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Critical thinking Common Core W.5.2a activities
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200 Daily Bell Work Writing Prompts (Grades 4-6)
Be prepared to teach your Grade 4-6 Language class with a year's worth of bell work writing prompts for Google Slides™! This resource is perfect for a soft start to the Language block and for creating a daily routine for your students to follow.This resource includes 200 writing prompts themed for each day of the week to spark student interest and promote engagement. Every prompt comes with an example of how students should organize their journals, including partial sentences to get students sta
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4th - 6th
Also included in:Â Grade 4 Ontario 2023 Language Bundle (FULL YEAR)
Paragraph Writing Prompts - 5 Different Writing Forms (Grades 4-6 Language)
Paragraph writing is a fundamental skill that all students need to develop. These paragraph writing prompts are an effective tool that can be used to help students develop their writing skills. This resource is printable and can be used with Google Slidesâ„¢ with no printing necessary.The Paragraph Writing Prompts for Grades 4-6 include a wide range of writing forms including explanatory, recount, narrative, persuasive and procedural writing, giving students the opportunity to explore various writ
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4th - 6th
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Also included in:Â Grade 4 Ontario 2023 Language Bundle (FULL YEAR)
Thinking Like a Historian Lesson Plan Unit | 5th-7th Grades | Social Studies
The Thinking Like a Historian Lesson Plan Unit is PERFECT for 5th-7th grade students! This incredible unit focuses on the importance of primary and secondary sources of information and will help grow your students critical thinking skills and abilities, as well as how to examine sources of information for bias and cause and effect relationships, and MUCH more!! The amazing resources included with this unit have been used with GREAT SUCCESS by THOUSANDS of students, and can easily be used with an
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5th - 7th
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Also included in:Â Bundle for Virginia
Conversation Starters Package on Quality of Life
Generate inspiring class discussions with these thought-provoking conversation questions on the quality of life.What's included:A list of 12 thought-provoking questions for middle school students on the subject of quality of lifeActivities to fill in before and after discussion (Ensuring students know what is expected of them and what constitutes an effective and productive discussion) Useful expressions and transitions pages (Encouraging students to use and record a variety of useful expression
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5th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Conversation Starters Packages: Growing Bundle
Debating Topics for Middle School: Family Life
Get your middle school students debating topics that are both relevant and important to them while building their critical thinking skills. Students will be encouraged to develop their communication and debating skills, while opening their minds to different viewpoints. Each debate package covers and reinforces the five basic steps of the debating process: gathering information, exploring all sides of an issue, forming an initial opinion, defending the position in a debate and finally, refining
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5th - 7th
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TEKS 5th Grade Social Studies | Units 4-6 | VALUE BUNDLE! | Google Apps!!
The TEKS 5th Grade Social Studies Units 4 to 6 VALUE BUNDLE is PERFECT for those teaching 5th grade social studies to their students in Texas. The amazing resources you'll receive come completely ready to use in printable PDF, PowerPoint, and digital format via Google Apps (Google Drive, Google Slides, and Google Classroom). There's absolutely NOTHING you need to do to get these resources ready to use; simply use the Google links provided, and you're good to go!! ALL of the amazing resources inc
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5th
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TIME Magazine's Person of the Year - Projects & PBL
Driving Question:How do the people in your life inspire you?Description:In this project, students think about TIME Magazine's Person of the Year and what makes a person inspirational. Then, they come up with their own person of the year and conduct an interview and write an article about their Person of the Year. The students will critique, edit, and revise their articles before publishing a final version with optional other magazine features.This project is ideal for Mother's Day or Father's Da
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in:Â PBL Bundle (Grade 5) - In Collaboration with A.J. Juliani - 26 Projects!
