As you know, the first few days of school set the tone for the rest of the year. Start out right with this set of 11 FUN ICEBREAKERS. NO PREP REQUIRED! Just pop these up on your screen, or print them out and let the fun begin! This super-versatile collection of icebreakers works with any group, anywhere. Whether you have a room full of wild EIGHT-YEAR-OLDS, rows of nervous JUNIOR HIGH KIDS, or an audience of ADULT PROFESSIONALS, this bundle will get people up collaborating, talking, and building positive relationships with each other in no time. If you want to leave your students fresh, energized, and ready to work together, this is for you. The bundle includes a FULLY EDITABLE PowerPoint so your audience can easily follow each activity, and also comes with a landscape PDF booklet if you prefer to hand out hard copies. This will save you valuable time on your first day: everything here is no prep and ready to roll. These are also great activities all year round when you need to break down the barriers holding your group back from becoming a team. TEAM BUILDING MADE EASY AND FUN! The bundle includes a fully-editable PowerPoint so your audience can easily follow each activity, and also comes with a landscape PDF booklet if you prefer to hand out hard copies. This will save you valuable time on your first day: everything here is no prep and ready to roll. *************************************************************************** Other Popular Products From Innovative Teaching Ideas - Search for these items on TES Year Long Visual Writing Prompts Fable Power Pack Teaching Digital Technologies and STEM ***************************************************************************** YOUR REVIEWS ARE ESSENTIAL IN KEEPING OUR PRODUCTS LOW PRICED AND REGULARLY UPDATED!!! IT MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE TO US!!! PLEASE LEAVE A REVIEW About Innovative Teaching Ideas Terms Copyright © Innovative Teaching Ideas. All rights reserved by author. This product is to be used by the original downloader only. Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited. This product may not be distributed or displayed digitally for public view. Failure to comply is a copyright infringement and a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Clipart and elements found in this PDF are copyrighted and cannot be extracted and used outside of this file without permission or license. Intended for classroom and personal use ONLY. See product file for clipart and font credits.

Teach your students to independently check their own narrative / story writing with these beautiful checklists and rubric. These editable checklists are specifically for narratives or story writing. We will be creating more for other writing genres in the near future. There are three age variations in the bundle for Junior (Ages 5 - 7), Middle (7 - 11) and Senior (11 - 15). Each bundle contains both a student checklist for independent assessment and a student / teacher rubric for conferencing. Check the preview for a visual example. Each age group has been stylised and written to appeal to different age groups. With six to a page you can easily print these out and distribute to students an re use them over and over. Best of all they are completely editable if you wish to change any element of it. Give your students the tools they need for writing great stories.

An excellent essay task for students about mobile phone use in schools. *************************************************************************** Other Popular Products From Innovative Teaching Ideas - Search for these items on TES Year Long Visual Writing Prompts Fable Power Pack Teaching Digital Technologies and STEM ***************************************************************************** YOUR REVIEWS ARE ESSENTIAL IN KEEPING OUR PRODUCTS LOW PRICED AND REGULARLY UPDATED!!! IT MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE TO US!!! PLEASE LEAVE A REVIEW About Innovative Teaching Ideas Terms Copyright © Innovative Teaching Ideas. All rights reserved by author. This product is to be used by the original downloader only. Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited. This product may not be distributed or displayed digitally for public view. Failure to comply is a copyright infringement and a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Clipart and elements found in this PDF are copyrighted and cannot be extracted and used outside of this file without permission or license. Intended for classroom and personal use ONLY. See product file for clipart and font credits.

