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Painting Art: Watercolor Boat Reflections.
By Art Shack by JB
This creative Watercolor Boat Scene was designed to be printed and displayed as examples while you teach. Use this Google Slide file to display these beautiful images one-by-one on a large screen. For this assignment, I asked students to brainstorm a boat/vessel that they wanted to have in the water, and water kind of body of water they wanted in their artwork. We discussed Winslow Homer, and his style of art. Students sketched their drawing and painted the larger areas first. Students painted the boat, smaller details and reflections last. I hope you and your kiddos love this! Enjoy.
Seasonal Pixel Art in MS Excel or Google Sheets - Winter, Spring, Summer & Fall
By Innovations in Technology
Lesson Overview
Need a fun way to introduce Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets to upper elementary or middle school students? This seasonal bundle lets students learn the basics of Microsoft Excel (or Google Sheets) as they create pixel art using the program. First, they'll create a quick pixel art from a given example and then they'll create their own! This bundle includes the full lesson for each season: Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall. These are each sold separately too, if you prefer. These are also fun lessons to use if you just need something for a one day lesson.
I've used this with 7th and 8th graders who used their free time to create even more art! I hope your students have as much fun as mine did learning Excel or Google Sheets!
Materials Required
· Computers with Internet access for each student (or pair of students)
· Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets
Files Included for Each Season
· Teacher & Student Resources
· Introduction to Pixel Art Lesson (Microsoft Excel project) with tutorial
· Introduction to Pixel Art Lesson (Google Sheets project) with tutorial
· Legends and Sample Pictures for 8 Additional Pictures
· Full Excel editable files for all pixel art projects (note: these can be opened in Google Sheets too)
Contains instructions and samples for these pixel art designs:
WINTER
Samples
1 – Winter Cap
2 – Easy Snowman
Additional Pictures
1 – Penguin
2 – Hot Chocolate
3 – Snowflakes
4 – Winter Village Scene
5 – Snowman SceneWinter
SPRING
* Daffodil
* Purple Flower
* Blue Spring Flowers
* Easter Bunny
* Easter Basket
* Pink Flower
SUMMER
Samples
1 – Watermelon
2 – Beach Umbrella
Easy
1 – Sunglasses
2 – Pail and Shovel
Additional Pictures
1 – Beach Ball
2 – Sandals
3 – Ice Cream Bar
4 – Ice Cream Cone
5 – Sandcastle
6 – Summer Sun
FALL
Example 1: Rake
Example 2: Acorn
Easy Picture 1: Smore
Easy Picture 2: Sweater
Picture 1: Bonfire
Picture 2: Hot Chocolate
Picture 3: Fall Leaf
Picture 4: Fall Sunset
Picture 5: Fall Trees
Approximate Lesson Duration:
· 1-2 (50 minute) class period(s) for each season (but your students will probably want to work on it longer!)
Each season is available separately at:
Fall: https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/Fall-Pixel-Art-in-MS-Excel-or-Google-Sheets-11238769
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Thanksgiving Digital Escape Room for ELA
By Language Arts Excellence
This activity features a rigorous yet engaging digital escape room in which students tackle 5 Language Arts skills-based puzzles about Thanksgiving! (for use with Google Drive)
There is no wonder why escape rooms are so popular; they are highly engaging activities that encourage students to think creatively in order to solve different puzzles... all while trying to beat the clock! Now, you can facilitate our popular Thanksgiving ELA Escape Room at home or in the classroom using your school's technology with this resource. Each task is skills-based so that with this fun lesson on a highly-anticipated holiday and impending vacation, learning is not sacrificed. This escape room encourages higher order thinking skills and a fun review of ELA material with a Thanksgiving twist.
How does it work?
Your students are stuck in your digital classroom and cannot leave for Thanksgiving break until they solve 5 challenging Language Arts skills-based tasks about Thanksgiving!
