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3rd grade critical thinking ELA test prep research
50 MORE Printables for Early Finishers & Enrichment
Keeping your fast finishers and enrichment students engaged just got easier! Never again hear a student say, "I'm done, what do I do now?" Although these are easy prep printables for you, they provide more than just fill in the blank busy work for your students.
This set of activities is based upon one my most highly rated, best selling products. You can see the first set of 50 printables
HERE
Inside you will find critical and creative thinking activities for a wide range and ability of stud
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1st - 4th
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Polar Bears Winter Reading Comprehension Passages with Nonfiction Text Features
Perfect for guided reading, close reading, and any nonfiction unit! This resource gives students the opportunity to learn about nonfiction, read nonfiction and respond to nonfiction text dependent questions. With three different articles, readers will use text features and other NF reading skills to learn more about polar bears. This unit includes before reading activities, during reading and after reading activities and graphic organizers to support students throughout the unit. Note: some org
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2nd - 4th
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How to Spot Fake News Websites Activity Cards
Equip your students with essential digital literacy skills using our carefully curated set of 15 interactive how to spot fake news websites activity cards. Designed specifically for elementary students, these cards will guide them in identifying and debunking fake news on the internet. Take the first step in combating misinformation and nurturing responsible digital citizens. Benefits:✅ Cultivate Critical Thinking: Foster a generation of critical thinkers who question information sources and mak
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Fake News Elementary Activity Cards & Worksheet Bundle
Raising Rigor: Project Based Learning- Self Guided Projects for Fast Finishers
Self Guided Inquiry Packet for High Ability Students:Every year I seem to have 2-3 students that come into my classroom way ahead of the pack. They finish early, they know the answers to my questions, and they are very good at independent tasks. I've always desired to challenge them in the way that they deserve to be challenged, but it can be overwhelming in the midst of Common Core rigor, the needs of struggling students, and the “busy work” of being a teacher. I designed this to be an independ
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1st - 3rd
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Also included in: Raising Rigor: BUNDLE!
Website Evaluation - CAKE
Time for research? Help your 3rd and 4th grade students understand website evaluation by teaching my simple C.A.K.E. model. Soon, your kids will be able to spot elements of dependable, trustworthy resources for their research tasks.During the lesson, you and your students will consider an informational text entry to see whether or not it is:✅Current✅Accurate✅Kid-Friendly, and ✅Easy-to-Use. They'll also investigate to determine whether or not a web author is truly the expert on cake that she appe
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3rd - 4th
Also included in: Website Evaluation Bundle - CAKE
Baby Literary Essay Graphic Organizer
Use this pamphlet-style graphic organizer to help students draft a baby literary essay! Print double-sided for an easy and quick foldable for your students.This organizer was designed with the TCRWP Grade 3 Unit of Study in mind, but can be adapted to be used with other grades and units as well (such as the TCRWP Grade 5 Literary Essay Unit of Study)!Font Credit: KG Fonts---*ENJOYING THIS RESOURCE? Take a look at my Research-Based Argument Essay graphic organizer for students to use during opini
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3rd - 5th
All About Penguins Winter Reading Comprehension with Text Feature Passages
Students will love learning about penguins with this unit! This resource is ideal for guided reading, nonfiction units, whole group reading, small group instruction, literacy centers and test prep. This resource gets students ready to learn about penguins by including pre-reading activities, a KWL chart, and journal pages to collect information throughout the unit. With four pages of NF passages, multiple choice and short answer questions, this resource will support student's learning with nonfi
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2nd - 4th
3rd Grade Science TEKS Projects, STAAR Prep Research Projects! PDF and Digital!
