Category Archives : GRADE LEVELS

Lord of the Flies Unit (No prep required)

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For ease of use, the Lesson plan bundle, the answer key, as well as the Student booklet are all modifiable in a Word document. Add to it, change it, and make it your own.

Everything you need to teach The Lord of the Flies by William Golding is found in this unit.

• Includes journal prompts to further students’ understanding and to further understand thematic development in the novel.
• PowerPoint presentation with historical context and background information
• (Optional) PowerPoint presentation about the origins of evil furthering understanding of Golding’s themes
• Guess Who? Game to help students trace character development in a fun and practical way
• Student work book with all of the photocopies, student activities, comprehension and thematic questions, etc… (Photocopy the booklet once and you don’t have to think about it for the rest of the unit.)
• Links to audiobooks for easy chapter reading.
• The Answer Key for all student work.
• Includes comprehensive chapter notes to help with reviewing chapters previously read and allowing students to take notes concerning important information.

All tests have two versions – which is nice when you teach more than one group at a time.

• Test on the first 7 chapters (2 different versions – both in a Word document for easy modifications. Answer keys provided for both evaluations.)

• Final evaluation includes 2 different options. Option 1: 2 different unit test versions (two different tests – answer keys for both are included), Option 2: an Essay with all materials included (evaluation grid, outline package, etc.…)

• 17 complete and detailed lesson plans to guide and orient your students. Journal prompts with ideas to further discussion, step by step instructions… This makes for super easy planning.
• A Jeopardy Game (on PowerPoint) to review the novel and to prepare for the final evaluation

The unit includes 103 pages and 76 slides.

Guide to lessons’ focus points:
Lesson 1: introduction of background and historical context
Lesson 2: Focus on leadership
Lesson 3: Introduction to the symbolism in the novel
Lesson 4: Characterization
Lesson 5: Writing exercise (paragraph and argument development)
Lesson 6: Reading period
Lesson 7: Civilization vs. Savagery (Includes cyberbullying and dangers of social media, etc.…) Practical applications from the novel.
Lesson 8: Review analysis skills
Lesson 9: Test on chapters 1-7 (Choice of multiple choice questions or development questions)
Lesson 10: Reading period
Lesson 11: Thematic Meaning activity
Lesson 12: Characterization (character development)
Lesson 13: Literary conflicts in the novel
Lesson 14: Symbolism
Themes: 15: Themes
Lesson 16: Novel review and Jeopardy game
Lesson 17: Evaluation (Choice of two unit tests or an essay)

You’ll never have to worry about what you will be teaching on any given day, and the unit is modifiable for your convenience.

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103 pages and 76 slides

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FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON – “FREEBIE – Capitalizing the First Letter in a Sentence”

This entry was posted in 1st Grade 2nd Grade LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS and tagged free on October 12, 2016 by Patrice Manchola (updated on October 9, 2016)

by GoTeach2nd

1st – 2nd Grade

Set included task cards for students to decide which sentence is capitalized correctly. There is an answers sheet to record their answers on.

White background set included to save on ink.

This can be used as a Center, Early Finishers, Extra Practice, or a Scoot Game for the Whole Class.

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Poetry and Imagery – Langston Hughes

This entry was posted in 10th Grade 11th Grade 9th Grade FREE LESSONS & PRICED LESSONS - The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs HOME LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS and tagged activities English Language Arts Handouts Lesson Plans (Individual) literature No Prep poetry on October 11, 2016 by teachingmadeeasy123

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This is a lesson on poetry and imagery

This mini bundle includes the poems of Langston Hughes and has a focus on the importance of imagery. More specifically, the lesson is based on two poems: A Dream Deferred and Mother to Son.

This lesson is part of a larger poetry bundle:
Click here to preview the Poetry Unit for Senior Students

This lesson will take two full periods.

The mini bundle includes:

– a detailed lesson plan for the teacher
– student notes (the poems) and activity
– an annotated copy of the poems as well as a comprehensive answer key.
-an activity on PowerPoint to teach students about imagery

The entire unit contains 6 pages+ 19 PowerPoint slides

I hope you enjoy your purchase!

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2 hours

FREE MATH LESSON – “Thanksgiving Centers Free Pie Centers Math Literacy Kindergarten Preschool SPED”

This entry was posted in Kindergarten MATH LESSONS PreKindergarten Thanksgiving and tagged free on October 11, 2016 by Patrice Manchola (updated on October 9, 2016)

by Lodrew

Pre-Kindergarten – Kindergarten

Serve up some fun with these free pie dice games. For kindergarten, preschool, SPED, or any early childhood setting.

