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Dive into the excitement of the 2024 Summer Games with this comprehensive, free educational resource!  Perfect for upper middle school to high school students, this package includes a detailed reading passage on the upcoming Paris Games, a set of questions and answers to test comprehension, and note-taking sheets to help students organize their thoughts.  This resource is an excellent way to engage students in the rich history and cultural significance of the Olympics while enhancing their reading and critical thinking skills.

Ignite your students’ creativity this Halloween season with 20 engaging writing prompts and 20 note-taking sheets.  Perfect for middle and high school students, these prompts cover a wide range of Halloween topics, from spooky storytelling to exploring the history and symbolism behind the holiday. The accompanying note-taking sheets are designed to help students organize their thoughts, enhancing their critical thinking and writing skills.  Whether for creative writing assignments, classroom discussions, or independent projects, this resource is ideal for incorporating Halloween into your lessons in a fun and meaningful way.

Unlock a comprehensive understanding of the U.S. presidential election process with this all-inclusive educational bundle.  Designed for upper middle to high school students, this bundle includes a detailed reading passage and Q&A, a structured lesson plan, an engaging PowerPoint presentation, a 6-part assessment tool, a collection of writing prompts, and interactive student activities. Covering the political spectrum of the Republican, Democratic, and Libertarian parties, the significance of voting, the workings of the Electoral College, the role of political polls, and the importance of research and analysis, this resource provides everything you need to teach and engage students in a thorough exploration of the election process.

Dive into the complexities of the U.S. presidential election process with this comprehensive reading passage and Q&A set.  Ideal for upper middle to high school students, this educational resource covers the political spectrum of the Republican, Democratic, and Libertarian parties, the significance of voting, the workings of the Electoral College, the importance of political polls, and the role of research and analysis in making informed decisions.  Perfect for classroom use, this resource helps students understand key concepts and develop critical thinking skills through detailed questions and answers.

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This word sleuth will provide your students/children with a fun journey through Greek Mythology with key vocabulary words. It can be done in class, centers, or as a fun homework assignment.

Word sleuth is in PPTX format along with the answer key.

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These word sleuths will provide your students/children with a fun journey in the world of Science, Math, Social Studies/History, ELA, and Seasonal/Holiday with key vocabulary words. They can be completed in class, centers, or as a fun homework assignment.

The word sleuths are in PPTX format along with an answer key for all 5 word sleuths.

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Immerse your students in the excitement and significance of the 2024 Summer Games with this comprehensive unit study.  This resource is designed for upper middle school to high school students and includes everything you need for an in-depth exploration of the Paris Summer Games. This resource includes a reading passage, lesson plan, scope and sequence, PowerPoint presentation, engaging activities including a crossword puzzle and word search, comprehension questions, note-taking sheets, and assessment tools. Perfect for integrating history, geography, physical education, and social studies, this unit study will captivate your students and enhance their understanding of global events.

I have created a digital self-checking 15-question quiz template in Excel and Google Sheets.

With this template, you will be able to insert 15 questions as well as insert an answer key into this conditionally formatted template that will do the grading for you automatically. If a student answers a question correctly, the answer will turn green and if they answer incorrectly, the answer will turn red. You will be able to use this template for multiple quizzes in multiple subjects - all you have to do is change the questions and change the answer key.

This template will be a lifesaver and you will be sure to keep handy for every day to weekly use.

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Tina - Big Easy Homeschooling Mom

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Dive into the history and significance of Labor Day with this comprehensive educational resource.  Perfect for upper middle to high school students, this freebie includes a detailed and complex reading passage on the origins and evolution of Labor Day, along with 20 thought-provoking questions and a separate answer key.  Also included are note-taking sheets to enhance student engagement and retention. This resource is ideal for history lessons, social studies classes, or as an enrichment activity leading up to Labor Day.

Immerse your students in the fascinating history of Halloween with this comprehensive 2-week lesson plan and scope and sequence.  Covering the origins of Halloween, symbols, global celebrations, religious views, and its commercialization, this resource is perfect for middle and high school classrooms.  Included is a detailed lesson plan and scope & sequence that guide you through each day, ensuring a structured approach to teaching.  The PowerPoint presentation visually enhances learning, making complex topics engaging and easy to understand. Perfect for history, social studies, or cultural studies units, this pack provides everything you need to teach a well-rounded and informative unit on Halloween.

