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Free 5th grade critical thinking life skills resources
Friendship Task Cards Social Skills Prompts for Social Emotional Learning
Use these friendship task cards individually as writing prompts or in groups for discussion to teach children friendship strategies! Some kids make friends naturally, but making and keeping friends is not easy for others. Studies have shown that having even one friend significantly improves a child's emotional health and school performance. Some children may struggle to make and keep friends because they do not intuitively know how to be a good friend. WHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:24 Task Cards (pri
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2nd - 5th
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Christmas Would You Rather Questions to Print FREEBIE! Fun Holiday Activity!
Here are 20 Fun Would You Rather Questions to use with your students. These are great discussion starters for when you have a few extra minutes. They can also be used for classroom polls or journal prompts.WHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:1 Page with 20 Would You Rather QuestionsGreat for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, or 8th grade! NOTE: This resource uses American English and is not editable. Here’s what teachers are saying: ✏️ "My students loved this resource. I’m sure they weren’t even thinking
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1st - 8th
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Thanksgiving Would You Rather Questions with Poll FREEBIE
Here is a set of 20 Would you Rather Questions about Thanksgiving. Great for discussion starters, class polls and journal prompts.WHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:List of all 20 Would You Rather ChoicesDIGITAL:Classroom PollGreat for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, or 8th grade! NOTE: This resource uses American English and is not editable. Here’s what teachers are saying: ✏️ "My students love this activity and shared with some others at home! with all the stressful things going on at this point in t
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1st - 8th
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FREE Halloween Would You Rather Questions Print, Easel, and Google Slides
Here is a set of 20 FREE Would you Rather Questions about Halloween. Great for discussion starters, class polls and journal prompts. What's Included:Print copy Easel Assessment (great for a class poll!)Easel Activity - digital activity that requires students write about why it's there favoriteGoogle Slides digital activity - more challenging for advanced technology users! The students move move around a flashlight to try and read the questions.Great for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th,6th, 7th, or 8th g
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1st - 8th
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Executive Functioning Escape Room Activity
This free escape room activity is a puzzle challenge related to executive functioning skills. Students can work together or independently to solve a puzzle and discover the secret phrase to unlock the door and win the challenge in a specified amount of time. This escape room activity is ideal for small groups, advisory periods, morning work, resource rooms, or just for fun!Note that this is a free sample puzzle that includes only one challenge. If you are interested in more similar challenges pu
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4th - 8th
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Growth Mindset Motivational Posters
Inspire a growth mindset within your students with the help of these 36 posters, each featuring a motivational quote from an esteemed public figure. PERFECT for any classroom and any grade!
Looking for more ways to celebrate your students' growth throughout the year? Acknowledge the brilliance within your students with these Famous Figures + Growth Mindset Awards!
Another fun resource connected to inspirational people from history + current events: Bobblehead Biography Project
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PreK - 12th, Staff
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FREE End of the Year Teacher Report Card | Print and Digital
You've spent the year assessing your students - now it's time to hand over the red pen to your students and let them grade you! A fun and valuable tool for a reflective teacher, this can both encourage you and challenge you to continually improve your craft.I've also added a DIGITAL version for your students to complete and submit via Google classroom.The packet includes a cover page, a grading page, and a comments page: print the pages and staple together to create a report card booklet.I alway
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1st - 5th
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Mindfulness Coloring Pages
The purpose of mindful coloring is to have students pay attention to applying color and design to help bring awareness to the present moment without allowing other thoughts, worries, or fears penetrate the mind. Mindful coloring focuses the mind on a simple, relaxing activity which helps inspire creativity while reducing stress.Taking the time to incorporate mindfulness activities such as this, in your counseling program, can help create a calm and inviting environment for your students. These
