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Elementary critical thinking handouts
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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39 Digital Moveable Tangram Puzzle Activities STEM Team Building Math
Have fun with your students while they solve these Tangram Puzzle Activities! This set of puzzles can be used in Google Slides or it can be downloaded and printed on paper. You choose! Great for developing critical thinking skills and team building activities!Great for distance learning!Included is a Google Slide version of the Following:39 Digital interactive Moveable Tangram Puzzles and their answers as well as a printable version. Your students will be able to move the tangrams into posit
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2nd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
15 Mystery Puzzles - Brain Teasers - STEM Project - Team Building - GT
Have fun with your students while they solve these Mystery Puzzles! This set of puzzles is interactive in Google Slide or it can be downloaded and printed on paper. You choose! Great for developing critical thinking skills!Great for distance learning!Included is a PDF version and a Google Slide version of the Following:15 Digital interactive Mystery Puzzles and their answers. Your students will learn and have fun at the same time. This project can also be used as a center activity with an i
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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101 Wacky Wordies Puzzles | Brain Teasers | Word Problems | Critical Thinking
Wacky Wordies is an excellent CRITICAL THINKING and VOCABULARY BOOSTING GAME for 2024 students LOVE the world over. WACKY WORD PUZZLES can be used in ENGLISH as an ICEBREAKER, a CRITICAL THINKING test or a FUN ACTIVITY for students and teachers of all ages.We have bundled together with the web's most complete collection of Wacky Word challenges, and HERE'S WHAT YOU GET.⭐ 202 Beautifully presented Wacky Wordies PowerPoint Slides with questions and answers.⭐ A paper-based test of 101 Wacky Wordie
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Staff
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Weekly Brain Teasers to Improve Critical & Creative Thinking Skills
These weekly brain teasers are designed to help improve students’ critical and creative thinking skills. Use these weekly brain teasers
as morning work, early finisher activities, centers, homework, or as extra credit. Students of all learning styles will love this resource,
and their problem-solving abilities will improve as they learn to think more critically.
There are 36 weeks of brain teasers to be used all year long. There are four student pages included that give definitions and examp
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4th - 8th
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Reading Level Guide for Parents - Bundle of Levels A - Z
Encourage reading every night by sending this guide home to parents throughout the school year. Parents want to help their students, but many don't know the things to say and ask their child throughout reading time! This handout serves as an outline of what some effective, higher - order prompts might look like. All of the prompts are based off my experience teaching reading skills and behaviors to students (and explaining these expectations to parents) and the Fountas & Pinnell Continuum of
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K - 5th
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Analyze & Interpret Experiment Data Lessons - Variables, Graphs, Analyze Results
Do your students adeptly analyze and interpret data from science experiments? It’s quite common for students to know how to conduct experiments, observe, and gather results, but also lack the data analysis skills to make meaning from their experiments. That problem is the inspiration behind this resource.STEM / NGSS Aligned Students are usually given the most experience with the first steps of the Scientific Method, but lack practice in the end stages. We often run out of steam or time performi
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Grades:
5th - 8th
DOK | Webb's Depth of Knowledge | Posters | Question Stems
Rigor, Rigor, All Around!Use these DOK Posters to help your students understand the 4 levels of Webb's Depth of Knowledge.Each poster has two sections:• One section that states "Thinking requires you to... (draw, identify, conclude, critique, etc...)" • The other section gives students examples of question stems for that DOK level.This product contains posters for a bulletin board and half sheet versions that you can use to make a booklet. Both the posters and booklet versions come in full colo
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Dictionary Skills Context Clues STAAR prep TEK 6.2E Lesson 1
Do your students struggle with dictionary standards involving words with multiple meanings? This dictionary-based practice set allows students to practice using context clues and inferencing to decide which definition is being used within a passage. This is oftentimes seen on STAAR / state testing and is a difficult concept for students to master!This resource includes:✔️ 6 Short reading passages featuring 1-2 underlined vocabulary words✔️ 10 mock dictionary excerpts, showing multiple definition
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4th - 7th
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Stone Soup Folktale Handouts
I read the folktale "Stone Soup" aloud to my students, focusing on the fact that the soup made the entire town happy at the end. I asked questions to make sure that the students have understood the book and its message.This was my absolute favorite folktale when I was younger, and that is why I wanted to create a fun, bold handout to go along with my lesson on folktales.How I used handout 1: "Elements of a Folktale" The teacher should model how to use the Stone Soup graphic organizer. The studen
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K - 5th
Middle School Interactive Reading Log {Common Core Aligned}
Give your 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students meaningful homework where they can read a fiction or non-fiction text of their choice and apply a wide-variety of reading prompts to the section of the text they read each night. Interactive reading logs provide a necessary bridge between students, teachers, and parents. They were created using the 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th reading standards for literature and informational texts. Beyond the Common Core, the reading prompts will ensure that students a
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5th - 8th
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Health - Substance Use & Abuse - Smoking, Drugs, Drinking, Alcohol PDF 70 Pages
NO PREP. Substance Abuse - Health Education. 70 Pages. This PDF file includes a variety of pages for the students to read and complete in Health Education. The topics covered are smoking and alcohol. Included in the file are:1) Smoking - short term effects of smoking.2) Smoking - long term effects of smoking3) What is in a cigarette.4) A word search5) A real life situation/problem for the student to read, discuss, and problem solve surrounding smoking.6) Influences of smoking - Media, family, pe
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3rd - 6th
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Socratic Seminars and Philosophical Chairs
