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1st grade critical thinking science task cards
Cup Stacking Challenge Cards
Grab these Cup Stacking Challenge Cards for endless classroom fun and engagement.Indoor Recess? perfect!Relay Race in P.E.? you bet!S.T.E.M. Activity? for sure!Need to boost student problem solving? you know it!What's Included:• 50 Illustrated Challenge Cards• Interactive PDF Full Page CardsEXTRA: Valentine Heart Cup Stacking ChallengesHow To Use:These challenge cards can be used several different ways. Ultimately, use these cards in a way that works best in your classroom and for your students.
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K - 3rd
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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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Math Logic Puzzles Shapes - Early Finisher Activities - levels A,B,C BUNDLE
These pattern block math logic puzzles for kindergarten, first, and second grade make a great, NO PREP math center activity, morning work activity, or challenge math activity. These logic puzzles keep students highly-engaged while improving and developing their logic and visual discrimination skills. These brain teasers are a great way to teach your students to persevere through challenging tasks and help to develop their growth mindset. This bundle includes three different levels of math logic
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K - 2nd
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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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End of School Year Breakout - Last Day Escape Room - Activities Digital - Summer
A fantastic, fun end of the school year or last day of school activity to work on team building, perseverance, critical thinking, and using a Growth Mindset! Ideal for students grades 2 - 8.Recommended Use:Allow children to attempt the digital breakout challenge individually, in pairs, small teams, or as a whole class. Share the clues with your students, either by sharing the Google Slides of the clues with your students (two versions to choose from: with or without lock hints) or printing out h
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1st - 8th
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STEM Starters Task Cards Building Activities Morning Bins or Early Finishers
Bring the excitement of STEM to your classroom! These STEM Starter task cards are perfect for 1st grade, kindergarten, preschool, and 2nd grade classrooms. Students will be encouraged to think critically and creatively as they work hard to create the object from the "I can" statement included on each card. With the help of these STEM Starter cards, your students will be motivated to explore the world of STEM and have fun while doing it!These task cards are the simplest way to add more STEM activ
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K - 2nd
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Spring Break Breakout - Spring Break Escape Room - Activities - Digital - Fun
A fantastic, fun pre- or post-spring break activity to work on team building, perseverance, critical thinking, and using a Growth Mindset! Ideal for students grades 2 - 8.Recommended Use:Allow children to attempt the digital breakout challenge individually, in pairs, small teams, or as a whole class. Share the clues with your students, either by sharing the Google Slides of the clues with your students (two versions to choose from: with or without lock hints) or printing out hardcopies. You may
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1st - 8th
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Why and How Questions Inferential Reasoning Speech Therapy No Prep Boom Cards
This Boom Cards™ deck is perfect for teaching answering why and how questions regarding visual inferences and requiring inferential reasoning. It has 20 real-life picture scenarios with three cards for each scenario (1) the main photo with a draggable prompt guide on the right (2) open-ended boxes for answering why and how questions (how did you know?) and (3) a page for multiple choice in the field of 3 and draggable highlights to be placed on the clues.The breakdown of the deck is as follows:★
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1st - 3rd
Science Task Boxes - Set one
Science Task BoxesDownload Preview FilePlease make sure to download the preview file to ensure that it is appropriate for your grade level prior to purchasing.Description:Are you tired of boring worksheets! Looking for something new? Here are 16 Primary task boxes that are all related to some science standards, that can be used in small groups, independent centers, one on one instruction and take-home boxes for homework for that extra needed practice!! These tasks boxes, or task cards, help prom
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1st - 3rd
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Also included in: Academic Task Box Bundle
Critical Thinking Activities Logic Puzzles, Algebraic Thinking, Math Enrichment
Engage your students with these critical thinking activities and math logic puzzles. Included in this bundle are 3 critical thinking products for grades K-2. These ready to use logic puzzles are the perfect addition to your classroom to promote mathematical reasoning, problem solving, and creativity!These student friendly critical thinking activities will build a foundation for algebraic reasoning. With 96 puzzles in total, your students will be buzzing with excitement every time they complete o
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K - 2nd
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Holiday Hashtag Blocks Challenge Cards / Christmas & Winter STEM / Student Gifts
The following holiday challenge cards and gift tags are perfect for student gifts and are designed to accompany “Hashtag” building blocks, found seasonally in Target Dollar Spot.Students may complete the challenge cards independently or with partners, or you may choose to make copies and give them as holiday gifts to your students.Includes smaller cards for individual student use and larger cards for classroom use.To complete the Hashtag Block challenge cards, students will only need about 30 bl
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PreK - 6th
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Place Value Riddles Mystery Number Puzzles Task Cards Scoot Tens and Ones
Build number sense and engage your students in critical thinking with these mystery number task cards! Each card requires students to guess a two-digit mystery number based on place value and greater than/less than clues. This is a fun way to practice place value and number sense skills up to 100 and are a great challenge for early finishers. INCLUDES:24 task cardsrecording sheetanswer keydigital activitiesDigital activitiesThis resource includes a digital version in Easel. It includes moveable
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1st - 2nd
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Also included in: PLACE VALUE Math Bundle 2-Digit Numbers Tens and Ones 1st Grade
Science Task Boxes - BUNDLE (set 1 & 2)
Science Task Boxes (set 1 & 2):Are you tired of boring worksheets! Looking for something new? Here are 32 Science task boxes that can be used in small groups, independent centers, one on one instruction, and take-home boxes for homework for that extra needed practice!! These tasks boxes, or task cards, help promote independent learning skills for early learners, gifted Pre-K, Kindergartners, ELL students, and Special needs or SPED teachers. This resource can be used all school year. I
