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Kindergarten critical thinking environment resources under $5
Balloons Over Broadway Thanksgiving READ ALOUD STEM™ Activity
Have a classroom Thanksgiving Day Parade! Make learning fun with this Thanksgiving STEAM challenge in which students design their very own Thanksgiving Day Parade Balloon! An excellent companion activity to the fall read aloud book Balloons Over Broadway by Melissa Sweet.Not only do students design the balloon, but as an added challenge they must create a device to keep it floating in the air!Students plan, design, and execute their own ideas. After they have completed their activity, there is t
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K - 5th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
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Also included in: Thanksgiving READ ALOUD STEM™ Activities and Challenges BUNDLE
3 STEP STORY PICTURE SEQUENCING ACTIVITY KINDERGARTEN SEQUENCE OF EVENT CARDS
3-STEP SEQUENCING CARDS (78 TOTAL) INCLUDED IN THIS RESOURCE! (26 SEQUENCING SETS EACH CONTAINING 3 CARDS)Children will love these 3-step sequencing cards! The cards are color coded to help sort cards belonging to the same set. A sorting mat is also included so that kids can place their cards on it as they sequence the cards. These sequencing cards will help develop children's thinking skills.All you have to do is print the resources on cardstock paper and cut out. Shuffle the required cards
Grades:
PreK - K
Also included in: STORY SEQUENCING PICTURE CARDS AND WORKSHEETS SEQUENCE OF EVENTS BUNDLE
3-D Shapes Activity with Monsters (Geometry Math Craft for Elementary)
This fun elementary craftivity will get kids excited about 3-D geometric shapes while incorporating art into the classroom. This product includes 7 different shape (monster) templates (both in color and as line art for the student to color) and 3 accompanying worksheets. Please open my preview file to view everything that is included. This activity can also foster teamwork when students work together in groups of two to assemble their 3-D shape monsters.Save Money, buy the bundle! Monster Themed
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K - 2nd
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Also included in: 2-D & 3-D Shapes Monster Bundle
2D Shape Pattern Block STEM Challenge Cards
The perfect addition to your morning STEM tubs, these challenge cards ask students to make a variety of different 2D shapes from pattern blocks. Ideal for building visual discrimination skills as children have to rotate and flip smaller shapes to create the new shape.Focus shapes included - triangle, square, rectangle, rhombus/diamond, hexagon, trapezoid. Perfect to use as an invitation to play in the Early Years, as math centers or even as a cross-curriculum literacy center for early readers to
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K - 3rd
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Food chains foldable sequencing activities cut and paste science craft
These science cut-and-paste foldable activities make learning about food chains in different habitats fun! A hands-on alternative to a worksheet, children can sequence plants and animals for different food chains before cutting out their templates and folding them. The finished results are ideal for an interactive science notebook or whole-class science bulletin board display. They are most suitable for Kindergarten, first, or second grade. Resource 1This resource has templates for food chains i
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K - 2nd
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Goldilocks STEM Activity - Goldilocks and the Three Bears STEM Challenges
What do you get when you combine fairy tales and STEM? A fun, hands-on STEM Tale! This fairy tale with a twist guides students through the engineering design process to create a new bed for Goldilocks. The storybook can be read aloud together. Students will complete it as they work through the STEM activity.The STEM ActivityYour students will help Baby Bear build Goldilocks a new bed of her own! In this story, there is a bit of a twist that will tap into SEL topics like empathy.What You'll Get:T
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K - 3rd
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-PS2-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
Spring Scavenger Hunt - Spring Nature Walk Exploration
Grab a clipboard and get out and explore on a SPRING nature walk! Students can work individually, pairs or groups to find spring items. Some sheets list items to find and others have students make lists of things they see.SOLD SEPARATELY - OR PURCHASE THE BUNDLE AT A DISCOUNTED PRICE!SCAVENGER HUNTS ARE AVAILABLE IN FOUR SEASONS ALONG WITH NEIGHBORHOOD VERSION!WINTERSPRING SUMMER FALL NEIGHBORHOOD ALL FOUR SEASONS PLUS NEIGHBORHOOD BUNDLE BASIC SHAPE SCAVENGER HUNTSINDOOROUTDOOR3-D GEOMETRIC SHA
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PreK - 5th
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Layers of the Rainforest
Layers of the Rainforest
Have students learn, practice, or reinforce their knowledge of the rainforest with this great interactive book. Each door is labeled with the layer of the rainforest. The door opens to reveal two animals that live in that layer. Perfect for an interactive notebook OR as a project.