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3rd - 12th, Staff
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SMART Goals Student Planning Template | Worksheet | Graphic Organizer | Free
Teach students how to set SMART goals with this easy-to-follow printable and digital planning template. This FREE goal-setting worksheet includes a description of each letter of the SMART goals acronym, close sentences for students to complete, and a step-by-step action plan. Printable PDF and Google Drive versions are included.Want more FREE SMART Goals resources?? Click here to view the FREE SMART Goals Differentiated Reading & Writing Unit.INCLUDED WITH YOUR FREE DOWNLOAD:SMART Goals Plan
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5th - 8th
Maze Run Escape Room Logic Puzzle Game Challenge Activities Freebie Pack No Prep
Maze Run Escape Room Puzzles provide a fun brain boosting challenge for students. Great for School Party Activities, Puzzle Competitions, Extra Credit, Individual or Team Building Activities! These escape room games are designed to help exercise problem-solving, critical thinking, and focusing skills. It is a great way to keep the students busy and help build/improve essential skills. There are 4 Fun Unique Levels of the Maze Run to choose from. Each level is different and as the levels increase
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Student Daily Agenda EDITABLE Google Slides Templates 2023-2024 FREE
EDITABLE Give your students an agenda that they will never lose and can access anywhere there is internet. Easily share daily, weekly, or monthly Slides on Google Classroom, Schoology, Seesaw, Canvas, or any LMS. 2023-2024 (Updated Each Year)✎ Includes a short, easy video on how to create a master slide deck that will allow students' slides to be updated daily and automatically when you update the Teacher Master Copy. WATCH THE VIDEO HERE☝ ☝ ☝ ☝ ☝ ☝ EACH SLIDE INCLUDES
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4th - 12th
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St. Patrick's Day Would You Rather Questions
Here are 20 Fun St. Patrick's Day themed Would You Rather Questions to use with your students. You can use them digitally with the Google Slides Version or you can print them to pass out to the students. These are great discussion starters for when you have a few extra minutes. Teacher Tip: Share the digital version as a collaborative file with editing rights and your students can drag a gold coin to mark their choice.Use for discussion, classroom polls or journal prompts.You can get 200 Would
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1st - 8th
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Making Inferences Role Play Activity
Students with language difficulties struggle to make inferences and draw conclusions when faced with text in the classroom and on tests. Teach them that these skills are actually things that they do everyday! Help them master the art of making inferences and drawing conclusions - exclusive of text - then they can grow from there! Take out your cell phone in language therapy, and role play (or have them role play) the phone conversations in this fun and funtional activity. Even do the different
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2nd - 7th
FREE! Common Core Mathematical Practices Classroom Posters
8 Common Core Standards for Mathematical Practices Classroom PostersRemind students of these valuable Math Practices with these colorful and simple legal-size posters. Each practice has a specially designed icon to help students not only remember the 8 Math Practices, but use them as well.You can print all 8 posters in color at your local office/print center on 8.5 x 14 white card stock for around $5-$6.You might also like:Tangram Fraction Task CardsIt Takes Two to TangramPattern Block Fraction
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K - 12th
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FREE Animals Mindfulness Mandala Coloring Pages, Kids Relaxing Printable Sheets
Introducing the "FREE Animals Mindfulness Mandala Coloring Pages" - a set of printable sheets designed to promote emotional well-being and improve concentration in children.These pages are perfect for teachers looking to introduce mindfulness practices into their classrooms, as they have been instrumental in helping students take a break from their daily routine and find some inner calm.The detailed designs incorporate various animals themed drawings that create hours of coloring fun for kids, w
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1st - 6th
How To Life Skills Interactive Books (Special Education and Autism Resource)
Build life skills in an engaging and hands on way! These interactive and adapted books are perfect for building receptive and expressive language as well as attending skills. Love these books? Get the whole set!! Life Skills Interactive Book BUNDLEInteractive books require the student(s) to move the pictures and participate. This active participation improves attending skills while reducing off task time. These books are adapted for special education and speech. They will help students develop m
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PreK - 12th
