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Primary Classroom Expectations
By Susan Wolfe
This is a google slide show for classroom primary classroom expectations. It includes a link to free online classroom management tools (stop light, noise barometer, timer). It includes links to online stories and songs to help teach and reinforce positive behavior. Expectations are clear and specific with visuals. These slides are editable to you can edit them to suit your class. You may also print these as posters to hang up in your classroom or link to your day plan for everyday use. I have also included star student reward tickets and a student of the month award.
ENGLISH | CLASSROOM DEBATE | PERSUASIVE | JURY | UNIT | WORKSHEETS + ACTIVITIES
By French Made Fun!
Want to engage your middle-schoolers and develop their persuasive language, their confidence, their research skills, their teamwork and their respect in a fun, culminating project? Look no further!
I reserve this project for the end of the year as a fun, energetic project in which I assess oral proficiency, teamwork, research skills and persuasive language.
This 50-page debate package includes everything you need to get rolling! Let me guide you and your students to have a successful debate. This document includes:
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Editable Christian Classroom Rules Posters - Christian Decor Boho Bible Verses
By Michellecurtis
Create a positive Christian learning environment with our fully editable "Editable Christian Classroom Rules Posters - Christian Boho Decor Bible Verses.." These posters are perfect for fostering key Christian values in young students, reinforcing important classroom rules rooted in biblical principles. Ideal for any Christian educational setting, this set is available in PowerPoint for easy customization, ensuring your classroom reflects the core Christian teachings and classroom expectations.
Key Features:
Empower your students with values that last a lifetime while maintaining the flexibility to make each poster perfectly suit your educational goals.
Editable "God Says I Am" Affirmation Station Cards - Christian Classroom Decor
By Michellecurtis
Introducing our " EDITABLE God Says I Am" Affirmation Station Cards - Boho Theme Christian Classroom Decor", designed to empower and uplift the spirits of young minds in a classroom setting. Crafted with the nurturing environment of a Christian school in mind, these affirmation cards serve as daily reminders for students to recognize and celebrate their identity as cherished children of God.
Theme & Design: Each card is adorned with soothing Boho-inspired calming colors, creating a serene and peaceful atmosphere in your classroom. The gentle color palette has been thoughtfully selected to foster a tranquil learning environment, conducive to reflection and self-acceptance.
Font Diversity: Understanding the importance of accessibility and personal preference, we offer three distinct font options within this set. Each font has been chosen for its readability and aesthetic appeal, ensuring that students of all ages and learning styles can connect with these powerful affirmations.
Inspirational Content: Our cards feature a variety of affirmations based on biblical truths, such as "I am loved," "I am unique," and "I am a child of God." These messages are designed to bolster self-esteem, encourage positive self-reflection, and reinforce the values taught within a Christian educational framework.
Versatile Use: Perfect for use in an affirmation station within your classroom, these cards can also be utilized in numerous other ways—think morning meeting discussions, reflection periods, or as part of a mindfulness corner. Their versatility makes them an invaluable resource for any educator looking to embed spiritual and emotional well-being into their teaching practice.Elevate your classroom atmosphere with our "God Says I Am" Affirmation Station Cards, thoughtfully designed to inspire young minds in Christian educational settings. These affirmation cards serve as a daily beacon of God’s love, reminding students of their divine identity and inherent worth.
End of Year Awards Christian + Character Trait Bible Verse - Fully Editable
By Michellecurtis
End your school year on a high note with our set of 20 "End of Year Awards Christian + Character Trait Bible Verse - Fully Editable"! Designed for flexibility and ease of use in PowerPoint, these awards are perfect for Sunday school teachers, Christian day schools, and homeschooling parents who wish to acknowledge and celebrate their students' spiritual and personal growth.
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With our "End of Year Awards Christian + Character Trait Bible Verse - Fully Editable", you can easily create a heartfelt and encouraging awards ceremony that highlights not only academic and social achievements but also spiritual growth. Celebrate your students in a way that uplifts their hearts and spirits!
Jesus Is the Core Board: Editable Back-to-School Christian Bulletin Board
By Michellecurtis
Begin the school year with a positive and faith-centered message using the "Jesus Is the Core Bulletin Board Set." This beautifully designed set features colorful and engaging visuals that remind students that Jesus is at the center of their education and lives. Ideal for primary classrooms, this set includes editable components to make customization easy and a PDF version with black and white letters for versatile use.
