In this week’s round-up, you’ll find STEM resources, novel projects, digital escape rooms, and so much more! We’re featuring lots of science and literacy based resources to help students practice skills in a variety of formats. Discover STEM Challenge Cards, roots and affixes bellringers, and 8th grade math common core review resources. You won’t want to miss these resources. Half of them are free!
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It’s FREE!“Teachers who are sharing the heartwarming tale of Wonder with their students can do the same precept project that Augie’s teacher Mr. Browne gave the students in the story Wonder. Includes a beautifully designed packet will all 12 of Mr. Browne’s Precepts and writing response sheets for each month.” |
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“A Wrinkle in Time Complete Novel Study This fully loaded 150 page novel study has everything you need to teach A Wrinkle in Time and keep the entire class motivated and engaged. The original illustrations and fun ideas will keep your class excited about this beautiful story by Madeleine L’Engle.” |
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It’s FREE!“Students work in their island groups to take on the point of view of a character and create a rap. This is a fun activity that students enjoy doing. You can have student groups battle each other live in class or just have students write battle verses for each character. This activity gets students engaged with the text in a current way.” |
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“This 84-page unit is filled with activities and articles that focus students on: the social commentary present in dystopian novels looks at gender roles and feminism, and asks students to discern the possibility of dystopian tales coming true since most of the novel is derived from real examples all over the world. With the current political climate of the world, this is a great unit to use as a catalyst to discuss current events.” |
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It’s FREE!“Lab safety is not just about educating students; it is also about keeping students safe. This lab safety digital escape room will both challenge your students to use their critical thinking skills and show their mastery of lab safety.” |
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“Digital escape rooms have all the benefits of using a physical box and locks, but with a lot less prep. This bundle of science digital escape rooms will challenge your students to use their science knowledge along with their critical thinking skills in order to ‘break out’ before time expires.” |
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It’s FREE!“These challenges are a great way to promote hands-on, critical thinking using STEM.” |
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“These STEM challenge cards are a great resource in your STEM lab, Makerspace, or to add more STEM learning to your classroom! Included a variety of guided challenges to encourage your students to think outside the box while creating something new.” |
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It’s FREE!“This week of inspirational quote bellringers reinforces English/language arts concepts like context clues, figurative language, and more while starting each day with a positive message! It’s a perfect way to begin your middle school class.” |
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“Teach the root words, prefixes, and suffixes your students need to know in 5-10 minutes a day with this set of full-year bellringers! The resource includes 180 daily slides, weekly worksheets, and an answer key.” |
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It’s FREE!“Motivate your students to challenge themselves with this ’21’ activity. Students choose the problems they will solve, valued from 1 to 3 points each, to earn a total of exactly 21 points.” |
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“If you need to prepare your students for a standardized test based on the Common Core, this ‘crash course’ is exactly what you need! This download consists of 10 ‘crash course’ reviews with explanations, examples, and sets of practice problems comprised of items aligned with each standard.” |
