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Free critical thinking creative writing resources for Microsoft PowerPoint
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FREE What Should My Teacher Be For Halloween? Halloween Activity
Looking for a FREE Halloween activity? Paste a photo of your head on these printable worksheets and let your students have a blast! This activity is perfect for a Halloween party, fall morning work, or an early finisher. Students will absolutely love getting to tell their teacher what they should dress up as and draw them in a costume! THIS IS NOW A POWERPOINT FILE TO ALLOW EASIER PASTING OF YOUR IMAGE ONTO THE FILE! You might also like FALL MAIN TOPIC AND KEY DETAILS PASSAGES or the FREEBIE and
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K - 3rd
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How to Write A Paragraph
Provided in this FREE download, you will get1. PowerPoint presentation that will introduce your students to the parts of a paragraph, how it is structured, and why it is important. 2. Sample lesson plans- It is intended to be taught over several days- about five 30 minute blocks over 1 week.3. Basic paragraph rubric4. Sample paragraphs 5. A list of 5 topics for practicing how to write their own paragraphsStudents learn- 1. The parts of a paragraph (topic sentence, details, and closing sentence
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2nd - 5th
August Back to School Morning Meeting Slides Daily Agenda Greeting EDITABLE
Kick the day off right - BITMOJI Style! Posting a morning message is the perfect way to engage your students the minute they walk through the door. There's no need to worry about constantly being interrupted or repeating yourself over and over! __________________________________________________________________________________________⭐PLEASE NOTE: This product complies with all BITMOJI Guidelines, is considered fair use under U.S. Copyright Laws, and is approved by Teachers Pay Teachers.________
Grades:
1st - 5th
Law & Order: Sentence Structure Unit - Fun Test-Prep Review Game
A fun way to get students to practice and develop their knowledge of sentence structure, sentence types, and common sentence errors. It's a great activity for test prep and review, holidays, the last day or week of school, or other filler days.
I usually hate "test prep." But let's be honest: we all want to review a bit before sending our students into spring state tests to make sure they can do their best. "Law & Order: SSU" is a fun, interactive way for students to review what they know a
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6th - 12th
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STEM Challenge Task Cards - Learning Tubs - Pattern Blocks - Bridge Building
STEM challenge task cards - features 14 full color pictures for students to try to replicate with pattern blocks! Simply print and place in page protectors. Or print 2-4 slides to a page, laminate, and put on a ring to go with your pattern block math manipulatives. Scaffolds children's learning with a variety of difficulty levels - flat designs, towers, and bridges. Print & go! All you need is pattern blocks and a flat surface.
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PreK - 2nd
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Whodunit Mystery: Football/School Investigation (Drawing Conclusions)
These drawing conclusion mysteries are the perfect answer for a fun and engaging reading comprehension activity! Set up as a "whodunnit" investigation, students use critical thinking skills as they read a scenario, clues, and four suspect descriptions. They can work as a team, whole class, or independently to use the facts and find the culprit!Everything is provided in a PowerPoint presentation to display as students work to solve the mystery.***Update: Now available with a google slide link for
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2nd - 5th
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Also included in: Whodunit Mysteries: Mega ELA Investigation Bundle (Drawing Conclusions)
Revealing Evidence Freebie - an ELA game for critical thinking
Revealing Evidence is a classroom game that incorporates critical thinking and riddlelike clues. Students are given seven clues about a mystery person, place, or thing. The clues, which appear automatically on a PowerPoint screen, get progressively easier. By the end, most of the students will experience the success of getting the correct answer, but the challenge is to see who can link the clues together the fastest. *SIGN UP AS A FOLLOWER OF “OFF THE PAGE” AND GET NOTIFICATIONS OF ANY SALES F
Grades:
5th - 8th
Also included in: Revealing Evidence Bundle - a game for critical thinking
Pet Journal, for School or Home, Editable PowerPoint and Google Slides
Have you thought about having a class pet, but don’t want to add one more thing to take care of in your classroom? Well, I have the perfect solution---a take-home stuffed animal! Kids love it and there is no cage or tank to clean out!Having a traveling class pet was by far the most popular class pet I ever had. Kids couldn’t wait for their week to take home the pet and have it be part of their life for a few days. Of course, I had to include a journal for the kids to write in through the wee
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K - 3rd
FREE Gifted & Talented Challenge Extension Math ELA Early Finishers Activities
12 daily challenge tasks that are perfect extension activities for gifted and talented students. Gifted and talented students thrive on daily challenge, and are often deep thinkers. With Google Slides, powerpoint and task cards in both colour and ink saving black and white they are sure to save teacher lots of time preparing enrichment activities for their gifted and talented students. Great for early finishers activities!If you and your students enjoyed this resource…you might like to purchase
Grades:
2nd - 6th
Figure of Speech- Simile, Personification, Metaphor PowerPoint and Worksheet
Includes:★1x PowerPoint presentation (10 slides)This PowerPoint presentation highlights various figurative language techniques; including the definition of simile, metaphor and personification with poetic examples for each. A great educational resource for Stage 2 and 3 teachers. ★1x Figurative Language Worksheet (2 pages)Students must identify statements as similes, metaphors or personification. Additionally, students must write sentences using figurative language techniques assisted by picture
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4th - 6th
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Free Back to School Student Gift Tags & Bulletin Board, Craft Dog Theme
This freebie contains cute and colorful dog student gift tags to easily create a memorable back to school, open house, or Meet the Teacher treat for your students as well as a creative and fun craftivity for an adorable dog-themed classroom display.You receive 3 different dog student gift tags, one of which is editable so you may add student names and/or your name prior to printing or you can print the blank templates and hand write names. Simply attach the tags to baggies filled with Scooby Do
