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Engage your students with this comprehensive, no-prep resource that explores the exciting world of video games! Perfect for elementary classrooms (Grades 2-5), this lesson combines reading comprehension, interactive quizzes, and a hands-on creative project to teach students about video game design, careers in gaming, and safe gaming habits.

What’s Included:

✅ Informational Text: A kid-friendly, 6-page PDF explaining video games, their types, and the roles of game designers, programmers, artists, and testers. ✅ Multiple-Choice & Short Answer Questions: Reinforce learning with auto-graded quizzes (answer key included). ✅ True/False & Fill-in-the-Blanks: Fun assessments to check understanding. ✅ Vocabulary Matching & Labeling Activities: Build key terms like "programmer," "simulation," and "game designer." ✅ Creative Design Project: Students imagine and draw their own video game, describing its story, characters, and gameplay (perfect for bulletin boards or presentations!). ✅ Safety Tips: Teach responsible gaming with rules like taking breaks and protecting personal information online.

Why Teachers Love It:

✨ Aligned with STEM/STEAM – Integrates technology, art, and critical thinking. ✨ Print & Digital Ready – Use as a worksheet packet, group activity, or homework assignment. ✨ Engages Reluctant Learners – Taps into students’ love of gaming while teaching ELA, career skills, and digital citizenship. ✨ Flexible for Subs or Centers – Clear instructions make it great for independent work.

Perfect for:

• Technology or Computer Science Units
• Career Day (Game Design & Coding Connections)
• ELA Nonfiction Reading & Writing
• After-School Clubs or Summer Camps

Grades: 3–5 | Subjects: ELA, STEM, Career Readiness, Digital Literacy

Format: PDF (Printable or Projectable) | Pages: 15 (Incl. Answer Key)

Can You Guess My Occupation? The Interactive Classroom Game That Makes Learning Fun!

Boost student engagement and ignite career exploration with this captivating guessing game!

Can You Guess My Occupation? is more than just a game - it's an interactive learning experience that sparks curiosity, critical thinking, and essential life skills. ️‍♀️

Here's how it benefits your students:

• Develops detective skills: Students become armchair detectives, analyzing intriguing pictures and using clues to predict each person's profession.
• Sharpens critical thinking: They'll decode visual cues, answer thought-provoking questions, and build strong reasoning abilities.
• Encourages lively discussions: Foster a dynamic classroom environment where students share their observations and perspectives, sparking healthy debate.
• Enhances observation and deduction: Train those eagle eyes! Students will learn to analyze details and draw logical conclusions.
• Nurtures creativity: Let imaginations soar as students explore the vast world of professions.
• Ignites career exploration: This activity is a springboard for students to discover their potential career paths.
• Makes learning enjoyable and memorable: Who says learning can't be fun? This engaging game keeps students captivated and wanting more.

Perfect for Educators Seeking Dynamic Teaching Tools:

• Easy to implement: Get started in minutes with this interactive and ready-to-use activity.
• Adaptable for all ages and learning styles: Tailor the difficulty to suit your students' needs.
• Complements your curriculum: Aligns perfectly with career exploration units or critical thinking exercises.

Dive into the world of career discovery today!

Can You Guess My Occupation? is the perfect addition to any classroom, transforming learning into an educational adventure.

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❤️Looking for notable Latino historical figures posters to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month and decorate your bulletin board, hallway, door, or classroom? Introduce 10 different important Hispanic Americans, learn about their occupations and meaningful contributions they made with these printable posters!

✅ Hispanic Leaders included:

Oscar de la Renta, Bruno Mars, Octaviano Larrazolo, Joseph Acaba, George M. Wright, Dara Torres, Helen Rodríguez Trías, Frida Kahlo, Ellen Ochoa, Alexandria Ocasio-Co

*This is set 2 of this series. To view set 1, click here.

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✏️ Great for any elementary grade!

✏️ These colorful Hispanic Heritage poster packs are the perfect addition to your Hispanic Heritage Month unit! Or celebrate throughout the year!

✏️Create eye-catching bulletin boards, hallway displays, Hispanic historical figure education books, coloring pages, and more!

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⭐️This resource is low prep and will save you time! Simply print the ready to go posters and laminate for durability.

⭐️Black and white set included! Students can choose a historical figure and color their own poster! Combine pages to create a Hispanic historical figures coloring book!

⭐️Check out the preview and video preview for a sneak peek!

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✅ Includes 4 poster sets - 8.5 x 11 in (40 pages):

☑ Poster set 1 - leader's image, name and job title

☑ Poster set 2 - leader's image, name and sentence about who they are

☑ Poster set 3 - leader's image, name and memorable quote

☑ Poster set 4 - leader's image, name and fun facts

✅ Historical Leaders: (10)

☑ Oscar de la Renta - fashion designer

☑ Bruno Mars - musician

☑ Octaviano Larrazolo - politician

☑ Joseph Acaba - astronaut

☑ George M. Wright - biologist

☑ Dara Torres - swimmer

☑ Helen Rodríguez Trías - doctor

☑ Frida Kahlo - painter

☑ Ellen Ochoa - astronaut

☑ Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez - politician

✅ Bonus:

☑ Black and white set (40 pages)

☑ Table of contents (1 page)

☑ What you need to know (1 page)

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❤️Looking for notable Latino historical figures posters to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month and decorate your bulletin board, hallway, door, or classroom? Introduce 10 different important Hispanic Americans, learn about their occupations and meaningful contributions they made with these printable posters!

