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Order, Chaos, and the Holiday Season

Let’s write a holiday song about order and chaos!

Greekymon Studies – Round 1

What might a creature named “Ursolunascope” be like?

Introduction to Puzzlements

★ Bookmarked • For Teachers

How I accidentally discouraged curiosity in my classroom.

Introducing Universal Theme of Power

So what could you do with a Universal Theme of Power? Well, here’s an introduction that will get your students’ brains sweating.

Fancier Figurative Language: Use the Opposite

Let’s start with “As cold as fire.”

Word Ladders Introduction

You won’t believe how this spelling and vocabulary puzzle will get kids’ brains sweating over the smallest of words.

Writing A Thanksgiving Letter

What if an inanimate object could express thanks for a special person in your life? What would it write?

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!

Place Value (Beyond Base 10)

Place value is something we cover in elementary school. It seems simple, but I’d wager that very few adults really understand the topic. I sure didn’t until I worked with non-base-10 number systems in college. Your students can get a taste of this mind-boggling experience by imagining what it would be like if we didn’t have the number 9. What would each digit represent then?

Jabberwocky and Context Clues

Context clues lessons can be a disaster. Here, we expose students to a delightful classic packed with nonsense words (“Jabberwocky”) and ask them to decipher the meanings and parts of speech. Then, it’s only natural for students to write their own nonsense poems.

Propaganda and Logical Fallacies

Let’s see how propaganda techniques can make even something great seem bad.

Historic Social Media

How would people from history have interacted online? Students will develop a conversation online between people involved in the same event from history.

Greekymon

Your class will become a wonderland of imaginary creates with Greek and Latin names.

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!

Fancier Figurative Language: Start with a Cliche

We’ll start with the cliché “as cold as ice” and go somewhere much more interesting.

Greek and Latin Dinosaur Names

Let’s create a new dinosaur using Greek and Latin stems!