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Adult education critical thinking centers for Gifted and Talented
Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Task Cards for Literature
Add depth and complexity to your instruction with these Critical Thinking Task Cards for Literature! These tasks cards allow students to deeply analyze any fiction reading material through 11 topics of critical thinking: Big Ideas, Rules, Trends, Patterns, Language of the Discipline, Ethics, Relationships Over Time, Details, Unanswered Questions, Across Disciplines, and Multiple Perspectives. You will appreciate the versatility of these task cards; they can be used with almost any text (novels,
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4th - 10th, Adult Education
Also included in: Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Task Cards Bundle
Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Literary Response Booklet
Incorporate Depth and Complexity into your next novel study! Take your students’ learning to new “depths” with this Critical Thinking Literary Response Booklet. This open-ended resource can be used with any piece of literature in a variety of grades (4-8+). This kit comes with everything you need to provide your students with a thought-provoking and engaging alternative to traditional book reports.Totally reformatted to fit on letter-size (8.5 x 11 inches) paper!!!Included in this resource:• 11
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4th - 10th, Adult Education
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Also included in: Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Mega Bundle
A.P.E. Strategy: How to Write Great Answers to Open-Ended Questions
Updated December 2019Ever since I started teaching, over 20 years ago, I have been teaching my students to answer questions using part of the question as the answer, find proof to back up their response, and to extend their ideas. Now this way of teaching has a name: the A.P.E. Strategy. Who knew?!? These A.P.E. Strategy sheets are perfect for students learning how to grow and expand their ability to write better answers in their work, whether writing answers to a story or answering a questio
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1st - 9th, Adult Education
35 Different Tangram Puzzles - Black & Color
Here are 35 different Tangram puzzles for you to cut out and use in your classroom! Each tangram is on a 3.7" x 4.9" card and there are 4 cards per page. The color tangrams show the individual shapes while the black tangrams only show the whole figure as a sold color. The tangram cards will go with any sized tangrams. They aren't made to line up directly with the tangrams / aren't sized to any particular tangram set size, but were created give the students challenge cards to work with.I have
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PreK - 11th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Working Memory Hemisphere Integration & Attention Building Activities Intermedia
Unlock your students' cognitive potential with Dr. Warren's 54-page digital workbook, "Working Memory, Hemisphere Integration, and Attention Building Activities for Optimal Learning - Intermediate." This resource engages students with fun, game-like activities that develop executive functioning skills and stimulate both brain hemispheres.Key Features of Dr. Warren's Workbook:Mindful Engagement: Activities are designed to anchor learners in the present, establishing a solid foundation for focused
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2nd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Working Memory Bundle
39 Digital Moveable Tangram Puzzle Activities STEM Team Building Math
Have fun with your students while they solve these Tangram Puzzle Activities! This set of puzzles can be used in Google Slides or it can be downloaded and printed on paper. You choose! Great for developing critical thinking skills and team building activities!Great for distance learning!Included is a Google Slide version of the Following:39 Digital interactive Moveable Tangram Puzzles and their answers as well as a printable version. Your students will be able to move the tangrams into posit
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2nd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Following Directions and Listening Bundle Reading Comprehension
Listening and Following Directions and Reading ComprehensionActivities that challenges students to listen and pay attention to detail.These activities are designed to challenge students to follow oral and/or written directions and complete tasks in the correct locations of a diagram. The activities are designed so the directions can be read to the students by the teacher or the students can read the directions to themselves. This allows the activity to function as either a listening or reading c
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4th - 9th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Fermi Unit | Questions & Problem Solving | Project Based Learning Math Tasks
Here is a typical "Fermi" question: How long would it take to count to one million? - Obviously, there is no definitive answer; you can't google it, which is the POWER and PURPOSE of a Fermi problem. The coolest math classes of 2024. Fermi problems ARE NOT ABOUT THE ANSWER but the MATHEMATICAL JOURNEY TO THE ANSWER. Exploring MATHEMATICAL LOGIC, RESEARCH, ESTIMATION AND CALCULATION. STUDENTS LOVE FERMI QUESTIONS because they allow them to THINK, SIMULATE, TEST, and EXPLORE big concepts an
