These engaging strategies to incorporate movement in the classroom are perfect for the fidgety students & kinesthetic learners in your class!
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Teaching Shakespeare can be a rewarding experience, and incorporating creativity into your approach can make the material more engaging for students. Here are seven creative ways to begin a unit on William Shakespeare or a unit that studies his literature... 1. Create a scavenger hunt with facts related to Shakespeare's life, works, and the Elizabethan era. Hide or hang the facts around the classroom or school. Then, have students hunt for the facts. As they find each fact, have them add the information to their notes as they build background on Shakespeare. This activity gets students up and moving while providing them a historical base for their Shakespeare studies. Need ready-made facts? Find them here! 2. Have students choose a character from one of Shakespeare's plays and write a modern-day monologue for that character. This activity allows students to connect with the characters on a personal level and showcase their understanding of the language and themes. 3. Make learning about Shakespeare especially engaging with a doodle poster. Have students fill the poster with facts about William Shakespeare. Then, have students glue the pages together to make an extra-long infographic. As students color in their doodle poster, they'll be exposed to facts one more time. This activity makes building background creative and fun. Grab a ready-made doodle poster HERE. 4. Ask students to imagine that Shakespeare and his characters had social media profiles. They can create Facebook pages, Instagram accounts, or Twitter feeds for characters like Romeo, Juliet, or Hamlet. This activity encourages creativity and helps students relate Shakespearean themes to contemporary communication. 5. Give students a chance to investigate one of Shakespeare's sonnet. You can assign a sonnet or have students choose one of their own. Then, guide them through analyzing the poem with a Doodle Poem Analysis one-pager. This guide makes analyzing the poem approachable and creative. It's also a great way to get students to share their poem analysis with others. You can download the FREE Doodle Poetry Analysis HERE. 6. Use a simple craft like this "Will's Quill" activity to get students learning about Shakespeare. First, have them research facts about Shakespeare. They should also find a quote that they like from Shakespeare. Students will add their work to feather shapes. Then, they'll cut out and glue the feathers together to make a quill just like one William Shakespeare would have used. Find everything you need to do this activity HERE. 7. Devote a day to immerse students in the Elizabethan era. Encourage them to come dressed in costumes from that time, play Renaissance music, and even serve Elizabethan-inspired snacks. This thematic approach can set the stage for a deeper exploration of Shakespeare's works. ----------------------------------------------------------- These ideas are designed to make learning about Shakespeare fun and relatable. Taking the time to make Shakespeare approachable can be a great way to foster a lifelong appreciation for his work. I hope you give some of these ideas a try. (And don't forget get to save a TON of TIME with the William Shakespeare Doodle and Do resource!) Thanks for stopping by, Mary Beth P.S. Find more ways to make learning fun here.
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Make teaching ethos, pathos, and logos fun and engaging with this rhetorical appeals unit! This comprehensive rhetorical appeals unit includes everything you need to teach your middle and high school students about the different, effective persuasive and argumentative writing strategies, including ethos, pathos, and logos. ⭐️ 2023 UPDATE: Now includes PRINT AND DIGITAL! Teach your students about rhetorical appeals using the engaging and interactive multi-day instructional slide. Students follow along with the ethos, pathos, and logos direct instruction using the included rhetorical appeals graphic organizers and doodle notes. This Digital & Print Rhetorical Appeals Unit Includes: An editable, 37-slide PowerPoint (Google Slides, too) Suggested lesson plan calendar Ethos Pathos Logos Doodle Notes Rhetorical Triangle Doodle Organizer Two informational text activities for individual or group practice Three full-text informational passages (The Gettysburg Address, Chief Joseph's surrender speech, and Lou Gehrig's Farewell to Baseball speech) Writing with appeals activity Argumentative essay handout Thesis graphic organizer Counterclaim graphic organizer Essay outline Peer edit form Argumentative essay rubric Suggested answer keys for three speeches Includes digital Google slides! Students will love how engaging this unit is, and this unit delivers content in an easy-to-understand and accessible manner. They'll enjoy the ethos, pathos, and logos activities and improve their understanding of ethos, pathos, and logos from day 1. Prep is quick and easy... Just follow along with the suggested pacing guide, teach the content on the slides to students, and print out the organizers and activities! TEACHERS LIKE YOU SAID… ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Brittany O. says, "This was the first time I have used notes like these before, and my students ate them up! I even had an unexpected walk-through during the period and my AP loved them, as well!" ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Christina G. says, "A great supplement for my rhetoric unit to provide support for students who were struggling and to provide additional checks for understanding. Having short, complex texts for a quick review was perfect for my needs." ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ First of Her Name. says, "The graphic organizers in this resource are perfect! My students have always struggled with writing thesis statements and counterclaims, but the worksheets in this resource made it incredibly simple! I saw so many lightbulbs click on when using this in my classes!" ___________________________________ You may also like… → Punctuation Teaching Unit → Academic Vocabulary Program → Essay Writing Unit ___________________________________ Helpful Advice: * Make sure you click the "follow" button next to my picture so you don’t miss out on sales and new resources * Please provide feedback on this resource. Doing so will help you earn TPT credits that you can apply toward future purchases! It’s like FREE TPT cash! © The Daring English Teacher, Inc. All rights reserved. License good for single-classroom use only.
