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6th grade critical thinking professional development resources for Microsoft Word
TED Talk Worksheet
Use this worksheet as a general guide for any TED Talk! This worksheet asks students to identify the speaker's claim/thesis and support for it. Students then reflect on the information shared in the talk.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Computer Science Webquest: 8 Ways Computer Technology Solves Real Problems
From artificial intelligence to artificial limbs, computer science is changing lives, and the way we work and find solutions to problems. These 8 (actually 10 with an added nonprofit example!) scenarios present problems in life (such as car safety, and graffiti), ask students to think and reflect quietly about these problems cause damage and how computers might solve them, and then show cutting edge videos from the past 3 years that employ solutions using computers and automation. Updated for 2
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6th - 9th
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Inquiry Based Learning Project: ENERGY DRINKS
An Inquiry Based Learning Project your students are going to love!Energy Drinks are one of the fastest growing sections of the food industry, and a growing issue in high schools everywhere (over 40% of students admit to having had one in the last three months!). But what exactly are they at risk of? Are energy drinks better than drinking coffee or a can of soda? Are they ok to have on occasion?Our students should know the truth about the drinks they're consuming and their affects, but more impor
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: THE HEALTH & PHYSICAL EDUCATION CLASS BUNDLE
Math Project-Create Own Dream Home-Blueprints and Floor Plan (perimeter & area)
Create blueprints and/or floor plans for your own dream home!!
Your little architects will love dreaming big with this project. Using their imaginations and graph paper, they will create their own blueprints.They will be learning area, measurement and perfecting those problem solving and critical thinking skills. The bonus is they won't even know it because they will be having fun.
This project is very "real life" oriented.
For the younger grades this would be better for the GT students. Or
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Grades:
3rd - 9th
Making Inferences: Pixar Short Film For the Birds
After watching Pixar's short film: For the Birds, students will infer by answering three questions and providing clues that lead to their inference.
Grades:
K - 10th
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Classroom Rules, Consequences, and Worksheet
These 6 pages come from my Classroom Management & Discipline Packet (the packet is 64 pages long- these are just a few from the packet). I always give these to any teacher who comes to my school who has been teaching less than 5 years, but I am told by veteran teachers that these forms are great for any year teacher.
You will get the following pages:
1. Class Rules: A list of the class rules that I suggest teachers to use in their classroom. I would have this page printed as poster to han
Grades:
1st - 12th, Staff
Argumentation/C.E.R. writing- Murder Mystery #2 - Improve student argumentation!
This is a follow up lesson to the Slip or Trip Murder Mystery! I use this lesson to re-teach my students understand Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning in writing later on in the school year. I've also used it as an extension activity for students that need to be challenged as this one is a bit more challenging than Slip or Trip. Cross-curricular - can be used in science and social studies classes as well.Included with purchase:- Copy of crime scene photo with story and discussion questions for group
Grades:
5th - 12th
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The Critical Thinking Toolkit: DESIGN SPRINT (Design Thinking Activity)
Give your classes the critical thinking tools and frameworks they need to think through big, complicated issues, as well as training them to reflect on their own thinking patterns and behaviours!Design Sprints are creative problem-solving tools for moving your student’s thinking forward a lot in a small amount of time (1-2 hours) by taking them through a series of timed brainstorming, feedback, and iteration sessions. The logic behind them is that it’s better to test and figure out all the thing
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: THE CRITICAL THINKING BUNDLE
DANIELSON TEACHER EVALUATION CHEAT SHEET
This product includes a shortcut for teachers to use when being evaluated by administrators. The 8 components listed are broken down by things teachers can do to be rated either effective or highly effective. You can attach these sheets to your plan books to help remind yourself of effective and highly effective traits.
Grades:
PreK - 12th
STEAM DaVinci Renaissance Style: A Unit for Elementary GATE
In STEM Renaissance Style, students will follow the engineering process as they return to the 16th Century. With these lessons, the teacher defines the problem, helps students gather background research, and specifies the requirements. The students do the rest: creating alternative solutions, choosing the best solution, doing development work, building a prototype, and testing and redesigning.
Students construct a prototype of Da Vinci’s parachute while learning about falling objects, gravity,
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: STEAM Class Bundle - Engineering Focus - 115+ Hours 374 pp Gifted GATE
Heroes vs. Villains Argument Claim Counterclaim Counterargument Activity
Students use a graphic organizer to practice creating argumentative claims, counterclaims, and counterarguments using heroes and villains of their choice from fairy tales, movies, comic strips, etc.
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6th - 9th
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Making Inferences: Pixar Short Film One Man Band
After watching Pixar's short film: One Man Band, students will infer by answering three questions and providing clues that lead to their inference.
Grades:
K - 8th
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Making Inferences: Pixar Short Film Partly Cloudy
After watching Pixar's short film: Partly Cloudy, students will infer by answering four questions and providing clues that lead to their inference.
