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Critical thinking Common Core RI.6.2 printables
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Middle School Interactive Reading Log {Common Core Aligned}
Give your 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students meaningful homework where they can read a fiction or non-fiction text of their choice and apply a wide-variety of reading prompts to the section of the text they read each night. Interactive reading logs provide a necessary bridge between students, teachers, and parents. They were created using the 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th reading standards for literature and informational texts. Beyond the Common Core, the reading prompts will ensure that students a
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5th - 8th
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Claims and Evidence Information Text Mystery Short Fiction Story Activity
Mystery stories are perfect for getting to grips with claims, evidence and reasoning. Get students engaged in reading, following ideas, understanding cause-and-effect relationships, and predicting outcomes. In a mystery, the reader has to employ inference skills to understand the story and identify clues. This fun, mystery story activity pack will improve students’ comprehension and inference as they employ detective skills to find the guilty suspects. With loads of fun activities to turn your r
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5th - 9th
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Socratic Seminar Bundle: Debate for Gifted and Talented Reading Enrichment
Should kids be allowed to bring their phones to school? What are the benefits? What are the concerns? Should there be more recess? What are the benefits? What are the concerns?Should recycling be required? What are the benefits of recycling? What are the concerns about mandating it? What is your opinion of artificial intelligence? What are the benefits? What are the concerns? In Socratic Seminar, students will read all about the pros and cons of each issue and form an opinion. They will then cit
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4th - 6th
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ELA Non-fiction Bell Ringers for Middle School and High School: Dinosaurs
Welcome to the wonderful word of dinosaurs!The following are ELA Bell Ringers are high interest non-fiction reading comprehension activities that are based on dinosaurs. These Reading Comprehension activities can help you teach your students how to locate text evidence, find main ideas, identify text structures, identify text features, and make inferences.These can be used at the beginning of class, as exit tickets, as center activities, or to increase reading comprehension. If you like this pro
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6th - 10th
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Daily Mind Builders: Language Arts - Quick, Fun Brain Energizers for Grades 5+
A 37-page printable PDF ebook for grades 5 and up to wake up sleeping brains with fun daily doses of critical thinking! This book is comprised of intriguing ELA-themed activity pages to wake up sleepy brains for the day's lessons. Each activity page takes about 5-15-minutes to solve and develops the most important reading comprehension skill found on all standardized reading tests. Synthesizing disparate information and using the result to produce a reasonable conclusion is an essential skill as
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5th - 12th
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NO PREP Main Idea Reading Response Unit, Smartboard and PDF
Just print and start teaching! This is a NO PREP resource! Students will learn to determine the main idea of a variety of high interest texts. Test their reading comprehension of a variety of non-fiction texts with a series of reading responses. Your students will be engaged and ready to rock their standardized test!
* A great unit to prep for standardized testing!*
What's Included:
Smartboard File (65 + pages)
Main Idea Unit PDF handouts (50+ pages).
All unit instructions and Assessme
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Grades:
4th - 6th
Should There Be More Recess Socratic Seminar: Debate Topic for Gifted & Talented
Should there be more recess? What are the benefits? What are the concerns? In this Socratic Seminar, students will read all about the pros and cons of extra recess and form an opinion. They will then cite evidence from the text to discuss and debate their points of view and listen to the points of view of their classmates. The typical format of a Socratic Seminar involves two circles. The inner circle participates in the discussion. The outer circle keeps track of the interactions between the gr
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4th - 6th
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Should Kids Have Phones in School Socratic Seminar: Debate for Gifted & Talented
Should kids be allowed to bring their phones to school? What are the benefits? What are the concerns? In this Socratic Seminar, students will read all about the pros and cons of phones in schools and form an opinion. They will then cite evidence from the text to discuss and debate their points of view and listen to the points of view of their classmates. The typical format of a Socratic Seminar involves two circles. The inner circle participates in the discussion. The outer circle keeps track of
