8th Grade Christmas, Chanukah, & Kwanzaa Google Apps

This bundle includes to let your students practice plotting and reading points on the coordinate plane (all four quadrants) and have fun.

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This bundle includes 5 of our rigorous and engaging escape rooms (4 in-class, 1 digital) to review grammar, poetry, and more ELA skills during the Christmas season!

There is no wonder why escape rooms are so popular; they are highly engaging and encourage people to work together and think creatively in order to solve different puzzles... all while trying to beat the clock! This meticulously-crafted resource features all of the materials you need to conduct 5 full-length Christmas-Inspired Escape Rooms. Planning an escape room may seem like quite the daunting task, but this product provides everything from the basics and set-up instructions to signs and answer keys so that yours run smoothly from start to finish. These activities involve movement, energy, creative thinking and most of all, collaboration. All tasks are skills-based so that learning is not sacrificed throughout December (a notoriously difficult time to teach students whose minds are on the holidays). Your students will be having so much fun that they won’t even realize the higher order thinking skills they are applying in the playing of these games!

How does it work?

Your students must work to escape to winter break by solving 5 different skills-based puzzles, discovering hidden messages, and finding clues along the way.

Each In-Class Escape Room Includes:

• Escape Room Basics
• Detailed Day-Of Instructions
• Escape Room Print Checklist
• Student Teams Chart
• Welcome Sign for Your Door
• Materials for 5 Tasks: task signs to be folded upright, task instructions (2 per page for easy printing), and necessary information to be kept at stations
• Student Answer Booklets
• Teacher Answer Keys
• Reflection Questions for homework or in-class writing activity

Digital Escape Room Includes:

• Instructions for how to access and share escape room and answer key through Google Drive
• Materials for 5 Tasks: digital task signs, detailed task instructions, and supplementary materials
• Digital Student Worksheets
• Digital Teacher Answer Key

*Note that this is the digital version of the Christmas Escape Room; tasks are identical, just reformatted for digital experience. Requires use of Google Slides.*

**Although these activities are informative about religious holidays, they are secular lessons and can be used for students of all backgrounds and religions. Students do not need any prior knowledge about Christmas, Hanukkah, Diwali, or Kwanzaa in order to complete these lessons and have fun with them!**

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This basic core French FSL holiday bundle will give you lots of low prep activities for Halloween (3), Christmas (2), Valentine's Day (3), Easter (1), April Fool's (1), St. Patrick's (2) and Le Nouvel An chinois(1) . These resources encourage students to engage with their peers while applying basic vocabulary and grammar structures in a fun and relevant context. As new holiday themed resources are made, they will be added to this bundle at no extra cost to you.

Halloween 95 pages- writing prompts, question of the day, surveys, flashcards

Christmas 55 pages- writing prompts, questions of the day, flashcards

Christmas Bingo- just added 2023- 75 cards printable or digital- with or without words

Christmas basic printables- just addded 2023- 35 pages

Valentine's Day 90 pages- writing prompts, question of the day, flashcards, activities like acts of kindness week and reading comprehension

Easter 30 pages- vocabulary practice and flashcards

April Fool's 30 pages - "Let's Talk about Pranks Question of the day

St. Patrick's Day 30 pages- Tour of Ireland and Art activities

Le Nouvel An chinois 30 pages - reading and writing prompts

Halloween Resource 1 :

-Thirty-six flashcards and game suggestions

-Five worksheets to practice new Halloween vocabulary

-A Halloween questionnaire for you and a partner (toujours, souvent, jamais, parfois)

-Two basic skits to practice speaking

-Two options for writing and creating a haunted house

-Three options to write a monster bio (English support/French only/Graphic Template)

-Two French/English lexicons for support writing topics

-Follow the directions to color a Halloween image

-Design a costume for a favorite teacher or friend (describe the costume)

Bonus- A Halloween version of "Trouve quelqu'un qui"

Halloween Resource 2 "Question du jour":

Encourage speaking and writing in your FSL French Second language Classroom with this Halloween-themed “Questions du jour” resource. Ideal for teachers seeking engaging warm-up activities with low prep. This Google slideshow resource is designed to encourage students to share their opinion on spooky topics. It is ideal for daily discussions, writing prompts, and speaking exercises. Expand students' vocabulary with Halloween-themed vocabulary and images.

