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Kindergarten critical thinking literature research
Genius Hour
Genius Hour Template for Elementary - This Genius Hour (Passion Project) is designed especially for primary grades and beginners. These Genius Hour templates are simple enough for beginning readers and most pages can be adapted for even non-readers by completing the pages with drawings. You can implement Genius Hour with even the youngest learners with the help of this resource. These pages would also work to implement Genius Hour for Special needs students. This Genius Hour Plan is designed
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K - 2nd
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Project Based Learning - Animals in Winter | PBL | plans | rubric | assessment
Animals in winter is a perfect resource for project-based learning. Let your students explore the wonders of how animals use different strategies to survive changes in their environment.This project based learning unit focuses on the animals chosen by the students, two animals that hibernate (bear and hedgehog), two animals that migrate (monarch butterfly and duck), and two animals that adapt (rabbit and deer) during the season of winter. This PBL was “piloted” on a preK class and they had a GRE
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PreK - K
Apples: An Inquiry Based Unit of Study
Increase student engagement and deepen understanding!
Do you want your students to explore, investigate, research, study, and pursue topics based on curiosity to increase their understanding of the world?
This Apples: Inquiry Based Unit of Study will help you do create a more engaged, self motivated, and collaborative group of little learners. Go beyond the “cute” apple activities and delve into answering the questions that students really are interested in. Students will work collaborativel
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PreK - 2nd
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Library Skills: What Happened to Marion's Book?
What happened to Marion’s Book?Meet Marion the Hedgehog who discovers that she really might not take good care of her books in What Happened to Marion’s Book? by Brooke Berg. This unit is designed to teach and/or remind your students of the importance of taking good care of their books whether they are personal, school, or library books. It also includes activities to encourage students to listen for facts from texts and oral presentations and then use those facts for a project. Additionally, th
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K - 2nd
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Community Helper Research {QR Codes} NO PREP
This set includes 11 different community helper cards with QR codes linked to age-appropriate videos and read alouds designed for students to gather information on each community helper. The set also includes 1 In the Community card with QR codes linked to age-appropriate videos and read alouds designed for students to learn about the different types of communities and the people, places, and things that can be found in a community. The QR codes are linked through Safe Share TV so that student
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PreK - 2nd
IB PYP Picture Analysis Provocation Pack for Lower Grades
This ready-made bumper pack of concept-based provocation materials for IB PYP earlier years will save you a ton of time and have instant high engagement PYP teaching tools ready to go! No more hunting the internet for suitable images! This resource brings OVER 50 high engagement images, some with 3D and animation, for each IB PYP transdisciplinary theme, covering many of the related concepts. * SUPPORTS A CONCEPT-BASED APPROACH TO STUDENT-LED INQUIRY*The art of the provocation in any inquiry bas
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K - 2nd
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Moon ~ Mr. Moon, Are You Shrinking?
Moon ~ Mr. Moon, Are You Shrinking?* NEW PAGES ADDED!!This Moon Common Core research project addresses Common Core Standards for Research Writing.Through guided and supported research, the students will resolve any misconceptions that the Moon is changing its shape. They will learn that the moon doesn't shrink or grow!-Learn the Moon Phases and other Moon Facts-A pre-research page to assess students' current understanding or misconceptions about why the moon's shape seems to change-2 options fo
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K - 4th
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Let's Explore Animal Bundle with Literacy, Informational Text and Crafts
Find details here.Everywhere we look our world is filled with wonderful animals making up 5 main groups. (Mammals, Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds and Fish)These two resources are filled with literacy suggestions, activities, research projects, informational text in the form of mini readers and crafts.You will be able to provide meaningful cross curricular activities while studying animals.Buy this bundle and SAVE 20%Follow me on Facebook.Follow me on Pinterest.Visit my website for classroom ideas
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K - 2nd
Website Research Skills | Text Features | K-1 | Input Output Computer Tools
Our K-1 students need to be taught a few online research skills to stay afloat in this fast-paced world of digital learning! This is a great lesson to help them grasp some basic computer concepts quickly. Within this lesson, they'll learn about:- Sorting tools into categories- What IS the Internet anyway?- Input and output devices- Online text features (Includes a drawing, photograph, map, chart, table, and diagram as well as the definitions for video and audio as it relates to resources.) T
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K - 1st
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
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K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, K-ESS3-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
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Spanish Mentor Text List for K-2 Writers' Workshop (Lucy Calkins)
This is a complete list of transadaptations from Lucy Calkin's work as well as some original Spanish texts for use during Writers' Workshop. Why spend hours researching and looking for titles in Spanish when I have done the leg work for you? Great for bilingual, dual language, or Spanish Immersion instruction..
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K - 2nd
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Visual Shelf Markers for Early Childhood, Kinder, and Beyond - Bilingual SP & EN
120+ visual and bilingual shelf markers that can be used to help pre-readers and readers easily and quickly find the nonfiction books they want on school library shelves. The markers have a picture, the English word, Spanish word, and Dewey number. They are jpegs and pngs and not editable. The images represent diverse peoples and genders.To make! Print the files in color on 8.5 x 11 paper, and fold the paper length-wise. This will give you a shelf marker that can be read from 2 sides. Lengthe
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PreK - 5th
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Halloween 4-in-1 Critical and Creative Thinking Bundle for Gifted and Enrichment
Fly into critical and creative thinking in your science and math/ logic curriculum! Your students' higher-order thinking skills will SOAR during the Halloween season with this HUGE 4-in-1 bundle! Bundle Includes these 4 products: (click links for details and previews)1) Goin’ Batty! Research Activity Menu for Gifted or Enrichment 2) Spider Sleuth! Creepy Crawly Research Activity Menu for Gifted and Enrichment 3)Halloween Logic Puzzle for Young and Gifted Thinkers!4) Halloween Headlines Mystery!
