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The BFG by Roald Dahl is a creative and endearing story about a giant, a girl, and the Queen. This activity uses puzzles and riddles with vocabulary and ideas from the story to build students' interest and skills.

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Indoor Recess Choice Board Activities for Elementary

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Indoor Recess Choice Board Activities for Elementary

This menu features a selection of simple and engaging student-choice indoor recess activities.

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Simple STEAM Suggestions

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Simple STEAM Suggestions

Bring Science,Technology, Engineering, Art and Math into the classroom with these fun, cross-curricular projects for ele...

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Movement Activities for Elementary Students

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Movement Activities for Elementary Students

Break up the day and get your students moving with these movement activities for elementary students.

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Summer Word Scramble

Have your class unscramble these summer vocabulary words. Then, use the words to write a story about summer vacation.

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The Twits Word Scramble

The Twits have scrambled words from the titles of their favorite Roald Dahl books.

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The BFG's D.I.Y. Dream Catcher

Extend the enjoyment of Roald Dahl's wonderful book, The B.F.G., by making a dream catcher in this fun activity.

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Gobblefunk Word Puzzle

Inspire students to invent their own Gobblefunk by playing with words in the spirit of The BFG by Roald Dahl.

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Bad Kitty for President: Word Scramble!

Review election vocabulary with this word scramble activity.

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Matilda's Word Mastery

Students are asked to create as many words as they can from the sentence, "Matilda loves reading.

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