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20 Engaging Ways to Teach With Graffiti Walls - WeAreTeachers
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K to 12
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Turn an ordinary classroom wall, whiteboard, or sheet of butcher paper into an interactive space for thinking, sharing, and reviewing with these 20 ready-to-try graffiti wall ideas....more
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Turn an ordinary classroom wall, whiteboard, or sheet of butcher paper into an interactive space for thinking, sharing, and reviewing with these 20 ready-to-try graffiti wall ideas. Students can write, draw, respond to classmates, and visually organize their thinking in activities ranging from geography and math challenges to vocabulary practice, reading responses, discussion starters, weekly reflections, music appreciation, and art. Ideas include rotating through review questions before a test, collecting favorite book quotations and recommendations, responding to an image, recording important points during guided reading, and comparing students' prior knowledge with what they know after a unit. Most activities require little preparation and can be adapted to different subjects and ages.
tag(s): collaboration (146), critical thinking (194), Formative Assessment (52)
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Have students respond to a challenging question on chart paper before a class discussion, then invite classmates to add connections, questions, or supporting ideas as they read one another's responses. Ask students to create a digital version of a graffiti wall with Padlet, reviewed here, where the class can collect ideas, reflections, questions, or resources around a shared topic. Have students individually record what they already know about a new concept on a graffiti wall, save the responses, and revisit the same prompt after the unit to identify evidence of learning and changed thinking.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Adobe Aqua - Adobe
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K to 3
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Create and explore with the Adobe Aqua drawing and coloring tool, all without requiring registration. Choose Draw and Color Online to create drawings starting from a blank whiteboard...more
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Create and explore with the Adobe Aqua drawing and coloring tool, all without requiring registration. Choose Draw and Color Online to create drawings starting from a blank whiteboard using a crayon, paintbrush, pencil, and other drawing tools. When you're done, download it as a PNG file or an MP4 timelapse video. Alternatively, choose from many themed coloring pages, such as Coloring Coast and World Ocean Waters. Visit the Education link to find suggestions for classroom use.
tag(s): colors (64), DAT device agnostic tool (135), drawing (58), preK (355)
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Use Aqua activities to support and practice fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, and spatial awareness. Replace paper-and-crayon drawings and ask students to use Aqua to retell stories or draw their favorite character. Have students practice drawing geometric shapes for math class or draw a story that illustrates a math problem (3 fish plus 2 whales equal...). Because this site doesn't require registration, it is an excellent resource to include with centers or computer station activities.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Test Prep Reimagined: Brain-Based Strategies That Improve Student Performance - TeachersFirst
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This TeachersFirst blog post shares three research-supported approaches to help students prepare for high-stakes tests. The article explains how retrieval practice, concept mapping,...more
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This TeachersFirst blog post shares three research-supported approaches to help students prepare for high-stakes tests. The article explains how retrieval practice, concept mapping, and cognitive offloading can help students organize information and manage testing demands. Specific strategies include completing a five-minute memory dump before reviewing notes, creating concept maps from memory, identifying gaps in understanding, and writing important formulas or information on scratch paper before beginning a test. Other parts of the post address how stress and limited working memory affect testing. These practical strategies give teachers alternatives to traditional test review methods such as rereading notes or completing worksheets.
tag(s): concept mapping (16), Research (94), teaching strategies (95), thinking skills (138)
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Use the strategies throughout a unit rather than waiting until the days before a test. Have students complete a short memory dump at the beginning of a review session, check their responses against their notes, and use the results to identify what they still need to study. Students can also create concept maps that connect major ideas from a unit or semester. Share templates from Canva for Education, reviewed here to create mind maps that help organize concepts and show relationships that help to clarify information.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Understanding Executive Functioning Skills: Your Students' Brain Command Center - TeachersFirst
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Understanding Executive Functioning Skills: Your Students' Brain Command Center explains how executive functioning affects students' ability to manage learning tasks. The article describes...more
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Understanding Executive Functioning Skills: Your Students' Brain Command Center explains how executive functioning affects students' ability to manage learning tasks. The article describes ten skills, including task initiation, planning, organization, working memory, information processing, self-monitoring, sustained attention, processing speed, impulse control, and cognitive flexibility. A classroom example shows how a seemingly simple digital assignment can require students to use several of these skills at once. It also describes connections between executive functioning and academic achievement, social-emotional learning, and learner agency. Examples throughout help teachers recognize how executive functioning challenges can appear during everyday classroom activities. This article offers a useful introduction for educators who want to understand these skills better and consider how classroom routines and expectations can support students.