Product Includes:
- Instructions for how to access and share escape room and answer key through Google Drive
- Materials for 5 Tasks: digital task signs, detailed task instructions, and supplementary materials
- Digital Student Worksheets
- Digital Teacher Answer Key
This product requires free accounts through Google Drive and is completely paperless.
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Also, check out more great fall-themed and Thanksgiving products by Language Arts Excellence:
⭐ Thanksgiving ESCAPE ROOM (paper version)
⭐ Thanksgiving Poetry ESCAPE ROOM
⭐ Fall Themed Collaborative Writing Activity
⭐ Fall Themed Figurative Language Powerpoint
⭐ Fall Themed Figurative Language Task Cards
⭐ Thanksgiving Figurative Language Practice
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⭐⭐⭐For the escape room enthusiasts out there, you can now build your own bundle at 20% off the cover price of 3 or more escape rooms! Click the link to check out all of the escape rooms Language Arts Excellence has to offer: Build Your Own Escape Room BUNDLE⭐⭐⭐
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Fall Math Coordinate Plane Review Pixel Art Graphing Activity
By Matemaths
Enhance your students' learning experience with an exciting and no prep fall-themed Cartesian Plane activity.
This engaging and self-checking digital activity, designed for Google Sheets, allows students to practice writing ordered pairs for 20 points on the coordinate plane while having fun.
Perfect as a sub-plan, this activity has been enthusiastically received by students who found it both enjoyable and educational.
Unlock a captivating mystery picture as students correctly answer the questions, adding an element of intrigue to their learning journey.
Explore this no-prep resource today and make learning the Cartesian plane a delightful adventure.
It’s a great way to introduce additional problems for
· Back to School test review and prep
· Additional materials for remediation
· Individual and whole class assignments
· Lesson plan activity for substitute teachers
Solutions are included for your convenience.
Did you know...
Please feel free to contact me anytime!
Email: infomatemaths@gmail.com
Copyright © 2023 Matemaths
All rights reserved by the author.
Permission to copy for single classroom use only.
Not for public display.
Science Lab | Why do Leaves Change Color in the Fall? | Fall Art and Science
By Gabriela Maraia
Teach your students about why leaves change color in the fall with this digital activity and hands-on lab. This digital activity includes, vocabulary words and definitions, detailed slides, videos, a parts of a plant song, lab questions and observations, and an interactive lab activity!
You will need:
Drawing Art: 2-Point Perspective City-Step-by-Step.
By Art Shack by JB
Need an awesome Art Unit? I have just the thing for you! This is the condensed version: step-by-step only! This creative 2-Point Perspective City artwork was designed to be printed and displayed as examples while you teach. Use this Google Slide file to display these beautiful images one-by-one on a large screen. For this assignment, I did a demo and taught the class how to use a ruler and a yardstick. Measurements and Math were a strong focus of the lesson. Next, students spent the rest of the first lesson practicing the use of a ruler and a yardstick. I taught the students how to do 2-point perspective with step-by-step slides. More information continued on the extended version. I hope you and your kiddos love this! Enjoy.
Fall Pixel Art in MS Excel or Google Sheets
By Innovations in Technology
Need a fun way to introduce Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets to upper elementary or middle school students? This great lesson lets students learn the basics of Microsoft Excel (or Google Sheets) as they create pixel art using the program. First, they'll create a quick pixel art from a given example and then they'll create their own! These are also fun lessons to use if you just need something for a one day lesson.
I've used this with 7th and 8th graders who used their free time to create even more art! I hope your students have as much fun as mine did learning Excel or Google Sheets!
