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Free middle school critical thinking creative writing resources
A List of Character Traits
This is a list of 174 different Character Traits. So often when I was teaching I wanted a list of traits so that my students could look at the list while describing characters. This also helps students get to know and understand different character traits.
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2nd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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All About Me Worksheet End of the Year FREE 5th 4th Grade Activity Memory Book
All About Me Freebie **This resource also includes an additional Team Avatar/Selfie Activity! This download contains four Smartphone activities! The perfect resource for back to school or wrapping up the end of the year. All About My#Selfie - Students design a profile with a drawing, a description, and they list their favorite hashtags. My Life in Apps - Students draw and label 9 apps that represent their favorite things or activities they enjoy doing. ***NEW***Team Avatar - Student groups desi
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PreK - 6th
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Christmas Would You Rather Questions to Print FREEBIE! Fun Holiday Activity!
Here are 20 Fun Would You Rather Questions to use with your students. These are great discussion starters for when you have a few extra minutes. They can also be used for classroom polls or journal prompts.WHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:1 Page with 20 Would You Rather QuestionsGreat for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, or 8th grade! NOTE: This resource uses American English and is not editable. Here’s what teachers are saying: ✏️ "My students loved this resource. I’m sure they weren’t even thinking
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1st - 8th
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{FREE!} Persuasive Writing Prompts
Here are 24 thought-provoking prompts to jump-start persuasive writing. The Common Core standards put a strong emphasis on persuasive writing skills. These prompts allow students to experiment with a variety of types of writing with a common purpose.
Print on card stock, laminate, and cut apart and you're ready to use these in a variety of ways! I've used them in my own classroom successfully in a few different ways:
•daily "do now" at the start of writing workshop
•independent center activi
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2nd - 8th
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Journal Prompts FREE
Journal Prompts FREE
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Do you have students who say they don't like to write or those who say they don't know what to write about? Watch pencils fly across their papers when they're given my 280 prompts that be used for daily journal writing or to encourage class discussions. Suggestions of how to use them are included. Great for morning meetings and centers! Take a look at the comments teachers have made about my prompts and you'll understand why they've been downloaded thousands of
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4th - 10th
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Thanksgiving Would You Rather Questions with Poll FREEBIE
Here is a set of 20 Would you Rather Questions about Thanksgiving. Great for discussion starters, class polls and journal prompts.WHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:List of all 20 Would You Rather ChoicesDIGITAL:Classroom PollGreat for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, or 8th grade! NOTE: This resource uses American English and is not editable. Here’s what teachers are saying: ✏️ "My students love this activity and shared with some others at home! with all the stressful things going on at this point in t
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1st - 8th
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FREE Perspective Taking Scenarios! Social Skills for Middle & High School
This is a FREE, shortened sampler version of one of my most popular sellers!Your students will get perspective practice with these 9 task cards! Each card features a situation relatable to teens, where the student must identify 3x different perspectives of both characters. Regular education teachers, special education teachers, SLPs, or other support professionals could all benefit from using these task cards with their students. These cards are specifically designed for middle and high school
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8th - 12th
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Executive Functioning Escape Room Activity
This free escape room activity is a puzzle challenge related to executive functioning skills. Students can work together or independently to solve a puzzle and discover the secret phrase to unlock the door and win the challenge in a specified amount of time. This escape room activity is ideal for small groups, advisory periods, morning work, resource rooms, or just for fun!Note that this is a free sample puzzle that includes only one challenge. If you are interested in more similar challenges pu
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4th - 8th
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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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FREE Graphic Organizers for Writing
Graphic Organizers for Free! These 10 Graphic Organizers are helpful for writing paragraphs and essays for any type of writing. They are based on brainstorming 3 topics, ideas or details or as I call it- the power of 3! Please be kind enough to leave feedback when downloading a free product! Thank you for visiting my store!PamRockin ResourcesARE YOU INTERESTED IN 90+ GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS DESIGNED FOR DIFFERENTIATION? CLICK HERE!★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Check out our best selling STEP-BY-STEP writing programs k
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2nd - 8th
Spooky Story Writing - Halloween Writing Activity - Free Halloween Lesson
Your students will love this fun and engaging Halloween writing activity that will have them rolling story element dice (setting, character, obstacle, and a story starter) to create a random set of story components. Once students have their story components, they’ll plan and write a spooky story as they combine each element into an entertaining writing piece. Perfect for a Halloween lesson, Halloween activity or any time of the year!This activity taps into students’ natural love of scary stori
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4th - 7th
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Comic Strip Template FREEBIE!
Enjoy these FREE comic strip templates in your classroom! Product includes a template for both six and eight section comics. Also includes an optional section where students can add the title/author/setting/characters. These pages add a unique and fun way to have students create or summarize stories! Choose any of these four templates to make the assignment your own! This product is now a TpT Digital Activity! It can be used for Distance Learning.You can now:1. Customize this resource for your s
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PreK - 12th
Biography Graphic Organizer - Elementary
This is a graphic organizer we are using with our 3rd graders. It is helping them take biographies and organize the important information to truly understand that person. Can be used for older and younger grades as well!
We used the Where in the World section to list important places the person lived or travelled throughout their lives to help show what impacted their life.
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2nd - 6th
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100TH DAY OF SCHOOL FREEBIE WRITING COLORING FUN NO PREP!
