Critical thinking resources for homeschool $5-10

The Classroom on Mango Street

Also included in: End of the Year Math Logic Puzzles | Brain Teasers Early Finishers Enrichment

36 Main Idea & Details ELA Reading Skills Practice Worksheets

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Give your students the skills they need to find/tackle any main idea or supporting detail question with these 36 ELA reading drills! Each worksheet includes tips that reinforce effective reading strategies, and can be used to drive home the fundamentals or prep for test day! Bundle this item & save: Core ELA Value Bundle | READING! Grade 3 | READING! Grade 4 & 5THIS PRODUCT INCLUDES: 36 ELA comprehension drills (24 informational texts / 12 fiction passages) 135+ simulat

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, ELA Test Prep, Informational Text

Grades:

3rd - 5th

Types:

Worksheets, Homework, Centers

CCSS:

RL.3.1

, RL.3.2

, RL.4.1

, RL.4.2

, RL.5.1

...

Also included in: Main Idea & Details Reading Passages and Questions + Task Cards | Savings Bundle

Brain Teasers Higher Level Thinking Early Finisher & End of the Year Activities

Created by

The Teacher Next Door

Give your students higher-level thinking activities! This set of Brain Teasers includes 40 full pages with more than 400 activities to promote critical thinking! These are perfect as an educational but fun activity for transitions or any time you'd like to stretch your students' thinking! You can use them for fast finishers, enrichment, morning work, or to throw in the sub tub!This set includes:40 Pages of Brain Teaser QuestionsRecord SheetEditable Record SheetAnswer KeysTeacher Notes Why you'

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, For All Subject Areas, Problem Solving

Grades:

3rd - 5th

Types:

Activities

End of the Year Activities Logic Puzzles | Last Day Early Finishers Enrichment

Created by

Critical Thinking, End of Year, Math

End of year and summer break is approaching—sometimes students are a little more distracted, and sometimes you find a few spare minutes between end of the year festivities. Grab students’ attention with End of the Year Math Logic Puzzles - ready-to-go brain teasers that are just perfect for use as early finisher activities, enrichment activities, or morning work. Designed to give students the opportunity to solve real-life problems that might pop up at the end of the year, these logic games push

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types:

Critical Thinking, For All Subjects, Problem Solving

Also included in: End of the Year Math Logic Puzzles | Brain Teasers Early Finishers Enrichment

15 Working Memory Brain Games: Improve executive function in 5 minutes a day!

Created by

Angela Watson

WORKING MEMORY BEST SELLER--UPDATED FOR 2024! These 15 research-based brain games are designed to improve kids' working memory in five minutes of partner game play daily for just 9 weeks! If you've ever complained that students lack the following skills, an executive function of the brain called working memory might be the issue!-staying focused and on-task-following complex and multi-step directions-copying information and taking notes-keeping their place in a text-retelling stories-explaining

Subjects:

Grades:

K - 6th

Types:

Activities, Printables, Games

Math Logic Puzzles: 5th grade Enrichment - [Digital & Printable PDF]

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Math Logic Puzzles for 5th grade includes 15 higher-order thinking puzzles designed to challenge and engage your high flyers and fast finishers. Your students will utilize critical thinking and problem-solving skills to build a solid understanding of essential 5th-grade math concepts. These puzzles are available as a printable PDF and a paperless version made with Google Slides™ for virtual learning.Every activity is directly aligned with the Common Core State Standards for Math.Math Concepts a

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Meredith Anderson - Momgineer STEM Activities

Grades:

4th - 6th

Types:

CCSS:

...

