11th Grade Christmas, Chanukah, & Kwanzaa Lesson
The Burglar's Christmas by W. Cather-Digital Background Info & Vocab Intro
By Kiwious About Vocab
The Burglar's Christmas By Willa Cather: This introductory Google Slide lesson provides digital pre-reading information for the story’s author and genre. Bold photo visuals and engaging video clips support the story details. The lesson includes an in-depth vocabulary study, practice, assessment, and printable organizers.
This standard-aligned material is for use with whole group, small group, or independent work for regular ed, learning support, ESL or virtual/homeschool classrooms
**PDF link to text is included**
Google Slides:
1. **Author Biography** We provide author biographies for each short story. This adds depth to the lesson, allowing students to appreciate the story in the context of the author's life experience.
2. **Setting**Highly informative slides include maps, historical images and intriguing video links allowing students to have a deeper understanding of the location and time-period in which the story takes place. This is a crucial element when preparing students to read outside their own worldview.
3.**Bold Photos: ** Visual learners will thrive with our visually appealing slides, featuring bold and relevant images that help reinforce vocabulary concepts and make learning more engaging.
4. **Vocab with Concise Definitions and Part of Speech: ** Our lesson provides clear and concise definitions for challenging vocabulary words, ensuring that students understand the meaning of each word in context. Understanding the parts of speech is crucial for effective language comprehension. Our lesson includes sections dedicated to identifying the part of speech for each vocabulary word.
Vibrant Vocab Slides (despondently, miserable, reckoning, introspection, failure, splendid, clench, journalist, burglar, courage, shame, restless, forbidden, poverty, forgiveness)
5.**Quizlet Practice Link ** Reinforce learning and encourage self-assessment with Quizlet practice tailored to the vocabulary words covered in the lesson. This interactive tool allows students to review and quiz themselves.
6. **Fun Fact Images and Videos** These features highlight unique elements of the text to aid comprehension
PDF FILE.
Plus, each ZIP file comes with a PDF folder containing printable worksheets to be used with the lesson!
**Grammar Sort**
Strengthen language skills with integrated grammar review sections, ensuring students can apply the vocabulary words correctly in their own writing and communication.
**Connotation Sort**
Dive deeper into vocabulary nuances by exploring the connotations of words, helping students grasp the subtle shades of meaning and usage.
**Context Clues Sentences, Word Bank and Key: **
Our lesson includes carefully curated sentences that employ context clues, enabling students to decipher word meanings from surrounding text. This fosters independent comprehension skills. These worksheets can be used for practice or assessment.
**Vocabulary Organizer**
This worksheet allows the students to infer the meaning from the animated vocabulary slide. After students complete the organizer, it is a great reference sheet.
**Synonym and Antonym Word Study**
The graphic organizer allows the students to explore the variations in meaning of the new vocabulary word.
DIGITAL USES IN THE CLASSROOM:
· Introduce new story
· Provide backstory to text
· Stimulate group discussion
· Create predictions about text
· Use as distance learning resource
· Post on webpage for review
· Add to electronic notebooks
· Provide test review
· Prompt Writing or Research assignments
· Grammar study / parts of speech
· Discuss Word Connotation
Please be sure to view the preview and watch the video for detailed images and descriptions of the lesson.
This lesson is also available in PowerPoint.
Enjoy!
-From Kiwious About Vocab!
AVID Christmas Ornament Mandala and My Greatest Gift Writing Activity
By Teach Savvy Store
Use this Christmas ornament writing activity to decorate your classroom tree and to get your AVID (or any content area) students in the holiday spirit! Students will choose 1 of the 8 mandala ornaments to decorate or create their own with the blank version provided. Then they will write about their greatest gift, cut and glue that to their ornament!
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What's Included:
- A PDF Document with 8 Mandala Ornaments for students to choose from
- Ornaments for responding to "My greatest gift is..."
- One blank ornament for students to create their own mandalas
Directions:
- Students will choose a mandala ornament to decorate or use the blank one provided to make their own.
