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Critical thinking Common Core SL.3.1d resources
Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions Passages PowerPoint Lesson
Help students in making inferences with this no-prep PowerPoint! This lesson plan includes everything you need to teach kids how to draw conclusions by using critical thinking while impressing your administrators. A quick and easy setup saves your planning time and is perfect for substitute teachers. Click HERE to save 25% off the price of individual resources with the bundle.This standards-based PowerPoint lesson guides students in the art of making inferences. It also includes a funny photo wi
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3rd - 5th
Also included in: Reading Skills Bundle
How to Build Meaningful Student-Led Discussion Pack
Do you want your students to lead their own meaningful discussion as they engage in critical thinking without you orchestrating the process? Like other academic skills, student-led discussion needs to be taught explicitly. This pack is designed to give you the tools you need as the teacher to do just that! Here's what is included in this pack:--16 Meaningful Discussion Stems Posters (3 different sizes)--How to Be a Respectful Listener and Speaker Posters--Student-Led Discussion Rubrics and Recor
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1st - 5th
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Growth Mindset Activities | Social Emotional Learning Bell Ringers | Volume 1
These fully-editable growth-mindset bell ringers will get your class thinking and are perfect for social emotional learning as well! With thought-provoking and engaging prompts, they can be used as individual writing prompts or large group discussion topics. Teachers agree that these bell ringers are perfect for daily warm ups or morning meetings. I’m so excited for your students to experience a variety of life-impacting questions to write about individually or discuss within groups.You will rec
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Introduction to Debate
This four lesson unit is designed to be a comprehensive debate tutorial for teachers who are new to debate or who want to implement debate into their current curriculum. I tried to design these materials with lots of explanation where necessary and minimal prep work to finish. I have taught debate for over ten years in the classroom and online and the knowledge and expertise I have gained have gone into these lessons to make them a perfect gateway to argumentation and debate. All lessons are onl
Grades:
3rd - 12th
Growth Mindset Bell Ringers | 40 SEL Writing Prompts For Any Subject | Volume 2
These fully-editable growth-mindset bell ringers will get your class thinking and are perfect for social emotional learning as well! With thought-provoking and engaging prompts, they can be used as individual writing prompts or large group discussion topics. Teachers agree that these bell ringers are perfect for daily warm ups or morning meetings. I’m so excited for your students to experience a variety of life-impacting questions to write about individually or discuss within groups. You will r
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Morning Meeting Sharing Questions- 200 Fun Discussion Questions
Do you participate in morning meetings? Do you ever get to the sharing time and find yourself asking the same types of questions or simply having trouble thinking of new questions to promote a safe and fun classroom community? This download contains 180 unique morning meeting sharing questions--one for each day of the school year. It is a great addition to any morning meeting space. You can choose to print out the master copy of the questions if you have a way of organizing the questions on your
Grades:
K - 5th
Also included in: Morning Meeting BUNDLE: Greetings, Sharing Questions, and Activities
The Wild Robot Questions - The Wild Robot Novel Study Discussion Questions
⭐ Make sure to take a sneak peek at this amazing resource ⭐Do you love the novel, The Wild Robot, by Peter Brown, but need low-prep activities to integrate into a fun novel unit? The Wild Robot Discussion Questions for Google Slides are a perfect way for students to synthesize information as they read each chapter in the novel. This resource includes a printable and digital option and is designed so that you can simply download, print, and go! This is ideal for teachers wanting a high-quality a
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3rd - 5th
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CALDECOTT BOOK ACTIVITIES Story Sleuths I Literature Extention Critical Thinking
STORY SLEUTHS I is a 4 week, critical thinking project based on Caldecott Award winning books. Your students will use text features, illustrations, and context to determine which Caldecott Award winning book is described by the set of clues. By involving your students in this project, you will exercise their deductive reasoning, analysis, evaluation, and problem solving skills. This unit is CCSS aligned. Students also enjoy great literature, learn about artistic media, and participate in col
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K - 4th
STEM Challenge | Design a Dream Classroom
This STEM Math Challenge is a fun and engaging way to learn the STEM process, utilize real-world math skills, and work collaboratively with a team! It provides students with great opportunities to think through problems and find creative solutions to them. Once you mention the words "Dream Classroom" you will have them hooked!The Design a Classroom STEM Challenge is a GREAT Back to School activity to teach and/or reinforce procedures. It's also designed to use at ANY time of the year as well!