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4th - 10th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Analogy Task Cards
56 Analogy Task CardsCreated for grades 3-5. There 2 sets each with differentiated levels, feel free to start with set #1.There are 28 task cards in each set.A great way to use task cards is by playing SCOOT. SCOOT is an easy, fun, fast paced game that will get the kids up and moving around.Place a task card on each desk in numerical order. Each student will read the sentence and will write down the correct answer on their sheet. Then after a minute or two, say "SCOOT!" and the students will SC
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4th - 6th, Adult Education
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Small Group Reader's Theater Twisted Fairy Tales - Book Two
In this second book of Reader's Theaters for small groups, I have placed 7 scripts. They are: Sleeping Homely, The Princess and the Pizza for 3 people, The Princess and the Pizza for 4, Peter Pants and Captain Looks, Beauty & the Beets (and the Turnips and the Onions), Romeo and Juliet, Hansel and Pretzel. I realize that Peter Pants and Captain Looks as well as Romeo and Juliet are not strictly fairy tales but they are very well known and fun for the students. You can buy each of these indiv
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4th - 8th, Adult Education
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Halloween Tangrams - 26 puzzles
Here are 36 different Halloween themed Tangram puzzles for you to cut out and use in your classroom! Each tangram is on a 3.7" x 4.9" card and there are 4 cards per page. The color tangrams show the individual shapes while the black tangrams only show the whole figure as a sold color. The colored tangrams are filled in with orange, purple, green and grey shades.
I have also included 3 different sized tangram squares for you to print out in both color and black. The black tangram squares have wh
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PreK - 12th, Adult Education
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Listening & Following Directions Christmas Edition +Reading Comprehension
Listening and Following Directions – Christmas EditionAn activity that challenges students to listen and pay attention to detail.Save over 20% when your purchase the Listening and Following Directions Growing Bundle Pack!This activity is designed to challenge students to follow oral and/or written directions and complete tasks in the correct locations on a grid. During the activity the directions can be read to the students by the teacher or the students can read the directions to themselves. Th
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4th - 9th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Following Directions and Listening Bundle Reading Comprehension
14 Digital Moveable Matchstick Crayon Puzzles STEM Google Slide PowerPoint
Have fun with your students while they solve Matchstick Puzzles with Digital Crayons in this STEM set! This set of puzzles is interactive in Google Slide or it can be downloaded and printed on paper. You choose! Great for developing critical thinking skills!Great for distance learning!Included is a PDF version and a Google Slide version of the Following:14 Digital interactive Matchstick Puzzles and their answers. The Google Slide can also be downloaded as a PowerPoint and used in this manner
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Twisted Fairy Tales for Small Group Reader's Theater - Three!
My name is Melanie Whitesides but my store name is Wonbyone. One of the things I am passionate about is Reader's Theater. It is a fun way for my students to improve on their fluency. In a world where reading is pushed so hard on students that many are losing their love of reading it is IMPORTANT to give them opportunities to read that are fun. Reader's Theater does this. In this package I have placed 6 Reader's Theater. They are: CinderFELLA, The Emperor's New Nose, The Not-so-Charming Prince, T
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4th - 8th, Adult Education
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Cinderella Around The World - Small Group Reader's Theater
This package contains 9 Cinderella stories. The stories come from England, China, West Africa, Greece/Egypt, America (Native American), and Ireland. My name is Melanie Whitesides but my store name is Wonbyone. One of the things I am passionate about is Reader's Theater. It is a fun way for my students to improve on their fluency. In a world where reading is pushed so hard on students that many are losing their love of reading it is IMPORTANT to give them opportunities to read that are fun. Reade
Valentine's Day Mystery Number - Math Problem Solving Activity
This is a set of 14 Valentine's Day (Valentine Day) Mystery Numbers. Students will use problem solving skills to determine the missing answers. Great for Gifted and Talented students who need to be challenged or for 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade students who love solving problems! Included:- 14 Mystery Numbers- Answer Document- Answer keyBuy your teacher friends additional copies at a discounted price! $1.00 each! If you buy this product, please leave feedback! Thanks!