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Grades:
K - 1st
LEGO Challenge Task Cards {Great for STEM or fun building!}
I am really excited to show you some cute, older-kid friendly LEGO Challenge Task Cards! These are bright, colorful, and can appeal to older students without looking too primary. Don’t’ have LEGOs? That’s okay! These can be used for any building materials you may have—unifix cubes, plastic Flake Discs (Amazon), Bunchems (Amazon or Target), Wiki Stix, pipe cleaners, play-dough, etc. Get those kids engineering and manipulating. They work great as an independent station for special education, a STE
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PreK - 8th
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Thinking Thursday
Are you looking for a fun way to get your children thinking outside the box? Try a Thinking Thursday. You can do these whole group, independent practice, or even as morning work. This is a great way to get your kids using their imagination!*Capital and lower-case letters*Numbers 1-20 in 2 different fonts*20 shapes*a blank set with no Thinking Thursday at the top so you can use any day of the week *a set with just lines so students can write their own sentences *1 page to use to create your ownPl
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PreK - 3rd
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Earth Day Mini Unit: Activities and Printables!
Get your students excited about Earth Day with this fun and interactive unit! You will find supplemental activities to engage your students as you explore environmental awareness, such as: hands on activities, crafts, science explorations, math and language arts printables, a mini book and so much more! 1. Recommended Book List2. Earth Day Word Wall (2 Pages)3. "Earth Day" Mini Book4. "Gifts from Our Planet" Natural Resources printable5. "My Earth Day Pledge" craftivity with directions and templ
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Grades:
K - 2nd
Reduce Reuse Recycle Sort Activities + FREE Spanish
Boost engagement with this fun, interactive resource about environmental care (reduce, reuse, recycle). It includes vocabulary cards, individual and group sorting activities, graphic organizers, a coloring sheet, a word building activity, a drawing sheet and more! It works great for boosting academic vocabulary while learning and reviewing the content. This resource was created by Nikki and Nacho - previously known as Nicole and Eliceo.TEACHER-FRlENDLY FEATURESThis resource has been teacher-test
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PreK - 1st
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Also included in: Social Studies Sort Activities Bundle + FREE Spanish
My Place in the World Project: "Me on the Map" Geography for Kids
This hands-on geography project "My Place in the World" has kids create a visual representation of how we fit into the world. Teachers often use it with the kids' geography book "Me on the Map," by Joan Sweeney. Ideal for integrated Social Studies, ELA, Geography, Literacy, and Map Skills.Using a series of nesting circles to show the relative sizes of different geographic places, this simple but effective geography lesson helps kids sort out their relation to one another. This activity includes
Grades:
K - 5th
Also included in: Geography for Kids Bundle: Three Essential Hands-on Activities
Finish the Drawing/Early Finisher/Time Filler/Creativity
This "Finish the drawing" activity is the perfect way for your students to express their creativity! I love using this as a time filler, fun Friday, etc.! It is so interesting to see all of the different ways they can finish the picture.This set includes 43 pages.
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PreK - 6th
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The Napping House Retelling Pack
The Napping House Retelling Pack is intended to be used after reading the book The Napping House by Audrey Wood. This is a favorite student book. Use this pack to make the story come to life! Here is what is included in the pack.Vocabulary Cards: Print on cardstock, laminate, and cut apart words or leave as a poster. Preview vocabulary from the story prior to reading and/or review vocabulary after reading the story. Place in writing center, pocket chart, or back with magnetic tape and use
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PreK - K
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Transportation Pattern Blocks Activity Mats & Task Cards
These transportation pattern blocks activity mats and task cards are perfect for enhancing your transportation unit or lesson. Students can create a picture with the pattern blocks, count and write how many of each block was used, then trace the name of the transportation. This set includes land, water and air transportation. Two versions are included to allow for differentiation. Just provide your kids with pattern blocks and let them complete the challenges/activities. The images on the mats
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PreK - 1st
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Also included in: TRANSPORTATION BUNDLE
The Day The Crayons Quit...Book Companion...Color Activities!
