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All Series

Language Arts

Better Presentations

Improving Presentations 4: The Big Day

Parts of Speech Party

Parts of Speech Party – Gift

Writing

Ways To Start Sentences

Ways to Start a Sentence – Level 1

Emoji Prompts

Random Emoji Prompt Generator

Halloween Emoji Prompts

Halloween Emoji Story 🎃

Holiday Emoji Prompts

Holiday Emoji Story ⛷️

Writing About Art

Writing About Art: Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons

Robot Writing

Robot Writing: Volcano

Mixed Up Paragraphs

Automobiles – Mixed Up Paragraph

Spice Up Your Writing

Writing Technique: Opposite Adjectives

Fancier Figurative Language

Fancier Figurative Language: Start with a Cliche

Super Specific Similes

Super Specific Similes: Loud Class

Writing Better Stories

Better Stories Part 5: Plot Structure

Vocabulary

Word Ladders

Word Ladder: Fire to Warm (4 Steps)

Multiple Meaning Matchers

Multiple Meaning Matcher – Delta

Idioms

Sets of Idioms

Greek and Latin Word Parts

Plexidemokinesis (Greek and Latin)

Depth and Complexity Icons

Power

Introducing Universal Theme of Power

Change

Generalization: Change Leads to More Change

Systems

Introducing Universal Theme of Systems

Conflict

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

Order and Chaos

Chaos Makes Sense (Later)

Introducing Depth and Complexity

Depth and Complexity: Patterns

Enrichment

Factors and Codes

Factors and Codes (Episode 1)

Self Portraits

Self Portraits: Pointillism

Codes and Ciphers

Path Cipher (Codes Part 4)

Math

Olympic Pool Equivalence

An Olympic Sized Pool and Jet Fuel (Episode 3)

Caffeine Investigation

A Caffeine Investigation – Part 2

Professional Development

Depth and Complexity Renovations

A Chapter’s 🏛️ Big Idea

Models of Instruction

Running A Group Investigation Lesson

Better Questions

Asking Questions That Make Students Think

Updating Old Questions

From “Too Many Choices” To “One Quality Task”

Social Studies

Create A Civilization

Create A Civilization: Calendars