Included:

- Teacher overview

-Halloween vocabulary with engaging images

-Thirty-five slides which includes 10 “quatre coins” slides .

-Two Class survey suggestions that can be done as a whole class or individually.

Halloween Resource 3: Review Body Parts & Colors with Monster Fun

Enhance your FSL classroom with this basic review resource packed with several activities to get students drawing, speaking and writing! Students will create a monster, describe a monster to a friend and vote for their favorite class monster. Finally, there are worksheets and games for extra practice.

This low prep resource includes the following:

-Five worksheets to practice body part vocabulary

-Twenty-seven flashcards to support review games

-Two colored Qui suis-je?" monster boards to practice descriptions

-A "Guess who?" template to help students ask questions

-A voting template- students vote for their favorite monster

-Two template options to write about your monster

-Two drawing activities (read or write)

Vocabulary and grammar practice:

body parts

colors

present tense (avoir, etre)

negative (ne... pas)

practice with basic descriptions

Resource 4: December

This December themed French FSL resource helps to introduce and review basic vocabulary with students. Students get an opportunity to practice the new vocabulary both orally and written with flashcards and Questions du jour. This resource can be used for whole class discussion, partner activity or divided into stations.

Included:

- Teacher overview

-Holiday vocabulary with images (flashcards) and suggested activities.

-Design your own ugly Christmas sweater

-Vote for your favorite ugly sweater

-Follow directions to color and draw 

-Listen and vote for their favorite Christmas music

-Over 30 suggestions for "Questions du Jour" within activities and lessons

Short writing and drawing prompts:

-Invent an elf and design an outfit for your new elf

-Apply to be an elf at the North Pole

-Become a toy tester

-Write about yourself during the holidays including your favorite meal and activities.

Vocabulary:

Holiday and Christmas words

Basic Body Parts

Some winter clothing

Present tense verbs 

Limited use of the conditional

Resource 5: Valentine's day Reading & listening

There are 2 Nonfiction texts (“The Legend of Saint-Valentine” and  “Love Locks- The Cities do not love them”) with comprehension questions (answer key included). Students may also watch the short film  « La boîte ». There are questions for class discussion or for students to respond independently in writing. Finally, students may also become music critics as they listen to a selection of songs curated for February. A template is included to help students share their opinion on the songs.

Resource 6: Valentine's day activities

Included:

-New vocabulary with images (30 flashcards) and suggested activities

-Writing prompts with a focus on friendship and kindness (see below)

-Valentine cards to print and color (with and without words)

Examples of short writing prompts:

Tell us about a friend

What can you do during a “une semaine de gentillesse”?

Write about things you love

How would you help someone with a problem?

Write simple compliments to classmates (compliment jar)

Worksheets with a Valentine’s theme

Crossword and various exercises for Valentine’s vocabulary

Label body parts of the cupid

Valentine’s cards (to color or blank for students to write)

Follow the directions and draw

Resource 7: Valentine's Day Question du jour "Things we love to hate"

This basic French FSL resource (Question du jour/chef du jour) helps to engage students with conversation starting photographs.  Students will all want to share their opinion while they practice simple French sentences. 

Resource 8:

This St. Patrick’s day basic FSL French resource is filled with printable no prep activities and writing prompts for March. This resource includes a visual tour of Ireland and an overview of the traditions of la Saint-Patrick. The slideshow shares basic information on Irish traditions including St. Patrick’s Day. Take a visual tour of Irish landmarks as you also learn about traditional music and dance.