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Invest in the "Jesus Is the Core Bulletin Board Set" today to create an inspiring and spiritually enriching classroom atmosphere for the new school year.
Heroes of Faith Bulletin Board: Editable PowerPoint - Christian Classroom Decor
By Michellecurtis
Unlock the powerful Christian stories of biblical faith with our fully editable "Christian Heroes of Faith" bulletin board! Designed for PowerPoint or a direct PDF download, this comprehensive resource includes beautifully illustrated sections on 21 key biblical figures, from Adam and Eve to the Apostle Paul. Each person is presented with vibrant visuals and succinct summaries that capture their essence and spiritual significance. This template is perfect for Sunday schools, Christian education classes, and homeschooling, providing an engaging way to teach important biblical lessons.
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Key Product Features:
Enhance your teaching resources with this versatile and inspirational "Heroes of Faith" bulletin board template. It's not just a teaching tool—it's a way to inspire and educate the next generation about the foundational stories of Christian faith. Ideal for educators seeking to make biblical teachings accessible and engaging!
The Ten Commandments Christian Bulletin Board Set - 4 Styles, 2 Sizes Editable
By Michellecurtis
Introduce foundational Christian values with our versatile "The Ten Commandments Christian Bulletin Board Set", perfect for young learners. This set features simplified, child-friendly versions of The Ten Commandments, designed to engage and educate students meaningfully. Whether you're decorating a Sunday school classroom, a Christian school, or a homeschool environment, this set offers something for everyone.
Key Features:
Enhance your teaching materials with this educational and inspirational set, tailored to foster respect and morality among young learners while reinforcing the core principles of the Christian faith.
Christian Christmas Stand Up / Sit Down Brain Break – Editable Would You Rather
By Michellecurtis
Bring the true meaning of Christmas into your classroom with this Christian Christmas Stand Up OR Sit Down Brain Break – Editable Would You Rather! Perfect for teachers seeking to combine interactive fun with faith-based reflection, this engaging resource will inspire your students to think about the significance of Jesus' birth while participating in a lively classroom game.
This resource includes 50 thought-provoking, fully editable "Would You Rather" questions that encourage students to reflect on their faith, discuss Christian values, and explore the story of Jesus' birth. Students will respond by standing or sitting, making it a fun way to integrate movement and learning into your day.
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If you're looking for a fun, faith-centered way to bring the joy of Christmas into your classroom, this Christian Christmas Stand Up OR Sit Down Brain Break is the perfect tool to celebrate the season and foster meaningful conversations about Jesus' birth.
Editable Christian Morning Meeting Slides - September | Responsive Classroom
By Michellecurtis
Kick-start your September 2024 with our engaging, fully editable Christian morning meeting slides, designed to blend seamlessly with the Responsive Classroom approach. Perfect for elementary educators, this product offers:
This product is essential for educators looking to enrich their teaching toolkit with faith-aligned, educational resources that are both functional and inspiring.
Stand Up Sit Down Icebreaker | Back to School Activity | Brain Break Editable
By Michellecurtis
Make back-to-school time exciting and engaging with this "Stand Up, Sit Down" Get to Know You game! This interactive back-to-school activity is designed to help teachers create a positive and inclusive classroom environment from day one. With over 70 slides packed with fun and thoughtful prompts, students can discover common interests, reflect on their summer experiences, and build connections with their classmates.
Why Should Teachers Buy This Resource?
Invest in this "Stand Up, Sit Down" Get to Know You game to set a positive tone for the school year, help your students build connections, and create a welcoming classroom environment. Whether you're teaching in-person or virtually, this game is a must-have for any elementary teacher looking to make the first days of school memorable and impactful.
Emotional Well-Being Toolkit for K-3 Students - Bell Lets Talk
By Michellecurtis
Embark on a journey of emotional discovery and mental health awareness with our Emotional Well-Being Toolkit, meticulously crafted for Grades 1-3 students. This unique resource is tailored to the hearts and minds of young learners, featuring age-appropriate vocabulary and themes that resonate with their experiences. Through engaging lesson plans, interactive activities, and relatable content, this toolkit empowers educators to introduce essential concepts of emotional intelligence and self-care in an understandable and meaningful manner to early elementary students.
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How It Works:
Upon purchase, you'll receive a link to access the slides material on Google Slides. You can edit, save, and print your customized slides from there. We've ensured that each component is user-friendly and easily adaptable, requiring no advanced technical skills to modify.