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3rd - 4th
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3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
75 NO-PREP I Spy Games Bundle to Engage Students and Develop Language Skills
No-Prep Digital I Spy Guessing Games for Elementary Students to build classroom community, expand vocabulary, and make inferences with this fun and engaging games bundle!These digital I Spy guessing games are perfect for morning meetings, whole-class activities, or independent learning. They are designed to engage students, build classroom community, and develop receptive and descriptive language skills.The games feature real photos, not clipart, so students can see the objects they are trying t
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Not Grade Specific
No-Prep Nature Mystery Photo Game for Critical Thinking and Inferencing Skills
Your students will love guessing the mystery photo with this fun and engaging NO PREP digital game made for PowerPoint™. This natural resource will promote inferencing, speaking and listening skills during Morning Meeting while building classroom community.★ INCLUDED :Please view the PREVIEW to see the entire product10 nature-themed rounds5 slides in each round★ HOW ARE THESE GAMES DIFFERENT?Real photos - no clipartEasy to use - open the file, click present, and play!Equitable for students - vis
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Solve the Mystery Detective Case - Critical Thinking Challenge
Do your students think reading for Text Evidence to make Inferences is boring? If so, then you need this critical thinking activity to engage those reluctant readers- Solve the Mystery Detective Case! Students analyze eye witness accounts that help them draw a "police sketch" that identifies the criminal who robbed a museum! The vivid Google Slides presentation makes this activity feel so real that your students will never forget it!With each new witness statement, students must use their cr
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3rd - 5th
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Children's Rights Activities Bundle
This comprehensive Children's Rights Activities Bundle is ideal for supporting your students in learning about Children's Rights and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (also known as the UNCRC).This Children's Rights Bundle includes:Children's Rights Collaborative Display - This display pack includes a 32 piece display based on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Each page features a large hexagon with a statement regarding a right identified in the UNCRC and space for the st
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3rd - 5th
Flexible Thinking Games Bundle for Reasoning, Justifying & Categorizing Skills
What Doesn't Belong? is an open-ended game that can be played by students of all ages and abilities. It is also a great way to promote teamwork and discussion.In What Doesn't Belong?, students are presented with four related photos. They must then describe why one of the photos does not belong. There is no one correct answer, as every answer is based on the student's own reasoning and interpretation. Practice reasoning, justifying, and categorizing skills with this fun and engaging language arts
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Once Upon a TiM by Gibbs Novel Study Comprehension, Composition, Enrichment
This resource in PDF and Google Slides formats™ includes comprehension questions, discussion prompts, enrichment activities, and composition prompts for the book Once Upon a TiM by Stuart Gibbs. This is a whimsical, cross-curricular adventure story full of adventure, humor, literary elements, vocabulary, life lessons, and important themes. Stuart Gibbs is the New York Times bestselling author of the Spy School series, numerous books, screenplays, animated films, and TV shows. This first book in
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3rd - 5th
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STEM Challenge | Design a Dream Bedroom
This STEM Math Challenge is a fun and engaging way to learn the STEM process, utilize real-world math skills, and work collaboratively with a team! It provides students with great opportunities to think through problems and find creative solutions to them. Once you mention the words "Dream Bedroom" you will have them hooked!The Design a Bedroom STEM Challenge is a GREAT Back to School activity to teach and/or reinforce procedures. It's also designed to use at ANY time of the year as well! Ther
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3rd - 4th
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3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
Question of the Day AND Would You Rather Cards (Total of 180 cards!)
