8th Grade Holidays/Seasonal Internet Activities

Did you know that enough dirt was used to create the Great Wall of China to circle the earth with an 8 ft. high wall? Did you know that ice cream was probably first invented by the Chinese(frozen milk/rice)? Did you know that the yo-yo was invented by the Chinese or that the number 9 and the color red are considered good luck in China? I taught a unit on China for 32 years and would love to share some my notes, activities and resources I used with my students.

Other resources you may find of interest:

1. Part of my Country in Focus series: A great resource that helps develop skills such as reading for information and using research and computer skills. This web quest gives students an overview to the country: map skills, info on panda bears, Great Wall, Terra Cotta Solders-more. Extension activities/key (12 page resource with 10 informational web questions).China, A Country in Focus: A Webquest

2.Want a fun activity to review vocabulary terms for a unit of study on China? Looking for an enrichment activity in history? Try my Chinese Puzzler: Secret Message Review Activity. The activity involves students working individually or in groups to review vocabulary terms connected with China. Then,a following direction activity is next where students place letters from the different terms into boxes found at the end of the activity page. Once all the boxes are filled, a "secret message" about China is revealed! The teacher page includes additional information to share about the "secret message"! If you prefer to offer a vocabulary box, I have included this as well.Chinese Secret Message Review Activity

3. Learn about the Great Wall of China with this informative reading. Also included are 10 Did You Know? facts about the Great Wall, ten comprehension questions, a teacher page with extension activities, additional links and the key.Great Wall of China Reading/Activities

Check out others in the Exploring World Landmarks Reading Passage Series: Eiffel Tower, Uluru Rock/Ayers Rock and the Taj Mahal.

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South Korea is in the News. This would be a great opportunity to introduce students to the county of South Korea. In 2018, South Korea, also hosted the Winter Olympics.There are 11 web questions, lots of Did You Know? facts, comprehension questions and a teacher page with 7 extension activities. There is also a key for both the web quest and comprehension questions and additional links for teachers. Although the activity could be done in one class period, if you decide to do some of the extension activities, this resource could be used over several days.

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1. North Korea: Founded in 1948 by Kim II-Sung, North Korea is officially called the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. About the size of the state of Pennsylvania, it has been nicknamed the Hermit Kingdom because it is a country that few from the outside world have visited. With North Korea being in the news a lot lately, this might be a great opportunity to introduce students to the "Hermit Kingdom". Let's Learn about North Korea!A Webquest

Check out all my resources including Reader’s Theater Scripts on Famous people in history and science, web quests on lots of different topics, Interactive Notebook Activities and units of study in Social Studies(world History) Gail's TeachShare Store

Check out my website for teachers/kids: Gail's Website for Teachers/Kids Lots of geographic activities, short reads, news, bell ringers, factoids on different topics, career surveys and more.

Don't miss out on engaging, educational fun this Black History Month! The Ultimate Black History Month Bundle is your one-stop shop for jam-packed learning experiences for students in grades 3-8.
This incredible bundle is packed with:

• Fun and Interactive Activity Worksheets: Keep students engaged with a variety of activities that reinforce core learning concepts. From crosswords and puzzles to creative writing prompts and timeline building, these worksheets make Black history come alive!
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Black History in 2024: An Engaging Activity for Active Learners!

Supercharge your students' Black history lessons with "Black History in 2024," an interactive activity that goes beyond memorization!

This captivating experience allows students to transcend the role of passive learners and become active contributors to their understanding of African American history.

Here's how it benefits your students:

• Deepen Historical Thinking: By exploring the lives and legacies of influential Black leaders, students gain a richer understanding of their impact.
• Spark Imagination: The activity prompts students to envision how these historical figures would navigate and contribute to the world of 2024. This fosters critical thinking and sparks curiosity about the ongoing evolution of Black history.
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This bundle includes everything you need to teach order of operations to your kids:

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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.

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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.

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Let your students practice while having fun with this engaging no-prep, Mardi Gras-themed, and self-checking two-step equations activity. Students will solve 20 equations using Google Sheets. I used it as a sub-plan in eighth grade and the kids loved it. As they correctly answer the questions a mystery picture will be revealed.

Solutions are included for your convenience.

Suitable for IB MYP Middle Years Programme.

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Let your students practice while having fun with this engaging no-prep, Mardi Gras-themed, and self-checking multi-step equations activity. Students will solve 20 equations using Google Sheets. I used it as a sub-plan in eighth grade and the kids loved it. As they correctly answer the questions a mystery picture will be revealed.

Solutions are included for your convenience.

Suitable for IB MYP Middle Years Programme.

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Let your students practice while having fun with this engaging no-prep, Mardi Gras-themed, and self-checking one-step equations activity. Students will solve 20 equations using Google Sheets. I used it as a sub-plan in eighth grade and the kids loved it. As they correctly answer the questions a mystery picture will be revealed.

