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Make learning fun and interactive with this Taboo Card Bundle, designed to engage students in grades 4-10 while reinforcing key concepts across 12 diverse categories! With 144 cards in total, this resource is perfect for classroom activities, small group games, or even educational competitions.

Each category includes 12 unique cards, featuring relatable words and their corresponding "taboo" words:

1. Animals
2. Food
3. Science
4. History
5. Plants
6. Sports
7. Professions
8. Geography
9. Technology
10. Space
11. Art
12. Environment

How to Play

1. Split the class into teams: Divide students into two or more groups.
2. Draw a card: One player from a team picks a card and must describe the main word without using the listed taboo words.
3. Set a timer: Teams have a limited time (e.g., 1 minute) to guess as many words as possible.
4. Earn points: Each correct guess earns a point for the team. If a taboo word is used, the opposing team gets a point.
5. Rotate roles: Rotate the describer after each turn to ensure everyone participates.

Benefits for Students

• Critical Thinking: Encourages students to think creatively about how to explain concepts without relying on obvious words.
• Vocabulary Building: Expands students' vocabulary across various subjects, enhancing language and comprehension skills.
• Subject Mastery: Reinforces key concepts from science, geography, history, and more in an engaging way.
• Social Skills Development: Improves verbal communication and collaboration with peers.

Perfect For

• Classroom Review: Revise core topics in an exciting, hands-on way.
• ESL Students: Great for building vocabulary and language fluency.
• After-School Programs: Use for group learning activities or educational clubs.

Add a touch of holiday excitement to your classroom with this activity- Christmas Mystery Game! Ideal for use in homeroom, classroom parties, or as a fun brain-boosting break, this game will have students working together to solve clues and uncover the mystery.

Ready-to-Use Ready-to-Print / Printable Black and White Worksheet

What’s Included:

• Christmas Mystery PDF: A festive logic puzzle game that challenges students to think critically and collaborate to solve the mystery.
• Answer Key

Bring holiday magic to your classroom with this Christmas Mystery Game! Download now and watch your students immerse themselves in this joyful, brain-teasing activity!

Can be used in any grade level and any subject, especially math for cryptography lesson, encrypting, decrypting messages.

OTHER CHRISTMAS CLASSROOM GAMES:

• Math Escape Room
• It's a Match (like Spot It / Dobble)
• Christmas Mystery: Crack the Code Worksheet
• Memory Game
• This or That
• OOPS Taboo-Like Game

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Are you seeking a resource that not only educates about climate change but also enhances your students' critical thinking skills? The Earth Day Cryptogram Code Breaker resource provides focused content on the causes and effects of climate change, along with practical ways to save the Earth. You can use this resource for various grade levels. It's perfect for celebrating Earth Day on April 22, 2024, and can effectively integrate with science and environmental studies. This resource is ready to use—just print and go! Your students will love racing to decode the answers, and you'll appreciate how effortlessly engaging and educational this activity is.

These worksheets include:

• Content: Causes and effects of climate change, ways to save the earth
• 3 pages of worksheets (black and white for bulk printing)
• 3 pages of Answer key

Use Earth Day code breaker for:

• Earth Day , Science unit
• Morning work
• Afternoon work
• Independent work
• Social Emotional Learning
• Homeschool

Benefits to Teachers:

• Suitable for various grade levels
• Print and go! (no prep)
• Evergreen product (can be used again and again, for upcoming years)

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What is cryptogram?

A cryptogram is like a puzzle where you change letters to secret codes. You have to figure out the code to read the hidden message. It's a fun challenge for learners.

How do these worksheets benefit your learners?

• Learners must analyze the symbols to decode the hidden answers. This promotes cognitive development and critical thinking.
• Cryptograms are essentially puzzles that need to be solved. Kids learn to approach problems systematically, breaking down complex codes into manageable parts. This problem-solving skill is transferable to various areas of their academic and personal lives.
• Attention to detail
• Patience and perseverance
• Enjoyable learning experience

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Engage your middle school students (grades 5-8) in the essential 21st-century skill of discerning and evaluating websites with this meticulously crafted Media Literacy Lesson Kit. Perfect for any research-based class, this resource empowers students to critically analyze information, a skill increasingly crucial in today's digital age. Whether you're introducing media literacy or reinforcing it as a review, this lesson kit serves as an invaluable tool, especially effective before students embark on writing essays.

What’s Inside?