⚡ THE POETRY POWER PACK IS HERE ⚡ Want to make poetry FUN, ENGAGING AND RELEVANT? This poetry unit is a complete solution for teaching and learning poetry to students. ❤️ ABSOLUTELY NO PREP REQUIRED ❤️, just download and start teaching in minutes. *************************************************************************** With four full weeks worth of work, you can either go all in or return as required throughout the school year. These aren’t just NO PREP, either – our teacher feedback has repeatedly told us these poetry activities are so clear that their students can self-study at their own pace. We have spent over ten years compiling, refining, and classroom-testing this Poetry unit to get it to the quality that it’s at now. It has been used by teachers around the world in various formats and is now available for the first time as a complete solution to teaching poetry in your classroom in an engaging and professional manner. Whatever you need to teach we have you covered. We’ve designed activities and lessons for 19 styles of poetry, including: ✍ Acrostic Poems ✍ Ballads ✍ Clerihew Poetry ✍ Diamante poems ✍ Epitaph ✍ Free Verse ✍ Haiku ✍ Irish Limericks ✍ Monody ✍ Monorhyme ✍ The Ode ✍ Palindromes ✍ Pantoum ✍ Quatrains ✍ Shape Poetry ✍ Concrete Poetry ✍ Sonnets and Villanelle. For each style of poetry you will find: ✏ Visually bright, informative teaching guides designed to appeal to kids ✏ Annotated poetry samples narrated by a professional voice actor ✏ Quality external learning links and resources ✏ Individual templates to download and print in both grayscale and color ✏ Poetry Assessment Rubric to help students produce their own high quality poetry ✏ Curriculum links, including Common Core This unique bundle of resources, activities, and media comes in a single PowerPoint with dozens of templates and documents for you and your students. You will also gain access to a PDF version with this purchase. However you use it, this packet will ensure that you easily meet Common Core Standard 10 for grades one through five. *************************************************************************** Other Popular Products From Innovative Teaching Ideas - Search for these items on TES Year Long Visual Writing Prompts Fable Power Pack Teaching Digital Technologies and STEM ***************************************************************************** YOUR REVIEWS ARE ESSENTIAL IN KEEPING OUR PRODUCTS LOW PRICED AND REGULARLY UPDATED!!! IT MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE TO US!!! PLEASE LEAVE A REVIEW

Spelling = frustration for a lot of kids, but it doesn’t have to! This editable Bloom's Spelling Activity Matrix, PowerPoint, and task card set means no prep for you and fun, fast learning for your students. We have aligned this matrix to Bloom’s Taxonomy as well as Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences. By following the matrix, students take control of their own learning and decide which activities they will do. It addresses all aspects of spelling in language that students of all ages can understand, so it’s not just for kids - ESL teachers can just as easily make this a go-to resource. This matrix will help your students discover how to use their spelling words effectively and creatively. This download contains a PDF version and an editable Word document that you can modify for any age or audience. Like what you see? For more creative ideas and new product updates, be sure to sign up for our email newsletter, and visit us on Facebook to take part in our exclusive giveaways. *************************************************************************** Other Popular Products From Innovative Teaching Ideas - Search for these items on TES Year Long Visual Writing Prompts Fable Power Pack Teaching Digital Technologies and STEM ***************************************************************************** YOUR REVIEWS ARE ESSENTIAL IN KEEPING OUR PRODUCTS LOW PRICED AND REGULARLY UPDATED!!! IT MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE TO US!!! PLEASE LEAVE A REVIEW

Introduce your students to the imagination and mystique of Greek mythology while teaching concepts of cause and effect with this no prep and easily extendable lesson. *************************************************************************** The heroism and tragedy of Greek myths make them perfect springboards into a variety of writing and philosophical elements for elementary children. However, their complexity can make prep a chore. Save time for yourself with this completely prepared presentation – all you have to do is open and run the slideshow on your interactive whiteboard or computer. And if you want to keep going with the topic, the included extension tasks will keep kids busy for at least one more lesson. If you’d like to engage your students in two important topics at once, this quick and easy lesson is for you. Like what you see? For more creative ideas and new product updates, be sure to sign up for our email newsletter, and visit us on Facebook to take part in our exclusive giveaways. Other Popular Products From Innovative Teaching Ideas Full Year Visual Writing Prompts Bundle Poetry Power Pack Teaching Digital Technologies & STEM

Take care of your most essential wall item for under a buck with our fully editable, high-resolution alphabet poster set. This is a no prep set for you, just print and go! *************************************************************************** Every K-2 classroom needs an alphabet on display, and this flexible set will meet those needs, and more. As a PDF document, you just need to print and post to have your wall alphabet taken care of. These high-resolution images can be scaled to poster size with no pixilation or quality loss, and you can just as easily scale them down to card size for fun and easy games. You’ll immediately see how having your own scalable and printable set offers benefits that the traditional pre-printed packs can’t match. Want to customize these? You can also download this pack as an editable Word file for just a few dollars more! Like what you see? For more creative ideas and new product updates, be sure to sign up for our email newsletter, and visit us on Facebook to take part in our exclusive giveaways.