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Thanksgiving Gratitude Worksheet FREEBIE - Print or Use with Digital Easel
Go beyond, "What are you thankful for?" with these fun worksheets. The first one asks children to think of things they are thankful for that meet specific criteria. The second has an ABC format.Not only do these questions facilitate flexible and fluent thinking, but they also get kids to think more deeply about all the things they have to be grateful for. This activity is a good one for Thanksgiving, but could be used at anytime of the year.WHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:2 Gratitude WorksheetsDIGITAL:
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3rd - 8th
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Logic Puzzle FREEBIE
If you are wondering what a logic puzzle is, it is a puzzle where you use clues, a grid, and some deductive reasoning to figure out who matches with what, or what items go together. It is a great way to exercise your students' brains!Here is my blog post about the benefits of logic puzzles!Bringing Logic Back by Carrie Whitlock These would also be great early finisher work, early work, or even for a classroom center.If you want an even harder challenge, try my free "triple matrix" logic puzzle
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2nd - 5th
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Free Anger Choice Cards for the Classroom - Choices for What to Do When You're Angry - Anger Managem
These cards were created for use in the classroom for students to use when they are angry, frustrated, irritated, or upset. We teach students that it is ok to feel these emotions, but that they need to express them "appropriately." A lot of students don't have the social backgrounds or cultural understanding of what "expressing emotions appropriately" might look like. Hopefully these cards can provide your students an idea of some options that will help them calm down in a manner that will not d
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PreK - 6th
STEM Activity Challenge Marshmallow Catapult 3rd-5th grade
STEM Project for Third, fourth and Fifth grades.In this activity students will work in groups to create a catapult from popsicle sticks. They will modify their catapult in order to produce the best launch possible. Kids will have a great time launching mini marshmallows across the room while learning about potential and kinetic energy.***If you are interested in a differentiated version of this resource for grades K-8, please click here.This STEM Activity Challenge includes teacher instructions,
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: STEM Activity Challenges 16 Pack #2 (Upper Elementary)
Drawing and Writing Challenge Chart - Early Finishers Activity
| homeschooling | homeschool **You might also like my No Prep Early Finisher Worksheet Pack, which includes over 40 educational and engaging activities for fast finishers**Drawing and Writing Challenge Chart - Early Finishers ActivityThis chart contains 30 drawing and writing challenges for students to complete. Great as a time filler, an early finisher activity, or even a homework activity, these activities will keep your students engaged and challenged. This chart is helpful for building per
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2nd - 5th
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Presidents' Day Early Finisher Activities - Crack the Code | Word Search | Maze
Sneak in a little math and literacy with these fun no prep Presidents' Day early finisher activities and puzzles such as a word search, crack the code, maze, hidden pictures, and color by number that are perfect for morning work, sub plans, literacy centers, independent work, and more! Your students will love them! Included in this resource:Color by NumberSecret MessageHidden PicturesMazeCrack the CodeWord SearchFind the PathComplete the PictureWhat’s Happening?Unscramble the PictureMissing Vowe
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2nd - 5th
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Crack the Codes - A Murder Mystery
A crime has been committed an it is up to your class to solve it!
This activity is themed as a murder case where students need to use their problem solving skills and code breaking abilities to reduce the suspects and determine who committed the crime.
What is included:
- Five Clue Cards
- A suspect list card
- Student worksheet (2 pages)
- Teacher instructions
- Answers
If you liked this activity check out the second in the Crack the Codes series by clicking the link below.
Crack the Codes 2
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3rd - 6th
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Food Sorting Free Worksheets (Special Ed.; Life Skills; Autism; Halloween)
TREAT OR HEALTHY? SORTING FREEBIE (SPECIAL ED.)
These free life-skills sorting activities are just like those found in All About Healthy Foods: An Interactive Nutrition Unit for Special Education.
These free sorting activities are great for life skills classrooms for Halloween and other times. They can be used in schools that can’t have witches and ghosts or similar Halloween symbols. There are 2 sorting activities sorting candies and sweets from healthy foods. The 2 sheets that can be us
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PreK - 12th
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