Looking for a no prep way to tap into the passions of your students? The Passion Project Guide for Middle School provides students with the opportunity to have voice and choice in their learning while having an opportunity to contribute to their community. This project can be used in a home, hybrid, 1:1 classroom, or traditional school setting and comes in both a PDF and an editable digital Google Docs TM format. What's Included? Teacher Directions Student Directions Topic Approval Form Slides Presentation Reflection Questions Mastery Rubric Google Docs ™ Version This resource is great for: Distance Learning Fun Fridays Early Finishers Independent Work End of the Year You may also like: Digital Citizenship Interview Project Peer Feedback Protocol Digital Citizenship Choice Board Presentation Day Protocol Don't forget to give a review for this resource to earn credits towards future purchases! Be sure to become a follower of Curriculum Cosmos by clicking here.
Fun activities for Sunday School teachers or Christian School teachers to use teach kids about the 10 Commandments from the Bible.
Printable and digital CBT worksheets for school counselors to use with individual students during counseling activities with kids. Cognitive-behavioral approaches are short-term and evidence-based, making them a perfect match for school counseling. These reusable CBT Worksheets are great for introducing and practicing key skills with students. They are also perfect for small group counseling, individual counseling, or emergency problem-solving sessions. These CBT tools will help you cover essential skills such as: Identifying feelings and the size of feelings, Understanding and challenging negative thinking, Reflecting on thoughts and feelings, Problem-solving and testing our thinking and beliefs. What's Included? 15 CBT Worksheets for Individual Counseling with Google Slides TM versions to support students during distance learning. Completed examples of all worksheets are included. Feelings Scales and Feelings Thermometers Feelings Thermometers Riding the Wave Up and Down Meltdown Mountain How Full Is Your Cup? Connecting Thoughts, Feelings, and Behaviors CBT Triangle Think-Feel-Act Sheets Student Think-Feel Slips Round the Bases Flying Your Kite Think - Feel - Act Map Trackers Feelings Tracker Thought Record Testing Our Thinking & Problem Solving 3 Questions 2 Ways to Think About It In Our Control or Out of Our Control Problem - Choices - Consequences - Solutions Details This resource is ideal for all mental health staff in elementary schools, including school psychologists, counselors, and social workers. Special education teachers will also find these resources useful.
What would I take with me ... if I were going to the Bahamas on holiday, or trekking in the jungle, or travelling to the moon (and back)! You can use this lovely printable frame in so many ways. Younger children can draw or cut and stick, older children can write.
Ratios Interactive VocAPPulary™ (Math Vocabulary) This creative resource is a simple, yet effective way for students to learn vocabulary on a specific topic! The perfect tool for learning and memorizing important math concepts! ***UPDATE - NOW INCLUDES ADDITIONAL DIGITAL VERSION! (Google Slides Version for Distance Learning & Google Classroom Use) {{See Video Preview to Preview Digital Version}} Students will design and illustrate an app for each vocabulary term after defining them. So easy to put together, just cut and paste! (instructions included) Sample project w/ answers and instructions included ***Now includes an optional pre-illustrated version for students to color-in Editable vocabulary version also included! (You can edit the vocabulary words in a PowerPoint file.) PDF file also included. (Editable) Vocabulary words included in this set: ratios, equivalent ratios, ratio table, rates, percent, proportion, unit rate, multiplier, part to whole ratio, part to part ratio, quantity, antecedent, consequent, rate of change, constant rate of change, tape diagram.
This set of activities is designed to help students: better understand the concept of respect, practice identifying what respect looks like in various situations, and reflect and share on their own opinions and experiences with respect. The ultimate goal is to help develop more respectful students and a more respectful classroom and school community by […]
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Our first Game Pad was such an overwhelming success, we’ve created another one! With five all-new games, our On-the-Go Game Pad II is the battery-free, all-paper antidote to boredom and ennui. All you add is the pencil. Looking for creative gifts for kids? Here ya go! Includes Bingo, Connect 5, plus 3 more new games 60 perforated sheets; 5 games with instructions, 12 sheets each; ages 7+
Graphics: Creative Clips Disclaimer: Affiliate links are included for your convenience. One part of the Social Thinking Curriculum that I've really been focusing on is Whole Body Listening. It's described in Thinking About You, Thinking About Me and some other products as well. What is it? Basically, what it sounds like. Listening requires us to use our WHOLE body, not just our ears. How frequently do we say "look at me?" I know I'm guilty of that! Just knowing that the person is looking at you though isn't enough! We have to use our eyes, ears, mouth, hands, feet, body, brain, and heart to listen. Whoa! This is a lot to take in for some of my kids, so I decided to break it down. On the Social Thinking website, there are a lot of resources, including the printable one below (click on the picture to check it out - it's about halfway down the page). Most of my students LOVE to color, so this was perfect. We talked about the various parts of our body that we use to listen. I cut up the parts and we did a matching activity and talked about each part. I wrote down each part does and we matched them before coloring in the different parts. You could easily do this with index cards - I just grabbed and used what I had on hand. So now, I feel like I could say use a cue like "eyes" or "brain" if I notice a student who's not listening. After doing this activity, I feel that will help my students think about themselves and think about others. Do you teach Whole Body Listening to your students? How?
