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This activity is designed to help students delve into the world of career exploration. By answering questions and researching their chosen career, students will gain valuable insights into job requirements, educational paths, and potential salary ranges. They will also have the opportunity to practice filling out a job application, a crucial skill for future employment.

Key Benefits for Students:

• Enhanced Career Awareness: Students will develop a deeper understanding of their chosen career, including its day-to-day tasks, required skills, and educational pathways.
• Improved Research Skills: The activity will hone students' ability to gather information from various sources, such as online databases, books, and interviews.
• Practical Job Application Experience: By completing a mock job application, students will become familiar with the application process and learn how to effectively present their qualifications.
• Increased Confidence: Gaining knowledge about a specific career and successfully completing a job application can boost students' confidence in their career aspirations.

Additional Tips:

• Encourage students to use a variety of resources, including online databases, career counseling centers, and industry professionals.
• Provide guidance on effective research techniques, such as keyword searches and evaluating sources.
• Offer feedback on students' completed job applications to help them identify areas for improvement.

By engaging in this activity, students will gain valuable knowledge and skills that will serve them well as they transition into the workforce.

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A seven-slide, interactive PowerPoint to assist students through the process of choosing college majors. Includes individual/small/whole group critical thinking skills activities: Definitions of Bachelor of Arts/Science Differences between Bachelor of Arts/Sciences Left Brain/Right Brain examples/quizzes Career Assessment Quiz links Activities for assessing left/right brain How to choose skill-based majors Optional research activities Can be used for fact based research writing, college prep courses, and college career days. Use with "Finding the Perfect College" at https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/Finding-the-Perfect-College-CCSS-College-ReadinessELA-Activities-128486

Create a personalized "All About Me" display with these FFA emblem templates! This is a set of various sizes of emblems, allowing students to reflect on their identities and share their FFA experiences in a fun and engaging way.

Included in this download:

• Multiple sizes of FFA emblem templates
• Sections for name, grade level, favorite subject, and hobby
• Space to describe current FFA involvement and future goals
• Area for a fun fact and a photo

Perfect for FFA chapters, classrooms, and student presentations, this resource encourages self-expression and connection among peers.

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Introducing Our Versatile Cast List Template for Plays and Musicals!

Tap into the magic of theatre with our fully editable Google Doc Cast List Template, tailor-made for dynamic educators and creative theatre directors. Whether you're orchestrating the next big production or inspiring students to imagine their dream cast, this resource is your one-stop solution!

What’s Inside:

• Digital Cast List Template:

  • Perfect for directors and educators alike, this easy-to-use template makes announcing your final cast a breeze. Seamlessly integrate it with your production workflow or upload it to your learning management system. Watch your students’ creativity soar as they craft their own dream cast based on the shows they’ve watched or read.

• Editable Printable Worksheet:

  • Need a quick and engaging activity for substitute plans? Our printable worksheet version is here to save the day! Students can fill out their cast lists on paper, making it an ideal hands-on activity that blends fun with learning.

Why You’ll Love It:

• User-Friendly: Designed with educators in mind, our template is intuitive and easy to customize, ensuring you spend less time formatting and more time inspiring.
• Flexible & Fun: Adaptable for both digital and print use, catering to a range of classroom needs and theatre settings.
• Encourages Creativity: Empowers students to think critically about character roles and storytelling, fostering a deeper understanding of theatrical productions.

Perfect For:

• Theatre educators seeking a versatile tool for classroom engagement.
• Directors looking to streamline their casting announcements.
• Substitute teachers needing a ready-made, educational activity.
• Students eager to explore their creativity through theatre.

Ignite your students’ passion for theatre and streamline your production process with our dynamic Cast List Template. Get it now and let the curtain rise on a world of creative possibilities!

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This product is delivered via a file download. You will receive links to access the Google Doc template. If you have trouble with the file please email me at classroomtocurtain@gmail.com.

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This product provides a generic guide I came up with using AVID strategies as well as a reading my students did this year during their Science and Technology Unit. Using the AVID strategies to practice Close Reading in my AP Spanish Language and Culture course. I have provided this resource with a free example.

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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This project has students using real-world math skills to learn to perform the calculations that are done in transportation jobs. They will use formulas (included) to learn how to compute distance, volume, percentages, averages, and other basic math skills used in this industry.

