This royalty free Christmas drama bundle contains 1 monologue, 2 reader’s theater scripts, 7 one act plays, 2 choral readings and 9 short skits A few of those included are: The Innkeeper’s Wife (3 versions) Characters: 4-5, run time: 5-7 minutes It is eleven years after Jesus is born and the Innkeeper’s wife retells the story of Jesus birth to her three children. One version splits the lines with the husband. Elizabeth - a monologue by the mother of John the Baptist on Christmas Eve. She is doubly blessed with a son (finally) and to be alive at the coming of the Messiah. Run time: 2 minutes Elizabeth and Zechariah - Characters: 2, run time: 2-3 minutes. The couple decides to leave civilization and bring John up in the desert because of Herod’s violent jealousy over a rival king Dateline: Bethlehem - Reactions to Jesus Birth. Characters: 9 M, 3F, 3 either; doubling possible, Run time: 22 minutes Jasmine’s Star - Teenaged Jasmine, granddaughter of one of the Magi, decides she’s going to disguise herself and join the caravan following the star of Bethlehem, dragging childhood companion Meshach into another one of her “hare brained” schemes. Meanwhile King Herod takes extreme measures to protect his throne from a rival king. Characters: 12 M, 3 F, as many extras as desired Run Time: 2 acts, 45 min

By Kathy Applebee Included are clues, directions and answer keys, hints, and reflection questions. Content area: Bible, ancient history, prophesy, Christmas Based on: Daniel 1-6, 9 and Matthew 2 Recommended Ages/ target audience: Upper elementary to adult Ideal Group Size: 7 to 12 Suggested Time: How long do you anticipate players needing to complete this game? 60 minutes plus additional time for reflection. STORY: The Star has appeared in the sky and magi in the East hasten to break the seal on a document left by the prophet Daniel. The scroll speaks of a treasure that has been hidden and locked away for this time. It must be found quickly and delivered to the Messiah. But time is short and the star moves. Can your group decode, decipher and unlock in time to gather the treasure and follow the star? MATERIALS NEEDED 3 and 4 number combo locks, 5 letter lock, shape/directional lock, UV light pen and flashlight, large box, 1 large and 1 small break out boxes, 2 small keyed lock boxes, 3 regular locks with keys, 6 lock hasp

An Easter or anytime archeology Break Out by Kathy Applebee STORY: The Pilate Inscription, on a stone tablet found in Caesarea, mentions the name of Pontius Pilate the “Prefect of Judea.“ Someone wants to destroy the artifact and it’s up to you to find and save it before the bad guys arrive to claim it. LOCKS, KEYS, BOXES, etc. NEEDED 4 regular type locks with keys 2 Break Outboxes and 1 other box or lockable drawer 1 or more NIV Bibles 1 UV flashlight finder The 2 sets of clues from the clues .PDFs Content area: Archeology, ancient history, New Testament studies and proofs, Jesus death and burial Recommended Ages/ target audience: Any; Ideal Group Size: 4 to 10 Suggested Time: 10 minutes introduction, 60 minutes playing time, additional time for debriefing activities.

STORY: You get a call from Professor Arti Phact of the Museum of Ancient History. He needs your help to thwart Apollyon and unlock the container holding the real display info, and swap it with the misleading display information. Just as Dr. Phact is about to tell you exactly what to do, his cell phone dies. The museum opens in one hour. Can you use the clues available to open the container to get out the real display label, switch it with the fake and remove the fake document? Included are clues, directions and answer keys, hints, and reflection questions. NEEDED Locks and boxes Large and small break out boxes, 5 letter lock, 3 number combo, 4 number combo, 4 shape or direction lock, optional: 2 Regular keys and locks, UV pen and finder

You have been locked in a tower dubbed the 21st Century Tower of Babel. All those who enter find themselves at some sort of communication disadvantage. These disadvantages become permanent unless you find the KEY to the tower and exit within one hour. Those who can and will work together despite handicaps will obtain the key and a prize. This free product was created to be used with Breakout EDU boxes but can be adapted to other systems. Includes directions, clues, answer key and reflection questions.

Force, energy, motion and work bingo contains directions, markers, 3 levels of clues and cards. (65 total unique cards) Card sets are color coded for the teacher to make it easier to differentiate instruction. Additional variation makes it less obvious to students.

