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❤️Looking for a fun and engaging way to celebrate Opposites Day (January 25th) or practice identifying antonyms? These differentiated, opposites activities are the perfect way to help your kindergarten, first grade, or second grade learners master the concept of opposites, while practicing their literacy, math, and fine motor skills!

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✅ Includes:

Opposites Worksheets

Opposites Flashcards & Puzzles

Opposites Centers Activities

Opposites Readers

Opposites Bingo

✅ Opposites Included:

☑ hot / cold

☑ big / small

☑ on / off

☑ open / closed

☑ day / night

☑ wet / dry

☑ thick / thin

☑ long / short

☑ healthy / sick

☑ old / young

☑ sweet / salty

☑ dirty / clean

☑ tall / short

☑ happy / sad

☑ asleep / awake

☑ strong / weak

☑ bored / excited

☑ new / old

☑ in / out

☑ top / bottom

☑ go / stop

☑ above / below

☑ full / empty

☑ hard / soft

☑ dark / light

☑ stand / sit

☑ loud / quiet

☑ fast / slow

☑ winter / summer

☑ near / far

☑ same / different

☑ front / back

☑ shallow / deep

☑ wide / narrow

☑ work / play

☑ black / white

☑ light / heavy

☑ low / high

☑ up / down

☑ teach / learn

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Are you looking for fun and engaging ways to teach Present Perfect? Then this set is just for you! These task cards are perfect for a variety of classroom activities. They can be used to play Kaboom Game or Scoot, they are great for Centers, Quiz Games, and Bell Ringers. They are also low prep, requiring only printing and cutting. Most of the task card contain a picture prompt, making them perfect for visual learners.

The bundle includes three sets of task cards, each with a different focus.

1. Past Simple vs. Present Perfect Task Cards - Kaboom Game, Scoot, Centres

50 task cards focused on the use of past simple and present perfect. Each task card contains a picture prompt. Use them to play Kaboom Game or Scoot, they are great for Centers, Quiz Games, can be used as Bell Ringers. Low prep, just print out and cut up.

Contains:

• 50 task cards - they double up as Kaboom! sentence cards and Scoot cards
• 10 Kaboom! cards
• 5 answer sheets for Scoot
• instructions
• keys

This product focuses on:

• past simple
• present perfect
• the difference in use between the two tenses

2. Present Perfect - Already, Just, (Not) Yet - Kaboom Game, Scoot, Centres

50 differentiated task cards focused on using ALREADY, JUST AND (NOT) YET in Present Perfect. Each task card contains a picture prompt. Use them to play Kaboom Game or Scoot, they are great for Centers, Quiz Games, can be used as Bell Ringers. Low prep, just print out and cut up.

Contains:

• 50 task cards - they double up as Kaboom! sentence cards and Scoot cards
• 10 Kaboom! cards
• 5 answer sheets for Scoot
• instructions
• keys

3. Present Perfect Been vs Gone Task Cards - Kaboom, Scoot and Domino

Task cards to practice Present Perfect - BEEN and GONE. Use them to play Kaboom Game or Scoot, they are great for Centers, Quiz Games, can be used as Bell Ringers. Low prep, just print out and cut up.

Contains:

• 30 task cards - they double up as Kaboom! sentence cards and Scoot cards
• 15 Kaboom! cards
• 2 answer sheets for Scoot
• 12 sentence dominoes
• instructions
• keys

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Past Simple vs. Past Continuous Kaboom Game - When & While

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Puzzles are the best activities for brain teasing labyrinths, these exercises support learning through play by developing concentration and problem solving skills.

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WHAT YOU WILL RECEIVE

• 45 Pages

• ( PDF + PNG Files )

• Large 8.5'' x 11'' designs that can easily be printed on regular sized paper

• High-resolution images

• Unlimited prints

• Great for kids, boys and girls

JUST DOWNLOAD, PRINT AND GET STARTED

• This item comes as a high-resolution PDF + PNG files that you can download straight after purchasing.

• You can print as many copies as you want.

NOTE

• This is a digital item.

• No physical product or printed material will be shipped.

