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5th grade critical thinking resources for GATE on sale
Reading Enrichment Activities 3rd 4th 5th Early Finishers & Gifted and Talented
This set of 70 engaging, open-ended reading and language arts enrichment activities for 3rd, 4th, or 5th 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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3rd - 5th
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Cardboard STEM Mini Golf Course Challenge | Putt Putt Project
Make teaching fun with this engaging, hands-on STEM challenge. This design a putt-putt golf course engineering project, will have your students excited to come to school! Upper elementary students will use a print and go engineering notebook to research, plan, build, and share their mini golf course holes. This design challenge has a quick and easy setup because your students will create it with cardboard and recyclable materials. It is the perfect activity for special days, end of the schoo
Grades:
3rd - 5th
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Math Enrichment Activities 4th & 5th Grade Early Finishers & Gifted and Talented
This set of 70 engaging, open-ended math enrichment challenges for 4th or 5th grade gifted and talented or fast finishers will boost problem solving, spatial reasoning, sequencing 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 printing extra worksheets you already used.These make great independent projects for gifted and talented students. Or, they could be used as part of small group activities.The c
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4th - 5th
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STEM Challenge Fingerboard Skate Park | Cardboard Skatepark STEAM Project
Make teaching fun with this engaging, hands-on STEM challenge. This design a fingerboard skatepark engineering project, will have your students excited to come to school! Upper elementary students will use a print and go engineering notebook to research, plan, build, and share their skate park. This design challenge has a quick and easy setup because your students will create it with cardboard and recyclable materials. It is the perfect activity for special days, end of the school year, fun
Grades:
3rd - 5th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Back to School STEM Challenge | Getting to Know You Activity | Design Project
This STEM challenge gives students the opportunity to create an item that describes themselves! This highly engaging activity is aligned with the NGSS and will take your students through the Engineering Design Process! It is simple to use just print and the students can begin building using recycled materials. This is perfect for back to school because students can share their item with the class as a personal introduction. *This challenge asks students to use recycled materials to design a
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2nd - 5th
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Also included in: Growth Mindset STEM Bundle | STEM | Social Emotional Learning
Printable Maze Puzzles for Fast or Early Finishers Activities | 50 Extreme Mazes
These fun, easy-to-use printable maze puzzles are perfect to keep on hand for enrichment activities, fast finishers, substitute plans, morning work, and more! These mazes are virtually impossible to solve... are your students up for a huge challenge?How To Use These MazesSimply print and let students choose the puzzle that they want! Easy as that!What Is IncludedThere are 50 mazes included, all with the same level of difficulty. Solutions are provided! Simply download, print, and enjoy! What Lev
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3rd - 5th
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Famous Building Structure STEM Challenge | Early Finisher Project STEAM Activity
Make teaching fun with this engaging, hands-on STEM challenge. This early finisher engineering project will have your students excited to come to school! Upper elementary students will use a print and go build notebook to plan, build, and evaluate the famous building they choose to recreate. This design challenge is easy to set up because your students will create with your favorite building material such as Legos, Keva planks, 3Dux, cardboard, recyclable materials, etc. It is the perfect ac
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3rd - 5th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Back to School STEM Activity | STEAM Challenge Beginning of the Year
Are you wondering how you are going to learn your students' names this school year? This back to school STEM challenge is your answer! Students will use engineering to design a unique name tag that they can wear for the beginning of the school year. Use this project to discuss classroom material expectations while the students create their designs. Students will use problem solving skills to create their name tag. As the final step of the engineering process students will share their cre
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Logic & Word Puzzles for 4th & 5th Grade | Printable Math Enrichment Activities
These logic and word puzzles are a fantastic way to work on logic and critical thinking skills for 4th and 5th grade students! Simply print and go! Keep them on hand for enrichment activities, fast finishers, substitute plans, morning work, and more! How To Use These Logic and Word PuzzlesThe puzzler sheets are set up as 6 puzzles on 1 sheet. This helps to maximize space and also help students practice more skills with less prep required from you.Simply print the puzzles and make available to yo
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3rd - 5th
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SOLVING LOGIC MYSTERIES: Grid Puzzles for Grades 3 to 6
“Grid Puzzles” for the Intermediate GradesAbout Solving Logic Mysteries These logic problems were designed to improve students’ deductive-reasoning and other critical-thinking skills. They also improve memory and reading-comprehension skills and encourage students to expand their vocabularies. The logic mysteries are divided into three levels, with Level I containing the easiest problems and Level III containing the most difficult. Also provided is a template for students to create their own log
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Also included in: ELA Bundle for Grades 3 to 6
$1 Deal Reading Enrichment Activities Early Finishers, Gifted & Talented 3rd-5th
This set of 5 engaging, open-ended reading and language arts enrichment activities for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade gifted and talented or fast finishers will boost creative writing, vocabulary, spelling, grammar, critical thinking skills and more!These fun challenges are perfect for challenging gifted students, and fast or early finishers. They are designed with 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders in mind who are ADVANCED and need more of a challenge in language arts.___________________________________⭐⭐ Look
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3rd - 5th
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Printable Maze Puzzles for Fast or Early Finishers Activities | 50 Expert Mazes
These fun, easy-to-use printable maze puzzles are perfect to keep on hand for enrichment activities, fast finishers, substitute plans, morning work, and more! These mazes are saved for the experts... are your students up for a tricky challenge?How To Use These MazesSimply print and let students choose the puzzle that they want! Easy as that!What Is IncludedThere are 50 mazes included, all with the same level of difficulty. Solutions are provided! Simply download, print, and enjoy! What Level Are
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3rd - 5th
