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Looking for a meaningful and engaging way to bring gratitude into your classroom this Thanksgiving season? This 4-Day Thanksgiving Toast Writing Unit has everything you need to help your students craft heartfelt toasts while building their public speaking and writing skills. It's print-and-go, includes interactive slides, and is loaded with fun Thanksgiving puns to keep your students motivated and inspired!

What’s Inside:

• Day 1: Kick off with a Do Now, note-taking, and brainstorming a mind map of gratitude.
• Day 2: Plan and draft your toast using a structured planning guide.
• Day 3: Revise with peer feedback and finalize the toast.
• Day 4: Present with style in a festive classroom setting!
• Bonus: Toast Awards (e.g., "Most Heartfelt," "Funniest Toast") to celebrate your students’ creativity!

What Makes This Resource Special?

• Complete Package: Includes detailed lesson plans, printable guided notes, slides, and awards.
• Flexible & Easy-to-Use: Print-and-go resources allow you to spend less time prepping and more time enjoying the activity.
• Interactive and Fun: Engage students with brainstorming activities, video clips, and a celebratory presentation day featuring pie and sparkling juice.
• Real-World Skills: Students practice public speaking, writing, and expressing gratitude—skills they’ll use for a lifetime!

Perfect For:

• Thanksgiving week lessons
• Middle school ELA or Speech classes
• Public speaking units

Teacher Tips for Maximum Impact:

• Bring in sparkling juice and pie to create a “Thanksgiving Toast Table” for presentation day.
• Set up a festive classroom with fall-themed decorations and soft background music.
• Use the included Toast Awards to celebrate students’ creativity and confidence.

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Do you find yourself searching for new ways to get your students involved in the review process? These 10 activities are great ways to review the concepts and ideas of the day's lesson or an effective way to end a unit. Great teacher time-savers. Try these activities and watch your students have fun reviewing what they learned in class.

Includes:

• ABC's,
• Top Ten,
• Match Maker,
• Run Baby Run,
• Human Bingo,
• Tag Your It, and MORE!

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Ex-Book takes you on an interactive writing journey to help shed a broken relationship and your ex. Explore expectations for a new soulmate with these 25 color and writing reflective activities. Includes: About me... Defining love... I like... My future soulmate... My idea of a romantic date... About my ex... My ex liked... What I liked about you/annoyed me about you/what we were working on... Road Map of Love Unlocked Secrets Our Favorite Memories Our Favorites What we shared... A last letter to my ex... A Poem to Free My Heart Making My Own Break-Up Movie Tattoo Design Break Up Party We broke up over... YOU be the judge... The Dating Game My Dream Vacation My Positive Attributes: A Recipe My future without my ex... Reflective, fun activities to ease pain and tension of a break-up. Great way to move on from a relationship and focus on positive character traits!

This packet contains SIX lessons and activities to teach about the Confiteor Prayer from the Catholic Mass ⛪ Liturgy. Students will interact with the prayer to learn the words as well as the meaning behind the prayer. They will think about the purpose of the prayer, and build their religion vocabulary.

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· Page 3: Instructions

· Page 4: Full Prayer--This can be used as an answer key, and also as a puzzle. It can be cut into strips or smaller pieces for students to put together while thinking through the prayer.

· Pages 5-6: Understanding the prayer --this worksheet requires students to write the meaning of each line of the prayer. This will help students slow down and think about the meaning behind the words.

· Page 7: Fill-in-the-blanks--Students can scaffold their practice with the prayer by filling in the blanks on this worksheet.

· Page 8-13: Prayer Mazes --Students follow the words of the prayer through the puzzle. This works well laminated and placed in a station for students to recite the prayer repeatedly while traveling through the maze. There are two levels for the maze so it is easy to differentiate. There are also 2 versions of answer keys for the puzzles so students can work at their own challenge level.

· Pages 14-15: Handwriting--Students can trace the prayer to practice handwriting and spelling. This is available in print or cursive.

· Pages 16-18: Vocabulary--There are three ability levels for the vocabulary sheets. Students can fill out the blank sheet with a definition, example, and non-example. Or, students can receive a worksheet that is partially filled out or completely filled out. _______________________________

Unlock the Power of Prayer with Our Downloadable Confiteor Resource for Catholic Education!

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Start each and every morning on a positive note with these unique inspirational quotes, motivational quotes, or daily quick write statements. Use the included inspirational quotes in a variety of ways, my favorite being as a quote of the day activity with students. This download includes a printable version and a link to the digital Google Slides™ version.

Pick one of the 180 included inspirational quotes to read aloud to your classroom or on the school news. Engage students in a discussion as to what the inspirational quote means to them. Deepen student understanding and enrich student learning by using these motivational quotes as a daily quick write activity prompt with your students. 