Included:

- Teacher overview with suggested links for Irish music and dance

-Twenty slides in basic French with photographs

-Printable graphic organizers for independent work for students to show their learning.

-A digital (or printable) Instagram activity for students to make a post on what they learned about Ireland and St. Patrick’s Day.

Resource 9: Art and writing

This second St. Patrick's Day resource includes writing and art activities. 

Students can write a newspaper article about catching a leprechaun or write about what they would do if they found a pot of gold. Students will learn about Celtic knots and make a simple one from paper. Finally, they can practice numbers 1 to 100 with a mystery image or practice St. Patrick’s day vocabulary. 

Included:

- Teacher overview

-New vocabulary with images (30 flashcards) and suggested activities like a game of memory

-Art activity with a Celtic Knot

-Two additional handouts practicing vocabulary and numbers

Writing prompts

Newspaper Article

J’ai de la chance parce que…

If I found a pot of gold, I would…

Resource 10 : Easter

This Easter French FSL resource is filled with printable no prep activities for April. There are Easter flashcards, writing and drawing prompts included. Students can write about their favorite Easter treats,  apply for a job with the Easter bunny and more!

Included:

- Teacher overview

-New vocabulary with images (24 flashcards) and suggested activities and vocabulary practice

-Four short writing prompts 

-Four follow the direction sheets to color or draw Easter images.

Examples of short writing prompts:

Si j’étais le lapin de Pâques 

Tout sur moi! Le lapin de Pâques

Décris le panier de Pâques de tes rêves

Trouve un déguisement pour le lapin de Pâques

Demande d’emploi

Resource 11: Le Nouvel An chinois

This French FSL resource helps to explain basic information on Le Nouvel An chinois. Learn about the Chinese Zodiac animals and complete an activity. Students can also practice new vocabulary with various worksheets. There are questions and graphic organizers to check for comprehension.

Reading Comprehension:

The reading comprehension slideshow can be used for whole class discussion as there are 2 levels of text complexity. The 3 reading comprehension sheets can be used for independent work with stronger readers.

Included:

- Teacher overview

-Slideshow with images to share information on Chinese New Year

-Three reading comprehension sheets with questions

-Three worksheets to record understanding

- 20 Flashcards

-Venn diagram to help to compare traditions

-Four simple worksheets to practice vocabulary

-General overview of the Chinese zodiac animals and characteristics

-Zodiac Activity

-Follow directions to color the dragon

-Label the dragon body parts

Vocabulary:

Zodiac animals 12

Basic body parts

Present tense verbs 

Resource 12: Christmas Bingo (added 2023)

75 cards with words and without

Digital or printable

Please note you must have access to Youtube to play the suggested short video. The link is editable and can be changed as these are not part of the purchased resource.

***These activities are for beginners who have basic understanding of grammar and sentence structure using the present tense. Intermediate students should be able to do the work independently and in greater depth.

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For this activity, you and your students will need access to Google Sheets. For best use, each student should have their own device.

Each Pixel Art includes 3 levels of varying difficulty. Level One includes NO EXPONENTS. Level two includes exponents. Level three problems are lengthier and tend to be the most difficult to solve. Each level has 19 problems, meaning in each Pixel Art, there are 57 total. So for all 9, you're getting 513 Order Of Operation Problems!

What you're getting:

• Pixel Art 1 - Back to School Theme
• Pixel Art 2 - Halloween Theme
• Pixel Art 3 - Thanksgiving Theme
• Pixel Art 4 - Holiday/Christmas Theme
• Pixel Art 5 - Winter Theme
• Pixel Art 6 - Valentine's Day Theme
• Pixel Art 7 - St. Patrick's Day Theme
• Pixel Art 8 - Spring Theme
• Pixel Art 9 - Summer Theme

This ESL English bundle contains a over 440 slides which work well for questions of the day or bell ringers. This is a low prep way to bring routine into your classroom.