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PreK - 6th
Authors We Love - Author Cards for Author Studies
Authors We Love
I designed these 28 cards, because I was tired of using my old ones made out of construction paper. I use the cards to introduce a new author to my class. I included the author's website, my students love to go to the websites. I also use the websites for Daily 5 activities. I included the author's genre to help my students learn what type of genre they write. Each card also contains two or three pictures of the author's famous books and titles. When we complete the au
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K - 3rd
Mini Reading Projects Unit (10 Projects)
This Unit was created to showcase a variety of ways you can assess student's reading comprehension skills, critical thinking skills and creative processing for grades 1st-6th. You can easily print these forms and use them OR you can alter/recreate to meet your specific classroom needs.
In this unit you will get these 10 Mini Reading Projects:
Book Review Bookmark, Flower Book Report, Imaginative Line Art, Character Bio-Poem, Hero Poster, WANTED POSTER, Word Splash, History Flash Cards, Pictu
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K - 7th
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Indigenous Peoples Research Menu for Gifted, Enrichment and Differentiation
Enhance your social studies and language arts curriculum with critical and creative thinking! Your students' higher-order thinking skills will bloom as they research various Indigenous Peoples to complete their choice of 8 motivating research activities. Social Studies and Language Arts integrated, including research websites and categories. Perfect for Thanksgiving or anytime! This 17 page menu packet includes 3 levels of difficulty (coded), diverse multiple intelligences/learning styles, and 5
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K - 8th
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Also included in: Holiday Menu Bundle for Critical & Creative Thinking!
Flurry of Winter Research Gifted/Enrichment Menu: Sled Dogs, Inuits, MLK & More!
Want differentiation made easy? Try an activity menu! This 19 page menu packet includes 3 levels of difficulty and multiple intelligences/learning styles. SAVE $$$ by buying my bundle of 3 Winter Enrichment Menus here (includes this one)! http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Sensational-Set-of-3-Winter-Enrichment-Menus-966786All the forms you need are included for all 8 activities! Ready-to-go including: Terms of UseTeacher information and hintsWinter Activity MenuWebsites for researchMart
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K - 8th
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Also included in: Multitude of Menus! Enrichment Bundle
Penguin Bundle
Your students will LOVE learning about penguins with this bundle. They will create a penguin family scrapbook and a penguin glyph along with being engaged in literacy with Tacky the Penguin as Tackylocks.By purchasing the bundle you save 35% on all of my penguin resources.Click on the preview button to see a closer look at everything included.This bundle contains:Penguin Craft and Writing ActivitiesTacky the Penguin Tackylocks Literacy ActivitiesPenguin GlyphPenguin Craft: This easy to use unit
Don't Eat Bees by Dev Petty library and classroom activity pack
Use this hilarious new read aloud by Dev Petty to help your elementary aged students improve their literacy skills. "Don't Eat Bees" is part of the Sunshine State Young Reader Junior Award list for 2024-2025. This activity pack includes ideas and printables for:*story retelling and comprehension*research project*math skills*identifying the narrator
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K - 2nd
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An IB PYP Research Skills Christmas Village Project for Little Kids
Bring research skills into practice for your lower grades with this highly-engaging, concept based activity that is perfect for any IB PYP or inquiry-based classroom. You have EVERYTHING (map, images, text, graphic organisers) you need in this complete research based inquiry project to explicitly teach the fundamental research skills and enable student agency as the children are learning collaboratively. It ends with a fun, eye-catching display of traditional global Christmas characters that the
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K - 3rd
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Sensational Set of 3 Winter Menus for Critical & Creative Thinking!
Want differentiation made easy? Try an activity menu! This 67 page bundle includes ALL THREE of these popular Winter Enrichment menus (save $$$$ when you buy all 3 bundled instead of separately!) :
• Holidays Around the World Menu (http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Holidays-Around-the-World-Gifted-or-Enrichment-Menu-for-K-5-432039)
• Flurry of Winter Research Menu (http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Flurry-of-Winter-Research-GiftedEnrichment-Menu-Iditarod-Inuits-and-More-51
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K - 8th
Eric Carle Author Study
Complete author study as a class or with a partner!
Cover Page students can color a picture of the author or print one from the internet.
Fill in the Facts Use websites and even the back of books to gather information about Eric Carle
Eric Art Research and write about his unique art process
Text Connections Classroom Carle Text connection posters. “Text to World”, “Text to Self” , “Text to Text”
Other interesting Facts: Student can use this if they would like to elaborate on information th
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K - 2nd
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Martin Luther King Jr. Craftivity, Quote Project, Reflection
This craftivity is a hands-on approach to reflect on the meaning of Martin Luther King Jr.'s life and message. Students will learn through studying his quote, "I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear." Use this project to generate class discussion about how each of us can still carry out his message today. Comes in three colors, and also black and white so students can design their own.
For the complete Martin Luther King Flipbook Research Project and Activit
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K - 3rd
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Literacy Planning Calendars for Librarians First Quarter Bundle
This is a bundle of monthly calendars tailored to the School Librarian/Media Specialist who is trying to plan book displays and promote reading for fun with their students. This bundle contains the calendars and materials for August, September, and October. Each month includes:•A blank calendar for each month to record your own events and dates to remember (includes an editable version as well).•A listing of monthly events that are celebrated and highlighted during each month (includes live link
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PreK - 6th
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