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Critical thinking independent works for Easel Assessments
Analogy Task Cards | 3 sets of analogies! | 72 Print & Digital Multiple Choice |
These 72 Analogy Task Cards are divided into 3 color-coded sets of 24 cards each. Students can solve the analogies orally in groups or use the included answer sheet to record their answers. There are also answer keys for each card set so that your students can check their work. Analogy Task Cards are also available in a short answer format. Please see below for link.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Short Answer Analogies Task Cards are available here.Other great products:•
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2nd - 4th
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Making Generalizations Task Cards | Print & Google & Self-Checking Easel
These 32 making generalizations task cards help students to conquer this tricky reading strategy.WHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:32 Task Cards (prints 4 to a page)Black-lineColorRecording SheetsAnswer KeysDIGITAL:Google SlidesEasel Assessment - Self-CheckingDIFFERENTIATION OPTIONS:Digital or PrintChallenge Card to extend the lessonMultiple versions of the recording sheet includedGreat for 3rd, 4th, 5th, or 6th grade! CHECK OUT THE PREVIEW TO SEE A LOT MORE! This resource is part of a money-saving bundl
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3rd - 6th
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Fact and Opinion Task Cards | Print & Digital | Google | Easel Self-Checking
Your students will love these 32 Fact & Opinion Task Cards!Use these 32 task cards to help students learn the difference between fact and opinion. Each card features three related sentences. Students must select which one is either a fact or an opinion. The multiple-choice format makes these cards ideal for test prep. If you want your students to go a little deeper, there are also two challenge cards that can be added to any of the other cards and answered either verbally or on notebook pap
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3rd - 5th
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Critical and Creative Thinking Task Cards - Great Discussion Starters with Poll
Your students will love these 24 critical thinking Odd One Out task cards! Each odd one out task card features four images (or descriptions for blackline) and asks the students to choose which one is the "odd one out". Uniquely, there are multiple answers to build student creative and critical thinking skills!Plus, there's an Easel poll included! This is great for a discussion starter!Flexible Features: Use with or without technology!Printable in color or black and white (4 cards-to-a-page)Digit
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2nd - 5th
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Word Root Task Cards Using Word Pairs | Set 1 | Print & Digital | ELA Test Prep!
Use these 32 multiple choice cards to practice word root meanings. Each card features two words with the same root and a choice of meanings. Students must use their knowledge of the word meanings to infer the correct answer. A student answer sheet for students to record their answers is included along with an answer key for self-checking. There is also a Challenge Card that can be used in conjunction with any other card to extend the activity. These task cards are perfect for test prep and will
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4th - 6th
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Analogies PowerPoint and Easel Assessment
Analogies Interactive PowerPoint. What is an analogy and how do you solve one? This presentation defines what an analogy is, how they are written, and what relationships to look for when solving analogous pairs. There are 10 practice analogies for students, with answers and explanations. The guided practice helps students develop critical thinking skills and prepares them for standardized tests. Use on a whiteboard or on Chromebooks. Great to use at the end of the year before summer break or for
Grades:
5th - 8th
Synonyms Task Cards: Grades 4-6 Set 1 | Vocabulary Practice | Print & Digital
Use these 32 multiple choice task cards to reinforce synonyms. A student answer sheet for students to record their answers is included along with an answer key for self-checking. There is also a Challenge Card that can be used in conjunction with any other card to extend the activity. These task cards are perfect for test prep and will work well at literacy centers, stations, for partner work, or with the whole class using a game like Scoot. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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4th - 6th
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FREE Halloween Would You Rather Questions Print, Easel, and Google Slides
Here is a set of 20 FREE Would you Rather Questions about Halloween. Great for discussion starters, class polls and journal prompts. What's Included:Print copy Easel Assessment (great for a class poll!)Easel Activity - digital activity that requires students write about why it's there favoriteGoogle Slides digital activity - more challenging for advanced technology users! The students move move around a flashlight to try and read the questions.Great for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th,6th, 7th, or 8th g
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1st - 8th
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Climate Change Project | Identify Effects & Explore Solutions | Nonfiction
