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Middle school critical thinking resources on sale
Public Speaking Introduction, Speech and Debate Unit - Bundle! - 5 Lessons!!!
Public Speaking Activities for Writing a SpeechSpeech ActivitiesDebate ActivitiesWriting for Public Speaking, Speech, and DebateDifferentiated Activities for Public Speaking, Speech, and DebateEnrichment Activities for Public Speaking, Speech, and DebateGoogle Slides*****************************************************************************************Introducing how to research, write, practice, and present a speech has never been easier! These lessons guide students through a step-by-step p
Grades:
6th - 8th
Minute Mysteries Brain Teasers Riddles Breaks Logic Deductive Reasoning Puzzles
With visual hints and fly-in solutions! These are a fun to use if you have a couple extra minutes at the end of class. Encourage students to work more efficiently and reward them with a minute mystery at the end of class for finishing early. They can also be a great introduction to one of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories OR to a Slip or Trip lesson. The rules are simple: (1) Students ask yes or no questions (2) Teachers respond accordingly to guide students to the correct answer
Grades:
6th - 12th
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
⭐ NO PREP ⭐ Growth Mindset Escape Room ⭐ Breakout Game
This growth mindset activity is the perfect way to teach students about the benefits of growth mindset and prepare them with determination to succeed. Students love working together to solve puzzles to escape a fixed mindset.The escape room is digitally controlled and is perfect for laptops, desktops, iPads, Chromebooks, and tablets of all brands and operating systems! No add-ons, extensions, or extra preparation is required: only the internet browser included on your device. This escape room in
Grades:
3rd - 8th
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Analogy Task Cards
56 Analogy Task CardsCreated for grades 3-5. There 2 sets each with differentiated levels, feel free to start with set #1.There are 28 task cards in each set.A great way to use task cards is by playing SCOOT. SCOOT is an easy, fun, fast paced game that will get the kids up and moving around.Place a task card on each desk in numerical order. Each student will read the sentence and will write down the correct answer on their sheet. Then after a minute or two, say "SCOOT!" and the students will SC
Grades:
4th - 6th, Adult Education
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Inference With Pictures
Making Inferences with Pictures!
Making inferences means reading between the lines! Learn to spot contextual clues in stories by making inferences with pictures. This is a great beginner's activity for building reading comprehension skills.
Contents:
*Teacher Instructions
*50 High quality images
*Response Recording Sheets
*Blank Recording Sheets (Differentiated)
*Anchor Posters (Schema and Inference)
Materials needed: LCD projector to project photos.
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Grades:
K - 6th, Adult Education
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PRINTABLE Tranquility Island, Murder Mystery Game, Middle, High School Escape
⭐ This printable version of Murder on Tranquility Island murder mystery escape game is perfect for middle or high school students. Great for team-building and reading comprehension! ⭐ You are surrounded by the serene beauty of Tranquility Island when suddenly, a shift occurs—the sky darkens, and a piercing scream fills the air. As the weight of a potential murder investigation descends, you realize you must solve this mystery before anyone has time to leave the island. Can you solve the mystery
Grades:
5th - 12th, Staff
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Tranquility Island Escape Room Mystery Escape Middle School Summer Escape
⭐ Welcome to Murder on Tranquility Island, a team-building virtual escape room. This virtual escape room is a traditional puzzle escape made to build problem-solving and reasoning skills, made shorter to be done within an hour. It includes a paper notes sheet and a "We solved it" poster. The entire escape includes 7 locks plus a final puzzle at the end to determine whodunnit! ⭐⭐ The entire escape is played from one link. No Google form is used! It's all virtual and all ready to play! Players wil
Grades:
6th - 12th
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If I Go Missing MMIWG2S Inquiry Project - Lessons for Inclusive Learning
Supporting Indigenous Resources for Inclusive Learning for Elementary and High School StudentsThrough the examination of videos, articles, and the picture book, If I Go Missing, written by Brianna Jonnie, students will investigate, construct and express their findings on inquiries stemming from the epidemic of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, MMIWG2S. Experience with Inquiry projects is not necessary for this unit! Included in this inquiry unit are step-by-step lesson instruction
