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Critical thinking astronomy Common Core SL.K.1 resources
Editable Morning Meeting Daily Slides Activities Digital Resources Morning Work
Are you ready to turn your morning meeting into the best part of your daily routine? Unlock the power of morning meetings with this Editable Morning Meeting Daily Slides & Activity Pages Yearlong Set, designed for K-6 grade. These NO PREP INTERACTIVE EDITABLE morning meeting slides will revive your morning routine in a fun and engaging way. These Editable Morning Meeting Daily Slides are an easy-to-use, time-saving way for you to build a consistent morning routine and a strong classroom co
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K - 6th
Question of the Day - Yes No Questions - DIGITAL and PRINTABLE
185 DIGITAL and Printable Question of the Day pages with picture clues. These Yes or No questions focus on getting to know the students, while incorporating language and math skills. *** The recent update now includes digital slides to use for remote learning! Great activity for morning meeting, when students enter the classroom each day, as cool-down activity after recess, or at the end of the day while waiting for dismissal. This packet has a Table of Contents and numbered pages for quick re
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PreK - 1st, Staff
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Also included in: Kindergarten Back to School Bundle
Morning Meeting Sharing Questions- 200 Fun Discussion Questions
Do you participate in morning meetings? Do you ever get to the sharing time and find yourself asking the same types of questions or simply having trouble thinking of new questions to promote a safe and fun classroom community? This download contains 180 unique morning meeting sharing questions--one for each day of the school year. It is a great addition to any morning meeting space. You can choose to print out the master copy of the questions if you have a way of organizing the questions on your
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K - 5th
Also included in: Morning Meeting BUNDLE: Greetings, Sharing Questions, and Activities
Digital Primary Learning Pit for Character Education & Social Skills
Product Update: December 2020Supporting growth mindset through the use of The Learning Pit concept of learning. This bulletin board set will help you teach students, of any age, to understand that everyone goes through the same process in order to learn anything new. They are not alone in the journey! Visual images help students see the "pit" process easily so they can relate to it. This is especially good for non readers, ELL learners and students with special needs. Read this blog post about h
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K - 3rd
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CALDECOTT BOOK ACTIVITIES BUNDLE Literature Extensions Critical Thinking GATE
Story Sleuths I, II, and III Bundle delivers 3 products at 20% savings. You will receive 12 weeks of clues for the Story Sleuth challenge; an enrichment unit using Caldecott Award winning books to cultivate critical thinking. Your students will use text features, illustrations, and context to determine which book is described by the set of clues. By involving your students in this project, you will exercise their deductive reasoning, analysis, evaluation, and problem solving skills. This unit is
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K - 4th
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Solve the mystery case files | Problem solving | Group activity for preschool
This Secret Spy Detective mystery case file game is a fun and educational game that challenges students' reasoning skills and builds teamwork. As they work as a team to solve the case, players will develop their critical thinking skills, understand logical reasoning, increase memory recall and improve their reading comprehension. Each of the cases comes with materials for 10 case files, making this ideal for an extended 2 week lesson. Solve a new case every day, or solve them all at once!⭐️This
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PreK - K
Rocket Ship Craft
Blast Off to Learning: Ignite Curiosity with the Dynamic Rocket Ship CraftChart a course through the galaxies of imagination and creativity with our Rocket Ship Craft! Tailored perfectly for math and writing studies, this craft seamlessly blends into thematic units ranging from summer celebrations, astronomy insights, to memorable year-beginning or year-end reflections. Remember, kindergarten isn't just a grade - it's an adventure! Testimonial:"Incorporating the Rocket Ship Craft into our curric
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PreK - 3rd
Accountable Talk Stems: Posters, Bookmarks, Desk Plates, Bulletin Board
