Check out these fantastic middle school books with happy endings, to share with the middle schooler in your life or to read if you need a cheering boost.
Forensic Science Informational Article : SERIAL KILLERS INTRODUCTION Grades: 9-12 This assignment is perfect for class work and discussion, homework, or extra credit. The assignment is a 2-page article that highlights the names and shared characteristics of several serial killers. The article also touches upon the origins of the term "serial killer" and shared motives. This is the perfect article to introduce your students to the concept of serial killers. There is a 2-page question sheet to accompany the article. ANSWER KEY IS INCLUDED. DOC & PDF VERSIONS: This worksheet is provided as an MS-Word document (DOC) so you can edit any questions/content to better fit the needs of your students. A PDF version is also provided for ease of use/printing on any technology. Thank you for your purchase and for taking the time to leave me positive feedback. FORENSIC FILES: SERIAL KILLER VIDEO WORKSHEETS [CLICK HERE] SERIAL KILLER PROFILE ARTICLES [CLICK HERE] Check out my Forensic Store for more! – CLICK HERE! Notice: All of the images included with the product were purchased royalty-free for use in digital media from photo libraries including: Shutterstock and iStock. Additional images are free public domain and can be found in the libraries of stockfreeimages, clker.com, pixabay.com, and other free online media sources.
We recently discovered this historic Irish marching song and although it may not be familiar to you, this marvelous tune is sure to become one of your favorite numbers. A rousing melody that never grows old. Your browser does not support the audio element.
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Are you looking for a poster that shows the 4 different types of slope? In this post I link a free slope poster to download and add to an algebra word wall. Recently updated slope guy with a color and also black and white version.
Every Good Boy Does Fine Memorize it. Got it? Good... here's your quiz. BORING!!! Leaning the names of the lines and spaces on the staff doesn't have to put your students to sleep. There are tons of songs, video clips, games, and tools that can make it easy to remember those pesky seven letters. Here are three of my favorites: 1. Quaver's Marvelous World of Music starring Guido De Arezzo (aka Chip the Monk) Quaver's Marvelous World of Music (QMWOM) is a new music curriculum using very entertaining DVD lessons and interactive online games and tools. Although I feel it is a bit pricey, I think they do an amazing job of making some traditionally boring bits of music theory very fun to learn. They have two lessons on each of their 15 DVDs. You can preview each lesson here. My personal favorite preview is on DVD 4 entitled "Middle C & The Grand Staff." Here your students will meet the creator of the modern staff, Guido de Arezzo, and in a one minute clip, they will learn that a song stuck on one line can sound quite boring, and that by simply moving the notes up and down the 5-line staff, the same song can be a lot more interesting. Let them try singing both versions of "We Are Monks" to see the difference. There is a slightly longer version of this video available on their interactive website www.quavermusic.com, but you have to jump through some hoops to see it: Create a profile (click the login window in the upper right corner.) Go to "Music Room" in the upper left corner.This will take you to your own personal, customizable room to play games, watch videos, and listen to the songs you have written Quaver's other interactive games. Click on the Interactive White Board in the back of the room Click "Animations" Fianlly, click "Middle C." Your students will love the last 30 seconds of the clip. Our favorite line is "Ah, shucks!" 2. Quaver's Marvelous World of Music Lines and Spaces (Chip Strikes Again!) I am by no means saying that videos are the answer to every music lesson, but QMWOM has another short clip that has a song that will make sure your students remember the names of the lines and spaces on the treble clef for the rest of their lives. This is from lesson "Lines & Spaces" on DVD 5. After watching the video, have your students sing the song. You can split the class into two groups. Have the first group sing Guido's part, and have the second group sing his friend's part. After getting these mnemonic devises ingrained in their brains, have them come up with their own EGBDF sentences. These are some of my students' favorites: Every Grandpa Buys Donkey Food Electric Geese Bite Dead Fish Eggs Go Bad During Flight Every Gross Bacteria Dies Friday Evil Guys Believe Doughnuts Fight If you want, you can have your students come up with sentences for the FACE spaces. I have found that most students like "FACE in the Space" best, but I have had a few students use their own creations. 3. The Note Trainer Ricci Adams' Musictheory.net After learning the names of the lines and spaces, you will want your students to practice naming them. You can use flashcards if you'd like, but Ricci Adams' musictheory.net has a trainer called The Note Trainer. This is a web-based tool used to review note names on the treble, bass, alto, and tenor clefs. The really nice feature is that The Note Trainer keeps track of the score so you can use this site to easily assess your students. Adams came out with a new site about a year ago with many ways to customize your trainers. At the bottom of the customization menu, you will find a link that you can use to quickly go to specific lessons. This is handy if you want to use the trainer for specific grade levels. I teach my 1st graders Middle C, D, and E. I created a trainer for those notes. Click here to use it. Although Adams came out with his new site, he was very kind in keeping his classic site available. Although the Classic Note Trainer is limited with its options, and you have to set the note range each time, I do prefer its user interface. New Note Trainer Classic Note Trainer The buttons in the classic trainer are larger and easier for shorter students to press. Also, the score is larger and easier to see. Adams has also made his entire classic site available for offline use with this download. If you use SMART Notebook, you can drag the trainers into your lessons. This feature is nice if your internet is not available for some reason. I also add a timer to my lesson so I can assess speed as well as accuracy. You can have your students use this site in a computer lab, with a laptop lab, or up on an interactive white board. Adams also came out with a mobile version of his trainers on an app called Tenuto. You can purchase this app on the iTunes App Store. Final Thoughts I have been using Ricci Adams' Note Trainer for the past five years and my students love it every time. Quaver Music is new, but clearly a very fun and education site. I used the two video clips for the first time this year, and my students are in love with "Chip" the monk. Whatever you can do to make learning seven letters on five lines and four spaces fun will make it memorable.