• Slide Deck: A visually engaging 27 slide presentation designed to capture students' attention and guide them through the fundamentals of media literacy.
• Handouts: Ready-to-use handouts for students, including a note-catcher to accompany the slide deck and activities, ensuring interactive learning. Includes QR codes!
• Teacher Lesson Plan: A detailed, step-by-step plan for a 60-minute lesson, offering flexibility to adapt to your classroom's needs. The lesson plan is clearly structured with a Do Now activity, whole group lesson, teacher model, partner practice, and independent practice segments.
• ✅ Teacher Answer Key: Answers to all activities, providing you with a quick and efficient way to assess students' understanding and participation.
• Extra Activity: Extend the lesson with an engaging activity using the Media Bias Fact Checker. Students will plot the bias and credibility of 15 popular news websites, deepening their understanding of media bias and reliability.

Why Choose This Media Literacy Lesson Kit?

• ☑️ Print and Go: Save valuable planning time with this comprehensive resource that's ready to use the moment you download it.
• ☑️ Versatile and Interdisciplinary: Designed to fit seamlessly into any research-based unit across subjects, enhancing students' critical thinking and evaluation skills.
• ☑️ Builds Essential Media Literacy Skills: Students learn to identify bias, assess credibility, and understand the impact of media on public opinion, equipping them with the skills to navigate the digital world confidently.
• ☑️ Interactive and Engaging: With a variety of activities, from sorting to reflective writing, students stay engaged and actively participate in their learning journey.
• ☑️ Ideal for Introduction or Review: Whether you're kickstarting a unit on media literacy or reinforcing these crucial skills, this lesson kit is perfectly tailored to meet your needs.

Elevate Your Teaching with Our Media Literacy Lesson Kit!

Prepare your students to critically analyze and navigate the complex landscape of digital media. This lesson kit not only enhances their research projects but also fosters an understanding of the broader implications of media consumption. Don't miss out on the opportunity to equip your students with the skills they need to succeed in the 21st century. Add our Media Literacy Lesson Kit to your teaching toolkit today and witness the transformation in your classroom's approach to media literacy!

Need to help your students learn to take notes and a way for you as the instruction to understand what they understood and what they need help with?

This is a great organizer that students can use to evaluate what they understand and what they need help with.

Cartoon scientists are bound to make you laugh! These 18 science posters for the classroom have 18 scientists with inspirational quotes.

I personally, hand these out to groups of students and have them discuss the meanings of the quotes. Then I would have one cut out the scientist and speech bubble and hang them in my science lab!

This is a great activity to do at the beginning of the school year!

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Equip adolescents, teens, and adults with essential internet safety skills using our specialized Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) program, now available on TeachShare. Our Internet Safety ABA Program is meticulously crafted to enhance digital literacy and promote safe online behaviors through structured interventions and interactive learning materials.

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Empower learners to navigate the digital landscape confidently and responsibly with our Internet Safety ABA Program. Equip them with the knowledge and skills they need to protect themselves online and make informed decisions in the digital age. Download today and promote a safer and more secure online experience for all!

Leadership Worksheets | Leadership Activities | Leadership Scenarios | SEL

About This Resource

**★ Topic - **Leadership | Leadership in Action

**★ **Activity Worksheets

**★ **30 pages

**★ **Print and Digital

**★ **Suitable for Middle School and High School

**★ **Social Emotional Learning

**★ **Detailed Suggested Responses included

This resource includes:

**★ 10 **Leadership in Action Worksheets

**★ 10 **Leadership in Action Task Cards (Color | BW)

**★ Detailed **Sample Responses

**★ **Google Slide link

Empower your students to develop essential **leadership skills **with this comprehensive resource featuring **10 **leadership worksheet scenarios, each with three thought-provoking questions designed to challenge students' critical thinking, problem-solving abilities, and leadership skills. These engaging activities also include detailed sample responses to support students as they reflect on and develop their leadership strategies.

The leadership scenario topics included in this packet that students will actively practice include:

✔️ Navigating Group Project Challenges

✔️ Tackling Team Challenges in Community Service

✔️ Navigating Friendship Dynamics

✔️ Leading Your Basketball Team

✔️ Planning a School Dance

✔️ Organizing a Charity Bake Sale

✔️ Managing a Group Study Session

✔️ Organizing a School Talent Show

✔️ Balancing Chores and Family Responsibilities

✔️ Resolving Conflict Over Shared Spaces at Home

Key Features:

✅ 10 Realistic Leadership Scenarios: Each scenario focuses on relatable situations, such as resolving conflicts, managing group dynamics, balancing responsibilities, and boosting morale.

✅ Three Questions Per Scenario: Each scenario includes three thought-provoking questions that encourage students to analyze challenges, practice decision-making, and explore practical solutions.

