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Hard Work Beats Talent PrintablesHard Work Beats Talent Printables
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Techzoo
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5th - 12th
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Physical Education
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Hard Work Beats Talent

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Enlarge it, print it, laminate it, and post this picture of professional basketball players to remind kids that even pros practice daily. And check out that vertical leap!

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inspirational posters, Kevin Durant, classroom support

Instructional Ideas

  • Ask class members interested in professional basketball to identify the teams, the players, and the significance of the images in the poster

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  • The vibrant image capture the intensity and abilities of the pictured athletes

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A Poem a Day

Dr. Seuss Enterprises
Celebrate National Poetry month with a quote a day from Dr. Seuss's books. Each poster includes the date (a day in April), a quote from a book, an image from the book, and a thumbnail of the book cover. 
Pre-K - 8th English Language Arts
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Classroom Newsletter Template

Student Handouts
Need a straightforward tool for communicating with parents? Use a newsletter template to jot down what you're working on in class for the week, It includes fields for concepts kids are learning in class, birthdays, books kids are...
Pre-K - 5th Classroom Support
Lesson Plan

Self Esteem

Childnet International
To middle schoolers, there's nothing worse than being excluded from a peer group. Developing important self-esteem skills can not only get them through awkward adolescent times, it can carry them through the rest of their lives as...
6th - 8th Health
CCSS: Adaptable
Lesson Plan

Physical Education Unit Plan: Soccer - Lesson 3

Curated OER
Lesson three of this unit focuses on multiculturalism in soccer.  Begin class by showing video clips of soccer in other countries. This activity includes a link to Rwandan youth playing soccer in an open space.  Playing soccer...
6th - 12th Physical Education
Lesson Plan

"Musical Food

Curated OER
Students review the idea of healthy foods and examples of these foods. They play the game "Musical Food" performing a designated locomotor movement around the playing area until the music stops.
K - 6th Physical Education
Lesson Plan

Poison Hoop

Curated OER
Students, in a general space where hula hoops lay out on a floor, shuffle their feet and gently tap the hoop to move around the playing area. They should keep both feet inside the hoop at all times.
K - 5th Physical Education
Lesson Plan

4-Corner Fitness

Curated OER
Students participate in a game called 4-Corner Fitness. Individually, they are given a card with an exercise and location on it. Once they finish one station, they move on to the next one following the music. To end the instructional...
3rd - 5th Physical Education
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