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3rd - 8th, Adult Education
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Listening & Following Directions State Birds & Flowers +Reading Comprehension
Listening and Following Directions: State Flowers and Birds Edition +Reading Comprehension ActivitiesAn activity that challenges students to listen and pay attention to detail.Save over 20% when your purchase the Listening and Following Directions Growing Bundle Pack!This activity is designed to challenge students to follow oral and/or written directions and complete tasks in the correct locations on an identification chart. During the activity the directions can be read to the students by the t
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4th - 9th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Following Directions and Listening Bundle Reading Comprehension
Weekly Latin Phrases Language Arts Word Study Etymology CCSS ELA
Weekly Latin Phrases Language Arts Word Study Etymology CCSS ELA
This is a set of popular Latin phrases for classroom display purposes, in portrait format with large fonts. There are 43 in all, so you have more than enough for the school year. Example sentences and clarifications are included for teacher reference as well.
They are listed in the order I use them in class—but of course you can use whichever ones you prefer in whichever order suits your needs best. I laminated mine for years
Tangrams
A tangram is an ancient Chinese moving piece puzzle which consists of seven pieces called "tans".
Why are tangrams so important?
* Children experiment with geometric concepts.
* Manipulating them stimulates the visual-spatial awareness of the mind.
* Tangrams give learners real experience with the properties of shapes.
* Mathematical concepts are explored through tangrams: Congruency, Symmetry, Area, Perimeter and Geometric shapes.
In this packet, each one of the tangram puzzles has been creat
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1st - 12th, Adult Education, Staff
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200 Fast, Fun, Easy Warmer, Filler, Do-Now or Fast Finishers Activities
This product contains over 300 proverbs, brain teasers, riddles, puzzles, and jokes, all collected, classroom-tested, and curated over my 16 years of teaching ESL & EFL. But they can work in any class to introduce a theme or fill time. Use them as warmers, fillers, closers, or put them in your fast-finisher file.I've curated this collection to include only prompts that that arefun and engaging.simple enough that students can do them on their own.promote critical-thinking skills.And I've incl
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Small Group Reader's Theater for Halloween
In this book, there are 6 reader's theaters. They were written for Halloween. The scripts always look MUCH better on paper than it does in the advert on this webpage. Each reader's theater is sold singly but you can get all six in this packet. Scripts are: Franken Cranky, The Gobble Gobble Ghost, The Halloween Heroes Present Halloween Safety Tips, Shhhh, The Corn Has Ears, The Witch's New Broom, and Which Witch is Which. The booklet gives you 6 for $8. When you buy them individually they cost $2
The Principal's New Clothes - Reader's Theater for the Entire Class!
This reader's theater is for the entire class! You will need at least 11 students but more is always better. This ties into my other twisted fairy tales except that it was written to do as a class. I split my class into two groups and both groups practice. When we perform we discuss what things we liked about each group. I use this to introduce the small group reader's theaters I have them do the rest of the year. I have also come back to the script at the end of the year to perform in front of
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3rd - 8th, Adult Education
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Debating Topics for Middle/High School: Fears and Phobias
Get your middle/high school students debating topics that are both relevant and important to them while building their critical thinking skills. Students will be encouraged to develop their communication and debating skills, while opening their minds to different viewpoints.Each debate package covers and reinforces the five basic steps of the debating process: gathering information, exploring all sides of an issue, forming an initial opinion, defending the position in a debate and finally, refin
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Also included in: Debating Topics- Middle/High School: Growing Bundle- Grades 8-12
33 Rebus Puzzles - Brain Teasers - STEM Project - Team Building - GT
Have fun with your students while they solve these Rebus Puzzles! This set of puzzles can be used in Google Slides or it can be downloaded and printed on paper. You choose! Great for developing critical thinking skills and team building activities!Great for distance learning!Included is a PDF version and a Google Slide version of the Following:33 Digital interactive Mystery Puzzles and their secrets. Your students will learn and have fun at the same time. This project can also be used as a
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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