tag(s): organizational skills (94), social and emotional learning (235), teaching strategies (95)
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Use ideas from the article to help teachers and students identify the executive functioning skills needed for common classroom tasks. Choose an assignment and have students break it into steps, identify where they might get stuck, and develop a strategy for getting started, staying focused, or checking their work. Share Magic ToDo, reviewed here, to help students break a large assignment or project into smaller steps. Have students use the tool to create a task list, estimate the time needed for each step, and check off completed tasks as they work.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Using Retrieval Practice to Boost Student Learning - TeachersFirst
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This blog post introduces retrieval practice as a simple strategy to help students recall and retain what they've learned. The article explains the connection between retrieval and...more
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This blog post introduces retrieval practice as a simple strategy to help students recall and retain what they've learned. The article explains the connection between retrieval and long-term learning and offers practical suggestions for using the strategy in daily instruction. Examples include brain dumps, Cops and Robbers, short quizzes, and other activities that ask students to recall information without looking at notes or other resources. The information also emphasizes that retrieval activities should be brief, low-stress, provide feedback, and occur regularly over time. Teachers can easily adapt the examples for different subjects and grade levels.
tag(s): assessment (144), teaching strategies (95)
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Use the ideas in this article to add short retrieval activities to existing lessons. Begin class with a two- or three-minute brain dump about yesterday's learning, or ask students to recall key ideas before introducing a related topic. Use short quizzes or partner activities to revisit learning from earlier in the week. Gemini Notebook (formerly NotebookLM), reviewed here, can create quizzes and flashcards from teacher-provided materials for additional practice. Padlet Arcade, reviewed here, can turn review content into a game that gives students another way to practice recalling information.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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GradeWithAI - GradeWithAI
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K to 12
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Speed up grading while keeping the teacher in control with GradeWithAI, an AI-powered grading and feedback tool designed for educators. Teachers can import assignments from Canvas,...more
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Speed up grading while keeping the teacher in control with GradeWithAI, an AI-powered grading and feedback tool designed for educators. Teachers can import assignments from Canvas, Google Classroom, and Google Forms or upload digital and handwritten student work, including PDFs, Word documents, presentations, and images. Add an existing rubric or have the tool generate an editable rubric from assignment directions, then review the AI-generated scores and personalized feedback before returning results to students. GradeWithAI also includes tools for regrading, exporting results, identifying learning gaps, generating follow-up activities, and analyzing student performance. The free plan is limited to 25 AI requests per month.
tag(s): artificial intelligence (368), assessment (144), feedback (20), Formative Assessment (52), rubrics (40), Teacher Utilities (234)
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Have teachers upload a set of student essays with an existing rubric, then use the generated scores and comments as a first grading pass, carefully reviewing and editing all feedback before returning the work to students. Ask teachers to use Kleo, the built-in AI assistant, to identify common misconceptions after grading an assignment, then use those findings to plan a small-group reteaching activity or next-day warm-up. Have teachers grade a common assessment with GradeWithAI and review results across the class, then compare AI-generated patterns with classroom observations to determine which skills students have mastered and which need more practice.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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12 Summer and Winter Games Activities for Elementary and Middle School Students - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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Bring the excitement of international athletic competition into math, social studies, and language arts lessons with this collection of 12 classroom activities for elementary and middle...more
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Bring the excitement of international athletic competition into math, social studies, and language arts lessons with this collection of 12 classroom activities for elementary and middle school students. Students can investigate the history of the Summer and Winter Games, analyze a passage about Jesse Owens and the 1936 Games, research notable athletes, locate host cities on a world map, create a digital magazine about a specific year, compare the Summer and Winter Games, and complete a Winter Games scavenger hunt. Math activities connect sports with graphing, rates, functions, measurement, nutrition, and data analysis through topics such as javelin throws, cycling, medal counts, and goal setting. Several activities include downloadable materials or teacher guides, and individual activities specify appropriate grade ranges.
tag(s): data (215), functions (60), olympics (65), sports (107)
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Have students in grades 4-6 use the downloadable timeline activity to investigate historical events that disrupted, postponed, or canceled the Summer Games, then discuss connections between international events and sports. Ask students in grade 6 and above to examine the passage about Jesse Owens at the 1936 Berlin Games, then discuss how sports can reflect larger political and social issues occurring at a particular point in history. Ask students to use one of the math investigations to analyze a real-world sports problem, such as graphing javelin angle and distance, examining cycling pace, graphing medal data by country, or tracking progress toward a personal goal.
