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ECR Relay Race: Engaging STAAR Writing Prep Grades 5-8 Comprehension 12 Prompts!
By TooBookedUp
Transform STAAR writing preparation into an exhilarating adventure with our "ECR Relay Race" resource! Designed specifically for grades 6-8, this product turns the daunting task of essay writing into a collaborative, fun, and competitive experience. Dive into high-engaging topics while practicing informational, argumentative, and correspondence writing skills critical for STAAR success.
✅ Engaging Topics for Every Genre:
✅ Collaborative Learning: Encourage teamwork with relay races that make writing a shared journey. Students can work together or individually, pushing them to think critically and write effectively.
✅ Interactive Progress Tracking: Watch as students advance their stick figure characters across the board with each completed paragraph, igniting a sense of accomplishment and urgency.
✅ Comprehensive ECR Refresher: Kickstart your classes with 15 slides designed to refresh students on ECR essentials, providing a solid foundation for success.
✅ Inclusive Support Materials: Includes sentence stems for each writing genre, aiding students in structuring their thoughts and arguments clearly and cohesively.
✅ Fun, Engaging, and Educational: Our resource is not just about STAAR prep; it's about creating memorable learning experiences that foster creativity, critical thinking, and a love for writing.
Prepare your students for STAAR writing with a resource that’s as educational as it is exhilarating. Make test preparation something students look forward to with our ECR Relay Race. Perfect for teachers seeking innovative, engaging ways to enhance writing skills and STAAR readiness.
Mastering Present Tense: Simple & Continuous Tenses - Learn, Review & Assess
By Jennifer Nguyen
Master Present Tense with Low-Prep, Engaging Grammar Lessons – For All Learners!
Perfect for Grades 1-5, this print-and-go resource helps both native English speakers and ESL/EAL learners confidently master Present Simple and Continuous Tenses. With clear explanations and interactive exercises, it’s ideal for teachers seeking a time-saving, curriculum-aligned solution that supports independent learning.
What’s Included?
✏️ Print Materials: Worksheets, Answer Keys
**What’s Inside?
**✔️ Present Simple & Continuous Explanations
✔️ Verb Agreement Exercises
✔️ Fill-in-the-Blanks Activities
✔️ Sentence Reordering Tasks
✔️ Negative & Interrogative Practice
✔️ Present Simple vs. Continuous Comparisons
✔️ Quizzes
✔️ Answer Keys
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Why Teachers Love It:**
✏️ No Prep
✏️ Classroom-Tested
✏️ Versatile Resource
✏️ Aligned with Common Core, TEKS, and UK National Curriculum
When to Use:
✅ Grammar Lessons
✅ Independent Practice
✅ Literacy Centers
✅ Homework
✅ Early Finishers
✅ Sub Plans
Skills Focused:
✔️ Present Simple & Continuous Usage
✔️ Subject-Verb Agreement
✔️ Sentence Construction
✔️ Negative & Interrogative Forms
✔️ Editing & Self-Assessment
✔️ Independent Grammar Mastery
Curriculum Alignment
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Common Core State Standards (CCSS)**
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Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)**
§110.3-§110.7 (Grades 1-5):
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UK National Curriculum (Years 1-5)**
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✅ Builds Mastery
✅ Proven Success
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World History Bundle - Yearlong Activities, Worksheets, Lessons, Games, Projects
By The Classroom Globetrotter
World History Ultimate Bundle! Yearlong Activities, Worksheets, Lessons, Games & Projects for Your Classroom
Bring world history to life and save time with this ultimate yearlong bundle! This comprehensive collection includes over 125 engaging activities covering major historical periods, from Prehistory, Ancient Civilizations, and the Middle Ages to World War II and the 21st Century. Designed for middle school, high school, and homeschool students, this bundle provides an extensive range of resources to enhance your world history curriculum, making history interactive, fun, and memorable.
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Stay tuned for even more resources added throughout the year as the reading comprehension series continues to expand. Check out the previews to see how these activities can enrich your classroom today!