Ready-to-Go Research Projects for the 3rd Grade Science TEKS! With this resource, you'll find 40 engaging, creative and fun enrichment research projects aligned to the Texas 3rd Grade Science Texas TEKS. The projects allow students to think outside of the box when they research topics for specific answers. From researching why unique devices will float and others will not, how soil is formed from weathering rocks, the workings of sound energy or researching a food chain in the desert ecosystem
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3rd
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{{Paraphrase It! A Workshop for Paraphrasing and Note-taking Skills}}
Teach your students about paraphrasing and note-taking with this complete workshop, complete with anchor charts, leveled task cards, and recording pages. With these engaging, student-friendly topics, students can practice their digital citizenship, nonfiction reading skills, organizational skills, and much more! In this product you will find:
-5 mini anchor charts covering What is paraphrasing? and strategies for teaching elementary students to paraphrase successfully
-28 nonfiction task cards w
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1st - 5th
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UPDATED Women's History Month Biography Research Project- Exploding Box Project
Updated to now include Dr. Jill Biden and Vice President Kamala HarrisMarch is the time of year to celebrate all of the accomplishments women have made around the world. This Women's History Month project is sure to your engage students and assist them with the research process. Included in this resource:Step by step instructions explaining how to prepare and cut the pop-up box. A video tutorial is linked for assembling and creating your pop-up box.53 different Notable Women to choose from in co
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3rd - 6th
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ONE DOLLAR WORDS 2.0 Critical Thinking Because of Mr. Terupt Extension
ONE DOLLAR WORDS 2.0 Critical Thinking Challenge continues the fun and learning from ONE DOLLAR WORDS Freebie with 45 new clues. One Dollar Words are any words that have a value of exactly $1 when the letters are added together using these values: a = 1¢, b = 2¢, ... z = 26¢. The true value is in all the skills your kiddos will practice while engaged with this unit. ONE DOLLAR WORDS combine computation with vocabulary development, grammar with research, and editing with Higher Order Thinking
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3rd - 6th
Computer Based & Online Genius Hour Bundle
This bundle includes all you will need to implement a successful Genius Hour / 20% Time / Passion Projects / Personalized Learning experience. This somewhat paperless bundle allows for students to post research, ask questions, and complete the entire Genius Hour project online.
Bundle Includes:
- Google Site editable template for Genius Hour (allows all notes, resources, feedback etc. to be in one place)
- Student & Teacher-Friendly video and picture tutorials for site usage
- Genius Hou
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Create-A-Game! Planning Packet for Research Products for Advanced Students
One of my best sellers! The Create-A-Game Planning Packet for Enrichment/ Research Products is for ANY research topic! Your advanced or gifted students, or even your fast finishers, can "show what they know" in a unique, fun way! My students have been creating their own games for years…this packet is the end result of the lessons, guidelines, and many details I helped them include in their original games. This planning packet includes a 14 page detailed checklist to guide students through the s
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1st - 9th
Online Research Skills PowerPoint Lessons for Successful Research Projects
This Online Research Skills unit includes important lessons and activities for any research or inquiry project in elementary or middle school. The lessons lead students through topics such as searching, evaluating websites and resources, plagiarism, bibliographies, and much more.What you get:27-slide PowerPoint Slide lessons covering:Finding Just Right InformationKeyword and Boolean SearchingWebsite Evaluation lessons and activitiesBibliography and Plagiarism InformationPDF version included for
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3rd - 9th
Also included in: Research Skills for Successful Research Projects Bundle
Step-by-Step Informational Writing Packet- (3rd-6th Grade)
This is the packet I give to students when we first begin our research-based informational writing project.
The packet includes a step-by-step plan for students and breaks things down to make things a bit easier for even my lowest students.
This project allows students to choose any topic they would like to research (as long as it's approved by me). I always tell the kids to choose a topic they don't already know a lot about, so they are learning something new.
These are the steps that I use
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3rd - 6th
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Graphic Organizers for Analyzing Primary Sources
Your students will become History Detectives when they analyze primary sources using these graphic organizers. This type of activity improves critical thinking skills and these organizers are perfect for learner led inquiry. Use as a whole group, provide time as independent work, or use with small groups. Use at a social studies center, too! Students of all ages can study primary sources!