A peak at this list will pique your students’ curiosity and help them see the right ways to write! This intriguing, high-resolution poster set will brighten your wall and spice up your kids’ writing. *************************************************************************** This handy reference set will help your students clarify the use of words with multiple meanings, similar sounds, and different pronunciations. Stop misuse of words and the cut off the dreaded they’re-their-there problem before it ever begins. With eight posters covering 72 examples, you will take care of all the homonyms, homophones, and homographs your elementary learners are likely to encounter. Each example comes with an accompanying emoji that is sure to get their attention and help their memory as well! We are giving you these PDF images in high-resolution so you can scale them to any size with no pixilation or quality loss. Like what you see? For more creative ideas and new product updates, be sure to sign up for our email newsletter, and visit us on Facebook to take part in our exclusive giveaways. Other Popular Products From Innovative Teaching Ideas Full Year Visual Writing Prompts Bundle Poetry Power Pack 110 Reading Activities Bundle

Whether you run a computer lab or work in a well-wired room, this high-resolution, professionally designed bundle of 65 posters will get everyone working efficiently with no prep required – just print and post. When you download this bundle, you’ll receive 65 posters for both Apple and Windows. Every shortcut poster comes in three completely different styles so you can mix, match, and give your room variety and a pop of color. If you want to imagine for yourself what your classroom or lab could look like with these, check out the preview. Each design style includes 13 shortcut posters for both Apple and Windows, including:  Copy  Paste  Cut  Save  Print  Undo  Select All  Bold  Underline  Italics  Insert Hyperlink  Find  Replace Like the look of these? For more creative ideas and new product updates, be sure to sign up for our email newsletter, and visit us on Facebook to take part in our exclusive giveaways. Other Popular Products From Innovative Teaching Ideas YEAR LONG VISUAL WRITING PROMPT BUNDLE POETRY POWER PACK GUIDED READING MEGA PACK

Get your students off on the right foot with this fun back to school activity! This first day worksheet is a great personal introduction and icebreaker for kids, and needs no prep from you – just print and go. *************************************************************************** This worksheet comes in four styles that students can easily customize any way they like. Kids will enjoy filling out and presenting the following information:  Name  Birthday  Age  Space for a self portrait or photo  My Hero  My Favorite Food  My Favorite Sport  My Favorite Thing at School  My Favorite Hobby  My Goals for the Year Each All About Me poster is 8.5 by 11 inches, but you can print it on A4 and or easily scale it to A3. These make great wall laminates, and can be a great tool to help you target students’ interests and keep them focused on their goals throughout the year. Like what you see? For more creative ideas and new product updates, be sure to sign up for our email newsletter, and visit us on Facebook to take part in our exclusive giveaways. *************************************************************************** Other Popular Products From Innovative Teaching Ideas - Search for these items on TES Year Long Visual Writing Prompts Fable Power Pack Teaching Digital Technologies and STEM ***************************************************************************** YOUR REVIEWS ARE ESSENTIAL IN KEEPING OUR PRODUCTS LOW PRICED AND REGULARLY UPDATED!!! IT MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE TO US!!! PLEASE LEAVE A REVIEW About Innovative Teaching Ideas Terms Copyright © Innovative Teaching Ideas. All rights reserved by author. This product is to be used by the original downloader only. Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited. This product may not be distributed or displayed digitally for public view. Failure to comply is a copyright infringement and a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Clipart and elements found in this PDF are copyrighted and cannot be extracted and used outside of this file without permission or license. Intended for classroom and personal use ONLY. See product file for clipart and font credits.