Visit this site to learn more!!Updated to to include Color pages and Colour pages.This is one of my favorite stories. So many Common Core Standards can be addressed using this piece of literature. Best is that it will bring a smile to your children's faces as they listen to this delightful tale and maybe even take a peek at their own crayons.Activities are differentiated to meet the variety of levels found in the classroom.The packet contains:Story Recall...Problem identification/how it was so
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K - 2nd
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Food chains foldable sequencing activity cut and paste shark bear lion
Are you looking for a fun and interactive way to teach food chains that's different from a standard worksheet? This science cut-and-paste activity is hands-on and has options for differentiation. Ideal for science centers, interactive notebooks and to support learning about ecosystems, feeding relationships, and habitats. This resource has templates for 3 food chains (lion, grizzly bear, and shark). For each one there are 3 similar options;1. Color the pre-designed template, with animals and pl
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K - 3rd
Also included in: Food chains foldable sequencing activities cut and paste science craft
The R's rules! reduce, reuse & recycle, fold and learn
This is a science fold and learn craftivity that can be used in different grades. Your students will be able to complete this fold earth day craft and learn how to save the planet.This craft has been adapted for two levels (one with some writing). I have also included the Spanish version: La regla de las 3 Rs.See related foldables:>I can recycle>Every drop countsYou can find similar activities in my store:>SCIENCE FOLD AND LEARNNote: Each student will need 2 and 1/2 pages.Do you like my
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K - 3rd
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Also included in: Science Fold & Learn SUPER BUNDLE
35 Different Tangram Puzzles - Black & Color
Here are 35 different Tangram puzzles for you to cut out and use in your classroom! Each tangram is on a 3.7" x 4.9" card and there are 4 cards per page. The color tangrams show the individual shapes while the black tangrams only show the whole figure as a sold color. The tangram cards will go with any sized tangrams. They aren't made to line up directly with the tangrams / aren't sized to any particular tangram set size, but were created give the students challenge cards to work with.I have
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PreK - 11th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Christmas STEM Pattern Block Challenge Cards
Celebrate the holiday season in your classroom with the help of this pattern block Christmas math activity! A hands-on fun way to explore shapes making them the perfect addition to your math centers, morning work or STEM bins this Christmas! Few can resist working with pattern blocks and these Christmas STEM Challenge Cards provide ideal support for young children learning about shapes while also focusing on building visual discrimination, fine motor skills and transforming shapes by rotating, s
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K - 4th
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Recycling Clip Art Bundle {Educlips Clipart}
The collection contains 49 images. 26 color and 23 B&W. Pictures of items that can be recycled:
Compost - compost bin, apple core, carrot peelings, banana skin, worm
Aluminum - fruit can, vegetable can
Plastic - water bottle, mouthwash bottle, shampoo bottle, milk container, dish wash bottle
Paper - cardboard box, crumpled paper, newspaper, magazine
Glass bottle, recycle bins, signs and 2 recycling superhero kids.
Images saved at 300dpi in PNG files.
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PreK - 5th, Staff
EMOTIONAL REGULATION: The Catastrophe Scale
I use this great visual to help teach my students to be less dramatic when resolving issues or becoming upset over problems. This resources comes with a number of colour and black & white versions that can be used as posters, cue cards or activity sheets.I have also included a cut and sort sheet as a follow up activity.
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PreK - 6th
Animal Habitats Sorting Activities Preschool to Kindergarten
Animal Habitat Sorting: Arctic, Rainforest, Desert, Wetland, Grassland, and Ocean Animals. This Habitat set makes it easy to learn about where animals live! Create sorting centers by laminating each item or turn each habitat into a craft by coloring and gluing each animal to their home! This set will be geared towards preschool, PreK and Kindergarten kidsWhat is included in this resource:BW and Color to fit your printing needs 6 Habitats: Arctic, Rainforest, Desert, Wetland, Grassland, and Ocean
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Grades:
PreK - K
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