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

In this pack you will get 12 editable character awards for the end of the year. You may choose 4 different styles of boys and girls, and also if you want color or black and white. You may choose to use one of the ready made awards, or create your own since the character words are editable. You may move text around to where you like it as well. The character traits included for the awards are: Respect Responsibility Trustworthiness Compassion Friendship Perseverance Cooperation Patience Honesty Citizenship Kindness Sense of Humor These are easy to use...just type in student name, your name and date. Then print and you are ready to go. 96 pages. Enjoy! - HappyEdugator

Easter Creative Writing Activity - The Very Large Egg. Especially fun for Easter, but enjoyable anytime. Sightings of giant eggs have been reported in various parks in the country. Students will look at the different photographs of the eggs, and then choose one picture to write about. Encourages students to use their imagination as they answer the questions and write a story that really engages readers. This activity can be done as a whole group, by projecting the photos on a whiteboard, and having the students write individually. Activities can be printed for differentiation. Also can be used in centers and for cooperatvie learning groups. - HappyEdugator

Seventh Grade by Gary Soto Preview PowerPoint. Introduce the short story 7th grade by the author Gary Soto. Develops background knowledge. Information about the author. Images compare Fresno, California to Paris, France. Vocabulary connection includes words like tortilla, fiesta, and siesta. Students are reminded to think about the author's purpose and the theme of the story as they read. There are several slides with images of different Gary Soto books for students who might be interested in reading books by this author. I use this presentation to introduce the story to my students. Includes a graphic organizer of the elements of fiction which you can print out for your students. Story is about the going back to school experience of a middle grades boy who wishes to impress a certain girl. - HappyEdugator

End of the Year - Good-bye Cards. Send your students off with this cute little poem that will show how much you care! Personalize these good-bye cards with each student’s name and your name, then print out. Make great gift labels, or use by themselves. Ladybug theme. Business card size...can be printed out on business cards from Avery. Ten cards per sheet. Editing allowed for your classroom use only. You can type in student name and teacher name. You can also remove those fields. The poem itself is not editable, but you can remove the poem and write your own instead. Happy summer! - HappyEdugator

Students should have a growth mindset and think positive! This set of 3 bookmarks will be inspirational. You get four color bookmarks to a 8 1/2 x 11 page. Motivational quotes on the power of positive thinking. The first bookmark is Think Strong... stop being afraid of what could go wrong and think of what could go right. The second bookmark says We Can Do Hard Things...and gives a list of positive thinking alternatives. The last bookmark says Keep Calm and Stay Positive...Positivity is the key to Learning. Print out on card stock and laminate for durability. Enjoy! - HappyEdugator ©2016 HappyEdugator.

Thanksgiving Reader's Theater - Gobble It Up. A first Thanksgiving play script or Thanksgiving reader's theater; On the first Thanksgiving, the Pilgrims and the Indians are coming together for a three day feast, and Mr. Turkey Lurkey has to take cover. There are 26 short speaking parts, so everyone can be involved! It takes approximately 20-25 minutes to be performed. No costumes necessary, but you can dress it up. Fun November educational activity based on facts on the history of Thanksgiving! Two versions included - one with a smaller print (4 pages) to save on copies, and one with a larger font for reading ease (8 pages). No need to memorize lines. My students loved reading it, and I am sure yours wil enjoy this Thanksgiving activity, too! Print and go. No prep. Happy Thanksgiving! - HappyEdugator

The Cremation of Sam McGee SMARTBOARD Activities. Poetry analysis on the smart board and writing activities for the poem by Robert Service. This poem is set at Christmas time in the Arctic in the late 1800's. Includes links to background information on the Klondike Gold Rush, Vocabulary words and definitions, a Vocabulary game, a link to the full text of the poem, Figurative language examples and interactive quiz, Comprehension questions and answers, links to a reading of the poem and a video, and writing activities. Includes a final writing task that supports common core standards. Enjoy!

Thanksgiving Play - A Joyful Harvest. A short Thanksgiving play or skit that is quick and easy to perform, and fun! Set on the first Thanksgiving. Four characters - a pilgrim boy and girl, and a native American boy and girl. A fun way to act out the preparations for the first Thanksgiving. Backdrop is forest on one side and grass on the other. The Pilgrim and Indian children talk about the upcoming harvest feast with excitement, play a game of pins, and end up naming the holiday. Based on actual history of Thanksgiving. Fun Thanksgiving activity! Print and go...can be done without props or backdrop as a reader's theater.

Christmas Figurative Language Memory Game PowerPoint. This Christmas PowerPoint game on figurative language is set up like the game Concentration. This Christmas game provides matching pairs made up of a literary term and its definition on one slide and an example from literature on another slide. For a fun December winter activity, the examples are related to Christmas. Examples come from such works as A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, Stopping By the Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost, and even The Grinch Who Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss. Some of the terms used in the game are metaphor, allusion, oxymoron, paradox, symbol, simile and irony. Click on the number on the board to reveal the card. Click on the number on the card or the arrow button to return to the board. Instructions on play are included, as well as a link to a Christmas music video to watch when the game is completed. Revised and Updated. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! -HappyEdugator