✅ Hispanic Leaders included:

Oscar De La Hoya, José Feliciano, Roberto Clemente, Sonia Sotomayor, Rita Moreno, Cesar Chavez, Anthony Romero, Selena Gomez, Bob Menendez, Marco Rubio

*This is set 1 of this series. To view set 2, click here.

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✏️ Great for any elementary grade!

✏️ These colorful Hispanic Heritage poster packs are the perfect addition to your Hispanic Heritage Month unit! Or celebrate throughout the year!

✏️Create eye-catching bulletin boards, hallway displays, Hispanic historical figure education books, coloring pages, and more!

.................................................................................................................................................

⭐️This resource is low prep and will save you time! Simply print the ready to go posters and laminate for durability.

⭐️Black and white set included! Students can choose a historical figure and color their own poster! Combine pages to create a Hispanic historical figures coloring book!

⭐️Check out the preview and preview video for a sneak peek!

.................................................................................................................................................

✅ Includes 4 poster sets - 8.5 x 11 in (40 pages):

☑ Poster set 1 - Historical figure picture, name and job title

☑ Poster set 2 - Historical figure picture, name and sentence about who they are

☑ Poster set 3 - Historical figure picture, name and memorable quote

☑ Poster set 4 - Historical figure picture, name and fun facts

✅ Hispanic historical figures included (10):

☑ Oscar De La Hoya - boxer

☑ José Feliciano - musician

☑ Roberto Clemente - baseball player

☑ Sonia Sotomayor - judge

☑ Rita Moreno - actress

☑ Cesar Chavez - activist

☑ Anthony Romero - activist

☑ Selena Gomez - singer / actress

☑ Bob Menendez - politician

☑ Marco Rubio - politician

✅ Bonus:

☑ Black and white set (40 pages)

☑ Table of contents (1 page)

☑ What you need to know (1 page)

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⭐️Looking for more Hispanic Heritage activities?

Hispanic Heritage Month Growing Bundle

⭐️Looking for more classroom décor?

Classroom Decor Growing Bundle

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❤️ Teacher Tips:

⭐️Don't forget, you can earn TeachShare credits towards future purchases by leaving a review of this resource! Thank you for your valuable time and feedback!

⭐️Be the first to know about my new discounts, freebies, and product launches:

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If you have any questions, please contact me: 

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Ready to get young students thinking about college, careers, and roles/responsibilities? Try these 41 pages of printable, coloring occupation sheets with Lesson Plan suggestions that include discussion guidelines, activity ideas, and media connection. Fun and educational way for students to discuss and learn about careers. Excellent for building coordination and communication skills.

Connect fact based, real life writing to process/patterned writing by having students "Write an Award Winning Business Letter". The 16 slide presentation includes: Parts of a business letter: date, inside address, greeting/salutation, body, closing, signature line Examples of 6 parts Checklist Extra resources Easy to follow and can be used with individuals,small or whole groups. Easily guides students through the process of writing business letters. Be sure to send letters once they are finished!

Here's your poster set for Simple Machines! There are 8 (18x24) posters here for your classroom! Each poster includes the definition, a picture and how to find the mechanical advantage of the featured machine! The set includes: Inclined Planes, Levers, Wheel & Axle, Pulley, Gears, Wedges, Screws and Force. Great addition to science classroom or a technology lab!!

Simple machines have been the building blocks of more complex machines throughout the years. The gear is one of the most fundamental of the simple machines. Gears can help transfer power, increase or decrease speed and/or power, and change the direction of movement by simply working together.

Your students can experience gears through this activity as they build FOUR different gear sets .

1. Understanding how connected gears affect direction.

2. Compound Gear Train - gear input and output on the same side of a wall

3. Reverted Gear Train - input and output gears on same plane, but not directly connected

4. Large Gear Train - demonstrates Mechanical Advantage and directions of gears

Student Friendly! Easy to follow build directions!

ZIP File includes Student Handout and Teacher Answer Key

You work for a poster company and your boss wants you to design a classroom poster about Newton's Laws of Motion.

Included:

PowerPoint Presentation w/ Project Scenario and examples.

Student Handout (Word document) w/ Project Scenario, Research Suggestions, Reflection Questions, and a Rubric.

Students will use a chair, a board and car with interchangeable wheels (like a LEGO or K-Nex car) to examine the affects of the inclined plane. Students will run experiments, collect data, and do mathematical calculations including mechanical advantage to complete the activity.

