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1st grade critical thinking creative writing resources for GATE
Fairy Tale STEM and STEAM Activities and Challenges Makerspace Task Cards
Hands-on fairy tale STEM challenges that are open-ended and allow for student creativity! Students can complete all 20 STEM activities OR use the choice board and pick their challenge(s). These low prep activities are easy to set up with materials you already have, like paper, recyclables, or building bricks and blocks. Your students will be begging to do more!✅ What You'll Get ✅20 Fairy Tale STEM challenges: These can be displayed from the PDF file or from Google Slides, or printed at 4 per pag
Grades:
K - 3rd
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
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Goldilocks STEM Activity - Goldilocks and the Three Bears STEM Design a Bed
Goldilocks and the Three Bears STEM: Design a New Bed for Goldilocks! What do you get when you combine fairy tales and STEM? A fun, hands-on STEM tale! This fairy tale with a twist guides students through the engineering design process to create a new bed for Goldilocks. The storybook can be read aloud together. Students will complete it as they work through the STEM activity.⚙️ The STEM Activity ⚙️Your students will help Baby Bear build Goldilocks a new bed of her own! In this story, there is a
Grades:
K - 3rd
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-PS2-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
FAIRY TALE STEM Activity Challenges BUNDLE Family STEM Night and Homeschool STEM
These fairy tale STEM activities bring a classic story alive in a hands-on way, exploring force and motion, sound, measurement, kinetic and potential energy, and more using the engineering design process to creatively problem solve. ⭐ Students will join characters like Goldilocks, Rapunzel, and Jack and the Beanstalk on 12 engineering adventures, with 48 STEM activities included. They will be challenged to use their problem-solving skills to help the characters solve an engineering dilemma! ⭐Stu
Grades:
K - 3rd
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
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Math Logic Puzzles: 1st grade Enrichment - [Digital & Printable PDF]
Math Logic Puzzles for 1st grade includes 18 higher-order thinking puzzles designed to challenge and engage your high flyers and fast finishers. Your students will utilize critical thinking and problem-solving skills while building a solid understanding of essential math concepts and skills.These puzzles are available as a printable PDF and a paperless version made with Google Slides™ for virtual learning.Every activity is directly aligned with the Common Core State Standards for Math.----------
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K - 2nd
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Benchmark Advance - 1st Grade UNIT 3 Bundle Weeks 1-3
Benchmark Advance First Grade CA 2017 Unit 3 BUNDLE {Single Teacher Purchase} Check out the quality of my work on Facebook or Instagram.All the products in this bundle have been updated. Administrators must contact me primarymadnesswithmrsgenna@gmail.com to purchase the correct license. This product contains the Phonics, Spelling, and HFW Unit AND Depth and Complexity Units for weeks 1-3. Unit 3 Phonics, Spelling, and High Frequency Words Unit for Weeks 1-3Unit 3 Depth and Complexity Week 1Unit
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1st
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Critical Thinking Activities Logic Puzzles, Algebraic Thinking, Math Enrichment
Engage your students with these critical thinking activities and math logic puzzles. Included in this bundle are 3 critical thinking products for grades K-2. These ready to use logic puzzles are the perfect addition to your classroom to promote mathematical reasoning, problem solving, and creativity!These student friendly critical thinking activities will build a foundation for algebraic reasoning. With 96 puzzles in total, your students will be buzzing with excitement every time they complete o
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K - 2nd
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Benchmark Advance - 1st Grade UNIT 6 Bundle Weeks 1-3
Benchmark Advance First Grade CA 2017 Unit 6 Weeks 1-3{Single Teacher Purchase} All products in this unit have been updated as of 1/13/2019.Check out the quality of my work on Facebook or Instagram.Administrators must contact me primarymadnesswithmrsgenna@gmail.com to purchase the correct license. This product contains the Phonics, Spelling, and HFW Unit AND Depth and Complexity Units for weeks 1-3. Unit 6 Phonics, Spelling, and High Frequency Words Unit for Weeks 1-3Unit 6 Depth and Complexity
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1st
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Rapunzel Fairy Tale STEM Activity ⚙️ Engineering ⚙️ Rapunzel Escapes the Tower
Once upon a time...Rapunzel decided she could rescue herself! Your students will work collaboratively while following the engineering design process in this fairy tale STEM activity. They will help Rapunzel build an escape path so she can get out of her tower and see the world. She can do it herself (with your students' help)!✅ What You'll Get ✅Instructions and sample images8-page story book that guides students through the engineering design process (Ask - Imagine - Plan - Create - Improve). Th
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
...