Solutions are included for your convenience.

Suitable for IB MYP Middle Years Programme.

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⭐ Adding and Subtracting Integers Pixel Art Activity Google Sheets

⭐ Mardi Gras - Rational equations hidden message

⭐ Mardi gras - algebra - one step equations

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Did you know that enough dirt was used to create the Great Wall of China to circle the earth with an 8 ft. high wall? Did you know that ice cream was probably first invented by the Chinese(frozen milk/rice)? Did you know that the yo-yo was invented by the Chinese or that the number 9 and the color red are considered good luck in China? I taught a unit on China for 32 years and would love to share some my notes, activities and resources I used with my students.

Other resources you may find of interest:

1. Part of my Country in Focus series: A great resource that helps develop skills such as reading for information and using research and computer skills. This web quest gives students an overview to the country: map skills, info on panda bears, Great Wall, Terra Cotta Solders-more. Extension activities/key (12 page resource with 10 informational web questions).China, A Country in Focus: A Webquest

2.Want a fun activity to review vocabulary terms for a unit of study on China? Looking for an enrichment activity in history? Try my Chinese Puzzler: Secret Message Review Activity. The activity involves students working individually or in groups to review vocabulary terms connected with China. Then,a following direction activity is next where students place letters from the different terms into boxes found at the end of the activity page. Once all the boxes are filled, a "secret message" about China is revealed! The teacher page includes additional information to share about the "secret message"! If you prefer to offer a vocabulary box, I have included this as well.Chinese Secret Message Review Activity

3. Learn about the Great Wall of China with this informative reading. Also included are 10 Did You Know? facts about the Great Wall, ten comprehension questions, a teacher page with extension activities, additional links and the key.Great Wall of China Reading/Activities

Check out others in the Exploring World Landmarks Reading Passage Series: Eiffel Tower, Uluru Rock/Ayers Rock and the Taj Mahal.

Perhaps,you'd like to follow my TeachShare Store. Click by the green star by my photograph. I send monthly notes and have specials from time to time.

South Korea is in the News. This would be a great opportunity to introduce students to the county of South Korea. In 2018, South Korea, also hosted the Winter Olympics.There are 11 web questions, lots of Did You Know? facts, comprehension questions and a teacher page with 7 extension activities. There is also a key for both the web quest and comprehension questions and additional links for teachers. Although the activity could be done in one class period, if you decide to do some of the extension activities, this resource could be used over several days.

Please consider following my TeachShare store. Thanks. Click the green star by my photograph in the upper right hand corner. Thanks!

Check out these additional resources:

1. North Korea: Founded in 1948 by Kim II-Sung, North Korea is officially called the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. About the size of the state of Pennsylvania, it has been nicknamed the Hermit Kingdom because it is a country that few from the outside world have visited. With North Korea being in the news a lot lately, this might be a great opportunity to introduce students to the "Hermit Kingdom". Let's Learn about North Korea!A Webquest

Check out all my resources including Reader’s Theater Scripts on Famous people in history and science, web quests on lots of different topics, Interactive Notebook Activities and units of study in Social Studies(world History) Gail's TeachShare Store

Check out my website for teachers/kids: Gail's Website for Teachers/Kids Lots of geographic activities, short reads, news, bell ringers, factoids on different topics, career surveys and more.

This is an engaging digital breakout room that is NO PREP! Students will enjoy this digital breakout website that has them solve four logic puzzles to find all the necessary keys to beat the leprechauns puzzle and win the pot of gold! Students will use the Google Form that's embedded in the website to fill in their guesses for the passwords. They will get an immediate response on whether their guess was correct, (which will allow them to go to the next rooms submission), or tell them to try again. This website is great for struggling readers as well because an AI avatar is able to read all directions/information aloud to the student if needed.

This is an engaging digital breakout room that is NO PREP! Students will enjoy this digital breakout website that has them solve four logic puzzles to find all the necessary keys to unlock the locks which is forcing a giant snow machine to cause blizzards all over the world. Students will use the Google Form that's embedded in the website to fill in their guesses for the passwords. They will get an immediate response on whether their guess was correct, (which will allow them to go to the next rooms submission), or tell them to try again. This website is great for struggling readers as well because an AI avatar is able to read all directions/information aloud to the student if needed.

Students will enjoy this digital breakout website that has them solve four logic puzzles to find all the necessary keys to unlock the safe and get Cupid's arrows back. Students will use the Google Form that's embedded in the website to fill in their guesses for the passwords. They will get an immediate response on whether their guess was correct, (which will allow them to go to the next rooms submission), or tell them to try again.

This is a fun seasonal Christmas and Winter Holiday geography activity that students will find engaging and fun!