✅ Detailed Sample Responses Included: Detailed sample responses are included with each worksheet to provide guidance and inspiration, offering you and students a variety of approaches to solving leadership challenges in each scenario.

✅ Task Card Version (Color and Black & White): Flexible and easy-to-use task cards allow teachers to facilitate activities in a variety of ways, including one-on-one instruction, small group discussions, or role-play exercises.

**✅ Print and Digital versions: **This resource also includes a digital version on Google Slides, complete with pre-made text boxes, allowing students to complete the activities anywhere—perfect for in-class, remote learning, or hybrid setups.

✅ Perfect for Middle and High School: This resource is designed to meet the needs of teens while fostering collaboration, critical thinking, and social-emotional growth.

Uses:

⭐ Leadership development in advisory or homeroom programs.

⭐ Social-emotional learning (SEL) lessons focused on communication and teamwork.

⭐ Group activities, role-playing scenarios, or independent practice.

❤️ With a mix of realistic scenarios, engaging questions, and multiple formats, this Leadership in Action activity pack is perfect for teachers looking to cultivate leadership skills in their students. The inclusion of printable task cards ensures versatility, allowing educators to adapt the activities to suit their classroom's needs.

What Students Learn from These Leadership Activities

✔️ Problem-Solving and Critical Thinking

✔️ Effective Communication

✔️ Conflict Resolution

✔️ Time Management

✔️ Collaboration and Teamwork

✔️ Empathy and Adaptability

✔️ Confidence and Decision-Making

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Everyone loves to play games. This clip art bundle contains 168 300dpi, transparent png files for you to create your own custom games with. Make some interesting and exciting learning games for your students. These images can be inserted into any document such as PowerPoint or Word, customized, print, laminate and save forever! These would also be great for students to use to design their own learning games. Each board is sized to fit an 8.5x11 sheet of paper but can be scaled if needed. The grey scale / black and white ones are perfect for letting your students decide on the colors and color them in as needed. Commercial use is OK as long as credit is given (see below). What you will receive: 87x Game Boards! - 1 Colored, greyscale & outlined for each 24x Arrows - 4 different designs (4 Colors, greyscale & outlined) 12x Cards Blanks - 2 different designs (4 Colors, greyscale & outlined) 12x Stars - 2 different designs (4 Colors, greyscale & outlined) - Great for starts and finishes. 9x Spinner bases (thirds, fourths & sixths) - 1 Colored, greyscale & outlined for each 6x Six Sided Dice - 4 Colors, greyscale & outlined 6x Four Sided Dice - 4 Colors, greyscale & outlined 6x Base/Capture - 4 Colors, greyscale & outlined 6x Game Pieces - 4 Colors, greyscale & outlined This item is a paid digital download from the TeachShare store ZisforZebra. This product is licensed for use a non-transferable user license, for personal, small scale commercial, and educational use. They cannot be sold / redistributed as-is for any reason. Commercial use ok. See Terms in the zip file for more information. If you use this product please provide a simple credit link from your product back to my store: "Graphic by Brian Johnson / ZisforZebra - http://www.TeachShare.com/Store/Zisforzebra" Enjoy & Please leave feedback if you find this useful! Thanks! Brian If you like this product, please take a minute to "LIKE" it and "PIN" it! Key Words: Critical thinking, z is for zebra, zisforzebra, clip art, clipart, games, fun, classroom activities, lesson plans, templates, custom, cute

• Public Speaking Activities to Know Your Audience
• Speech Activities
• Debate Activities
• Know Your Audience for Public Speaking, Speech, and Debate
• Differentiated Activities for Public Speaking, Speech, and Debate
• Enrichment Activities for Public Speaking, Speech, and Debate
• Google Classroom Ready!

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Introducing methods to help students know their audience when preparing for a speech has never been easier! This lesson guides students through a step-by-step process of understanding who their audience will be and how to prepare accordingly. When a middle school student begins a public speaking unit, it is quite often the first time he or she has been required to speak in public, other than the basic Show and Tell in elementary school.

Therefore, it is important to make sure the students become familiar with the basics of how to stand, speak, move, and make eye contact during any type of public speaking situation. This lesson is designed to help the students with all aspects of understanding their audience, so they can prepare their presentation accordingly.

The slide show, and worksheets allow students to practice and develop their public speaking skills. The worksheets reinforce guided note-taking techniques when used in conjunction with the slide show. The detailed lesson plans make implementing public speaking, speech and debate curriculum easy for teachers.

These no-prep lessons are adaptable for in-class instruction, distance learning, or independent student work. The PowerPoints can also be presented as whole class instruction or assigned for students to complete at home.

