Playlist: Bookmarks
Emoji Stories 🚗
Five emoji. One story. Where will your imagination take you?
Compare and Create New Year’s Traditions
Hey! Our New Year traditions have a lot in common.
Bobbing for Apples
What is bobbing for apples like… for an apple?
Words Within Words: Intro (SOLDIER)
How many words can you find within SOLDIER? 20? 35? 50? Even more!?
Back to School: Rewriting The Beatles’ “Help!”
Can your students come up with a one-syllable word to sum up their time away from school? And then rewrite The Beatles’ song Help!?
Fizz Buzz: A Counting and Divisibility Game
Ready for a tricky counting and divisibility game?
Writing A Thanksgiving Letter
What if an inanimate object could express thanks for a special person in your life? What would it write?
SCAMPER: Scaffolding Creativity
Asking students to “think creatively” won’t get you far. They won’t know how to start, they’ll get stuck with simple ideas, or they’ll just go completely wild. SCAMPER is a tool for scaffolding the process of creativity.
Student Introductions With Depth and Frames
Want to introduce the tools of Depth and Complexity and learn more about your students and introduce the Frame graphic organizer? Have I got the activity for you!
More Specific than “Smart”
When students are told that they’re “smart”, what does this word actually mean to them? (Psst. It isn’t what we intended.)
Depth and Complexity: 🏛️ Big Idea
Let’s get students thinking big and focusing on more abstract ideas.
Introduce Symbolism with Pixel Art
Create a pixelated icon that represents the essence of a character!
Creating A Classroom Motto
Starting with specific examples of fantastic classroom behavior, your class will end up with one sentence summing up their expectations. It’s a classroom motto!