FREE!SEE:100TH DAY - KINDERGARTEN NO PREP PRINTABLES100TH DAY - 1ST GRADE NO PREP PRINTABLES100TH DAY MATH CENTERS100TH DAY BOOK STUDY100TH DAY HATS100TH DAY DIGITAL AND PRINTABLE PACKFOUR 100TH DAY PAGES!1. COLORING AND WRITING - GRANDPA2. COLORING AND WRITING - GRANDMA3. COLORING - HAPPY 100TH DAY OF SCHOOL4. COLORING - I AM 100 DAY S SMARTER*FOLLOW ME ON FACEBOOK TO SEE NEW PRODUCTS AND RECEIVE DISCOUNTS.https://www.facebook.com/loopedintoliteracy*FOLLOW ME ON TPT: https://www.teacherspayt
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PreK - 7th
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Free Halloween Activity - Figurative Language & Reading Comprehension
Looking for a fun and educational way to celebrate Halloween in your classroom? Then, you’ll love the activities in this resource that give your students a trick AND treat.In this resource you’ll find a “Halloween Fun” activity. This one is the ‘TRICK’. In this activity students need to read the instructions very carefully. However, most students do not read the entire set of directions before beginning (that’s the trick). That means that students will follow the directions to create a Hal
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5th - 8th
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New Year & End of Year Writing Prompt- Dear Future Self...
Have your students write a letter to themselves in 10 years. They can place the letters inside of a time capsule, or you can mail it to them in 10 years!Students will reflect of their goals and dreams for the future. What will they be doing? What will they have accomplished? This freebie can be used as a:-First day of school activity-Last day of school activity-New Year activity-Writing CenterEnjoy! If you have any questions, please feel free to email me: SweetToothTeaching@gmail.com------------
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2nd - 12th
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Book vs. Movie Compare & Contrast FREEBIE! No-Prep Worksheets | Fun Movie Day!
Book vs. Movie Printables: FREEUse these two printables after you have read the book and then seen the movie version. Great for comparing and contrasting and thinking critically about how the movie was made. A super fun, NO PREP activity for the end of the year!For more Book vs. Movie questions, click here!!More resources you'll enjoy!Compare & Contrast Task CardsELA Test Prep Task CardsELA Test Prep PostersInformational Text Structures Task CardsShiloh Book Chapter QuestionsThis product is
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3rd - 9th
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Maze Run Escape Room Logic Puzzle Game Challenge Activities Freebie Pack No Prep
Maze Run Escape Room Puzzles provide a fun brain boosting challenge for students. Great for School Party Activities, Puzzle Competitions, Extra Credit, Individual or Team Building Activities! These escape room games are designed to help exercise problem-solving, critical thinking, and focusing skills. It is a great way to keep the students busy and help build/improve essential skills. There are 4 Fun Unique Levels of the Maze Run to choose from. Each level is different and as the levels increase
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Crack the Codes - A Murder Mystery
A crime has been committed an it is up to your class to solve it!
This activity is themed as a murder case where students need to use their problem solving skills and code breaking abilities to reduce the suspects and determine who committed the crime.
What is included:
- Five Clue Cards
- A suspect list card
- Student worksheet (2 pages)
- Teacher instructions
- Answers
If you liked this activity check out the second in the Crack the Codes series by clicking the link below.
Crack the Codes 2
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3rd - 6th
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Summer Roll-a-Story Writing FREEBIE | End of the Year Activity | Digital & Print
No Prep Freebie!! Encourage your students to be creative and grow in their writing with this fun Summer themed writing product. . Perfect for an End of the Year Activity. Students will select their own path for their story by rolling a dice then using the writing prompts provided for the character, setting, and plot as they build their own creative writing story.What's included in the set:Roll-a-Story sheet with writing promptsMultiple selections of writing paper (one with clip art at bottom, on
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2nd - 6th
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Also included in: Creative Writing Roll-a-Story Bundle | All Year Creative Writing
St. Patrick's Day Would You Rather Questions
Here are 20 Fun St. Patrick's Day themed Would You Rather Questions to use with your students. You can use them digitally with the Google Slides Version or you can print them to pass out to the students. These are great discussion starters for when you have a few extra minutes. Teacher Tip: Share the digital version as a collaborative file with editing rights and your students can drag a gold coin to mark their choice.Use for discussion, classroom polls or journal prompts.You can get 200 Would
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1st - 8th
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USA Regions Activity FREEBIE | States and Capitals Project | Worksheets
This FREE resource is a stand-alone project that can be turned into a FULL WEEK worth of activities. You'll find 5 region activity pages and capitals/abbreviation resource sheets and note pages. Plus, I've included a thorough teacher's guide giving you plenty of suggestions on how to turn this into one awesome mini-unit!These maps are also located in my customized state history projects. You'll find 86 student activities organized in 8 modules for easy lesson planning. This complete notebook uni
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4th - 8th
Making Inferences Role Play Activity
Students with language difficulties struggle to make inferences and draw conclusions when faced with text in the classroom and on tests. Teach them that these skills are actually things that they do everyday! Help them master the art of making inferences and drawing conclusions - exclusive of text - then they can grow from there! Take out your cell phone in language therapy, and role play (or have them role play) the phone conversations in this fun and funtional activity. Even do the different
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2nd - 7th
FREE! Common Core Mathematical Practices Classroom Posters
8 Common Core Standards for Mathematical Practices Classroom PostersRemind students of these valuable Math Practices with these colorful and simple legal-size posters. Each practice has a specially designed icon to help students not only remember the 8 Math Practices, but use them as well.You can print all 8 posters in color at your local office/print center on 8.5 x 14 white card stock for around $5-$6.You might also like:Tangram Fraction Task CardsIt Takes Two to TangramPattern Block Fraction
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K - 12th
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