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My teaching aids help your students to learn with interest and creativity. Each of my resources has been classroom tested and approved. I hope you and your students enjoy them, too!

My teaching aids help your students to learn with interest and creativity. Each of my resources has been classroom tested and approved. I hope you and your students enjoy them, too!
Asian Geography
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Asian Geography

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Each PowerPoint presentation shows your students about the unique geography of these Asian countries: Russia Japan Korea (north and south) China and Nepal India
Geography of Korea
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Geography of Korea

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This is a brief, but comprehensive overview of the geography of North and South Korea. Topics covered include: North Korea Mountains and uplands Plains Rivers Climate South Korea Rice fields Rivers Salt harvesting Green Tea Islands All are organized by the geographic region with photographs.
Geography of Russia
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Geography of Russia

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This is a brief, but comprehensive overview of the geography of Russia. Topics covered include: Steppes Volcanoes Mines Tundras Seaports Glacial lakes Caves Rock formations All are organized by the geographic region with photographs.
Geography of China and Nepal
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Geography of China and Nepal

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This is a brief, but comprehensive overview of the geography of China and its neighbor, Nepal. Topics include: Green algae blooms Yellow River Great Wall of China Mountains Lakes Oasis Hong Kong Natural bridges Plateau Mt. Everest All are organized by geographic area with photographs.
Geography of Japan
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Geography of Japan

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This is a brief, but comprehensive overview of the geography of Japan. Topics covered include: Archipelago Volcanoes Earthquakes Hiroshima Lakes Sandbars Climate Tsunami All are organized by geographic region with photographs.
Geography of India
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Geography of India

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This PowerPoint presents the eight geographic areas of India with a brief description, location, and representative pictures. The Himalayas North East Gangetic plain Thar Desert Central Highlands Deccan Plateau Eastern Ghats and Coast Western Ghats and Coast Bordering seas and islands
Social Distancing Games for Classroom or Remote Learning
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Social Distancing Games for Classroom or Remote Learning

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In this collection of games, I have helped you put the FUN in your day so you have some games that encourage social distancing among your students. They will be learning new ways to play traditional games and will learn some new games they can transfer to their home town playground, helping to keep them stay safe from infection there, too. Most of these games are for grades 4-8 but can be modified for older and younger students. Many of the games include a curricular component. Others encourage movement during the sedentary day. All involve FUN! Here is the list of titles for the games: Outdoor Games Tail tag Human Bingo Statues (with a twist) Kicker Golf March Mathness Indoor Games Clap Point clap Human Sudoku Rock, Paper, Scissors (with a twist) Word Wobble Where Did it Go? Let’s Draw a Picture The Masked Speaker (A game for masked players)8 BattleWord Design a Game Indoors or Outdoors Follow the Leader (with a twist) Common Ground Stop! Who is My Friend? (A game for masked players) Virtual Games 21 and Done Math Madness Wheel of Misfortune Silly Stories Four Corners – Distance Learning Style Virtual Scattergories
Compound Word Sudoku - Easy
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Compound Word Sudoku - Easy

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These puzzles operate the same way as numbered Sudoku puzzles except there are spaces filled with letters that spell a compound word. There are 15 compound word puzzles in a 9x9 grid for you students to solve and then guess the word. The first letter of the word is highlighted for them. An answer key at the end of the packet shows your students if they got their Sudoku correct. This is great for students who are done with their assigned work early!
Color and Shape Sudoku - Easy
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Color and Shape Sudoku - Easy

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You only need erasable colored pencils to have fun with these Sudoku puzzles. They operate the same way as numbered Sudoku puzzles except there are spaces filled with colors and shapes instead of numbers. These are great for your dyslexic students who have a difficult time with numbers. The shape puzzles add an additional degree of difficulty in that you have both colors and shapes that need to be placed in the appropriate squares. An answer key at the end of the packet shows your students if they got their Sudoku correct. There are 10 color Sudoku puzzle, 8 that use shapes, and 2 that have punctuation marks for a total of 20 puzzles. They are on a 9x9 grid. This is great for students who are done with their assigned work early!
FUN writing prompts - Nonfiction
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FUN writing prompts - Nonfiction

