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Language Arts

Improving Presentations 2: Planning The Outline

Better Presentations
Parts of Speech Party – Change

Parts of Speech Party

Writing

Ways to Start a Sentence – Part 3

Ways To Start Sentences
Emoji Stories 🐌

Emoji Prompts
Halloween Emoji Story 🎃

Halloween Emoji Prompts
Holiday Emoji Story 🍪

Holiday Emoji Prompts
Writing About Art: Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog

Writing About Art
Robot Writing: The Bridge

Robot Writing
Rainclouds – Mixed Up Paragraph

Mixed Up Paragraphs
Writing Technique: 3 Dependent Clauses

Spice Up Your Writing
Fancier Figurative Language: Use the Opposite

Fancier Figurative Language
Getting Specific With St. Patrick’s Day Writing

Super Specific Similes
Better Stories Part 2: Types of Conflict

Writing Better Stories

Vocabulary

Word Ladder – Cold to Cool (5-Steps)

Word Ladders
Multiple Meaning Matcher – Zeta

Multiple Meaning Matchers
Idioms about Weather

Idioms
Thermocryptograph (Greek and Latin)

Greek and Latin Word Parts

Depth and Complexity Icons

Power can be Visible or Invisible

Power
Introducing Universal Theme of Change

Change
Generalization: Systems Are Made up of Other Systems

Systems
Generalization: Problems Lead to New Rules, Which Lead to New Problems

Conflict
Order Can Be Natural or Constructed

Order and Chaos
Depth and Complexity: ⚖️ Ethics

Introducing Depth and Complexity

Enrichment

Factors and Codes (Episode 1)

Factors and Codes
Self Portraits: Pointillism

Self Portraits
Zig Zag Cipher (Codes Part 3)

Codes and Ciphers

Math

An Olympic Sized Pool and Lots of Pasta (Episode 2)

Olympic Pool Equivalence
A Caffeine Investigation – Part 3

Caffeine Investigation

Professional Development

A Chapter’s 🏛️ Big Idea

Depth and Complexity Renovations
Models of Instruction: Inquiry Training

Models of Instruction
Developing Questions that Prompt Thinking in Math

Better Questions
Don’t Make A Mere Model!

Updating Old Questions

Social Studies

Create A Civilization: Currency

Create A Civilization