Conversation Starters Package on Philosophy
Generate inspiring class discussions with these thought-provoking conversation questions on philosophy.What's included:A list of 12 thought-provoking questions for middle school students on the subject of philosophyActivities to fill in before and after discussion (Ensuring students know what is expected of them and what constitutes an effective and productive discussion) Useful expressions and transitions pages (Encouraging students to use and record a variety of useful expressions and transiti
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5th - 7th
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Also included in:Â Conversation Starters Packages: Growing Bundle
Conversation Starters Packages: Growing Bundle
Generate inspiring class discussions with over 81 topics and 1370+ thought-provoking conversation questions. This growing bundle is a collection of all of our thought-provoking Conversation Starters Packages. Each package encourages critical thinking and allows students to discuss topics that are both relevant and important to them while simultaneously increasing their vocabulary and ability to effectively express themselves. Our packages are extremely versatile and have been used as bell-rin
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Conversation Starters Package on Human Nature
Generate inspiring class discussions with these thought-provoking conversation questions on human nature.What's included:A list of 12 thought-provoking questions for middle school students on the subject of human natureActivities to fill in before and after discussion (Ensuring students know what is expected of them and what constitutes an effective and productive discussion) Useful expressions and transitions pages (Encouraging students to use and record a variety of useful expressions and tran
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5th - 7th
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Also included in:Â Conversation Starters Packages: Growing Bundle
Conversation Starters Package on Nature
Generate inspiring class discussions with these thought-provoking conversation questions on nature.What's included:A list of 12 thought-provoking questions for middle school students on the subject of natureActivities to fill in before and after discussion (Ensuring students know what is expected of them and what constitutes an effective and productive discussion) Useful expressions and transitions pages (Encouraging students to use and record a variety of useful expressions and transitional phr
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5th - 7th
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Also included in:Â Conversation Starters Packages: Growing Bundle
Conversation Starters Package on Global Warming- Middle School
Generate inspiring class discussions with these thought-provoking conversation questions on global warming.What's included:A list of 15 thought-provoking questions for middle school students on the subject of global warmingActivities to fill in before and after discussion (Ensuring students know what is expected of them and what constitutes an effective and productive discussion) Useful expressions and transitions pages (Encouraging students to use and record a variety of useful expressions and
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5th - 8th
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Conversation Starters Package on The Media
Generate inspiring class discussions with these thought-provoking conversation questions on the media.What's included:A list of 20 thought-provoking questions for middle school students on the subject of the mediaActivities to fill in before and after discussion (Ensuring students know what is expected of them and what constitutes an effective and productive discussion) Useful expressions and transitions pages (Encouraging students to use and record a variety of useful expressions and transition
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5th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Conversation Starters Packages: Growing Bundle
Debating Topics for Middle School: Health & Nutrition
Get your middle school students debating topics that are both relevant and important to them while building their critical thinking skills. Students will be encouraged to develop their communication and debating skills, while opening their minds to different viewpoints. Each debate package covers and reinforces the five basic steps of the debating process: gathering information, exploring all sides of an issue, forming an initial opinion, defending the position in a debate and finally, refining
Grades:
5th - 7th
Conversation Starters Package on Social Media- Middle School
Generate inspiring class discussions with these thought-provoking conversation questions on social media.What's included:A list of 15 thought-provoking questions for middle school students on the subject of social mediaActivities to fill in before and after discussion (Ensuring students know what is expected of them and what constitutes an effective and productive discussion) Useful expressions and transitions pages (Encouraging students to use and record a variety of useful expressions and tran
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5th - 7th
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Also included in:Â Conversation Starters Packages: Growing Bundle
North America Excursion - Projects & PBL
Driving Question:What do we know about North America?Description:In this project, students travel to North America and choose a country (Canada, Mexico, USA) to learn more about. They develop a detailed travel brochure on that country based on their own research. Students use technology to conduct Internet research in order to be able to present facts about their chosen country’s resources, culture, government system, religion, geography, arts and cultural etc. Students can learn more about cur
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5th - 7th
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Also included in:Â PBL Bundle (Grade 5) - In Collaboration with A.J. Juliani - 26 Projects!
