Resetting Expectations after Thanksgiving, Winter Break 4 Engaging Activities!
By TooBookedUp
Introducing the ultimate classroom management and engagement toolkit for middle school teachers of all subjects: "Classroom Synergy: Building Expectations and SEL Skills." This comprehensive package is expertly crafted to align with the start of the new year, seamlessly integrating across curriculums and focusing on key areas of student development such as social-emotional learning (SEL), writing, collaboration, and public speaking.
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1. Classroom Expectations - PDF Handout and Google Slides: Kick off your classroom management with our detailed PDF handout and interactive Google Slides presentation, outlining 16 essential classroom expectations. This resource is designed to clarify what each expectation looks like and sounds like in a middle school setting, creating a solid foundation for a positive learning environment in any subject.
2. Expectations Role Play: Dive into dynamic, hands-on learning with our Expectations Role Play activity. Students actively engage in performing skits that depict various classroom scenarios, fostering an understanding of expectations through practical application. This activity not only reinforces classroom norms but also enhances students' public speaking and critical thinking skills.
3. Creating Expectations Posters: Unleash your students' creativity while reinforcing classroom rules with our poster-making activity. Students collaborate to design and create posters for each expectation, blending artistry with learning. These visual aids serve as constant, colorful reminders of the classroom culture you're building together.
4. Expectations and SEL Writing Prompts: Deepen your students' reflection and introspection with SEL-aligned writing prompts. These thought-provoking prompts encourage students to connect classroom expectations with their emotional and social growth, fostering maturity and self-awareness.
Perfect for the New Year: "Classroom Synergy" is an ideal resource to reset or establish your classroom culture at the beginning of the year. It sets a tone of respect, cooperation, and positivity.
Cross-Curricular and SEL Integrated: Our toolkit is designed to fit seamlessly into any subject area while prioritizing the development of crucial SEL skills. It encourages students to work together, express themselves, and become active, empathetic participants in their learning journey.
Versatile and Easy to Use: With activities catering to various learning styles and needs, "Classroom Synergy" is user-friendly and adaptable, ensuring that every middle school teacher can implement it with ease.
Elevate your classroom environment and empower your students with "Classroom Synergy: Building Expectations and SEL Skills" – your go-to resource for a harmonious, productive, and engaging classroom!
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Be Kind, Be Safe, and Do Your Job are the only school rules you need! I have taught for 33 years, in three different districts. I have seen many school-wide rules instituted, but these are the only ones that stuck! Our district has used these for years! These rules are simple and easy to remember. All other rules can fit under these main rules. This resource includes a poster for each of the three rules and suggested books to read to your class for each rule to help facilitate discussion. A student booklet for each student to complete, take home, and share with their families is also included.
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Voice Volume ABA Program With Visuals
By Behavior Highway
Help learners master the art of appropriate voice volume with our comprehensive Voice Volume Control ABA Program. Designed to assist in understanding and practicing suitable voice levels for various settings, this digital download is perfect for classrooms, therapy sessions, and home use. Our program includes a visually engaging poster, interactive mini flashcards, and a detailed instruction sheet to guide the learning process.
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How to Integrate Mindfulness into the K-5 Classroom
By Lara Hocheiser
Imagine an academic year where students and educators alike grow, learn more about themselves and others, integrating mindful activities seamlessly throughout the school day.
Imagine a classroom that is regulated, calm and present.
Everything you need in one product.
When practiced regularly, witness improved behavior outcomes, social skills, and overall social-emotional development of students.
We know you don’t want to have to learn another initiative.
We know you want something that works.
We know you don’t have a lot of time to spare.
Believe me, working in schools the past 17 years has taught me that educators need proven techniques that they can use simply.
We have your back and we understand the pressures of time, testing, busyness, distraction, and stress!
If you can do a little each day for yourself and your class, you will see the shift happen.
What does the shift look like?
It's returning to focus with less drama and emotional outbursts.
It’s putting a pause between impulse and action...in other words, self-control.
