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Critical thinking independent work packets $5-10
CREATIVE SQUIGGLE PROMPT PICTURE STORY WRITING DAILY PRACTICE 1ST 2ND 3RD GRADE
CREATIVE SQUIGGLE PROMPT PICTURE DRAWING AND STORY WRITING ACTIVITY PAPERS: FUN MORNING WORK AND DAILY PRACTICE FOR KINDERGARTEN / 1ST / 2ND / 3RD / 4TH GRADEIf you are looking for fun activities to spark your students' creativity and imagination, you have come to the right place. This resource includes 100 no-prep templates which come in 8 differentiated versions. The sheets contain a squiggle or a shape so that students can continue the drawing to create something new!Younger students can us
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Grades:
K - 4th
New Years SMART Goal Setting Mini-Unit for 3rd - 8th grade - Digital & Print
This New Years SMART Goal mini-unit will encourage student goal setting and promote a growth mindset in your classroom! Kick off the New Year by guiding your students through the SMART goal setting sheets and activities in this resource. This 5-lesson mini-unit is available in a print or a Easel version. Teach your students how to:Reflect on the previous yearUnderstand what SMART goals includeWork through goal setting activities that will allow them to develop, measure, and ACHIEVE their own ind
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4th - 7th
Genius Hour Passion Project: Research Skills for Inquiry Project Based Learning
Your students will love this Genius Hour Passion Project! They'll develop strong inquiry research skills while engaging in project-based learning (PBL). You'll SAVE TIME with this EDITABLE NO-PREP research unit that includes a bulletin board kit, rubrics for assessment, and much more. Genius Hour is a classroom favourite because it allows students to choose a topic of interest and create a presentation. ABOUT OUR GENIUS HOUR PASSION PROJECT RESOURCE✪ PDF files for easy printing and computer com
Grades:
4th - 8th
The Barren Grounds Lessons and Novel Study
Supporting Indigenous Resources for Inclusive Learning**** This Product is featured in my blog: Students Succeed with The Barren Grounds and Misewa Saga **** This no-prep, 6 weeks, learning resource novel study, includes a 35 page student response and answer key (70 pages in total). This unit uses comprehension strategies: Summarizing, Connection, Visualization, Questioning, Character Description, Infer and Transformation to attain deep understanding.This novel study unit is suitable for: a whol
Grades:
4th - 8th
GIFTED AND TALENTED PROBLEM SOLVING #1
TEACHERS-PARENTS are you having trouble finding gifted and talented teaching materials in mathematics, problem solving, and critical thinking? “GIFTED AND TALENTED PROBLEM SOLVING #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7 and #8 each have 42 pages of activities specially designed to motivate and challenge your gifted-talented students. All of the activities involve mathematics, critical thinking, and problem solving. Great for those high achieving students in your classes who need something extra to challenge
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5th - 12th, Staff
Passion Project | Genius Hour | Digital Google Slides, Printable, and Editable
This no prep resource is perfect for teachers looking for a way to get all students excited and engaged in learning. It contains two full weeks of activities to guide and support students through the process of creating their very own Passion Project, a research project similar to Genius Hour. The goal for this project is... for students to research and explore any topic they want, and create any product they can come up with to share their learning. This Passion Project is similar to projects c
Grades:
4th - 7th
Making Inferences: High School Reading Skill Development Passages & Questions
The passages from literature and non-fiction in this set can be an effective supplement to any high school teacher’s reading skill “toolbox”. Each task card offers practice in making inferences and drawing conclusions with enough complexity to provide an appropriate challenge for students in grades 9-12. Text dependent questions for each entry include examination of characters, setting, language, tone, and theme. A detailed answer key is provided. The file includes:20 Teaching slides14 passages:
Grades:
8th - 12th, Adult Education
4th Grade Math Projects The End of the Year Plan A Cruise & Plan A Party
Give your students two one-of-a-kind learning experiences with these exciting math-based learning projects! They are a great way to review a variety of math skills at the end of the year and apply them to real-life scenarios. Your students will use other skills as well such as planning, problem solving, critical thinking, and time management.Plan A Party With this project, students become event planners to put together an amazing birthday celebration for Mr. and Mrs. Moneybags! Each page in thei
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
Coding Unplugged: SET 1│Offline Mini Puzzles for Middle School│The Original!