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CRITICAL-THINKING ACTIVITIES FOR GRADES 3-5
The activities in this resource were designed to improve children’s reasoning skills and to encourage them to think critically. Children learn that logic is a reasonable way of thinking and come to understand the difference between deductive and inductive reasoning. Most of the activities focus on deductive reasoning. They comprise a variety of exercises that require students to see relationships and patterns and to use their inferencing skills to solve problems. Among the activities are grid pu
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3rd - 5th
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$1 Deal Math Enrichment Activities Early Finishers & Gifted and Talented 4th-5th
This set of 5 engaging, open-ended math enrichment challenges for 4th and 5th grade gifted and talented or fast finishers will boost problem solving, spatial reasoning, sequencing skills, and more! These fun challenges are perfect for challenging gifted students, and fast or early finishers. They are designed with 4th and 5th graders in mind who are ADVANCED and need more of a challenge in math.The activities focus on various mathematical thinking domains:NUMERACY & OPERATIONS"How Many Ways
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4th - 5th
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Growth Mindset STEAM Challenge | STEM Activities | This or That Project
Make learning about growth mindset fun with these engaging, hands-on STEM challenges! This set includes 8 low-prep STEM projects that are perfect for exploring the engineering design process. Quick and easy setup plus students will be using their critical thinking and problem solving skills!Printable This or That STEM challenges provide students choice while using the engineering design process. Each of the 4 different growth mindset challenges has two options. Once the student selects the cha
Grades:
2nd - 6th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, MS-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-4
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Also included in: Growth Mindset Activities and Decor BUNDLE
Thanksgiving STEM Activities Balloons Over Broadway Differentiated Projects
Make teaching during Thanksgiving fun with these engaging, meaningful STEM activities! This set includes 3 differentiated, STEAM projects based off the book Balloons Over Broadway. Students use their creativity and engineering while solving 3 different challenges! Students are going to love the holiday activities so much they won’t even realize they are learning. This resource will make your life easier by keeping the students engaged while the holiday is approaching! Here's what you'll get:3
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
300 Easy Sudoku Puzzles with Solutions
Embark on a delightful journey of mental agility and entertainment with our "300 Easy Sudoku Puzzles With Solutions." This comprehensive collection of 8.5x11-inch puzzles spans 178 pages, offering a perfect blend of challenge and accessibility for puzzle enthusiasts of all ages.Key Features:Extensive Puzzle Collection:Immerse yourself in the world of Sudoku with 300 carefully curated easy puzzles, each accompanied by its solution. Whether you're a kid, senior, or beginner, this collection provid
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1st - 5th
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Back to School STEM Challenge Bundle | Beginning of the Year STEAM Activities
20% off all 5 back to school STEM challengesThe 5 STEAM activities are low prepThe challenges are aligned to NGSS engineering standardsLearn about your students and create community in a meaningful wayStudent engineering pages are includedIncludes teacher step-by-step instructions___________________________________Copyright © Design EducationPermission to copy for single classroom use only.Please purchase additional licenses if you intend to share this product.
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Engineering Design Process Posters and Activities
This is a great way to introduce the Engineering Design Process to your class! This product includes posters and activities.
Posters
1. Ask
2. Explore
3. Plan
4. Build Model
5. Evaluate
6. Launch
Activities
1. Sort-students sort STEM scenarios under the correct Engineering Design Process Heading
2. Student Illustrations-students illustrate each part of the Engineering Design Process. These are great to display!
3. Design Process Wheel-students create a moveable wheel that explains
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
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VERBLERS: Verbal Picture Puzzles
Verbal Picture PuzzlesVerblers are verbal picture puzzles that improve students’ vocabulary and help build both logical, left-brain thinking skills and subjective, right-brain thinking skills. Students analyze the way in which words are written in terms of position, size and direction in order to decipher the words, phrases and expressions depicted. Some are easy and some will require some thought. All answers are included. Use the opportunity to discuss any vocabulary or idiomatic expressions w
Grades:
4th - 12th
Verblers: Verbal Picture Puzzles, Part 1
This is Part 1 of Verblers: Verbal Picture Puzzles.This collection of verbal picture puzzles improve students' vocabulary and help build both logical, left-brain thinking skills and subjective, right-brain thinking skills. Students analyze the way in which words are written in terms of position, size and direction in order to decipher the words, phrases and expressions depicted. Some are easy and some will require thought. Parts 1, 2, and 3 are equal in difficulty.Students will love these puzzle
Grades:
4th - 12th
Solving Logic Mysteries: Grid Puzzles, Level II
“Grid Puzzles” for the Intermediate GradesThis is Level II of Solving Logic Mysteries.About the complete Solving Logic Mysteries book.These logic problems were designed to improve students’ deductive-reasoning and other critical-thinking skills. They also improve memory and reading-comprehension skills and encourage students to expand their vocabularies. The logic mysteries are divided into three levels, with Level I containing the easiest problems and Level III containing the most difficult. Al
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Code Your Classmates
Want to teach STEM and technology? Curious about coding? Have a robotics club that needs to start with the basics?It's sometimes hard to get started, especially with computers and websites not always available. This multipurpose activity can be used as an ice-breaker, a fun activity for following directions, and a great STEM exercise. The rules and easy-to-understand graphical codes that you can build into complex sets of instructions. Or, keep it simple enough for kindergarteners to understand!
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2nd - 12th
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Create-a-Center: The Middle Ages
ABOUT THE CREATE-A-CENTER SERIESEach center provides 90 tasks, ready to cut out and make into a center, as well as a crossword puzzle and an enrichment activity. The multi-disciplinary activities are keyed to Bloom's Taxonomy and include tasks from the 6 major classifications of the cognitive domain: knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. Create-a-Centers are great for gifted and talented students.Answers are provided for the crossword puzzle and most of the
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5th - 9th
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Also included in: Middle Ages Bundle for Grades 4–8
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