It’s freeing up your time from behavior management to connect with students.
It's easier transitions.
It’s learning along with your students, growing together.
It's your students feeling your love and presence.
How to Integrate Mindfulness into the K-5 Classroom is a comprehensive and practical mindfulness resource written specifically for children in grades K-5 and their teachers. Explore how mindfulness can improve self-regulation, self-awareness, autonomy, and social awareness in the classroom. Blended with proven research and best practices, this manual contains tools enabling teachers and students to build key skills like focus, compassion, and self-acceptance through mindfulness.
Reduce Stress and Anxiety in the Classroom
Research has shown positive outcomes when we practice mindfulness. Mindfulness is proven to reduce stress and anxiety in both teachers and students alike. In the classroom, mindfulness promotes calmer students and improves both social-emotional and academic learning.
Teachers using our resources have reported better class management and happier students! Students will be given the tools to develop their own mindfulness practice, empowering their development and relationship with themselves and others. Commit to practice mindful moments throughout the school year and watch your students grow.
Learning and Teaching Mindfulness
Developing a mindfulness practice takes time. With the proper resources, such as this manual, teachers can develop their own practice while learning how to teach mindfulness to children. This resource gives you the ability to build a mindfulness culture, right in the classroom, along with the students!
In this manual, we cover:
Teachers, school counselors, specialists, and social workers can use this resource as part of their daily classroom lessons and/or social-emotional curriculum. Learn eighteen mindfulness activities that can be easily integrated into your school day–as brain breaks, transitional activities, or daily lessons. Use our printable mindfulness yoga cards to practice activities at any time, at any place!
What’s included:
How to Integrate Mindfulness into the K-5 Classroom is a 44-page PDF made for educators helping contextualize the use of 18 mindfulness activities in the classroom. You can view this PDF on your phone, tablet, computer or print to paper.
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Kindness is My Superpower, 3rd, Social Emotional Learning, No-prep Powerpoint
By Elena Tenisi
Superhero themed powerpoint on kindness. Great for small groups, 1:1 sessions, or whole classrooms. Great for World Kindness Day, Kindness Week, Back to School, Anti Bullying lessons, etc.
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Tattling vs. Reporting-Character Education, Kindergarten, 1st grade, 2nd grade
By Regina Frazier
Do you struggle with students constantly tattling in your room? Students can reference the anchor chart poster and will sort tattling vs. reporting using cut-and-paste activities, pocket charts, and worksheets Students need to learn that it is important to only let the teacher or an adult know something if it is dangerous, destructive, or harmful. We do not tell on others to try to get them in trouble. It is best to try and work out minor issues on your own without adult help whenever possible. This product gives plenty of scenarios that happen often in classrooms. It provides for some great classroom discussions. You may want to do the pocket chart activity with some of the scenarios whole group and have students work on other scenarios independently as they use the cut-and-paste worksheets. Tattling vs. Reporting~Students will sort tattling vs. reporting statements either on a pocket chart activity or on cut-and-paste worksheets. You can easily differentiate instruction as the cut-and-paste worksheets are different.
You will receive:
-five worksheets with 8 different scenarios on each in complete sentences without pictures to sort scenarios.
-two worksheets with phrases and 8 pictures to go along with it.
- a pocket chart activity with headers and 18 different sentence scenarios to sort.
-two different recording sheets to be used with pocket chart activity on primary and secondary lined paper for differentiation.
-You will also receive a poster to hang in your classroom and a cut and paste activity to match the poster.
Students need to learn that it is important to only let the teacher or an adult know something if it is dangerous, destructive, or harmful. We do not tell on others to try to get them in trouble. It is best to try and work out minor issues on your own without adult help whenever possible. This product gives plenty of scenarios that happen often in classrooms. It provides for some great classroom discussion. You may want to do the pocket chart activity with some of the scenarios whole group and have students work on other scenarios independently as they use the cut-and-paste worksheets.