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Earth Day Lesson Plans for Science, ELA, and Social Studies - Newsela
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Bring Earth Day into science, ELA, and social studies with this collection of ready-to-use lesson ideas and resources for K-12 classrooms. Teachers can explore Earth's systems, environmental...more
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Bring Earth Day into science, ELA, and social studies with this collection of ready-to-use lesson ideas and resources for K-12 classrooms. Teachers can explore Earth's systems, environmental change, conservation, energy choices, recycling, environmental data, and ways students can help the planet. Literacy activities include environmental debates, argumentative writing, advocacy texts, and poetry, while social studies ideas connect environmental issues with civic responsibility and community action. Science resources include articles, infographics, data investigations, hands-on activities such as making seed balls, and videos accompanied by 5E lesson plans, vocabulary, and discussion questions. The page identifies resources for different grade bands, although access to some linked Newsela instructional content may depend on the user's Newsela access.
tag(s): climate change (116), conservation (110), earth day (68), ecosystems (117), environment (248), poetry (196), pollution (59), recycling (51), sustainability (61)
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Have students examine an infographic about Earth's biomes or four spheres, then sketch and label connections among Earth's systems, and then discuss how changes in one system can affect another. Have students examine environmental data about air quality, plastic waste, or energy consumption, identify patterns in the data, and write an evidence-based claim about what the information reveals about Earth's health. Ask students to develop an Earth Day action plan for their home, classroom, or school, then create a persuasive presentation using Adobe Creative Cloud Express, reviewed here, which can be used to create flyers, presentations, social media posts, and more.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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WordyKid - LiLoLi Studio
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K to 8
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Turn the words students already need to learn into short, game-based practice with WordyKid. The site lets users work with spelling lists, homework words, worksheets, reading pages,...more
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Turn the words students already need to learn into short, game-based practice with WordyKid. The site lets users work with spelling lists, homework words, worksheets, reading pages, books, photos, and other text, and then practice vocabulary, reading, spelling, listening, speaking, writing, and translation through a variety of games. Game choices include Memory Match, Listening Bingo, Word Match, Speak the Word, Word Striker, Word Bowling, Word Flight, Magic Dictation, and other activities. The platform supports English, Spanish, Hebrew, Arabic, and Russian and includes level and reading-readiness settings, saved progress, parent statistics, child profiles, friends features, and leaderboards. Free access currently unlocks all games for 10 hours, so teachers should plan around that concrete usage limit.
tag(s): game based learning (295), listening (121), phonics (57), speaking (23), spelling (96), vocabulary (260), worksheets (72)
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Have students enter the week's spelling words, complete several short WordyKid game rounds, then write down the three words they still need to practice and explain which spelling pattern caused the difficulty. Assign students to photograph or upload a teacher-prepared vocabulary sheet and turn the words into practice games, then use the resulting rounds as a station activity before a quiz. WordyKid specifically supports worksheets, photos, reading pages, and word lists as source material. Invite English learners to practice a targeted set of classroom vocabulary in English and another supported language, then create a simple bilingual reference sheet showing the word, translation, and an original sentence.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Home Baseball Activities for Kids - MLB
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K to 8
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Want fun activities featuring your favorite team? This MLB roundup, originally published in May 2020, offers a wide assortment of kid-friendly, baseball-themed learning and enrichment...more
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Want fun activities featuring your favorite team? This MLB roundup, originally published in May 2020, offers a wide assortment of kid-friendly, baseball-themed learning and enrichment activities. The collection directs families and educators to activities from MLB teams across the league, including coloring and drawing pages, word searches, crosswords, mazes, reading challenges, baseball-themed math problems, crafts, physical activities, puzzles, and educational games. Additional resources introduce baseball history, Jackie Robinson, STEM, fitness, and lessons using baseball cards. Because this page was assembled for at-home learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, some linked activities may have changed or are no longer available, but the roundup still offers teachers ideas and starting points for baseball-themed learning.
tag(s): baseball (36), crafts (109), crosswords (25), game based learning (295), puzzles (177), STEM (389)
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Students can create their own crossword puzzle with a baseball theme using Crossword Labs, reviewed here. Students can use Trading Card Creator reviewed here to create a trading card with their favorite team's current stats. Have students use Suno AI Song Creator reviewed here to create a song about their favorite baseball team.