Pie Dice Games

1] Pie Plates Roll & Cover (Roll 1 die and serve up pie slices until your mat is full.) – comes with:
a] Table Mats with 6 Plates (4 colors with dice) (laminate and give one to each player)
b] 6 Numbered Pie Covers (laminate and give six to each player)

2] Pie Roll & Color Worksheet – Roll 1 die and color each corresponding pie slice.

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Be a Fall Detective: Sparkling Facts & Mindboggling Questions

This entry was posted in 1st Grade 2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade Kindergarten LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS MATH LESSONS MISC. LESSONS SCIENCE LESSONS and tagged biomimicry on October 10, 2016 by Asa Jomard

By Sparking Children’s Thinkibility

Grades Kindergarten -4th Grade

Fun and engaging activities to encourage children to look at fall with new eyes.

This package contains

1. Pets preparing for the colder weather.

2. How can you help pets prepare for fall?

3.Think Diving for a Fall Detective – predicting the weather

4. Be a weather detective – make a tally

5. Think Diving for a Fall Detective – 6.Climate Change

6. What do squirrels eat?

7. Where do squirrels store their food?

8.Think Diving for a Squirrel Detective – Make a map

9. Leaf color

10. Can you draw a fractal-like pattern?

11. Underneath the Leaves

12. How do insects prepare for winter?

13. Ask the Animal Sparkling Questions about Hibernation

14. Spreading its wings

15, Do birds sing more or less in the fall months?

16. Coats for wintery weather wear

17. Think Diving for a Fall Detective – White winter fur and feathers

18. Random inspiration and Symmetry Using a Leaf Dice (template included)

19. Leaf Math Detective

20. Love is all around

21. I love fall because. . .

22. What games can I play in the fall wind?

23. Fall-filled words

24. Animal words

25. Fall dictionary

26.What if the fall fairy could grant you one wish? Write a letter

27. Falltastic questions

28. Fall Poem

29. Shape Poems

30. Raindrops

31. Owls

32. Writing prompts

33. Imagine

34. How can I build the world’s biggest leaf pile?

35. How do you plan a fall party?

36. Imagine that you are a fall detective

37. Write a mystery.

38. How to throw the perfect spooktacular party?

39. Comic strips

40. Question cards – fill in your own questions and use as inspiration for research and writing.

Link to Be a Fall Detective: Sparkling Facts & Mindboggling Questions

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English Grammar Cheat Sheet

This entry was posted in 10th Grade 11th Grade 12th Grade 7th Grade 8th Grade 9th Grade FREE LESSONS & PRICED LESSONS - The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs HOME LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS and tagged English Language Arts grammar No Prep Printables Writing on October 10, 2016 by teachingmadeeasy123

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This “Cheat Sheet” was designed to help students while writing in English. This at a glance 2 page sheet is colorful and has an easy to find layout to help students remember certain important things while they write.

I allow my students to use this in class when writing a test. This is not a grammar lesson, but it will remind students about the grammar they’ve learned in the past.

Some of the reminders included:

– parts of speech
– transitional words
– quotation marks (how and when to use them)
– basic sentence structure
– spelling tips (plurals of nouns and IE rule)
– puncutaion rules (apostrophe, colon, semicolon

The other side of the page has comma rules:
– with coordinate conjunctions
-with introductory elements
– with other elements (dates, parenthetical expression, nouns in a direct address)
– with adjectives
-with apositives

It also contains tips on things to avoid, such as writing a paragraph shorter than 4 sentences. And, it contains a list of things to do, such as make sure that your paragraphs contain at least 2 pieces of evidence.

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October Teacher Talk

This entry was posted in 10th Grade 11th Grade 12th Grade 1st Grade 2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade 6th Grade 7th Grade 8th Grade 9th Grade CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT COMMON CORE FREE LESSONS & PRICED LESSONS - The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs Halloween HOME Kindergarten LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS MATH LESSONS MISC. LESSONS PreKindergarten SCIENCE LESSONS SOCIAL STUDIES LESSONS SPECIAL EDUCATION Thanksgiving Veteran's Day and tagged #Octoberteachertalk on October 10, 2016 by socrateslantern (updated on October 15, 2016)

Posted by Deann Marin of Socrates Lantern

It’s BOO-tober and time for October Teacher Talk. Getting ready for Halloween and other Autumn holidays, you don’t want to miss this issue of Teacher Talk. So hurry on over to see what these creative educators have to say for this month.

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Journals: From a Kid’s Point of View

By Retta London of Rainbow City Learning

Part one of a blog series about journaling, as told by fourth graders!

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BOO-Tober Time for Sensory Poetry

By Deann Marin of Socrates Lantern

It’s BOOtober and the perfect time to get those creative juices flowing in your 5-8 grade students. Fall is the perfect season for this. Can’t you just hear the rustling of leaves under your feet, or the howling wind as the days begin to grow colder. How about biting into that first crisp red apple of the season. I just love Macouns, my tongue waters as I think about the tart sweetness of my favorite fruit.

