Saturday, April 5, 2025

FREE MISC. LESSON - “Free Movement Brain Breaks Quick Exercise Group Games For Classroom Management”

by CreativeCOTA LLC
2nd - 4th Grade


Boost focus and energy with free movement brain breaks! Fingerprint Fun offers quick, engaging exercise breaks that support self-regulation, mindfulness, and social-emotional learning (SEL). These active classroom games help students refocus while promoting gross motor skills. Perfect for occupational therapy, school counseling, indoor recess, or a calm-down corner, this printable resource makes classroom transitions smoother and behavior management easier.

Key Features:

  • Movement and Brain Breaks: Ideal for incorporating into the classroom routine to energize and refocus students.
  • Social-Emotional Learning: Enhance students' self-regulation skills for improved behavior and engagement in learning.
  • Classroom Management: Use these games and activities as effective tools to manage the classroom environment and facilitate a smooth transition back to teaching.
  • Versatile Use: Suitable for indoor recess, occupational or physical therapy activities, and beyond.
  • Fingerprint Fun: The inclusion of clip art resembling fingerprints adds an element of fun and creativity to the set.

Recommended Use:

  • Classroom Breaks: Incorporate these gross motor games as movement or brain breaks to improve student focus.
  • Social-Emotional Learning: Integrate self-regulation activities into your teaching to support students' emotional development.
  • Classroom Management: Utilize these activities as valuable tools to regain control and refocus the class.
  • Occupational or Physical Therapy: Ideal for therapy sessions, warm-ups, or full therapy activities to promote movement and engagement.
  • Reusable Boards: Copy and laminate the boards for continued use during therapy sessions. Use a dry erase marker for interactive elements like "I Spy" and word searches.
  • Variety of Activities: From rolling dice to complete movements to engaging in fun word searches, these activities offer diverse options for student involvement.

Upgrade to Full Version or Bundle: For more engaging brain breaks and self-regulation activities, consider exploring the full version or bundle of all activities available. These resources provide a comprehensive toolkit for teachers, therapists, and anyone looking to incorporate movement-based learning into their sessions.

Transform your classroom or therapy sessions with these free exercises, and if you're hungry for more, explore the full version or bundle to enrich your collection of self-regulation brain breaks. Get your students moving, focused, and ready to learn!

Full Version Brain Breaks include:

Roll a movement

Spin a movement

Cut & paste bingo

Movement I spy

Motor station cards

Write the room

Would you rather

Exercise word search

OT Tip: Are your students having difficulties focusing on their work and paying attention during your lessons?  Are they off-task, disruptive, distracted, fidgety, impulsive? Do you need ideas to help manage these behaviors?  All Behaviors have a reason and students will do well when they can. Co-regulate and help them focus on learning, provide a stress break, and lower anxiety. Not only will these types of activities help with classroom management, but they are also building skills students can use throughout their lives.

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Friday, April 4, 2025

FREE MISC. LESSON - “FREE FONTS: Dewdrop Daisies (Personal Use: K26 Series)”

by KB3Teach
Pre-Kindergarten - 12th Grade


A pretty, delicate and casual font for everyday use. Not too fancy; not too casual. Works great for student poetry/writing projects, student yearbooks, thank you notes, scrapbooking and informal invitations. (Note: If you purchased the Fonts Mega Pack, this font is included in the September 2015 revised file. With the Mega Pack license, you are entitled to use this font in your commercial products at no additional charge.)

Design Tips: 1) Use "Word Art" (MS Office/Insert/Word Art) to change the weight of the line (Format/Shape Outline/Weight) and create a "lighter" or "heavier" effect; 2) Use shadows and text layering to give the font a 3D look for your classroom worksheets; 3) Change font colors to match your project.

For information on purchasing a license to use this font in your commercial products, click the Commercial Single Font License below.

This font is also included in Grandma Tilly's Simple Fonts Collection:
SIMPLE FONTS COLLECTION SET#3 (Commercial Use): Click Here

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KB3Teach Fonts on TpT:
Free Fonts (Personal Use)
Commercial License (Single Font License)
Commercial License (Multi-Font Value Packs)
K26 Series: Extended Latin Symbols & Characters
KB3TEACH FONTS MEGA PACK

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*While this font is offered free for personal use, it remains the sole property of KB3Teach, and may not be repackaged or resold without written permission.*
 



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Thursday, April 3, 2025

FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON - “Poetry and short story 3 lessons | primary (US)”

by Fat Little Kumara - Film Study Materials
5th - 8th Grade


A free three-lesson resource for exploring poetry, figurative language and short story flash fiction. Great for back to school ideas to assess students abilities.