Grades:
5th - 10th
Philosophical Chairs for avid learners: Digital Lessons
3 lessons in 1 purchase! Build towards your own Philosophical Chair discussions! Includes notes, critical thinking questions, activities, possible topics (3 total), and more! Philosophical Chairs are a great way to get your class to engage in debate, to listen to a variety of opinions and to craft well thought out responses. Philosophical Chairs are often used in college readiness classes to make students come out of their shells, while still behaving and acting like mature students. This i
Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: The Entire Year for avid learners: College Readiness
Testing Strategies : Standardized Testing Boot Camp PowerPoint, Google Slides
Help prepare your students for state testing with this creative, fun, informational and motivational PowerPoint.Within this 20 slide PowerPoint are tips and strategies to help students of all subject areas score high and do their best on state testing.The theme of this PowerPoint is a "boot camp," and it goes well with practice exams, released test questions or any other test curriculum you may use to prepare for the state exam! Google slides link provided.Standards, testing, state standards, mu
Grades:
4th - 12th
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Elements of Art Sketchbook: Printable or Digital
Elements of Art Sketchbook: Printable & Digital Files, Scaffolded Notes, Answer Key included! Purchase includes multiple options:4 Pages of copy paper can print the entire sketchbook Printable booklet already set up for you... just hit print or upload!16 full page worksheets, 8 half page worksheets, Texture, Line, Color, Shape, Value, Space, Form: Each comes with two pages of activities and challenges for artists to explore how these Art Elements fit into their world and their art! O
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Grades:
1st - 12th
40+ Winter and Christmas themed with Inferencing Task card
"40+ Winter and Christmas Themed Inferencing Task Cards" are designed to enhance students' inferencing skills while immersing them in the winter and Christmas season.Each card presents a scenario or passage with implicit information, requiring students to make logical inferences to draw conclusions.With winter and Christmas-themed content, these task cards provide a festive and engaging way for students to develop critical thinking and reading comprehension skills during the holiday season.With
Grades:
3rd - 7th
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Cornell Notes, Binder, Tutorials, Socratic Seminar, Inquiry for the avid learner
Updated and revised! For Google Slides OR PowerPoint! Now over 200 slides of content! CORNELL NOTES, BINDER ORGANIZATION, SOCRATIC SEMINARS, ACTIVITIES, INQUIRY STRATEGIES, and PEER TUTORING!!! 5 interactive presentations to engage students in your classroom! Filled with a ton of information to get your kids to learn and think in new ways, activities, articles, interaction, and college readiness strategies. Google links included.
Grades:
7th - 12th
GROWING MOVIE GUIDES BUNDLE (Over 140 Movies and Counting!)
These are GOOGLE FORMS quizzes and printable PDF worksheets for over 100 MOVIES AND COUNTING!This is a GROWING BUNDLE. I will continue to update as new movies come out. The guides include:Two Differentiated Worksheets20 Short-Answer Comprehension Questions20 Multiple-Choice Comprehension Questions4 Discussion Question WorksheetsAnswer KeysDigital Google Forms Versions of EverythingThese activities can be used as a movie guide to hold students accountable as they watch the movie. It can also be u
Grades:
3rd - 10th
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Cause and Effect Lesson and Reading Comprehension
Cause and EffectMini LessonTask CardsWhich is deadlier, a toilet or a toaster? Students will learn about cause and effect, practice with task cards, and apply it to longer passages. The longer passages argue which is deadlier- a toilet or a toaster. My class had so much fun with this lesson!I wrote this lesson for my small reading group that needed help with cause and effect. I included an anchor chart, task cards, short story, and cause and effect questions. This is 20 pages of intense cau
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3rd - 7th
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Also included in: Reading Comprehension and Progress Monitoring Bundle
Team-Building Summer Escape Room All Subjects, Carnival, Middle, High School