The importance of family is vividly portrayed as Arturo tells the story of life in a Cuban-American community. Seventh grade thirteen year old boys have changing interests and Arturo is having a to…
Use this ratios and proportions activity to help middle school math students see the application of ratio and proportion concepts.
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I've said this before on my blog, but it is most definitely worth saying again, I work with an amazing group of middle school language arts educators. There isn't a day that goes by that I don't learn something from each one that I work with. I have a special treat for my blog followers, and that is a picture walk through my middle school through anchor charts! :) Purposes of anchor charts include: To display routines and expectations throughout different parts of Reading and Writing Workshop. To have up as inspiration for ideas in writing or how to select books during reading. To chart and summarize the learning of a specific lesson that can be referenced again and again throughout the year. To give students ownership in the classroom by displaying their self-generated ideas. Below are anchor charts from 5th-8th grade language arts classrooms. I think it's pretty safe to say that it's easy to tell from the anchor charts that there are some amazing learning experiences happening in the reading and writing of students. I hope you enjoy the anchor charts, and that they inspire new ideas in your classroom Kasey
Are your students lacking number sense? 5 strategies for building number sense in middle school math!
Do your students struggle with writing? Do your students need more practice with vocabulary? Getting your students to write Math more leads to deeper understanding of concepts. Writing Math is a skill that needs to be practiced before it can be applied. Practicing vocabulary and writing will improve your students' test scores. Math is a language that you practice before you are fluent. Students who are able to express their math thoughts in writing are better able to talk about math. Click HERE to download. A fabulous February activity for writing Math is WRITE THE ROOM with Math. Included are 14 vocabulary terms, sentences, writing papers, rubric, and answer keys. Students write grade level vocabulary terms with a scaffolded approach. There are many different ways to use this activity. You can give the sentences with vocabulary terms or with fill-in the blanks where students have to figure out the vocabulary words. Students build upon prior knowledge of concepts and use context clues to figure out which terms go with each sentence. Click HERE to download. WRITE THE ROOM with Math can be used just like a task card activity at students' desks or as a gallery walk. The main focus of the activity is getting students to think, write, and talk Math. Having students practice and apply vocabulary increases their understanding and in turn will help them to make more connections between concepts. Click HERE to download. Getting your students to write Math, leads to a deeper understanding of concepts. Writing Math is a skill that needs to be practiced before it can be applied. Click HERE to download. Challenge your students to write more Math this year. February is a short month, but can have major impact on students' math skills. Watch your students accept the challenge to write more and master their vocabulary lists. Happy Teaching!
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From computer science to oceanographers, this collection of books about women scientists features some of the greatest minds of our time!
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How do you individualize instruction in your classroom and allow students to pursue their interests? Middle school and high school English Language Arts teachers discussed the types of individualized learning they use in their classroom: project based learning, Genius Hour, and 20% time, and how they got started and introduced it to students. Teachers also shared past PBL units, final products, successes and obstacles. Read through the chat for ideas to implement in your own classroom.
If you've ever wondered how to make geography more interactive, this list of 100 hands-on geography activities for middle school is perfect for you.