• No refunds as this is a digital product.

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Fall-themed Math and Literacy WORKSHEETS and ACTIVITIES ARE full of alphabet letter practice, numbers, counting, writing, colors, CVC word creation, and shapes for Preschool and Kindergarten. Activities include “cut and paste”, mini-books, color by number, bar graphs, matching, and tracing. Use for morning work, Math and Literacy Centers, or homework. Convenient for substitute teachers.

This BUNDLE includes 5 products:

• FALL Numbers 0-10
• FALL Numbers 11-20
• Fall Math and Literacy Mini-BUNDLE (2 products)
• Card Games with Card Game Guide

Learning Objectives:

• Alphabet Letter recognition
• Number and number word recognition
• Improve fine motor skills
• Count up to 20
• Follow Directions
• Prewriting and Prereading skills enhanced

Check out a FALL BUNDLE

FALL Math and Literacy MINI-BUNDLE (2 Products)
FALL Math and Literacy BUNDLE
FALL Math and Literacy MEGA BUNDLE

FALL PREWRITING FINE MOTOR BUNDLE

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This bundle includes both the Christmas Bingo and Christmas Bingo Jr sets, perfect for mixed age Christmas parties! This bundle includes two complete sets of bingo that use the same bingo caller cards for easy gameplay and buying them in this bundle saves you 20% off the price of the games individually!

Each set comes with caller cards, card markers and 30 unique full-page bingo cards each for 60 cards total. The regular set has 24 spaces, while the Jr set has 9 larger spaces, all with Christmas images like a tree, nutcracker, santa hat, candy cane, stocking, fireplace, and more! These are ready to cut apart and go, or laminate and use again and again.

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Looking for other fun holiday activities?

What Belongs? Holidays

Roll & Cover - Winter

Label the Parts - Winter and Holidays

Christmas Spelling Word Work Pack - No Prep

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This figurative language activity includes hyperboles, metaphors, similes, puns, proverbs/adages, idioms, onomatopoeia, personification, and alliteration.

There are over 200 figures of speech, designed to be printed on sticky notes, that can be categorized in each area. Created for 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th grade, this activity is perfect for individuals, pairs, small groups, or the whole class.

DIFFERENTIATION:

• There are full-color cards and category toppers for students new to figures of speech (or for ESL students learning the language). Each figure of speech is color-coded (all idioms are green, for example).
• The black and white sticky notes and category toppers are designed for students who are familiar with figures of speech but need practice.

The answer sheets are also differentiated. You can choose to:

• Allow students to do the activity without an answer sheet
• Use the answer sheet that simply requires students to write the number of each figure of speech next to the correct category
• Use the answer sheet that also requires students to provide evidence for their choice

IDEAS FOR USE:

• As a test review
• As a game- groups work to complete the activity first (with the highest accuracy)
• As an introduction for each figure of speech (the color coded set)
• As an evaluation
• During stations on a bulletin board or white board
• As a catalyst for a class discussion on figures of speech
• As a review at the beginning of the year for students who have been exposed to figurative language

NOTE: YOU WILL NEED TO PURCHASE YOUR OWN 3"x3" STICKY NOTES!

NOTE: THIS FILE INCLUDES A DIGITAL DISTANCE LEARNING OPTION!

This product includes a digital option (as well as the no prep printable option). The instructions for utilizing the digital portion appear at the end of the packet.

If you'd like a version of this activity that does not require sticky notes, snatch it up here:

• FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE SORTING ACTIVITY

MEGA BUNDLE:

• FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE MEGA BUNDLE

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE ALL YEAR LONG:

• DAILY FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE WARM-UPS

Have fun with your students this holiday season with Christmas Taboo & Winter Bingo bundle!

This set includes two fun, ready-to-use games for classroom parties, social skills groups, speech therapy or homeschool

Christmas Taboo increases non verbal communication skills and flexible thinking.

Winter Bingo has students practice listening and matching with winter-themed words and images. Ideal for teachers, and speech therapists looking for building class community.