- After decorating their ornaments, students will respond to the prompt, "My greatest gift is..." using the writing-lined ornament.
- Next, students will cut out their mandala and writing ornament and glue the lined writing ornament to the back of their mandala ornament.
- Last, laminate and cut them out, hole punch the top, and add a string! Hang them on your classroom tree.
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Spanish Christmas Ornament Mandala and "Mi mejor regalo es" Writing Activity
By Teach Savvy Store
Use this Spanish Christmas ornament writing activity to decorate your classroom tree and to get your Spanish students in the holiday spirit! Students will choose 1 of the 8 mandala ornaments to decorate or create their own with the blank version provided. Then they will practice their Spanish writing skills while writing about their greatest gift and responding to the prompt, "Mi mejor regalo es." Afterward, they can cut and glue that to their ornament and hang them on your class Christmas tree or bulletin board!
What's Included:
- A PDF Document with 8 Mandala Ornaments for students to choose from
- Ornaments for responding to "Mi mejor regalo es..."
- One blank ornament for students to create their own mandalas
Directions:
- Students will choose a mandala ornament to decorate or use the blank one provided to make their own.
- After decorating their ornaments, students will respond to the prompt, "Mi mejor regalo es..." using the writing-lined ornament.
- Next, students will cut out their mandala and writing ornament and glue the lined writing ornament to the back of their mandala ornament.
- Last, laminate and cut them out, hole punch the top, and add a string! Hang them on your classroom tree or bulletin board display.
Check out other Spanish resources HERE!
Holiday Case Study Diagnose / Read Labs & Treat Sickly Elves / Health Science
By Scrub Squad
Are you ready to inject some festive fun into your health science curriculum? Introducing our engaging activity, The Mystery of the Sickly Elves! This printable and ready-to-use package is designed to captivate your students while teaching them about influenza and its treatment. Perfect for high school grades 9-12, this lesson is ideal for health science educators looking to provide their students with real-world skills in nursing and CNA.
Product Highlights:
- Engaging Activity: Students will step into the shoes of medical detectives as they investigate the mysterious illness affecting Santa's elves. They'll analyze symptoms, test results, and work collaboratively to diagnose and propose treatment plans.
- Hands-On Practice: Diagnosing, Reading Labs, and treating. This fun and engaging experience encourages critical thinking and teamwork, allowing students to debate and theorize as they uncover the case.
- Comprehensive Materials: The package includes everything you need—detailed case files, a structured lab report template, and step-by-step instructions for teachers, making it a no-prep solution that's print and go!
- Student Instructions Included: Clear guidelines for students ensure they understand their roles in the investigation and presentation.
- Time Saving: With all materials provided, you can focus on teaching while saving valuable prep time.
- Answer Key Included: For easy grading, a comprehensive answer key supports your assessment needs.
By the end of this engaging activity, your students will gain a solid understanding of health science theory, treatment options, and the importance of vaccination. They’ll leave feeling like total medical masterminds, and who knows, maybe even inspired to pursue careers in the medical field!
Bring a little holiday cheer and detective work to your classroom with The Mystery of the Sickly Elves. Your students will love this unique and interactive approach to learning about health science!
Holiday Case Study Diagnose / Read Labs & Treat Sickly Elves / Health Science
By Scrub Squad
Are you ready to inject some festive fun into your health science curriculum? Introducing our engaging activity, The Mystery of the Sickly Elves! This printable and ready-to-use package is designed to captivate your students while teaching them about influenza and its treatment. Perfect for high school grades 9-12, this lesson is ideal for health science educators looking to provide their students with real-world skills in nursing and CNA.
Product Highlights:
- Engaging Activity: Students will step into the shoes of medical detectives as they investigate the mysterious illness affecting Santa's elves. They'll analyze symptoms, test results, and work collaboratively to diagnose and propose treatment plans.
