8th Grade Other (Arts) Resources

This passage and assortment of activities are an engaging and accessible way for your students to strengthen their knowledge of the arts of East Asia, including countries such as China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Hong Kong.

THIS PRODUCT INCLUDES:

• The Arts of East Asia Passage (2 pages)
• 10 Multiple Choice Questions
• 5 Short Answer Questions
• 9 Choice Board Extension Activities
• Answer Keys
• Link to Digital Version

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Engaging High School and Middle School Art Sub Plans: Art Game

Looking for a fun and engaging way to keep your high school and middle school art students learning even when you’re away? This Art game is the perfect no-prep activity for substitute plans or classroom reviews. Students will explore art movements, famous artists, and art supplies while having fun matching answers with their classmates!

This resource includes:
45 ready-to-use prompt cards covering key art topics.
Template to create a Dry-erase boar
Easy-to-follow teacher’s guide with instructions for gameplay and variations.

Perfect for:
✔️ High school and Middle school art classes
✔️ Substitute teacher plans (no prep required!)
✔️ Reviewing art concepts in a creative way
✔️ Encouraging teamwork and critical thinking

This game, with its reusable templates and simple materials, is easy to implement and sure to keep your students engaged. With this exciting art resource, make your next sub plan stress-free and meaningful!

This blank value scale is the perfect activity for teaching students how to create a value scale. Multiple variations included:

• blank value scale
• labeled value scale
• labeled and unlabeled value scales with instructions
• questions about the value scale

This is a hands-on engaging activity for students. It can also be used as an assignment to redirect off-task students.

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Bilingual Labels & Resources for Art Room & Dual Language Classroom

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Art Vocabulary Elements of Art & Principles of Design Assessment

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I specialize in cross-curricular lessons, and many of my lessons have formative assessments and classroom management tips embedded in them. More lessons and resources may be found at my TeachShare store.

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Down in the Art Room

How to have better mornings is a yoga and mindfulness lesson plan that you can repeat over and over.

With breathing, mindfulness, and yoga poses, start your day off on the right side of the bed (or classroom)

Bring authentic Indigenous knowledge into your classroom with this thoughtful, respectful, and engaging literacy and cultural assignment on Anishinaabek Medicine Bags. Perfect for middle or high school classrooms, this activity introduces students to the cultural and spiritual significance of medicine bags in Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) tradition, while encouraging personal reflection and creative expression.

What’s Included:

• A clear and concise explanation of the origin and significance of medicine bags in Anishinaabe culture
• Examples of traditional medicines and their spiritual uses
• Guided reflection questions that promote critical thinking and personal connections
• A design component where students sketch and plan their own symbolic medicine bag
• Culturally appropriate prompts emphasizing respect and understanding
• Embedded video links for supplemental learning

Learning Goals:

• Build cultural awareness and sensitivity around Indigenous practices
• Foster self-reflection and identity-building
• Integrate literacy skills through reading comprehension, written responses, and personal expression
• Support Truth and Reconciliation education in a meaningful and respectful way

Ideal for:

• Grade 7–10 English, Social Studies, Indigenous Studies, or Character Education
• Teachers seeking a culturally responsive resource that honours Indigenous voices
• Classrooms working toward meeting FNMI (First Nations, Métis, Inuit) curriculum expectations or Calls to Action

This resource was created with cultural sensitivity and educational integrity in mind. It encourages students to approach Indigenous traditions with the respect they deserve and deepens their understanding of spiritual and natural connections in Anishinaabe life.

20 movie correlated activities for use with The Greatest Showman with Hugh Jackman (2017) to help students understand ELA concepts and history/social studies fact based events of P.T. Barnum and The Greatest Showman. Includes: Be a Hollywood Producer and cast the movie Design a movie poster Create a Movie Marquee Visual Plot Map (4 Stages of the Movie Plot) Interview with a Star (2 pages) Write a Newspaper Article and Teen Mag Article (Audience) Character Chart Graphic Organizer CRE Character Analysis Writing Ringmaster Chant & Rhyme Transformation Pros & Cons (Compare & Contrast) I'm Unique (Traits Chart) Fact or Fiction (Real Life Facts vs. Movie Facts) P.T. Barnum: Just the Facts (History) Barnum's Legacy (Design your own...) Barnum Festival (Design a statue) Barnum Poetry Lots of creative, engaging activities to showcase students' talents and build upon strengths while reinforcing concepts. Fact based information to encourage students to think critically and problem solve while using movie and media for cooperative learning. Great for centers, differentiation, flipped classes, homeschool, G/T, pre-Ap, history, and ELA.

