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Free 8th grade critical thinking classroom community resources
Reading Comprehension Activities Digital Resources Mystery Game - Team Building
Try this free mystery game for your classroom! This mystery is a great way to get students collaborating and working together! Kids love to solve mysteries and this game is very exciting and fun! Read the story aloud to the students. Pass out the clues to each student and let them solve the case together. This is a great tool for critical thinking, finding inferences, and team building skills. Discussion questions at the end will help the students understand how the mystery was solved! NEW Mat
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3rd - 8th
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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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FREE Perspective Taking Scenarios! Social Skills for Middle & High School
This is a FREE, shortened sampler version of one of my most popular sellers!Your students will get perspective practice with these 9 task cards! Each card features a situation relatable to teens, where the student must identify 3x different perspectives of both characters. Regular education teachers, special education teachers, SLPs, or other support professionals could all benefit from using these task cards with their students. These cards are specifically designed for middle and high school
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8th - 12th
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Mindful Morning Check-In - Free SEL Activity for Mindfulness
Use this free poster and activity to encourage a more mindful day for kids and teens (and adults, too!). The poster includes both digital and printable pages to allow students to write in their responses if they choose.Students will:Slowly take five deep breaths.List four things they can see or notice.List three things they are grateful for.Say two positive self-talk statements.Name one thing they are looking forward to.Spanish VersionUpdated to include Spanish version as well!Why Teach Mindfuln
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K - 8th
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Meet The Teacher Editable Template: FREE
FREE meet the teacher editable templates. Color & black and white versions available : ) YOU'LL ALSO LOVE: Direction Posters for CraftivitiesFirst Week of School Activities: No Prep Back to School ActivitiesBack to School Read Aloud Activities Bundle: No PrepReading Tool Kit: Labels, Strategy and Phonics ChartsPersonal Word Wall Folder: Editable Templates IncludedPencil Box Name Tags: Supply Box (Editable)Primary Math Mats: Engaging Dry Erase Practice
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K - 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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FREE Behavior Management Tool Kit -First Then Board, Token Board & Choice Board
Hi there! Thanks for checking out my page! Here is a simple Token Board, Choice board and First Then board. There are many benefits in using a token economy with students with autism, developmental disabilities and behavioural challenges. Token boards are used by giving a "token" to reinforce positive behaviour. I think its important to explain to the student the "rules/requirements" (ex. work completion, safe hands & feet for a certain period of time, etc) of earning a token beforehand and
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PreK - 8th
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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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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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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Book vs. Movie Compare & Contrast FREEBIE! No-Prep Worksheets | Fun Movie Day!
Book vs. Movie Printables: FREEUse these two printables after you have read the book and then seen the movie version. Great for comparing and contrasting and thinking critically about how the movie was made. A super fun, NO PREP activity for the end of the year!For more Book vs. Movie questions, click here!!More resources you'll enjoy!Compare & Contrast Task CardsELA Test Prep Task CardsELA Test Prep PostersInformational Text Structures Task CardsShiloh Book Chapter QuestionsThis product is
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3rd - 9th
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ESCAPE THE MUMMY'S TOMB! MINI ESCAPE ROOM ACTIVITY
This FREE Escape Room resource is perfect to leave with a sub or to use anytime you want your kids to experience some self-directed learning. It begins when YOU- the most awesome and creative teacher in the history of the world- take your class to tour the great pyramids of Egypt. The trip doesn't go exactly as planned, and now the kids must work to solve a series of FUN challenges based on reading comprehension and steeped with a variety of skills that begin with FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS!
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5th - 8th
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FREE Growth Mindset Bell Ringer Warm-Up Daily Activities for 4th Grade and UP
Growth Mindset Bell Ringers Activities: FREE Bell Ringer Warm-Ups 4th-UPThis two-week free growth mindset bell ringer warm-up now includes a digital distance learning option in Google Slides™. Please refer to the final 7 pages of the product for instructions and links!These free daily growth mindset activities are perfect for teachers who are looking for quick, easy to use, information-packed daily growth mindset instruction. These 10 activities, which span across 2 weeks, are a sample from a
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4th - 10th
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Word Search Mini Escape Room Puzzle Game Pack - No Prep Easel Activity Freebie
This fun mini-word search escape room activity is great for individual skill building or team building. This quality word search escape room puzzle is designed to be as one escape room activity or can be combined with other escape room activities that may work with this type of puzzle.A great way to expand your escape room adventure! It is a 3 in 1 Puzzle Escape Room. A fun way to help exercise students’ problem-solving, critical thinking, and focusing skills. Great to help keep students busy wh
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Meet The Teacher - Back to School Teacher Introduction - Open House Newsletter
This resource is perfect to introduce yourself to your students! Are you teaching in person? Give it to students and parents at Back to School or Meet the Teacher night. Teaching online? Email it to the students and parents so they can get to know you better!This PowerPoint file includes editable "Meet the Teacher" and "Welcome Letter" pages. 4 different styles. The "Meet the Teacher" and "Welcome Letter" pages coordinate and would be great printed as a double sided handout.This resource is a Po
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Marshmallow Challenge Handout
This FREEBIE includes a color and black and white handout to provide to teams of students engaging in the Marshmallow Challenge activity. This activity is great to use as an icebreaker or to engage students in critical thinking, cooperative learning, and innovative thinking. It can also be used to reinforce basic principles of physics or as a fun math activity involving measurement.
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K - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Get to Know You Summer Spotify Playlist Icebreaker Activity
This low-pressure, fun icebreaker is a perfect way to open the year with your middle school or high school students! Students will create their "summer playlist" listing songs that represent their summer (or that they had on repeat during the summer!). Students will then also create a song title and album cover to sum up their summer! Comes with both the playlist and song creation worksheet.
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6th - 12th
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Gratitude Activities - Free Thankfulness List from A-Z
Help kids and young adults practice gratitude by learning what we are thankful for. Gratitude promotes happiness, positive thinking, and creates a positive classroom climate. Practicing thankfulness and gratitude is an activity for any time of year, but especially helpful during Thanksgiving time!Why Teach GratitudeResearch has shown many positive outcomes when you increase your gratitude. With time and practice, gratitude can potentially help strengthen relationships with others, help us to fee
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3rd - 8th
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Order of Operations: Riddles for Hands-On Learning
Add an extra dimension to teaching Order of Operations with this fun, hands-on activity that your students will LOVE. Write an answer from the key on the board and then have students place the game pieces on the number strips to make the equation that equals the answer.Check out my Hands-on Math: Build Your Own Bundle!More Hands-On Math:More Tangram Fun Here!Tangram Fraction Task CardsIt Takes Two to TangramPattern Block Fraction Task CardsProblem Solving with Pattern Blocks 1Problem Solving wit
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4th - 8th
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Leap Day Challenge FREEBIE - Fun, Engaging, No-Prep Activities for February 29th
Here is a fun scavenger-hunt-type activity for your upper elementary/middle school students on Leap Day. Students will need to use their math, research, writing, and creative thinking skills to complete this Leap Year activity. Use it with the whole class, as enrichment, or even for homework.WHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:Leap Day Challenge WorksheetAnswer KeyGreat for 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, or 8th grade! NOTE: This resource uses American English and is not editable. Here’s what teachers are saying:✏️ "I
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4th - 8th
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Editable End of the Year Award Templates
There are two different award templates. One template is for a fun award, and the other is for a more serious award. Editable to fit your needs. Hope you enjoy!
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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