This product has everything you need for assessing and observing GOLD Teaching Strategies objectives for the Blue Band (Pre-K, 4-5 year olds). Included in this product are printables, data tables, schedules, checklists, at a glance cards, observation recording sheets, assessments, recording sheets, and even EDITABLE files so you can easily add student names to assessment and recording sheets. Included domains: Social-Emotional, Physical, Language, Cognitive, Literacy, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Arts, and English Language Acquisition Items included in this product: Suggested Assessment Schedule by Quarter This includes a suggested chart of which quarter to assess the GOLD objectives. I print it and keep it in my data notebook. Quarterly Assessment Checklists This includes charts for each quarter that are a broken down into what objectives you need to assess each quarter. I print each chart and check off the objective after I enter data into GOLD, and then I highlight the objectives after I checkpoint in GOLD. It helps keep me organized on what data I've already input. Observation Checklists Organized by Domain This includes checklists for each domain. It is EDITABLE so you can add your class list of student names. If you need to input data weekly for each child, you'll want to print these Observation Checklists to keep you organized. Put the Checklists on a clipboard to record your daily student observations. You can check it off or write the date on the Checklists. Observation Sheets Organized by Student Record your observations in one place. These sheets have a place for a date, and room to jot down an observation, so you can later enter it into the GOLD website. Use the Objective Cards and Observation Cards so you can put a GOLD objective number with your observation. File your observations in your data notebook by student. Objective Cards at a Glance These cards include all objectives, indicators, and rating scales from the blue band (Pre-k, 4-5 year olds). Print, laminate, hole punch in the corner, and put them on a ring. Place the Objective Cards around your room near various centers for easy observations and reference, for either you or your aide. Observation Cards at a Glance These cards are little different from the Objective Cards. These Observation Cards have some of the GOLD examples and indicators listed on them, and will help you with what to look for/what is most commonly seen in Pre-K. Assessment Sheets by Objective You'll want to print one of each of the Assessment Sheets for your data notebook binder. These are EDITABLE to add student names to each objective. Each page has a different objective with all indicators listed with the rating scale. You can easily assess an objective for your whole class and see where you've graded each student at for each quarter. It makes it easy when it comes time for report cards because you have everything you need on one paper when you go to checkpoint in GOLD. Basic Assessments and Recording Sheets Included: uppercase and lowercase letters, letter sounds, numbers 0-20, and 2D and 3D shapes assessments, and recording sheets. If you have any questions on how I assess with GOLD Teaching Strategies, or how I use any of the included assessments in my classroom, please leave a question in the Q/A Section or email me! Check out my other Assessment Companions for GOLD Teaching Strategies products: Assessment Companion for GOLD Teaching Strategies (Preschool) Assessment Companion for GOLD Teaching Strategies (Kindergarten) ************************************************************************************************************ Let's Connect! Instagram l Facebook l Blog l Pinterest Take pictures of your students using this resource and tag me on Instagram! I'd love to see it and share!
Teaching Strategies Gold (TSG) checklists for each and every domain! Quickly assess your students throughout the year with these easy to use checklists! This resource is geared toward students 2-5 years of age and their developmental skills, but can be used with elementary students as well. There are 2 checklists per page, so you will be saving paper and ink. However, the literacy checklist is meant to be double sided! Hope these help with your assessments this year! This resource includes checklists for the following TSG domains: social emotional, motor cognitive, language, literacy, math. Science/Tech, Arts, and Social Studies are not included For single classroom use only. Please see terms of use upon downloading Follow my store to stay updated about new resources! All NEW resources are free for 24 hours after being posted! Follow my Instagram early.childhood.adventures to be notified for FREEBIES and sales!