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Watch how eagerly your students investigate options for their creative writing assignments as they click on interactive images to find fun and interesting topics. The six basic categories are: Biography and World Records prompts How-to prompts How it’s Made prompts History Prompts Nature Prompts Personal Prompts Within each category are subcategories that link to ideas to explore. Colorful pictures encourage your students to creatively develop new stories. No longer do you need to read the same article about SpaceX!
FUN writing prompts - Fiction
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FUN writing prompts - Fiction

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Watch how eagerly your students investigate options for their creative writing assignments as they click on interactive images to find fun and interesting topics. The six basic categories are: Farm Prompts Fantasy Prompts School Prompts Neighborhood Prompts Vacation Prompts Time Travel Prompts Within each category are subcategories that link to ideas to explore. Colorful pictures encourage your students to creatively develop new stories. No longer do you need to read the same lost puppy story!
Room-to-Breathe Face Mask PATTERN
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Room-to-Breathe Face Mask PATTERN

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This mask PATTERN is unique in that it includes a dart on each side of a center seam to allow for easier breathing and less feeling of suffocation while wearing the mask. Detailed instructions are easy to follow with images for each step. Materials needed to complete this pattern are: • Two pieces of cotton fabric approximately 8” x 20” • Optional: If you want a three-layered mask, use a layer of interfacing and sew just like the top and bottom fabrics. • 4” piece of a pipe cleaner (for the nose pincher) • 26” of ¼” elastic, cut in half • OR 48” of ¼” ribbon, cut in half
Crazy Blanks Skit Starters - Camping Theme
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Crazy Blanks Skit Starters - Camping Theme

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This Mad-Libs© style resource includes 8 skit starters for camping (or classroom) fun: New Kid at the Camp Bunkhouse Blues A New Craft The Obstacle Course They Served What for Dinner? What I Bought at the Camp Store Campfire Tales Lost in the Woods To use this resource: Print enough directions sheets for each group. Print the individual Skit Starters on the reverse of these sheets. This resource can be used in many ways. You can give the same topic to each group and see how they are different when given different words to fill in the blanks. Or you can give each group a different topic for a variety of presentations. These can also be individual story starters for journal entries and assignments. Whichever way you use them, the children will enjoy creating their own stories and skits.
Newton's Three Laws of Motion - A Lock Box Escape Quest (WITH Math) for STEM Day
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Newton's Three Laws of Motion - A Lock Box Escape Quest (WITH Math) for STEM Day

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After your initial preparation, the beauty of this activity is that it is entirely student-driven! They will know whether they got the correct answer to the clue because there is a self-correcting code to crack. Everyone participates, because when one group finishes before the others, the rules of the quest include the instruction to split up and help another group finish. The instructions below are for 6 groups of students. If you have fewer groups, follow the directions in parentheses. Materials needed: Construction paper: Yellow, Red, and Blue 18 business-size envelopes (15 for 5 groups, 12 for 4 groups) 3 small boxes (shoe boxes are perfect) Copy paper 3 markers Adhesive tape Assorted prizes Preparation: 1. Print three lock images. It’s okay if you don’t have a color printer – simply print in black and white and attach to the colored construction paper. 2. Designate each box as Newton’s First Law (blue), Second Law (yellow), and Third Law (red). Attach the prepared lock images to each box. 3. Cut eighteen 3” x 5” rectangles from the yellow, red, and blue construction paper. Attach to the envelopes: 6 yellow, 6 red, and 6 blue. (15 for 5 groups, 12 for 4 groups) 4. Print the Clue Sheet for each combination. Insert it in the designated color envelope. 5. Before the students enter the room, hide the envelopes. 6. Show the PowerPoint. 7. At the BEGIN slide, let the students search for the envelopes. Remind them that only one person from a group may be up and searching. Each time they look for an envelope, a different group member searches for a different color. 8. When the students get their combination number, one person will enter it on the box locks. This activity has self-correcting answers! If they don’t get a number as an answer, they will know that it is incorrect! If you have fewer than six groups, simply place a random number in the spaces you don’t use. 9. When one group finishes with three different color envelopes, they are to split up and help other groups. 10. When all the groups have finished, go over all the examples for each of Newton’s Laws of Motion. Either let the students present their findings, or you can show the finished products to the class, elaborating on each. 11. Show the reward slides on the PowerPoint. Some examples of rewards include homework passes, extra points on tests, dollar store goodies, stickers, etc. 12. When the activity is over, post the examples of each law next to the locks so everyone can see each other’s examples every day for a while!
Matter Review - Jeopardy-style game
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Matter Review - Jeopardy-style game

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This interactive program covers these topics on matter: * Measuring * Properties of Matter * Changes of State * Physical and Chemical changes * States of Matter The format allows you to click between the main screen, the question, the incorrect answer screen, and the correct answer screen. When the question is used, the dollar amount changes color.
Geography of Korea
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Geography of Korea

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This is a brief, but comprehensive overview of the geography of North and South Korea. Topics covered include: North Korea * Mountains and uplands * Plains * Rivers * Climate South Korea * Rice fields * Rivers * Salt harvesting * Green Tea * Islands All are organized by the geographic region with photographs. NOTE: this is ONLY about the geography, not the politics of the region. Note: Make sure you play the PowerPoint, rather than simply look at the single slides. You'll see that some pictures and paragraphs disappear on a single slide before the next picture or paragraph appear on the same slide. I did this to create interest!
Geography of Russia
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Geography of Russia

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This is a brief, but comprehensive overview of the geography of Japan. Topics covered include: * Archipelago * Volcanoes * Earthquakes * Hiroshima * Lakes * Sandbars * Climate * Tsunami All are organized by geographic region with photographs. Note: Make sure you play the PowerPoint, rather than simply look at the single slides. You'll see that some pictures and paragraphs disappear on a single slide before the next picture or paragraph appear on the same slide. I did this to create interest!
Geography of Japan
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Geography of Japan

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This is a brief, but comprehensive overview of the geography of Japan. Topics covered include: * Archipelago * Volcanoes * Earthquakes * Hiroshima * Lakes * Sandbars * Climate * Tsunami All are organized by geographic region with photographs. Note: Make sure you play the PowerPoint, rather than simply look at the single slides. You'll see that some pictures and paragraphs disappear on a single slide before the next picture or paragraph appear on the same slide. I did this to create interest!
Geography of China and Nepal
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Geography of China and Nepal

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This is a brief, but comprehensive overview of the geography of China and its neighbor, Nepal. Topics include: * Green algae blooms * Yellow River * Great Wall of China * Mountains * Lakes * Oasis * Hong Kong * Natural bridges * Plateau * Mt. Everest All are organized by geographic area with photographs. Note: Make sure you play the PowerPoint, rather than simply look at the single slides. You'll see that some pictures and paragraphs disappear on a single slide before the next picture or paragraph appear on the same slide. I did this to create interest!
FUNtastic Family STEM Activities
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FUNtastic Family STEM Activities

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This mini-guide to STEM activities includes the following topics: Projects: Magic Rainbow Pop­Up Card - a service-learning project Create Rain From Ice Cubes Design a Bucky Ball Model Cooking Up A STEM Lesson: Egg Candling Creative Connections Game STEM Birthday Celebrations Go Figure Game Articles for adults: STEM Education Influences Future Career Plans Build Your Child's Library Continue Your FUNtastic Family STEM Adventures