Hands-on Water Cycle Fun!

…in the Weather and Climate folder in my online Science File Cabinet. The directions include a set of follow-up questions to help students grasp the essential concepts. Parts of the…

Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

…with the video like an online quiz and several activity pages. But I wanted to create a few more items to include cooperative learning lessons, vocabulary practice, and discussion cards….

Valentine Candy Hearts Math Investigation

…my students, they wanted to conduct an investigation to find out. With the class divided into cooperative learning teams, we examined 10 different boxes of candy. We weighed them and…

Pay It Forward and Make Someone’s Day!

…the next day to share their experiences. If you use Google Classroom, you might prefer the paperless Google Slides version of the Pay It Forward Day graphic organizer. After your…

Fun Twist on Book Reports!

organizer above based on her idea. When I first shared this activity online, Facebook fans helped me brainstorm adjectives to describe books. We came up with 99 different adjectives, and…

How to Create a Classroom Yearbook

for the front cover of the book. In addition, each scrapbook contained about 10 pages of collages of pictures I had taken throughout the year. I have a whole box…

Weathering, Erosion, or Deposition?

…Bundle also includes three self-grading Google quizzes that can be assigned with Google Classroom or administered as online formative assessments. The illustrations in these Weathering, Erosion, and Deposition resources are…

Winning a Million – Math Lessons and More!

…students read the article. You can find the article online here on the Fayetteville Observer website. Then ask them to complete a “What’s the Scoop?” graphic organizer to uncover the…

3 Easy Ways to Wrap up the School Year

…this Canadian teacher blog is to share middle school lessons, activities and ideas from her classroom and to collaborate with the wonderful online community of teachers out there as well!…