Christmas Taboo has 56 festive holiday cards

Winter BINGO has 60 total boards

Want to give your ESL ELL Newcomers a fun project to work on descriptive writing and speaking by presenting to their peers**?** You will get a teacher slide deck with TONS of interactive slides that teach all about Thanksgiving in a way that is engaging and at their level. 

WHOLE WEEK OF games, vocabulary, writing with scaffolds and frames, and an entire student project FOR THANKSGIVING!

Your Students Will:

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

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

What’s Included:

• 50 Interactive Google Slides/PearDeck ready
• The complete story of Thanksgiving chunked into 3 parts for Newcomers w/visuals
• Explaining traditions of Thanksgiving
• Writing scaffolds with sentence frames
• A look into Native Americans and their land
• Engaging videos to tell about unique cultural perspectives
• Search activity for what tribe used to live where you do now
• Thanksgiving Vocabulary Heads Up Game
• Brain break video
• Picture Word Inductive model Activity 
• Speaking practice with guided sentence frames for peer discussions
• Best of all??? STUDENT PROJECT! A complete student Google Slides Template (14 slides) where students can make their Thanksgiving Feast Party! They will tell you about the party details and make an entire menu!

DON'T FORGET THE PDF Extras!!!!!!!

• 19 pages of resources
• Tons of vocabulary
• Heads Up Game
• Reading Comprehension
• Writing Activities
• Food Description Cards
• Describe Me--Food describing writing activity

Look what other educators are saying:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Danielle W. wrote, “This was such a fun activity to complete with my ELL newcomers! We learned about Thanksgiving and then the students completed the menu. Some students included traditional "American" Thanksgiving foods, while others selected foods they enjoy from their country. It was enjoyable for me to learn more about each student's culture and likes. We celebrated with a Thanksgiving feast! I will use this project again this year. Thanks for a fun resource!”

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Brain Baked (TeachShare Seller). wrote, “This was the perfect way to introduce and talk about thanksgiving with my ELL students. I was looking for something interactive that included the history and not just the modern traditions. Thank you for being thorough and helping my students learn about this holiday!” 

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

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Teach adjectives through these LOW or NO PREP games and activities! This BUNDLE contains

♣ 72 flashcards

♣ I Have, Who Has

♣ Crosswords

♣ Puzzles

♣ Board Games

♣ Memory Game

♣ Word Search

♣ Tic Tac Toe

♣ Colouring Sheets

♣ Mazes

♣ Kinetic Activity

♣ Quiz Game

♣ Grammar Overview

List of OPPOSITES included in this product:

* big - small; * thick - thin; * old - new; * long - short; *good - bad; * black - white; * noisy - quiet; * fast - slow; * light - dark; * hard - soft; * hot - cold; * strong - weak; * full - empty; * rich - poor; * difficult - easy; * happy - sad; * dry - wet; * beautiful - ugly; * straight - curly; * high - low; * healthy - sick; * lazy - hard-working; * narrow - wide; * tidy - messy; * safe - dangerous; * useful - useless; * dirty - clean; * cheap - expensive; * left - right; * stupid - clever; * first - last; * dead - alive; * polite - rude; * naughty - nice; * right - wrong; * fat - thin

COMPARATIVES and SUPERLATIVES used in this product include:

short and long adjectives and irregular adjectives

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Adjectives vs Adverbs Kaboom! Game (also called Zap or Bam); incl. worksheets

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Puzzles are the best activities for brain teasing labyrinths, these exercises support learning through play by developing concentration and problem solving skills.

Feel free to let us know how we're doing in the Ratings & Comments section.

WHAT YOU WILL RECEIVE

• 100+ Pages

• ( PDF + PNG Files )

• Large 8.5'' x 11'' designs that can easily be printed on regular sized paper

• High-resolution images

• Unlimited prints

• Great for kids, boys and girls

JUST DOWNLOAD, PRINT AND GET STARTED

• This item comes as a high-resolution PDF + PNG files that you can download straight after purchasing.

• You can print as many copies as you want.

NOTE

• This is a digital item.

• No physical product or printed material will be shipped.

• No refunds as this is a digital product.