For the free US secondary resource click here.


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Wednesday, April 2, 2025

FREE MISC. LESSON - “Visual Self Assessments for Special Education”

by Simply Special Ed
Kindergarten - 5th Grade


Visual Self- Assessments for parent conferences, open houses, self reflection goals, and state assessments!

Includes 3 visual self assessments for special education students!


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Tuesday, April 1, 2025

Wednesday Weekly 5 under $5 - April 2, 2025

        

     

Every week I put together a list of 5 great products from members of The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs Marketing Cooperative (TBOTEMC) with the requirement that each product must be less than $5.  With a variety of subjects and a wide range of grades, there just might be something that you can use, so continue to read below and see!

In addition, if you're a seller on Teachers Pay Teachers (TpT) who would like to get more information about joining TBOTEMC, contact me via email at ReneeHeiss@gmail.com or by simply leaving a comment on this blog post.


Earth Day Script - $1.49


by Reading Spotlight
2nd - 5th grades
Reading


No Memorization! Simple-to-use and motivating, this script is designed for reading over a school’s PA system. The statements contain child-friendly practices to improve the environment. Easily adapted to different reading abilities, the script provides a boost of confidence for beginning or struggling readers, too. A perfect Earth Day activity.


Spanish:Poesía de Primavera - $3.00


by Urbino12
K - 7th grades
Activities, Lessons, Printables, Spring


¡ Viva la Primavera! Have your beginning L2 Spanish students write a beautiful spring poem! File includes: Cover page, Guided writing model with suggested vocabulary to write a simple five-line (Cinquain) poem in Spanish, Five different spring themed writing templates - four in color and one in black and white.



by Scipi
4th - 6th grades
Activities, Handouts, Homeschool, Printables, Spring


This math handout targets identifying fractional parts in lowest terms and working with equivalent fractions. In each message set, specific words are given. The students are instructed to figure out the correct fractional part of each particular word.  If each fractional part is correctly identified, when the letters are written on the lines provided, a new word is created.  Each set of new words becomes a message about the month of April.  


by Mickey's Place
PreK - 1st grades
Activities, Centers, Easter, Games, Spring


Number Sense: April is a complete learning game to enhance the concept of numbers: one through twelve. Number Sense: April uses an Easter and an April Shower theme. Number Sense involves matching the cards to their appropriate number. The cards include: Dice, Ten frames, Dots, Number word, Objects to count, Tally marks Perfect for Centers, Parner Games and Homework.
  
  

by Tammy's Toolbox
K - 3rd grades
Activities, Flash Cards, Games, Spring, Test Preparation


This engaging spring game is perfect for end of the year review, sight word practice, addition practice, multiplication review, math facts, phonics, test prep, and vocabulary. It makes a fun party game too. This fun activity can also double as a craft as students color and add petals to their flower. This can be used as a center activity, tutoring game, or an individual craft.



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FREE MATH LESSON - “Paper Chain Template for Any Content FLASH FREEBIE”

by Kacie Travis
6th - 12th Grade


Want an easy, fun way to practice math that your students will actually enjoy? This free paper chain activity template gives you the flexibility to create your own problems and answers, making it perfect for any math topic or grade level.

Why This Activity Works:

  • Totally Customizable: Add your own questions and answers to fit what you’re teaching—whether it’s fractions, geometry, or equations.
  • Interactive and Fun: Students solve problems, build a paper chain, and see their progress come to life.
  • Self-Checking: Each link connects only if the answer is correct, so students can check their work as they go.
  • Flexible Use: Great for independent practice, group work, or even as an engaging station activity.

Here’s What You Get:

  • ready-to-use template for creating your own paper chain activity
  • Step-by-step instructions for setting it up
  • Ideas for using colored paper to turn it into eye-catching classroom décor

Make It Your Own! Use this template to create practice activities for any math topic. It’s especially great for concepts like:

  • Basic operations
  • Solving equations
  • Geometry skills
  • Word problems

Want to add a festive touch? Print on holiday-colored paper, and you’ve got an activity that doubles as classroom décor for Halloween, Christmas, Valentine’s Day, and more.

This template makes it easy to create meaningful, hands-on practice activities without spending hours prepping.