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BOO! MEOW! EEK! WHHOO! HA-HA-HA!

By Gini Musmanno of Reading Spotlight

The natural rhythm of songs and poetry enhances fluency, especially for beginning and struggling readings. Add fun with sound effects and then add even more fun by recording the results!

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Multiply the Fun

By Kathie Yonemura of Tried and True Teaching Tools

Combine task cards with QR code and students BEG to practice multiplication!

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Make Math FUN this Halloween!

By Sara Snyder of Snyder Classroom

Make Math FUN this Halloween with these engaging Math Riddles! Each problem corresponds to a letter that helps to solve the riddle at the bottom of the page. My students love these!

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3 Ways for AAC Users to Get their Game Face On

By Susan Berkowitz of Susan Berkowitz

If you’re looking for some fun and spooky Halloween activities for speech-language therapy, here are some ideas for you, and a free resource, too.

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Halloween STEM Challenge: Ghosts in the Graveyard

By Kerry Tracy of Kerry Tracy

Keep your kids engaged this Halloween with spooky STEM challenges!

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Pumpkin Themed Activities and Resources

By Alison Monk of the Literacy Garden

It’s that time of year again! Pumpkin mania!! Yes, I am also quite a fan of everything PUMPKIN. I love the soothing taste of a Pumpkin Spice Chai Tea or the delightful aroma of pumpkin scented soaps and air fragrances. And don’t forget the pumpkin roll with the cream cheese filling!!! So, now that you are drooling with me, how about some pumpkin ideas for your home and classroom?

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Math Routines to Boost Student Achievement

By Shametria Routt of The Routty Math Teacher

Check out four classroom routines that will allow you to use your time both effectively and efficiently, increase critical thinking skills, and boost student achievement at the same time. This series highlights four of my favorite routines: starters, number talks, math talks, and daily problem solving. These routines are tried and true and through this series I share how I made them work for me and my students in my own classroom.

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Positive Behavioral Supports for PreK Classrooms

By Thia Triggs of Print Path

As I began working on a new Visual Schedule project for PreK, I did a little digging into research-based practices to support positive behaviors in preschool classrooms. What did I find?

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Setting Up Captivating Stations

By Mary Moore of Moore Resources

As I was considering how to do these and captivate interest, I decided to utilize my new ‘math stations idea’ and create ” Colorful Captivating Station Bags”. To create these great engaging station bags….read more at MMooreEducationalResources.com/blog

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FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON – “Saxon Phonics and Spelling Grade 1 Lesson 1 PowerPoint (First Grade)”

This entry was posted in 1st Grade LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS and tagged free on October 10, 2016 by Patrice Manchola (updated on October 9, 2016)

by Spinning a Yarn In First

1st Grade

I have created Powerpoints to accompany my daily 1st grade Saxon Phonics Grade 1lessons. I wanted to have the words and sentences quickly on the board so I could focus more on the instruction. This lesson is the first Saxon Lesson. This comes from the week includes the introductions of letters and sounds of t, long and short o, n, and p.

Powerpoints will be added in weekly groupings. You can find the first week of Saxon here Saxon Phonics and Spelling Grade 1 Lessons 1 – 5 Powerpoints

Entire year of PowerPoints available here:

Saxon Phonics and Spelling PPT Bundle

The slides only include items that students must see or must be written on the board. I have found these to encourage my kiddos to be more attentive to review on a daily basis. The general nature and spiral review of these powerpoints would lend itself well to any phonics program.

These materials were prepared by a teacher in the Dyer County Schools (Holice Powell Elementary School) and have neither been developed, reviewed, nor endorsed by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, publisher of the original SAXON PHONICS AND SPELLING 1 work on which this material is based.

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Be a Pumpkin Detective – Math

This entry was posted in 1st Grade 2nd Grade Halloween Kindergarten MATH LESSONS on October 10, 2016 by Asa Jomard

By Sparking Children’s Thinkibility

Grades Kindergarten – 2nd Grade

Be inspired by Pumpkins!

How many seeds are in a pumpkin?

Ask your friends and family to estimate.

Estimation is a tricky concept but it is an important skill that is very useful when you go shopping.

This booklet contains a range of worksheets, some that require basic number skills, while others are a bit more complex.

Fun activities where the children are asked to make up their own math problems. Children often enjoy creating their own problems. This approach requires a deeper reflection upon numbers and basic arithmetic operations as compared to only providing an answer.

Pumpkin-inspired multiplication and division cards. Students can make their own problems.

1. Make a tally – How many seeds are in a pumpkin?

2. Add and give away pumpkins

3. Building blocks

4. Make up your own problems

5. Multiplication and division cards.

Color and black and white versions.