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Voice Volume Control Story Narrative & Poster - Tone of Voice - SPANISH VERSION
By All Therapy Resources
Are you a dedicated teacher or counselor searching for effective classroom management supports and coping strategies to help your students, especially those with Autism, Special Needs, or SPED, master voice volume control? Look no further! Introducing our innovative resource, the Voice Volume Control Story.
In this engaging social narrative, students will embark on a journey to understand and navigate different voice volumes in various settings and environments. We employ the analogy of car speeds to make the concept relatable, ensuring that the story is not only easy to read and understand but also visually supported for optimal comprehension.
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AVID Mini Socratic Seminar - Back to School Social Contract
By KJ Inspired Resources
In this Mini Socratic Seminar students will have Socratic dialogue in small groups in order to discuss and plan for a social contract. By the end of this lesson your students will have a deep understanding of what it means to have a cooperative and inclusive environment for learning!
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Conscious Discipline Slides “Breathing Poses". Fall/Autumn.
By Art Shack by JB
Need an awesome Movement Activity? I have just the thing for you! This creative Conscious Discipline “Breathing Pose” resource was designed to be printed and displayed as examples while you teach. Use this Google Slide file to display these beautiful images one-by-one on a large screen. It is best to use one of these images per day or per week, so these resources can last a while. Focus on the specific animal shown and discuss where this animal would be and how it would breathe and pose to gain focus. Make sure you demonstrate the pose with your class. Ask a student to help demonstrate this pose, and the sillier you are, yet focused, the more the students will want to participate with you in each of these fun and motivating animal breathing poses. This is a great SEL strategy! I hope you and your kiddos love this! Enjoy.
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CATCH and STACK Classroom Brain Break PE Gym Game Team Activity - Catching
By Love 2 Teach and Learn
CATCH and STACK Classroom Brain Break PE Gym Game Team Activity - Catching, Teamwork
Get your students, young and old, excited about physical activity, teamwork and making classroom connections with this super fun CATCH and STACK Whole Group PE Gym or Classroom Game!
**WHO and WHAT? **This is a game that is ideal for both PE teachers and classroom teachers of all grades - It can be played as a warm-up or ongoing competition team game in the gym and can be easily adapted to use with K-12 PE students. It's also a great activity to play at the end of a unit when assessing your students' catching skills.
This is also an awesome BRAIN BREAK for the classroom -This movement activity can also be used in any classroom to build teamwork and classroom community. It's an awesome game to play when you need a quick 5-10 minute brain break from reading, writing, math or rigorous test-taking.
Students will love playing catch with their classmates, building a giant tower of cups and cheering each other on.
This awesome resource Includes:
-Eye Catching One Page Easy-to-Follow CATCH & STACK Lesson Plan (Perfect for giving to a substitute teacher)
-Diagram of Game Set-Up and Play
-Extra Game Tips to make this game even more fun to play with your students
This game is highly adaptable and is perfect for PE class, homeschool settings, classroom and so much more!
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Botanical/Flower Printable TEACHER BINDER
By Kirby Calcagno
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This printable, black and white, Teacher Binder includes everything you need to stay organized and successful in your classroom!
It includes a Cover page that you can print the provided cover or print a blank one and insert your name into it to personalize it more.
There is a Student Information section that includes blank Class Lists (20 students and 26 students), a Class List with Birthdays, IEP’s and the accommodations, along with a blank Student Information Page to add what you need to.
There is a Blank Schedule page for your schedule to be added to, along with a “Therapy and Special Services Pullout Schedule” so that you can keep track of when your students have Speech, OT, PT, etc. as well as your students that visit the nurse on a scheduled basis.
The Calendar has January 2024 through July 2025 added and ready to go!
In the Lesson Plans tab, there are 2 Lesson plans to use. In the Small Group tab, there are also 2 lesson plans to use how you would like. There are 2 Pacing Guides included, one for Aug-May and another with Jan-Dec.
Keep up with when and how you contacted parents using the Parent Communication form.
Also included is a Notes tab with options for Meeting Notes, PD Notes, and Notes.