⭐ The Phantom of the Carnival Halloween Escape room is perfect for any subject and great for reading comprehension and team-building. ⭐ Deep within the eerie confines of an abandoned carnival, a vengeful Phantom of the Carnival lingers, ensnaring unsuspecting visitors in his sinister illusionary world. Navigate the carnival's haunting illusions and outsmart the Phantom to escape before you become a permanent part of his ghostly carnival.⭐ ⭐ This web-based escape with self-checking answers includ
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Staff
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DISNEY ANIMATED Movies Bundle Guides Worksheet Activities Google Forms Quizzes
These are GOOGLE FORMS quizzes and printable PDF worksheets for DISNEY ANIMATED MOVIESThis is a GROWING BUNDLE. I will continue to update as new movies come out. The guides include:Two Differentiated Worksheets20 Short-Answer Comprehension Questions20 Multiple-Choice Comprehension Questions4 Discussion Question WorksheetsAnswer KeysDigital Google Forms Versions of EverythingThese activities can be used as a movie guide to hold students accountable as they watch the movie. It can also be used as
Grades:
3rd - 10th
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Rebus Puzzles Brain Teasers Animated Solutions PowerPoint with Answer Key
90 rebus puzzles included! Perfect for brain breaks or if you have extra time at the end of class... A REBUS is a picture representation of a common word or phrase. Can you guess what it is?*RECENTLY UPDATED WITH ANSWER SOLUTIONS ON EACH SLIDE*This 90-slide PowerPoint includes animated solutions to reveal the correct answer if students are struggling to come up with the right one. Related Products: MINUTE MYSTERIES⭐ Follow me for new products, sales, and freebies!
Grades:
5th - 12th
Reading Powerfully Powerpoint Lesson
41 slides! Active reading strategies are used while students solve the murder mystery game Murder in the Streets of London!Get your students to read ANALYTICALLY with this awesome powerpoint presentation! Detailed in this powerpoint are the steps (such as marking the text, questioning and summarizing) students need to take in order to read difficult and challenging material! Great for all subjects and a variety of different student levels. This powerpoint also has a Sherlock Holmes theme, dr
Grades:
6th - 10th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Back to School Bundle Powerpoint
Residential Schools Lessons - Reconciliation Inquiry Project
Supporting Indigenous Reconciliation Resources Through InquiryThis 14 day Inquiry Unit follows the BCTLA’s Points of Inquiry which is based on Barbara Stripling's Inquiry Process. There are five aspects to this inquiry: Connect-and-Wonder, Investigate, Construct, Express, and Reflect (at all stages).With the examination of eight children's reconciliation picture books and novel excerpts, and lessons to support the understanding of the Rights of the Child, students will be able to investigate, co
Grades:
4th - 8th
DISNEY PIXAR MOVIE Guides Bundle Worksheets Activities Google Forms Quizzes
These are GOOGLE FORMS quizzes and printable PDF worksheets for DISNEY PIXAR MOVIESThis is a GROWING BUNDLE. I will continue to update as new movies come out. The guides include:Two Differentiated Worksheets20 Short-Answer Comprehension Questions20 Multiple-Choice Comprehension Questions4 Discussion Question WorksheetsAnswer KeysDigital Google Forms Versions of EverythingThese activities can be used as a movie guide to hold students accountable as they watch the movie. It can also be used as a q
Grades:
2nd - 8th
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Inquiry PowerPoint, Google Slides: For avid learners
Now 37 slides! Totally revised! Do you want your kids to ask higher level questions? Do you want them to think critically? Do you want them to investigate, create, and explore versus just memorizes dates, vocabulary or other information? If so, this PowerPoint offers a great way to get you started. Using Costa's levels of thinking as a springboard, this PPT engages students in a few group activities to get them thinking. I have found this PowerPoint great for opening up class discussion! Go
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Grades:
7th - 10th
COMPLETE CRASH COURSE Media Literacy Series Video Quiz Google Forms Bundle
These are GOOGLE FORMS quizzes and printable PDF worksheets for 12 CRASH COURSE MEDIA LITERACY SERIES VIDEOS. Each product includes:2 Differentiated Versions of the QuizEasy Version (With a Word Bank)Harder Version (Without a Word Bank)These quizzes can be used as a video guide to hold students accountable as they watch the video. It can also be used as a video quiz to assess student learning or as part of homework. These quizzes can be assigned to your GOOGLE CLASSROOM for DISTANCE LEARNING.Th
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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