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Teaching Strategies Gold (TSG) Assessment BinderReady to use assessments, designed for teachers using Teaching Strategies Gold in a pre-K (Blue Band) classroom. This assessment packet is aligned with Teaching Strategies Gold and contains testing materials for all objectives in literacy and math. A y...
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Organize your Teaching Strategies Gold data and assessments with these easy to use [and organize] printables! Includes each domain for students in daycare, preschool, and kindergarten! This resource includes a guide and easy to view print out for each domain and sub-category! Easily access and refer...
Using the RACE strategy is an effective way to help students answer constructed response reading questions. Read tips for using this strategy in this post.
This checklist helps navigate students through the process of citing evidence in a short answer written response using the RACES method. RACES stands for Restate, Answer, Cite, Explain, and Summarize. The checklist includes information that needs to be met in order to cite evidence; such as using ...
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Since I don't have ANY 4th and 5th grade ELA resources, I went looking for some fun things for us to do during our small group time. Here's what I found:
We are entering the last quarter of the school year, and keeping students engaged means keeping lessons fresh. Therefore, this week our comma grammar practice involved Play-Doh. Yep, you read correctly. Fifth graders got to ‘play’ with Play-Doh. I had previously introduced commas to them using Print & Fold Interactive Booklets, had them implement the ... Read More about 5th Grade Comma Practice Made Fun and Interactive with Work Mats
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Use this one page sheet as your student interview for your special education evaluations! It will give you important information about how they see themselves, their social connections, second language use, academics, extracurricular interests, current goals, and future plans after high school. This...
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This two-sided handout is a great reference to support students with understanding ethos, pathos and logos. The front side depicts a diagram with definitions and strategies for each of the appeals used to persuade an audience and on the back, sentence stems and banks of academic language associat...
5 easy to implement solutions to help your sweet, but slow finishers, get their work done! The reasons behind not finishing are many : some kids are still weak in the skills that they need in order to finish, some kids don’t care about finishing, some kids don’t want to do the next task so the dawdle , some enjoy the constant pushing and encouragement to finish. #1 Let’s start with those who lack in skills needed. Offer to help on 1 problem and let them know that you want to hear them think through the next problem. (This gives some accountability for them to listen to you while you are helping.) When it is their turn to do a problem out loud ( the think through it) don’t jump in and offer assistance too fast. Praise their thinking and willingness to work hard. Fill in gaps in the understanding This is great modeling for the potential peer tutors who are seated near you and are probably listening in. These steps show the other children at the table how to help this struggler should the struggle continue. #2 Buddy Helpers and the GREEN Pen of Greatness Give those fast finishers something meaningful to do. Allow them to assist a friend using the 4 steps above and this poster below. If you give your peer tutors a green pen you can watch this “helping bug” spread like the flu… just kidding spread like wildfire. Maybe your slower finishers just need to motivation to get done so they can get their hands on a green pen! Green Pen The idea for the green pen comes from Amy Green. Brilliant idea! Teacher roams around with some green pens. Completed work gets a green star. In my class we do hearts. Author of completed and accurate work can go on to other things of interest or take another green pen and go help/ look over the work of other friends in class!!! (((purchase a box of green pens from Office Max {here})))) #3 Helping Reluctant Finishers Get it Done: Using Motivational 1/4 sheet and Visual Timers Now what do you do with a child that just does not want to finish? They have the skills, but finishing is not something that they care about. Or they don’t want to do the next assignment, so they are making a “meal” of this one! If this is habitual, call home. It can be a quick call just letting mom, dad, auntie, or other family member know that it’s becoming a habit for the child to not finish even though s/he has the skills to do so. Offer the child a little help. Mention that you have noticed they are not getting their work done. This just isn’t how we do things. Remind them they can ALWAYS ask for help, but you have noticed they KNOW how, but just are moving slower than they should. Give them a 1/4 sheet of paper to help them keep track of finishing on time. Most kids love having the teacher “notice” this change of effort. You can place a sticker over each child. Kids love the dot marker. For some reason that perfectly shaped blob makes everyone happy. Or just make it simple