Save time while engaging students in multi-purpose gallery walk. During this Gallery Walk, students use a dichotomous key to classify plants, determine what adaptations they have and how they fit in food webs. Part of the Life science bundle Gallery walks spur active involvement through discussion, collaboration (appealing to interpersonal learners), analysis & synthesis and require students to physically move around the room (engaging kinesthetic learners). Teachers can informally assess based on what they hear and observe or formally assess based on conclusions generated. Eleven stations allow students to examine the 11 photos of leaves, use the dichotomous key to determine their genus and species and apply critical thinking to answer the adaptation questions included at each station. 17 pages (.PDF) in a ZIP file. Package includes: activity, a dichotomous key, writing prompts with graphic organizer, rubric, reader’s theater one page scene, links to online games and resources.

Save time while engaging students in multi-purpose gallery walk. During this Gallery Walk, students use a dichotomous key to classify clouds and draw conclusions about the weather. Each of the 9 stations has a photo (and two extra credit questions to allow for tiered instruction) Five additional stations cover other weather related topics requiring students to use what they know or read to interpret the pictures. Answer key and links to online games included in 30 page (.PDF) in a zip file. This is part of the Earth and space science bundle Eleven writing picture prompts are included for interdisciplinary creative writing. Combining the activities makes collaboration between English and science easy and productive. Included are poetry, metaphor, simile, narrative and sensory writing prompts. Gallery walks spur active involvement through discussion, collaboration (appealing to interpersonal learners), analysis & synthesis and require students to physically move around the room (engaging kinesthetic learners). Teachers can informally assess based on what they hear and observe or formally assess based on conclusions generated. Check out leaf & plant adaptations dichotomous key & gallery walk

Save time, increase student interest and review related vocabulary with this bingo game. Full version includes multiple clues for each concept and 25 total bingo cards. No two bingo cards are alike. Each card contains a statement, definition, example, graphic or fill-in-the-blank which corresponds to a clue. Includes transverse and compression waves, telescopes, microscopes, refraction, reflection, opaque, transparent, translucent, ultrasound, sonar, electromagnetic spectrum, amplitude, wavelength, frequency, concave/convex lenses and more. Markers include graphics which help students visualize concepts. To make long lasting cards, run on card stock and laminate. It is easy to add in your own clues or even use student generated clues, worksheets or workbooks for additional clues. Teacher can choose which cards and clues for specific topics or use all the cards for review or introducing a unit to assess student background knowledge. DIFFERENTIATION NOTE: Card titles vary slightly so the teacher can differentiate instruction by level of difficulty. See directions for a full explanation. Teaching suggestion: Have students silently or with a partner read over their cards before beginning and allow them to ask questions before starting. Teacher reads the marker chip and students must find their corresponding marker and place it on the appropriate spot. Allow students to mark any square/spot/answer that fits the marker. Some cards contain pictures which might fit multiple concepts. Base your acceptance on their rationale. (The pictures match is not a good rationale.) When a student has 4 in a row and calls bingo, they must read aloud the marker and square chosen. If they are correct, they win. Clear cards, trade cards (teacher's choice) and play again. If they are incorrect, the first student who raises their hand and corrects the mistake gets to cover any square of their choice as a bonus (promotes listening). Game continues.

Easy and fun way to teach or review the Periodic Table. Students learn atomic number, mass, calculation of neutrons, groups and periods while discovering holiday themed words and phrases. Includes directions and samples to scaffold students to group or independent work, Contains: *21 sets of clues for 21 Halloween words with separate answer key. Can be used as enrichment, bell ringers or exit tickets (.PDF) *BONUS 9 other holiday clues (3 each) for review later on (Christmas, Valentine’s Day, Easter) Ideas for using this product: 1. Place one per day as a warm up, exit ticket, homework or anchor activity. 2. Place students in teams of 2-3 to complete the worksheet, deliberately pairing a student familiar with the Periodic Table with one who may be linguistically inclined. If you are awarding points, give 1 point for being the first person or team done, 1 point for each correct symbol and 1-2 points for unscrambling the word(s). 4. Eliminate hints such as number of words for an extra challenge.