Materials Required
· Computers with Internet access for each student (or pair of students)
· Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets
Files Included
· Teacher & Student Resources
· Introduction to Pixel Art Lesson (Microsoft Excel project) with tutorial
· Introduction to Pixel Art Lesson (Google Sheets project) with tutorial
· Legends and Sample Pictures for 2 Example and 7 Additional Pictures including:
o Example 1: Rake
o Example 2: Acorn
o Easy Picture 1: Smore
o Easy Picture 2: Sweater
o Picture 1: Bonfire
o Picture 2: Hot Chocolate
o Picture 3: Fall Leaf
o Picture 4: Fall Sunset
o Picture 5: Fall Trees
· Full Excel editable files for all pixel art projects (note: these can be opened in Google Sheets too)
Approximate Lesson Duration:
· 1-2 (50 minute) class period(s) (but your students will probably want to work on it longer!)
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Halloween Figurative Language Practice
By Language Arts Excellence
This resource features an engaging, Halloween-themed worksheet to help students practice identifying figurative language. This can be given at the start of class, end of class, for homework, as part of an emergency substitute plan, or in a stations activity. Kids can never get enough practice with figurative language and this is the perfect worksheet to work on during this spooky holiday!
Terms Used:
Included in this product is both a color, black and white, and digital version.
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Check more great fall-themed resources by Language Arts Excellence:
⭐ Halloween ESCAPE ROOM
⭐ Halloween Collaborative Writing Activity
⭐ Fall Themed Figurative Language Powerpoint
⭐ Fall Themed Figurative Language Task Cards
⭐ Thanksgiving Figurative Language Practice
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Math Order of Operations Pixel Art Group Game
By Matemaths
Engage your students with this fun no-prep, and self-checking order of operations group game activity. Students will practice order of operations while playing a group game using Google Sheets. I used it as a sub-plan in eighth grade and the kids loved it. As they correctly answer the questions a mystery picture will be revealed.
How to play:
Player 1 starts by solving their first problem and typing the answer in the first box of their answer section. If the answer is correct, the box will turn green. If it is incorrect, the box will remain red and Player 2 will answer their first problem. Continue taking turns until one of the players completes the mystery picture and wins the game!
Student responses won’t be visible so if a player has the opportunity to answer a question that was previously answered incorrectly, they can’t see that answer.
It’s a great way to introduce additional problems for
· Back to School test review and prep
· Additional materials for remediation
· Lesson plan activity for substitute teachers
Three versions are included, ten questions each version:
- easy: no parentheses and no exponents;
- intermediate: with parentheses and exponents;
- challenging: with parentheses and exponents.
Solutions are included for your convenience.
Suitable for IB MYP Middle Years Programme.
Copyright © 2021 Matemaths
All rights reserved by the author.
Permission to copy for single classroom use only.
Not for public display.
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By Art Shack by JB
Need an awesome Art Unit? I have just the thing for you! This creative Fall/Winter Birch Tree Unit was designed to be printed and displayed as examples while you teach. Use this Google Slide file to display these beautiful images one-by-one on a large screen. It is best to use watercolor paper for this unit, since it does the best job of absorbing and working with the watercolor paint. However, if watercolor paper is not at your disposal, please find the heaviest white drawing paper you can find. Painter’s Tape is also best for this assignment, but in a pinch, you may use masking tape- although masking tape may need to be stuck to a different surface (shirt/), it isn’t too sticky on the paper. I hope you have as much fun with this artwork as I have! I hope you and your kiddos love this! Enjoy.
Back to School ELA Digital Escape Room for Distance Learning - Pop Culture Ed.
By Language Arts Excellence
If you are looking for a way to start your school year off strong with a rigorous yet engaging activity, look no further than this Back to School Digital Escape Room for ELA - Pop Culture Edition - for use with Google Drive!
There is no wonder why escape rooms are so popular; they are highly engaging and encourage people to think creatively in order to solve different puzzles... all while trying to beat the clock! Now, you can facilitate our popular Back to School Escape Room at home for distance learning or in the classroom using your school's technology (thereby cutting down on paper and valuable prep time) with this meticulously-crafted resource. Each task is skills-based so that with this fun activity, learning is not sacrificed. Distance learning can certainly be a struggle for both students and teachers, so this escape room aims to provide a welcome break from the monotony while encouraging higher order thinking skills and a fun review of ELA material.