Link to Be a Pumpkin Detective Math

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This entry was posted in 1st Grade 2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade Halloween Kindergarten LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS MATH LESSONS MISC. LESSONS SCIENCE LESSONS and tagged biomimicry STEAM on October 9, 2016 by Asa Jomard

By Sparking Children’s Thinkibility

Grades Kindergarten -4th Grade

Be inspired by Halloween!

I have packed several different types of activities in this package. Lots of fun and engaging math problems, biomimicry, and creative writing prompts.

1. Spot bats, toadstools, and treats.

Halloween inspired multiplication and division cards. Students can make their own problems. Color and black and white versions.

2. Invent a toy inspired by jumping spiders.

Enter the fascinating world of spooky animals and tasty vegetables – from spiders to aye-aye with a witch-like long bony middle finger. Use the observations to design toys and solve problems.

Lessons about biomimicry require a brave approach to teaching since there is a move away from an approach where teachers are asking questions and looking for quick answers. Instead, young learners are given an opportunity to shape and explore their own ideas. Biomimicry and bioinspiration are constantly evolving and new ideas are explored to solve problems and designing innovations.

3. 16 writing prompts

Link to Spooky – Math, STEAM – Biomimicry, Writing Prompts

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Evaluating a Fishbowl Activity in a Literature Circle

This entry was posted in 10th Grade 11th Grade 12th Grade 7th Grade 8th Grade 9th Grade FREE LESSONS & PRICED LESSONS - The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs HOME LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS and tagged activities English Language Arts literature Literature Circles No Prep Reading Rubrics on October 9, 2016 by teachingmadeeasy123

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The Fishbowl activity is mostly useful during literature circles or in a novel study. Quite literally, the group in the center is being watched by the rest of the class, while they are discussing elements of fiction. This activity is a very important tool in order to teach students how group discussions should run, what is to be said, and how it is to be said. Many times the leader of the discussion doesn’t know how to prompt members to elaborate upon their contributions. This will certainly help.

In addition, it is often difficult for a teacher to evaluate these discussions, which is the reason I have created this package. It is easy to use and you can merely check boxes to quickly assess each member of the groups.

This package contains:
• An explanation of The Fishbowl Activity
• How to run a Fishbowl Activity (within the realm of a literature circle)
• Why such an activity is important
• Evaluation sheets one can use to easily evaluate the discussions and roles of students

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FREE MATH LESSON – “Daily Math Journals CCSS FREE”

This entry was posted in Kindergarten MATH LESSONS PreKindergarten and tagged free on October 9, 2016 by Patrice Manchola (updated on October 2, 2016)

by Deedee Wills

Pre-Kindergarten -Kindergarten

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Daily Math Journals are a great way to review reinforce math concepts in a creative way. This sample will provide 8 math journal prompts, math journal covers, and tips for setting up your own math journals.

This is a SAMPLE of the monthly prompts.

You can read more about these and how they work in my classroom by clicking on the following link
Math Journals in the Classroom

UPDATE: 6/23/14 THESE PROMPTS HAVE BEEN ALIGNED TO THE CCSS

Each monthly set includes math journal labels, instructions for setting up your math journals, and over 25 prompts for the month.

Included skills:
*patterns/classifying objects
*addition word problems
*subtraction word problems
*counting on
*comparing numbers/objects
*making 10
*decomposing numbers less than 10 in multiple ways
*decomposing teen numbers
*2D and 3D shapes

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Daily Math Journals-CCSS Complete Year

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I Have, Who has? Game for Teaching Figurative Language and Poetry

This entry was posted in 10th Grade 11th Grade 12th Grade 7th Grade 8th Grade 9th Grade FREE LESSONS & PRICED LESSONS - The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS and tagged activities English Language Arts Flash Cards fun stuff No Prep poetry vocabulary on October 8, 2016 by teachingmadeeasy123

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The goal of this game is to help students memorize and understand FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE through the use of games. Playing rather than memorizing is a fun activity that will engage students in a classroom.

Included in this purchase is the MASTER SHEET, which contains the answers, attractive STUDENT CARDS, which you can print and cut out in colour (on card stock and laminate for sustainable use), and A SET OF RULES explaining how the game works.

This package contains 23 cards and 12 extra blank cards in case you have a bigger class.

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FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON – “Thankful for Suffixes”

This entry was posted in 2nd Grade 3rd Grade LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS Thanksgiving and tagged free on October 8, 2016 by Patrice Manchola (updated on October 2, 2016)

by Curriculum Craze

2nd – 3rd Grade

Thankful for Suffixes is an “I Have, Who Has” game for the whole class. This game contains words with the suffixes -er, -less, -ful, and -ly.