- Hands-On Practice: Diagnosing, Reading Labs, and treating. This fun and engaging experience encourages critical thinking and teamwork, allowing students to debate and theorize as they uncover the case.
- Comprehensive Materials: The package includes everything you need—detailed case files, a structured lab report template, and step-by-step instructions for teachers, making it a no-prep solution that's print and go!
- Student Instructions Included: Clear guidelines for students ensure they understand their roles in the investigation and presentation.
- Time Saving: With all materials provided, you can focus on teaching while saving valuable prep time.
- Answer Key Included: For easy grading, a comprehensive answer key supports your assessment needs.
By the end of this engaging activity, your students will gain a solid understanding of health science theory, treatment options, and the importance of vaccination. They’ll leave feeling like total medical masterminds, and who knows, maybe even inspired to pursue careers in the medical field!
Bring a little holiday cheer and detective work to your classroom with The Mystery of the Sickly Elves. Your students will love this unique and interactive approach to learning about health science!
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Scrub Squad
By Mark Barrett
Keep it simple! Lesson time: 60 minutes approx.
Christmas Quiz and Answer Grid for use with any class aged 14+ including Sixth Form/A Level. A fun activity which requires no PC’s, no programs, nothing other than pen and paper!
Each round has 10 questions, and participants can earn up to 50 points. The quiz is structured as follows:
Round 1: General knowledge with Christmas-themed questions.
Round 2: Picture round where participants identify prominent people from 2024.
Round 3: General knowledge questions.
Round 4: Picture round featuring cartoon characters.
Round 5: General knowledge questions.
The document includes all necessary materials to run the quiz, such as answer sheets and answers provided after each question. Participants can play individually or in teams, and the quiz is designed to be simple and fun.
Hanukkah Comprehension Passage and Questions
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This product was created for students when learning about Hanukkah. Students can read the passage about Hanukkah included in this packet independently or with support. Students will answer short answer questions and true/false questions pertaining to the passage. Students will label pictures that are presented in the product as well.
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This product was created for students when learning about Kwanzaa. Students can read the passage about Kwanzaa included in this packet independently or with support. Students will answer short answer questions and true/false questions pertaining to the passage. Students will label pictures that are presented in the product as well.
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Holiday Journal Writing Project
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This product was created for students to complete during or at the end of holiday break. Students can also complete this packet once they return to school. In this packet, students can answer the given comprehension questions regarding what they did during the break. Students are given opportunities to draw, answer short answer questions, circle pictures, and circle the best answer. Throughout the product, there are also vocabulary lists to help students answer comprehension questions if they are working on it independently. The following holidays are asked about in this product: Christmas, New Year's, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa.
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Christmas Shopping Life Skill Functional Money Math Digital Lessons Special Ed
By Alyssa Stamm
Use these Holiday/ Christmas themed Google Slides to teach money math skills in your special education classroom including: counting mixed bills, finding the total, change back, do you have enough?, Next dollar up and comparing prices (which costs more/less)! The whole group lessons follow a student, Anna, as she goes Holiday Shopping for her family! Perfect for teaching strategies and providing multiple practice opportunities to your math groups! This product is meant to be taught using an interactive whiteboard.
How Do I Use This Resource?
There are 6 whole group math lessons to teach money math strategies. Use your own resources for small group/individual practice, or purchase worksheets/workbooks below!
These engaging worksheets are perfect for high school and transition age special education students needing support and instruction in the following concepts:
- Community Based Instruction (CBI)
- Functional Life Skills
- Consumer Math
- Money Math
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Meaning of Christmas Lesson Plan
By Language Arts Excellence
This may be the most meaningful and memorable lesson you teach in December!
This product features an engaging "Christmas Talk" activity that will have your students thinking, writing, collaborating, speaking, and moving around in one class period! In this activity, they must choose between 5 different quotes from famous figures about Christmas and articulate why the quote aligns with their own perspective about the holiday. I use this lesson every year during the week leading up to Christmas vacation to make sure that my students take some time out of their hectic lives to consider what Christmas truly means not to society, not to others, but to them.