Common Core Interactive Math Notebook Bundle
By Kim Romero
If My Common Core Math Notebook Bundle is a product you're interested check out my product: Common Core Ultimate Interactive Notebook Bundle. This bundle includes all Common Core Interactive Notes including ELA and Math at a discounted price. If you are only interested in the Math Notebook Bundle continue reading. Common Core Interactive Math Notebook Bundle! Part 1 and 2 bundled in one discounted Price! Aligned with 3rd grade common core standards, but also an excellent source for 2nd & 4th grade! Interactive Notebooks are a great way to keep students involved in their learning. These great notebooks are also an effective study guide, because it’s packed with lots of resources covering different concepts throughout the school year. My Common Core Interactive Math Notebook Bundle includes Interactive study guides, organizers, practice pages, key words, songs, and word problems. Each skill covered comes with many of these resources. Each student will need: A composition notebook or spiral notebook Crayons, Markers, or colored pencils Glue Copies of the materials Skills Covered: Number and Operations in Base Ten Operations with Algebraic Thinking. Place Value Rounding Addition Skills Subtraction Skills Multiplication Skills (Includes strategies, etc.) Division Skills (Includes strategies). Measurement (Capacity, Length/Width, Weight, Time) Geometry (Attributes of Polygons, Perimeter, Area, Partition Figures) Fractions Interpret and Represent Data (Tables, Graphs, and Charts). Extra Materials Include: Complete Guide on how to use templates with pictures and description on how to use the materials. Table of Contents Common Core standards/checklist Students will love putting together their interactive notebook. Check out my preview for a better picture of this product. Thank you for your time! Check out my Common Core ELA Interactive Notebook Mega Bundle and My January Morning Work-CCSS Aligned Remember to rate and comment after purchase and receive free TeachShare credits to use towards future items.
EDITABLE Meet the Teacher Trivia Game | Back to School Fun Activity
By Inspired By MlG
Are you looking for a fun and engaging way to introduce yourself to your new students? Our editable Meet the Teacher Trivia Game is the perfect solution! This interactive activity is designed to help students learn about their teacher while fostering a positive and welcoming classroom atmosphere.
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Character Analysis Graphic Organizers
By Beth Hammett
Visual learners delight with these character analysis graphic organizers! Help students uncover and focus on important character traits for writing and visualizing fiction and non-fiction characters. Includes critical thinking, problem solving, research skills, and test prep concepts. Includes: 3 Character Analysis sheets with traits boxes graphic organizers Background Profile graphic organizer Personal Profile graphic organizer Historical Info graphic organizer Character Road Map with directions 3 Road Map Symbols handouts Easy and fun to use with individuals and small/whole groups for analysis, close reading, building characters, and test prep in English, literature, and history classes for at-risk, GT, Pre-AP, AP, homeschool, etc...
PSF Practice Phoneme Segmentation Fluency Practice
By Dotty's Printables
These worksheet is for students to use to prepare for tests like DIBELS and other Phoneme Segmentation Fluency (PSF) assessments. It provides targeted practice to help students improve their phonemic awareness skills through simple and effective exercises.
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Phonemic Awareness Bundle, Rhyming, Syllables, Sounds,Vowels, Blends, Digraphs
By Regina Frazier
Boost early literacy and Phonemic Awareness Skills with this bundle which features rhyming words, syllables, and beginning, middle, and ending sounds. with Rhyme Time Fun Cut-and-Paste Worksheets! This meticulously crafted tool not only enhances phonemic awareness but also offers an effective and entertaining way of understanding words with similar beginning, middle, and ending sounds. Moreover, it's more than just a pack of worksheets; it also aids in developing fine motor skills. As students use manipulatives such as clothespins, pompoms, and mini erasers or scissors out the words, they're in fact honing their hand-eye coordination and motor control. Unleash the creativity of your learners and watch them grow literacy skills intertwined with fun, engagement, and hands-on experiences!
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AVID ACT and SAT Vocabulary Review Activity - Printable Game for Team Building
By KJ Inspired Resources
Vocabulary plays a huge role in preparing for student's college and career success. Use this SAT / ACT word list and log to help your students gain a deeper understanding of the vocabulary from any content area OR if you're an AVID teacher use the 53 vocabulary words that focus on academic language essential to the SAT/ACT tests and for college and career readiness. Then let students practice what they learned with an engaging card game inspired by Taboo! Simply print multiple sets of the cards, cut, laminate, and place into bags for small groups!
