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Write! Science
A New Invention
Asking students to invent something elicits divergent, creative thinking and involves numerous learning modalities. In short, it is an ideal project. In this activity, students come up with an invent1
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Asking students to invent something elicits divergent, creative thinking and involves numerous learning modalities. In short, it is an ideal project. In this activity, students come up with an invention, then share their inventions with teammates.
Portraits of Character
The Good Samaritan - Joseph Polichio
Portraits of Character are easy-to-read stories that are just a few pages long. They feature everyday heroes as well as celebrities. Each story highlights an extraordinary display of character. In th1
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Portraits of Character are easy-to-read stories that are just a few pages long. They feature everyday heroes as well as celebrities. Each story highlights an extraordinary display of character. In this story, Joseph Polichio saves a man from a beating. After reading the story, use the Thinking Questions to have students discuss in pairs or teams. For example, “Explain why you think no one wanted to stop the fight.” Use the Writing Ideas to have students write and share their writing with teammates or classmates. For example, “Think of a time when you, or someone you know, were a Good Samaritan. Think about the experience and the outcome.” Develop students’ character as well as thinking, reading, writing, and discussion skills as students read and reflect on this portrait of character.
Write! Science
Classify This!
What are phyla or the tidy columns and rows of the periodic table but classification systems? Classifying is an essential skill for a scientist. This is a generic activity that can be used to classif1
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What are phyla or the tidy columns and rows of the periodic table but classification systems? Classifying is an essential skill for a scientist. This is a generic activity that can be used to classify anything from animals to elements. Teams develop their own classification system, and share them with other teams. Students write about their favorite system.
Portraits of Character
He'll Never Know - Al Keasler
Portraits of Character are easy-to-read stories that are just a few pages long. They feature everyday heroes as well as celebrities. Each story highlights an extraordinary display of character. In th1
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Portraits of Character are easy-to-read stories that are just a few pages long. They feature everyday heroes as well as celebrities. Each story highlights an extraordinary display of character. In this story, Al Keasler pulls his friend from icy water. After reading the story, use the Thinking Questions to have students discuss in pairs or teams. For example, “How did Al and Larry’s hockey game change their lives?” Use the Writing Ideas to have students write and share their writing with teammates or classmates. For example, “Imagine that you are either Al or Larry. Write a journal entry that describes your accident. When you are finished, find a classmate who wrote from the other boy’s point of view. Share your journal entries with each other.” Develop students’ character as well as thinking, reading, writing, and discussion skills as students read and reflect on this portrait of character.
Match Mine: Primary
BzZzZ (Beginning Sounds and Blends)
Download this cooperative barrier game to teach your students vocabulary and communication skills using the structure Match Mine. Each partner receives a game board with a beehive and beginning sound1
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Download this cooperative barrier game to teach your students vocabulary and communication skills using the structure Match Mine. Each partner receives a game board with a beehive and beginning sound, blend, or digraph letter name game pieces to place on the game board. Partners sit on opposite sides of a barrier so they can’t see each other’s game board or game pieces. Partner A arranges the game pieces on each area of the beehive game board. Then, using only verbal communication, Partner A describes to Partner B which game piece goes on each area of the beehive so they can make a match. For example, “Put the ‘pl’ piece in the right spot of the third row on the beehive.” When they think they have a match, they compare arrangements and celebrate. This set teaches common beginning sounds such as: br-, st-, ph-, etc. Match Mine is a fun and cooperative way to develop language, communication, cooperation, and perspective-taking skills.
Match Mine: Primary
Jammin' Out the Number Rock! (Addition)
Download this cooperative barrier game to teach your students vocabulary and communication skills using the structure Match Mine. Each partner receives a game board with a jukebox and game pieces to1
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Download this cooperative barrier game to teach your students vocabulary and communication skills using the structure Match Mine. Each partner receives a game board with a jukebox and game pieces to place on the game board. Partners sit on opposite sides of a barrier so they can’t see each other’s game board or game pieces. Partner A arranges the addition sentence game pieces on each area of the jukebox on the game board. Then, using only verbal communication, Partner A describes to Partner B which game piece goes on each area of the jukebox to compose or decompose the addition sentence so they can make a match. For example, “Put the piece that completes the sentence that has eight dots in the top area and one dot on the bottom left area in the upper right area of the jukebox.” When they think they have a match, they compare arrangements and celebrate. This set teaches addition skills and common number vocabulary words such as: first, numbers, addition, etc. Match Mine is a fun and cooperative way to develop language, communication, cooperation, and perspective-taking skills.
