Common Core State Standards
Comprehension and Collaboration
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Mexican Cession- Constructed Response Passage Worksheet
Teach your students how to write a good constructed response and integrate grade level Social studies concepts with a Mexican Cession-based Constructed Response worksheet and graphic organizer.
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Team Building Games – Upper Grades
A set of 10 team building games to encourage communication and cooperation.
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Group Work Role Cards
Review and reinforce eight possible roles for group work with this set of 2-in-1 reusable posters and desk cards.
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Listen, Comprehend, and Color Worksheets
A listening comprehension exercise and art activity rolled into one.
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Reaction Charades
A fun game for students to explore positive and negative ways of reacting to situations.
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Behavior Charades
A fun game to play at the beginning of the year to explore appropriate and inappropriate behaviors.
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Getting to Know You T-Shirt
A getting to know you activity to do at the beginning of a new school year.
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Talking About Books - Prompts
Prompts for students to use when orally discussing books.
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Speaking Skills for Oral Presentations Poster
A poster that explains the skills students need for a great oral presentation!
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Student-Led Discussion Strategies Poster Pack
A set of 8 posters detailing student-led discussion strategies for your classroom.
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Find Four Icebreaker Activity
A fun icebreaker activity to use at the beginning of a new school year.
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D-ice Breakers Game
An icebreaker game to play at the beginning of the year or when working on team building.
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Sensory Chart Graphic Organizer
A graphic organizer for students to use when categorizing sensory details.
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One Word Story Active Game
A whole class active game that encourages creative thinking and teamwork.
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Question Starter Display
A classroom display to encourage questioning in the classroom.
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Rio de Janeiro - Comprehension Task
A comprehension task that encourages students to apply a range of comprehension skills when finding out interesting fun facts about Rio.
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Know Wonder Learned - KWL Chart - Black and White
These KWL charts can help students gather and organize information on their research topic
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Know Wonder Learned - KWL Chart - Stripes
These KWL charts can help students gather and organize information on their research topic.
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Know Wonder Learned - KWL Chart - Polkadots
These KWL charts can help students gather and organize information on their research topic.
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Groups teamwork acrostic poster
A groups acrostic poster outlining the expectations of group teamwork.
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HOT (Higher Order Thinking) Questions Wall
Higher Order Thinking signage material and page borders to use in conjunction with Bloom's Taxonomy.
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Thinking Hats for Effective Group Work
Thinking Hats based on Dr. Edward de Bono's teachings.
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Developing Procedural Writing Skills Unit Plan - Year 3 and Year 4
This English unit addresses the purpose, structure and language features of the procedure text type.
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Exploring Poetry - Year 3 and Year 4 Unit Plan
This English unit addresses common poetic devices such as sound play, word play and imagery and explores how these may be applied to narrative poetry.
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What is Poetry?
A 60 minute lesson in which students will develop a definition of poetry.
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Developing Opinion Writing Skills Unit Plan - Grade 3 and Grade 4
This English unit addresses the genre of opinion writing; specifically, how to write a well-structured opinion piece.
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For or Against?
A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate point of view in relation to a situation or issue.