Practice worksheets about the elements of art - color and value. Students are given some information about each element and then given the opportunity to mimic/practice the element!

Could be a great refresher exercise in class for students, or easily left for a sub assignment when a substitute is present as well. Needs minimal supplies to complete!

Included: 1 PDF for each practice worksheet.

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Teach essential money skills with these engaging $1 Dollar Bill Identification & Scissor Cutting Skills Worksheets! Perfect for young learners, this resource combines math and fine motor practice as students learn to identify and work with $1 dollar bills.

Each worksheet provides hands-on activities where students can cut, sort, and match dollar bills, helping them build foundational money recognition and math skills.

Not only do these worksheets enhance money math abilities, but they also strengthen scissor-cutting skills, improving fine motor development. Ideal for math centers, classroom activities, or homeschooling, these worksheets are a fun and practical way to help students master dollar identification and develop important life skills.

Use this interactive resource to make learning about money both fun and educational!

Transform Classroom Dynamics with Theatre-Themed Redirection Cards!

Bring a touch of theatrical magic to your classroom with our Theatre-Themed Redirection Cards! Designed specifically for educators who live and breathe theatre, these cards are your new secret weapon in managing classroom behavior with flair and finesse. 🎬✨

📚 What’s Inside?

• Over 40 Pre-Formatted Theatre-Related Phrases: Engage your students with lighthearted and creative redirections that speak their language. Whether it's a gentle nudge for phone use, earbuds, or general behavior, these cards add a dash of stagecraft to every interaction.
• Print-Ready & Laminatable: Simply print, laminate, and you have a durable set of cards ready for action, performance after performance!
• Customizable Canva Template: Want to add your own dramatic twist? Dive into our Canva template and make these cards uniquely yours!

Why You’ll Love Them:

• Engagement & Fun: Keep students on their toes with phrases that are as entertaining as they are effective.
• Versatile Use: Perfect for class, rehearsal, or any theatrical setting. Use them as playful reminders, participation trackers, or even words of encouragement to applaud your students’ efforts.
• Non-Verbal Reinforcement: Sometimes proximity and other non-verbal cues aren’t enough, and no one wants to interrupt class asking students to put away their phones for the tenth time. Collect cards as “strikes” to reinforce expectations or reward students for their stellar performances in adhering to class rules.

Turn everyday classroom management into a standing ovation experience. With our Theatre-Themed Redirection Cards, you’re not just setting expectations—you’re setting the stage for success!

Grab your set today and take a bow for being the director of an inspiring, well-managed learning environment!

Purchase now and unlock a world of theatrical possibilities for your students!

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These creative Art name tags were designed to be printed, cut apart, and attached to your student’s amazing artworks. These name tags have a line designated for the student’s name, type of artwork it is, and grade level of the student. Using these name tags makes it easy for handing back artworks to students after the art is displayed in an art gallery, art museum, and/or art show. As an elementary art teacher, I enjoy different color name tags for different grade levels, so I have created 6 unique color palettes per grades K-5th grade. I hope this helps! Enjoy.

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day this year with these cute coloring pages. Perfect to add to the festive spirit, or for use during class parties. Coloring activity pages will make your March fun and keep early finishers busy. This bundle includes 5 printable coloring pages that are just perfect for celebrating St. Patrick's Day with engaging coloring pages that your students will LOVE!

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Learning about Careers – Landscape Architecture Simulation project gives students an opportunity to experience what Landscape Architects actually do. This is perfect for a technology, business or marketing class, or a class that focuses on careers. Students use Web 2.0 tools such as: (Plan a Garden, Gardena, Small Blue Print Planner (download, online version coming soon), or Sketchup to design an amazing outdoor area for a home. This project was created for a grade 7-8 Career Exploration class, but could easily be adapted for older students.