Perfect for: Educators seeking a highly adaptable resource that can be customized to suit the evolving needs of their Grades 1-3 students, offering a tailored approach to teaching emotional well-being and mental health awareness.
Voice Level Signs for Classroom Management | Ready to Print and Editable | Boho
By Michellecurtis
Transform your classroom into a well-managed and aesthetically pleasing environment with our Editable voice-level Level Signs, designed in a charming Boho style. These signs are essential tools for helping students understand and follow voice level expectations, ensuring a calm and organized learning atmosphere.
Our Voice Level Signs are more than just decorative items; they are practical tools that enhance classroom management and improve student behaviour. By clearly displaying voice level expectations, these signs help students self-regulate their noise levels, reducing disruptions and creating a more focused learning environment. The beautiful Boho design adds a touch of style to your classroom decor, making it both functional and visually appealing.
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FREEBIE Back to School Game | Guess All About My Teacher Activity
By Basic Biz Teaching
This back to school getting to know my teacher EDITABLE PowerPoint game is a fun and exciting way to begin a new school year. Use this during the first week of school or the first day of school. Students love learning about their teachers and they will enjoy guessing the answers to these fun getting to know you questions!
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Back to School Activities | Would You Rather | Getting To Know You
By Basic Biz Teaching
These back to school would you rather activities include writing prompts, partner interviews, and interactive PowerPoint will have your class getting to know each other, building classroom community and friendships, practicing speaking and listening, and forming and writing opinions during the first day of school or the first week of school. These various activities will bring fun and excitement to the new school year!
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⭐ 87 Would You Rather Back to School Getting to Know You Questions
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⭐ 12 Would You Rather Opinion Writing Prompts (4 versions)
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Back to School Slideshow Presentation | Meet the Teacher Night | Open House |BTS
By Perfectly Planned Designs
The beginning of the year is a crucial time to set expectations for your classroom, especially if you want a stress-free year. This Back to School Slideshow has everything you need to make this the best year ever! Simply customize for your classroom needs and use it on the first days of school, during Open House, Meet the Teacher, Parent Night, Curriculum Night or whenever!
•40 Slide headings are included
•Create your own with the blank slide included at the end
•3 additional Welcome, Thank You, and Greeting slides are included as well.
•Feel free to rearrange, delete or add slides as needed. Font used is Nectarine.
A link for the Google Slides version is also included.
This PowerPoint will make it easy to outline your routines, procedures and classroom expectations, and you’ll use it year after year! If you are not able to open the file because you don't have PowerPoint, simply upload the file to your Google Drive and you'll be able to open it and edit from there.
The following routines, procedures and classroom expectations are included:
**For personal and single classroom use only. If using with multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses at the discounted rate.**
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Friendship Activities for Preschoolers
By Spark Interest with Sara
Are you looking for a fun and interactive way to teach your young learners about being a good friend? The friendship lesson and activities in this resource have been developed to get young learners thinking and discussing ways to be a good friend.
Perfect for pre-k and preschool students, the visual prompts will help stimulate discussion and the read-aloud story will get your students engaged and sharing their thoughts!
These fun and interactive activities will get your young students thinking & identifying ways they can be a good friend.
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The Friendship Activities for Preschoolers Included Are:
1. Detailed Lesson Plan: Suggested use for each product to create a fun-filled, interactive and thoughtful lesson that builds friendship skills. CASEL aligned.
2. A Funny Read Aloud PowerPoint Story – read aloud together as a group, highlight examples and share thoughts. Have fun while developing your friendship skills!
3. Sorting Activity: Is this a great way to be a friend? Yes OR No? Discuss and sort Ways to be a Good Friend. Use the discussion prompts to extend the discussion.
4. Worksheets: Color-in ways to be a good friend, draw & tell worksheets, draw & write worksheets, Cut & Paste worksheet.
5. Gratitude Practice:
Show recognition and gratitude to our friends by sending them a thank you note.
6. Friendship Challenge: Set a classroom friendship challenge to get your students practicing some easy ways they can be a good friend in the classroom.
When a child completes one of these challenges, they color in the square.
Each child has until the end of the week to complete as many friendship challenges as possible.
6. Super Friend Awards – These awards can be given out when you notice someone showing the qualities of being a good friend.
7. Letter Home to Families - Keep your families informed and involved in what is happening in this unit of study. Editable version included.
8. Added Practice: Finding your students need a little bit more concrete practice? I’ve included scenes for you to use to stimulate ideas around how we can be a good friend in the classroom and on the playground.