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Batter Up! 20 Grand Slam Baseball Activities and Crafts for Kids - We Are Teachers
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Batter Up! 20 Grand Slam Baseball Activities and Crafts for Kids features simple math, ELA, and writing activities for your students. Activities include reading and writing about Jackie...more
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Batter Up! 20 Grand Slam Baseball Activities and Crafts for Kids features simple math, ELA, and writing activities for your students. Activities include reading and writing about Jackie Robinson, solving equations on baseballs, practicing math facts with a baseball diamond, and reading a baseball book.
tag(s): baseball (36), civil rights (232), crafts (109), game based learning (295), phonics (57), printables (36), spelling (96), sports (107)
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Create your own baseball escape room using Online Escape Room Templates, reviewed here. Have students create a baseball game with math facts using Gimkit, reviewed here. Students can create a comic using Comic Strip Templates by Canva, reviewed here, sharing fun facts about a famous baseball player.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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eSpark Learning - eSpark
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K to 8
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Looking for differentiated practice that students can complete independently? eSpark Learning provides adaptive math and reading activities that combine direct instruction, videos,...more
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Looking for differentiated practice that students can complete independently? eSpark Learning provides adaptive math and reading activities that combine direct instruction, videos, games, texts, and skill practice. Students follow personalized learning pathways, while teachers can use assignments and progress data to identify standards mastery, growth, and areas that need additional support. The site's searchable activity library lets educators browse resources by subject, grade, activity type, and standards, so individual activities are useful even when a full adaptive pathway isn't needed. eSpark emphasizes explicit instruction and scaffolded practice, with activities designed to adjust to students' skill levels and interests. eSpark Learning
tag(s): differentiation (105), game based learning (295), preK (355)
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Students can complete an eSpark activity independently at a math or reading station, then write or draw one example to show what they learned. Have students work in pairs after completing a reading activity to compare evidence, main ideas, character traits, or other targeted reading skills using the 2 and 3 Interactive Venn Diagrams by Class Tools, reviewed here. Have students choose a reading selection and complete a close-reading response on paper that identifies the main idea or theme and cites details supporting their thinking.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Chalkie - Chalkie AI Ltd
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K to 12
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Chalkie uses AI to generate free teaching resources, including interactive lessons and activities. Start by adding a prompt in the message bar that states the content and type of activity...more
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Chalkie uses AI to generate free teaching resources, including interactive lessons and activities. Start by adding a prompt in the message bar that states the content and type of activity you want to create. Use the prompts to adjust the content to the grade level, reading level, output language, and other options. Additional options include activity types, adding standards and learning objectives, and creating vocabulary lists. The final step before Chalkie generates your activity is to select a theme option, some of which create materials for students who require low stimulation and have ADHD. After Chalkie generates your materials, use the options to edit them as needed. Although registration isn't required to create with Chalkie, a free account lets users share and export materials to Google Slides, PowerPoint, and PDF, and use Teach Mode. Free plans let users create 5 resources weekly, plus up to 10 AI edits each week.
tag(s): artificial intelligence (368), assessment (144), blended learning (30), presentations (51), remote learning (33), slides (40), Teacher Utilities (234)
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Use Chalkie to create new lessons or to update your current lessons. Easily differentiate materials by adjusting the grade and reading levels you generate. Generate bell-ringers, to-dos, exit tickets, and other quick activities to assess student learning. Use Chalkie as a planning partner to generate a first draft, then review, revise, and adapt the content to fit your students and instructional goals.Edge Features:
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GenType - Labs.Google
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Creators have many font options; however, GenType lets you create a unique alphabet font by simply telling it what you want it to be made of. Start by typing a ...more
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Creators have many font options; however, GenType lets you create a unique alphabet font by simply telling it what you want it to be made of. Start by typing a prompt in the text box; Google suggests prompts with a foreground, background, and style for the best results. After generating your alphabet, type in a phrase to download as a PNG image or scroll down to copy or download individual letters. Visit the FAQ section to learn more about how to use and download GenType.
