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Free 9th grade resources for Gifted and Talented
5 Minutes Left and What Can I Do? : 100 Fun and Challenging Puzzles
Thank you for visiting this page! After 30+ years of teaching, these are my absolute favorite classroom-tested time fillers. Every teacher needs to have something ready when a planned lesson ends earlier than anticipated or the kids just need a break at the end of the period.
Some puzzles I have used over the years just do not work well; these all do. What they have in common is that they are challenging, engaging to all students, and effective problem-solving/critical thinking activities.
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5th - 12th
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Balloon Car STEM Challenge: Engineering Design Process
Balloon Car STEM Challenge! Challenge students to build a balloon-powered car that can travel 5 feet! This STEM challenge will take your students through the engineering design process as they brainstorm, design, build, and test with a fun and engaging project. STEM challenges incorporate math and science concepts with creativity, innovation, and critical thinking. Students are provided with a Mission Sheet and a Student Handout that guides them through the engineering design process. Included i
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3rd - 9th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
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Also included in: Year-Round STEM Activity Bundle (Elementary STEM)
Listening and Following Directions Activity With Lesson Plan
Listening and Following Directions
An Activity That Challenges Students To Pay Attention To Details
This activity is designed to challenge students to listen closely to directions and complete tasks in the correct locations on a grid.
Interested in more following directions and reading comprehension activities? Check out:
Listening and Following Directions Growing Bundle + Reading Comprehension
Listening & Following Directions Back To School Edition +Reading Comprehension
Listening & Fol
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Following Directions and Listening Bundle Reading Comprehension
30 Circles Challenge | Creative Thinking
30 Circles Challenge | Creative ThinkingThis 30 Circles Challenge comes from Bob McKim. It’s a great warm-up that encourages creative thinking! Simply give students 3 minutes to transform as many circles as they can into recognisable objects!
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1st - 12th
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End of the Year: DIGITAL PUZZLES - Self-correcting | Distance Learning
Fun self-correcting digital puzzles designed for middle school students! The resource includes 6 rebus puzzles, 4 picture equation puzzles, 4 word change puzzles, and a photo detective puzzle. Correct answers turn green to provide instant feedback. All you do is post it on Google Classroom. No correcting! This is my #1 multi-purpose resource! End of the yearDistance LearningTeam-buildingAdvisoryRTI/EnrichmentGifted and TalentedEarly finishersBefore vacationsAfter testsFirst days of school6 Rebus
Grades:
6th - 10th
Murder Mystery: The Case of the Unfortunate Acrobat
The year is 1885. A raucous crowd has gathered to enjoy a thrilling night at the circus, but suddenly, tragedy strikes! A talented trapeze artist freezes in midair and falls to her death. Foul play is immediately suspected, but who among the performers and the audience members would have reason to kill? Download a series of letters, witness statements and mysterious coded messages, then challenge your students to work together to find the means, method and motive of the killer. Includes six
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7th - 12th
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Claim Evidence Reasoning Graphic Organizer and Lesson Plan Free
Do your students struggle with providing strong, credible evidence for their claims? These two free Evidence Graphic Organizers can be used for any argument, opinion, persuasive, or research essay to help students gather and analyze arguments and evidence that they need to support a claim.Students gain critical thinking skills as they justify the use of their evidence and the evidence checker graphic organizers allow them to see exactly what kind of evidence they are using.This freebie includes
Grades:
5th - 9th
Think Outside the Box Thursday
THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX THURSDAY is a flexible thinking activity that is so fun and engaging, your kids will be begging to do it all the time. In fact, it’s not just for Thursdays. You can easily implement the activity into your classroom any day, just use the optional sheet included. While thinking outside the box, kids gain so much from this activity. They strengthen their flexible thinking skills, imagine possibilities, learn to see and understand different perspectives, appreciate the work of
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K - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Hieroglyphics Printable Worksheet
Engage your students into Ancient Egypt with this Pun-tastic Worksheet!
Included on the page is a full Hieroglyphic Alphabet to reference, the lead of a joke written in English ("Why did the Mummy go to the doctor??"), and the punchline of the joke written out in easy to read, well spaced Egyptian hieroglyphics.
Above each Hieroglyphic symbol involved in the punchline is a line to write the equivalent English character.
Note- the Egyptians did not differentiate between many sounds that Eng
Grades:
3rd - 9th
Free SAT ACT Practice Worksheets Vocabulary Parts of Speech 8 pages with keys
10 pages of Reviews, Quizzes, or Bellringers: No Ads, No Filler! Answer keys are included. 8 multiple choice questions per worksheet. These are some of the most challenging SAT/ACT terms. No prep required - you just copy or project and go. There is enough material for you to see how useful it is and then take further advantage of us!
I created this and offer it so inexpensively to support my customers using my best-selling item: UPDATED***Full Year of Weekly SAT Vocabulary Activities, Review an
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8th - 11th
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Black History Month Project
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This is my classroom Black History Month Project that I have my students complete each year. It has been a great project as it makes students write about an important black american from the past 100 years. Each paragraph requires specific information, so it is easy to see if they are writing it
Grades:
4th - 12th
ABC Nature Walk - Print or Digital
FREE Nature Walk Activity - Fun Activity for Any Group of Kids or Adults! FREEThis activity will help kids to enjoy nature as they look for a different natural object for each letter of the alphabet. This would be great to use during the school year, for summer school, camp, with scout groups, and for homeschoolers. You could even use it with your family on a camping trip! With the digital option, you'll have a keepsake of the awesome memories that are made!There are two options for completing
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3rd - 12th, Adult Education
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Enrichment, Finish Early, 10 activities ANY Subject, No Prep Required!