The Packet includes:

Materials List

Procedures Instructions

Data Collection Table

Debrief Sheet

Here's a LEGO robot that I designed using the LEGO NXT robotics kit. It's a quick build for a single class period activity! SIX EASY STEPS!! The beauty of a quick build like this is a quick break down and put away at the end of class!

You've taught your students the EDP (Engineering Design Process), now what? This poster creating activity allows a group of students to create their own version of an Engineering Design Process classroom poster.

Using the Four Corner Poster Project method, studnets research and work together to create their own poster for a classroom supply company.

Set Sail for Creativity: Sailor and Captain Crown Templates for Classroom Fun. Enhance your little sailors learning experience with these exciting paper craft templates. Ideal for kindergarten, pre-k & preschool. Fuel their imagination with this hands-on activity. The printables include two black and white crown designs, with additional color versions, providing a perfect opportunity for coloring and cutting. Whether for morning work, centers, or early finishers, these templates are a fantastic way to introduce or reinforce the themes of sailors, captains, oceans, and under the sea adventures. Navigate your classroom into a world of creativity with these captivating Sailor and Captain Crown templates. Anchors aweigh!

This product includes:

• 2 black and white templates,
• 2 color templates,
• Side templates.

CLICK THIS LINK TO VIEW MORE EXCITING PAPER CROWN TEMPLATES.

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Give your students the opportunity to explore many different careers in a fun and interactive way! This "What Career" card game is played similar to the card game "Apples to Apples" and my students LOVED it! It lead to a lot of conversation, sharing of likes and dislikes, and questioning of what specific careers were - it was so refreshing to listen to them talk non-stop about careers during these class periods! Included in the download is everything you need to play the game, including instructions and step by step guide!

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AVID | Back to school | After Summer Break Memories Bingo Activity Freebie: Perfect for the first week back, this fun and interactive after-summer-break icebreaker helps students share their vacation memories while building classroom community. Great for the first week of school, team building, Fun Friday, Framework Friday and more!

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Would You Rather College & Career

Directions

• Share a forced of the Google Slides with students.

• Students edit each box and type in an activity or experience they had over the summer. For example, "Went to the beach," "Read a book," or "Had a barbecue."

• Students continue until all text boxes are filled with different activities or experiences they had over the summer.

• Last, students find classmates who share the same activities or experiences listed on their Bingo card and write their names on the line.

How to Share a Forced Copy

• Open your Google Slides presentation.
• In the address bar, locate the URL. It should look something like this: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/your-presentation-id/edit.
• Replace the word "edit" at the end of the URL with "copy" (e.g., https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/your-presentation-id/copy).
• Share this new link with students. When they click on it, they will be prompted to make a copy of the presentation.

AVID students are required to research and learn about different careers to prepare for a successful future! This one page interview will allow students to get familiar with a particular career by interviewing someone they know.

What's Included:

• One page PDF Interview sheet

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AVID College Tour Reflection Questions Google Docs Freebie: This free AVID College Tour Reflection Questions resource is perfect for guiding students through meaningful reflections after virtual or in-person college visits. The Google Docs template offers ready-to-use college visit reflection questions, ideal for AVID educators focusing on college readiness. Use this freebie to help students assess their experiences and make informed college decisions!

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What's Included

• 15 college tour reflection questions
• Google Docs

Use this Blank Editable WICOR AVID digital Choice Board to add writing, inquiry, collaboration, organization and reading into your class! Put in your own activities and have students complete pieces for sub plans, final exams or study hall time! Simply share a forced copy of the spreadsheet with your students.

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What's Included:

• 1 editable BLANK template in Google Sheets

Space for:

• 5 Writing Activities
• 5 Inquiry Activities
• 5 Collaboration Activities
• 5 Organization Activities
• 5 Reading Activities

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Are you an AVID teacher trying to find a way to check focused notes? Look no further! In this excel spreadsheet you will be able to track students progress through a focused notes check and have a grading tool that will allow students to see what is important when it comes to their focused notes.

You will be able to edit and make it your own as you wish! Students, tutors, and teachers will be able to check for patterns through each focused notes check so that students have a better understanding of where they are lacking.

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Teach your students about conflict management through this engaging Passive, Assertive, or Aggressive AVID improv game. This would be perfect to pair with your passive, assertive, or aggressive lesson OR used as a fun team building game. This is also a great way for students to practice their public speaking skills.

Directions:

• Each slide will have a number and that number represents how many actors will participate in the improv.
• Actors will be given a challenge to act out a different scenario and will decide who plays what role as a team.
• Actors should draw a card to decide if they are playing a passive, assertive, or aggressive role.
• They must portray a passive, assertive, or aggressive tone as they act out the scenario.
• The student audience will try to guess what tone each actor is portraying.

*consider having audience teams and points

What's Included:

• 1 direction slide
• 1 teach slide with definitions and examples of passive, assertive, and aggressive behaviors
• 15 scenario slides

Some Scenario Examples:

• At a police station being interrogated
• Girl Scouts selling cookies to someone
• News anchor just before the apocalypse

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