Also included in: Math Logic Puzzles: 3-5 BUNDLE - [Digital & Printable PDF]

Winter STEM Activities and Challenges with Paper ❄️ Snowflakes ❄️

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**BEST SELLER!** Winter STEM / Snowflake STEM activities! Create a variety of snowflakes with these 3 STEM engaging challenges. For these challenges, the only material that is necessary is plain paper. This is a great companion activity if you are reading about Snowflake Bentley (Wilson Bentley).✅ What You'll Get ✅Teacher Instructions and sample imagesWarm up activities: How snowflakes form in nature (1 page informational text)Cutting practice page (if your students need it, recommended!)Which f

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Engineering, Gifted and Talented

Grades:

3rd - 8th

Types:

Activities, GATE, Printables

CCSS:

4.G.A.3

NGSS:

MS-ETS1-2

, 3-5-ETS1-3

, 3-PS2-2

, 3-5-ETS1-1

, MS-ETS1-1

...

Also included in: FLASH SALE ⭐ Low Prep STEM Activities and Challenges Engineering Design Process

Area and Perimeter Project Based Learning Math Activity

Created by

The Owl Teacher

Step into the world of engaging and hands-on math exploration with this resource. This project-based learning activity takes students on a thrilling journey as they design their own dream house, while simultaneously mastering the concepts of area and perimeter.Through the use of a house layout grid, students will estimate area by strategically placing furniture and counting squares and partial squares. This real-world, open-ended task prompts critical thinking as they tackle questions related to

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Math, Measurement

Grades:

3rd - 5th

Types:

CCSS:

Also included in: Project Based Math Activities BUNDLE

100th Day of School Activities STEM Activities

Created by

Michelle Hudgeons

Make your 100th day of school celebration STEM-TASTIC with these 6 engaging activities that are STEM challenges. These Smitten with First 100th Day STEM challenges can be used as stations or as activities completed throughout the day. See preview! Challenges Included:Pattern Hats (students build a party hat with 100 pattern blocks)Build 100 (students build the number 100 using 100 building blocks)Hairy Glasses (students build shape glasses using 100 gray hairs/pipe cleaners)100 Wishes (student

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Holidays/Seasonal, Problem Solving

Grades:

K - 2nd

Types:

Activities

Also included in: Kindergarten, 1st grade, 2nd grade Year Long STEM Activities Bundle

Math Logic Puzzles: 4th grade ENRICHMENT - [Digital & Printable PDF]

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Math Logic Puzzles for 4th grade includes 14 higher order thinking puzzles designed to challenge and engage your high flyers and fast finishers. Your students will utilize critical thinking and problem solving skills while building a solid understanding of essential math concepts and skills. These puzzles are available as a printable PDF and a paperless version made with Google Slides™ for virtual learning.Every activity is directly aligned with the Common Core State Standards for Math.Math Con

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Grades:

4th - 5th

Types:

CCSS:

...

Also included in: Math Logic Puzzles: 3-5 BUNDLE - [Digital & Printable PDF]

Math Logic Puzzles: 3rd grade Enrichment - [Digital and Printable PDF]

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Math Logic Puzzles for 3rd grade includes 15 higher-order thinking puzzles designed to challenge and engage your high flyers and fast finishers. Your students will utilize critical thinking and problem-solving skills while building a solid understanding of essential math concepts and skills. These puzzles are available as a printable PDF and a paperless version made with Google Slides™ for virtual learning.Every activity is directly aligned with the Common Core State Standards for Math.--------

Subjects:

Tina Kolley - Teach With Tina

Grades:

3rd - 4th

Types:

CCSS:

...

Also included in: Math Logic Puzzles: 3-5 BUNDLE - [Digital & Printable PDF]

One Pager Templates - 40 Print and Digital One Pager Templates

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One-Pagers are the perfect way to combine higher-level thinking and creativity into your classroom, and with these 40 different templates, you will never hear "I don't know where to start!" again. Your students can show their mastery and understanding of ANY subject in new and innovative ways.You can use these Print and Digital One Pager templates with ANY subject you are teaching. Perfect for literature, math, science, social studies, vocabulary, grammar, and more!This resource includes:20 no-

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, For All Subjects

Grades:

3rd - 12th

Types:

Activities, Printables, Graphic Organizers

Also included in: One Pager Mega Bundle - Book Reports - Exit Tickets

Summer Digital Escape Room Game - End of the Year UPDATED-No Google Form!