Algorithmic thinking skills are put to the test with these pencil-and-paper Coding Unplugged puzzles! Students will translate the directional code using the Programming Key to produce the secret image on a grid. This resource includes eight unique coding puzzles for students to decode and is a great no-prep activity for substitutes!Enjoy this STEM activity anytime! - As a self-contained sub activity, an engaging supplement to any technology lesson, or a quiet & independent challenge activit
Grades:
5th - 9th
Also included in: Coding Unplugged YEAR-LONG CODING PUZZLE BUNDLE for Middle School
Logic Puzzle Worksheets for the Year No Prep Print or Digital Bundle
Find logic puzzles for the year or brain teasers in an interesting and helpful print and digital worksheets! When holidays come around, I love giving my students challenges with a theme; however, it's often difficult and time-consuming to search for a logic puzzle each month. Plus, your kids will love it! #JoyceLogicClick HERE to save 25% off with the bundle.Engage your students with these critical thinking activities or logic puzzles. Included in this bundle are 12 multi-grid critical thinking
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Logic Puzzles Brain Teaser Activities Print Digital Resources Worksheets
Sequencing Skills 50 Centers Plus 50 Printables Oral Language Distance Learning
50 Sequencing Centers: Each center consists of 3 colorful picture cards, which the children arrange in a logical sequential order on a provided numbered mat. The teacher pre-cuts the pictures. A center can be introduced in a small group teaching session, and words such as “first”, “then” and “finally” can be used. Cut and Paste Printables: These can be used as a follow up activity after a sequencing center is presented. The children cut out the same pictures that are in the center (in b/w), an
Grades:
PreK - 1st
Read Draw Write Word Problems Math Worksheets
RDW math worksheets help students pay attention to the context of word problems using a three-step problem-solving approach. First, students read the problem to visualize what is being described. Second, students draw a model that represents the situation. Third, students write an equation and solve the problem. These word problems are a mix of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. They would be great for 2nd-3rd for use in RTI, in a math station, or for projecting one at a time f
Grades:
2nd
ELA BELL RINGER BRAIN TEASERS - Daily Puzzles and Stories
Daily morning work, warm-ups, do-nows, brain breaks, enrichment, bell ringers- whatever you call them, your grade 5-8 ELA classes will call these brain teasers FUN! Promote problem solving, inference making and critical thinking, while increasing student engagement. Challenge your classes to think creatively and analytically every day! For most students the only thing that could beat having a brain teaser bell ringer every class for an entire term is getting a completion mark for their bell ring
Grades:
5th - 8th
Also included in: BACK TO SCHOOL ELA grades 5-8 FUN ACTIVITIES
PROBLEM SOLVING ACTIVITIES - BOOK #1 (1 - 25)
Problem solving activities for teachers, students and parents. A total of 25 pages of challenging activities for your students. These problems are designed to support your schools objectives and curriculum. Use the problems for that special time in the classroom or at home when you need a little change of pace. Great when you need something a little different to challenge and motivate your students. Good for math resource centers, math clubs, problem of the day, gifted and talented students.
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5th - 11th, Staff
Convergent Critical Thinking: Powerpoint and 30 Daily Practices
Critical Thinking Skills Development: ConvergentStudents need help developing critical thinking skills - not just academic skills. This resource combines an instructional powerpoint (1 lesson) and one month of practice activities (30 days) to help you develop students that use deep thinking. Answer key is included for activities!!Suggested Uses: - Morning Work or Morning Meeting- Math/Reading warm up- Math/Reading critical thinking center- Daily class challenge problem- Homework challenge questi
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
Also included in: Critical Thinking Skills Bundle: Powerpoints and 30 Daily Practices
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Selznik Novel Unit History of Film and Animation
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznik Novel Guide is perfect for teaching the history of film and animation, inferencing, character analysis, story development, new vocabulary and the role of art in literature. Pdf & Nearpod Novel Guide BESTSELLERThis is a highly engaging novel with abundant vocabulary and creative story telling. A true gem.This resource includes: • Reading comprehension questions
• Character analysis
• Essay questions,
• Vocabulary activities
• Nearpod Teache
Grades:
4th - 6th
Also included in: Elementary Novel Guides
Navigating Early by Clare Vanderpool Novel Unit