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Color posters teach color recognition and color words. The student will learn colors with color worksheets by coloring, tracing, matching, and graphing. There are pages for each color and pages practicing all the colors. There are also Color Mini-books in Spanish/English, English, and Spanish.

Engage students with this HUGE BUNDLE of 6 color practice products!

• 1-13 different Color Posters - 4 sizes with card size
• 2-Learn and Practice Color Recognition
• 3-Colors and Color Words
• 4-Mixing Colors
• 5-Spanish/English Color Names Worksheets
• 6-FREE Color Alphabet mini-book

What you get:

• 13 color posters with pastel burlap backgrounds
• 13 with 3 shades of the color displayed and bright backgrounds
• Instructions to print cards
• Coloring pages and worksheets
• Color a rainbow
• Color by color name
• Cut and paste colors
• Graphing colors
• Color shapes
• Color by number
• Color crayons
• Color mini books in English and Spanish
• Color mixing practice

Learning Objectives:

• Recognize 13 colors and color words in English and Spanish
• Reinforce learning colors and color words with card games
• Social-emotional growth with group card games
• Productive use of free time

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Figurative Language Sorting Activity: Over 200 Cards Figures of Speech Review

This differentiated activity for figurative language includes hyperboles, metaphors, similes, puns, proverbs/adages, idioms, onomatopoeia, personification, and alliteration. This figurative language sort is a great way to review types of figurative language with your students.

There are over 200 figures of speech that can be categorized in each area. Created for 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th grade, this activity is perfect for individuals, pairs, small groups, or the whole class.

DIFFERENTIATION:

• There are full-color cards and category toppers for students new to figures of speech (or ESL students learning the language). Each figure of speech is color-coded (all idioms are green, for example).
• The black and white cards and category toppers are designed for students who are familiar with figures of speech but need practice.
• The answer sheets are also differentiated.

You can choose to:

• allow students to do the activity without an answer sheet
• use the answer sheet that simply requires students to write the number of each figure of speech next to the correct category
• use the answer sheet that also requires students to provide evidence for their choice

IDEAS FOR USE:

• use as a test review

• use as a game- groups work to complete the activity first (with the highest accuracy)

• use as an introduction for each figure of speech (the color-coded set)

• use as an evaluation

• use during stations on a bulletin board or whiteboard

• use as a catalyst for a class discussion on figures of speech

• use as a review at the beginning of the year for students who have been exposed to figurative language

NOTE: THIS FILE INCLUDES A DIGITAL DISTANCE LEARNING OPTION!

This product includes a digital option (as well as the no prep printable option). The digital portion instructions appear at the end of the packet.

WAIT! Would you rather print these figure of speech cards on STICKY NOTES? Check out this product (it is EXACTLY the same in terms of content, but differs in format):

• FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE SORT ON STICKY NOTES

Need interactive, fun figurative language activities?

• FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE #1: HYPERBOLES
• FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE #2: SIMILES AND METAPHORS
• FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE #3: IDIOMS
• FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE #4: PROVERBS AND ADAGES
• FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE #5: PERSONIFICATION
• FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE #6: ALLITERATION
• FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE #7: ONOMATOPOEIA
• FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE #8: PUNS

MEGA BUNDLE:

• FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE MEGA BUNDLE

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE ALL YEAR LONG:

• DAILY FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE WARM-UPS

Puzzles are the best activities for brain teasing labyrinths, these exercises support learning through play by developing concentration and problem solving skills.

Feel free to let us know how we're doing in the Ratings & Comments section.

WHAT YOU WILL RECEIVE

• 43 Pages

• ( PDF + PNG Files )

• Large 8.5'' x 11'' designs that can easily be printed on regular sized paper

• High-resolution images

• Unlimited prints

• Great for kids, boys and girls

JUST DOWNLOAD, PRINT AND GET STARTED

• This item comes as a high-resolution PDF + PNG files that you can download straight after purchasing.

• You can print as many copies as you want.

NOTE

• This is a digital item.

• No physical product or printed material will be shipped.

• No refunds as this is a digital product.

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