Dive into the captivating history of Halloween with this comprehensive, FREE resource designed for middle and high school students.  This freebie includes a detailed reading passage on the origins, symbols, and global celebrations of Halloween, complete with engaging questions and guided note-taking sheets to reinforce learning.  Whether you’re exploring the cultural significance or dispelling common misconceptions, this resource is perfect for helping students develop a deeper understanding of Halloween.  Ideal for use in history, social studies, or language arts classrooms, this set is fully ready to use, with no preparation required.

Practice counting, adding, and subtracting with these fun, community helper themed roll and cover games! Comes with five sets of roll and cover games, each set with a different theme including post office, police officers, trash and recycling collectors, doctors and nurses, and firefighters. Each theme comes with five versions of the roll and cover game: roll and count the dots, add one, add two, subtract one, and roll two dice and add, for a total of 25 roll and cover games. Use erasers or your favorite markers/chips to cover the numbers!

These are great for classroom math centers or for homeschoolers to add to their gameschool collection. Low prep...just laminate and add dice!

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Community Helpers Vocabulary/Word Wall Cards

Transportation Vocabulary/Word Wall Cards

November Weekly Vocabulary Word Work (includes community helper vehicles)

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Looking for fun, no-prep activities to add to your classroom or homeschool? These cut, sort, and paste activity worksheets are perfect for practicing scissor skills, for sorting centers, as morning work or for early finishers, or as a fun supplement to holiday learning!

Part of the "What Belongs?" Series, the Holiday unit covers 15 holidays for full year learning. Each holiday comes with a full color sorting worksheet, two versions of the worksheet in black and white, plus a "what is missing" worksheet where students complete a holiday picture. This set also includes multiple holiday sorting worksheets so students can compare two or four holidays at once. Please see the preview above for a look at all the included worksheets!

Includes activities for the following holidays: Halloween, Remembrance Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, New Year's Eve, Valentine's Day, Chinese New Year, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, Earth Day, Ramadan, Independence Day, and Canada Day.

Includes:

• 15 "What Belongs in..." cut and paste sorting worksheets (one for each holiday)
• 15 "What is missing in..." complete the picture cut and paste worksheets (one for each holiday)
• 9 multiple holiday cut and paste sorting worksheets for students to compare two or four holidays (i.e. Halloween or Thanksgiving, St. Patrick's Day or Easter, etc.)
• Two black and white versions of each "What Belongs in..." and multiple holiday worksheet for easier printing. One version instructs students to color pictures before cutting and pasting.

*Total of 39 different worksheets, plus black and white versions*

This unit is part of the What Belongs? Series. Find all of the units in the series below or check out the all inclusive bundle to save 20%!

What Belongs? Holidays

What Belongs? Places/Habitats

What Belongs? Seasons

What Belongs? Rooms of the House

What Belongs? BUNDLE

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Looking for fun, no-prep activities to add to your classroom or homeschool? These cut, sort, and paste activity worksheets are perfect for practicing scissor skills, for sorting centers, as morning work or for early finishers or for special education classrooms!

This bundle includes all What Belongs? units: Rooms of the House, Seasons, Places and Habitats, and Holidays. Each one of these units comes with full color sorting worksheets, black and white versions of the sorting worksheets for easier printing, "What is missing" worksheets where students complete a picture, and comparison sorting worksheets in full color and black and white. Please see below for full descriptions of each unit, and check the preview above for a look at all included worksheets!

This bundle is priced at 20% below the list price of each individual unit...purchase the bundle to save!

Included in the bundle:

What Belongs? Holidays Unit:

• Includes activities for the following holidays: Halloween, Remembrance Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, New Year's Eve, Valentine's Day, Chinese New Year, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, Earth Day, Ramadan, Independence Day, and Canada Day.
• 15 "What Belongs in..." cut and paste sorting worksheets (one for each holiday)
• 15 "What is missing in..." complete the picture cut and paste worksheets (one for each holiday)
• 9 multiple holiday cut and paste sorting worksheets for students to compare two or four holidays (i.e. Halloween or Thanksgiving, St. Patrick's Day or Easter, etc.)
• Two black and white versions of each "What Belongs in..." and multiple holiday worksheet for easier printing. One version instructs students to color pictures before cutting and pasting.