Are you looking for a resource to guide your students to tackle the complex and widely debated issues of climate change? This project-based learning unit focuses on identifying effects and exploring potential solutions. As the earth gets warmer and warmer the causes, mechanisms, or impacts of climate change on our planet are something important to discuss. Equally important is exploring solutions and ideas that can help us build a better future. Take the opportunity to initiate conversations ab
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1st - 3rd
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, 1-LS1-1
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: Science Climate Change Bundle | Compatible with NGSS
Synonyms Task Cards: Grades 2-3 Set 2 | Vocabulary Practice | Print & Digital
Use these 32 multiple choice task cards to reinforce synonyms. A student answer sheet for students to record their answers is included along with an answer key for self-checking. There is also a Challenge Card that can be used in conjunction with any other card to extend the activity. These task cards are perfect for test prep and will work well at literacy centers, stations, for partner work, or with the whole class using a game like Scoot. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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2nd - 3rd
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Synonyms Task Cards | Grades 2-3 Set 3 | Vocabulary Practice | Print & Digital
Use these 32 multiple choice task cards to reinforce synonyms. A student answer sheet for students to record their answers is included along with an answer key for self-checking. There is also a Challenge Card that can be used in conjunction with any other card to extend the activity. These task cards are perfect for test prep and will work well at literacy centers, stations, for partner work, or with the whole class using a game like Scoot. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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2nd - 3rd
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Synonyms Task Cards: Grades 4-6 Set 2 | Vocabulary Practice | Print & Digital
Use these 32 multiple choice task cards to reinforce synonyms. A student answer sheet for students to record their answers is included along with an answer key for self-checking. There is also a Challenge Card that can be used in conjunction with any other card to extend the activity. These task cards are perfect for test prep and will work well at literacy centers, stations, for partner work, or with the whole class using a game like Scoot. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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4th - 6th
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Synonyms Task Cards: Grades 4-6 Set 3 | Vocabulary Practice | Print & Digital
Use these 32 multiple choice task cards to reinforce synonyms. A student answer sheet for students to record their answers is included along with an answer key for self-checking. There is also a Challenge Card that can be used in conjunction with any other card to extend the activity. These task cards are perfect for test prep and will work well at literacy centers, stations, for partner work, or with the whole class using a game like Scoot. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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4th - 6th
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Giraffes Activities Freebie | PBL | STEAM | Biomimicry | Nonfiction
Looking for exciting activities for a project-based learning unit? Here is a biomimicry Freebie to make your science project for younger students, Kindergarten to Grade 3, both fun and educational. By incorporating elements of biomimicry, students will be inspired to draw parallels between nature's marvels and innovative design solutions, nurturing creativity and critical thinking. If you've never used biomimicry before this lesson plan will guide you through the process of using biomimicry and
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, 1-LS1-1
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 2-LS4-1
, 3-5-ETS1-1
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Maximize Learning: Cornell Note-taking Templates - Tools for Middle & HS ELA
Provide middle and high school students with a print and digital version of the Cornell Method of note-taking. Whether you're online, using a Learning Management System, or you're having kids kick it old school — research shows that teaching students how to take notes effectively is a key to their academic success.Note Well: This educational digital download includes PDF, Google Workspace (Slides, et cetera), and Easel files.What's Included in this Digital Download:Teacher's Note for Using this
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Not Grade Specific
Empiricism vs. Rationalism: Classroom Philosophy Lesson for Middle & HS
How the mind works is an essential philosophical problem that forms the basis for a theory of knowledge. In this ready-to-go 45-minute jargon-free lesson, introduce your students to two famous theories - one touting that the mind is like a blank sheet of paper and the other that ideas are built-in to the mind like a muffin tin is pre-set with the shape of muffins (before you even bake 'em in the oven)! Which worldview makes the most sense? Introduce your students to this very important epistemol
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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The Gathering Storm in America Gives Rise to the American Revolution!
