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Elementary critical thinking computer science resources for Microsoft Word
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Math Project-Create Own Dream Home-Blueprints and Floor Plan (perimeter & area)
Create blueprints and/or floor plans for your own dream home!!
Your little architects will love dreaming big with this project. Using their imaginations and graph paper, they will create their own blueprints.They will be learning area, measurement and perfecting those problem solving and critical thinking skills. The bonus is they won't even know it because they will be having fun.
This project is very "real life" oriented.
For the younger grades this would be better for the GT students. Or
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Grades:
3rd - 9th
Behavior Reflection Sheet
We use this in our first grade class to help students understand the consequences of their actions. They "Stop and Reflect" in order to make a better choice the next time.
*I have recently updated the document to include a middle grade version for 3-5 with more grade appropriate wording and formatting!
After it is completed, fold in half to keep private. The student signs it, the teacher signs it, then it goes home for the parent to sign.
It has helped our parent communication immensely to
Grades:
PreK - 5th
Making Inferences: Pixar Short Film For the Birds
After watching Pixar's short film: For the Birds, students will infer by answering three questions and providing clues that lead to their inference.
Grades:
K - 10th
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Computer Science: Computer Programming "Angry Birds Game" Editable Resource
Greetings,I would like to thank you so very much for viewing this product. Out of all the Computer Science resources I have created, this Unplugged Coding Activity is one of my all time favorites.So you want to teach young scholars how to write lines of code? Look no further. What better way to introduce them to Computer Programming than empowering them to use their imagination to create their very own video game.Using the Angry Birds' theme, scholars are given a variety of tasks and challeng
Grades:
1st - 12th, Adult Education
Argumentation/C.E.R. writing- Murder Mystery #2 - Improve student argumentation!
This is a follow up lesson to the Slip or Trip Murder Mystery! I use this lesson to re-teach my students understand Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning in writing later on in the school year. I've also used it as an extension activity for students that need to be challenged as this one is a bit more challenging than Slip or Trip. Cross-curricular - can be used in science and social studies classes as well.Included with purchase:- Copy of crime scene photo with story and discussion questions for group
Grades:
5th - 12th
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Visual Presentation Rubric (Google Docs or Google Slides)
This rubric is easy to use! Use this resource for assessing students upon creating a Google Doc or Google Slides presentation. This is also entirely editable, so you are welcome to make changes to the rubric to make it fit for what you need.
Grades:
3rd - 8th
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Primary GATE with Caldecott -- "Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!" Mo Willems
Let’s have some fun along with the Pigeon and expand DOK along the way! This lesson will lead your primary GATE students through four challenging activities, culminating in an artistic response showing why they “never get to do anything!” either.
Gifted and talented learners carry similar characteristics throughout their lives—even as kindergarten and first graders. One common characteristic of gifted learners is a strong sense of justice. Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus gives us a good o
Grades:
K - 3rd
STEAM DaVinci Renaissance Style: A Unit for Elementary GATE
In STEM Renaissance Style, students will follow the engineering process as they return to the 16th Century. With these lessons, the teacher defines the problem, helps students gather background research, and specifies the requirements. The students do the rest: creating alternative solutions, choosing the best solution, doing development work, building a prototype, and testing and redesigning.
Students construct a prototype of Da Vinci’s parachute while learning about falling objects, gravity,
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: STEAM Class Bundle - Engineering Focus - 115+ Hours 374 pp Gifted GATE
Making Inferences: Pixar Short Film One Man Band
After watching Pixar's short film: One Man Band, students will infer by answering three questions and providing clues that lead to their inference.
Grades:
K - 8th
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Making Inferences: Pixar Short Film Partly Cloudy
After watching Pixar's short film: Partly Cloudy, students will infer by answering four questions and providing clues that lead to their inference.
Grades:
K - 6th
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2024 CRAAP Test Activity (DOC) - Frequently updated! Stem, Distance Learning
"Since humans have used language to communicate, strategies have been developed to trick one another. In the past, these strategies have included propaganda, scams, deception, and more. In today’s internet era, students struggle with these tricks and others – like information abundance, data filtering, and fake news. It is more important now than ever, to teach students the skills they need to identify if information is reliable, or if it is crap."This document includes:Frequent updates, saving
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: CRAAP Test Bundle - Unit, Activities, Posters, and IB MYP Rubric
Making Inferences: Pixar Short Film Lifted
After watching Pixar's short film: Lifted, students will infer by answering two questions and providing clues that lead to their inference.
Grades:
K - 6th
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Eva (2011) | AP Spanish Science and Technology | La robótica | Best Movie Guide
2 Movie Guides. 1 in English and 1 completely in Spanish. 24 Movie Guide Questions in chronological order that include pre-listening questions, questions to answer during the movie, and reflection/analysis questions that can also serve as discussion questions after the movie. Rated PG-13 and perfect for any classroom! Includes Answer Key.2 guías de películas. 1 en inglés y 1 completamente en español. 24 Preguntas de la guía de películas en orden cronológico que incluyen preguntas previas a la es
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Primary GATE with Caldecott COLLECTION - 180 pages - 7 Books!