Match Mine: Primary
Mmmmm… Cookies (Counting)
Download this cooperative barrier game to teach your students vocabulary and communication skills using the structure Match Mine. Each partner receives a game board with a cookie sheet and plate of c1
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Download this cooperative barrier game to teach your students vocabulary and communication skills using the structure Match Mine. Each partner receives a game board with a cookie sheet and plate of cookies game pieces to place on the game board. Partners sit on opposite sides of a barrier so they can’t see each other’s game board or game pieces. Partner A arranges the plate of cookies game pieces on each spot on the cookie sheet on the game board. Then, using only verbal communication, Partner A describes to Partner B which plate goes on each area of the cookie sheet so they can make a match. For example, “Put the plate of nine cookies on the middle spot in the top row.” When they think they have a match, they compare arrangements and celebrate. This set teaches basic counting skills. Match Mine is a fun and cooperative way to develop language, communication, cooperation, and perspective-taking skills.
Match Mine: Primary
Decorate It! (Word Family Endings)
Download this cooperative barrier game to teach your students vocabulary and communication skills using the structure Match Mine. Each partner receives a game board with a birthday cake and word fami1
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Download this cooperative barrier game to teach your students vocabulary and communication skills using the structure Match Mine. Each partner receives a game board with a birthday cake and word family ending game pieces to place on the game board. Partners sit on opposite sides of a barrier so they can’t see each other’s game board or game pieces. Partner A arranges the word family game pieces on each area of the birthday cake on the game board. Then, using only verbal communication, Partner A describes to Partner B which word family ending goes on each area of the cake so they can make a match. For example, “Put a picture of a word that ends with ‘ash’ in the top right box of the cake.” When they think they have a match, they compare arrangements and celebrate. This set teaches common word family endings such as: -ear, -ate, -ake, etc. Match Mine is a fun and cooperative way to develop language, communication, cooperation, and perspective-taking skills.
Match Mine: Music
It's Instrumental
Download this cooperative barrier game to teach your students vocabulary and communication skills using the structure Match Mine. Each partner receives a game board with a harp and instrument game pi1
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Download this cooperative barrier game to teach your students vocabulary and communication skills using the structure Match Mine. Each partner receives a game board with a harp and instrument game pieces to place on the game board. Partners sit on opposite sides of a barrier so they can’t see each other’s game board or game pieces. Partner A arranges the instrument game pieces on the harp of the game board. Then, using only verbal communication, Partner A describes to Partner B which instrument piece goes on each space of the harp so they can make a match. For example, “Put the French horn on the top right space.” When they think they have a match, they compare arrangements and celebrate. This set teaches common instrument vocabulary such as: bassoon, viola, oboe, etc. Match Mine is a fun and cooperative way to develop language, communication, cooperation, and perspective-taking skills.
Match Mine: Primary
Rainforest Adventure
Download this cooperative barrier game to teach your students vocabulary and communication skills using the structure Match Mine. Each partner receives a game board with a rainforest and rainforest a1
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Download this cooperative barrier game to teach your students vocabulary and communication skills using the structure Match Mine. Each partner receives a game board with a rainforest and rainforest animal game pieces to place on the game board. Partners sit on opposite sides of a barrier so they can’t see each other’s game board or game pieces. Partner A arranges the rainforest animal game pieces on the rainforest on the game board. Then, using only verbal communication, Partner A describes to Partner B which rainforest animal goes where in the rainforest so they can make a match. For example, “Put the monkey in the canopy layer on the right side.” When they think they have a match, they compare arrangements and celebrate. This set teaches common rainforest animals and the layers of the rainforest. Match Mine is a fun and cooperative way to develop language, communication, cooperation, and perspective-taking skills.