Are your students always asking "When will be ever USE this??" This short activity shows students a real world use for the math skills they learn every day.

This lesson was created for 7th and 8th grade, but could also be used successfully in upper elementary grades. Includes fully editable files.

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

• How Transportation Professionals Use Math Activity/Handout

• How Transportation Professionals Use Math Activity Answer Key

• Math Formula “Cheat Sheet”

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The AVID Career Exploration Early Finishers Packet is an essential resource for career planning, goal setting, and skill development for middle and high school students. This engaging packet is designed to help students explore potential careers, discover their strengths, and set actionable goals for their future success. Perfect for AVID programs, career readiness programs, and high school career exploration classes, this packet includes a variety of interactive activities to guide students in identifying their passions and preparing for their careers.

Included Activities:

• Cover Page
• Career Interest Survey
• Response to Career Interest Survey
• Career Frayer Model
• Step Into Your Dreams- shoe design activity
• WICOR This- WICOR strategies that will help with careers
• Finish The Story- students describe how they would either use logic or get creative to solve a problem in the provided prompt
• Career This or That
• Why It’s Important to Think About Your Career Early- article with questions
• Career Wordsearch- students create a wordsearch using vocabulary from a career they are interested in
• Action Plan One-Pager- students design a one-pager including a road map that maps our their goals and future plans
• Career Affirmations Self Portrait- students make the portrait look like themselves and then write 5-10 positive career-focused affirmations about themselves. For example: “I am a problem-solver and can think critically in challenging situations.”

Key Features:

• Focuses on career development and goal setting for middle and high school students.
• Designed for early finishers in AVID programs or any high school class.
• Engages students in self-reflection, career discovery, and skill development.
• Perfect for use as an extension activity or independent work.
• Helps students visualize their career paths and map out steps to achieve their goals.

Now with digital worksheet to support distance learning!

This product features an engaging Technology Talk activity that will have your new students thinking, writing, speaking, and moving all in one class period. In this activity, they must choose between 6 different quotes about technology and articulate why the quote aligns with their own perspective. Use this lesson every year to set the tone for what you expect in class; it is a great way to gain insight about your students' current attitudes toward technology. We have also recently added a digital version of the Technology Talk worksheet for use on Google Slides.

Product includes:

• Comprehensive Lesson Plan
• "Tech Talk" Sheet for students to fill out
• 6 Corresponding "Technology Quote" signs to hang up around your room
• Digital Worksheet to support distance learning for use with Google Drive
• Detailed instructions for accessing digital resource

Though I utilize this product on the first day of school, it really can be used all year long. I hope that it is as successful in your class as it is in mine!

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Are you looking for an introductory activity to Coding that can easily be upgraded to extensive coding or robotic programming? This will activity will take you step by step to creating a "city" in EXCEL (we actually recreated the city that we built in our classroom, but you can just create it in EXCEL) and then shows you how to CODE out of the city. With the help of snip tools and pens, you have numerous coding challenges for Warm-Ups or Coding Extensions. Since we actually built the city, students applied what they coded to actual programs on the robots. It was a great experience!!

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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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!

Communication is the key to developing strong leaders of society! It allows us to form connections, influence decisions, and motivate change! This public speaking game will allow students to practice important skills needed to be successful in their futures. Great for AVID, counseling, college and career, speech, or just used as a fun brain break in any class!

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What's Included:

• 1 directions pages
• 1 optional points slide
• 5 topics with silent 30 second prep timers
• 5 thirty second speech timer slides

Directions:

• Put students into groups or breakout rooms of 4-6 students
• Go over the directions with students:
• Wait for the impromptu topic to show up on the screen (ex: tell your group 3 different ways to eat an oreo)
• Decide who in the group will start and that student will have 30 seconds to prepare for their speech after the topic is revealed
• After 30 seconds the student will present their topic for 30 seconds

Optional Points:

• Secretly give points/take away points from group members on a small whiteboard or notebook paper
• Groups can earn by: Focusing on good voice, being creative with their responses, eye contact, posture, using an opening/closing statement, and making good points for your topic
• Groups can lose points by: being a poor audience member, having poor posture, not using good voice, not using eye contact, using filler words: like, um, so, okay, yeah, kinda…

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Sketchup (a free CAD drawing program) is a great way for students to practice math skills and learn skills for STEM careers. This short activity lets them practice frequently used skills such as creating cones and spheres and includes instruction links to assist them. This lesson can be used in technology, engineering, math, CTE or art classes and is also an easy lesson to leave on a day when you need to have a substitute teacher.