I hope this Teacher Binder helps you to stay organized and helps take some stress off your plate so that you can focus more on your students!
Back to School Effective Effort Lesson Plan
By Language Arts Excellence
This product features an engaging "Effective Effort Talk" activity that will have your students thinking, writing, moving, and speaking about effective effort and growth mindset. In this activity, they must choose between 6 different quotes about effort from famous figures like John F. Kennedy and Theodore Roosevelt and articulate why the quote aligns with their own perspective using their own experiences to explain their opinion. I use this lesson every year to set the tone for the effort I expect for them to put into my class - it is a great way to gain insight about what they currently think about effort and can be referenced throughout the entire year!
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This lesson plan is recommended for middle and high school students in any class.
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Daily Lesson Plan Fillable, Lesson Plan pdf Templates for Teachers
By Truly Neat Printables
Plan your daily lessons with the help of these pdf templates. These lesson plan templates are designed for all subjects which will help the teacher to plan daily lessons effectively. This is a fillable sheet. You can fill the information on your system.
The file is in PDF format and includes 4 pages
2 Pages Fillable Lesson Planner
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Special Education Teacher Daily Schedule with Columns for Paras (editable)
By Specifically Sped
Scheduling students and staff members can be difficult in a self-contained classroom. This editable schedule allows for you to customize your daily activities so that you can look at a glance and know where everyone of your staff and students should be. This really helps classroom staff as well as administrators know where to find teachers, paras, and students.
Student Check In Cards | Behavior Management Keychain |
By AbsoluteValueMath
Use these check in cards to manage student behavior and eliminate the stress of hand raising! Students will each be given their own keychain with 4 commands on them:
I am done
I need some help please
I understand what I am doing
I need to know where to start
As your students work independently or in groups they will turn the card over to whatever they need in that moment. Print them out on colored paper so you know which color means what command! I have personally used these for years in my high school math class and they work like a charm and students look forward to receiving them. They will help you seamlessly get to every student and meet their needs without being called by everyone at the same time :)
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Teacher Daily Planner (Editable!)
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Manipulate this daily teacher planner to fit your schedule! Print front to back and use it all year round! Perfect for writing daily plans, reminders, and homework assignments.
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Community Building Posters: Positive Affirmations Bulletin Board Posters
By Kirsten's Kaboodle
Classroom Community Posters: Kindness in the Classroom
These affirmations for the classroom community will help you create an inclusive, respectful, kind, and collaborative environment.
This file includes 16 distinct affirmations. In addition, you will find a teacher tips page. Each affirmation begins with "In this classroom... we....". The pronoun "we" is purposeful, as it implies cooperation and collaboration.
These posters are not grade specific.
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Kirsten Tulsian has 18 years of experience in elementary education. She has been a homeroom teacher for first grade, third grade, and fourth grade, as well as ESL. She has also been a school counselor for grades PK-6, an ESL pullout teacher for K-6, and a Reading Recovery Teacher. She received her Bachelor’s degree in elementary education and psychology from The University of Iowa and a Master’s of Education in school counseling from Sam Houston State University. She believes that students make the most progress when they are engaged in their hearts as well as their minds. Her resources offer relevant, rigorous, engaging content that nurtures the whole child.
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Leadership Lesson - "Chaos Coordinator" - An Interactive SEL Lesson
By Jeni Donath
Are your students struggling to be respectful during a classroom lesson - talking, blurting, and other things going on instead of listening respectfully? This lesson puts the students right in those shoes and gives them a glimpse into what that can be like. Not only is it engaging (and kind of silly) but impactful and real. Everything needed for your next leadership lesson is included in the download!
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End Of The Year Reflections And Goal Setting Lesson Plan
By My Mindful Classroom
This lesson plan is designed to encourage 3rd to 6th-grade students to reflect on their school year and set goals for the next one. The activity includes reflection writing, small group sharing, and goal-setting, with prompts and templates provided to guide students. By the end of the lesson, students will have a better understanding of their experiences and accomplishments and a clear idea of what they want to achieve in the future.
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