United Kingdom Excursion - Projects & PBL
Driving Question:What do we know about the United Kingdom?Description:In this project, students travel to the United Kingdom and choose a country (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland or Wales) to learn more about. They develop a detailed travel brochure on that country based on their own research. Students use technology to conduct Internet research in order to be able to present facts about their chosen country’s resources, culture, government system, religion, geography, arts and cultural etc.
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5th - 7th
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Conversation Starters Package on Education
Generate inspiring class discussions with these thought-provoking conversation questions on education. What's included:A list of 20 thought-provoking questions for middle school students on the subject of educationActivities to fill in before and after discussion (Ensuring students know what is expected of them and what constitutes an effective and productive discussion) Useful expressions and transitions pages (Encouraging students to use and record a variety of useful expressions and transitio
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Also included in:Â Conversation Starters Packages: Growing Bundle
The Water Cycle: A Children's Story - Projects & PBL
Driving Question:Why does water go through a cycle?Description:Students will love learning about the water cycle with this creative and challenging lesson incorporating science and language arts concepts. Students will become authors of a children's book about the water cycle. They will also be considering the concept of perspective as they write their story which will make for incredibly entertaining, creative, and memorable stories. This is sure to be a project they will not soon forget!What's
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5th
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Also included in:Â PBL Bundle (Grade 5) - In Collaboration with A.J. Juliani - 26 Projects!
Conversation Starters Package on Living Abroad- Middle School
Generate inspiring class discussions with these thought-provoking conversation questions on living abroad.What's included:A list of 15 thought-provoking questions for middle school students on the subject of living abroadActivities to fill in before and after discussion (Ensuring students know what is expected of them and what constitutes an effective and productive discussion) Useful expressions and transitions pages (Encouraging students to use and record a variety of useful expressions and tr
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5th - 7th
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Also included in:Â Conversation Starters Packages: Growing Bundle
Conversation Starters Package on Music- Middle School
Generate inspiring class discussions with these thought-provoking conversation questions on music.What's included:A list of 12 thought-provoking questions for middle school students on the subject of musicActivities to fill in before and after discussion (Ensuring students know what is expected of them and what constitutes an effective and productive discussion) Useful expressions and transitions pages (Encouraging students to use and record a variety of useful expressions and transitional phras
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5th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Conversation Starters Packages: Growing Bundle
Conversation Starters Package on Health Matters- Middle School
Generate inspiring class discussions with these thought-provoking conversation questions on health matters.What's included:A list of 15 thought-provoking questions for middle school students on the subject of health mattersActivities to fill in before and after discussion (Ensuring students know what is expected of them and what constitutes an effective and productive discussion) Useful expressions and transitions pages (Encouraging students to use and record a variety of useful expressions and
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5th - 7th
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Also included in:Â Conversation Starters Packages: Growing Bundle
Women in US History - Projects & PBL
Driving Question:How have women played a part in shaping modern America?Description:In this project students prepare a TED Talk on the impact of women in US history, choosing the subject of their talk themselves.They work in groups to research an influential woman in US history and explain her importance. Research can be guided toward certain topics or women, such as women's role in suffrage, the revolution, the abolition of slavery, civil rights or their role as pioneers. Information is provide
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4th - 8th
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Also included in:Â PBL Bundle (Grade 5) - In Collaboration with A.J. Juliani - 26 Projects!
The Giver: Story Event Press Release - Projects & PBL
Driving Question:How can writing a press release bring insight about a story's events?Description:In this project, students write press releases about an event in The Giver by Lois Lowry. The project leads students through how to write a press release and provides example press releases. In understanding an event and the points of view of an event, students reach a deeper understanding of the characters, the time, and most importantly, the author's intent in writing the events of the story.What
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5th - 8th
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Also included in:Â PBL Bundle (Grade 6) - In Collaboration with A.J. Juliani - 31 Projects!
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