All materials are available in both Google Drive™ and print formats, ensuring easy access for all students.

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This lesson in Public Speaking, Speech, and Debate focuses on how to Know Your Audience and includes:

Lesson Plan with:

• Common Core State Standards Indicated on lesson plan
• Instructional Focus
• Instructional Procedures
• Objectives/Goals
• Direct Instruction
• Guided Practice
• Enrichment
• Differentiation
• I Can Statement
• Essential Question
• ESE Strategies
• ELL Strategies

Worksheet with:

• Explanations and examples of the different methods for analyzing an audience.
• Opportunities for students to practice guided note-taking

Slide Show Presentation with:

• Introduction slides with explanations of methods to employ when analyzing an audience
• Guided note-taking sections
• Examples of information to determine when analyzing an audience

Google Slides™

Answer Key

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The lessons in the Middle School Introduction to Public Speaking Unit include:

• Know Your Audience
• Organizing a Speech
• Writing a Speech
• Practice Makes Perfect
• Research Techniques

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Get ready to embark on an exciting educational journey this Black History Month with a variety of engaging activities! These activities have been carefully designed to make learning about black history fun and interactive for students.

Challenge your word skills with "How many words can you find?" activity, where you'll uncover hidden words related to black history. Step into the shoes of Martin Luther King, Jr. in a unique writing activity, where you can have a virtual conversation with this influential leader. Test your knowledge with Black History Month Trivia, complete with an answer key for self-assessment.

Enhance your language skills by putting Black History Month words in alphabetical order. Explore the lives of inspiring African American leaders by writing their captivating biographies. Unleash your creativity by designing your own Black History Month T-shirt through a drawing activity.

Experience empathy by taking a walk in an African American leader's shoes through a thought-provoking writing activity. Finally, dream big and express your own aspirations in the "I have a dream" writing activity.

With these activities, students will not only learn about the significant contributions of African Americans throughout history but will also develop vital skills such as critical thinking, creativity, and empathy. Join us in celebrating Black History Month and let the learning begin! black history fun and interactive for students.

Activities included 

Black History Month- How many words can you find

Writing activity-Conversation with Martin Luther King, Jr.

Alphabetical order-Black History Month words 

Black History month Trivia with answer key

Writing Activity- Biography of an African American Leader

Drawing Activity- Design a Black History Month T-shirt

Writing Activity- Take a walk in an African American Leader’s shoes

Students create avatars with this 22 page handout is based on character traits and character flaws. Students debate for a seat on a lifeboat to survive a luxury cruise shipwreck. Uses social skills combined with ELA skills to practice compare and contrast, fact-based arguments and persuasion. Includes:

Directions

Character Trait List with Definition

Character Flaw List with Definition

12 Male Avatars

12 Female Avatars

Lifeboat Scenario

Group Chart with Note Taking section

Character Reflection Sheet

Extra Resources

Optional Writing, Project, and Video Assignments

Excellent for small/whole group, whether at-risk/GT/AP, that uses character traits and fact-based evidence/proof to practice decision making processes and expository writings.

C'est à nouveau cette période de l'année ! (Je sais je sais). Mon école organise des entretiens dirigés par des élèves; et pour ceux d'entre vous qui suivent un format similaire, ce kit contient tout ce dont vos élèves ont besoin pour se préparer à leurs entretiens et vous permettre de respirer!

11 activités imprimables pour que vos élèves se préparent, réfléchissent, se fixent des buts et s'organisent pour leur entretien auto-dirigé :

• Page de couverture (nom);
• L'heure de mon entretien ;
• Fiches d'auto-évaluation détaillées ;
• Souvenirs de ce terme;
• #SNAP - Un aperçu de chaque sujet ;
• Cartes imprimables - pour mettre en valeur les pièces dont ils sont fiers/pas fiers ;
• Questionnaire - habitudes + comportements (Toujours, souvent, rarement, jamais);
• Liste de contrôle pour les entretiens dirigés par les étudiants ;
• Interview baratin (mot pour mot);
• Objectifs SMART.

3 activités modifiables pour s'adapter à vos attentes et règles :

• Fiches d'auto-évaluation détaillées - version modifiable ;
• Questionnaire - habitudes + comportements (Toujours, souvent, rarement, jamais) - version modifiable ;
• Liste de contrôle d'entrevue - version modifiable.

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Speed Dating is a fun alternative to a traditional class discussion. Students have a set amount of time to discuss a question with their partner, then quickly move onto the next partner and question. This product includes directions and 12 discussion questions for Season 3 Episode 24 of The Twilight Zone: "To Serve Man". The questions address word choice, point of view, inference, theme, allusion, cinematic techniques, suspense, and foreshadowing. They require the students to really analyze the episode! Please let me know if you have any questions! Thank you!

