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Enhance your classroom with this "He Counts the Stars" Christian Bulletin Board Set, featuring the powerful verse from Psalms: "He counts the stars and knows them by name" (Psalm 147:4). Perfect for Christian educators, this display not only adds a faith-filled message but also allows you to personalize it with editable name stars.

The set is fully editable in PowerPoint, giving you the flexibility to easily customize the student name stars and any other elements to suit your needs. The vibrant space-themed decor includes stars, planets, and more, making it an engaging addition to your classroom while reminding students of their unique value in God's eyes.

What’s Included:

• Editable PowerPoint file with name star templates
• Space-themed decorations (planets, stars, etc.)
• Ready-to-print PDF files
• Embedded fonts and images for easy customization

This bulletin board set is ideal for Christian schools, Sunday school classrooms, or homeschool settings. Easily create a welcoming and inspirational environment where students can see their names displayed, reinforcing the message that they are known and loved by God.

This Peace Day Activity resource is perfect for fostering peaceful living and harmony in the classroom. It includes a vibrant pennant featuring the Peace Pledge, ideal for bulletin boards and classroom decorations. The Reflective Writing Activity encourages students to explore peace in their homes, schools, and the global community, sparking thoughtful discussions and strengthening classroom bonds. Simple to implement, this activity teaches children that true peace starts from within, making it a meaningful addition to any lesson on unity and empathy

This activity inspires students to become peacemakers in their everyday lives by promoting kindness, resolving conflicts with empathy, and spreading positivity within their communities.

This resource includes:

• International Peace Day Mini Book
• Peace Pledge Pennant - Banner

Happy International Peace Day!

Brighten up your division facts practice with EARTH DAY themed SPANISH color by code coloring pages! These SPANISH math worksheets are a perfect Earth Day activity that reinforces division facts practice through a fun Earth Day color by number approach. Get your color by number worksheets now and make division facts practice fun! Find more SPANISH Earth Day activities in my store!

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Imagine a world without people. What changes would occur? How would the earth evolve without the influence of mankind? "If We Were Gone: Imagining the World Without People" by John Coy, with illustrations by Natalie Capannelli, answers these intriguing questions. This engaging children's story paints the picture of an earth reverting back to its natural state of jungles and forests, engaging young minds in a thought-provoking reflection on humanity's impact on our world.

This story is an excellent read for earth day, or indeed any time of the year. It serves to educate children about our environment and encourages them to consider the importance of conservation and responsible living.

This 10-page resource is used to enhance learning and comprehension. This resource provides six coloring activity sheets suitable for a variety of grade ranges. These engaging activities are designed to stimulate creativity and understanding, while reinforcing the messages in the story.

For older students, there's a story element sheet, ideal for enhancing comprehension and deepening understanding of narrative elements. This worksheet encourages children to deconstruct the story, identifying key elements such as the setting, characters, and main point.

Also included is a writing prompt exercise, designed to encourage children to express their thoughts and ideas about the story. This activity is an excellent way for children to develop their writing and critical thinking skills.

Finally, there's a True/False quiz designed to test students' comprehension of the story. This fun quiz helps reinforce learning and provides teachers and parents with a tangible measure of understanding.

"If We Were Gone: Imagining the World Without People" is more than just a story; it's a powerful educational tool, designed to inspire children to learn about and appreciate the world around them. Through engaging activities and thought-provoking narrative, this book encourages children to reflect on their place in the world and their impact on the environment.

Introduce your students to the concept of the 3 Rs using this set of 3 Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle Reading Comprehension Passages with Multiple Choice Questions. The passages are designed for grades 2, 3, 4, and 5 to help foster environmental awareness, especially on Earth Day.

The passages are titled;

• Reduce: This passage explains the importance of minimizing waste and explains how small daily actions can lead to significant environmental benefits.
• Reuse: This passage will help students discover creative ways to give new life to old items reducing the need for new resources and cutting down on waste.
• Recycle: The passage highlights the transformative journey of recyclable materials, turning what was once waste into valuable new products.

Each thought-provoking passage is accompanied by 10 multiple-choice questions that challenge students to reflect on the text and deepen their understanding of these essential environmental practices.

Complete with answer keys, this set is a versatile tool that can be adapted for various instructional settings, from whole-class learning to independent study.

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♻️Looking for a fun way to learn about Earth Day and recycling through play? These differentiated bingo games are the perfect way to help your kindergarten, first grade, or second grade students learn, practice, or review Earth Day vocabulary and sight words!

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✏️These are available in full color or in printer-friendly black and white!

✏️Students can cover their bingo spaces by coloring the images!

✏️You may print onto card stock and laminate for extra durability.

✏️Play as a whole class, in small groups, or for a classroom party!