Created by

Rockin Teacher Materials by Hilary Lewis

UPDATED! No Google Form is needed! Breaking Into Summer is a digital escape room loaded with puzzles for students to celebrate heading into summer in an engaging and interactive way. Students must solve 7 summer clues to unlock the codes that will help them 'break into summer'. Can they crack the code? Students love solving the different digital clues to unlock the codes! Teachers love the NO prep assignment for studentsHow does it work? Students start with the scenario and follow the directions

Subjects:

Classroom Community, Critical Thinking, Summer

Grades:

2nd - 5th

Types:

Activities, Games

Also included in: Summer Digital Escape Room Bundle | End of Year | Teamwork Puzzle Escape Games

CHRISTMAS Escape Room (Activities, Trivia & Puzzle Games for Students)

Created by

The Classroom Sparrow

There are five Christmas escape room-type (trivia) challenges included in this file. Each activity can be completed individually or in conjunction with one another, depending on the time available in your planning. The challenges could be used as individual, pair or small group activities. The puzzles and games are designed to promote communication, cooperation and problem-solving skills. A detailed and thorough teacher instruction page has been included, which provides differentiated instructio

Subjects:

Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa, Critical Thinking, Writing

Grades:

5th - 12th

Types:

Activities, Games

Also included in: Christmas Writing Activities BUNDLE: Middle and High School Holiday Writing

STEM Space Lander Math & Engineering Activity

Created by

Vivify STEM

Space Lander STEM ChallengeThis STEM activity is one of our favorite engineering design challenges! The combination of marshmallows (or ping pong balls) and aliens makes this a winning STEM challenge! In the Space Lander Challenge, student teams build a lander using the engineering design process to keep two marshmallow "aliens" or "astronauts" inside a cup as it is dropped from various heights. Using straws, index cards, and mini marshmallows or cotton balls, students apply concepts of shock ab

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Math, Science

Grades:

5th - 10th

Types:

Projects, Activities, Centers

CCSS:

6.G.A.1

, 6.G.A.2

, 6.G.A.3

, 6.G.A.4

, 7.G.B.4

...

NGSS:

MS-ETS1-2

, 3-5-ETS1-3

, MS-ETS1-4

, 3-5-ETS1-1

, MS-ETS1-1

...

Also included in: Space STEM Starter Challenges MEGA Bundle: Middle School

Project Based Learning: Zoo Design, Area & Perimeter (PBL) Now For Google Slides

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Digital Divide and Conquer

Project Based Learning: Zoo Design with Area and Perimeter, Map Skills, and More! This also includes differentiated activities, math skills, problem solving, aligned with Common Core, and extension activities.This project is based around the idea of students creating a zoo using their knowledge of area and perimeter, along with many other math (and academic) skills to create a unique learning opportunity that apply to real-life situations.***THIS RESOURCE IS NOW DIGITAL for DISTANCE LEARNING***

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Math, Measurement

Grades:

3rd - 7th

Types:

Projects, Printables

Also included in: Project Based Learning MEGA Bundle: 14 Full-Scale Hands-On Projects!

Math Logic Puzzles: 2nd grade Enrichment - [Digital & Printable PDF]

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Math Logic Puzzles for 2nd grade includes 16 higher-order thinking puzzles designed to challenge and engage your high flyers and fast finishers. Your students will utilize critical thinking and problem-solving skills while building a solid understanding of essential math concepts and skills. These puzzles are available as a printable PDF and a paperless version made with Google Slides™ for virtual learning.Every activity is directly aligned with the Common Core State Standards for Math.--------

Subjects:

Lead in Literacy - Christina Mrs Winters Bliss

Grades:

2nd - 3rd

Types:

CCSS:

...