Your primary kids will love these lessons! You save a bundle: 33% off individual purchases!
I teach 30-45 minute groups once a week of 1st and 2nd graders all year, and this collection is more than enough to get me through an entire school year of groups. I can’t absolutely guarantee it will do the same for you, but it’s going to be very close if it doesn’t . . .
You’ll see best practices in gifted education throughout. You’ll see many graphic organizers, age-appropriate and challenging cr
Grades:
K - 3rd
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Keyboarding- Clues for Keyboarding- Memorizing the Keys Activity/Game
Keyboarding- Clues for Keyboarding- Memorizing the Keys Activity/Game
Note: Thumb nail images very messed up. Each activity/answer key is on its own separate page- not starting on the same! 6 pages altogether. Will be perfect when download.
This download that is a Word document contains 3 versions of the same activity. Students will be given a list of 26 clues (one for each letter of the alphabet) and they need to identify what letter key the clue is referring to. Examples of clues include: I
Grades:
4th - 12th, Adult Education
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Keyboarding- Typing- Pangram Sentences
Keyboarding- Typing- Pangram Sentences
A pangram is a sentence that contains all 26 letters of the alphabet. This handout contains 14 pangram sentences for students to practice typing after they have learned all the letter keys. It is great practice for them. You can have the students use a keyboard skin or keyboard cover if you have one of them.
*Please see our store for another great similar activity related to palindromes. A palindrome is a word, phrase, sentence, or number that reads the s
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Coding with Star Wars - An Unplugged Unit for Coding
This is a great resource to teach children about coding. You don't need to know how to code to teach coding. Your students will love this hands-on learning activity as they help the characters reach each other.
I have included an easy game board and pieces so students can create their own game. There are endless possibilities.
Tittle Page
What is Coding? An easy explanation.
Vocabulary
Three worksheets
Game Board & Game Pieces
The 12th page is credits.
Grades:
K - 3rd
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Inference Mystery Activity - The Stolen Will
My students tend to have a hard time inferencing, or they just don't want to.
I started using mysteries that they have to solve to try and peak their interest, and they LOVE them. They're always asking if I have a new one for them to solve.
This is my first one, and I will be adding more.
In this mystery, students have to figure out who stole the will and testament of a famous singer. They have to read a background passage, answer clues, and then use clues to solve logic puzzles. They h
Grades:
5th - 12th
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Quick STEM: Domino Challenges
Quick STEM for Kids: Domino Challenges is a collection of 19 activities that the kids complete with dominoes. It was developed to get kids thinking creatively, problem solving, creating, and having fun! It can be used as a whole group activity, stations, individually, during class or during indoor recess. The challenges start out easy and get harder as you make your way through them. This can be printed out and stapled into a booklet or laminated as center cards. The only thing you need to
Grades:
1st - 8th
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Reading Tables to Interpret Science Data for ACT ASPIRE
This is a table of climate data on five different biomes. The students are asked to use the data in the table to answer a variety of questions. They must interpret the information given in order to answer the questions. There are multiple choice, sorting, and open ended questions. It is similar to the type of questions seen on the science part of the ACT Aspire.
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3rd - 5th
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Good Touch-Bad Touch -"Underwear, Swimsuit Rule" CDC Health Standard Four
This lesson emphasizes what a good touch, a bad touch, and a confusing touch is. Never keep a secret is covered, along with the "Underwear and Bathing suit rule" information is included with a visual. It also gives advice on what to do if a bad touch happens to a student. 3 activities and 3 coloring pages with "good touch-bad touch" information that students can take home. Assessment, which is also part of Clip art, printables, no prep needed. answer key. Easel activity and assessment
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Grades:
1st - 6th
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12 Days of Christmas Health-Staying Healthy and Safe During the Holidays
This fun lesson gives students information on health and safety during the holidays, presented in the "12 Days of Christmas" theme. There are fun activities and coloring pages. Clip art, printables, no prep needed. CDC HEALTH STANDARD SEVEN: Students will demonstrate the ability to practice health enhancing behaviors and to avoid or reduce health risksTopics covered are; Wash your hands oftenCough or sneeze into your elbow Take along a buddy for safety while outside playing in the cold weather
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K - 5th
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Save Fred! Community and Teamwork Builder
Save Fred! is a great community builder and review of the Scientific Method. I've used this activity at the beginning of the year for 2 years with my 5th graders. They LOVE saving Fred and talk about it for the rest of the year!
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This goes along with the Save Fred! lesson on my blog.
Save Fred! Blog Post
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The Following Directions Test is another fun Back to School activity!
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
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Technology Themed Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions
These passages and questions were written as a collaborative effort by a teacher and a computer programmer to be informative and engaging, while practicing important comprehension skills for upper elementary students. Each passage is written using a different text structure (description, problem and solution, chronological/sequence, cause and effect, and compare and contrast), and has at least one corresponding question involving text structure. Your students will love to read these passages abo
Grades:
3rd - 5th
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