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4th - 6th
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) Socratic Seminar: Debate for Gifted and Talented
What is your opinion of artificial intelligence? What are the benefits? What are the concerns? In this Socratic Seminar, students will read all about the pros and cons of artificial intelligence and form an opinion. They will then cite evidence from the text to discuss and debate their points of view and listen to the points of view of their classmates. The typical format of a Socratic Seminar involves two circles. The inner circle participates in the discussion. The outer circle keeps track of
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4th - 6th
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Earth Day Socratic Seminar: Required Recycling Debate for Gifted and Talented
Should recycling be required? What are the benefits of recycling? What are the concerns about mandating it? In this Socratic Seminar, students will read all about the pros and cons of required recycling and form an opinion. They will then cite evidence from the text to discuss and debate their points of view and listen to the points of view of their classmates. The typical format of a Socratic Seminar involves two circles. The inner circle participates in the discussion. The outer circle keeps t
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4th - 6th
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Daily Mind Builders: Social Studies - Quick, Fun Brain Energizers for Grades 5+
A 137-page printable PDF ebook for grades 5 and up to wake up sleeping brains with fun daily doses of critical thinking! This book is comprised of intriguing social studies themed activity pages to wake up sleepy brains for the day's lessons. Each activity page takes about 5-15-minutes to solve and develops the most important reading comprehension skill found on all standardized reading tests. Synthesizing disparate information and using the result to produce a reasonable conclusion is an essent
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5th - 12th
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Informational Text Analysis Task Cards | Guided Reading for any Non Fiction Text
Are you looking for a way to help you students dig in to a non-fiction text in a way that will promote long term comprehension? You've come to the right place. I use these cards in a variety of ways in my classroom and have witnessed them to be effective time and time again. Once while using these cards, I had a student say "I don't understand the point. Why do Have to write down the numbers? The only numbers I see are dates." I responded, "Great! Document those dates on your graphic organizer!
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5th - 12th
Social Justice S.L.A.M. Reading Response Unit, PDF
In this download you will purchase the PDF Handouts for this unit. The smart board unit is also available for purchase at my store.
About the Unit:
As teachers we have many jobs! One is to teach and prepare our students, and the other is to inspire! Too often the second is put aside, as we get our students ready for standardized testing. I designed this unit to do both!
In this unit students will be prepared to answer open response questions, as required to do on standardized testing.
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5th - 6th
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Dr. DooRiddles B1: Fun Associative Reasoning Riddle Activities for Grades 4-7
This 48-page printable PDF ebook for upper elementary is packed full of brain-scratching riddles that develop students' fluency and understanding of word meanings and associations. These riddles also develop spelling, vocabulary, reading, critical thinking and creative problem-solving skills. Everyone loves the mystery of a riddle and Dr. DooRiddles will bring laughter, groans,and challenges (perhaps for as much as a week or more per riddle) to you and your students.Perceiving relationships betw
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4th - 7th
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Daily Mind Builders: Science eBook - Quick, Fun Brain Energizers for Grades 5+
A 145-page printable PDF ebook for grades 5 and up to wake up sleeping brains with fun daily doses of critical thinking! This book is comprised of intriguing science-themed activity pages to wake up sleepy brains for the day's lessons. Each activity page takes about 5-15-minutes to solve and develops the most important reading comprehension skill found on all standardized reading tests. Synthesizing disparate information and using the result to produce a reasonable conclusion is an essential sk
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5th - 12th
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Dr. DooRiddles B2: Fun Associative Reasoning Riddle Activities for Grades 4-7
This 60-page printable PDF ebook for upper elementary is packed full of brain-scratching riddles that develop students' fluency and understanding of word meanings and associations. These riddles also develop spelling, vocabulary, reading, critical thinking and creative problem-solving skills. Everyone loves the mystery of a riddle and Dr. DooRiddles will bring laughter, groans,and challenges (perhaps for as much as a week or more per riddle) to you and your students.Perceiving relationships betw