Grades:
K - 6th
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Inferences, Evidence, Crime Scene Investigation
Students will find and record clues throughout 5 different stations that allow them to practice making inferences. This "real world" lesson asks students to become text detectives to find evidence that supports their inferences. Students must read through eye witness accounts, police reports, a media blast, observe a crime scene, and analyze some forensic evidence to collect information. At the end of the five stations, they must write up a police report. You will need to set up your crime s
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6th - 10th
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Making Inferences: Pixar Short Film Lifted
After watching Pixar's short film: Lifted, students will infer by answering two questions and providing clues that lead to their inference.
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K - 6th
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MUST HAVE Danielson Evaluation Guide for teachers and administrators
Based on the Charlotte Danielson Model of Evaluation and Framework for teaching, this 32 document can be a "living" document that evaluators can use to easily distinguish between the four ratings of Unsatisfactory, Basic, Proficient, and Distinguished. Teachers and administors MUST HAVE this ONE document when working with Danielson. Included are reflection questions, ratings checks and distinguished descriptions for each component. Evaluators are often asked to use comments and descriptions that
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K - 12th, Staff
Ontario Learning Skills Report Comment Creator 23-24 School Year Access
Bug Fix - October 25th: Fixed the reset button which stopped working after some new additions were made. Use your link to make a new copy of the fixed version. Sorry for any inconvenience.Introducing our game-changing Google Sheet for Ontario Elementary teachers! This innovative tool effortlessly simplifies the most frustrating part of writing report cards by empowering teachers to provide rich and meaningful feedback, while also saving hours on report card comment writing.*Check out our FREE DE
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1st - 8th
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Inquiry Based Learning Project: CLIMATE CHANGE
An Inquiry Based Learning Project your students are going to love!Climate change has been a topic of discussion and debate, under various titles, for many decades. With an increase in droughts and flooding, ecologically forced human migration, and the melting of ice sheets globally, climate change is obviously a major issue. But if we know it's a problem, why is so hard to solve?! With the ability to look at climate change scientifically, politically, socially, economically, or any combination o
Grades:
6th - 12th
Also included in: THE INQUIRY BASED LEARNING RESEARCH BUNDLE
The Critical Thinking Toolkit: HEXAGONAL THINKING
Give your classes the critical thinking tools and frameworks they need to think through big, complicated issues, as well as training them to reflect on their own thinking patterns and behaviours!Hexagonal Thinking is an analysis and facilitation tool that gets individuals, pairs, or groups to make connections between ideas, themes, terms, people, places, and just about anything else they can think of. It generally involves arranging hexagonal tiles together in a ‘web’ or mosaic. The only real ru
Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: THE CRITICAL THINKING BUNDLE
THE INQUIRY BASED LEARNING RESEARCH BUNDLE
All of our Inquiry Based Learning Research projects, all in one place, and all %50 off the regular price! All products have digital and printable hard copy formats.This bundle is a growing package, so purchasing it now at the lower price will lock you in for all of the future additions (over the next few months) for free!Each project includes 16 pages of the Inquiry Learning Process Explanation, Brainstorming, 5 Vetted Background Information Sources pertaining to their individual topic, a Later
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Grades:
6th - 12th
Parent Teacher Conference Form-Can Be Edited
This form was created by me. I have used it in Kindergarten and 4th grade, so it can be used by all teachers. You can edit the comments, your name, school, parents' names, and everything but the clip-art.
Save yourself an hour of time this year. It's everything you need to make your conferences a HUGE success!
Grades:
PreK - 12th, Staff
The Fallacy Detective Bundle
The "Study Guide" resource uses the book's questions with supplemental discussion/questions. It covers all chapters(1-38) thoroughly.The "Writing and Thinking" resource has brief questions on chapters 4-37.This one though only needs the student to read the chapters. The book's questions are not used nor referred to, so it can stand alone.They both have different questions. I use one for homework and one for class time.They both supplement the text and stimulates discussion and comprehension.This
Grades:
6th - 12th
Depression and Anxiety in Teens-lesson/activities CDC health standard 4
This lesson gives a detailed description of depression and anxiety in teens, suicide awareness, and where to get help. Activities, Assessment, Clip art, printables, no prep needed, answer key. Easel activity and assessment is included. CDC (Center for Disease Control) Health Standard four: Students will demonstrated the ability to use interpersonal communication skills to enhance health and avoid or reduce health risks. The lesson plan covers: Symptom
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6th - 12th
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Gr. 1-8 Learning Skills and Working Habits & JK/SK COL Comment Bank (51 pgs)
This extensive report card comment bank, including Communication of Learning for JK, is specifically designed to assist Ontario educators in efficiently and effectively assessing and communicating students' Learning Skills and Working Habits. Suitable for Grades JK-8, this comprehensive resource caters to students without a Behavioural Plan or IEP and those with an IEP or Behavioural Plan. The comment bank covers critical skills such as responsibility, organization, independent work, collaborati
Grades:
K - 8th
Also included in: Report Card Comment Bundle (ONTARIO CURRICULUM JK-8) 2023
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