Teaching kids to be more philosophic helps them acquire new ways of expressing themselves and innovative ways of thinking. It pushes students to be more logical, think critically, connect ideas, and to be more accepting of opposing views.Through the use of Socractic Seminars and Philosophical Chairs, you can bring philosophy into your classroom and give your students the opportunity to formulate questions, reason with peers, develop arguments, and contribute to constructive conversations.I trie
Grades:
1st - 5th
Statistics & Data Display Project for 6th Grade Math PBL (Fully Editable)
This product includes a student guide for a 6th grade middle school mathematics project that will require students to develop a statistical question, conduct a survey with their classmates, create numerical summaries, represent their findings using visual data displays, and finally present their findings! The thorough student guide provides step by step directions for each part of the project and could be used as either an in class project or to be assigned as homework. The student guide also in
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind Movie Questions ANSWERS | MOVIE GUIDE Worksheet
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind movie questions (released 2019) help keep students engaged throughout the film by providing 27 questions for them to answer to keep them on track. The The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind movie guide comes with a key that has suggested answers provided at the end.The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind worksheet follows along as a 13-year-old boy is thrown out of the school he loves when his family can no pay this bill so he sneaks into the library and learns how to build a windm
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4th - 12th
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May Puzzles Activity Packet End of the Year Activities During Testing Week
Are you looking for fun puzzle activities for the month of May? This easy-to-use End of the Year and May flower-themed packet is a great resource to have on hand anytime during the month of May, during testing week, or the end of the school year. Enhance critical thinking with fun puzzles and mazes: Keep your students engaged this May with these fun worksheets which will help them to enhance their critical thinking. With a range of exciting activities like mazes and riddles, your students will b
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3rd - 5th
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CNN 10 Digital and Print
Use CNN 10 videos to introduce students to current events and spark conversation and questions about the world they live in. Includes: -- Worksheet Print -- Digital Worksheet / Google Classroom Ready
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4th - 12th
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End of Year Logic Puzzles, Differentiated Levels
These 8 End of Year themed logic puzzles are great activities to fill the time as the year winds down, but still engage students in critical thinking. The 4 different levels are great for students of different grades and/or abilities. (grade levels indicated are suggestions as you know your students' abilities best). Answer keys included.Perfect for group activities, early finishers, those who crave extra challenges, GATE students, substitutes, etc. These grid logic puzzles are ready to go--just
Grades:
3rd - 7th
Growth Mindset lessons using The Dot, Ish, and Sky Color by Peter H. Reynolds
When you are teaching students about growth mindset, I believe it is vital to use stories they can relate to. If they are seeing other characters showing both a growth mindset and a fixed mindset, they will be more likely to understand what each look like.
This is a packet of Growth Mindset lessons which use the three books from Peter H. Reynolds collectively called the Creatrilogy. You will need to purchase these books or be able to borrow them to teach these lessons. Each book has wonderful
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K - 5th
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American Revolution Questions and Social Networking Activity
Here is an American Revolution 13 Colonies Questions and Social Networking Activity. Here is a great American Revolution bundle that will engage your students!Included in this 8-page mini-bundle is: →History of the 13 Colonies Handout→Student Handout (3-pages)→Teacher Answer Key→Social Networking Student Handout→Social Networking Template→Social Networking Example→Social Networking RubricFor the social networking activity, students are asked to complete several tasks. First, they are asked to wr
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: American Revolution - Revolutionary War Bundle of Activities
FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS 1 - No Prep - Multistep - Occupational Therapy -
Are you looking for NO PREP printable activities that address:critical thinkingproblem solvingfollowing directionsorganizational skills handwritingWell here it is!! This packet has ten activity sheets that require your student to read and follow the directions to complete a picture. Students will have to use critical thinking to figure out how to complete each activity. It's a fun challenge for students that will keep them engaged for the entire session!This activity packet is intended for a va
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1st - 4th
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Also included in: Worksheet Printable BUNDLE 1- HANDWRITING - Occupational Therapy
Reading Level Guide for Parents - Levels A - M
Encourage reading every night by sending this guide home to parents throughout the school year. Parents want to help their students, but many don't know the things to say and ask their child throughout reading time! This handout serves as an outline of what some effective, higher - order prompts might look like. All of the prompts are based off my experience teaching reading skills and behaviors to students (and explaining these expectations to parents) and the Fountas & Pinnell Continuum of
Grades:
K - 2nd
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Also included in: Reading Level Guide for Parents - Bundle of Levels A - Z
Go Math! 3rd grade Chapter 12 Resource Kit for TWO-DIMENSIONAL SHAPES!
In this packet you will find Vocabulary Cards, Pretests, and Journal entries per section for chapter 12 in the GO Math! Series for Grade 3!
Two-Dimensional Shapes
In this Grade 3 Go Math! Chapter 12 Resource Kit you will find:
* A genuine resource kit to help your students master two-dimensional shapes
* Everything is aligned to common core standards
* Vocabulary cards to use on bulletin boards or a focus wall
* A Pretest per chapter to assess students before beginning the chapter. It could al
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2nd - 4th
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Strengths and Weaknesses Stations Activity The Civil War Distance Learning
This lesson is a creative approach to a simple topic - Strengths and Weaknesses of the North (Union) and South (Confederacy) during the Civil War. The classroom version includes a 1 page historical background handout that introduces the Anaconda Plan and the attack on Fort Sumter. Once the students are aware of the background information, they will investigate the Confederacy and the Union by examining five sources. Although some of the sources provide direct information, others require the stud
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: The Civil War Full Unit Bundle Engaging Student Centered Activities
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