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PreK - 2nd
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Writing opinion pieces with The True Story Of The Three Pigs
This is a very exciting lesson/activity that kids LOVE! Students are to retell the regular story of the Three Little Pigs. Then, the teacher reads students The True Story of The Three Little pigs. Students then compare the two wolves. They are then asked to decide who to believe: The wolf from the True Story or the Three Little Pigs. Included in this activity is a full lesson plan, a venn diagram, a pre-writing graphic organizer, and a writing sheet where students can post their work. Als
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2nd - 5th
February Writing Prompt Craft Freebie
Need a Valentine writing craft this February? This is for you! Help your student's love writing time again with this engaging FREEBIE. This free resource includes 3 different writing formats for a Valentine's prompt, as well as pages for you to decide on your own prompt. A few pages include a fun Valentine's page topper, some are regular writing papers with a small piece of clipart, and some are extra pages to connect to the back of the writing craft. Make a great student-created bulletin board
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PreK - 2nd
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Show Don't Tell Seven Steps Writing Template
Use this template in your creative writing lessons for students to write using the 'Show Don't Tell!' technique. This resource include some Show Don't Tell writing prompts and an editable slide to create your own!Looking for other resource to support your writers? You may like these!- WOW Words- Writing Support Bundle- Magic Editing Pencils- 'Said' is dead- Writing Goals Peg Chart- 5 ★ Writing Checklist- Story Starter Pencils-----------------------------------------------------------------------
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3rd - 6th
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FREEBIE: 180 Middle School Math Warm-Ups: No-Prep Daily Bellringers & Starters
First five minutes? Planned! With this set of daily bellringers, you'll engage your students and get them thinking!Made for 5th, 6th, 7th, or 8th grade math, these interesting and challenging starters will have your students ready for your lesson.With a pre-made student response sheet, this resource is truly print-and-go, no-prep for the whole school year.Help your students make connections by using this resource at the beginning of class each day!Want all 180 No-Prep 5-Minute Math Warm-Ups? Cli
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Grades:
5th - 8th
Speak Think Understand - KWL Chart
This KWL chart can be used for any age of student that can read and write. I have used it as young as first grade, but also with college students. It is designed to get students thinking about how the things we know, want to know, and have learned are connected. Coming out of the mouth, you will find a space for students to write what they already know, or can tell you about. In a thought bubble above the head, is a space for what a student might want to know, or be thinking about, but not sure
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1st - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Adjective Game ~ Interactive PPT game with 24 questions, grades 2-4
Do your students struggle with identifying adjectives? Use this game for mini-lessons, whole group lessons, an interactive literacy center, or as a springboard for whole class discussions. With this interactive PowerPoint game, your students cheer as it provides immediate feedback when you click on your answer choice. It's chock full of engaging tier-two style words, as it contains the multiple choice questions from my free Adjectives Task Cards! #TPTtechThis interactive game is only available h
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2nd - 4th
Free Halloween Creative Writing Prompt Activity - October 2021
Grab this month's (October 2021) free creative writing activity to get your kids writing an interesting Halloween narrative. Make it simple by getting your students to write a description of how they feel when entering the spooky castle or challenge them to write an escape-style story as they must rescue their friend. This free creative writing activity includes:A writing prompt with a pictureStory requirement guidelinesStory Challenge suggestions (optional)File TypeThe file is in Microsoft Powe
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1st - 6th
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Freebie! Interactive Whiteboard Nonfiction Writing Starters
Thanks so much for viewing my Interactive Whiteboard Nonfiction Writing Story Starters! I like to display our writing topic in a large format to really allow the students to gain knowledge on the topic. These files are in a pdf format so you can select view full screen to have them appear in a large format on your interactive whiteboard.
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Grades:
PreK - 1st
Picture of the Day: Pictures to Inspire Creative Writing: 14 Photo Freebie
These 14 Photo of the Day: Writing Prompt Photos includes funny, silly, cute & crazy photos that your students will love! Use a Picture of the Day to inspire creative writing, to work on inference, to get your kids smiling & more! This 2-week sample of writing photo prompts will teach your students to love writing!Looking for even more Writing Photo inspiration?** Click HERE for 180 Writing Photos for every day of the year! **** Click HERE for 100 MORE Writing Prompt Photos! **Check out
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1st - 4th
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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE (Animated)
This is an animated PowerPoint presentation on figurative language. It introduces/reviews similies, metaphors, onomatopoeia, alliteration, hyperbole, and personification.
Grades:
4th - 9th
Realistic Fiction Writing Slides - Creating a Character (Brainstorming)
These slides are the first lesson in a three-week realistic fiction writing unit. In this lesson, students will learn how to create a character to write about in their realistic fiction stories by thinking about what the character likes, dislikes, their personality traits, and secondary characters that might appear in the stories.You can buy the whole unit for $8 here!https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Realistic-Fiction-Writing-Unit-for-Lower-Elementary-Google-Slides-5603327
Grades:
1st - 4th
Morning Challenges/Brain Teasers
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Enjoy these Morning Challenges/Brain Teasers designed to get young minds thinking hard.
Included is 22 pages of challenges including:
- Optical Illusions
- Spot the difference
- What/Who am I?
- Real or fake
- Riddles
Enjoy
Grades:
K - 4th
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