Copyright © 2012 Amy Grout
All rights reserved by author.
Permission to copy for single classroom use only.
Electronic distribution limited to single classroom use only.
Not for public display.

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The Three Paragraph Essay

This entry was posted in 7th Grade 8th Grade 9th Grade FREE LESSONS & PRICED LESSONS - The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS and tagged English Language Arts Lesson Plans (Individual) Mini-course No Prep Printables Writing Writing-Expository on October 7, 2016 by teachingmadeeasy123

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This is a great way to teach students how to properly structure their essay.

The Three Paragraph Essay is a resource that is best used for novice essay writers. It is a great way to introduce the expository essay. The 2 page pdf document includes simple step-by-step instructions to teach students how to write an effective three paragraph essay.

I recommend using this document with students who are in grades 7-9. It is an effective and simple way of learning how to write a proper introduction, a one paragraph development, and a conclusion that serves a purpose.

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FREE MATH LESSON – “Rocking Out with Numbers – All about the Hundreds Chart freebies”

This entry was posted in 1st Grade 2nd Grade Kindergarten MATH LESSONS and tagged free on October 7, 2016 by Patrice Manchola (updated on October 2, 2016)

by Tessa Maguire

Kindergarten – 2nd Grade

Navigating the hundreds chart is crucial to a child’s early education. It helps build their number sense and helps them begin to add and subtract. This 8 page file gives you great center activities!

CCSS 1.NBT.5 and 1.NBT.6

Rocking out with Number Lines 0-20
Rocking out with Number Lines 0-120
Rocking out with Number Puzzles 0-30
Rocking out with Number Puzzles 0-100
Rocking out with the Hundreds Chart 0-20
Rocking out with the Hundreds Chart 0-120 addition only
Rocking out with the Hundreds Chart 0-120 addition and subtraction

Don’t forget to also download Gearing Up with Number Grids for free!

If you like this, consider purchasing the full file Rocking out with the Hundreds Chart

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Free Lesson on Allegory and Symbolism Analysis in Poetry is ready to teach (NO PREP).

This entry was posted in 11th Grade 12th Grade FREE LESSONS FREE LESSONS & PRICED LESSONS - The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS and tagged English Language Arts Handouts Lesson Plans (Individual) literature No Prep poetry Study Guides on October 6, 2016 by teachingmadeeasy123

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This FREE lesson on Allegory and Symbolism Analysis in Poetry is ready to teach (NO PREP).

This mini bundle includes:

– a complete lesson plan for the teacher
– Student notes on poetry analysis (TPCASTT method of analysis)
– The poem (student copy)
– Annotated poem (for the teacher) and an answer sheet

This lesson is part of a more comprehensive unit:
Click here to view the Poetry Unit for Senior Students)

Just photocopy and teach.

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FREE MATH LESSON – “Symmetry Book Activities”

This entry was posted in 1st Grade 2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade Kindergarten MATH LESSONS and tagged free on October 6, 2016 by Patrice Manchola (updated on October 2, 2016)

by Loreen Leedy

Kindergarten – 4th Grade

My picture book Seeing SYMMETRY has a myriad of colorful examples from animal bodies to quilt blocks to kaleidoscopes to cowboy boots. This packet has ideas for introducing the book then kids can search for symmetrical images inside it. Additional options are to draw the missing half of a tiger or triceratops, make Mexican paper banners (papel picado), and use the enclosed square or round template to draw designs with line or rotational symmetry. Symmetry is a great way to visualize math concepts such as halves vs. wholes, equality, repeats, transformations, and much more.

This download does not contain the book itself. Please ask your librarian for a copy. To see a book trailer and more info on my web site, please click on this link. All graphics are original.

These activities align with the Common Core Math Standard for 4th Grade Geometry:
CCSS.Math.Content.4.G.A.3: Recognize a line of symmetry for a two-dimensional figure as a line across the figure such that the figure can be folded along the line into matching parts. Identify line-symmetric figures and draw lines of symmetry.

See all my Symmetry resources here.

Click to see all my Math resources.

Thanks for stopping by!

Loreen Leedy
Children’s book author-illustrator of Seeing Symmetry
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Hamlet Unit (No prep – Complete Unit)

This entry was posted in 10th Grade 11th Grade 12th Grade FREE LESSONS & PRICED LESSONS - The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS and tagged Assessment English Language Arts Lesson Plans (Bundled) literature No Prep novel study Shakespeare Writing on October 5, 2016 by teachingmadeeasy123

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One entire month of planning done for you – I dare you to enjoy Shakespeare.

I love teaching Shakespeare’s plays and I want you to love it too. I’ve been teaching and improving this unit for over 10 years. I have literally done all the thinking for you.