Want one that's already done for you? Get this Paper Chain reviewing the Pythagorean Theorem here!

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©Kacie Travis ©The Efficient Classroom All rights reserved. Purchase of this unit entitles the purchaser the right to reproduce the pages in limited quantities for classroom use only. Duplication for an entire school, an entire school system, or for commercial purposes is strictly forbidden without written permission from the publisher. Kacie Travis, Kacie_travis@yahoo.com

Copying any part of this product and placing it on the Internet in any form (even a personal/classroom website) is strictly forbidden and is a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). These items can be picked up in a Google search and then shared worldwide for free.


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Monday, March 31, 2025

FREE SCIENCE LESSON - “Alternative 5E Lesson Plan Template for Science in High School”

by Lab In Every Lesson
6th - 12th Grade


If you’re looking for a structured way to implement NGSS and inquiry-based science lessons in a high school classroom, this alternative 5E lesson plan template will provide the framework you need to engage students while maintaining academic rigor, classroom management, and assessment alignment. This lesson plan template for science keeps the essence of the 5E instructional model but adapts it for daily, student-centered learning, making it easier to implement within a single class period while ensuring students actively engage with science concepts.

What’s Included in This 5E Lesson Plan Template for Science?

This structured lesson plan template for science has been redesigned to better fit high school classrooms and accommodate real-world constraints while ensuring students are engaged in authentic scientific discovery.

✅ Review & Preview → Activates prior knowledge before diving into a new concept, using thought-provoking questions, real-world phenomena, and academic connections to establish a meaningful learning experience.

✅ Observation Activity → Places students in the driver’s seat as they investigate scientific phenomena through hands-on experiments, collaborative tasks, or digital simulations—without relying on expensive lab setups.

✅ Data-Dependent Analysis → Instead of immediately providing direct instruction, students analyze their own data, identify trends, recognize cause-and-effect relationships, and apply their findings to construct meaning naturally. This step encourages students to think and work like scientists.

✅ Skill Practice & Formative Assessment → Ensures learning transfers from activity to assessment by allowing students to apply knowledge in multiple ways (exit tickets, reflections, peer discussions, and structured problem-solving). Teachers can quickly correct misconceptions before they take root.

✅ Student-Centered, Inquiry-Based Framework → By placing students in active roles instead of passive listeners, this lesson plan template for science increases engagement, enhances retention, and fosters critical thinking skills.


How This Alternative 5E Lesson Plan Template for Science Improves Classroom Management

This template isn't just about engagement—it’s also about structure and student accountability. When students take ownership of their learning, behavior problems naturally decrease.

  • Students must stay engaged to complete the lesson successfully, making it easy to distinguish between students who need support and those who are simply not putting in effort.

  • Performance is tied to participation—students quickly learn that engagement is essential for success, helping establish a culture of high expectations.

  • Lessons require collaboration, analysis, and discussion—boosting rigor and creating flexible opportunities for differentiation as needed.

  • No more passive note-taking! With this approach, students are doing science daily, making observations, asking questions, and solving problems instead of memorizing definitions.

How This Alternative 5E Lesson Plan Template Supports Growth Mindset

True science learning isn’t about getting the right answer on the first try—it’s about the process of discovery. This framework creates a learning environment where students understand that:

  • Failure is part of the processscientists are wrong more often than they are right.

  • Science is iterative—students refine their understanding through experimentation, questioning, and analysis.

  • Resilience, grit, and critical thinking are built through multiple trials and continual improvement.

This growth mindset approach allows students to see that science is an evolving process, just like their own learning.


Who Is This Lesson Plan Template for Science Designed For?

✔ High school science teachers looking to increase student engagement and implement more inquiry-based instruction


✔ Educators who want a structured lesson planning framework that still allows for flexibility and differentiation


✔ Teachers in any learning environment (traditional, hybrid, cyber, or homeschool) who need a consistent structure for inquiry-based science lessons

Why You’ll Love This Alternative 5E Lesson Plan Template

✅ Easy to Implement → Works within a single class period while maintaining the depth of inquiry-based learning.


✅ Supports NGSS and Inquiry-Based Science Lessons → Aligns with best practices in science education.


✅ No Expensive Equipment Needed → Uses free web-based tools to facilitate inquiry-based science lessons in any educational setting.


✅ Proven Classroom Success → Developed by an experienced science teacher who understands the realities of high school classrooms.

Download this Alternative 5E Lesson Plan Template for Science Now and Transform Your Science Lessons!


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