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Two Passage Opinion Writing Prompt School Uniforms or Student Dress Choice

This worksheet contains the writing prompt, "Do you think schools should have a dress code policy that requires students to wear uniforms? Why or why not?"  It contains two passages. The first passage gives the benefits of wearing school uniforms.  The second passage gives the disadvantages of school uniforms.  This worksheet can also be used as a reading resource for compare and contrast. It also contains a sample 5 paragraph essay taking the opinion that schools should have a uniform policy.

Valentine's Vocabulary Word Search and Spelling Activity

This is a word search that contains 15 Valentine's Day vocabulary words. It has art that can be colored by students if they are done early. Eight of the words are then used in a correct spelling identification activity. This is a great filler for a Valentine's Day vocab station or group.

For more resources and activities for elementary students, please visit more on the EducationalResource.org website. 

What are different types of fossils? Video

Immerse yourself in an engaging animated video that delves into the captivating world of fossils. Discover a wealth of information about various types of fossils and their intricate formation processes. This educational video covers a wide range of fascinating fossils, including trace fossils, mold fossils, resin fossils, and body fossils. Gain a comprehensive understanding of each type as you explore their unique characteristics and significance. Expand your knowledge and fuel your curiosity through this visually captivating and informative exploration of fossils.

Smartboard Friendly Clock

This educational website does a great job with it's analog and digital clock.  You can change the clock to real time.  You can roll a dice to get a random time on the clock.  You can actually change the mode and use the clock's hands to demonstrate angles and fractions.  The clock's style and color can also be changed. You can also change the style of the tick marks that go around the clock which makes it easier for students to view, when you are demonstrating different times.  

Smartboard Friendly Elapsed Time Clocks

This website provides great student whiteboard activities for elapsed time.  There are two clocks that are completely changeable so that you can ask students what the elapsed time is.  I use the dice frequently because it provides completely random times.  You can hide one clock  and then give how many hours before or after that specific time and now your students have to either draw the time they calculate it to be and then unhide the clock so students can verify their calculations.  

States of Matter Video: What does it really mean to be a solid, liquid or gas?

In this science video, Veritasium does a fantastic job interviewing the public to see if they know what it actually means to be a solid, liquid or a gas.  It is fun to watch people try to remember from their schooling what the scientific answer is.  This would be a great video to show when introducing 3 of the 4 states of matter to your chemistry or physical science students.

Student Create Shapes on Digital Geoboard

I use this digital geoboard with my 3rd grade students when teaching shapes.  I have students do their best to create, 2d shapes like triangles, right triangles, pentagon, hexagon, octogon, kite, square, rhombus, and rectangles.  When we are done with learning the shapes, students create their own image on the geoboard.  There are many variables that students and teachers can use when creating their shapes like, rubber band color, size of geoboard, add grid, fill in each shape to count area and perimeter, and add text.  Once finished you cna click the share button to gen

Prefixes: Changing the Meaning of Words Bingo Game

This prefix Bingo game can be played in two ways. First, by giving a clue such as "to apply again" and then students will place their bingo chip over the answer "reapply." It can also be played in reverse as I have included a whole new set of cards if that is how you would like to play it. In this case, the teacher would call off "reapply" and the students would search for "to apply again." There are 30 completely different cards for each method of playing. Also included is the call sheet with checkboxes to keep track of what was called or not.

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