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4th - 7th
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Dr. DooRiddles B1: Associative Reasoning Activities for Grades 4-7
This 48-page printable PDF ebook is packed full of brain-scratching riddles that develop students' fluency and understanding of word meanings and associations. These riddles also develop spelling, vocabulary, reading, critical thinking and creative problem-solving skills. Everyone loves the mystery of a riddle and Dr. DooRiddles will bring laughter, groans,and challenges (perhaps for as much as a week or more per riddle) to you and your students.Perceiving relationships between words, ideas, and
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4th - 8th
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Dr. DooRiddles B2: Associative Reasoning Activities for Grades 4-7
This 60-page printable PDF ebook is packed full of brain-scratching riddles that develop students' fluency and understanding of word meanings and associations. These riddles also develop spelling, vocabulary, reading, critical thinking and creative problem-solving skills. Everyone loves the mystery of a riddle and Dr. DooRiddles will bring laughter, groans,and challenges (perhaps for as much as a week or more per riddle) to you and yourstudents.Perceiving relationships between words, ideas, and
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4th - 7th
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Guided Reading A-Z: Mind, Heart and Soul", for S/L Challenges
This non-fiction Guided Reading educational resource pack includes:Informational Text: “Heart, Mind and Soul”Guided Reading Levels for Informational Text: Levels A - Z (Criteria Listed on Pages 8-26:I.C. Fountas & G.S. Pinnell, The Continuum of Literacy Learning, Janice Kite, ACS Literacy)Accessibility suggestions: Go to your device “Settings” where you can adjust the screen’s: brightness and color, size of text, resolution, connect to wireless display and adjust sound. A media player for w
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K - 8th
Also included in: Kindergarten Bundle for Speech and Language Challenges
Guided Reading, A- Z: Mind, Heart & Soul for Students with Learning Challenges
This non-fiction Guided Reading educational resource pack includes:Informational Text: “Inner and Outer Faces”Guided Reading Levels for Informational Text: Levels A - Z (Criteria Listed on Pages 8-26:I.C. Fountas & G.S. Pinnell, The Continuum of Literacy Learning, Janice Kite, ACS Literacy)Students with Learning Disabilities require the use of handouts and visual aids,
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K - 8th
Also included in: K-2: Bundle, Students with Learning Challenges
Guided Reading, A- Z Mind, Heart and Soul, Students w/ Traumatic Brain Injuries
Guided Reading Levels for Informational Text: Levels A - Z (Criteria Listed on Pages 8-26:I.C. Fountas & G.S. Pinnell, The Continuum of Literacy Learning, Janice Kite, ACS Literacy)Accessibility suggestions: Go to your device “Settings” where you can adjust the screen’s: brightness and color, size of text, resolution, connect to wireless display and adjust sound. A media player for wav or m4a files is required to listen to audio links. This educational resource pack includes: visual, tactile
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K - 8th
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Also included in: Grade K- 2, Bundle for Students w/ Traumatic Brain Injuries
Guided Reading A-Z: "Mind, Heart and Soul" for Physical Challenges
This non-fiction Guided Reading educational resource pack includes:Informational Text: “Heart, Mind and Soul”Guided Reading Levels for Informational Text: Levels A - Z (Criteria Listed on Pages 8-26:I.C. Fountas & G.S. Pinnell, The Continuum of Literacy Learning, Janice Kite, ACS Literacy)Accessibility suggestions: Go to your device “Settings” where you can adjust the screen’s: brightness and color, size of text, resolution, connect to wireless display and adjust sound. A media player for
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K - 8th
Guided Reading A-Z: "Mind, Heart & Soul" for M H/ Medical Conditions
Guided Reading Levels for Informational Text: Levels A - Z (Criteria Listed on Pages 8-26:I.C. Fountas & G.S. Pinnell, The Continuum of Literacy Learning, Janice Kite, ACS Literacy)Accessibility suggestions: Go to your device “Settings” where you can adjust the screen’s: brightness and color, size of text, resolution, connect to wireless display and adjust sound. A media player for wav or m4a files is required to listen to audio links. This educational resource pack includes: visual, tactile
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K - 6th
Guided Reading, A - Z "Mind, Heart and Soul" for Hard of Hearing
This non-fiction Guided Reading educational resource pack includes:Informational Text: “Heart, Mind and Soul”Guided Reading Levels for Informational Text: Levels A - Z (Criteria Listed on Pages 8-26:I.C. Fountas & G.S. Pinnell, The Continuum of Literacy Learning, Janice Kite, ACS Literacy)Accessibility suggestions: Go to your device “Settings” where you can adjust the screen’s: brightness and color, size of text, resolution, connect to wireless display and adjust sound. A media player for
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K - 8th
Also included in: K- 2 Grade Bundle for Students Hard of Hearing
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