tag(s): artificial intelligence (368), descriptive writing (40)
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Use GenType to personalize and enhance multimedia projects, newsletters, or written documents. Share it with students to make book reports and research projects more engaging. Generating an alphabet with a prompt requires strong descriptive language; use this feature to give students practice writing descriptive terms. After students create an alphabet, have them share it with a friend and see if they can recreate a similar alphabet without the original prompt. Have students use their alphabets to add interest to websites created using Google Sites, reviewed here or Site123, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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DataBasic.io - Rahul Bhargava & Catherine D'Ignazio
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7 to 12
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DataBasic offers four easy-to-use tools to introduce methods for working with data. The tools include a word counter that analyzes your text, WTF CSV, which helps you understand what...more
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DataBasic offers four easy-to-use tools to introduce methods for working with data. The tools include a word counter that analyzes your text, WTF CSV, which helps you understand what is happening in .csv files, SameDiff, which compares two or more text files for similarities and differences, and Connect the Dots, which shows data connections by analyzing them as a network. Select any of the tools to access an activity guide and a video explanation of how to use the tool.
tag(s): critical thinking (194), DAT device agnostic tool (135), data (215), inquiry (42)
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Use WordCounter to analyze patterns in speeches, articles, or student writing; SameDiff to compare two texts or perspectives; WTFcsv to help students examine and question a dataset; and ConnectTheDots to visualize relationships among characters, historical events, scientific concepts, or other connected ideas. These tools work well for inquiry activities that ask students to identify patterns, ask questions, and explain what the data does and does not reveal.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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6 Olympics Activities for Elementary and Middle School Students - Teachers' Curriculum Institute
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Bring the Olympics into social studies, writing, and creative projects with six ready-to-adapt classroom activities from TCI. Students can investigate the history of past Olympic Games,...more
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Bring the Olympics into social studies, writing, and creative projects with six ready-to-adapt classroom activities from TCI. Students can investigate the history of past Olympic Games, create a country-based newspaper, research an Olympic athlete, propose a new Olympic sport, design an original mascot, or imagine hosting the Olympics in their own city. The ideas range from short creative assignments to more involved research and planning projects, giving teachers several ways to connect an international sporting event with geography, history, biography, persuasive writing, and design. The article was originally published in 2021 and later updated to reference the 2024 Paris Olympics, so teachers should update time-sensitive examples and athlete information before using it.
tag(s): biographies (103), olympics (65), persuasive writing (46), Project Based Learning (32), sports (107)
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Ask students to research an Olympic athlete and create a biography card with Trading Card Creator, reviewed here, which the master resource recommends for people or concepts. Invite students to design an original Olympic mascot with Google Drawings, reviewed here, then write a short explanation connecting the mascot's symbols, colors, and features to an imagined host city or country. Have students work in small groups as reporters from different countries and create mock Olympic newspaper front pages with Adobe Creative Cloud Express, reviewed here, which can be used for flyers, presentations, social media posts, and more.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Class2Class- Discover Projects - Class2Class ApS
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Bring the world into your classroom with Class2Class.org, a global collaboration platform where teachers can find, join, or create projects with classrooms worldwide. The Discover Projects...more
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Bring the world into your classroom with Class2Class.org, a global collaboration platform where teachers can find, join, or create projects with classrooms worldwide. The Discover Projects area includes searchable opportunities organized by student age, language, starting month, and project status, with activities ranging from cultural exchanges and storytelling to debates, sustainability investigations, Model UN, and problem-solving around the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Projects commonly ask students to research, discuss, compare perspectives, collaborate with international peers, and create products such as videos, profiles, reports, infographics, displays, or presentations. Teachers can also use ready-to-use activities and lesson plans rather than building an international project from scratch. The platform is free for teachers and students, and teachers create and manage student accounts.