and put a heart over every finished assignment. Utilize a visual timer so they can tell if they are running out of time. I love the classroom timers site!!! Your students will be able to pace themselves better as they watch the fuse burn. The fireworks show is awesome at the end. Have something they miss out on if not done. I will say I have kept a child in for 5 minutes of recess occasionally. Don’t throw things at me. Listen, I think the “don’t take their recess away” movement is right! Seriously don’t throw things at me. But missing 5 minutes of recess really sends a message too. Staying in for 5 minutes in the course of an entire school year can yield a harder worker! #4 Decide if not finishing is OK: Modified Work Some of the kiddos in my room are struggling on every little thing all the time. This is because their age is not matching their academic age. For example, I have a 1st grade 6 year old who is precious, but is at a mid kinder level. Isn’t it OK for him to finish half of the work and tap out? This is modifying. Seriously, if he can do 4 problems (even with help) wouldn’t that indicate that he could eventually finish them all? But the eventual part is the struggle. We don’t have “eventually” in the school day. A phone call home or parent meeting should happen first before work modification begins. All parties need to agree on this. Once you all agree, have the child complete a given amount and then store the unfinished work. #5 Have a Spot to Store Unfinished work: I store mine in this Pacon paper sorter! In December I went back to work after the break and brought in the Pacon Paper sorter. I called it the work in progress condo. I can keep projects we are in the middle of in there and my students can keep their own work in progress there too! I adore Pacon as a company and this paper sorter is the best. Let me tell you why. It was inexpensive. It was so easy to put together, and I am ALL thumbs. It can be painted or covered in contact paper to customize. It easily stores the unfinished work of my slower finishers and the “in progress” work from my week-long intervention groups!!! This product is sturdy and isn’t too big! It fits perfectly under an easel or stands up tall along a bookshelf. It also sits beautifully on a counter top. You can also set it on it’s back to be accessed from the top. LOVE THIS PRODUCT. You must order one NOW. OK but get this… my class is a little “willful” this year. Out of 30 kids I have 14 only children and 1st born kids who “just” got their 1st sibling. This year has been a struggle to keep them engaged in work vs. pretending school is one big playdate. So, look at the brilliant idea I came up with to keep the talking down a bit!!! Lord have mercy, just that little bit of space between desk groups has really cut down on the talking and has improved work completion too!!! Can I get an Amen? I am giving myself a high five right now!!!! You can also stand the sorter up on it’s end. I am going to buy another one and put it in my guided reading area to hold the awesome materials I keep on hand there. Unfinished work and Parent Communication: What do I do with this unfinished work? I send it home on Friday. I attach a note that says something like this: “This is work that your child was not able to finish in class. We discussed work modification, but I wanted you to have this at home in case you can have an older brother or sister or tutor help your child continue to practice the skills we are doing in class.” Grab this parent letter and other freebies below. Remember: high expectations- I expect you to do what I ask and try hard (even if that means doing 1/2 page I asked of you) meaningful relationships - The green pen and helpers Kelley Dolling of the Teacher Idea Factory says you have to “sell the sizzle” in order to get things done. I hope the sizzle of the green pen and the posters and freebies motivate your little stars to rock this out. Download all the freebies from my store on Teacher’s Pay Teachers by clicking the button below: Make a teacher friend’s day! Share this post with them. Pass on great info and freebies so we can all help our slow finishers.
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As I am looking forward to a new school year in my new school, I have already started planning and creating new resources. Since I have my classroom now and I can finally make the big decisions about the teaching materials I would love to use, I am all excited to be able to say good-bye to textbooks and use what I believe best responds to my learners’ needs. If you are looking for some engaging and valuable resources for your textbook-less ESL class or you wish to supplement your own materials,
93 activities and worksheets to help your students master simple multiplication and basic facts! This pack includes a variety of differentiated worksheets and activities that provide students with a range of fun and engaging opportunities to explore multiplication strategies such as: Equal Groups Arrays Repeated Addition Number Bonds Inverse Operations Times Tables and MORE! Want more multiplication? Check out these other multiplication resources below! Multiplication Strategies PowerPoint - NEW! Multiplication Digital Activities - NEW! Multiplication Games and Centres Multiplication Printable Activities Multiplication Games Multiplication Mastery Folder
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