How does it work?
Your students must escape your digital classroom by solving 5 different Language Arts skills-based puzzles, discovering a hidden message, and finding clues along the way.
Product Includes:
- Instructions for how to access and share escape room and answer key through Google Drive
- Materials for 5 Tasks: digital task signs, detailed task instructions, and interactive worksheets
- Digital Student Answer Sheet
- Digital Teacher Answer Key
This product requires free accounts through Google Drive and is completely paperless.
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If you would prefer the paper version, check out the original here:
⭐ Back to School ELA Escape Room - Pop Culture Edition
If you enjoyed this escape room, make sure to check out the original digital escape:
⭐ Back to School ELA Digital Escape Room
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⭐⭐⭐For the escape room enthusiasts out there, you can now build your own bundle at 20% off the cover price of 3 or more escape rooms! Click the link to check out all of the escape rooms Language Arts Excellence has to offer: Build Your Own Escape Room BUNDLE⭐⭐⭐
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Finding Area of Quadrilaterals Pixel Art Activity | Math Digital Resource
By Matemaths
Transform your classroom into an engaging learning hub with this no-prep, self-checking adventure exploring the realms of area within squares, rectangles, parallelograms, and trapezoids.
This interactive digital activity, designed for Google Sheets, invites students to calculate the area of 20 diverse shapes. As they write the correct answers, a mystery picture gradually emerges, adding an element of excitement to their learning journey.
Trialed and loved by seventh-grade students, this activity combines education with entertainment, making it an ideal choice for reinforcing key concepts while keeping students engaged.
It’s a great way to introduce additional problems for
· Back to School test review and prep
· Additional materials for remediation
· Individual and whole-class assignments
· Lesson plan activity for substitute teachers
A b/w set of task cards with all the questions is included.
Due to the limitations of Microsoft Excel functionality, this resource must be used in Google Sheets only at this time.
Solutions are included for your convenience.
Did you know...
Please feel free to contact me anytime!
Email: infomatemaths@gmail.com
Copyright © 2024 Matemaths
All rights reserved by the author.
Permission to copy for single classroom use only.
Not for public display.
Gaming Badges Incentive Program.
By Art Shack by JB
This creative Art Room Gaming Badges Activity was designed to be printed and displayed as examples while you teach. Use this Google Slide file to display these beautiful images one-by-one on a large screen. *NOTE: this is a yearly event; it will take most of a full school year for any student to complete all 30 gaming badges…and that’s a good thing! *Students may try for any badge, in any order, however, students will want to start working on gaining easy gaming badges first, before trying to get the harder ones done. *Once students accomplish the criteria for a certain badge, either the teacher or the student may take colored pencils (only) to color the accomplished badge, so it looks similar to the completed version. *Move on to completing another great gaming badge. Good Luck! I hope you and your kiddos love this! Enjoy.
Thanksgiving ELA Escape Room Bundle - In Class & Digital
By Language Arts Excellence
This bundle includes the in-class and digital versions of our escape rooms to review ELA skills on Thanksgiving!
There is no wonder why escape rooms are so popular; they are highly engaging and encourage people to work together and think creatively in order to solve different puzzles... all while trying to beat the clock. Now, you can facilitate our popular Thanksgiving ELA Escape Room in the classroom and at home for distance learning with this meticulously-crafted bundle. All tasks are skills-based so that with these fun lessons, learning is not sacrificed. Whether they are in school or at home, your students will be having so much fun that they won’t even realize the higher order thinking skills they are applying in the playing of these games!
How does it work?
Your students are stuck in your classroom and cannot leave for Thanksgiving break until they solve 5 challenging Language Arts skills-based tasks about Thanksgiving!