Math Logic Puzzles Shapes - Early Finisher Activities - levels A,B,C BUNDLE

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These pattern block math logic puzzles for kindergarten, first, and second grade make a great, NO PREP math center activity, morning work activity, or challenge math activity. These logic puzzles keep students highly-engaged while improving and developing their logic and visual discrimination skills. These brain teasers are a great way to teach your students to persevere through challenging tasks and help to develop their growth mindset. This bundle includes three different levels of math logic

Subjects:

Activities, Task Cards, Centers

Grades:

K - 2nd

Types:

Crime Scene Activity: Analyzing Primary and Secondary Source Evidence

Created by

The Literary Maven

“The Case of the Student Teacher Gone Missing” is an activity that asks students to solve a crime based on their analysis of evidence. First students must classify the twelve pieces of evidence as primary or secondary source evidence. Then students must decide which type of evidence they will use: primary or secondary, and explain why. Finally, students will analyze each piece of relevant evidence to draw conclusion about who the guilty teacher might be. You can use the case as is or personalize

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, English Language Arts, Informational Text

Grades:

6th - 8th

Types:

GATER Educator - Kris Prince

CCSS:

...

Inside Out Movie Worksheets | Movie Day Activities | Social Emotional Learning

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Looking to support your student's social-emotional needs?What better way to engage students than with a MOVIE TIME? ... INSIDE, OUT is certainly a fun childhood favorite!Check out these LEARNING ACTIVITIES created just for the movie!Personality Islands Digital PBLPersonality Islands Printable PBLHow to Make Broccoli Pizza - A Fun and Engaging Reading and Math ActivityThis resource includes a printable AND digital version to use with Google Classroom™Looking for more MOVIE GUIDES? Click HERE-Movi

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Gifted and Talented, Life Skills

Grades:

4th - 7th

Types:

GATE, Movie Guides, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.5.2

, RL.5.3

, SL.4.1d

, SL.4.3

, SL.5.1

...

Also included in: Independent Projects | Gifted and Talented Students | Early Finishers | BUNDLE 1

Halloween Activities Math Logic Games | Fall October Early Finishers Enrichment

Created by

Critical Thinking, Halloween, Math

The Halloween season can leave students a little more distracted than usual! These Halloween Math Logic Puzzles are ready-to-go brain teasers just perfect to grab students’ attention as early finisher activities, enrichment activities, or morning work. Designed to give students the opportunity to solve real-life Halloween problems, these logic games push students to practice both their reasoning and key math skills. Students will be so engaged as they solve the missing ingredients to the witch’s

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Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types:

Also included in: End of the Year Math Logic Puzzles | Brain Teasers Early Finishers Enrichment

Spring Math Logic Puzzles Brain Teasers | Early Finishers with Digital Resources

Created by

Critical Thinking, Math, Spring

With spring comes spring fever in the classroom! Make that spring fever academically meaningful with Spring Math Logic Puzzles - ready-to-go brain teasers that are just perfect for use as early finisher activities, enrichment activities, or morning work. Designed to give students the opportunity to solve real-life problems that might pop up during the spring season, these logic games push students to practice both their reasoning and key math skills. Students will be so engaged as they unlock a

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types:

Also included in: End of the Year Math Logic Puzzles | Brain Teasers Early Finishers Enrichment

Winter Math Logic Puzzles Brain Teasers | Early Finishers Activities Enrichment

Created by

Critical Thinking, Math, Winter

Wintertime is full of exciting events—sometimes students are a little more distracted, and sometimes you find a few spare minutes between activities. Grab students’ attention with Winter Math Logic Puzzles - ready-to-go brain teasers and winter logic games that are just perfect for use as early finisher activities, enrichment activities, or morning work. Designed to give students the opportunity to solve real-life cold-weather problems, these logic puzzles push students to practice both their re

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types: