MLA Citations, MLA Formatting Plagiarism, and Paraphrasing are all essential skills for proficient writers. Students need to learn not only how to cite sources, but also why they need to give credit to the original sources.
*MLA version 8
Students learn the basics of MLA Citations, the reasons why plagiarism is wrong, how to summarize and paraphrase and how to give in-text citations.
This product is includes
MLA Power Point: 20 Slides Describing how to cite sources within a student writing. Bonus*
Included
Power Point (Both pdf and pptx versions)
What is Plagiarism?
Plagiarism questions
Plagiarism Brochure Activity
Paraphrasing and Summarizing Reading
Paraphrasing and Summarizing Reference Page
Reading Maps (3 formats)
Paraphrase: Honeybees
Paraphrase: Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
Paraphrase: The Snow Leopard
Paraphrase: Teacher/student choice
MLA Citations: Citing Your Research Reading (Answer Key Included)
MLA Citation Fundamentals
MLA Citations: Capture the Source Notecards
MLA Citation Scavenger Hunt
MLA Essay Assignment: Prompt
MLA Source Organizer
MLA Essay Planner
In-Text Citations
SAMPLE For Essay Assignment
Say it with me: snow, snow, snow, snow, snow, snow!!!!!
It is a snow day! Don't we all LOVE Snow Days?
This comprehensive packet explores the wonder of snow.
Students will discover the various colors of snow, the sounds of snow, the types of snow and more.
Kids will explore different types of snow formations, how to survive an avalanche, all about the snowflake enthusiast Wilson Bentley, and more.
Perfect for winter, weather, and snow studies in 4th-6th grade.
Activities Included in this pack:
KWL Chart about snow
My Weather Report
The color of snow reading
Comprehension questions: The color of snow
The Sound of Snow reading
Sound of snow maze
Types of snow reading
Fill in the blank: Types of snow
Snowfall, Snow-cover, and formations vocabulary (3 pages)
Crossword: Snowfall, Snow-cover, and Formations
Avalanche Reading
Tips to Surviving an Avalanche Flip-able
Wilson “snowflake” Bentley?
Comprehension Questions: Snowflake Bentley
Make paper snowflakes
Snowflake Sudoku
Studying geology this year with your students? These Earth Science and geology mini lessons are meant as a companion to all of the various topics your students will explore this year. Geology and Earth Science in general are fascinating and engaging. I hope your students enjoy these activities!
Topics covered:
Composition of the Earth: layers including core, outer core, mantle and crust, Rocks: metamorphic rock, igneous rock, sedimentary rock, and the rock cycle, minerals and all their glory, plate tectonics and oreos, weathering/erosion/deposition, glaciers, mountains: fold, fault-block, and volcanics, topography, topographical maps, volcanoes: cinder, composite, shield and lave dome, and earthquakes, and video records
11 Mini lessons and Activities Included
Layers of the Earth (5 pages)
Layersof the earth reading
Label the layers of the earth worksheet
Layers of earth poster labeled
Layers of the earth poster unlabeled
Layers of the Earth writing paper: Teacher created prompt.
Rocks (6 pages)
The Rock Cycle reading
Rock Cycle poster
Rock Cycle Writing
Label rock cycle (color and black and white)
Types of Rocks
Minerals (4 pages)
About Minerals reading
Mineral mini booklet
Minerals foldable
Types of minerals Writing
Plate Tectonics (6 pages)
About Plate tectonics reading (2 pages)
Oreo Lab: plate tectonics (2 pages)
Plate tectonics Word search and answer key (2 pages)
Weathering , Erosion, Deposition (7 pages)
Weathering Reading
Erosion Memory Game
Weathering writing
Glaciers (4 pages)
About Glaciers Reading
Glaciers foldable
Soil
About soil reading
Soil mini-booklet
Soil profile reading
Label soil
Mountains (5 pages)
Mountains reading
Mountain vocabulary
Mountain feature foldable
Mountain word search and answer key
Topography (4 pages)
Topography reading
Topography writing
Topography internet activity and questions
Volcanoes (5 pages)
Volcano reading
Volcano vocabulary
Ring of fire
Volcano in a cup lab
Volcano writing
Earthquakes (5 pages)
Earthquake reading
Earthquake questions
Earthquake project and rubric
Make a seismograph project
Video record sheet
End of Year Activities and Games: 3rd Grade
Most of these products are No Prep: Just print and go!
It’s the End of the Year!
End of year activities
End of game awards
End of year games
Kids and teachers alike love to celebrate the end of the year!
Here are some End of the Year Activities and games for you and your students!
As a teacher you know how important it is to celebrate the end of year with your students.
Honestly, I love summer as much as my kids!
These end of the year activities and games are a fun way to wrap up the year and simply enjoy your students. Adaptable for 1-4th Graders
End of the Year Activities and Games includes These 13 Activities:
Letter Writing Activity: Dear Next Year’s Class
Literature Hall of Fame: Kids record their favorite reads of the year
Puzzle: Favorite/Most important things I learned Puzzle
Graphing Game: Kids work together to count Wednesdays, math tests, holidays, and Thursday and then graph their results.
People of the Year Booklet: Who’s who in your class?
Best of the Best Election: Kids work together to highlight each
student’s special character qualities
Scavenger Hunt: two levels!
Movie Day: Always a big hit
Good Gossip: A lesson on edification and appreciation
Games:
Human Knots
Pass the Hula Hoop
Mine Field
Parables were a powerful tool that Jesus used to teach about Him and the way we should live our lives. The pearl of great price is exactly one of those parables. Jesus is the merchant purposefully looking for his "pearls". This Bible Study give kids the ability to understand that Jesus sought them out personally.
This Bible Study includes:
~Introduction survey about treasure
~What would you do if you found your treasure
~Pearl of Great Price Writing booklet
~Pearl of Great Price foldable (cut and paste)
~Comprehension/discussion questions
~Black out word search
~Maze
All young children need to master fine motor control to equip them for handwriting, math, and more.
Some of the Activities:
Fine Motor Skills: 4 lacing cards
Fine Motor Skills: 2 "Make Your Own" Fold-able Clocks- Lift the flap to see how to read the minute hand more clearly.
Fine Motor Skills: 6 Circle Time Tracing and shading Task cards
Fine Motor Skills: 24 Scissor Skills Task Cards
including fall, winter, spring, and holiday themes!
Perfect for centers, homeschoolers, group activities, and quiet time.
Embrace the Force.
Kids of all ages love Star Wars.
These Star Wars themed activities will grab your kid’s attention.
16 Multiplication Activities Included
Bubble in the multiple pages for 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12's
Multiplication Tables
Multiplication Targets
Multiplication Target Blank
Multiplication: Bar Graph
Mastering 3rd grade Multiplication
Perfect for substitutes
Excellent math fact practice
Insects cannot be explored without studying the queens of insects: honeybees!
Everything your students need to dive into learning about Honeybees. These industrious insects are fascinating to study when exploring the wonderful world of Insects.
This unit is included in my Insect Bundle!
No Prep: Just print and go!
Studying Insects and/or Bees? These 24 Activities are a great companion.
A great stand alone unit, or complement to an existing unit.
Have Fun!
Insect Activities Included
Bee Science
KWL Chart about Bees
About “Honeybees” Nonfiction Reading
Honeybees: Reading and Comprehension Questions
Anatomy of a Honeybee
Draw a Honeybee
Life Cycle of a Honeybee
Honeybee Hive Reading
KWL Chart: Honey
Uses for Honey Activity
Queen Honeybee Reading and Questions
Worker Honeybee Reading and Maze
Bee Sting
Bee Writing
“Life of a Worker Bee” Booklet
Honeybee Jobs Reference Sheet
Cut and Paste Images
Template
Creative Writing
Prompts (Journal writing)
Bee Paper
Bee Math
Hex Maze
Hex Fractions
Research Activity
Extension Activity/Video Response
Budget 101: Real Life Math
Grades 6th-High School
Budget development and management is a necessary life skill. Budgeting should be taught and revisited each year as students move from middle school through high school so they are prepared to manage their money after graduation.
Budgeting is often neglected, and this project is a perfect introduction and review for students learning to budget and manage their money.
Included in this Budget Project
Create a Budget notebook and learn about:
Donations
Savings
Rent
Utilities
Food
Insurance
Gas
Phone
TV/Internet
Medical
Clothes
Entertainment
3rd Grade Math: Fall Multiplication Worksheets: Mazes: Sudoku: Target Math
These Fun Math worksheets are all centered around 3rd Grade multiplication practice and mastery.
9 No PREP 3rd Grade Math-Multiplication Activities Included in this pack:
3rd Grade Math: Multiplication- Mazes solved with multiples
3rd Grade Math- Sudoku puzzles
3rd Grade Math: Multiplication-Candy Corn Multiplication Families
Answer Keys Included
Happy Mother's Day Craft
Adorable flower pot template with "fold and cut" flowers
Mother's Day Craft: 10 all About Mom pages
Mother's Day Craft: Video Preview!
Preview the craft here!
Perfect for Gift for Mom this Mother's Day
Kids of all ages will love giving mom this heart felt gift for Mother's Day
(Grandma pages included as well!)
Includes:
Mother's Day Craft templates
direction with photos
10 customizable booklet pages
cut and paste activities
scissor skill practice
creative writing
games
and more
Daniel 1 provides kids with the example of pre-determining their behavior. Daniel “purposed in his heart” to keep himself pure before the Lord.
The focus of this packet is to learn that we can decide in advance to love the Lord and to live clean lives.
Activities include:
What does your name mean?
Your New name
Daniel 1 reading and fill in the blank page
“What’s in a name” activity
Purposing in your heart Memory verse activity
Take home puzzle
Take home bracelet
Daniel 4: King Nebuchadnezzar’s Tree Dream
A Lesson in Pride and Humility
King Nebuchadnezzar’s Tree dream is warning that his pride will be his fall. The king refuses to accept that God is the one who put him into power and as a result ends up going mad for 7 years. When he finally humbles himself and raises his eyes toward heaven his sanity is returned and he praises the Lord.
This packet includes everything you need to present this Bible Story to kids ages 4-10.
Included
Lesson Plan
Folder cover
Story board Pieces
King Paper Bag Puppet Template
MAD King Paper Bag Puppet Template
Finger Puppet
Take Home Story Board sheet
11 Jokes Solved with Multiplication
3rd Grade Math: single digit multiplication to solve Fall Themed Jokes
Multiplication worksheets for 3rd Grade: Making math fun
Fall Themed
Halloween Themed
3rd Grade: Mastering Multiplication
Perfect for substitutes
Excellent math fact practice
3rd Grade Christmas
Christmas coloring activities delight most students. These bookmarks and coloring pages use Christmas Zentangle designs and make beautiful keepsakes and gifts.
Great for k-4th Grade
Great class party prizes, gifts, activities, substitute activities, homeschool and more
24 3rd Grade Christmas Bookmarks: Includes
Christmas Bookmark Ornament Zentangles
Christmas Bookmark Ornament Zentangles blank
Christmas Bookmark Candy canes
=Christmas Bookmark Gingerbread men
Christmas Bookmark Stockings
Includes a complete “for you” set as well!
Christmas Coloring pages
Ornaments
Candy canes
Stockings
Gingerbread
The scientific method is the cornerstone of science.
As your students explore their world, teach them the skills to evaluate what they are learning. The scientific method is not just a step by step procedure, but a way of problem solving!
Included
Scientific Method Notebook Poster
Question, Hypothesis, and Materials Sheet
Procedure Sheet
Observation and Conclusions Sheet
Scientific Method Wheel Craft
Safety First: Safety rules
Simple Language Sheets for Younger Students:
Scientific Method Notebook Poster
Question, Hypothesis, and Materials Sheet
Procedure Sheet
Observation and Conclusions Sheet
Magic Tree House: Extension Activities for Dinosaurs Before Dark for 2nd-4th graders
Activities include:
Magic Tree House: check list for all Magic tree house books
Magic Tree House: crossword puzzle
Magic Tree House: mapwork
Magic Tree House: make a word activity
Magic Tree House: make a prediction
Magic Tree House: sequencing the story
Magic Tree House: maze
Magic Tree House: KWL Chart about Dinosaurs
Magic Tree House: Search the text Activity
Bible Study BUNDLE #1 (over 200 pages)
Bible studies with kids are dear to my heart. I love seeing the amazement in their eyes as they learn about the LORD.
These bible studies are perfect for home, homeschool, and Sunday school.
Bible Studies included:
NEW: Bible Study: Pearl of Great Price
Bible Study: Transfiguration of Jesus-Matthew 17.
**New** Days of Creation
3rd grade Advent Activities
Health: Sex Ed and Abstinence
What I can learn from the Ant
Roman Road: Road to Salvation
SOAP Bible Study
A Lesson on Prayer from Nehemiah: Prayer Watches
Daniel 1: Trusting God
Daniel 4: King Nebuchadnezzar's Tree Dream
21 Movie/video Response MEGA Pack Printables
Looking for a fun, open ended way to assess what a student learns during a movie? These movie response worksheets help your student respond to and interact about any video or movie!
Literacy activity, literacy centers, homework, homeschooling
Use these printables to help your student pull the core of the message from the movie.
Choose your focus:
Movie: free write/ response
Movie: comprehension questions
Movie: vocabulary development
Movie: setting
Movie: plot
Movie: characters
and more.
Extension Activities for The Knight at Dawn for 2nd-4th graders
Activities include:
check list for all Magic tree house books
Reading Goal Poster
Make Your Own Reading Passport
Magic Tree House Booklist
KWL Chart about KNIGHTS
Word Search-easy
Word Search-challenge
Silent K
In the Armory
Shield Maze
Answer Keys
Perfect for:
homeschoolers
reading extension activities
homework
substitutes