Included in this product:
*2 anchor charts: one color and one B&W
*7 graphic organizers (written documen
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
SBAC Complete ELA Grade 3 Assessment with Informational Performance Task
Thank You for purchasing this product. Your feedback would be GREATLY appreciated!Students will be asked to write three essays including a narrative, informational and opinion essay. There are three, Grade 3 assessments. Each includes one of these writing types as well as different ELA targets students will be assessed on. If you give all three assessments you will be literally providing your students with all ELA targets in Reading, Writing, and Research!Support your students with a complete E
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2nd - 4th
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ELA Performance Task - Reading and Writing SBAC practice
Do you need a fun and engaging ELA Performance Task to practice for state testing? Look no further! This is the perfect reading and writing practice for SBAC state testing. This product contains: Two sources/texts: "What is a Platypus?" and "Types of Mammals"Compare and Contrast information from the two sources with an answer keyMultiple writing prompts: informational, persuasive, and narrative planning/brainstorming pageFinal draft writing paper Warning: your students may or may not become obse
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2nd - 5th
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Also included in: ELA and Math Performance Task Bundle - 3rd and 4th Grade SBAC Test Prep
Making a Claim Cursive Writing- Should Cursive BE Taught? (Articles included)
Students will first find out what a claim is, then read an article about the cursive writing controversy. Should cursive be taught in schools or not?Students will then use the graphic organizer provided to write down notes and plan their essay stating their own claim.Students will then begin to plan an essay where they will take a stand, making their own claim using specific details from the texts they read.This activity allows students to read articles, while practicing using text details to su
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3rd - 5th
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Discovering History: Integrating Literacy Skills Through Student Presentations
This product was created in an attempt to continue our classroom momentum in both Social Studies and History prior to our statewide exams. It seems as though this subject falls short as we prepare for both Reading and Math exams. I have incorporated some key ELA skills into a packet that will promote student interaction with the text being taught, while allowing them to practice:
*Vocabulary and dictionary skills
*Identifying facts within a given text
*Identifying problems and solutions
*Iden
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3rd - 5th
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ONE DOLLAR WORDS MEGA BUNDLE Critical Thinking Because of Mr. Terupt Extension
ONE DOLLAR WORDS MEGA BUNDLE offers a deal that can't be beat! This unit combines the fun of two ONE DOLLAR WORDS bundles at an unbelievable price. You will get 450 clues to get your students working on vocabulary development, computation/calculator skills, traditional and/or internet research, and critical thinking. This mega bundle also includes suggestions for extending the learning that are not found in any of the component units. Moreover, this bundle is available digitally on TPT Easel.
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3rd - 6th
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Thanksgiving Activities, Logic Puzzles, Research, Writing in Print or Digital
Do you need fun ideas centered around Thanksgiving that can be printed or used virtually? Engage and challenge bright students with these standards-based Thanksgiving Activities. This product is loaded with fun activities to get your gifted and talented or bright students thinking during the month of November. Find puzzles, Inferencing, writing, and research activities to interest even reluctant learners in grades 3 - 6. Click HERE to save 25% with the Year Long Bundle.Save 30% off the price of
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3rd - 6th
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Meteorology Today! Gr 4 Project Based Learning Activities and Rubric for Weather
In this unit, students have an important job! They will become meteorologists for an important weather magazine called “Meteorology Today”! Throughout this project, students will be investigating weather patterns and weather maps for a US region. They will research from a meteorologist’s point of view. Students will be broken up into 5 groups by US regions. Students will report their findings on an online website for the magazine (There is not a real webste—they will present in person or i
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3rd - 5th
Developing Research Skills Task Cards An IB PYP Activity with Distance Learning
*UPDATED TO INCLUDE DIGITAL VERSION*These 36 task cards, now with digital versions and 18 additional digital slides, are a terrific way to actively practise the IB PYP Approaches to Learning skills needed for research and that we use continuously throughout inquiry based teaching. Covering data analysis, questioning, inferring, synthesising and much more, the task cards can be used in a variety of ways that encourage the children to reflect and think about the strategies for researching, with v
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: IB PYP Approaches to Learning Skills Task Cards with Distance Learning
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