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PreK - 1st
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Maker Bins STEM Labels and 250 Task Cards for Morning Bins
These Maker Bins are just what you need to engage your students in STEM learning. You can use these fun Maker Bins for centers, morning bins / morning work, Fun Friday, indoor recess, early finisher activities, challenge activities, and more. Your students will love creating, designing, engineering, and practicing their fine motor skills using these Maker Bins! This resource includes Maker Bin material labels and over 250 "I can build..." everyday and seasonal task cards that students will enjo
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1st - 3rd
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Also included in: Maker Bins Building Activities Centers Bundle Morning Bins Bundle
Year of STEM Challenges
"This is BY FAR the most comprehensive, FUN low prep STEM bundle I’ve ever bought. Love it, and so do the kids!" - Nikki M.Looking for easy prep, fun to solve STEM challenges for kids?! This epic bundle combines ALL of my STEM challenges into one easy purchase - my best selling landmark cards, toothpick and playdough STEM structures, weight and length challenges... they're all here! And that means you'll get an entire year of STEM challenges in one easy download.Each activity pack includes easy
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PreK - 3rd
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Maker Bins Building Activities Centers Bundle Morning Bins Bundle
These Maker Bins are just what you need to engage your students in creative building activities! You can use these fun Maker Bins for STEM centers, morning bins / morning work, Fun Friday, indoor recess, early finisher activities, challenge activities, and more. Your students will love creating with these Maker Bins. Each of the Build It and Write Maker Bins includes a bin label, direction card, and building pieces (paper pieces) that will allow your students to design creatively in their own un
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K - 2nd
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Depth of Knowledge (DOK) 105 Question Stem Cards MATH EDITION
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With the new assessments coming into play, students will be expected to answer more complex questions. Are your students answering higher-order questions properly and regularly? If not, use these questioning stems to get kids thinking more deeply about their learning.
This set of DOK Level 1-4 cards, makes it easy to scroll through and select various levels of questions before, during, and after instruction. They are
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PreK - 12th
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DINOSAUR Play Dough Mats | 22 Picture Mats and 10 Counting Mats 1-10
This fun set of Play Dough Mats (DINOSAUR edition) features Brachiosaurus, T-Rex, Iguanodon, Stegosaurus and MORE! It's a perfect addition to your Dinosaur unit! You'll find 11 half-page picture mats with a colorized picture for your kiddos to recreate. You'll also find 11 full-page play dough mats with a large B/W picture so that students can create their dinosaurs ANY COLOR they like, PLUS 10 dinosaur nest play dough mats for counting dino eggs from 1-10. So fun! For a better look, just click
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PreK - 1st
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Valentine Breakout - Valentine's Day Escape Room - Activities - Digital - Fun
A fantastic, fun valentine activity to work on team building, perseverance, critical thinking, and using a Growth Mindset! Ideal for students grades 2 - 8.Recommended Use:Allow children to attempt the digital breakout challenge individually, in pairs, small teams, or as a whole class. Share the clues with your students, either by sharing the Google Slides of the clues with your students (two versions to choose from: with or without lock hints) or printing out hardcopies. You may wish to provide
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1st - 8th
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Sequencing Math Logic Puzzles, Early Finisher Activities, Enrichment 2nd Grade
Improve your students' critical thinking and problem-solving skills with these 36 sequencing logic puzzles. Students must use logic and reasoning to create a set of birds on a wire that satisfies all the clues in the puzzle. The activities require them to analyze statements about relationships, evaluate a solution to see if it meets given criteria, explain their reasoning, create more than one solution to a problem, and generate their own problems and solutions. Check out the preview for a c
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1st - 3rd
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Measuring with a Ruler in INCHES BOOM CARDS™ Length Digital Learning Game
This is a fun 31 slide review over measuring with a ruler. With this set of fun and colorful digital cards, students will measure items with a movable ruler or look at the item and type how long it is. Students will also compare the length of objects to see which one is shorter or longer. This is great for practicing standard units of measure in inches! This is a fun and interactive activity to do at a math station or to review measurement. Each slide also includes a sound file that the s
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1st - 2nd
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Measurement Ruler Length Centers Autism Work Math Task Cards Special Education
In your special education classroom, are you working on measurement units, long and short and using a ruler? Task cards are a great way for your students to work on their standard measuring skills!These 70+ Math task cards work on measuring length using a 12 inch ruler. There are 2 differentiated levels in this measurement task box set! Mix them up or work on questions leveled separately!These task cards can be used during direct instruction, individual work, and in task boxes. Appropriate for e
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K - 2nd
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Nonstandard Measurement BOOM CARDS™ LENGTH Digital Learning Game
This set of Boom Cards™ features 53 different digital task cards over the concept of NONSTANDARD MEASUREMENT (Length). These would be great for your students to do when learning about measurement in kindergarten or first grade! These slides are all very student friendly, and your class will love them!This is a fun review over nonstandard measurement. With this set of fun and colorful digital slides, students will measure items with cubes, links, paperclips, bears, and pennies. They will move
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K - 1st
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Planets in the Solar System Space Lesson: BOOM CARDS + Printable Activities
Have fun learning about PLANETS of the solar system with these space BOOM Cards! These digital task cards are self-marking and have audio! Follow up with 6 no-prep engaging printable activities. Great for ESL and Kindergarten-Grade 3 for assessing prior knowledge, whole-class instruction, mini-lessons, and independent work.***CLICK HERE FOR A PLAYABLE PREVIEW***What is included:Boom Cards23 interactive BOOM Cards Audio instructions on every cardTopics: Solar system, all planets, sun, moonInforma
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PreK - 3rd
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- Understand natural phenomena and the laws that govern the universe
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