A fun way to teach or review the Periodic Table. Students learn atomic symbols, number, mass, calculation of neutrons, groups and periods while practicing rounding decimals. Students must determine the symbol of the element based on clues, then unscramble the letters to discover a football related word. Included Directions to introduce the Periodic Table, how the unscramble works and links to review games, online Periodic Tables. .PDF Student copy of 22 sets of clues for 22 words and NFL teams. Can be used as warm ups, anchor activities, exit tickets, homework or a solo or group activity A second student copy with more support in included (student tiered) .PDF teacher answer key

Want to liven up teaching punctuation? Try punctuation bingo. Played like regular bingo with 30 unique cards. You provide the markers. It is easy to have students make up new clues or even use worksheets, websites or workbooks for additional clues. Includes period, comma, colon, semicolon, brackets, parenthesis, ellipsis, exclamation point, quotation marks, question mark, parenthesis, slash, dash, hyphen and apostrophe. To make long lasting cards, run on card stock and laminate. Part of the Bingo bundle for English language arts. Check out other language arts bingos Parts of speech bingo (2 levels) Parts of speech bingo (4 levels) Prefixes bingo Fruit of the Spirit bingo freebie

Looking for a fun way to introduce, reinforce, review or informally assess knowledge of prefixes? Try Prefix bingo with 123 clues and 38 colorful and unique bingo cards. You provide the markers. It is easy to add in your own clues or even use worksheets or workbooks for additional clues. Includes un-, dis-, re- and other common prefixes as well as scientific and numerals (circum-, pente- bi-, etc) Laminate on card stock to use dry erase markers and use year after year. Check out other language arts bingos Parts of speech bingo (2 levels) Parts of speech bingo (4 levels) Punctuation bingo Fruit of the Spirit bingo freebie

Does grammar elicit groans? Need a fun activity to teach or review parts of speech? Parts of Speech bingo comes in four levels making differentiation a snap. Part of the Bingo bundle for English language arts. Markers, 56 unique cards, clues and directions included. Card sets are color coded for the teacher to make it easier to differentiate instruction. Additional variation makes it less obvious to students. Laminate for longer use. Level 1 covers the 8 basic parts as well as action vs. state of being verbs, singular and plural nouns. Level 2 adds in comparative and superlative adjectives and common vs. proper nouns. Level three contains additional clues for personal and possessive pronouns and possessive, concrete and abstract nouns. Level four brings in additional pronoun types. Check out other language arts bingos Parts of speech bingo (2 levels) Prefixes bingo Punctuation bingo Fruit of the Spirit bingo freebie

Save time and energy while challenging your students with this weather game. Provides three levels of play. Contains cloud types, weather instruments, weather map info, layers of atmosphere and more. Full version contains 41 unique cards and markers to run off (and laminate for long lasting fun). No two bingo cards are alike. Most markers container color graphics. Blank bingo card is included if you or the students wish to make your own card. Cards are in .PDF format with JPEG markers. Check out other weather related products Cloud & weather gallery walk Cloud & storm PPT Freebie Cloud reader's theater (Get sorted at Cloudwarts) Weather scripts (4 reader's theaters) Weather & water cycle card game Weather jumbo pack (4 reader’s theater scripts, 2 PPT, card game, this bingo and gallery walk)

Simple machines made simple! Full-color graphics make these cards appealing and their versatility makes them useful over and over again. (.PDFs in a ZIP folder) Included • Set of 52 playing cards • Set of six 8”x11” posters for bulletin board and/or vocabulary gallery walk • Set of eight 8”x11” science writing prompts (RAFT writing) • Rules for card game This colorful card game is aligned with the Next Generation Life Science standards and the Virginia SOLs pkus includes Marzano strategy for vocabulary development. . The graphics on each card will help ESL and struggling readers. These card games provide an excellent anchor activity for students who finish early or need a challenge and additional materials such as links to online games, energy burst games and writing prompts based on research based strategies to improve student learning are included. These games can be used to differentiate instruction or provide tiering (cards can also be used as a sort rather than a game for struggling students.) Games are motivating and engage students in higher level strategy thinking and promote interaction with others while remaining focused on topic. Check out other science card games including weather, water cycle, food chains and adaptations, mitosis, digestion, the circulatory system and Germ Warfare.