These Accountable Talk bulletin board posters, bookmarks, desk plates (desktags), and notebook inserts were made to help students learn to communicate with others in an engaging, yet respectful and meaningful way. Use the posters to help when creating anchor charts; use the talking stems on student reference cards to scaffold in whole group, small group, or partner discussions and activities; students end up totally taking the reigns once they've got this down and they love it!Click here to view
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3rd - 10th
CALDECOTT BOOK ACTIVITIES Story Sleuths I Literature Extention Critical Thinking
STORY SLEUTHS I is a 4 week, critical thinking project based on Caldecott Award winning books. Your students will use text features, illustrations, and context to determine which Caldecott Award winning book is described by the set of clues. By involving your students in this project, you will exercise their deductive reasoning, analysis, evaluation, and problem solving skills. This unit is CCSS aligned. Students also enjoy great literature, learn about artistic media, and participate in col
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K - 4th
Animal Match Memory Game and Matching Game ~ Including Zoo Animals
This animal themed memory game will be a great addition to your math center as well as a choice time option for a collaboration game. This animal memory game includes zoo animals, ocean animals, forest animals and other fun and cute animals. Students can color in their own set using the B&W copies.It includes:- 34 colorful cards- 34 B&W cardsHappy teaching!TPYou might also like:Counting Hearts Mini BooksCounting Mittens Mini BooksCounting Pumpkins Mini BooksCounting Apples Mini BooksCoun
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PreK - 1st
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Morning Meeting Activities Conversation Starters Daily Writing Prompts Advice
Are you ready to turn your morning meeting into the best part of your daily routine? ADVICE OF THE DAY MORNING MEETING ACTIVITY provides you with a consistent morning routine that will build a strong classroom community in a fun and engaging way! You will get 180 days worth of thought-provoking conversation starters, offering your students advice they can use in every part of their world,in both a printable and projectable version, with a matching student writing journal. This resource is not on
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1st - 4th
*Bundle* thinkLaw Nursery Rhyme Four Lesson Bundle
What if the same critical thinking strategies taught in law school could be used with students in K-2? thinkLaw uses law school exercises with our youngest students using folk tales, fairy tales, and nursery rhymes because there are some shady characters in children's literature,This bundle includes FOUR thinkLaw Early Elementary LessonsThree Blind MIce: Analysis from Multiple PerspectivesLittle Boy Blue:Settlement and Negotiation StrategyJack and Jill: Making and Evaluating Tough DecisionsA Tis
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K - 2nd
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Design a Playground Solution - Projects & PBL
Driving Question:How can we use engineering to solve a problem on the playground?Description:In this project, students use the Design Thinking Process to solve a problem they identify themselves on the playground. Each stage of the Design Thinking Process is broken down to have students work through a problem in groups, come up with solutions, prototype, get feedback and iterate. Finally they will produce an actual solution to a playground problem and exhibit this to other students.Communication
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K - 2nd
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Accountable Talk Posters
Here are 9 different accountable talk posters to encourage rich partner discussions and reflections.
The prompts include:
"I agree with.... because...."
"I disagree with.... because...."
"I can conclude..."
"This makes me think about..."
"Now I am wondering..."
"I like what you said... I can add..."
"What do you think about..."
"I can connect this to..."
"The clues from the text tell me..."
All 9 include pictures that provide a visual clue to remind students of the prompts.
If you have
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PreK - 1st
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Magic Tree House #2 Knight at Dawn Text Dependent Comprehension Questions
Magic Tree House #2 Knight at Dawn Text Dependent Comprehension Questions
I created this packet of reading response comprehension questions to use with my “independent” readers who are ready to dig deeper into what they are reading. This Magic Tree House The Knight at Dawn is a 2.9 reading level.