Science fair project that examines condensation and the conditions needed in order for dew to form.
Like most preschool fascinations, I’m not entirely sure how it began. It might have been the Star Gazing Discovery Bottles I made last month, or the fact that they are in bed before they actually appear in the sky every night. Whatever the cause – studying stars has become the…
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Ever wonder how to incorporate the Staff in your school into your Project Based Learning Units (PBLs)? Project Based Learning is all about student voice and choice, but School Staff are a large part of a successful PBL environment. Using this survey, coaches and administrators can get an idea of wha...
Sharing compassion with others meets critical needs in our communities, even as it heals our spirits. With each act of service, our families can be a force for love and kindness, helping to heal our fractured country and connect meaningfully with those around us. And along the way, our children wil
Looking for a hands on way to practice the engineering and design process? The STEM Activities Build a Waterproof Container Project for Middle School allows students to use the phases of the engineering and design process through the creation of a waterproof container. This activity is designed with the middle school student in mind, can be used in a home, hybrid, 1:1 classroom, or traditional school setting and it comes in both a PDF and an editable digital Google Docs TM format. What's Included? Teacher Directions Student Directions Engineering and Design Phases Report Template Analysis and Reflection Questions Testing Chart Engineering and Design Phases Report Template Rubric Google Docs ™ Editable Version This resource is great for: Centers or Stations Skill Practice Fun Friday Small Group Collaborative Work You may also like: Build a Hut Design Challenge Potato Chip Packaging Design Challenge Project Catapult Design Challenge Project Geodesic Dome Design Challenge Paper Rockets Design Challenge Float Your Boat Design Challenge Be sure to become a follower of Curriculum Cosmos by clicking here! If you have any questions, please feel free to email [email protected]!
Sensory bags are a great way for little ones still in the mouthing stage to explore play materials. Today, I made a few Halloween s...
This fun board game is a great way to to have student actively practice using the Pythagorean Theorem. The rules are printed right on to the game board so each group of student always have the rules in case they need to reference them throughout the game. I changed the rules a bit from the picture above. In the PDF version below the procedure changes slightly when you go around the board the second time. The first time around students practice solving the Pythagorean Theorem for the hypotenuse, while the second time around they are practicing solving for a leg. When I did this with my students, I had them work in groups of three. We played this for the last 35 minutes of class. I had one group finish right away and I just had them play again, but for the rest of the groups it seemed to be the perfect amount of time. [If you use this as a review or your students have a good grasp of the PT, then I would have them go around the board again. Or maybe think of an extra twist of your own?] Next time: Since I changed the rules a little, there isn't a lot that I plan on changing for next time I use this. There are a few comments I will make; 1) the purple spaces are part of the board. For some reason, I had a lot of students who thought they weren't playable spaces. 2) the pink triangles on the board are just decoration, they don't mean anything. These confused a lot of students at first, but the board just seemed too plain without them. Another change I made in the direction that I will implement next time is how students show their work. Last time I had them use a worksheet, but it didn't really work and I think just having them do something like the below picture will work just fine. Question Cards: I really like the questions cards because they allow students to see how problems might be presented in a stressful situation (Test/Quiz). I printed out an extra copy of the sheet that has all the questions cards on it and wrote the answers on them but did not cut it up. I was walking around the class room with it just in case I needed to help my students. But I only told them if they were correct or not as a last resort. I had the other player in the group also solve the question card to make sure the player who drew the card got it correct. Most students were okay with also doing it so they could make sure the player who drew the card actually got to roll again. What you need to use this in your classroom: • Two Dice for each group of students • PDF Pythagorean Board Game I included a blank page of squares so that you can make your own questions cards if you want. Make sure to leave a comment if you use this in your classroom. I would love to hear your thoughts and results!