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What's Included:
Directions for the Card Game:
1. Students are put into small groups with an even number of players.
2. Each group is split into 2 teams.
3. The clue giver will start a 1 minute timer and turn over a card so nobody can see. (colors don' matter)
4. The clue giver now says words (not sounds or gestures) to get their team to guess the word at the top of the card.
5. The clue giver cannot say any of the words (or forms of the words) listed on the card. Formations include: abbreviations, tenses (past, present, future), initials, spelling, letters, sounds like, rhyming, smaller version words, compound words.
6. Teammates can guess as many words as possible before the timer runs out.
7. The clue giver may pass on a word and place it in a discard pile.
8. If the clue giver uses an illegal word, the opposing team who is monitoring, can sound a buzzer or shout the word "AVID." Then the clue giver must place the card in the discard pile and try a new word.
9. When the timer is done the team will count up how many points earned based off of how many words were guessed correctly. The opposing team gets one point for each card placed in the discard pile.
10 Switch teams and repeat. The team with the highest points, wins!
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10 Reading Comprehension Passages on Good Citizenship for 1st to 3rd Grade
By Create Learn Inspire Grow
Engage your students with these 10 informative and age-appropriate nonfiction reading comprehension passages focused on good citizenship! Perfect for 1st to 3rd graders, these passages cover essential topics like respect, kindness, community service, and environmental responsibility. Each passage comes with five comprehension questions to assess understanding and spark discussion.
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AVID Vocabulary Game for SAT and ACT | Fishbowl Rounds
By Teach Savvy Store
AVID Vocabulary Game for SAT and ACT | Fishbowl Rounds: Help your students prepare for the SAT or ACT while building their vocabulary skills. During Fishbowl Rounds students have 60 seconds to spend in each of the 3 rounds where they have to use the vocabulary words in different ways!
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What's Included
Directions
1 Clues
2 dictionary
3 three words
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School Counseling Curriculum Activities: Emotional Regulation & SEL Lessons
By Mrs Bell The Crafty Counselor
Need social skills activities for elementary students that promote social-emotional learning and teach emotional regulation skills? Look no further; here are 130+ diverse resources designed to help you address student concerns and take your elementary school counseling program to the next level!
Download the entire Mrs. Bell The Crafty Counselor store! It's filled with creative, highly engaging lessons, games, and activities geared toward supporting the social-emotional learning and personal growth of your students. Have access to over 140 (and growing) diverse resources now!
This school counseling curriculum storewide bundle currently contains over 130 crafty lessons & activities that will support your student’s academic, personal, and social-emotional needs. The included social skills activities and games will help children learn emotional regulation skills, coping strategies, anger management strategies & SO MUCH MORE!
These activities are ideal for individual counseling sessions, small group counseling curriculums, classroom guidance lessons, teacher use in the classroom, and calm down corners…the list of possible uses for these resources is never-ending!
This is a growing bundle that currently includes all of Mrs. Bell The Crafty Counselor’s products at a very steep 50% discount. As a growing bundle, it means that the price will increase each time that I add a new product until I reach TeachShare’s 400-paid products cap for a bundle listing. Once the maximum of 400 products has been reached, no more resources will be added to this bundle, and it will no longer be considered a growing bundle.
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Included are creative counseling lessons, SEL activities, and self-regulation resources for busy educators. This is your one-stop spot for counselors and teachers looking for creative, interactive SEL resources for students.
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4th Grade Multi-Digit Division Test Prep Review Game | Boom Clap Snatch | Slides
By Crafting Curiosity
Reviewing for a 4th grade multi-digit division unit math test?
Make your multi-digit division unit math test review fun and engaging with this Boom Clap Snatch unit review game! Your 4th graders will be begging to play this math review game each unit, and the good news is, once you've done the simple steps to prepare it the first time, it's a NO PREP activity!
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Growth Mindset Coloring Book For Kids
By Ann Stewart
Instill a love of learning and a growth mindset in students with this creatively designed coloring book! This 30-page digital download features unique growth mindset quotes embedded into artful imagery perfect for coloring.
Filled with inspirational sayings like "Challenges help me grow," "I can do hard things," and "My effort leads to success," this coloring book promotes a positive mindset around effort, persistence, and viewing challenges as opportunities to learn.