Topics included in the following 13 resources:

Basic ESL review- includes movable calendar and weather chart

Winter activities and sports

Hobbies and sports

Things we love to hate

Four corners- (feelings) Talking about how we feel when...

Let's talk pranks

Halloween- What scares you? What do you prefer?

Clothes and fashion preferences

Personal preferences

December Holiday questions

School Themed questions

Adverbs of frequency (How often do you....?)

Vacation and Travel preferences

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This basic/core French FSL bundle contains a over 440 slides which work well for daily questions to encourage conversation.

Topics include the following:

Basic core French review- includes movable calendar and weather chart

Winter activities and sports

Hobbies and sports

Things we love to hate

Four corners- (feelings) Talking about how we feel when...

Let's talk pranks

Halloween- What scares you? What do you prefer?

Clothes and fashion preferences

Personal preferences

December holiday

School days

Vacation theme

Adverbs of Frequency

This growing bundle includes all of my DIGITAL math Christmas and winter themed activities at a 50% DISCOUNT plus all future sets for FREE. You will simply re-download this file under “My Purchases” to get the updates.

My escape rooms are no prep and can be used as:

You can use it as:

★ additional materials for remediation

★ a reward or “Fun Friday” activity

★ before the busy holiday break

★ an emergency sub lesson plan

12/13/23

Added a new pixel art

12/11/23

Added new resources

11/24/23

Added new resources

12/13/22

Added new resources

11/28/22

Added several new resources

12/02/21

Added an escape room

Due to the Terms of Use of the font/clip artists and stock photo websites that I have purchased from, these products are not editable. Thank you for understanding.

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• 10 Winter Holiday Narrative Essay Picture Prompts & Planner: Engage students in narrative writing with holiday-themed picture prompts and a structured planner to develop plot, character, and setting in alignment with creative writing standards.
• Christmas Hip Hop Lyrics Analysis: Teach figurative language, rhyme schemes, and tone through an engaging analysis of hip hop lyrics, blending music and ELA standards for Grades 6-8.
• St. Nick: Informational Text Structures: Explore main ideas, text structures, and author’s purpose with this winter-themed set of informational texts designed to strengthen critical reading skills.
• Unraveling Krampus: Text Structures and Critical Analysis: Develop students’ ability to identify text structures and analyze information critically with this high-interest resource focused on the Krampus folklore.
• Informational Text Structure Coloring Sort: Combine creativity and learning as students sort and color-code winter-themed informational texts to practice identifying text structures.
• Winter Wonders: Exploring Text Features Through Snow-Themed Articles: Strengthen comprehension and analysis skills by examining text features in engaging snow-themed articles, perfect for enhancing nonfiction literacy.
• Christmas Winter Holiday Characters from Around the World Research PBL: Dive into global holiday traditions with this project-based learning activity that encourages research, critical thinking, and presentation skills.
• Holiday Figurative Language & Movie Clip Standard-Based Learning Activities: Analyze figurative language through fun, holiday-themed movie clips that align with ELA figurative language standards for middle schoolers.
• Virtual Winter Sports Exploration: Engage students in a digital exploration of winter sports, focusing on informational text comprehension and analysis for Grades 4-6.
• Analyzing Narrative Point of View Winter-Themed: Develop higher-order thinking with winter-themed narrative texts that challenge students to analyze and compare points of view using Bloom’s Taxonomy.
• Winter Vacation PBL: Inspire creativity and practical application with this low-prep, project-based learning activity where stude

Let your students practice while having fun with these engaging, no-prep and self-checking mystery picture activities. Students love these pixel art, they are so engaged! As they correctly answer the questions a mystery picture will be revealed.

Solutions are included for your convenience.

Buying now Guarantees that you get off future pixel art for free as I add them to my store!

