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Write! Math
Habits of Mind
Help students analyze their own study habits and learn about the study habits of others as well. In this activity, students reflect on and write about their study habits, and share their habits with1
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Help students analyze their own study habits and learn about the study habits of others as well. In this activity, students reflect on and write about their study habits, and share their habits with classmates.
Write! Social Studies
A Critical Look at History
Take a critical look at history by exploring an event from all angles—or at least six different angles. In this activity, students are led through six questions about the event, then write a coherent1
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Take a critical look at history by exploring an event from all angles—or at least six different angles. In this activity, students are led through six questions about the event, then write a coherent essay about the event.
Write! Social Studies
Social Studies Jeopardy
Jeopardy is a fun way to learn or review the content of the chapter or unit. In this activity, students write questions and answers relating to the topic. In teams, students quiz each other by provid1
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Jeopardy is a fun way to learn or review the content of the chapter or unit. In this activity, students write questions and answers relating to the topic. In teams, students quiz each other by providing the answer and asking for the appropriate question.
Write! Social Studies
Earth's Answers
In one sense, geography is the history of political struggle. Yet under the boundaries and divisions of nations and states lies the earth itself. Suppose the earth could speak–what would it say? In t1
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In one sense, geography is the history of political struggle. Yet under the boundaries and divisions of nations and states lies the earth itself. Suppose the earth could speak–what would it say? In this activity, students ask the earth about landforms, features, ecological health, the cycles of nature, or human use of its resources.
Write! Social Studies
Birthday Events
Some days are filled with exciting local or world news. Some days are rather ho-hum. Regardless, everyday becomes history when a new day rises. One day is very special to students—their birthday. In1
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Some days are filled with exciting local or world news. Some days are rather ho-hum. Regardless, everyday becomes history when a new day rises. One day is very special to students—their birthday. In this activity, students research the events that occurred on the day of their birth. They write a news broadcast for the events and share it with teammates. Learning about their birthday events makes history personally relevant and gives students a sense of personal history.
Write! Social Studies
Social Studies Skit
Make social studies come alive through skits. In this activity, students work in teams to write and rehearse a skit. Teams perform their skit for the class. Skits create experiential learning for stu1
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Make social studies come alive through skits. In this activity, students work in teams to write and rehearse a skit. Teams perform their skit for the class. Skits create experiential learning for students, activate the bodily/kinesthetic intelligence and are a lot of fun to do.
Write! Science
Prioritize the Problems
Is protecting a species of fish as important as protecting a watershed? Is eliminating acid rain as important as preserving farmland? Is protecting the rainforest as important as auto emission standa1
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Is protecting a species of fish as important as protecting a watershed? Is eliminating acid rain as important as preserving farmland? Is protecting the rainforest as important as auto emission standards? Which issue is the most crucial? In this activity, students brainstorm environment issues, prioritize them, then write a description and justification of their prioritization systems.
Write! Science
What It's Important
Have you ever heard students ask, “Why do we need to learn this?” or exclaim, “I don’t care about this!” Without seeing the relevance or importance of an issue, students may see it as just something1
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Have you ever heard students ask, “Why do we need to learn this?” or exclaim, “I don’t care about this!” Without seeing the relevance or importance of an issue, students may see it as just something to learn for the test. In this activity, students explore and write about the importance or personal relevance of the issue at hand.
Mix-N-Match: Social Studies
The Bill of Rights
Students play an interactive quizzing game to learn about the Bill of Rights. This set includes matching cards. For example, one card reads, “No double jeopardy.” The matching card gives the amendmen1
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Students play an interactive quizzing game to learn about the Bill of Rights. This set includes matching cards. For example, one card reads, “No double jeopardy.” The matching card gives the amendment that guarantees that right, Amendment V. Every student in class receives one card with either a right guaranteed in the Bill of Rights or an amendment. Students play Quiz-Quiz-Trade with their cards. The quizzing looks like this: Students put a hand up and find a partner. In the pair, one partner has the Amendment V card and asks, “What right is guaranteed by Amendment V?” The other partner responds. Then they quiz the other way. The other partner has a card with a right guaranteed in the Bill of Rights. He asks, “Which amendment guarantees freedom of the press?” His partner responds. Students trade cards and find a new partner to quiz. After many rounds of pairing and quizzing, the teacher asks students to hurry and find their partner with their matching card. The repeated quizzing with multiple classmates makes the content super memorable. Your students have so much fun that they barely realize they’re learning!
Mix-N-Match: Social Studies
World Geography
Students play an interactive quizzing game to learn about world geography. This set includes matching cards. For example, one card reads, “I am the sea between Alaska and Russia.” The matching card g1
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Students play an interactive quizzing game to learn about world geography. This set includes matching cards. For example, one card reads, “I am the sea between Alaska and Russia.” The matching card gives the name of that location, Bering Sea. Every student in class receives one card with either hints about a continent, ocean, or sea or the name of a continent, ocean, or sea. Students play Quiz-Quiz-Trade with their cards. The quizzing looks like this: Students put a hand up and find a partner. In the pair, one partner has the Bering Sea card and asks, “Describe the location of the Bering Sea or show it to me on a map.” The other partner responds. Then they quiz the other way. The other partner has a card with hints about Asia. He asks, “China, Japan, and India are located on my continent. Where am I?” His partner responds. Students trade cards and find a new partner to quiz. After many rounds of pairing and quizzing, the teacher asks students to hurry and find their partner with their matching card. The repeated quizzing with multiple classmates makes the content super memorable. Your students have so much fun that they barely realize they’re learning!