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In season for August
First Week Feelings Poll
A day-one check-in poll: excited, nervous, curious, or sleepy? Anonymous live results show students they are not the only ones feeling it.
Hopes, Worries, and How I Learn Discussion
A first-week discussion that doubles as diagnostic gold: one hope, one worry, and one thing that helps you learn best.
Summer to Fall Merge
A back-to-school opener: beach summer blends into autumn leaves. Goodbye flip-flops, hello pencils — what changes in your world each fall?
Quizzes
All quizzes →Multiple-choice questions students answer live.
Halloween Trivia Quiz
A five-question Halloween trivia quiz for the classroom — jack-o'-lantern history, Samhain roots, and spooky vocabulary students love.
Thanksgiving Trivia Quiz
Five classroom-ready Thanksgiving trivia questions covering the 1621 harvest feast, Abraham Lincoln, the Wampanoag, and the Macy's parade.
Winter Holidays Around the World Quiz
A five-question December quiz exploring Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, St. Lucia Day, Boxing Day, and the poinsettia — winter traditions across cultures.
Polls
All polls →Ask a question and watch the class vote live.
Best Halloween Candy Poll
The great candy debate, settled live: chocolate, sour, gummy, or (gasp) candy corn? A zero-prep Halloween poll your class will argue about all day.
Thanksgiving Food Championship Poll
Turkey vs. mac and cheese vs. pumpkin pie: a live class poll to crown the true champion of the Thanksgiving table.
Winter Break Excitement Poll
A last-week-before-break poll: what is everyone most excited to do over winter break? Live results keep the pre-break energy productive.
Discussions
All discussions →Pose a prompt and collect every student's thinking.
Gratitude Discussion
A Thanksgiving-week discussion prompt: three things you are grateful for — with a twist that pushes past "my phone" answers.
One Dream for Our World Discussion
An MLK Day writing prompt: share one dream for your school, community, or world — and one small step someone your age could take toward it.
One Word for the New Year Discussion
A January reflection prompt: pick one word to guide your year, explain why, and describe what living that word would look like in week one.
Bell Ringers
All bell ringers →Timed warm-ups students start the moment class begins.
Halloween Story Starter Bell Ringer
A seven-minute spooky creative writing warm-up: the old house at the end of the street just lit up for the first time in years...
Gratitude List Bell Ringer
A five-minute Thanksgiving warm-up: list ten things you are thankful for — at least three must be things you cannot touch.
Winter Would-You-Rather Bell Ringer
A four-minute December warm-up: a month of snow days or a month of summer in January? Three reasons required — opinions need evidence.
Reveals
All reveals →Slowly uncover an image while students guess.
Halloween Jack-o'-Lantern Reveal
A guess-the-image Halloween reveal: the picture uncovers slowly while students shout guesses. It glows on porches every October...
Thanksgiving Turkey Reveal
A November guessing game: a wild turkey slowly reveals while students narrow down their predictions. This bird gets famous every fourth Thursday.
Snowflake Close-Up Reveal
A macro photo of a real snowflake reveals slice by slice. No two are exactly alike — can your class guess before it is fully uncovered?
Merges
All merges →Blend two images with a slider to compare and contrast.
Pumpkin to Jack-o'-Lantern Merge
Slide between a pumpkin in the patch and a finished jack-o'-lantern. A Halloween compare-and-contrast on how things transform.
Fall to Winter Tree Merge
One tree, two seasons: slide between autumn color and winter snow. A seasonal-change conversation starter for science or writing.
Caterpillar to Butterfly Merge
Metamorphosis on a slider: blend from caterpillar to butterfly and let students narrate the transformation stage by stage.
Slideshows
All slideshows →Walk through a series of captioned images together.
Symbols of Halloween Slideshow
Five Halloween symbols — pumpkins, black cats, spider webs, bats, and a haunted house — with captions. Where did each tradition come from?
Thanksgiving Harvest Slideshow
A November walk through harvest season: fall fields, corn, turkeys, pie, and a table set for gratitude — each slide with a talking point.
Winter Holidays of Light Slideshow
December is full of light: menorahs, twinkling trees, lanterns, and candles from many traditions — one warm, inclusive slideshow.
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