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- Comprehensive lesson plan
- "Christmas Talk" Sheet for students to fill out
- 5 Corresponding "Christmas Quote" signs to hang up around your room
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Christmas Telling Time Digital Lessons Functional Life Skill Math Special Ed
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Use these Christmas Themed Google Slides Digital Lessons to teach time skills in your special education classroom including: AM/PM, digital time, analog time, reading a schedule, and elapsed time (finding end time)! The whole group lessons follow a student, Anna, as she practices time skills over Winter Break in December!! Perfect for teaching strategies and providing multiple practice opportunities to your math groups! This product is meant to be taught using an interactive whiteboard.
How Do I Use This Resource?
There are 5 whole group math lessons to teach time telling math strategies. Use your own resources for small group/individual practice, or purchase the Christmas Telling Time Bundle!
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AVID Winter Activity - Build a Costa Snowman Digital Resource
By Teach Savvy Store
AVID Winter Activity - Build a Costa Snowman Digital Resource: This digital lesson and activity is the perfect Winter or Christmas resource for building critical thinking skills in your AVID classroom! Use it as an inquiry icebreaker activity, a supplemental lesson for Costa's Level of Thinking, an inquiry lesson, a Fun Friday activity, or even for your Christmas/Winter party!
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Directions:
- This 18 interactive Google Slides presentation first goes over Costa's level of thinking with details and examples for all 3 levels.
- Then students will follow directions on drawing or creating their own Costa snowman while answering leveled questions on the way!
- After students create their snowmans and answer the Costa questions about them, they will write their own questions based on a winter scene!
What's Included:
- Essential questions slide
- 7 Costa's Level of Thinking teach slides
- 7 direction slides with step-by-step directions on how to create a Costa snowman and leveled questions for students to answer about their snowmen
- 1 slide with a winter scene where students will write their own leveled questions!
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AVID Christmas Activity - Speed Philosophical Chairs for Team Building
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Use this Christmas-themed AVID speed philosophical chairs icebreaker team-building activity to promote debate through dialogue and public speaking in your classroom as well as get students in the Christmas spirit! Students will not only learn what speed philosophical chairs is but they will enjoy some exciting dialogue through 20 fun debate topics.
For example, students will choose to agree or disagree with the statement, "It is acceptable to play Christmas music after Halloween."
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- A central statement will be announced to the class and you will define the two sides of the debate (Agree/Disagree).
- Students move to the side of the room that they intend to defend.
- An embedded timer will be set for 5 minutes, and the debate will start between the two groups.
- Students attempt to keep contributions to less than 30 seconds each.
- A new prompt is displayed and we start another round of quick debates.
What's Included:
- A teaching slide for "the why" of speed philosophical chairs
- A slide that includes the rules of engagement for students
- A slide for the steps of this speed philosophical chairs activity
- 20-speed philosophical chairs Christmas-themed debate statements
- A 5-minute silent timer embedded in each slide
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Meaning of Christmas Lesson Plan
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This may be the most meaningful and memorable lesson you teach in December!
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A Christmas Carol "Silent Conversation" Quote Pass Activity
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Sometimes the best classroom discussions arise when students say nothing at all!
This product features a thoughtful and engaging activity for use during your study of Charles Dickens' beloved classic tale, A Christmas Carol. Centering around 5 different provocative passages from the short novel, this lesson provides your students with a chance to think, reflect, and respond to their peers without ever saying a word. This creative approach is a great way to differentiate instruction among your students and allows even your most quiet students to shine. I am confident that this no-prep lesson will become a must-do activity within your unit on A Christmas Carol!
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Deaf Education: Winter Reflection Journal - Adapted
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This product was created for students to complete during or at the end of holiday break. Students can also complete this packet once they return to school. In this packet, students can answer the given comprehension questions regarding what they did during the break. Students are given opportunities to draw, answer short answer questions, circle pictures, and circle the best answer. The following holidays are asked about in this product: Christmas, New Year's, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa. This product has been adapted from traditional writing/journal assignments where students write without receiving topic ideas, support, etc. Throughout the product, there are also vocabulary lists to help students answer comprehension questions if they are working on it independently.