Fairy Tale STEM Activities ⭐ Goldilocks, Rapunzel, Robin Hood Activity Bundle
These fairy tale STEM activities and challenges are the perfect way to introduce STEM to your elementary students. Students will follow a story with a STEM twist, then use the engineering design process to solve a problem.Teacher Reviews⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "I used this with our Fairy Tale ELA unit. My students absolutely loved the activities! They would get excited every time they knew we would be working on one! Great resource!"⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "I used this with my 1st/2nd grade G/T pull-out groups. We spent weeks on
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
...
Benchmark Advance - 1st Grade UNIT 1 Bundle Weeks 1-3
Benchmark Advance First Grade CA 2017 Unit 1 Weeks 1-3{Single Teacher License} Supplemental UnitsPlease read each product description carefully. These supplemental units are aligned to Benchmark Advance. If you are looking for something that has exact Benchmark wording DO NOT purchase this product.Check out the quality of my work on Facebook or Instagram.Administrators must contact me primarymadnesswithmrsgenna@gmail.com to purchase the correct license. This product contains the Phonics, Spelli
Grades:
1st
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Benchmark Advance - 1st Grade UNIT 2 Bundle Weeks 1-3
Benchmark Advance First Grade CA 2017 Unit 2 Weeks 1-3{Single Teacher License} Supplemental UnitsPlease read each product description carefully. These supplemental units are aligned to Benchmark Advance. If you are looking for something that has exact Benchmark wording DO NOT purchase this product.Check out the quality of my work on Facebook or Instagram.Administrators must contact me primarymadnesswithmrsgenna@gmail.com to purchase the correct license. This product contains the Phonics, Spelli
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1st
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Spring Logic Puzzles Critical Thinking Gr 1 & 2 Math Enrichment Activities
Get your 1st and 2nd grade math students excited to develop their skills in logical thinking, problem-solving, making inferences, drawing conclusions, recognizing similarities and differences, AND comparing and contrasting with these spring logic puzzles. Three different types of critical thinking puzzles including Sudoku, matrix, and magic square, make it easy for you to differentiate and focus on the critical thinking skills you want your students to target. Use the included Google Slides vers
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1st - 2nd
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Passion Projects that are Primary Friendly
Looking for a Passion Project or Genius Hour resource that is primary friendly? You've found it! This resource includes planning pages and note taking pages geared towards younger learners who are just beginning to read. Visuals provide students with the scaffolds and confidence to work independently.
This resource is not a step by step guide to how to implement passion projects or genius hour. If you're interested in how I implement passion projects in my classroom, click here . There are man
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1st - 4th
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Sequencing Math Logic Puzzles, Early Finisher Activities, Enrichment 2nd Grade
Improve your students' critical thinking and problem-solving skills with these 36 sequencing logic puzzles. Students must use logic and reasoning to create a set of birds on a wire that satisfies all the clues in the puzzle. The activities require them to analyze statements about relationships, evaluate a solution to see if it meets given criteria, explain their reasoning, create more than one solution to a problem, and generate their own problems and solutions. Check out the preview for a c
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
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Benchmark Advance - 1st Grade UNIT 8 Bundle Weeks 1-3
Benchmark Advance First Grade CA 2017 Unit 8 Weeks 1-3{Single Teacher Purchase} Supplemental UnitsAll products have been updated.Check out the quality of my work on Facebook or Instagram.Administrators must contact me primarymadnesswithmrsgenna@gmail.com to purchase the correct license. This product contains the Phonics, Spelling, and HFW Unit AND Depth and Complexity Units for weeks 1-3. Please check the product descriptions for details. **This product is created by a current first grade teache
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1st
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Reading Enrichment Activities for K, 1st, and 2nd Grade Early Finishers & Gifted
This set of 70 engaging, open-ended reading and language arts enrichment activities for K, 1st, and 2nd grade gifted and talented or fast finishers will boost creative writing, vocabulary, spelling, grammar, critical thinking skills and more! All of these activities are low (or no!) prep, saving you tons of time and money. No more looking for generic puzzles or word searches.... or printing extra worksheets you already used.These make great independent projects for gifted and talented students.
