Malcolm X Biography PowerPoint. Compare his life to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 12 animated slides about the life and influence of Malcolm X. Students will learn about his childhood, his life in prison, his conversion to Islam, his role in civil rights, and his assassination. Useful during Black History month, when reading about the civil rights movement, or when studying MLK ( Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.) for comparison. - HappyEdugator

St. Patrick's Day Numbers 1 - 20. Counting clovers math and literacy sheet. Students have to count the clovers, draw a line to match them to the number word, then write the number in the box provided. Fun St. Patrick's Day or March math activity. Use Lucky Charms cereal and have your kids count real green clover hats and other lucky charms. Supports math, reading, and writing skills. Supports common core state standards! - HappyEdugator

Election Day! Sentence Election Cooperative Learning Activity. This is a fun Language Arts middle school activity on sentence structure! Student groups make a slogan, a speech, and a poster to campaign for the best sentence structure: simple, compound, complex, or compound – complex. Each group will present their platform to the class. Includes teacher directions, student directions slide to project overhead, student directions handout with requirements and scoring checklist, and a slide to print out with sentence structures on them for group selection. Enjoy! Supports common core standards for writing and speaking and listening. - HappyEdugator

Christmas Story Starters on Decorative Lined Paper! 30 different pages with writing prompts and cute graphics, just in time for the holidays. Quick and easy writing activity for December. Have fun with creative writing! Print and go. No prep. Enjoy! - HappyEdugator

Poinsettias - Christmas Symbol PowerPoint. Christmas Poinsettia PowerPoint - the legend of the poinsettia, history, and symbolism of this beautiful holiday plant. Ready for the winter holidays? Brighten December! Great Christmas or winter holiday background builder. Learn interesting information on how Congress set aside National Poinsettia Day on December 12, the structure of the plant, myths about toxicity, plant growth, and fast facts about its cultivation. Informative and a good introduction to use before crafting construction paper poinsettia paper flowers or felt napkin rings for the winter holidays. - HappyEdugator

Open House Parent Sign In Sheet Spreadsheet. Beginning of the Year, Back to School Night parent sign in sheet created on an Excel Spreadsheet, which makes it easy sort your data. Editable sign-in sheet for your parent night has a place for a school mascot picture, name of school and date of Open House, teacher name, student name, parent name, and contact information. You can print out and use as a hard copy, or even better, you can have parents sign in on a computer if you wish, and then you have everything typed in and you won't have to decipher messy handwriting! - Happyedugator

Beginning of the Year Student Survey and Poster. Beginning of the Year or First Day of School print and go handout. Includes an 8 question student survey about classroom expectations from a student perspective, and a poster you can hang about new beginnings. This that will help you get to know your students and help them focus on what is important. Share results of the survey with your students and discuss how they fit in to classroom rules and procedures. - HappyEdugator

Halloween PowerPoint! A fun Halloween Mad-Lib activity! Use this Halloween Mad Lib to practice parts of speech...project it on your whiteboard. Students can number one through twelve on their own paper and come up with names, nouns, and other parts of speech as per the directions, and then volunteers read the following slide with their substitutions to make silly Halloween stories. Lots of fun, and students get to use their knowledge of parts of speech as well! Happy Halloween!- HappyEdugator

Earth Day Cooperative Learning Activity - Committee to Reduce Environmental Pollution. Works well as a post reading activity for The Lorax by Dr. Seuss or The Wump World by Bill Peet. Students will meet in groups (or committees) to analyze several different scenarios and to determine which type of polluter is the most destructive to the environment. Students will compare their individual results with their group results, and then the groups will compare their results with other groups in the class. The final activity is to see if the class can come to a consensus. Extension activity - discuss possible solutions.