✯✯ Everything you need for the lesson is here in this resource. ✯✯
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Like what you see? Check out my other preschool focused SEL resources:
Empathy Activities for Preschoolers
Conflict Resolution Activities BUNDLE
Size of the Problem BUNDLE
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By Spark Interest with Sara
Have you been looking to encourage discussion around what it means to be fair in your preschool, pre-k or kindergarten classroom? These fairness scenarios will be a great addition to your Unit on Fairness and will get your students identifying what fairness looks and feels like.
♡Did you know that this resource is part of a Fairness Activities BUNDLE? ♡
Why teach fairness?
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What’s included in this Fairness Scenarios resource?
•24 Fairness Scenarios
•Guiding Questions
•Versions: PDF Color and Black & White
•Vibrant PowerPoint Version
When to use these Fairness Scenarios?
•Use these fairness scenarios with the whole class, small group or with an individual.
•Great addition to your Unit on Fairness.
How to use these Fairness Scenarios?
•Role play the scenarios and brainstorm ways to deal with each situation.
•Spotlight one scenario and have your students work in pairs or small groups to come up with ways to make the situation fair.
•Use scenarios as writing prompts.
•Use one scenario a day as a quick daily focus to reinforce what it means to be fair.
•A great Think-Pair-Share activity.
This Fairness Scenarios resource has these CASEL SEL COMPETENCIES in mind:
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If you are looking for more heart-centered resources for young learners, check out my resources below:
Activities on Fairness
Fairness Coloring Pages
Preschool Conflict Resolution Activities
Kindness Activities for Preschoolers
Empathy Activities |BUNDLE
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Copyright ©Spark Interest with Sara. All rights reserved by author, Sara-Jane Lai. This product is intended for classroom and personal use ONLY. It is to be used by the original purchaser only. No part of this document may be distributed, posted on the internet, copied, edited or resold. All contents of this document are under copyright protection. Please respect all the hard work of myself and all the talented artists who helped create this product.
Conflict Resolution Scenarios for Preschoolers
By Spark Interest with Sara
Are you looking to encourage discussion around how to solve minor conflicts in your preschool, pre-k or kindergarten classroom? These conflict resolution scenarios will be a great addition to your Unit on Conflict Resolution and will get your students brainstorming ways to deal with different types of conflict they may encounter in the classroom.
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What’s included in this Conflict Resolution Scenarios resource?
When to use these Conflict Resolution Scenarios?
How to use these Conflict Resolution Scenarios?
The CASEL SEL COMPETENCIES supported by this resource are:
1.Self Awareness: The ability to understand one’s own emotions, thoughts, and values and how they can influence behavior.
2.Relationship Skills: The abilities to establish and maintain healthy and supportive relationships and to effectively navigate settings with diverse individuals and groups.
Looking to add to your Unit on Conflict Resolution? Check these resources out:
Need some ideas to teach Conflict Resolution Skills to preschoolers?
Check out this blog post: 5 Effective Conflict Resolution Activities that Absolutely Work
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More Than One Friend | Friendship Lesson
By Spark Interest with Sara
Are your preschool or kindergarten students having difficulty in sharing a friend with others? This More Than One Friend lesson includes interactive activities on this common friendship issue to help your students see that it is okay to have more than one friend.
By the end of this lesson, your students will understand that we all have room in our hearts to have more than one friend!
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Did you know this is part of an awesome Friendship BUNDLE?
This More than One Friend resource includes:
1. Detailed Lesson Plan: To guide you through introducing your students to the idea that we can have more than one friend.
2. A Read Aloud PowerPoint Story – Your students will love the simplicity of the story and with each page, they will be encouraged to think deeper about friendships and to share their thoughts.
3. Sorting Activity: These More Than One Friend Statements are a great way to get your students thinking more about what is okay and what isn’t when it comes to having more than one friend.
4. Find Someone Who Activity: This activity will help your students connect with each other and perhaps even open up their friendship circle!
It will help your students see that there are others in class who have similar likes.
5. Craft Activity: Color and decorate your own crown. Includes two versions.
6. Bonus Activity: My Friends – drawing activity. Perfect for drawing who your different friends are.
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If you are looking for more inspiration for Activities on Friendship for Preschoolers, check out my resources below
Preschool Conflict Resolution BUNDLE
Kindness Activities for Preschool BUNDLE
Empathy Activities for Preschool BUNDLE
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