Are you struggling with what to do with 5 minutes of down time? Are your students struggling with waiting in line? Do you need ideas to get your students thinking in the morning? The Question of Day and Would You Rather Cards can help you with just that! There are many different ways to use them:✅ introduce them at the beginning of the day and have the students answer before lunch or before a break ✅ use them as you're waiting in line to leave or when there's those few minutes of down time
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PreK - 5th
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Bad Thing, Good Thing Perspective Taking Activity
Perspective taking can be a challenge for many of our students. These task cards give opportunities to take different perspectives and determine if something good can come from a bad event. Students often focus on the negative aspect of a problem. Higher level thinking allows us to take a more positive perspective. Present the Bad Thing side first and ask if the student can think of any good things that can come from it. There may be more than one acceptable answer for each card. The Good T
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Social Skills Communication Bundle
The One Thing You'd Save Park novel study comprehension composition enrichment
This resource includes comprehension questions with composition prompts and enrichment/project activities for the book The One Thing You'd Save by award-winning author, Linda Sue Park. The resource is provided as a printable PDF and as Google Slides™ for use in Google Classroom™. This is a unique and timely book that promotes critical thinking, encourages cooperation and inspires appreciation for different viewpoints and individuality. The book is written in the Korean Sijo poetic style and insp
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3rd - 6th
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Would You Rather? END of School Year Theme
Whether you call these tasks “This or That” or “Would You Rather” these 102 printable questions are great for helping students develop and justify a personal point of view. These questions have a "end of school" theme, to help students reflect on and celebrate their year.This set of questions present students with two different options: the task is to choose one and justify their choice with reasons.What's included? The resource includes:102 cards: 24 of which are supported with images2 graphic
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1st - 6th
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Also included in: Would You Rather Questions
Captain Superlative Novel Study w Composition Classroom and Distance Learning
This product includes 148 discussion questions/task cards and novel study writing prompts for the book, Captain Superlative! by J. S. Puller. This is a heartwarming, inspiring, and thought-provoking story full of humor, literary elements, life lessons, and important themes. It is a *2019-2020 Texas Bluebonnet Book* with wonderful reviews from teachers and students who love this engaging story. (I love the book and highly recommend it for a middle-grade class novel study!)This novel is appropria
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3rd - 6th
CALDECOTT BOOK ACTIVITIES Set II Literature Extension Critical Thinking GATE
Continue the fun from STORY SLEUTHS I with 4 more weeks of critical thinking fun. STORY SLEUTHS II is a 1 month, critical thinking project based on Caldecott Award winning books. Your students will use text features, illustrations, and context to determine which Caldecott Award winning book is described by the set of clues. By involving your students in this project, you will exercise their deductive reasoning, analysis, evaluation, and problem solving skills. This unit is CCSS aligned. Students
Grades:
K - 4th
MORAL DILEMMA DISCUSSION CARDS / WRITING PROMPTS
This product is a 2-in-one!You get 12 discussion cards that present age appropriate moral dilemas. The cards can used in small groups and even as a game (instructions included). These are also great writing prompts and for that reason I've included the printable version for students to write. Since some students still struggle with writing they can use the version in which they will draw their answer. #ethics #taskcards #discussion #writingprompts #game #english #esl #elt #languagearts
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K - 5th
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Also included in: Moral Dilemmas Discussion Pack BUNDLE
Morning Meeting Discussions and Daily Writing Prompts and Questions - Year
No more writing morning letters to your students, these daily quick writes are all done for you! This resource provides daily questions that are perfect for various activities such as "bell ringers," morning work, language modeling, and writing prompts. The prompts are designed to facilitate team building, group discussions, and deeper connections among students during morning meetings. As an added bonus, you'll also receive 12 Boom Learning Digital monthly trivia activities, each valued at $3.2
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2nd - 4th
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