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☑ Earth Day pictures only (30 bingo cards - 64 calling cards)

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✅ Calling cards:

☑ Earth Day pictures with vocabulary words

☑ Earth Day vocabulary definitions /riddles

☑ Earth Day pictures with sight words

☑ sight words only

✅ Bonus: (144 pages)

☑ "How to play" game instructions (3 pages)

☑ Black and white sets (141 pages)

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♻️ Earth Day pictures / riddles include: (32)

• bamboo bowl
• bamboo comb
• bamboo toothbrush
• batteries bin
• bike
• can
• compost bin
• Earth
• electric car
• e-waste bin
• flower
• glass bin
• glass bottle
• grass
• jar
• LED light bulb
• light bulbs bin
• metal bin
• natural cleaner
• paper bin
• plastic bin
• recycle
• reusable bag
• rubber bin
• save water
• seeds
• solar power
• sprout
• tree
• trash bin
• used clothing
• wind power

✏️ Sight words included: (32)

• about
• and
• at
• but
• down
• each
• find
• from
• have
• he
• look
• there
• will
• some
• two
• my
• make
• many
• other
• that
• the
• their
• these
• they
• this
• time
• were
• what
• when
• which
• with
• would

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This ultimate bundle of art projects contains a colossal 40 lessons (an astounding 146 projects) plus bilingual labels, resources & rules, art award certificates & sub plans - everything you need! These cross-curricular art projects include lessons for all times of the year - from back to school to the end of the school year. Lessons & resources are located in PDF files.    

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Cross-curricular projects are designed for elementary - each project has recommended grade levels. There are projects for Kindergarten - 5th grade included. Almost all projects include step-by-step detailed instructions with photos plus extras like National Arts Standards & TEKS (Texas), project & material variations, & cross-curricular & literacy connections. Some also include ideas for assessment, drawing guides, reference photos, templates & more.

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Dive into Fun with Sea Animals Dot-to-Dot, Tracing, and Coloring!

Calling all little ocean explorers! Set sail on an undersea adventure with this exciting activity book designed for ages 3 and up. There are 45 different designs sea animals.

Inside, you'll discover a treasure trove of friendly sea creatures, each waiting to be brought to life with your colorful touch.

Here's what makes this book extra special:

• Dot-to-Dot Fun: Follow the numbered dots to reveal the complete picture of your favorite sea animal. It's a great way to improve hand-eye coordination and number recognition!
• Tracing Time: Practice by tracing the name of each creature
• Colorful Inspiration: Each page features a completed picture and a beautifully colored example to spark your creativity and guide you in choosing your own dazzling colors.
• A Variety of Ocean Friends: Meet playful dolphins, silly seahorses, majestic whales, and many more!

With this all-in-one book, you'll get hours of entertainment and learning as you explore the wonders of the underwater world. So grab your crayons, markers, or colored pencils, and let's get coloring!

Writing prompt sheets are the fast and easy No-Prep way of adding a little boost to your writing program all while getting students to progress with their decoding and encoding skills. The rich vocabulary used in this resource seamlessly aligns with the Science of Reading progression recommended by many school boards.

Once you have a grasp on all the simple sounds in French, the magic happens when you get students writing. They don't even notice that all the words used are from their very own memory banks and are all decodable words from past lessons.

What's included in this resource:

• 4 writing prompt pages with picture dictionary on the side
• 4 writing prompt pages with details added to the picture to 'write what you see'
• 4 pages with possible writing guides for teachers in case students are having trouble coming up with ideas
• each page has 6 vocabulary words or expressions about Earth Day or recycling ideas
• each page has a title prompting students to have unique ideas
• each page has self-edit prompts at the bottom for punctuation, capitalization, neat printing, and asking a friend to review work before handing it in allowing students autonomy for when they are ready for marking

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Who can use this resource:

Teachers who are just getting accustomed to using strategies from the Science of Reading can use these simple texts to open up independent practice, small group evaluation, or up on a digital screen for whole group instruction and reading practice.

Make a set and send them home with students to build fluency in writing and confidence in writing strategies.

The prompts are designed to offer many variations for students to use their imaginations and to build confidence in their own writing.

Correction sheet is handy for use with a substitute as they can confidently assess students and command the lesson even when they are not assured of their French skills.

What grade level:

I personally use these texts with Grade 1 and Grade 2 students in French Immersion. I feel confident that students from K-3 will find these most useful and teachers can come back to the texts with any students who may be experiencing challenges in their French writing skills. Core French teachers will be sure to add the resource to their repertoire for Grades 4 to 6 as they learn to read and write at the Junior level.

Science of Reading:

These prompts are aligned with sounds being taught in any Science of Reading aligned curriculum. They are set up for student success based on the research for increasing writing proficiency and building student confidence in the classroom!

Once you have established the strategies for identifying sounds, initial sounds, and blending sounds, segmenting sounds, students will be able to use these self-driven passages on their own. What a great way to build learning autonomy!

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5. Reinforce decoding and encoding skills
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Are you looking for Earth Day math activities? These Earth Day math activities include Subtraction problems coloring pages, color by number for all grades. These math activities will help students practice solving 2-digit and 1-digit Subtraction, as well as finding the value of X. After solving, they can color by number, making it great for 2nd, 3rd, and 4th-grade math review. This solve-or-write-the-room activity is perfect for getting students up and moving around the room.