This unit has everything a teacher needs to teach Hamlet. I’m aware that not everyone is comfortable with Shakespeare. Because of this, I have created this unit from my years of experience teaching the play so all of the thinking has been done for you. Just photocopy and teach. Seriously it’s that easy.
There’s no longer a need for hours of research and piecing together bits of information and activities found to teach the play.
This is a whole, complete unit, from scene summaries, important notes and annotations notes to help students understand what they are reading. I have also included an introduction to the play, a student guide, a teacher guide, quizzes, a creative assignment, and tests (all with answers and evaluation grids), and a comprehensive answer key. Everything has its place and teaches a specific skill.

The unit is appropriate for students in grades 10, 11 and 12.

The unit includes :

– An attractive, interactive, multimedia PowerPoint presentation introducing the play (17 slides)

-A Student Study Guide (with activities, act and scene questions…) and various activities (14 pages)

-A Teacher Guide (with detailed, comprehensive lessons, unit plan, and additional notes to guide students.) -9 pages and 16 complete lessons. The teacher Guide also includes links to the audiobook (the exact time to cue the audio) AND it includes a list of speaking roles if reading out loud in class)to help with time management and organisation.

-18 pages of comprehensive scene summaries and important notes for each scene (annotations for each scene) ***THIS IS A TEACHER FAVORITE!

–A creative Hamlet Guess Who? Game to help students understand the characters. (What’s fun about this game is that it can be played from the beginning of the play right to the end, and students’ answers will change depending on the act they are reading.) LOTS OF FUN!

-A comprehensive answer key for all questions and activities. (24 pages)

-Comprehension quiz on Acts 1 and 2 in Word format for easy modifications (with evaluation grid) and answer key.

-Mid-play evaluation – The Parody – creative writing and analysis (in Word format for easy modifications – with evaluation grid)

-Summary guide (highlighting the significant events from each scene with important analytical information) – Throughout my years of teaching this play, I have amounted excellent notes and annotations, listing the most significant actions throughout each scene. I have retyped these annotations to help you teach the play so your students will understand it (and so will you). (18 pages)

-The culminating evaluation includes three different versions of the final unit test with evaluation grid and answer key (in Word for easy modifications).

It’s teaching made easy!

Total Pages

109

Answer Key

N/A

Teaching Duration

N/A

FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON – “Mystery Freebie!!!! Every-TURKEY will love this!”

This entry was posted in 1st Grade Kindergarten LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS Thanksgiving and tagged free on October 5, 2016 by Patrice Manchola (updated on October 2, 2016)

by Jennifer Drake

Kindergarten – 1st Grade

It’s a mystery…you won’t know what your freebie is until download!

Your students are sure to love this ‘mystery’ that is Thanksgiving themed!

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Rubrics: Self Evaluation and teacher assessment rubrics

This entry was posted in 10th Grade 11th Grade 12th Grade 7th Grade 8th Grade 9th Grade FREE LESSONS & PRICED LESSONS - The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs HOME LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS on October 4, 2016 by teachingmadeeasy123

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Self-evaluation grids are a great way to guide students in their evaluations. Students will know exactly what is expected of them and will be made responsible for their own success. This package can also easily be changed to be used as peer evaluations.

Included within this document are over 20 different self-evaluation grids.

These self-evaluation grids are also very helpful to teachers:
 Helps the teacher justify the final mark;
Helps the teacher create meaningful evaluation grids;
 Helps to identify students’ weaknesses and strengths;
 Helps parents and students better understand the task required;
 Helps teachers create rubrics for the final evaluation.

This package was created in a Word document in order to be easily modified and changed according to the individual teacher’s needs.

This self-evaluation package contains self-evaluation grids for:
 Newspaper article
 Short story writing (intermediate and senior)
 Essay writing (various different types)
 Essay evaluation rubrics (for teacher –with and without sources)
 Independent study unit
 Research paper
 Skits
 Board game
 Group work
 Opinion piece
 Editorial
 Friendly letter
 Debate
 Movie review
 Journals
 Scrapbook
 Seminar
 Speech
 Riddle writing

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Answer Key

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Teaching Duration

N/A

FREE MATH LESSON – “Equivalent Ratios and Fraction Decimal Percent Conversions Free Fall Themed”

This entry was posted in 7th Grade 8th Grade 9th Grade MATH LESSONS and tagged free on October 4, 2016 by Patrice Manchola (updated on October 2, 2016)

by Positively Pre-Algebra Plus

7th – 9th Grade

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Equivalent Ratios, fraction decimal percent conversions – here are two FREE fall-themed worksheets to help students review these concepts! Use these printables as warmups, math centers, holiday activity, concept review, as sub work, with a partner or a formative assessment. A full answer key is provided.

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FREE LESSON- Boo! Eeek! Whhhoo! Ha-Ha-Ha!