*Total of 39 different worksheets, plus black and white versions*

What Belongs? Places/Habitats Unit:

• Includes activities for the following places or habitats: forest, ocean, Arctic, farm, beach, and pumpkin patch.
• 6 "What Belongs in..." cut and paste sorting worksheets (one for each place)
• 6 "What is missing in..." complete the picture cut and paste worksheets (one for each place)
• 5 multiple place/habitat cut and paste sorting worksheets for students to compare two or four places (i.e. forest or ocean, farm or beach, etc.)
• Two black and white versions of each "What Belongs in..." and multiple place/habitat worksheet for easier printing. One version instructs students to color pictures before cutting and pasting.

*Total of 17 different worksheets, plus black and white versions*

What Belongs? Seasons Unit:

• Includes activities for fall, winter, spring, and summer
• 4 "What Belongs in..." cut and paste sorting worksheets (one for each season)
• 4 "How do we dress in..." cut and paste sorting worksheets (one for each season)
• 4 "What is missing in..." complete the picture cut and paste worksheet (one for each season)
• 5 multiple season cut and paste sorting worksheets for students to compare all four seasons at once
• Two black and white versions of each "What Belongs in...", "How do we dress in..." and multiple season worksheet for easier printing. One version instructs students to color pictures before cutting and pasting.

*Total of 17 different worksheets, plus black and white versions*

What Belongs? Rooms of the House Unit:

• Includes activities for the following rooms: kitchen, living room, bathroom, dining room, bedroom, office, laundry room, baby nursery, garage, and backyard.
• 10 "What Belongs in..." cut and paste sorting worksheets (one for each room)
• 10 "What is missing in..." complete the picture cut and paste worksheets (one for each room)
• 10 multiple room cut and paste sorting worksheets for students to compare two or four rooms (i.e. bedroom or bathroom, laundry room or backyard, etc.)
• Two black and white versions of each "What Belongs in..." and multiple room worksheet for easier printing. One version instructs students to color pictures before cutting and pasting.

*Total of 30 different worksheets, plus black and white versions*

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Are you looking for a print and go president biography writing assignment? This easy to use research pack will help your student research each president with important facts and write a detailed biography.

Support your student’s creativity when it comes to writing. This is a complete US Presidents research project. It is a simple way to guide and teach your child or students about all The United States Presidents in a fun and engaging way.

✨What is included✨

• 45 President Research Biography Worksheets
• 45 President Research writing papers (students will write and illustrate what they have learned about their research).
• 45 Color Posters with a short excerpt about each president
• 45 B&W Posters with a short excerpt about each president 
• 2 KWL Chart (with and without lines)
• 1 Rubric Page with notes section
• 1 Pick your President Cover
• 1 US Presidents List
• 185 working pages total

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✨Presidents Currently Included✨

1. George Washington
2. John Adams
3. Thomas Jefferson
4. James Madison
5. James Monroe
6. John Quincy Adams
7. Andrew Jackson
8. Martin Van Buren
9. William Henry Harrison
10. John Tyler
11. James K. Polk
12. Zachary Taylor
13. Millard Fillmore
14. Franklin Pierce
15. James Buchanan
16. Abraham Lincoln
17. Andrew Johnson
18. Ulysses S. Grant
19. Rutherford B. Hayes
20. James Garfield
21. Chester A. Arthur
22. Grover Cleveland
23. Benjamin Harrison
24. Grover Cleveland
25. William McKinley
26. Theodore Roosevelt
27. William Howard Taft
28. Woodrow Wilson
29. Warren G. Harding
30. Calvin Coolidge
31. Herbert Hoover
32. Franklin D. Roosevelt
33. Harry S. Truman
34. Dwight D. Eisenhower
35. John F. Kennedy
36. Lyndon B. Johnson
37. Richard M. Nixon
38. Gerald R. Ford
39. James Carter
40. Ronald Reagan
41. George H. W. Bush
42. William J. Clinton
43. George W. Bush
44. Barack Obama
45. Donald Trump
46. Joe Biden

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Are you looking for an engaging way to help introduce your students to the U.S Constitution and the three branches of government? This packet is designed as an introduction to your curriculum with short passages and comprehension questions. It is a quick no prep packet.

Use this packet to give your students a basic understanding before jumping into a new topic. Great for homework, early finishers, homeschool, special education, morning work, the possibilities are endless.