This is a great lesson for the week before Winter/Holiday Break. Students will take a Christmas journey around the world! If you need an activity for 1-2 days, this lesson is easy to modify to the time limitations you may have. Not only will they have fun, but they will be learning to work together to complete the tasks! Every moment is a teaching moment.

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This lesson takes students on a journey using Journey Cards to cities and towns around the world that have Christmas names. Students will work in teams and will use Google Earth Online to explore each location on the Journey Cards as well as practice plotting the absolute location of each location. Students will look at the location, the physical characteristics, and fun facts. Every moment is a teaching moment, even those days before the holiday break.

OBJECTIVES:

(1) The learner will plot the coordinates of towns with Christmas names on a coordinate plot map using latitude and longitude (Absolute Location).

(2) The learner will explore cities and towns around the world with Christmas and winter-themed names using Google Earth.
(3) The learner will identify the continent, hemisphere, physical features, and interesting physical or cultural facts related to each city or town.
(3) The learner will evaluate and compare the towns and cities' location, environment, and living conditions to determine where they would most and less likely live.

MATERIALS:

• Student Christmas Cities & Towns
• Student Instructions
• Student Map to locate the coordinates (Latitude & Longitude Points) of cities & towns + Answer Sheet
• Christmas Cities & Town Google Earth Activity Journey Cards. (16 Cards)
• Christmas Assignment Teams Cards to divide students into groups.
• Map (Teacher Answer Sheet)
• Exit Cards

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• Introduction Activity
• Procedure Instructions + Materials (Group Activity Pack)
• Closure + Materials

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Mardi Gras in your French classes will be more fun with this useful French Mardi Gras bundle of activities! A variety of activities and tools is included, so you will have something for all levels - especially useful if you have multiple preps throughout the day!

What's included?

Mardi Gras trivia game - an easy, no-prep game. Questions are in English, so students of all levels can play - use as an intro to a lesson on Mardi Gras or as a review. Students choose the correct answer and work their way through the path to collect beads.

French Mardi Gras digital escape game - this can be used in multiple levels, depending on the amount of support you give your students. Learn about the different customs and the history of Mardi Gras.

Mardi Gras digital agenda slides - These editable daily agenda templates will keep your class organized with a Mardi Gras theme.  You can project these templates using a projector a smartboard as a way to focus your class while celebrating Mardi Gras. 

French Mardi Gras digital stickers - No matter what digital platform you are using, digital stickers can make things a little more fun for students! This set of 12 digital stickers featuring French words and a Mardi Gras theme will be a cute addition to your digital toolbox. Just copy and paste the image onto your student pages!

Mardi Gras digital escape for Boom - this game teaches about the customs and practices of the holiday, but with a focus on using French. Listening, reading and vocabulary games are included for students to work through the game.

Make learning about French culture and history interesting with this no-prep digital escape game bundle.  The games include access to a website where your students will hunt for the keys to unlock a set of locks.  Students will need to read the clues very carefully and watch videos, visit websites, and read texts to find the information they need to win the game.  Very easy to use - just send your students to the website and let them work!  Students can play individually or in teams.

Digital escape games are a fun way to start a unit, or to review at the end of a unit.  They can also be used to learn about a cultural or historical event.  This game will have your students reading carefully and paying attention to the smallest details in order to complete the challenge and unlock the locks.  

This item includes:

• Access to a website where your students can play the game
• Complete teacher's guide to playing the game
• Answer key so you can help students if they get stuck!

Your students will enjoy learning without even realizing that they are learning!  The challenging game format will get them excited about finding the code to unlock each lock - and the format of the clues for each lock will have them paying close attention - there's no way to solve the puzzles without being 100% focused! 

Prep is very easy - you just need to share the website URL with your students.  You may want to test the site before you use it, just to make sure nothing is blocked by your district.  As some of the clues can be challenging to unlock, you may choose to help your students with the trickier ones.  With the teacher guide, you will have the answer key - so you can help guide students towards the correct answer by giving them hints, or if you have limited time, you can adjust the game by reducing the number of locks they need to unlock - just give them the answer(s) to help the activity fit your time constraints.

Make learning about French culture and history interesting with this no-prep French digital escape game bundle.  The games include access to a website where your students will hunt for the keys to unlock a set of locks.  Students will need to read the clues very carefully and watch videos, visit websites, and read texts to find the information they need to win the game.  Very easy to use - just send your students to the website and let them work!  Students can play individually or in teams.

Digital escape games are a fun way to start a unit, or to review at the end of a unit.  They can also be used to learn about a cultural or historical event.  This game will have your students reading carefully and paying attention to the smallest details in order to complete the challenge and unlock the locks.  

This item includes:

• Access to a website where your students can play the games
• Complete teacher's guide to playing the games
• Answer keys so you can help students if they get stuck!