Included in this Download:

• 180 Inspirational Quotes (PDF Download, Printable)
• "I liked the quote.." Exit Tickets 
• Google Slides™ Link (clickable link found on page three of PDF)

Start school on a positive note as you build classroom community and make your students feel at ease in the classroom. At the beginning of each class or at the start of the day, pull out a quote at random and read it to the class. Leave “I Liked the Quote” slips next to your Inspiration Jar (the container you house the quotes in). When a student feels moved by a quote, they can write down the quote to keep for when they need a little inspiration.

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Click the preview for more details and images of this Inspirational Quote of the Day Activity! 

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Elevate your library lessons with this dynamic bundle!

Bundle includes 3 sets of task cards, a hands-on coding activity, a STEM resource package, and a captivating set of lightbox slides. Perfect for fostering critical thinking and creativity, these resources make learning engaging and fun.

* Task cards sets are perfect for back to school library orientation or reviewing skills with students throughout the year. One set is K-4, other sets are 3-8.

* STEAM package includes everything you need to get started, including STEAM bulletin board headers, project "rules", a pre-activity for students to research and learn about the aspects of STEAM, a teacher planning sheet, student workbook, student reflection sheet, and student presentation guidelines.

* Coding resource includes 5 different "stations" that could be done as a whole class activity, or more like traditional ELL and math learning centres.

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Unlock a world of creativity for your 12-17 year-olds with my curated drama lesson plans! Elevate your weekly 60-minute class with 33 engaging lessons and 4 substitute plans, ensuring seamless teaching. From dynamic warm-ups to captivating activities, games, prompts, mini-page scripts, and uplifting encouragement cards, this resource is your passport to an enriching and entertaining drama experience. Join me on a six-year journey filled with varied activities, ensuring each lesson is a unique adventure!

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-Intermediate Drama Class: 1 year of lesson plans - Year 1
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National Core Arts Standards (NCAS): TH:Cr1.1.9a - Develop characters within a drama/theatre work through one’s own imagination or by analyzing and using scripts.

Are you on the hunt for a writing project for your secondary ELL Newcomers that can be their first personal narrative? This helps your students write four paragraphs with support (organizer and checklist) and teaching/reviewing the writing process.

There are scaffolded supports for ENTERING and EMERGING students (Beginner and Intermediate ELLs).

With great graphics to show the personal narrative genre, visual prewriting, point of view, descriptive writing, past tense grammar practice and sentence frames, your Newcomers will be able to write their own personal narrative! 

Your Students Will:

• Learn more vocabulary
• Experience the writing process
• Apply knowledge
• Practice skills 
• Have the opportunity to learn new skills
• Work on developing writing skills
• Have access to tools that will benefit them in writing

Help your ELL Newcomers tell their incredible stories!

What’s Included:

• Follows the WIDA KEY USE: NARRATE objectives and formatting
• Visual introduction to the genre of personal narrative writing
• Options for different prompts with visual supports
• Prewriting organizer
• Descriptive Writing practice for places AND people
• Point of View practice for 1st person
• Transition words, vocabulary support and more!
• Lesson learned examples and practice
• Two pages of past tense activities
• Chunking the story into 4 paragraphs
• Final draft pages
• Self Checklist with visuals for self editing
• PDF Version for easy printing

Look what other educators are saying:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Yackeline G. wrote, “My students loved this activity. It was perfect for them because they are level 1 and 2. All the pictures, sentence frames and sentence starters are the scaffolding activity I was looking for. It helped them to write complete sentences that were going to be used to create their narrative stories. ”

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Angela M. wrote, “This was great for my Newcomers. We finished it in about a week and I was thankful for the different scaffolds for my Entering and Emerging kiddos. Thanks.” 

This ESL writing resource will give them confidence and help them get through all the parts of a personal narrative. You don’t want to miss out on this resource. Make sure to add this resource to your cart.

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ESL Newcomer Spring Bundle

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**Do you need to take time off work and don't want to stress about SUB PLANS for your multilingual ELL students?! Then this product is PERFECT for you! You can take the WHOLE week off and have EVERYTHING covered with engaging, content based lessons that focus on Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking!

Your Students Will:

• Learn new vocabulary
• Construct simple sentences
• Apply knowledge
• Learn about the positives and negatives of AI
• Practice listening comprehension
• Construct written responses about whether AI is good or bad for the world
• CREATE THEIR OWN AI!

What’s Included:

• 43 PDF printable student workbook pages
• Digital Version for students to TYPE their responses that you can assign them individually (I use Google Classroom and sometimes Schoology)
• 88 teacher slides with linked videos, visuals, video directions, objectives and a step by step guide for ALL the activities for Day 1 - Day 5 of lessons!
• Tons of visuals, vocabulary and sentence frames
• Scaffolds for Intermediate and Advanced Students (Emerging, Developing & Expanding)
• Engaging topics and visuals for secondary and upper elementary students
• YOUR PEACE OF MIND to not have to worry about a THING while you're gone!