In-Class Escape Room Includes:
- Escape Room Basics
- Detailed Day-Of Instructions
- Escape Room Print Checklist
- Student Teams Chart
- Welcome Sign for Your Door
- Materials for 5 Tasks: task signs to be folded upright, task instructions (2 per page for easy printing), and necessary information to be kept at stations
- Student Answer Booklets (small and large options)
- Teacher Answer Keys
- Code Word Theme Open Response for homework or in-class writing activity
Digital Escape Room Includes:
- Instructions for how to access and share escape room and answer key through Google Drive
- Materials for 5 Tasks: digital task signs, detailed task instructions, and supplementary materials
- Digital Student Worksheets
- Digital Teacher Answer Key
*Note that this is the digital version of the Halloween Escape Room; tasks are identical, just reformatted for digital experience. Requires use of Google Slides.*
Suitable for middle and high school students and is ideal during the month of November.
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Math Adding and Subtracting Decimals Pixel Art Activity
By Matemaths
Let your 6th-grade students practice while having fun with this engaging, no-prep, and self-checking, adding and subtracting decimals mystery picture activity. This pixel art activity will be a great way to review your lesson, perfect for back to school review, early finishers and for students who need extra practice. Students will solve 20 operations using Google Sheets. As they correctly answer the questions a mystery picture will be revealed. I used it as a sub-plan in sixth grade and the kids loved it, they were so engaged!
It includes 20 operations with decimals and no negatives.
A set of task cards with all the questions is included.
Solutions are included for your convenience.
Suitable for IB MYP Middle Years Programme.
Copyright © 2021 Matemaths
All rights reserved by the author.
Permission to copy for single classroom use only.
Not for public display.
***YOU CAN EARN MONEY for future TeachShare purchases when you leave feedback on a resource you purchase. All you have to do is leave feedback on the purchased resource. In doing it, you earn TpT credits that credits can be redeemed and used for future purchases.
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Painting Art: Watercolor Boat Reflections.
By Art Shack by JB
This creative Watercolor Boat Scene was designed to be printed and displayed as examples while you teach. Use this Google Slide file to display these beautiful images one-by-one on a large screen. For this assignment, I asked students to brainstorm a boat/vessel that they wanted to have in the water, and water kind of body of water they wanted in their artwork. We discussed Winslow Homer, and his style of art. Students sketched their drawing and painted the larger areas first. Students painted the boat, smaller details and reflections last. I hope you and your kiddos love this! Enjoy.
Halloween Escape Room Bundle for ELA
By Language Arts Excellence
This bundle includes 4 of our rigorous and engaging escape rooms (3 in-class, 1 digital) to review grammar, poetry, and more ELA skills for Halloween!
There is no wonder why escape rooms are so popular; they are highly engaging and encourage people to work together and think creatively in order to solve different puzzles... all while trying to beat the clock! This meticulously-crafted resource features all of the materials you need to conduct 4 full-length Halloween-Inspired Escape Rooms. Planning an escape room may seem like quite the daunting task, but this product provides everything from the basics and set-up instructions to signs and answer keys so that yours run smoothly from start to finish. These activities involve movement, energy, creative thinking and most of all, collaboration. All tasks are skills-based so that with these fun lessons on a sugar-filled holiday, learning is not sacrificed. Your students will be having so much fun that they won’t even realize the higher order thinking skills they are applying in the playing of these games!
How does it work?
Your students must work to escape the haunted house by solving 5 different skills-based puzzles, discovering hidden messages, and finding clues along the way.