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The Greatest Gift-Short Story Background Info & Vocab Introduction-PPT
By Kiwious About Vocab
THE GREATEST GIFT by P. VanDoren Stern: This introductory PowerPoint lesson provides digital pre-reading information for the story’s author and genre. Bold photo visuals and engaging video clips support the story details. The lesson includes an in-depth vocabulary study, practice, assessment, and printable organizers.
This standard-aligned material is for use with whole group, small group, or independent work for regular ed, learning support, ESL or virtual/homeschool classrooms
*PDF link to text included*
PowerPoint Slides:
1. **Author Biography** We provide author biographies for each short story. This adds depth to the lesson, allowing students to appreciate the story in the context of the author's life experience.
2. **Setting**Highly informative slides include maps, historical images and intriguing video links allowing students to have a deeper understanding of the location and time-period in which the story takes place. This is a crucial element when preparing students to read outside their own worldview.
3.**Bold Photos: ** Visual learners will thrive with our visually appealing slides, featuring bold and relevant images that help reinforce vocabulary concepts and make learning more engaging.
4. **Vocab with Concise Definitions and Part of Speech: ** Our lesson provides clear and concise definitions for challenging vocabulary words, ensuring that students understand the meaning of each word in context. Understanding the parts of speech is crucial for effective language comprehension. Our lesson includes sections dedicated to identifying the part of speech for each vocabulary word.
Vibrant Vocab Slides: eddied, resentful, sullenly, unremarkable, noteworthy, chuckling, satchel, cinch, vespers, awkwardness, affection, cordially, faltered
5.**Quizlet Practice Link ** Reinforce learning and encourage self-assessment with Quizlet practice tailored to the vocabulary words covered in the lesson. This interactive tool allows students to review and quiz themselves.
6. **Fun Fact Images and Videos** These features highlight unique elements of the text to aid comprehension
PDF FILE.
Plus, each ZIP file comes with a PDF folder containing printable worksheets to be used with the lesson!
**Grammar Sort**
Strengthen language skills with integrated grammar review sections, ensuring students can apply the vocabulary words correctly in their own writing and communication.
**Connotation Sort**
Dive deeper into vocabulary nuances by exploring the connotations of words, helping students grasp the subtle shades of meaning and usage.
**Context Clues Sentences, Word Bank and Key: **
Our lesson includes carefully curated sentences that employ context clues, enabling students to decipher word meanings from surrounding text. This fosters independent comprehension skills. These worksheets can be used for practice or assessment.
**Vocabulary Organizer**
This worksheet allows the students to infer the meaning from the animated vocabulary slide. After students complete the organizer, it is a great reference sheet.
**Synonym and Antonym Word Study**
The graphic organizer allows the students to explore the variations in meaning of the new vocabulary word.
DIGITAL USES IN THE CLASSROOM:
· Introduce new story
· Provide backstory to text
· Stimulate group discussion
· Create predictions about text
· Use as distance learning resource
· Post on webpage for review
· Add to electronic notebooks
· Provide test review
· Prompt Writing or Research assignments
· Grammar study / parts of speech
· Discuss Word Connotation
Please be sure to view the preview and watch the video for detailed images and descriptions of the lesson.
This lesson is also available in Google Slides.
Enjoy!
-From Kiwious About Vocab!
A Chaparral Christmas Gift by O. Henry-Digital Background Info & Vocab Intro-PPT
By Kiwious About Vocab
A Chaparral Christmas Gift by O. Henry: This introductory PowerPoint lesson provides digital pre-reading information for the story’s author and genre. Bold photo visuals and engaging video clips support the story details. The lesson includes an in-depth vocabulary study, practice, assessment, and printable organizers.
