gram
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Grades:
K - 8th
Reader’s Theater Script The Fall of the Spider Man Canada Folk Tale Moral Lesson
The Fall of the Spider Man is a dramatization of an Aboriginal creation myth, a short story, with roles for 20+ students and suitable for any one studying folk tales in a Drama, Language Arts, Social Studies ( re: Canada) or reading classes. Students strengthen their reading (fluency), speaking (diction) and listening skills (restating) while learning to work cooperatively. This product was created specifically for the classroom. The Fall of the Spider Man tells the story of a Star man who l
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Theater Arts Native American First People Folk Tales Readers Theater
"Tell Them We Are Rising" Question Sets
Questions and answers for the PBS's "Tell Them We Are Rising" . The first two sets of questions have the time stamp of when the the answer is revealed.
From PBS:
"The rich history of America’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) began before the end of slavery, flourished in the 20th century, and profoundly influenced the course of the nation for over 150 years — yet remains largely unknown. With Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities, the latest
Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
CHRISTMAS ACTIVITIES BUNDLE | Christmas Around the World Craft STEM Winter
SAVE 10%!...Easily incorporate THEMATICALLY RIGOROUS LEARNING into your classroom routine with this no-prep, 97-page Christmas & Winter Holidays Activities Mega Kit for Middle Grades (Grades 4-8) Unit It includes everything you need to celebrate Christmas and Winter holidays with your students! Students will read and answer questions about American Christmas traditions, write responses to what they’ve read, compare/contrast holiday traditions from different countries, complete a Christmas Ar
Grades:
3rd - 12th
Back to school | Icebreaker | Get to Know | About Me | "If my shoes could speak"
"If you were in my shoes" Resource - An Engaging Activity for Personal Expression and Connection | Great for getting to know your students! Are you looking for a captivating resource to foster personal expression and create connections among your students? Look no further! Introducing the "If you were in my shoes" resource, designed to empower students to share their unique stories and perspectives in a creative and meaningful way.This resource provides over 50 shoe templates for students to cho
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1st - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Reader’s Theater The Boy of the Red Twilight Sky Canadian Indigenous People
The Boy of the Red Twilight Sky is a dramatization of a Canadian Indigenous Peoples creation myth, a short story, with roles for 20+ students and suitable for any one studying folk tales in a Drama, Language Arts, Social Studies (re: Canada) or reading classes. Students strengthen their reading (fluency), speaking (diction) and listening skills (restating) while learning to work cooperatively. This product was created specifically for the classroom. The Boy of the Red Twilight Sky Long ago
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Theater Arts Native American First People Folk Tales Readers Theater
Christmas/Holiday Cookie Decorating Activity
NO PREP Christmas/holiday cookie decorating activity! Includes:5 cookie designs 1 step directions for designing the cookies2 step directions for designing the cookiesCreate your own cookie design and then describe itCompare and contrast cookies taskVenn Diagram*all writing tasks include two types of lines (for younger and older students)Creative Clips by Revidevihttp://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/RevideviBorder by Marcelle’s KG Zonehttps://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Marcelles-Kg-Zon
Grades:
PreK - 6th
Winter ELA BUNDLE of Inclusive Tasks and Activities with No Mention of Christmas
Here are my winter-themed resources for ELA! Great if you're looking for activities that are not targeted to a specific holiday - all of these resources are generic winter themed products.Looking for a different bundle? You might prefer...ELA Endless Bundle | Speaking Listening Reading Writing | DifferentiatedUltimate Endless Bellringer and Exit Ticket Bundle | Middle and High SchoolBookmarks BUNDLE for Studying Fiction and NarrativesAny Novel Growing Bundle | Activities and Tasks | Choose Your
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Grades:
7th - 10th
CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS ELA BUNDLE | Winter Holiday Christmas Around the World
SAVE 20%!...Easily incorporate THEMATICALLY RIGOROUS LEARNING into your classroom routine with this no-prep,32-page Christmas and Winter Holiday Reading, Writing, and Research ELA Unit! It includes learning opportunities to understand the history of American Christmas Traditions like the Christmas Tree, Wreath, and Christmas Stockings. Students can then write in response to what they’ve read (narrative, informative, and opinion prompts included), then use online research to compare/contrast the
Grades:
3rd - 12th
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