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Present this activities to help your students get to know each other. In this icebreaker, students interview a classmate and write a journalism-style feature story about them.

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Icebreakers will help you promote a well-balanced, caring environment, while helping your students get to know each other. This printable book will help you create a foundation of understanding and respect in the classroom.

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Geography Activities for Middle School

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Geography Activities for Middle School

Help students explore the world and develop their geography knowledge with this packet of geography activities for middl...

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Exit Tickets for Middle School Classrooms

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Exit Tickets for Middle School Classrooms

Exit tickets are a form of assessment that are often used informally to assess how well students grasped a lesson, what ...

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Test Prep Strategies, Tools, and Practice Questions

Help set your students up for academic success with this packet of test-taking tips, test preparation strategies, and pr...

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Story Starters

This printable word processing lesson provides a creative writing activity.

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Story Map Graphic Organizer

Using a story map helps children to identify key elements in a story such as characters or events.

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Story Starter: Traveling to Timbuktu

Our Hero travels to Africa in 1387 to visit the Mali Empire in Timbuktu.

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Newspaper Fiction: Based on a True Story!

Write a short, fictional story based on a newspaper article.

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Planetary Features

Students work in groups to research features of the planets of the solar system and present their findings to the class.

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Create a Story About the Holocaust

In this group project, students create a story about the Holocaust using suggested plot elements.

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