02/06/2024

Added 4 new pixel art

03/10/2023

Added 13 new pixel art

08/06/2021 Added:

• End of Year Summer Solving One Step Equations Pixel Art Activity
• End of Year Summer Solving One Step Equations Pixel Art Activity No Negatives
• End of Year Summer Solving Two Step Equations Pixel Art Activity No Negatives
• Spring Solving One Step Equations Pixel Art Activity
• Spring Solving One Step Equations Pixel Art Activity No Negatives

03/27/2021 Added:

• Easter Solving One Step Equations Pixel Art Activity
• Easter Solving One Step Equations Pixel Art Activity No Negatives
• Easter Solving Two Step Equations Pixel Art Activity
• St. Patrick's Day Solving One Step Equations Pixel Art Activity
• St. Patrick's Day Solving One Step Equations Pixel Art Activity No Negatives

Included in this bundle are:

Valentine's Day Solving Two Step Equations Pixel Art Activity Google Sheets

Valentine's Day Solving One Step Equations Pixel Art Activity

Mardi Gras Solving Multi Step Equations Pixel Art Activity

Mardi Gras Solving Two Step Equations Pixel Art Activity

Solving One Step Equations Groundhog Day Pixel Art Activity

Mardi Gras Solving One Step Equations Pixel Art Activity

Suitable for IB MYP Middle Years Programme.

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This bundle features a full year's worth (one escape room per month) of our rigorous and engaging digital escape rooms for your secondary Language Arts classroom for use with Google Drive.

There is no wonder why escape rooms are so popular; they are highly engaging and encourage people to think creatively in order to solve different puzzles... all while trying to beat the clock! Now, you can facilitate 12 of our popular digital escape rooms at home for distance learning or in the classroom using your school's technology (thereby cutting down on paper and valuable prep time) with this meticulously-crafted bundle of resources. Each escape room is skills-based so that with these fun activities, learning is not sacrificed. Distance learning can certainly be a struggle for both students and teachers, so these escape rooms aim to provide a welcome break from the monotony while encouraging higher order thinking skills and a fun review of language arts skills.

How does it work?

Your students must work to escape your digital classroom by solving 5 different Language Arts skills-based puzzles, discovering hidden messages, and finding clues along the way.

Each Escape Room Includes:

- Instructions for how to access and share escape room and answer key through Google Drive

- Materials for 5 Tasks: digital task signs, detailed task instructions, and interactive worksheets

- Digital Student Answer Booklet

- Digital Teacher Answer Key

Suggested Escape Room Progression:

• August - Back to School ELA Digital Escape Room for Distance Learning
• September - Back to School Grammar Digital Escape Room
• October - Halloween Digital Escape Room
• November - Thanksgiving ELA Digital Escape Room
• December - Christmas ELA Digital Escape Room
• January - Escape from Dystopia Digital ESCAPE ROOM & PowerPoint
• February - Valentine's Day ELA Digital Escape Room
• March - Spring Break Digital Escape Room
• April - Digital Poetry Escape Room
• May - Shakespeare Digital Escape Room
• June - End of Year ELA Digital Escape Room
• July - The Lottery Digital Escape Room

Purchasing this bundle saves 30% off the cover price of a year's worth of escape rooms. All are suitable for middle-high school students. Note that these products require free accounts through Google Drive and are completely paperless.

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This bundle includes a PowerPoint presentation on solving linear equations, one-step, multi-step, with variables on both sides. With examples and word problems.

A no-prep, printable worksheet that includes 20 one-step equations and a theory reminder. Answer key is included for your convenience.

A seasonal worksheet, St, Valentine's day, find the hidden phrase.

All my bundles are slow-growing bundle. Every time I add a resource to the bundle I'll send a note.

May 6th, 2024

Added new resources

February 6th, 2024

Added new resources

February 2nd, 2024

Added new resources

November 26th, 2023

Added several new resources

November 29th, 2020

Added Solving one step equations pixel art

February 2021

Added several resources: worksheets and pixel art

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