Ease the writing process, turn your students into skilled self-editors, and give yourself a quick grading tool with our easy-to-use, fully-editable writing checklists. *************************************************************************** If you’re teaching narrative and story writing, these checklists and rubrics will give your students direction and clear goals to help them successfully express themselves. Each handout contains a student checklist for independent assessment and a student/teacher rubric for conferencing. With six checklists to a page, you can quickly print and distribute them as they are, or edit them to suit your specific needs. We split this bundle into three age levels: Junior (ages 5-7), Middle (ages 7-11), and Senior (ages 11-15). Additionally, we stylized and worded each level to appeal to each age group. We are currently developing more checklists for other writing styles – if you buy this now, you can get those for free upon release by re-downloading this pack. This is an effective yet simple tool to help your students develop into great writers with great habits, and will undoubtedly become a go-to reference throughout the year, as it has for the teachers who developed it. Like what you see? For more creative ideas and new product updates, be sure to sign up for our email newsletter, and visit us on Facebook to take part in our exclusive giveaways. Other Popular Products From Innovative Teaching Ideas Full Year Visual Writing Prompts Bundle Poetry Power Pack 110 Reading Activities Bundle

This is a simple but popular task for younger students to learn both how to write their name plus the letters and phonetic elements it contains. Students can color and decorate this worksheet as they desire once they have written their name at the top and had it verified by the classroom teacher.

Capitalize on the Pokémon craze with this fun, engaging icebreaker! This is a no prep required activity - just print, hand it out, and give your kids a great back to school activity to kick off the year. In this task, your students will create a custom Pokémon card that is all about THEM. This will give them the opportunity to tell you about their special talents, goals, and favourite things in life, all while developing their public speaking confidence and creative skills. If you’re familiar with Pokémon, then you know what the cards look like. This activity gives you two options based on these cards: a back-to-back card, or a one page sheet with key details. Full instructions come attached, including instructions on how to download the free 'Pokémon' font. This activity is also bundled as both a PDF and a completely editable version that you can modify to suit any group. Like the sound of this? If you would like more creative ideas and new product updates, be sure to sign up for our email newsletter, and visit us on Facebook to take part in our exclusive giveaways. *************************************************************************** Other Popular Products From Innovative Teaching Ideas - Search for these items on TES Year Long Visual Writing Prompts Fable Power Pack Teaching Digital Technologies and STEM ***************************************************************************** YOUR REVIEWS ARE ESSENTIAL IN KEEPING OUR PRODUCTS LOW PRICED AND REGULARLY UPDATED!!! IT MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE TO US!!! PLEASE LEAVE A REVIEW

Adjectives are words that describe nouns. Adverbs are words that describe verbs. This activity will practice identifying and locating adjectives and adverbs by describing parts of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Adjectives and adverbs can be part of word skills that incorporate vocabulary that is important in helping students form mental images about scenes and settings in a story. Forming these metal pictures assists students in understanding what they are reading.

☀️⭐Huge update for 2018 - Now with ⚡101 Digital Graphic Organizers⚡ making this the largest product of it's kind on TES☀️⭐ now also includes a printable PDF version of every tool. Introduce your students to 21st century learning with this GROWING BUNDLE OF 101 EDITABLE & PRINTABLE (if you must) GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS. ✌NO PREP REQUIRED!!!✌ Go paperless, and let your students express their knowledge and creativity through the power of technology and collaboration inside and outside the classroom with ease. Whilst you don't have to have a 1:1 or BYOD classroom to benefit from this bundle, it has been purpose built to deliver through platforms such as ✔ GOOGLE CLASSROOM, ✔ OFFICE 365, ✔ G-SUITE ✔ DROPBOX or any CLOUD BASED LEARNING PLATFORM. These beautiful digital templates will remove the paper trail whilst providing the opportunity to access these templates without assistance (All instructions are included on each graphic organizer.) leaving you to focus on doing what you do best... Teaching. This is an ever growing bundle of Graphic Organizers with around 5 added each month. Buy now whilst it's cheap to receive all future additions for free. ⭐ TEMPLATES INCLUDED ⭐ Organizing the facts (Reading and Writing) Story Sequencing Graphic Organizer Timelines Event Map Graphic Organizer Story Map Graphic Organizer A Story Map Graphic Organizer B Journalistic Report Graphic Organizer Plot Elements Graphic Organizer Story Sequencing Graphic Organizer Conflict / Resolution Graphic Organizer Cause and Effect Graphic Organizer Double Venn Diagram Single Concept Map Compare and Contrast Graphic Organizer Problem and Solution Graphic Organizer Text Comparison Tool Alphabet Knowledge Organizer Facts Vs Opinion Graphic Organizer Observation Response Graphic Organizer U Plan Narrative Organizer Vocabulary Dissection Tool Character Traits Graphic Organizer Character Analysis Tool Animal Research Graphic Organizer Biography Research Graphic Organizer My Opinion Graphic Organizer Biography Research Tool Book Vs Film graphic Organizer Cause and Effect Wheel Problem and Solution Chart Flow Diagram Cycle Diagram Y Chart Spider Diagram Writing Stimulus Tool Newspaper Report Planner Writing Stimulus Tool B 3-2-1 Fiction Follow Up Vocabulary Concept Map Animal ? Creature Graphic Organizer DeBono's Thinking Hats Family Tree Graphic Organizer Computational Thinking Graphic Organizer Pictograph Generator Blank Bar Graph Horizontal Bar Graph Design Thinking Graphic Organizer Question Tower Key Facts Graphic Organizer Fish Bone Graphic Organizer Learning Triangle Plus Too many others to list here...