Students will: write responses to text dependent questions about key details in the text, apply their knowledge to new situations, make inferences and draw conclusions, participate in collaborative co
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K - 3rd
NonFiction Research & STEM Animal/Engineering Bundle | K-2 {Digital & Print}
Do you need to add additional activities to your animal units? If the answer is yes, you need to give your students the chance to explore and research about animals with these Low Prep STEM activities. Students can research, plan, and create their own shelters to explore how animals survive. These Resources are updated for distance/virtual learning. The digital resources are included as a link to Google Classroom inside the downloaded PDF.As the product grows, prices will increase. Get the bundl
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PreK - 2nd
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, K-ESS3-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
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Sun & Eclipses | One-Class Research Activities & Read-aloud Lesson
This easy-prep activity works great to learn about the April 8, 2024 solar eclipse, and it goes along the picture book, "Sun! One in a Billion" or the poetry book "A Few Beautiful Minutes." One-Class Research activities are a no-pressure way for young elementary students to explore and begin using the library’s online resources.After listening to the book, students learn more about the Sun, eclipses, stars, and the solar system using Pebble Go, World Book Kids, the National Geographic Kids websi
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K - 3rd
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Play Dough Mats | Open Ended Activity Pages | Loose Parts Play | A-Z Lessons
Minimal prep STEM/STEAM open ended activity for toddlersOpen ended play, imaginary play, loose parts play, whatever you want to call it....you need these pages in your life! These full sized alphabet themed pages are perfect for incorporating STEM/STEAM activities with your toddlers. Print and laminate for re-use, and use loose parts to build and decorate the page. This activity can be done in a group setting, or independently for a quiet time activity. Add pages to a binder and use reusable sti
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PreK - 1st
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Chicken Little: The Original Fake News Story
We read students traditional stories and folktales but do we every stop to challenge them to really THINK about what they're reading and hearing?Chicken Little is THE original fake news story. The birds never stop to think about what they're being told. They never ask any questions. They just accept the statement that the sky is falling is fact.In Chicken Little: Making and Evaluating Difficult Decisions students will:Scrutinize an imaginary story that a classmate tells them. Is it true? Ho
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K - 2nd
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Creative Curriculum - Tree Unit Weeks 1 - 7
This product are lesson plans for Creative Curriculum - Tree Unit lessons . The lesson plans includes question of the day, interest areas, story, group discussion information. Most objectives are included in each area. The information is written out to follow. Additional areas on lesson plans includes an area for notes, literacy activities, and some additional ideas that could be used to add more rigor.The lessons are editable so you can adjust as necessary to fit your needs.These are plans t
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PreK
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Tuesday by David Wiesner Socratic Seminar Plan + Extras
Need a way to creatively reach your student's Speaking and Listening standards? Want to assess ALL students based on their thoughts and not what they are able to write down? Socratic Seminar is an amazing way to assess student understanding and find holes in it, too. In addition, students who have difficulty with writing, but are able to verbalize their thinking will find an even playing field.
This seminar on David Wiesner's book, Tuesday, is meant for younger students. I have used it as earl
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K - 4th
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Social Justice Identity Bundle
This unit has a specific focus on celebrating identity and is designed to give students opportunities on how they can love and embrace their who they are, understand their group's identity, and understand that how they look and do things is the same and different from how other people look and do things. I used the Social Justice standards to create this unit. They are a set of anchor standards (which can be found on TeachingTolerance.org) divided into four domains: identity, diversity, justice
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K - 2nd
Social Justice Unit: What Is Fair?
This unit has a specific focus on recognizing unfairness on the individual level and injustice at the institutional or systemic level . This unit is designed to give students opportunities to reflect on the harmful impact of bias and injustice on the world, historically and today. I used the Social Justice standards to create this unit. They are a set of anchor standards (which can be found on TeachingTolerance.org) divided into four domains: identity, diversity, justice and action. These stand
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K - 2nd
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Also included in: Social Justice Bundle
Jack and Jill: Making and Evaluating Difficult Decisions
What if the same critical thinking strategies taught in law school could be used with students in K-2? thinkLaw uses law school exercises with our youngest students using folk tales, fairy tales, and nursery rhymes.Jack and Jill: Making and Evaluating Difficult Decisions guides students through the process of analyzing the nursery rhyme and asking critical questions.It says that Jack fell down and broke his crown, but was he really hurt? The next line said he capered home. Caper means to dance
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K - 2nd
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