Full-color graphics make these cards appealing and their versatility (4 card games plus 5 kinesthetic games can be played with them) makes them useful over and over again. Student learn about not only food chains and webs but also animal and plant adaptations, biomes and classification. (.PDFs in a ZIP folder) Included • Set of 56 playing cards • Set of 39 matching 8”x11” science writing prompts (RAFT writing) • Set of 56 matching 8” x11” posters for bulletin boards or to laminate and use for kinesthetic games • Rules for 4 card games, 5 energy burst games and links to online resources This colorful card game is aligned with the Next Generation Life Science standards and the Virginia SOLs. The graphics on each card will help ESL and struggling readers. These card games provide an excellent anchor activity for students who finish early or need a challenge and 2-5 minute energy burst games are based on research based strategies to improve student learning. These games can be used to differentiate instruction or provide tiering (cards can also be used as a sort rather than a game for struggling students.) Games are motivating and engage students in higher level strategy thinking and promote interaction with others while remaining focused on topic.

Save time and energy while challenging your students with this plant bingo game. Provides three levels of play with headers color coded for easy differentiation or tiered lessons. Graphics help students visualize. Part of the Life science bundle Contains plant parts (leaves, sepals, roots, sigma, pistil, xylem, phloem), processes (photosynthesis, transpiration), plant adaptations (water lily, cactus, evergreens, deciduous, etc.), classification (angiosperm, gymnosperm, (non) and vascular) and other plant related vocabulary. Full version contains 51 unique cards, directions with links to free games and other internet resources, hard and medium/easy cues and markers to run off (and laminate for long lasting fun). No two bingo cards are alike. Most markers container color graphics. .PDF files in a ZIP folder.

Cell organelles, processes and functions are often difficult concepts to grasp but the Organelle card game will increase interest in the subject and help students see how they all fit together. This colorful card game is aligned with the Next Generation Science standards and the Virginia SOLs. The game consists of 82 unique cards, cell diagrams, rules, a “cheat sheet” chart and two variations on the rules to include viruses and chemical formulas for cellular respiration and photosynthesis. Run off on card stock and laminate for years of use. The graphics on each card will help ESL and struggling readers. The game provides an excellent anchor activity for students who finish early or need a challenge. A number of online games and resource links are included. This game can be used to differentiate instruction or provide tiering if cards are used as a sort rather than a game for struggling students. Part of the Life science bundle Check out other cell related products Super cell megapack Get the bundle and save big Cell cycle card game (mitosis) Cell bingo Games are motivating and engage students in higher level strategy thinking and promote interaction with others while remaining focused on topic. Check out other science card games including weather, water cycle, digestion, the circulatory system and Germ Warfare.

Save time and increase student interest and review related vocabulary with this bingo game. Full version includes over 60 clues and 25 total bingo cards. No two bingo cards are alike. Each clue contains a statement, definition, example or fill-in-the-blank which corresponds to a square on the card. Vocabulary: All organelles, mitosis, meiosis, Hooke and 4 other cell pioneers, active, passive transport, osmosis, diffusion, prokaryotic, eukaryotic and cell theory. Part of the Life science bundle and Super cell megapack Check out other cell related products Cell cycle card game (mitosis) Cell organelle & process card game Genetics package PPT, projects and printables Life science Reader's theater made easy Germ fighting package Teaching suggestion: Have students silently or with a partner read over their cards before beginning and allow them to ask questions before starting. Teacher reads the marker chip and students must find their corresponding marker and place it on the appropriate spot. Allow students to mark any square/spot/answer that fits the marker. When a student has 4 in a row and calls bingo, they must read aloud the marker and square chosen. If they are correct, they win. Clear cards, trade cards (teacher's choice) and play again. If they are incorrect, the first student who raises their hand and corrects the mistake gets to cover any square of their choice as a bonus (promotes listening). Game continues. To make long lasting cards, run on card stock and laminate. It's easy to add in your own clues or even use worksheets or workbooks for additional clues. Markers include graphics which help students visualize concepts. Teacher can choose which clues to use or use all to review, introduce a unit or assess student background knowledge. DIFFERENTIATION NOTE: Some cards are easier (title aligned right) and some harder (split title); most are mid level.