Your students will enjoy learning without even realizing that they are learning!  The challenging game format will get them excited about finding the code to unlock each lock - and the format of the clues for each lock will have them paying close attention - there's no way to solve the puzzles without being 100% focused! 

Prep is very easy - you just need to share the website URL with your students.  You may want to test the site before you use it, just to make sure nothing is blocked by your district.  As some of the clues can be challenging to unlock, you may choose to help your students with the trickier ones.  With the teacher guide, you will have the answer key - so you can help guide students towards the correct answer by giving them hints, or if you have limited time, you can adjust the game by reducing the number of locks they need to unlock - just give them the answer(s) to help the activity fit your time constraints.

Get a full year's worth lessons and activities for first year French. These French units and resources include everything you need to teach and practice the typical things taught in a level one French course.

Teaching from a textbook can get boring, and sometimes textbooks simply don't give enough practice to learn vocabulary and grammar. Maybe you would rather focus on communication, and you plan to use a comprehensible input approach, but your textbook doesn't really work for that. This French curriculum bundle will give you everything you need to have structure, variety, and practice in your level one French classes.

This level 1 French curriculum Bundle Includes:

• 8 full units using comprehensible input - cover the same material as most first year French textbooks but using the language with repetition and context.
• 36 Digital games to practice vocabulary and grammar
• 19 Digital escape games to learn about the culture of the Francophone world
• 12 Non-fiction CI lessons - learn about interesting topics using sheltered language and grammar, with lots of repetition and a focus on comprehensibility
• 12 CI short story lessons - cute stories with very limited vocabulary - each story includes story retell and comprehension activities.
• 3 Interactive notebook pages for some of the biggest grammar points in first year.
• 5 grammar lessons with PowerPoints to teach some of the most basic French grammar - subject pronouns, adjectives, ER, IR and RE verbs

Use the full units as the backbone of your instruction, and the digital games will give students extra practice with the vocabulary and grammar points. For fun, you can spice it up a bit with an escape game, short story, or non-fiction lesson every so often.

The French bundle includes the following items:

Digital escape games:

L’Armistice/Le jour du Souvenir

Cathedrals of France

France

French Holidays

Mardi Gras

Paris

Joyeux Noel

La Recette perdue

La Toussaint

Le cinq mai

Loire valley châteaux

Mbappé is Missing!

Mont Saint Michel

Save Notre-Dame

The French-speaking world

Trouvez l’espion

Belgium

Quebec Province

Valentine’s Day

Non-Fiction CI lessons - each lesson includes a PowerPoint, story script, and comprehension activities to do after you've gone over the content.

La ville de Paris

Lafayette

Thomas Pesquet

French Food

Le lycée

Le TGV

La Martinique

Francophone Africa

D-Day

The Eiffel Tower

Notre Dame

Joan of Arc

CI Short stories - each story has specific targeted structures/vocabulary that is used over and over again to build acquisition. Includes post-reading activities and links to video version of the story.

J’ai mal!

Le Grand Chien

Le pantalon moche

Tu sens mauvais!

L’homme invisible

Le mauvais chef

Marc a faim

Le Cadeau parfait

La pomme de terre seule

Le Président Américain

Le Monstre sous le lit

Tu conduis mal!

Foldable interactive notebook pages

Big 4 irregular verbs

Foldable regular verbs

Foldable vocabulary pages

Digital games

Digital games can be played in PowerPoint or Google slides. Play together as a class using projection on a smartboard, or individually! Games are self-correcting.

Present tense irregular verbs

Present tense regular verbs

Adjective agreements

Ce and quel

ER verb conjugation

Être

IR verbs

Irregular verbs

Possessive adjectives

RE verbs

Vouloir, pouvoir, devoir

Numbers

Irregular adjectives

Clothing

Food

Adjectives

School supplies

House and furniture vocabulary

Question words

Body parts

Fruits

Vegetables

Professions and jobs

Ce, cet, cette, ces

Quel, quelle, quels, quelles

Connaitre and savoir

Un une des de d’

Telling time

Avoir conjugations and expressions

Halloween vocabulary

Thanksgiving vocabulary

Christmas vocabulary

Fruits and vegetables

Clothing

Mardi Gras

Valentine’s Day

Comprehensive CI units

Each unit includes a PowerPoint, printable activities, teacher planning guide, assessments, and a video version of the unit story.

Unit 1 : Bonjour !

Unit 2 : J’aime

Unit 3 : Le lycée

Unit 4 : On va sortir

Unit 5 : Ma famille et mes amis

Unit 6 : Les achats

Unit 7 : Bon appétit !

Unit 8 : J’habite ici…

Grammar lessons

Each targeted grammar lesson includes a PowerPoint, printable activities, reading based on the grammar lesson and answer key.

subject pronouns

regular adjectives

ER verbs

IR verbs

RE verbs