Keeping up with new standards, new requirements, grading, planning, conferencing, etc., is time consuming! Who has time to plan even MORE, unique enrichment activities? Lucky for you, there are plenty of general, catch-all ideas that you can offer students.
With this freebie, you will receive a fully editable, 10-choice enrichment menu complete with student guidelines. Primarily a math and science teacher, I have posted this document in Word format, so you can add or revise it to fit your l
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3rd - 12th
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Public Speaking Template, Tips, and Tricks for the 1-2 Minute Informative Speech
The common core wants effective speakers and 21st Century Learners!
Here is a template for the one to two minute informative speech in handy notecard-sized cutouts.
This document includes public speaking tips and tricks for all ages and ability levels.
Grades:
3rd - 12th
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LANGSTON HUGHES DREAMS
Langston Hughes Dreams
Langston Hughes poem DREAMS seems like a simple poem, yet it teaches wonderful lessons. Your students will relate to this poem as they discuss its meaning and connect their dreams and goals to the poem. Included are activities that motivate students to "follow their dreams" and to write dream poems.These are great activities for Black History Month and Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday.
This is a brand new updated version of my Langston Hughes "Dream" resource as of Ja
Grades:
5th - 12th
How to Write a Fable Writing Template
Using this simple template, fill in the blanks to create a first draft of a fable. Then encourage students to revise and polish their fable using the sentence structure and syntax and writing tips expected for their grade and skill level.
Great creative writing assignment for reluctant and pre-writers.
Teachers can enter the fables in a Fable Writing Contest at injoyinc.com through October 31, 2013.
Download the How To Write A Fable e-book for 8 easy fable writing lessons that can be used wit
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PreK - 9th
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Pi Day Puzzles and Coloring Pages for Middle School Students
Celebrate Pi Day with this engaging activities and projects pack that includes Pi Day Maze, Pi Day Math Vocab Double Puzzle, Pi Symbol Coloring Page, and Pi Digits Coloring Page - all for free! This pack is perfect for middle school students and offers a wide range of interactive and educational activities that will help them develop important skills while having a great time.The Pi Day Maze is a fun and challenging activity that will test your students' problem-solving skills. They can navigate
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5th - 9th
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Also included in: Math and Science Entire Year Mega Bundle for Middle and High School
Would You Rather Question Response Templates FREEBIE - Edit in Google Apps
Use these two free Would You Rather worksheet templates to create your own Would You Rather printables for your classroom! Allow students to create their own questions, create questions yourself, or pick and choose your favorite questions from our Would You Rather sets in an easy-to-assign way!WHAT’S INCLUDED: DIGITAL:Google Slides Editable Document2 different pages!Great for 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, or 9th grade! NOTE: This resource uses American English.Here’s what teachers are sayi
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2nd - 9th
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Math: What Are the Chances? Designing Your Own Probability Carnival
Students will use their understanding of probability to create three carnival games for others to enjoy. By exploring the difference between theoretical and experimental probability, students will understand the math that underlies the games. This math Exploration includes detailed, student-friendly Steps to Success that lead the learner through the process of creating a high-level, quality independent project. To add rigor and thoughtfulness, students reflect on their Exploration by answering s
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3rd - 10th
Goal Tracking Sheets
This is designed for Special Education teachers/ESE teachers who need to track students IEP goals.
This uses an easy tally system so that you can keep track of how many times per month you work on each specific goal and objective for each student. This will help you visualize what objective you may still need to work on, or what objectives you work on with your students the most.
This is an excellent tool which requires hardly any time in your day to keep organized, and is an excellent piece
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PreK - 12th
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Book Playlist Project FREEBIE - Fun Activity to Connect Music and Literature
Connect literature to music with this fun, engaging reading response activity! Students will make a ten-song playlist, connecting each song to their book. Use this for independent reading practice or a project with a whole group read!WHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:Book Playlist WorksheetDIGITAL:Google Slides - Interactive ActivityDIFFERENTIATION OPTIONS:Digital or PrintUse in Many Different WaysFun for the Whole Class!Great for 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, or 12th grade! NOTE: This r
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3rd - 12th
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Coding Unplugged: Offline Puzzle for Middle School│Single Puzzle Card- Sports
Translate an algorithm to create art! Basic coding skills are put to the test with these pencil-and-paper coding puzzles. Students will translate the arrow code using the Programming Key to draw the secret image. Perfect as a computer-free sub activity, or use as a no-prep option for early finishers or after state testing! Find the full resource here. This Free Resource contains one single puzzle card that can be used as a quick worksheet, or can be laminated and used again and again!The FULL Co
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4th - 9th
Also included in: Coding Unplugged YEAR-LONG CODING PUZZLE BUNDLE for Middle School
FREEBIE Ancient Egypt One Pager Activity
One pagers are at review to use in the classroom! My students love to use on pagers because it gives them freedom in how their reviews look. In a one pager, students complete the required items on a checklist to fill up one side of a paper.This is a Freebie, but you can find the full version hereThis one pager is based off of the: Florida state standards SS.6.W.2.6 Determine the contributions of key figures from ancient Egypt.SS.6.W.2.5: Summarize important achievements of Egyptian civilization.
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4th - 12th
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15 X 15 Thanksgiving Crossword Puzzle
This is a 15 X 15 Thanksgiving-themed crossword puzzle suitable for 6th-12 graders. Enjoy!
Here are links to more of my puzzles:
Chemistry & Biology Crosswords: 72 Ready-To-Use Puzzle Activities
Hidden Animals Alphabet Sudoku for Kids: Ages 9-99
16 X 16 Monster Wordoku: 125 New Cranium-Crushing, Monstrously Humongous Wordoku Puzzles from Hell
Baseball Crosswords: 70 All-New Puzzles for Baseball Buffs
Teatime Arrowwords: 80 Soothing, Themed Puzzles
TV Crosswords
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6th - 11th
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