✨This packet includes✨

• Branches of Government Fact Sheet

• The Constitution Fact Sheet

• US Constitution KWL Chart

• Reading Passages with Comprehension Questions For:

  • Executive Branch Passage 
  • James Madison Passage 
  • Judicial Branch Passage 
  • Legislative Branch Passage 
  • The Constitution Passage 
  • Philadelphia Convention

• Black and White Posters For:

  • Judicial Branch
  • Executive Branch 
  • Legislative Branch
  • The First Flag

• The Three Branches of Government Interactive Notebook Page

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Your students will learn about the 7 Continents of the world, while they read and answer the questions from the passages. Asia, Africa, Europe, North America, South America, Oceania, and Antarctica.

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This webquest / Internet scavenger hunt is a perfect one day activity for middle schoolers to learn more about cell phones with these fun questions. It is appropriate for middle school social studies/history, science, or technology classes.

The lesson includes the student handout and an answer key, along with a short list of sites that teachers can provide to students to help with the quest if they choose. There are also some additional links to sites if teachers want to expand the lesson. The student questions are editable and can be printed or delivered digitally. Additionally, a word search puzzle with answer key is included, perfect for early finishers or to use as a part of the lesson. This is a great lesson to leave with a sub too!

This lesson is great for distance learning/remote learning. You can upload it to your school's learning management system (Google Classroom, Edmodo, Canvas, etc.) or share with students via Google Drive.

Files included:

· Teacher & Student Resources

· WebQuest questions for students - print and digital versions (editable)

· WebQuest Answer Key (non-editable, .pdf)

· Word Search Puzzle with Answer Key

Approximate Lesson Duration:

· 1 – 2 (50 minute) class periods

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In this lesson, students use critical thinking and research skills to determine how a specific form of technology evolved. Working with a partner or small group, students start with where their chosen technology was prior to 1900 and then take it through 5 more steps of evolution to the present day. Students use the Internet for research to determine what had to happen between each step to move their technology to the next iteration. Worksheets are provided for six high interest topics, with an editable blank form (PowerPoint) if the teacher chooses to add another topic (or let students choose a different topic). The worksheets are two pages (print front and back). Resources for the teacher and students include a short list of Internet sites as a starting point for each research topic. A sample completed worksheet is also included for one topic. Topics included are:

• How We Listen to Music

• How We Watch a Movie

• How We Take Photographs

• How We Communicate on the Telephone

• How We Research Information

• How We Tell Time

This lesson was designed for middle school (grades 6-8) but could be used in upper elementary as well.

Files included:

• Teacher & Student Resources

• Technology Then & Now Student Expectations, Instructions and Grading Rubric

• Technology Then & Now Student Worksheets (6 topics, plus an editable blank – both color and black and white versions of each)

• Sample Project

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In this lesson, students learn interesting facts about the history of Rock & Roll as they complete several projects including a WebQuest (Internet Scavenger Hunt) to answer questions about the topic.    A complete answer key is provided for the WebQuest for easy grading, along with resources for both teachers and students.  The student questions are included in both a print version and a digital (editable) version to make it easy for students to complete the lesson digitally or on paper.  Also included with this lesson is a word search puzzle that includes an answer key, perfect for early finishers or as a part of the lesson.  Finally, students research their choice of a Rock & Roll musician and create a presentation about their contributions to the field of Rock & Roll using their choice of Microsoft PowerPoint or Google Slides. 

This lesson is intended to be an introduction to the topic and was designed for middle school (grades 6-8) but could be used in high school as well.  This lesson could be used in a music, history or technology class and is also a great lesson to leave for a substitute teacher!

This lesson is great for distance learning/remote learning. You can upload it to your school's learning management system (Google Classroom, Edmodo, Canvas, etc.) or share with students via Google Drive.

Files included:

· Teacher & Student Resources

· The History of Rock & Roll WebQuest Activity (print and editable digital
files included)

· The History of Rock & Roll WebQuest Answer Key

· Word Search Puzzle – The History of Rock & Roll Vocabulary (includes answer key)

· The History of Rock & Roll Presentation Project Expectations with Rubric

Approximate Lesson Duration:

· WebQuest - 1 (50 minute) class period

· Word Search Puzzle – 15 minutes

· Presentation Project (including research) – 1.5 -3 (50 minute) class periods

· Optional:  additional time for students to present their project to the class (time will vary depending on class size).

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