Materials Required

· Access to computers for each student (or pair of students)

· Internet access

· Access to Sketchup (CAD software – free download) - optional

Project Duration (approximate)

· Introduction to Landscape Architecture Careers (video and PowerPoint Presentation) – .75 to 1 (50 minute) class period(s)

· Creation and landscape design project – 1.5 – 2 (50 minute) class periods

Files Included with this Lesson

• Teacher & Student Notes and Resources

• PowerPoint Presentation (teacher led introduction to the career)

• Landscape Design Simulation Lesson Expectations, Instructions and Rubric

• Sample Designs

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Working on the lines of the treble clef staff? Here's a fun way to have your students use their knowledge and solve a puzzle with Mystery Word! The Mystery Word package includes 50 challenging words and/or phrases that are spelled using the musical letters (A,B,C,D,E,F, and G) of the treble clef staff. Blank letter boxes are below the note on the staff for the students to fill in. Some words and phrases are easy, but some get pretty difficult! Included are three files: The teacher version, a PDF file with 50 pages in PDF format to use as a class activity. The student version, a PDF file you can print out with 25 pages, 2 puzzles to each page you can individual give to students. (If printed out and copied back-to-back, it only runs 13 pages per booklet) The answer key (just in case a substitute teacher needs it) ;) You can use this as a warmup to your lesson, or a lesson in itself -- it makes a great substitute teacher plan as well! It gets kids to critically think about the lines of the staff to fill in the blanks... my kids love it as it's fun and challenging. Would love to hear feedback how it's working in your classrooms. Any questions, you know where to find me. Have fun!

This project aims to help your child/students practice their research skills. They will pick one of the "realms" or regions based on the realms represented in the Nutcracker Ballet (when visiting after Marie/Clara rescues the Nutcracker/Prince). Children/students can practice following instructions and requirements by following the assignment's instructions. Two options are available to complete the report. 1. Predesigned Research Page or 2. Written Research Report (with introduction and conclusion). An optional presentation extension is available for students to create a project based on architecture, dress, or food research done on their report. Rubrics and student instructions are available for each report/and the Presentation.

What is Included: 12 Pages

• Goals and Instruction Page for Teachers (1 page)
• Student Instructions/Requirements (1 page)
• Student Report Pages (2 pages)
• Rubric For Report on Student Report Pages (1 page)
• Student Instructions/Requirements for Presentation (1 page)
• Rubric for Presentation (1 page)

Pair this with the Nutcracked novel study, the Nutcracker and The Mouse King picture book study, or other Nutcracker Christmas School Activities. A complete 20-Day Christmas School Unit is available as a bundle through my website or TeachShare storefront.

This fun and easy Mother's Day craft includes 12 pre-made Mother's Day coupons in a coupon book as well as 12 blank coupons for students to fill in themselves! This activity is cute, quick, and a perfect gift for Mother's Day! It also includes a cover page for their coupon book that includes four options, including a choice for students who may not have a mother in their life.

I also have another similar product where students have to color and decorate the coupons themselves!

Mother's Day Coloring Coupon Book

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Use this resource to kick off Dot Day! Celebrate International Dot Day while encouraging a growth mindset. Add this to your the dot by peter Reynolds writing activities writing activities. These no prep kindergarten to up coloring pages provide a fun and easy way to start conversations about social-emotional learning (SEL) and creativity. You'll also get "Happy Dot Day" letters to color. It's a great activity for kids to learn new letters while having fun. You can use them as posters to decorate your classroom. Students get to be creator color with markers, crayons, colored pencils, or even paint.

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• 3 coloring pages growth mindset message included
• Happy Dot Day letters, each letter occupy one full page.

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An interactive Growth Mindset main activity + more included! Ideas provided for multiple grade levels to maximize your use! This activity puts an overall focus on introducing or better understanding growth mindset and what it sounds like, while also providing opportunity to turn it up a notch and have students come up with their own growth mindset statements and work toward building that skill. Interactive, engaging, and makes an impact! It's a win, win, win for classrooms!! Colored and black and white copies available. Everything you need for a full lesson provided!

On a smartboard on via personal device, share a morning yoga routine with your students.

We have shared this at school assemblies across the US for all grade levels pre-k-8th grade

Enhance your students' understanding and mastery of element of art color with this engaging and comprehensive Color Practice Drawing Worksheet. This worksheet offers a fun and interactive way for students to explore and apply their knowledge of color theory.

Could be a great refresher exercise in class for students, or easily left for a sub assignment.

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Teach students the value of money with these engaging $20 Dollar Bill Identification & Money Math Worksheets! This hands-on resource helps young learners recognize and understand the $20 dollar bill while building essential money math skills.

Each worksheet includes fun activities for identifying, counting, and sorting $20 bills, along with coin identification and matching exercises, to make learning about money both interactive and educational.

To enhance fine motor skills, these worksheets incorporate scissor cutting practice, allowing students to cut out and organize $20 bills and coins.

This unique combination of money identification, counting, and cutting skills provides a comprehensive learning experience, perfect for classroom use, math centers, or at-home practice.

Ideal for teachers and parents, this resource supports financial literacy, math confidence, and scissor skills in young learners!