The Christmas Coin Reader's Theater - Script based on a Swedish folk tale. Fun part of a Christmas Around the World unit. Five character reading parts. It can be produced as a skit or a play for a Christmas presentation. Story is about two little Swedish children who try to make an old woman happy by bringing her Yule cakes. The old woman tells them how much she misses her son, who left ten years before. When the children try to help a stranger, they get a big surprise when they find out he is her son! Because of their gift of love and kindness, the children end up with a special unexpected blessing... a magical Christmas coin. Revised and edited for typos in the first version. - HappyEdugator

Giraffes - Fun Facts About Giraffes PowerPoint. Learn about giraffes! This giraffe PowerPoint has interesting and fun facts about the life of a giraffe. Informational text can be used to introduce or supplement a jungle theme unit or a unit about the zoo, giraffes, or African animals. Engage students and grab their attention, or build background knowledge for reading books with giraffes, like "Giraffes Can't Dance." It can even be a fun supplement to the book "The White Giraffe." - Happyedugator

Back to School Tips for Success - Stop Daydreaming and Get on Task! Back to school and back in focus, this PowerPoint gives students tips to follow to start off the school year right. Nine ways to have a successful year. Kids will relate to the animated daydreamers at the beginning. Enjoy! - HappyEdugator

Blank Headstone Template for Writing Character Epitaphs. Grave fun for Halloween or anytime. Make a graveyard of epitaphs. Use this headstone or gravestone template to have students write a character epitaph or summary of a book in which a main character dies. Students can focus on character traits and what makes a character memorable. For instance, it can be used with the Diary of Anne Frank, or The Cay by Theodore Taylor. Goes well with Where the Red Fern Grows and Maniac Magee, and great for a bulletin board on dead words. - HappyEdugator

Apples! Apples! PowerPoint. Fall fun! All about apples and Johnny Appleseed. common types of apples, fun facts, the role of apples in our culture, health benefits of eating apples. Includes the story of Johnny Appleseed, and separates legend from fact. Fun fall activity for back to school. Enjoy! - HappyEdugator

Owl Bookmarks - Set of Six bookmarks: Inspiring and colorful bookmarks to give your students anytime to instill a love of reading. Fun way to tell them you love them. Cute sayings like "Owl Keep Your Place." Editable so you can personalize with student names. Print out on cardstock or tagboard and laminate for a bookmark that will last. Nice gift from teacher to student instead of a card. Three per page. Make good last minute Christmas or birthday presents!

ICE The Freezing Water Experiment. Does hot water freeze faster than cold water? Does temperature affect how quickly water freezes? Includes What Do I Know About Ice sheet, Problem/Hypothesis sheet, Temperature Recording Sheet, Experiment Procudure and Materials Handout, Results discussion sheet with informaton on the Mpemba Effect. Experiment can be done as a whole class activity, or sent home as a homework assignment. Fun homeschool activity! - HappyEdugator

Lesson Closure Sheet - For Any Subject. Use this lesson summarizer sheet to have your students write about key points in your lesson, which can be used as a quick assessment of comprehension. You can use it as an exit slip, ticket out the door, or to summarize learning of a unit. Handy for any subject or unit of study. Enjoy! - HappyEdugator

Memorial Day Jumbled Words PowerPoint Game. Memorial Day Fun! End of the year interactive word scramble game with words related to Memorial Day. Words will appear in scrambled form for students to try to puzzle out. Click for a clue, then click for the answer. Click again to go to the next slide. Fun activity for the end of the year, last day of school, or for summer camp. 25 slide PowerPoint Skill Level - Medium

Writing Paper - Seasonal Packet. Handy to have at the beginning of the year or at the end of the year. 25 different styles of lined writing paper for different times of the year. Dashed lines help develop handwriting. Fall, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Valentine's, St. Patrick's, Spring, Birthday, and more. Students will love writing poems and stories on these decorative papers. - HappyEdugator

Valentine Mythology - Cupid Candy Search. In this engaging Valentine's Day activity, students try to identify the different types of candy names used in the story about Cupid. Can be used individually, in small groups, or as a listening activity. Develop attention and have fun! Includes a handout on puns, for discussion about what a pun is, and a student activity to make a "punny" class joke book. Updated February 2015. Enjoy! - HappyEdugator