The lesson was created for 7th and 8th grade students who had a basic knowledge of the program. However, this lesson could be used successfully with beginning Sketchup students by incorporating the beginning tutorials (provided as Internet links) prior to doing the actual assignment.

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.

Includes:

* Teacher & Student Resources (including tutorials)

* Student instructions, project expectations, and grading rubric.

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AVID Evidence Scavenger Hunt | CCI Data Collection | Editable Template Included: Use this printable to easily collect CCI evidence and data for your AVID class! Have your classes compete with each other and see who can collect the most data to win a class party. :)

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Directions

• Students will look through their materials from every class (notes, homework, classwork)
• Students can take a picture or give you the original
• Edit directions on the editable template to make it work for your class!

What's Included

• A printable PDF with CCI categories, classes, and a place for you or students to check off what data has been collected
• 1 editable template in Google slides

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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

Engage students in the college readiness selection process with this interactive, small/whole group lesson plan to help uncover what type of college is best--small or large.

8 slides include:

Differences between small & large colleges

Characteristics of each

online video links of students

college selection resources by professionals & students

College research project to present information discovered

A fun learning experience for students who need to think about college and narrow their choices. Also, works for parents who need to compare/contrast colleges. Great for individual/group activities, Parent/Student College Night activity, homeschool, etc....

Meets Common Core State Guidelines for ELA/College Readiness.

Use with FREE "Choosing a College Major" at https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/Choosing-a-Major-First-Year-College-Skills-122877

Use these marking the text Instructional Practice slides with instructions to help students understand why we mark our text and learn to remember how to correctly mark a text in order to gain a deeper understanding of it's main ideas and important evidence. These slides provides step-by-step instructions to guide students in the process of marking the text!

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Directions:

• Use the 7 teach slides to explain the what and why behind marking the text.'
• Use the 9 marking the text steps to have students practice the skill through reading an article, prepping for a Socratic seminar, marking focused notes etc.

Uses:

• reading and analyzing articles
• prepping for a socratic seminar
• using the slides for practicing focused note-taking
• marking notes from any subject
• marking articles for discussion
• informational/nonfiction texts
• literature
• any subject area
• AVID
• small group help

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In this lesson, students learn more about famous structures and landmarks in San Francisco and the individuals who created them. Students choose the landmarks they will research and then choose the software they will use to showcase their research. Students can choose to create a presentation, a brochure, or a newspaper using Web 2.0 tools (free, no download needed) or by using Microsoft Office or Google Apps. For classrooms with limited technology, this lesson can be completed with students working in pairs or small groups. The completed presentations can be shared with the rest of the class if the teacher chooses.

This is a great activity for a social studies or history class, or for a technology class. This lesson was designed for middle school (grades 6-8) but could be used in upper elementary grades or high school as well.

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

• Student Instructions, Expectations and Grading Rubric

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AVID Career Debate Activity - Speed Philosophical Chairs for Team Building: Use this career-themed AVID speed philosophical chairs icebreaker activity to promote debate through dialogue and public speaking in your classroom! Students will not only learn what speed philosophical chairs is but they will enjoy some exciting dialogue through 20 fun debate topics.

For example, students will choose to agree or disagree with the statement, "There should be a salary cap for celebrities like athletes and actors."

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Directions:

1. A central statement will be announced to the class and you will define the two sides of the debate (Agree/Disagree).
2. Students move to the side of the room that they intend to defend.
3. An embedded timer will be set for 5 minutes, and the debate will start between the two groups.
4. Students attempt to keep contributions to less than 30 seconds each.
5. A new prompt is displayed and we start another round of quick debates.

What's Included:

• A teaching slide for "the why" of speed philosophical chairs
• A slide that includes the rules of engagement for students
• A slide for the steps of this speed philosophical chairs activity
• 20-speed philosophical chairs college-themed debate statements
• Preview (Optional)

*These resources are available for Outschool teachers to purchase without the need for extra licenses.

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