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Elementary critical thinking resources for parents
Literacy Night Open House Make and Take - Parent Involvement 3rd, 4th, 5th
Involve your upper elementary students and their parents with fun and simple projects they can use at home at your next Open House, Curriculum Evening, or Literacy Night! A Make-and-Take night gives them an immediate tool they can use at home to support essential literacy skills. Perfect for a diverse class in upper elementary, as it can be tailored to suit your school. In this packet, I walk you through the planning of a literacy event at your school, whether you are inviting just your class, o
Grades:
3rd - 5th, Staff
Student Self Reflection & Evaluation | Conferences & Report Cards
This student self reflection resource is an excellent way for your students to evaluate their learning to share during student led and parent teacher conferences. It can be used for any reporting period to converse with your students about their successes and ways in which they can improve. The activity can be used for in person instruction as well as assigned digitally to share in an online portfolio.May be used as a printable resource or assigned on Google Classroom with your students.Resourc
Grades:
4th - 8th
Reading Level Guide for Parents - Bundle of Levels A - Z
Encourage reading every night by sending this guide home to parents throughout the school year. Parents want to help their students, but many don't know the things to say and ask their child throughout reading time! This handout serves as an outline of what some effective, higher - order prompts might look like. All of the prompts are based off my experience teaching reading skills and behaviors to students (and explaining these expectations to parents) and the Fountas & Pinnell Continuum of
Grades:
K - 5th
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Stranger Danger Story - Social skills Narrative
Stranger Danger StoryThis Social skill support is a small book highlighting the danger of strangers and what not to do.A Stranger Danger work sheet is part of this unit.These small books can be laminate for durability and read to or with your pupils.Be first to see new products I upload by clicking the green star next to my store to becoming a follower…. This will enable you to be updated on some great new products!Thank you so much for looking!The Picture Communication Symbols ©1981–2011 by Dyn
Grades:
PreK - 5th
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Also included in: Social Skills Narratives, A BUNDLE OF STORIES for Autism/Special Needs
Behavior Reflection Sheet
We use this in our first grade class to help students understand the consequences of their actions. They "Stop and Reflect" in order to make a better choice the next time.
*I have recently updated the document to include a middle grade version for 3-5 with more grade appropriate wording and formatting!
After it is completed, fold in half to keep private. The student signs it, the teacher signs it, then it goes home for the parent to sign.
It has helped our parent communication immensely to
Grades:
PreK - 5th
Reading Level Guide for Parents - Levels A - M
Encourage reading every night by sending this guide home to parents throughout the school year. Parents want to help their students, but many don't know the things to say and ask their child throughout reading time! This handout serves as an outline of what some effective, higher - order prompts might look like. All of the prompts are based off my experience teaching reading skills and behaviors to students (and explaining these expectations to parents) and the Fountas & Pinnell Continuum of
Grades:
K - 2nd
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Also included in: Reading Level Guide for Parents - Bundle of Levels A - Z
Bar Modeling Posters
Do you need a way to help your students understand the complex concept of bar modeling?
This product provides teachers with tools to guide students through solving math problems with bar models. The first set of posters includes one example bar model problem from each grade level. The purpose of these posters is to remind/review the concepts of bar models that was taught in previous grades. The second group of posters demonstrate four main types of bar models that students can apply to a story
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Lunchbox Notes Daily Jokes for Students
304 daily brain breaks, joke of the day, or lunchbox jokes combine humor, language review, and critical thinking practice. Jokes are grouped by their topics, which include school, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, animals, Valentine's Day, science, careers, math, sports, and summer. Parents can choose a daily joke to place with a child's lunch. Teachers can draw one out of a basket each day for morning meetings, brain breaks, or class discussions. The cards could also be projected for cursive
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
Pre-K Assessment Sheet
All in one assessment sheet for preschool and prek. The assessment sheet includes alphabets, shapes, color, numbers and fine motor skills (tracing and name writing).This is a simple one page sheet which can help teachers to keep track of individual learning. This sheet can give a basic idea of where the child is in their learning and this information can also be shared with parents. This sheet targets children between ages 3 and 4.
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PreK
Growth Mindset Information Letters for Parents: Send Home Notes
Growth Mindset Letters for Parents: 33 Weekly Informational NotesGrowth Mindset Information for Parents: This growth mindset notes for parents pack is perfect for teachers who want to help parents understand growth mindset concepts. In addition to 33 half-page notes that can be sent home throughout the year, you will find two pages of information to send home right at the beginning of the year (or the beginning of your growth mindset instruction). These pages give parents a firm foundation fo
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2nd - 10th
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Conference Letter for Student Self-Evaluation to Parents CCSS Grades 3-6
This Student-to-Parent Conference Letter transforms communication, ensuring that crucial information is conveyed effectively and efficiently. By involving students in the conversation, it promotes accountability and enriches the conference experience.Key Features of This Resource:Student Self-Evaluation: Students assess their academic journey and set future goals.Streamlined Communication: Creates a clear, direct dialogue between teachers, students, and parents.Collaborative Approach: Designed f
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Reading Level Guide for Parents - Levels N - Z
Encourage reading every night by sending this guide home to parents throughout the school year. Parents want to help their students, but many don't know the things to say and ask their child throughout reading time! This handout serves as an outline of what some effective, higher - order prompts might look like. All of the prompts are based off my experience teaching reading skills and behaviors to students (and explaining these expectations to parents) and the Fountas & Pinnell Continuum of
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2nd - 5th
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Also included in: Reading Level Guide for Parents - Bundle of Levels A - Z
Note-Taking Strategy -- CORNELL -- Training for Middle and High School Students
Introduction to Resource:The intent of this resource is for you, as an educator, to be able to utilize it as a year-long teaching tool when teaching and reinforcing one of the most important life skills one can attain and master – the ability to take notes and be able to utilize the notes in a fashion that strengthens one’s knowledge and skills in general. The resource is 82 pages long but does NOT have to be implemented in its entirety; but rather in small more “digestible” chunks of informatio
Grades:
5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Kindergarten Reading Comprehension Passage with multiple choice question
This year, many Kindergarten kids need to learn how to read short passages and answer multiple choice questions prior to end of the year assessments.