Navigating Early by Clare Vanderpool Novel Guide This amazing coming of age story is set at the end of the World War II. Two boys, Early and Jack burdened with loss and grief, find their way from being “washed away”. “Navigating Early” is a captivating novel. It can be read out loud in lower grades or a formal novel study in higher grades.This Novel Unit is includes: Lesson Objectives Chapter by chapter short answer/ reading comprehension questionsNew VocabularyWord Search Activities Foreshadowi
Grades:
6th - 9th
Divergent Critical Thinking: Powerpoint and 30 Daily Practices
Critical Thinking Skills Development: DivergentStudents need help developing critical thinking skills - not just academic skills. This resource combines an instructional powerpoint (1 lesson) and one month of practice activities (30 days) to help you develop students that use deep thinking. Suggested Uses:- Morning Work or Morning Meeting- Math/Reading warm up- Math/Reading critical thinking center- Daily class challenge problem- Homework challenge question- and many more!!!Note: Answer key is n
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
Also included in: Critical Thinking Skills Bundle: Powerpoints and 30 Daily Practices
Thanksgiving Craft Writing Prompt & Activities - Figurative Language
Looking for No PREP Thanksgiving Activities? Students will love this Doodle, Define, Draw and Decipher Thanksgiving workshop! Check out the set of activities that include Fall figurative language fun, Thanksgiving riddles and word search, as well as an engaging and fun-to-share Thanksgiving craftivity. Your students will love taking it home and challenging family members to add more!This resource is great for early finishers, centers, writing practice, or just some great enrichment for the week
Grades:
4th - 6th
SS8H4e Cherokee Removal in Georgia Stations
Related Standard: SS8H4e (Georgia Standards of Excellence)Description: Take the lecture out of social studies with this task. Have student read about important events, terms, and people that played a role in the removal of the Cherokee from Georgia. This product has two files, one with the stations and the other with the student response slides. This product incluces 6 stations about the following, John Ross, Andrew Jackson, Dahlonega Gold Rush, Indian Removal Act Timeline, Worcester Vs. Georgia
Grades:
8th
AP Lang Syntax Exercises: How Syntax Affects Meaning
This assignment works best with AP or honors students who have a strong sense of grammar and rhetoric. I use these two exercises to review syntax as rhetoric and to assess students' understanding of how sentence structure affects meaning. It can be completed independently, for homework or collaboratively in class. An answer key is included.Related ResourcesHow to Write for AP Lang Sophistication PointAP/IB Teaching Genre AnalysisDistance Learning Rhetorical Situation Podcast ProjectIntroductio
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10th - 12th
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Also included in: AP Language and Composition Rhetoric Bundle
Coding Unplugged HALLOWEEN Themed Set (Expert)│Offline Puzzles for Middle School
A spooooky extra challenge for middle school coders! Practice coding with NO COMPUTER! These offline coding worksheets provide 8 challenging puzzles with a Halloween theme that use combined commands and activate students' algorithmic thinking skills. Students will translate the directional code using the Programming Key to produce the secret image on a 9x9 grid. This resource includes two worksheets (30 min each) and is a great no-prep activity for substitutes!Enjoy this STEM activity anytime! -
Grades:
5th - 12th
Also included in: Coding Unplugged YEAR-LONG CODING PUZZLE BUNDLE for Middle School
MYSTERY UNIT ACTIVITIES - Detective Skills and Critical Thinking Mystery Games
These high-interest, no-prep activities are ideal as a fun part of a mystery unit AND as stand-alone, critical thinking games and activities for grades 5-8 students. A good detective doesn’t require forensic knowledge or technological expertise; scientists in labs and technology analysts take care of those aspects of police work. The skills that create a good detective- especially a good literary detective - are observation, listening, memory and analysis. As these are vital abilities to hone fo
Grades:
5th - 8th
Also included in: MYSTERY GENRE STUDY and WRITING UNIT + DETECTIVE ACTIVITIES
SMART Goal Setting Activities for End of the Year & Summer 3rd-8th grade
This SMART Goal Setting Activities Mini-Unit is perfect for the end of the year and into summer! This print and go resource will keep upper elementary and middle school students focused and motivated. These SMART goal setting lessons encourage purposeful and steady growth wherever they are applied. Ideal for 3rd- 8th graders.⭐️Easily guide your students through reflecting on the previous year, explain what SMART goals include, and teach them how to develop, measure, and achieve their own individ
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Grades:
4th - 7th
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