Are you searching for project based learning opportunities for your secondary ESL ELL SPED and General Ed students that are FUN? This unit includes enough three versions of an amazing YEAR IN REVIEW project that will keep your secondary students engaged and reflecting on their year! This resource is perfect for after testing and to wrap up your year. Your students will have the chance to reflect on challenges, successes, set goals, present and share with the class and SO MUCH MORE!

This resource uses Google slides and is NO PREP. You can choose the version you want to use based on your comfort level OR based on your students' interests and technology and language skills!

Your Students Will:

• Develop a presentation OR create an engaging PODCAST!
• Reflect on their year
• Construct sentences with the help of sentence frames
• Present to their classmates
• Practice speaking skills
• Critically analyze their growth

This unit is PACKED with activities to engage your secondary students. You will have everything you need to complete an AMAZING project.

What’s Included:

• A Google Slides resource with ALL the links for the three projects
• Project One: Templated Student Google Slides for students to create and present their year in review (with slides that are prepared with language frames, boxes for pictures and ideas)
• Project Two: Spotify Podcast Project Templated Student Google Slides with directions, language frames, tips and How To directions
• Project Three: Vocaroo (easier tech) Podcast Project Templated Student Google Slides with directions, language frames, tips and How To directions

**You don't want to miss this ENGAGING and REFLECTIVE end of year project!**

Are you struggling to know what level your secondary ELL multilingual students are currently? Do you need a middle of the year assessment tool to track and monitor their growth throughout the year? This tool is a GREAT way to track and assess student skills and growth!

This resource will help teachers:

• Assess students in the four domains (Listening, Speaking Reading and Writing)
• Assess students with the same formatting and rigor of the ELPAC, ACCESS and TELPAS state tests for multilingual learners
• Track data and analyze students' skill levels
• Know how to score students with a comprehensive rubric

This resource includes:

• 1 test for students (MOY)--**Different assessment than BOY and EOY**
• A comprehensive rubric for teachers with answers keys
• A tracking doc and progress monitoring tool
• Links for audio recordings and directions

Are you on the hunt for a SLIFE Newcomer Fall Activity Workbook for your secondary ELL Newcomers that teaches ALL the fall vocabulary and plus reading, writing and listening activities?! Start this fall season off right for you and your ESL Newcomer students with this NO PREP 87 page SLIFE Newcomer student workbook!

Your Students Will:

• Learn new vocabulary
• Construct simple sentences
• Apply knowledge
• Practice skills while completing the activities
• Discuss vocabulary and back to school topics with each other
• Read about fall seasonal holidays
• Practice listening comprehension

What’s Included:

• 87 PDF printable student workbook pages
• TONS of FALL vocabulary (weather, clothes, holidays, traditions, foods, and more)
• Holidays in fall: Thanksgiving, Veteran's Day, Diwali, Day of the Dead, Halloween, & Mexican Independence Day
• TONS of Writing practice with sentence frames and vocabulary supports for SLIFE and Newcomer Students
• Speaking practice with language frames to facilitate conversations
• Assessments
• Heads Up Game with card printables!

Do you want to give your Secondary ESL students an engaging resource to teach them about Earth Day and Science Conservation_?_ This lesson is PERFECT to do after state testing when you want to teach something meaningful AND that students will enjoy!

This lesson should take 3-5 teaching days. It is great for emerging/level 2 to expanding/level 4 ELLs.

Your Students Will:

• Develop vocabulary
• Analyze text
• Apply knowledge
• Practice speaking and listening skills while completing the activities
• Work on developing writing skills
• Have the opportunity to expand grammar skills.

This unit is PACKED with activities to engage your ESL students. You will have everything you need to have an AMAZING unit.

What’s Included:

• 96 interactive Pear Deck/Google Slides
• Pre-teach vocabulary slides including Prefixes and interactive slides to practice vocabulary
• A SEPARATE GOOGLE SLIDES for students to practice vocabulary INDEPENDENTLY or with a sub for deeper practice
• Problems and Solutions facing our planet and our survival
• Engaging videos embedded that will help peak students' interests and make the issues more real
• A poetry reading by Amanda Gorman "Earthrise" and analysis
• TONS of writing and language supports throughout, including a summative paragraph you can use as a formative assessment!
• Speaking practice with language frames for students to use
• ENGAGING and professional slides for secondary ELL ESL multilingual students
• Cause and Effect Slides 
• Rephrasing writing slides
• Games: Extinct animals, where animals live, recycling
• THREE PDF Infographics for you to use in small group for extension
• GRAPHS, CHARTS, and GRAPHICS to get students practicing all types of Reading

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Look what other educators are saying:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Angela M. wrote, “This lesson had SO MUCH in it! It lasted an entire week and my 8th grade students were so engaged! The slides looked awesome and they covered so many great topics about issues facing our planet. Thank you so much for making this and saving me from making lesson plans right after state testing!”

This unit will bring some fun and engagement to your classroom! You don’t want to miss out on the MEANINGFUL unit. Make sure to add this resource to your cart.

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