tag(s): collaboration (146), problem solving (286), Project Based Learning (32)
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Have students synthesize what they learned from an international exchange by creating a short podcast with Adobe Podcast, reviewed here, explaining how another culture's perspective changed or expanded their thinking. Invite students to exchange interviews or personal stories with a partner classroom, then turn their findings into a digital story with Book Creator, reviewed here, combining text, images, and reflections. Assign small groups a global issue represented in one of the Class2Class projects and have them prepare evidence-based positions for a live or recorded debate, using the exchange with international classmates to challenge assumptions and strengthen arguments.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Substitute Teacher Activities Pack - HMH
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K to 6
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Keep a collection of ready-to-go activities handy for substitute days, unexpected schedule changes, or extra class time with this downloadable Substitute Teacher Activities Pack from...more
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Keep a collection of ready-to-go activities handy for substitute days, unexpected schedule changes, or extra class time with this downloadable Substitute Teacher Activities Pack from HMH. Designed for grades K-6, the collection includes 30+ literacy and math activities, including writing prompts, math practice pages, critical-thinking puzzles, word searches, crosswords, and more, that keep students productively engaged with minimal prep. Teachers can select individual pages as backup activities, add them to substitute plans, or keep copies available when students finish other work early. To access the download, complete a form with your contact and school information.
tag(s): critical thinking (194), crosswords (25), literacy (122), puzzles (177), substitutes (33), Teacher Utilities (234)
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Have students complete one of the pack's writing prompts independently, then have them share their responses with a partner and identify an interesting detail or idea in each other's writing. Brainstorm other writing prompts based on seasons or events, or use Journal Buddies, reviewed here to get writing prompts. Invite students to complete a word search or crossword from the pack as a quiet early-finisher or transition activity, then ask them to select several terms and explain or illustrate their meanings.
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Mind Games - NeonGames
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K to 7
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Mind Games offers many free word and letter games and quizzes, with no registration required. Hover over any game icon to view a summary and select Play. Games come in ...more
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Mind Games offers many free word and letter games and quizzes, with no registration required. Hover over any game icon to view a summary and select Play. Games come in many formats, such as crosswords, word searches, and Wordle-style activities. Most games include foreign language options, including Spanish, German, French, Portuguese, and Dutch.
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tag(s): crosswords (25), game based learning (295), puzzles (177), vocabulary (260), vocabulary development (112)
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Offer Mind Games as a center activity or include games as part of choice board options. Differentiate learning by offering different games to students of different interests or abilities. For example, this site includes several Wordle-type games that require different levels of vocabulary and word-knowledge skills. If Mind Games doesn't meet your classroom needs, make games for your students using Educandy, reviewed here, using personalized vocabulary lists.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Literacy Arcade - Chelsea Herndon Warner, Ph.D.
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K to 6
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Looking for ready-to-use reading practice you can also customize for individual learners? Literacy Arcade brings together Science of Reading-aligned games, assessments, fluency activities,...more
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Looking for ready-to-use reading practice you can also customize for individual learners? Literacy Arcade brings together Science of Reading-aligned games, assessments, fluency activities, and teacher tools for elementary literacy instruction. Teachers can check letter knowledge, letter sounds, phonics, decoding, and oral reading fluency, then use built-in or custom words, sentences, vocabulary, and comprehension questions to create targeted games, flashcards, spinners, and practice activities. Teacher tools include phoneme counting, sound boxes, letter tiles, an interactive phoneme chart, Letterbox Lessons, repeated-reading activities, and an oral reading fluency calculator. Students can access activities via a direct link or through Google Classroom without student accounts. Free accounts can save or share up to five activities or tools. Unlimited saving, complete assessment analysis, and printable reports and lesson plans are restricted features.
tag(s): fluency (33), phonics (57), reading comprehension (145), science of reading (37), vocabulary (260), vocabulary development (112)
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Ask students to demonstrate mastery of a phonics, vocabulary, or comprehension skill by writing questions for a class review activity, then use Wordwall, reviewed here, to turn selected questions into a review game. Invite small groups to use Literacy Arcade's vocabulary practice with words from a current science or social studies unit, then have them create a visual vocabulary display with Google Drawings, reviewed here, showing definitions, examples, and illustrations. Ask students to compare two phonics patterns practiced in Literacy Arcade and represent similarities and differences with Venn Diagram Creator by Canva, reviewed here, as a visual study aid.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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