This entry was posted in 1st Grade 2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade 6th Grade FREE LESSONS Halloween LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS on October 3, 2016 by Reading Spotlight (updated on October 1, 2016)

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Free Poetry Lesson: Analysing Poetry (NO PREP)

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FREE LESSON – This mini unit on Walt Whitman’s” I Heard the Learned Astronomer” and “A Noiseless, Patient Spider”, teaches students how to analyse poetry. Students must learn to observe, connect, make inferences, and draw conclusions on themes.

This mini guide includes:

-a detailed lesson plan for the teacher
-poems for students
-answer key and poetry annotation

This mini-guide includes 6 pages. I hope you enjoy it.

Total Pages

Answer Key

Included

Teaching Duration

1 hour

FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON – “Memory Game using Short A Pictures and Words”

This entry was posted in 1st Grade Kindergarten LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS and tagged free on October 3, 2016 by Patrice Manchola (updated on October 2, 2016)

by The Chocolate Teacher

Kindergarten – 1st Grade

This is an easy to prep game to put into your literacy block time. There are a total of 18 cards, nine of them with pictures and nine of them with the matching printed word. Students will lay them out with the pictures or words facing down. They’ll take turns turning over cards trying to find a matching set with the word and picture. The student with the most matches at the end is the winner. They can reshuffle the cards and play again! Thank you for taking the time to look at my product. If you decide to download it, I REALLY appreciate the feedback.

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Poetry Unit : The Art of Interpretation No Prep

This entry was posted in 10th Grade 11th Grade 9th Grade FREE LESSONS & PRICED LESSONS - The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS and tagged English Language Arts games Handouts Lesson Plans (Bundled) No Prep poetry Writing on October 2, 2016 by teachingmadeeasy123

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Poetry: The Art of Interpretation – is designed to teach students how to interpret, appreciate, and analyse poetry.

There are 9 complete lessons (estimated to last approximately 60 minutes), therefore 2 weeks of lessons.

This complete, no prep unit is a great way to start! This unit includes a student guide, 9 detailed lesson plans, 2 multimedia presentations (no internet connection required), a detailed answer key with annotated poems and answers, and an end of the unit evaluation with rubric, and answer key.

Just print it and teach it.

Poetry is a very subjective form of art. Some poems you love and others, you hate. What we need to realize is that this is the beauty of poetry. Poetry is not a mystery to be solved. Rather, it is the masterful manipulation of language that has the power to transform the ordinary and to immerse its reader into the world created by the author.

This unit incorporates art to help students understand and appreciate the beauty within words. In addition, students will learn how to analyse themes in poetry though paintings and art work.

This HUGE bundle includes:

Each lesson focuses on a different skill set including:
– Knowledge and manipulation of figurative and poetic language
– How to read and understand (appreciate) poetry
– How to analyse poetry
– How to annotate poetry
– How to paraphrase effectively
– How to use symbols
– How to effectively develop themes from poetry
– Creative writing
– Creative activities to learn how to analyse

The unit includes a student packet (20 pages), a teacher packet (with 9 complete lessons), and a comprehensive answer key with annotations to poem (with 17 pages). See preview for more details.

Poets studied include: (8 poems total)
– Billy Collins – “Introduction to Poetry”
– Anne Marriott – “As You Come in”
– Phyllis Gotlieb – “First Person Demonstrative”
– Edgar Allan Poe – The Raven
– Robert Frost – “Nothing Gold can Stay”
– John Crowe Ransom -“Janet Waking”
– Woodruff – “I am a Poem that Tells a Lie”
– Tennyson – “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”

The unit also includes:

1 – The teacher guide (Contains 9 comprehensive lesson plans to teach the poems included in the unit. EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO TEACH THIS UNIT HAS BEEN DONE FOR YOU. )

2 – The student package (Contains students’ notes , poems, and questions) (20 pages)

3 – The answer key includes annotated poems and answers to all student activities (saving you time – 18 pages).

4 – Included is a test with multiple choice questions as well as a development question. All answers are included. (Word format for easy changes)

5 – 2 PowerPoint presentations – one multimedia presentation to introduce the unit (17 slides) and the second to reinforce the use of imagery and symbolism (19 slides) – NO INTERNET CONNECTION REQUIRED

6 – Images to project or print

7- An end of the unit creative evaluation, which includes clear and concise directions and rubric. (In a Word document for easy modifications)

– An interactive multimedia Jeopardy game to review figurative language and poetic devices (PowerPoint – no internet required)

– A multimedia PowerPoint on how to read and interpret poetry

– A PowerPoint presentation on how to interpret symbols and imagery in literature (19 slides)

– A final culminating evaluation with evaluation rubric (left in Word format for easily made modifications)

The unit has been created in such a way as to simplify the teacher’s life. Photocopy the 3 packages included and don’t worry about it for the rest of the unit. You literally can begin teaching it without any other preparation.