The Gathering Storm in America brings history to life with an award-winning (64 minute) audio drama featuring the events that led to American Independence. It tells the remarkable story of an all-but-forgotten forefather whose actions initiated the tumultuous Pre-Revolutionary Period in America. Derived from primary sources, it presents both the British and American points of view on issues that led to the Declaration of Independence and the building of a new nation on democratic principles. T
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Grades:
5th - 8th
Life Skills- Skills Young Adults Need For Todays Workforce-CDC Health Standard 5
This lesson plan on "skills needed in the workplace" assists students in preparing to enter the workplace with skills that will see them through their careers. It covers nine skills that are sought after by employers. The lesson can be broken up into nine mini-lessons if needed-with each skill having it's own activity associated with it. Clip art, printables, no prep needed, activities and assessment. An easel assessment is available with this lesson.CDC HEALTH STANDARD FIVE: Students will demo
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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Freedom Explored: 18-Count Discussion Task Cards Philosophy in the Classroom
If you want to teach philosophy with young people, use this lesson plan that introduces students to freedom. Freedom Task Cards are designed to get students talking about philosophical questions that arise when we explore the concept of freedom. What is freedom? Is a person truly free? What is positive freedom? What is the difference between intrinsic and extrinsic freedom? This resource is optimized for distance learning and it includes PDF, Google Workspace (Slides), and Easel files. Modify th
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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Analyzing 'The Ring of Gyges': Philosophy from Plato's Republic for Middle & HS
Caught you! Are people only good because they fear punishment and hope for a reward? I teach Glaucon's retelling of the Ring of Gyges from Book 2 of Plato's Republic (2:359a–2:360d). The story is about a shepherd who gets hold of a magical ring that makes him invisible. What would you do with such power? Glaucon tells the story to refute Socrates's notion that justice is a worthy pursuit. Would you use it for good, or would you use it for ill? I developed a lesson plan to get students thinking a
Grades:
7th - 10th
Oral Communication Sarcasm and Sarcastic Language Intention and Inference
Sarcasm is common communication in today’s culture.Silly as sarcasm can be, sarcastic comments can spark a fire of conflict too. Learn the appropriate (and inappropriate) use for sarcasm in this cartoon work-playbook. It is designed to educate, inspire and develop proactive critical thinking skills while communicating with peers, friends, family and others.This work-play book investigates Sarcasm and provides lots of writing exercises to instill how Sarcasm works.Objectives for Learning About Sa
Grades:
7th - 10th
The Miracle Worker Test over Whole Play - Print and Digital
15-question multiple choice test plus Key...The iconic play The Miracle Worker describes Helen Keller as a deaf and blind little girl, and how Annie Sullivan came to teach her. Hired mainly to teach the wild child some manners and behavior, Annie taught her the miracle of language itself. This is a 15-question multiple-choice qui or test to take after reading this play. Some questions are fact-based to check for reading. Some questions are higher-level inferencing questions. Key is included.
Grades:
6th - 9th
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Python Multiple Choice Questions
Python multiple choice questions consists of 30 questions with answers included. Questions test students knowledge on the expected output of mini-Python programs as well as theory-based questions relating to syntax, control statements and data structures used. A digital, interactive version of this assessment with pre-set answers have also been included so educators can easily utilize within their classes.
Grades:
10th - 12th, Higher Education
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Hit Home Run with Password - Play the Quiz Game
Do you know passwords well? The quiz is intended to help kids and even young adults to learn. 1. Good practice when using passwords, 2. Learn tips on how to make strong passwords So as you continue to use computers, laptops, mobile phones and internet in general, make sure you are using Passwords well and making yourself safe against cyber threats.Play the Quiz and let's see how well you know the passwords.Say No to Digital Risks and Yes to Digital Benefits.Before you solve the quiz - have a lo
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Not Grade Specific
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