A range of essay topics for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory *************************************************************************** Other Popular Products From Innovative Teaching Ideas - Search for these items on TES Year Long Visual Writing Prompts Fable Power Pack Teaching Digital Technologies and STEM ***************************************************************************** YOUR REVIEWS ARE ESSENTIAL IN KEEPING OUR PRODUCTS LOW PRICED AND REGULARLY UPDATED!!! IT MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE TO US!!! PLEASE LEAVE A REVIEW About Innovative Teaching Ideas Terms Copyright © Innovative Teaching Ideas. All rights reserved by author. This product is to be used by the original downloader only. Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited. This product may not be distributed or displayed digitally for public view. Failure to comply is a copyright infringement and a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Clipart and elements found in this PDF are copyrighted and cannot be extracted and used outside of this file without permission or license. Intended for classroom and personal use ONLY. See product file for clipart and font credits.

A solid graphic organizer for constructing an argumentative essay

Get your English students fascinated with writing through this engaging pack of visual writing prompts! ABSOLUTELY NO PREP REQUIRED, just download and start teaching in minutes. *************************************************************************** 2019 UPDATE: Just added over 200 DIGITAL Visual Prompt graphic organizers for 1:1 / BYOD / Google Classroom Users. *PLUS* 120 printable visual writing tasks for the classroom or homework. We have upgraded both the digital and paper based content. This versatile bundle of resources will open up your students’ imaginations as they learn about observing details, writing with precision, and using figurative language. Best of all, this pack contains one photo for every day of the school year. Instead of scouring the Internet for appropriate photos and spending hours every week building your own activities, you can finish your entire year’s writing preparation with a single click. Here’s what you get: Over 370 breathtaking, high-resolution photos selected to inspire thought and creativity for a variety of writing tasks. 40 weekly Snapshot writing activities to ensure that students of any age and ability can respond to the images with direction and purpose. 200+ Digital Graphic Organizers with awesome visual writing prompts that can be used in Google Classroom, One Note or any digital student/teacher device. Free download of our Snapshot Writing Tool 40 Weekly Newspaper report writing prompts and activities using photos and graphic organizers. Instructions and techniques for pairing the visuals with Snapshot Writing Tool to get the most out of your students. Two formats: a PowerPoint presentation for large classes and a 416-page eBook for personal or small group use. This download contains the following sections: Weird and Wonderful Moments of Terror Bad 'Engrish' Oddball Epic Fails Into the Wilderness You Gotta See This Animal Antics What a Wonderful World I See It But I Don't Believe It (Digitally-altered images) Warm and Fuzzy A Different Time This bundle has been used by hundreds of teachers and thousands of students around the world and continues to engage students of any age and ability in writing. Check out the great reviews below! ***************************************************************************

Use this blank postcard template to teach young writers about a past method of communication.