A total of 43 pages + 64 slides are included in this package.

This unit is complete, and does all of the thinking for you. All you need to do is to print out and photocopy the student package and you’re set.

Other poetry units you may enjoy:
Poetry Unit (for senior students)
Poetry Unit for Intermediate Students

Total Pages

43 pages and 64 slides

Answer Key

Included with Rubric

Teaching Duration

2 Weeks

FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON – “Halloween Tracing Lines Fun ~ Fine Motor Skills Tracing Cards Set”

This entry was posted in Halloween Kindergarten LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS PreKindergarten and tagged free on October 2, 2016 by Patrice Manchola (updated on October 5, 2016)

by D P Sharpe

Pre-Kindergarten – Kindergarten

Tracing different types of lines is one of the early development skills that kids need to prepare for writing. The fun and colorful activities featured in this fun pack will help your little ones develop the muscles needed for early handwriting success.

They will allow younger students to trace lines in a variety of strokes and paths that will help increase their fine motor tracing skills. Your children will have fun as they are provided with these interactive opportunities for them to enhance their Preschool and kindergarten Fine Motor Skills.

These entertaining Halloween activities are excellent for young children as young as 2 years old and preschoolers. It is an excellent product for preschool, but this set can also be used for your kindergarten student who may need extra fine motor skill development.

Enclosed in your download you will find 12 wipe off color mat strips which can be placed on rings for your students. Thanks for downloading and enjoy.

Click on the link below for Tracing Lines Fun Activity Set

Tracing Lines Fun ~ Fine Motor Skills Tracing Set

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Language Arts: Thesis Writing Acitity

This entry was posted in 10th Grade 11th Grade 12th Grade 9th Grade FREE LESSONS & PRICED LESSONS - The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS MISC. LESSONS and tagged Activity Essay Writing Expository Writing Interactive Powerpoint Thesis on October 1, 2016 by teachingmadeeasy123

We all know that the thesis statement is the most important part of the essay. This is also the part of the essay with which students have the most difficulty.

When you are able to identify the strengths and weaknesses of a work, you are able to write better yourself.

Topic: Is knowledge good or destructive? The subject is interesting, and can be used along with many different types of literature, or on its own.

In this bundle, I’ve included an interactive PowerPoint presentation that includes the following:

-The definition of a thesis statement
-How to write a thesis statement (and the steps to take leading up to the thesis)
-5 examples of thesis statements, where students must identify both the weaknesses and the strengths
-10 slides explaining the strengths in the examples and the weaknesses in the examples
-1 example of a well-written thesis statement, and an explanation about why it’s good.

To accompany the PowerPoint presentation, I’ve included a student activity sheet with a list of all of the examples written in the PPT. (PDF format)

Also included is a lesson plan with details regarding the PowerPoint and activity sheet.

As a bonus, I’ve also included a poster listing the 7 essential steps to writing a great thesis. I’ve included an image format and a PDF format for easy printing.

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Speech Evaluation with drop down boxes

This entry was posted in 10th Grade 11th Grade 12th Grade 7th Grade 8th Grade 9th Grade College FREE LESSONS & PRICED LESSONS - The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS MISC. LESSONS and tagged Assessment classroom forms English Language Arts Other (Social Studies - History) Social Studies - History on October 1, 2016 by teachingmadeeasy123

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PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

Please note that this document does not work with a Mac computer.

Automated Comment Generator for SPEECHES

This document has been created to help teachers evaluate students during the speech evaluation. It is created in a Microsoft Word document so that you can easily modify it to suit your particular classroom needs. (You also have the option to copy and paste the entire page, or certain elements.) The document is completely modifiable, even the comments. The “grunt work” has been done for you.

This quickens the evaluation process and will help the teacher to write down information more quickly. This particular document has been embedded with drop down boxes with comments on: elements of persuasion and argumentation, communication, the quality of information, the quality of sources, and the quality of visual aids.

Please see the preview for a better idea of how this product can help you to assess your students.It’s teaching made easy!

You may also be interested in:
Essay Evaluation Comments with Drop Down Boxes
FREE Group Work Comment Sheet with Drop Down Boxes

FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON – “Sensationally Spooky Words – Halloween Word List”

This entry was posted in 1st Grade 2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade Halloween LANGUAGE ARTS LESSONS and tagged free on October 1, 2016 by Patrice Manchola (updated on October 1, 2016)

by Core Inspiration by Laura Santos

1st – 5th Grade

A word list filled with spooky words. Great for writing projects during the Halloween season.

Easy to print and add to any writer’s notebook, personal dictionary or word collector’s notebook.

The adorable festive design also makes this an ideal display for your classroom writing center.

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