This packet includes five reading passage comprehensions with three multiple choice questions in each passage. There are five passages, the topics of the five are:
• John going to movie
• Jessica’s family
• The dog
• Baseball
• Playing at the park
This packet would also have an answer key for reference. With this packet, kids will surely develop
Grades:
PreK - 1st
Dyslexia and Dysgraphia Collection: Dyslexia Games - Letter and Word Activities
Dyslexia and Dysgraphia Workbooks – Special Education Collection -- This program includes 27 worksheets to boost the mind for students with dyslexia or dysgraphia. -- No matter how smart your child may be, he/she may have problems learning to read and write. Some are classified as dyslexics. Dyslexia is a disorder that affects 11% of the people. Still we do not know what causes dyslexia but there is a strong body of research pointing in the directions that it can be treated. It was centuries a
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PreK - 5th
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Emotional Regulation and Behavior Management - File Folder Game
Teach students anger regulation, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills with this dinosaur-themed file folder game! Children will be captivated by "TriceraSTOP and Think” as they learn new skills and strategies with numerous real-life applications. This easy to assembly and exciting-to-use file folder game allows children to learn new calming strategies, coping skills, and emotional regulation tools. Students will learn how to stop a potentially emotionally charged situation, calm themse
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2nd - 4th
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LEGO Challenge STEAM STEM Activites
Are you looking to enhance your child's engineering skills? I have just made it easy for you! I have researched and created 20 different activities that can be used with LEGOs or Duplos. The activities are varied to get your little one interested in building.
*This listing is for the digital download of 20 activity tags (PDF document). Print them on Avery 8160 labels. Place the labels on tags, index cards or in a notebook for easy reference!
Age: Toddler to Middle School
Skill: Building, Engi
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PreK - 6th
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CogAT Practice - Form 7 (Grades K-1)
Included in this packet are practice worksheets for six of the nine sections of the CogAT, Form 7, Level 5/6 (K-1st grades).
You can purchase each of these sections individually in my store, or save yourself $1 and some hassle, and buy them all together here.
The sections included are:
Sentence Completion
Picture Classification
Number Puzzles
Number Series
Figure Classification
Figure Matrices
For more worksheets and activities, check out my store or visit my website at www.expandingmindslea
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PreK - 1st
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CogAT Practice Packet for K-1 with Answer Key and Administration Directions
Are you looking for something to help your Kindergarten/1st grade child or class to use for practicing the CogAT (Cognitive Abilities Test)? I teach Talent Development to Kindergarten and First graders as well as gifted resource to first grade through sixth grade. I have created this packet to use during Talent Development to help my K-1 students become familiar with what the questions may look like on the CogAT. I created all questions based on the types of questions that have been shared as pu
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K - 1st
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Also included in: CogAT Practice BUNDLE: Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd Grade
Family Emergency Plan Trifold Disaster Preparedness (NOT editable)
Welcome to My Coastal Classroom!After the recent hurricanes trampled my area and other areas of the US, I wanted some kind of plan for my students to complete with their families. It's crucial for everyone in your family to be prepared. Here's a way for parents and kids to talk to each other and communicate the best ways to be ready!Included in this trifold are spaces to discuss:-hurricane information in a KWL-type format-survival kits-emergency contacts-5 important items students would want t
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Grades:
2nd - 12th, Staff
Social stories:posters,activities,real photographs Book 1
Social Stories: Social Stories were created by Carol Gray in 1991 to help teach social skills to people on the autism spectrum. They are short descriptions of a particular situation, event or activity, which include specific information about what to expect in that situation and why.This bundle covers 12 emotions.Great for children who need to work on understanding different emotions especially when other people are expressing them.I use this in my class for 5 / 6 year olds and in a Special Ne
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PreK - 3rd
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Literacy Night Open House Free Make and Take Activity for 3rd, 4th, 5th
Literacy Night, Open House, Parent Night! No matter what you call it, this Make and Take freebie: Cootie Catchers for Comprehension is perfect! Do you have Literacy Night at your school? I love to invite families to a fun make-and-take session for Literacy Night. I've helped organize, prepare, and lead Literacy Nights many times over the course of my teaching career, and I plan to continue this tradition for years to come. This product is a fun activity from my fun and engaging product that real
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
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Halloween Social Situation Cards and Problem Solving
The holidays can bring up some different social situations and they may be difficult for teenagers with autism or special needs to understand. These social situation cards are perfect to bring up some hard topics to discuss ahead of time to help keep children safe during Halloween.
This PDF includes 27 social situation cards to bring up social situations that may occur during Halloween season. These questions can be perfect for middle school and high school kids to talk about the different sit
Grades:
5th - 12th
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Synectics Questions for Get to Know You / Back to School / Critical Thinking
Synectics questions take two unlike items and put them into a question of comparison in a unusual way. These are then discussed, with all answers being okay as long as you have a reason to back up your point of view.Perfect for discussions in pairs, morning meetings, circle time, back to school get to know you activities, centers, creative writing opinion prompts, chalk talk, debate preparation and more.Easy for all students to participate in because there's no one "right" answer. They're a type
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2nd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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