Designed for elementary students but suitable for any age, this coloring book is ideal for:
*Morning work or bell ringers to set an intention for the day
*"Brain breaks" to reset focus during testing days
*Counseling and SEL lessons on mindfulness and resilience
*Independent art time when students need self-directed activities
With thought-provoking quotes and space for students to add their own creative color, this growth mindset coloring book is perfect for classrooms, counseling offices, intervention services, and more!
Small Group & Intervention Resource Game | Multiple Choice Review Playing Cards
By Amanda Robinson
Turn classroom review into an interactive throwdown!
Throwdown Cards are a dynamic and fun way to assess student understanding and promote active participation in your small group sessions. This set of playing cards replaces traditional answer sheets with an engaging twist!
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Make learning an active adventure! Add Throwdown Cards to your classroom toolkit today!
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5th Grade Science Digital Jeopardy Game EOG Spiral Review Test Prep- Game #1
By Fifth Grade Mathematicians
Are you looking for an easy, no prep assignment to prepare for the End of Grade Science Test? Look no further! This engaging digital Jeopardy game in Google Slides will have your students will complete 25 different cumulative review word problems of varying difficulty. This is perfect for whole class review and will have students thinking and working together to solve each problem!
**This resource aligns with the 2023 NC Science Standards (implemented Fall 2024)**
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State Testing Encouragement Gift Tags & Coloring Pages Bundle
By Happily Ever Primary Resources
Bring some encourage and SEL to students during state testing or any testing day! These sets of ready-made motivational treat tags and coloring pages include 10 unique designs that you can simply print and attach to gifts or use for a bulletin board. Great for practicing mindfulness, a treat, or a reward! Perfect to pair with a little gift like pencils, highlighters, Goldfish, cookies, donuts, mints, Oreos, popcorn, pretzels, muffins and more!
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Directions
Gift Tags: Simply, print and attach to treats for the students to encourage them during testing.
Coloring Pages: Print and let students practice mindfulness before any test. Great for use as a student-created bulletin board!
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*Note this product may be used in brick and mortar classes as well as virtual systems like Outschool.
STAAR ECR Mastery Bundle: Engaging Essay Writing and Test Prep for Grades 6-8
By TooBookedUp
STAAR ECR Mastery Resource Informational Essay Test Prep Grades 6-8 Thesis Claim
This comprehensive resource breaks down the Extended Constructed Response (ECR) process for middle school students. It guides them through crafting a solid thesis, developing claims, and supporting their ideas with evidence and reasoning. The engaging, step-by-step format ensures students master the writing skills they need for STAAR success.
Thanksgiving Argument Writing Unit Debate Topics & Lesson Plans 4 STAAR ECRs
Make argumentative writing fun and seasonal with this resource. Students tackle Thanksgiving-themed debate topics while practicing essential STAAR ECR skills. The unit includes structured lessons, 4 debate topics, guided notes, and activities that focus on developing strong arguments with evidence and counterarguments.
ECR Relay Race: Engaging STAAR Writing Prep Grades 5-8 Comprehension 12 Prompts!
Turn essay writing into a collaborative, competitive game! This relay race-style resource includes 12 engaging prompts and helps students build comprehension and writing skills through interactive learning. Ideal for both individual and group work, this resource is perfect for STAAR test prep and building writing confidence.
World History Mega Bundle: Prehistory to Classical Civilizations Activities Pack
By The Classroom Globetrotter
Take your World History students on a comprehensive journey from Prehistory to Classical Civilizations with this mega bundle of interactive resources. Perfect for both teaching and reviewing key concepts in early human history, this bundle is packed with a variety of engaging activities.
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Product Overview: This bundle includes a wide variety of activities to suit different learning styles and classroom needs:
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Be sure to check out the previews for all activities to see how they are perfect for your classroom!
Figurative Speech | Parts of Speech Sorting Worksheets
By Inspired By MlG
Figurative Speech Sorting Worksheets - Enhance your students' understanding of figurative language with engaging sorting activities. Identify metaphors, similes, personification, and more. Boost comprehension, creativity, and critical thinking skills.
Benefits of Figurative Speech Sorting Worksheets for Students:
By incorporating figurative speech sorting worksheets into your lessons, you can effectively enhance your students' language skills and foster a love of learning.
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