Christmas Writing Activity - Revising the lyrics of Christmas Songs. Get students engaged in some creative writing before the holidays. Fun! Students can rewrite some of their favorite Christmas songs, such as White Christmas, Jingle Bells, and The Grinch. Three writing templates to get them started. Fun practice for expanding vocabulary...finding synonyms in a thesaurus, experinmenting with words. Photographs of projects done in class. Have fun! - HappyEdugator

Halloween Spooky Synonyms PowerPoint and Writing Activity. Halloween themed PowerPoint about synonyms. Supports common core. First slides explain synonyms, give examples of synonyms, and why choosing the right words and using a thesaurus is useful when writing. Several colorful and animated slides then provide synonyms for common Halloween words such as candy, costume, scary, etc. The last slide is a writing activity where students use their new found vocabulary to write a Halloween story. A fun autumn activity to get your students writing. We had fun making this a listening and speaking activity. When a synonym slide came up, we would say the synonyms, and then I would ring a bell. They had 30 seconds to turn to their neighbor and answer the question at the bottom of the slide. After 30 seconds, I rang the bell again and they had to stop talking! Then we would repeat on the next slide. When we got to the activity slide, I let them tell their story to each other first before they had to write it. - HappyEdugator Standards: W.4.3, W.5.3d, W.6.3d, W.7.3d, W.8.3d

Have your students learn about holidays around the world and write acrostic poems about how people celebrate Christmas around the world. Includes informational text about ten different countries around the world and how they celebrate Christmas. You may wish to have students do additional research to write their poems. These are fun and easy to use for differentiation. You can choose longer or shorter poems for students, or you can give them choice. You can also require either words, phrases, or complete sentences on the lines. You can decide to rhyme or not. They do require some critical thinking and creativity. They make a great display, too. - HappyEdugator ©2016 HappyEdugator.

Ten activities to do with building brick blocks. Use the games individually on separate occasions, or make stations with them and have an event. Print out the cards and use to mark each station. Students go from station to station to complete the activities on the card. You can also break them into teams and see which team completes the activities first. Enjoy! - HappyEdugator

Easter Activity Pack - Literacy and Math Fun. Spring into spring with a 27 page packet. Includes an Easter writing prompt and coloring sheet, Easter writing paper, an Easter crossword, an Easter word search, an Easter acrostic poem sheet, an Easter poem writing sheet, Easter Syllables, Easter shopping math activities, Easter Fractions and Easter Decimals sheets, a Bunny Hop Search for Numbers divisible by 4, an Easter math puzzle, an Easter puppet template, an Easter bookmark, and Easter ABC order. Answer Keys included. Lots of fun for April!- HappyEdugator

End of the Year I Am Poem - Make a Poet T Craftivity. Fun end of the year activity, beginning of the year activity, or any time you study poetry. PowerPoint on how to make an I AM poem and transfer it onto a t-shirt. 11 slides will walk you and your students through the whole process. Format for writing a metaphor I AM poem, and a format for writing another I AM poem included. Literature connection - metaphor poem example from All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury. Students can use formats or create their own. Creative and fun! Students will love to wear their shirts. - HappyEdugator

George Washington's Breakfast by Jean Fritz PowerPoint Activities. Use this PowerPoint to go along with the book. Great for President's Day, or when introducing research. The book is about a boy who is on a quest to find out what his namesake had for breakfast. Includes information and links about the author, vocabulary, comprehension questions, photos from the Smithsonian and Mt. Vernon, and activities, including a recipe for hoecakes. Enjoy! - HappyEdugator

Christmas - Place Value. Math center Christmas activities for a week. →Place Value Center Games and Printables ~ 33 Pages Includes a black and white and a color version of each activity. What Number Am I? Teacher Directions 3 What Number Am I? Tens and ones (printable worksheet) 4-5 What Number Am I? Hundreds, tens, and ones (printable worksheet) 6-7 Center Signs –Word Form, Expanded Form, Standard Form 8-9 Build the Numeral Teacher Directions 10 Build the Numeral Sheet 11 Base Ten Blocks 12 Place Value Crossword Puzzle Teacher Directions 13 Place Value Crossword Puzzle 14-15 Place Value Crossword Puzzle Key 16-17 Fun with Digits Teacher Directions 18 1 –5 Digits 19-20 6 –10 Digits 21-22 Fun with Digits Practice Sheet 23-24 Making Numerals Activity Teacher Directions 25 Numeral Cards 26-27 Place Value Cards 28-30 Making Numerals Game Board 31-32 Card Container Labels 33

Writing Strategies for School Success PowerPoint. Includes back to school writing activities. Writing tips that give students easy to follow instructions for success on school writing assignments. Slides cover how to use effective sentences, an editing checklist, and how to go about writing an assortment of different writing situations, including: comparison/contrast paragraphs, book reports, friendly letters, business letters, expository text giving directions or explanations, selecting a topic for research reports, taking notes, writing an outline, writing a report with a bibliography, taking a test, and conducting and writing interviews

Character Education Word of the Month - PowerPoint for Character Education includes a slide defining the character word of the month. Each month has a Character Education Activity and an Award certificate. Each word has a suggested month, but the slides have been left editable so you can rearrange them and edit as needed for your classroom needs. Character Education Words included and suggested months are: Respect - August Responsibility - September Trustworthiness - October Compassion - November Friendship - December Perseverance - January Cooperation - February Patience - March Honesty - April Citizenship - May