Each In-Class Escape Room Includes:
- Escape Room Basics
- Detailed Day-Of Instructions
- Escape Room Print Checklist
- Student Teams Chart
- Welcome Sign for Your Door
- Materials for 5 Tasks: task signs to be folded upright, task instructions (2 per page for easy printing), and necessary information to be kept at stations
- Student Answer Booklets (small and large options)
- Teacher Answer Keys
- Code Word Theme Open Response for homework or in-class writing activity
Digital Escape Room Includes:
- Instructions for how to access and share escape room and answer key through Google Drive
- Materials for 5 Tasks: digital task signs, detailed task instructions, and supplementary materials
- Digital Student Worksheets
- Digital Teacher Answer Key
*Note that this is the digital version of the Halloween Escape Room; tasks are identical, just reformatted for digital experience. Requires use of Google Slides.*
Purchasing this bundle saves over 25% off the cover price of the 4 escape rooms. Suitable for middle and high school students and is ideal during the month of October or any time you want to give your students a fright!
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Finding Area of Quadrilaterals Pixel Art Activity | Math Digital Resource
By Matemaths
Transform your classroom into an engaging learning hub with this no-prep, self-checking adventure exploring the realms of area within squares, rectangles, parallelograms, and trapezoids.
This interactive digital activity, designed for Google Sheets, invites students to calculate the area of 20 diverse shapes. As they write the correct answers, a mystery picture gradually emerges, adding an element of excitement to their learning journey.
Trialed and loved by seventh-grade students, this activity combines education with entertainment, making it an ideal choice for reinforcing key concepts while keeping students engaged.
It’s a great way to introduce additional problems for
· Back to School test review and prep
· Additional materials for remediation
· Individual and whole-class assignments
· Lesson plan activity for substitute teachers
A b/w set of task cards with all the questions is included.
Due to the limitations of Microsoft Excel functionality, this resource must be used in Google Sheets only at this time.
Solutions are included for your convenience.
Did you know...
Please feel free to contact me anytime!
Email: infomatemaths@gmail.com
Copyright © 2024 Matemaths
All rights reserved by the author.
Permission to copy for single classroom use only.
Not for public display.
By Art Shack by JB
Need an awesome Art Unit? I have just the thing for you! This creative Fall/Winter Birch Tree Unit was designed to be printed and displayed as examples while you teach. Use this Google Slide file to display these beautiful images one-by-one on a large screen. It is best to use watercolor paper for this unit, since it does the best job of absorbing and working with the watercolor paint. However, if watercolor paper is not at your disposal, please find the heaviest white drawing paper you can find. Painter’s Tape is also best for this assignment, but in a pinch, you may use masking tape- although masking tape may need to be stuck to a different surface (shirt/), it isn’t too sticky on the paper. I hope you have as much fun with this artwork as I have! I hope you and your kiddos love this! Enjoy.
Full Year of Digital ELA Escape Rooms BUNDLE
By Language Arts Excellence
This bundle features a full year's worth (one escape room per month) of our rigorous and engaging digital escape rooms for your secondary Language Arts classroom for use with Google Drive.
There is no wonder why escape rooms are so popular; they are highly engaging and encourage people to think creatively in order to solve different puzzles... all while trying to beat the clock! Now, you can facilitate 12 of our popular digital escape rooms at home for distance learning or in the classroom using your school's technology (thereby cutting down on paper and valuable prep time) with this meticulously-crafted bundle of resources. Each escape room is skills-based so that with these fun activities, learning is not sacrificed. Distance learning can certainly be a struggle for both students and teachers, so these escape rooms aim to provide a welcome break from the monotony while encouraging higher order thinking skills and a fun review of language arts skills.
How does it work?
Your students must work to escape your digital classroom by solving 5 different Language Arts skills-based puzzles, discovering hidden messages, and finding clues along the way.
Each Escape Room Includes:
- Instructions for how to access and share escape room and answer key through Google Drive
- Materials for 5 Tasks: digital task signs, detailed task instructions, and interactive worksheets
- Digital Student Answer Booklet
- Digital Teacher Answer Key
Suggested Escape Room Progression:
Purchasing this bundle saves 30% off the cover price of a year's worth of escape rooms. All are suitable for middle-high school students. Note that these products require free accounts through Google Drive and are completely paperless.
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