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This resource is aimed at 7th to 10th grade.

The political landscape in the United States is deeply polarized, with Republicans and Democrats often having starkly different positions on many issues. 

Here are ten hot contentious topics that hav been prominent in the political discourse. These topics are highly dynamic, and the positions associated with each party can evolve over time, influenced by current events, leadership changes, and public opinion. Always consult the most recent sources for the latest information on these and other political issues.

Each issue has further been divided into two short stories, or rather scenarios, one from the perspective of a democrat, and one from the perspective of a republican.

Finally, there are sets of questions that probe each scenario and dig deeper into the issues and perspectives.

The topics covered are:

Gun control

Abortion

Healthcare reform

Climate change & environmental policy

Tax policy

Immigration

Economic inequality & social welfare

Education

LGBTQ+ Rights

Voting rights and electoral integrity

This AVID strategy of layering focused notes is the perfect instructional routine to display for any class in any subject area! Layering is a strategy that clarifies the second and third phases of the focused note-taking process by asking students to revisit their notes multiple times, thinking critically with a different purpose in mind.

Why layering?

Each layer added to the notes is completed in a different color, so a student’s interactions are visible to the instructor and to the student. This not only allows the instructor to assess the quality of the student’s thinking and interaction with the content, but it also solidifies learning about the process and the content itself. Additionally, the use of color enhances retention for visual learners.

Instructional Goals

Students will:

• Add layers of thinking to their notes to process and connect their thinking.

• Use colors to show their repeated interactions with their notes.

Materials needed

If taking notes on paper, students will need a variety of colored pens, colored pencils, highlighters, and markers to use for the note-taking layers.

Directions

• Provide time for students to complete each layer by adding to their notes with a different color.
• Work on one layer at a time. Consider whether developing learners need more structure or fewer components to add during each layering session, compared with more experienced note-takers.
• Have students keep a key to indicate what color is used for each layer (they can make their own key or use the example.)

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Enhance your students' reading comprehension skills with this engaging resource featuring five significant historic disasters. Each passage is designed for 5th to 9th-grade students and includes questions that encourage critical thinking and discussion. Perfect for use in the classroom or as homework assignments!

What's Included:

• Five Reading Comprehension Passages:

1. The Great Chicago Fire (1871)
2. The Titanic Disaster (1912)
3. The Hindenburg Disaster (1937)
4. The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake
5. Hurricane Katrina (2005)

• Five Sets of Questions:
  • Comprehension questions for each passage, focusing on key details, cause and effect, and historical significance.

What did Jesus look like? Discussing the race and ethnicity of Jesus can be a difficult topic, but this FREE poster will get kids talking about their personal image of Jesus. It shows various possible Jesus images created using Bitmoji.

This is a great accompaniment to the PowerPoint that will open up a conversation with your class and help them see that Jesus could have looked very different from the traditional image.

I also plan to use this Poster to start a conversation,then ask students to draw or color this image to reflect on how each student pictures Jesus.

Teachers know it is important to allow students to reflect on their strengths and weaknesses so they can grow and improve. I created these reflection sheets to make it easy! I simply print these reflections out at the end of each Marking Period and have students reflect on their grade as well as the quality of work they turned in. They then describe how they can improve as we begin the next Marking Period. Reflection sheets are also included in case your school uses Quarters or Trimesters.

In this lesson, students learn more about how to critically view and judge the validity and trustworthiness of a web site. Included with the lesson is a Webquest to learn about some of the criteria to evaluate on a web site with questions that require reading and critical thinking skills as they learn what to look for in a reliable site. Then, students use the knowledge they have gained to create an Infographic using Canva (www.canva.com – a free, online graphic program) that outlines what others need to look for in a reliable web site. These project are great to print and display in the classroom or hallway!

Great for the beginning of the school year to get student research off on the right foot, this lesson is suitable for technology classes, English Language Arts classes, or any class that will use the Internet as a source for research information.

This lesson was designed for middle school (grades 6-8) but could be used in upper elementary grades or high school as well.

This lesson is great for distance learning/remote learning. You can upload it to your school's learning management system (Google Classroom, Edmodo, Canvas, etc.) or share with students via Google Drive.

Files included:

• Teacher & Student Resources

• Evaluating Web Sites WebQuest Student Instructions and Questions

• Evaluating Web Sites WebQuest Answer Key

• Evaluating Web Sites Infographic Project Expectations & Grading Rubric

• Canva Quick Start Tutorial

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