These activities are ideal for Earth Day, back-to-school, and Spring Season. They can also be used as morning work, math center games, end-of-year reviews, spring activities, or assessments.

INCLUDED:

• 30+ Subtraction Questions
• 1 Coloring Page
• 1 Page of Answer Key
• PDF file

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This printable contains a set of Earth Day Readers about Pollution. These Earth Day readers are perfect to teach your learners about pollution and its effects on Earth. Learners will also be exposed to real-life images of pollution and its damage to the environment as well as ways that can help to conserve and protect our Earth from damage.

The printable contains real-life photos (except for 3 clipart images)

This packs contains:

- 5 Easy Readers

Topics Included:

- Pollution (10 pages)

- Air Pollution (14 pages)

- Water Pollution (21 pages)

- Land Pollution (25 pages)

- Reducing Pollution (22 pages)

Content of the books:

- Pollution: General overview of pollution

- Air Pollution: Mentions about what it is and what are the main causes.

- Water Pollution: Mentions about what it is and what are the main causes.

- Land Pollution: Mentions about what it is and what are the main causes.

- Reducing Pollution: Mentions several ways that pollution can be reduced.

These easy readers are in a simple print, cut, and staple format! Also, you can choose to print the easy readers in color OR choose to print in grayscale in your printer settings.

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Outdoor Nature Walk and Writing Activities

Students will embark on a no-prep nature adventure to discover the wonders of their school garden or outdoor surroundings. During this engaging activity, they'll collect and draw interesting items from their natural explorations in jars. These artistic creations will inspire creative writing as students share their discoveries and reflections. This hands-on experience promotes observation skills, imagination, and a deeper connection to the natural world.

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This set of math word problems all centered around an Earth Day theme! Dive into these engaging problems that cover addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division within varying ranges, all while discussing Earth Day.

Each problem is crafted to align with educational standards while adding an Earth Day twist, making learning math both educational and fun.

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These Spring-themed reading comprehension passages and questions are designed for 2nd and 4th-grade students. The resource consists of engaging passages with questions that cover main idea, comprehension, WH questions and other reading skills.

You will get 10 reading passages with comprehension questions. You will download 5 fiction passages and 5 non-fiction passages. These are perfect for Homework, Small Group, Independent Work, or RTI activities.

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Benefits:

• Engaging passages that interest students and support comprehension

• No prep resource for teachers

• Easy to implement in various classroom settings

Instructions/Tips for Implementation:

Simply print the passages and questions for students to work on during reading time, literacy centers, or for homework assignments. Use the passages in small group settings to reinforce comprehension skills.

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30 black and white Earth Day themed coloring sheets for elementary grades.

Includes:

Animals

Children

Energy (solar/wind)

Recycling

Plants

Wildlife

and more...

Great for introducing and reinforcing Earth Day and/or conservation topics with emergent learners.

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Introducing the Earth Day Writing Craft, a delightful resource packed with creative writing prompts to engage students in meaningful exploration of environmental topics. Designed by The Students Palace, this innovative set inspires learners to express their thoughts and ideas on Earth Day through imaginative writing exercises.

Engage your students in meaningful writing activities while promoting environmental awareness with the Earth Day Writing Craft . Get ready to ignite creativity, spark conversations, and celebrate our planet's beauty through the power of words.

WHAT YOU WILL RECEIVE

• 10 Pages

• ( PDF + PNG )

• Large 8.5'' x 11'' designs that can easily be printed on regular sized paper

• High-resolution images

• Unlimited prints

• Great for kids, boys and girls

JUST DOWNLOAD, PRINT AND GET STARTED

• This item comes as a high-resolution PDF + PNG files that you can download straight after purchasing.

• You can print as many copies as you want.

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Earth Day/Spring themed counseling activities. Resource has students think of how they can help a cranky Mother Earth turn her day around. Students will get to explore anger, coping skills, and empathy as they place themselves in her shoes and think of what makes them cranky as well.

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Celebrate Earth Day in your classroom with this engaging and diverse resource kit! Students will dive into the importance of Earth Day through a variety of interactive activities and creative projects.

The kit includes:

• A cut-and-paste activity that teaches about Earth Day, allowing students to explore key concepts in a fun and interactive way.
• Illustrated guides on sorting trash into bins for paper, plastic, metal, and glass, promoting environmental awareness and responsible waste management.
• Thought-provoking writing prompts that encourage students to reflect on how they can use their two hands to make the world a better place, fostering critical thinking and empathy.
• A unique craft activity featuring the Earth embraced with two multicultural hands, symbolizing unity and global responsibility.
• Writing paper for students to express their ideas, thoughts, and stories related to Earth Day and environmental stewardship.
• An answer key for words and definitions, ensuring clarity and understanding of key concepts.
• Differentiated paper with primary and secondary lines for all writing activities, catering to diverse learning needs and levels.

This comprehensive resource provides a holistic approach to Earth Day education, combining hands-on activities, creative expression, and cultural diversity. Engage your students in meaningful learning experiences while fostering a deeper connection to our planet and the importance of sustainability.