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K - 2nd
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The Three Little Pigs Activity ⭐ Fairy Tale STEM Challenge ⭐
Spark curiosity, imagination, and fun with fairy tale STEM! STEM tales use a fairy tale that your students are likely already familiar with - a twist is added into the story that introduces an engineering problem. Can your students help the three little pigs solve the problem in the story? By adding in a story element, those students that might typically shy away from STEM activities may find joy in transporting themselves into a story to solve a problem. All students will follow the engineerin
Grades:
K - 3rd
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
...
Winter Logic Puzzles - Critical Thinking Early Finishers Enrichment Activities
These 36 WINTER LOGIC PUZZLES are perfect to challenge your little thinkers and early finishers in grades K-2 to develop skills in logical thinking, problem-solving, making inferences, drawing conclusions, recognizing similarities and differences, AND comparing and contrasting. HERE ARE THE WINTER LOGIC PUZZLES INCLUDED IN THIS PRODUCT:36 puzzles in all (the print version includes puzzles in both color and black and white) 6 Winter Sudoku picture puzzles 24 matrix logic puzzles (1 two-by-two
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Grades:
1st - 2nd
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Benchmark Advance - 1st Grade UNIT 7 Bundle Weeks 1-3
Benchmark Advance First Grade CA 2017 Unit 7 Weeks 1-3{Single Teacher Purchase} All products have been updated.Check out the quality of my work on Facebook or Instagram.Administrators must contact me primarymadnesswithmrsgenna@gmail.com to purchase the correct license. This product contains the Phonics, Spelling, and HFW Unit AND Depth and Complexity Units for weeks 1-3. Please check the product descriptions for details. **This product is created by a current first grade teacher teaching CA 201
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1st
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Reading and Math Enrichment Activities for Early Finishers & Gifted Students K-5
This bundle of 350 open-ended reading and math enrichment activities for your gifted and talented students or fast finishers will boost creative writing, reading comprehension, spatial reasoning, and problem-solving. All enrichment activities are low (or no!) prep, saving you tons of time and money. With lots to choose from, these fun challenges will help your advanced students challenge their thinking skills, boost creativity, prevent boredom, and spark curiosity.These make great independent pr
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1st - 4th
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Depth of Knowledge and Learning Icons - Digging Deep - Critical Thinking Skills
These focus wall resources are designed to be engaging and meaningful. Help your kiddos reach for deep knowledge and content mastery using a variety of critical, complex thinking skills.Digging Deep Learning Practices assist students in engaging in critical thinking and developing meaningful understanding of concepts.This resource contains both large and small posters as well as “quick cards” that can be displayed on focus walls, resource walls, or simply during specific lessons.Encourage your s
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K - 6th
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Benchmark Advance - 1st Grade UNIT 9 Bundle Weeks 1-3
Benchmark Advance First Grade CA 2017 Unit 9 Weeks 1-3{Single Teacher Purchase} Supplemental UnitsAll products have been updated.Check out the quality of my work on Facebook or Instagram.Administrators must contact me primarymadnesswithmrsgenna@gmail.com to purchase the correct license. This product contains the Phonics, Spelling, and HFW Unit AND Depth and Complexity Units for weeks 1-3. Please check the product descriptions for details. **This product is created by a current first grade teache
Grades:
1st
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2nd Grade Logic Print & Digital Puzzles Critical Thinking Activities Bundle
Engage your students all year long with these fun and challenging printable logic puzzles that will help them develop important critical thinking skills! With 5 different sets and over 180 2nd grade logic puzzles for you to choose from, your students will remain engaged throughout any season. These beginner logic games are perfect to introduce your students to logic and deductive reasoning! Easily teach your students reasoning, logical thinking, and comparing and contrasting with this incredibl
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K - 2nd
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Nursery Rhyme STEM and STEAM Activities
This resource includes 20 nursery rhyme STEM challenges (plus 3 bonus optional challenges). I created these so that students can work independently on STEM. Use for bell work / morning work, early finishers, or for an after school STEM club. You don't need a fancy makerspace to complete these tasks. I recommend hanging on to recyclables and using what you already have, such as paper, tape, and building blocks and math manipulatives. The challenges are primarily building tasks.Contents20 Nursery
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K - 3rd
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