This standard-aligned material is for use with whole group, small group, or independent work for regular ed, learning support, ESL or virtual/homeschool classrooms
**PDF link to text included**
PowerPoint Slides:
1. **Author Biography** We provide author biographies for each short story. This adds depth to the lesson, allowing students to appreciate the story in the context of the author's life experience.
2. **Setting**Highly informative slides include maps, historical images and intriguing video links allowing students to have a deeper understanding of the location and time-period in which the story takes place. This is a crucial element when preparing students to read outside their own worldview.
3.**Bold Photos: ** Visual learners will thrive with our visually appealing slides, featuring bold and relevant images that help reinforce vocabulary concepts and make learning more engaging.
4. **Vocab with Concise Definitions and Part of Speech: ** Our lesson provides clear and concise definitions for challenging vocabulary words, ensuring that students understand the meaning of each word in context. Understanding the parts of speech is crucial for effective language comprehension. Our lesson includes sections dedicated to identifying the part of speech for each vocabulary word.
Vibrant Vocab Slides (Impudent, wantonness, sortie, vengeance, vociferous, magnanimous, sonorous, nomenclature, chaparral)
5.**Quizlet Practice Link ** Reinforce learning and encourage self-assessment with Quizlet practice tailored to the vocabulary words covered in the lesson. This interactive tool allows students to review and quiz themselves.
6. **Fun Fact Images and Videos** These features highlight unique elements of the text to aid comprehension
PDF FILE.
Plus, each ZIP file comes with a PDF folder containing printable worksheets to be used with the lesson!
**Grammar Sort**
Strengthen language skills with integrated grammar review sections, ensuring students can apply the vocabulary words correctly in their own writing and communication.
**Connotation Sort**
Dive deeper into vocabulary nuances by exploring the connotations of words, helping students grasp the subtle shades of meaning and usage.
**Context Clues Sentences, Word Bank and Key: **
Our lesson includes carefully curated sentences that employ context clues, enabling students to decipher word meanings from surrounding text. This fosters independent comprehension skills. These worksheets can be used for practice or assessment.
**Vocabulary Organizer**
This worksheet allows the students to infer the meaning from the animated vocabulary slide. After students complete the organizer, it is a great reference sheet.
**Synonym and Antonym Word Study**
The graphic organizer allows the students to explore the variations in meaning of the new vocabulary word.
DIGITAL USES IN THE CLASSROOM:
· Introduce new story
· Provide backstory to text
· Stimulate group discussion
· Create predictions about text
· Use as distance learning resource
· Post on webpage for review
· Add to electronic notebooks
· Provide test review
· Prompt Writing or Research assignments
· Grammar study / parts of speech
· Discuss Word Connotation
Please be sure to view the preview and watch the video for detailed images and descriptions of the lesson.
This lesson is also available in Google Slides.
Enjoy!
-From Kiwious About Vocab!
A Christmas Carol Socratic Seminar
By Language Arts Excellence
This resource features lesson plans and materials to conduct a formal set of Socratic Seminars for Charles Dicken's beloved classic, A Christmas Carol. Socratic Seminars (or "Fish Bowl" Conversations as referred to in this resource) are higher order ways of assessing whether your students are able to understand and react to your class texts. These seminars rely on the power of inquiry and allow students to take the lead in their learning and discussion. The only problem? They require a great deal of preparation. Fortunately, this student-tested resource includes everything you need to conduct a structured and formal set of Socratic Seminars in your classroom surrounding A Christmas Carol... and no preparation is required by you at all. It is the perfect administration-approved lesson for one of the days leading up to Christmas vacation.
Product Includes:
- Assignment Directions with step-by-step instructions on how to conduct fishbowls in your classroom
- Engaging Introductory Activity for Conversation Building
- 5 Discussion Questions for each “Fishbowl” conversation
- “Fishbowl” Preparation Sheet
- Conversation Builder Prompts
- Observation Sheet
- Rubric
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