I taught one-step equations to my Accelerated Math class yesterday. Actually my sub taught it on Monday using my SMARTboard notes. When I returned yesterday the students complained that the sub did not explain anything, but just posted the notes for them. I realized that I needed to go back over the notes explaining the importance of the "process" we use when solving simple one-step equations. Here is and example of my SMARTBoard notes on the steps to solving an equation. I give more notes and lots of examples, but this is a picture of the slide that shows step by step what to do. This is actually a page recording, but you get the idea. After clarifying the notes on this topic I felt that the students needed to do some practice on this in their groups. I like this activity because all students must participate and even though each student does his/her part individually, they have the knowledge and support of the rest of the group if they get confused or make a mistake. The way the Round Robin strategy works is that each person has to have a different color writing utensil. Kids enjoy this because it is usually pencil ONLY in my math class. Once the kids have each picked out a different color and cleared off their desks I pass out one paper to each group. The students solve the problem step by step, passing the paper around the table. Each students completes only his/her step and then passes the paper on to the next person. The whole group is responsible for making sure each step is correct before the paper gets passed on. If someone notices an error they need to explain the error to the writer and have the writer fix it before passing it on. This strategy works best for a multi-step problem like solving equations. It also is a visual representation of the step by step process. This group was all boys. Look how neat those equations are! Love the pink and green. :) While the students are working in their table groups on the activity I am circulating around the room and checking their papers. If I notice an error I point to it and ask the group to figure out what is wrong. The rule for the round robin is that each person is allowed to only write with their color ink. Each person does one step of the equation and then passes it to the next person. The only deviation I did from the set up of my notes is that when checking work (which is a two-step process) I have two different people do that. A more close up view It is important to note that once an equation is solved and a new one is started a different person must start the new equation. That way students do not keep solving the same step over and over. Notice how Each step is a different color on the worksheet. That shows how students are solving a different part of the equation on each turn. A completed equation Another group's work The students felt much more confident in solving their equations after completing this group activity. It helped students to catch some of the more common errors that are made when solving their equations. We are building a strong foundation for solving equations by focusing on practicing the process of how to solve these. Today in class the students will be completing their graded assignment to show mastery learning. I will do a follow up post on that.
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If you haven't tried using the Desmos tool in your classroom yet, check out their activities to use in Algebra.
PYTHAGOREAN THEOREM WORD PROBLEMS with Graphic Organizer Get your students successfully understanding and solving PYTHAGOREAN THEOREM real-world word problems with these PROBLEM SOLVING GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS. Benefits of Problem Solving Graphic Organizers: Problems solving graphic organizers help s...
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Have your students apply their understanding of GREATEST COMMON FACTOR (GCF) & LEAST COMMON MULTIPLE (LCM) with these fun activities including 2 mazes, 2 riddles, and 2 coloring activities. What's Included: 1. Greatest Common Factor COLORING ACTIVITY Students are prompted to find the GCF. Students use their answers to color the picture. 2. Least Common Multiple COLORING ACTIVITY Students are prompted to find the LCM. Students use their answers to color the picture. 3. Greatest Common Factor MAZE This is a self-checking worksheet that allows students to strengthen their understanding of GCF . Students use their answers to navigate through the puzzle. 4. Least Common Multiple MAZE This is a self-checking worksheet that allows students to strengthen their understanding of LCM . Students use their answers to navigate through the puzzle. 5. Greatest Common Factor RIDDLE Students find the GCF and use their answers to solve the riddle. 6. Least Common Multiple RIDDLE Students find the LCM and use their answers to solve the riddle. All 6 of these activities allow students to practice finding FACTORS & MULTIPLES while incorporating fun into the classroom! Print or Digital: ✔️ PRINTED VERSION - a PDF file that you may PRINT ✔️ DIGITAL VERSION (Easel by TpT) - There is also a digital version using TpT's new digital tool. After purchase, click the "Open in Easel" button. This will give you access to a version with text boxes for student input and moveable shapes for students to select answers. You can edit the digital overlay or use it as is. How to Use: Use any of these resources as a quick assessment tool, a homework assignment, or even something for the kids to do after a test. This is perfect for back-to-school or end-of-year activities. Want More FACTORS AND MULTIPLES Resources: ✔ Doodle Notes ✔ Maze, Riddle & Coloring Activity ✔ Homework Practice ** This resource works well with my DIGITAL Greatest Common Factor / Least Common Multiple GOOGLE Quiz for remote / distance learning. This resource is included in the following bundles: __ 6th Grade MAZE, RIDDLES & COLORING ACTIVITIES Bundle __ 6th Grade Math MEGA-BUNDLE __ Middle School Math MEGA-BUNDLE Common Core Alignment: * 6.NS.4 Find the greatest common factor of two whole numbers less than or equal to 100 and the least common multiple of two whole numbers less than or equal to 12. If you would like to hear about NEW RESOURCES, let's connect: ➡SIGN UP for Exclusive Freebies ➡FOLLOW ME on Teachers Pay Teachers _______________________________________________________________________ LICENSING TERMS: This purchase includes a license for one teacher only for personal use in their classroom. Licenses are non-transferable, meaning they can not be passed from one teacher to another. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire grade level, school, or district without purchasing the proper number of licenses. If you are a coach, principal, or district interested in transferable licenses to accommodate yearly staff changes, please contact me for a quote at [email protected]. COPYRIGHT TERMS: This resource may not be uploaded to the internet in any form, including classroom/personal websites or network drives, unless the site is password protected and can only be accessed by students. Violations are subject to the penalties of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. © Exceeding the CORE. All rights reserved.
