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8th grade centers for Easel Activities and for Gifted and Talented
Historical Fiction Passage and Questions on Chicago Fire Printable and Digital
Make teaching history fun with this historical fiction passage to build reading skills whether in the classroom or at home. Engage students in this easily accessible, standards-based historical fiction story about events leading up to the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. The true cause of the fire is unknown, so this story will ignite curiosity in your students. Click HERE to save 25% off the purchase of individual resources with the bundle.Please be aware that the vocabulary in this story is at a hi
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: High School Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions Bundle
Book Reports For Any Novel! Ten Critical Thinking Book Reports!
No-prep, ten "higher level" challenging book reports to use with any novel! Great for encouraging critical reading skills. The book reports will work well with class novels, guided reading. literature groups, book clubs or independent reading. From advice columns to compare and contrast book reports, the book reports are exactly what you need to encourage critical thinking. Simply print the templates out and you have ten instant book reports to use with any novel! Print and go book reports!Digi
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4th - 8th
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Christmas Logic Puzzle for High School or Holiday Brain Teaser
You want to challenge your teenage students with Christmas logic puzzles to strengthen critical thinking skills but most are either too easy or not about a subject that interests them. Find this challenging logic puzzle for December, with grids and answers key, that is sure to make your kids sweat as they answer questions about a Christmas dance. Plus, puzzles may be printed or assigned through Google or Easel documents.Click here to save 20% off the price of individual resources with the bundle
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8th - 11th
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St. Patrick's Day Logic Puzzle Worksheets Brain Teasers for Teens in High School
Challenge your teenage students with a St. Patrick's Day logic puzzle or brain teasers for teens to strengthen critical thinking skills! This March logic puzzle contains multiple grids and an answer key. Plus, puzzles may be printed or assigned as a digital resource through Google or Easel worksheets. Click here to save 20% off the price of individual resources with the bundle.High school students love the difficulty of logic puzzles and will ask for more! Use in centers, whole or small groups,
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8th - 10th
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Inner and Outer Planets of the Solar System Logic Puzzles or Brain Teasers
Make teaching about the inner and outer planets of the solar system fun while building critical thinking skills with planetary logic puzzles or brain teasers. This set includes three no prep logic puzzles about the inner and outer planets along with the dwarf planet, Pluto. Quick and easy set up leads to a fun and engaging science lesson.Use these printable worksheets or digital resources in centers, whole or small group activities, partner or independent work, or as emergency sub plans. These n
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6th - 8th
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Logic Puzzle or Brain Teaser End of Year Activity for High School
You'll have a fun end of year activity with this logic puzzle about end of year awards or critical thinking activity for high school in print or as a digital resource! This brain teaser includes a six-grid logic puzzle with an enrichment writing prompt, and an answer key. Teens may solve the puzzle through a printable pdf. file, Google link, or Easel worksheets. Click here to save 20% off the price of individual resources with the bundle!Use as a center activity, with whole or small groups, part
Grades:
8th - 11th
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Also included in: High School Logic Puzzles or Challenge Brain Teaser Activities for Year
Thanksgiving Logic Puzzle for High School
Provide fun and a strong challenge your teenage students with this Thanksgiving logic puzzle or brain teaser for high school! This will strengthen critical thinking skills while keeping your kids engaged. In this Thanksgiving logic puzzle for November, you'll find grids and an answers key, that is bound to make your kids sweat as they answer questions about trades between Pilgrims and Natives. Plus, puzzles may be printed or assigned through Google or Easel worksheets.Click here to save 20% off
Grades:
8th - 11th
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Also included in: Gifted and Talented Logic Puzzles Worksheets or Brain Teaser Activities
Spatial Awareness - How many cubes? (Geometry and Problem-Solving)
20 printable or digital lessons exploring cubes so students can understand solids and volume. The designs range from 12 to 96 cubes, including unseen cubes (multi-layered), rows and columns, and missing cubes (tunnels and arches). PRINT: I created a PDF version that you can download on your computer and print for students to use in class or at home. Click on "Add one to cart" and download your copy. DIGITAL ACTIVITY: I created a digital version with text boxes so students can type in the answe
Grades:
2nd - 8th
Also included in: Spatial Awareness BUNDLE
Summer Logic Puzzle | Math Brain Teaser for Teens in Print or Digital Worksheets
Make learning fun with math brain teasers for teens. Your high school students will love solving advanced mind puzzles while developing critical thinking skills about summer jobs. Set up is quick and easy, so you will love the no prep aspect of these easy to use worksheets.Click here to save 20% off the price of individual resources with a high school bundle for the school year.Print and gather pencils or use on the computer, and your class is ready for challenging fun this spring! Whether solv
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8th - 11th
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Back to School or Year Round Logic Puzzle Brain Teaser for High School
Give you kids a fun activity for Back to School or year round with this high school logic puzzle or brain teaser! Your kids will love this multi-grid logic puzzle about students and schools. Product also contains an enrichment writing prompt, printable pdf. file, Google link, Easel worksheets, and an answer key.Click here to save 20% off the price of individual resources with the bundle!Use this critical thinking puzzle in centers, whole or small group activities, with a partner, independent wo
Grades:
8th - 11th
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Also included in: High School Logic Puzzles or Challenge Brain Teaser Activities for Year
Summer Logic Puzzle or Brain Teaser for Teens in Print or Digital Resource
End the school year, challenge summer school students, or enjoy the beginning of the year with this engaging high school logic puzzle or brain teaser about kids completing community service over the summer months. This resource comes with a challenging, multiple grid logic puzzle, enrichment writing prompt for early finishers, answer key, plus use as a print or digital resource.Click here to save 20% off the price of individual resources with the bundle!Use this engaging brain teaser in centers,
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: High School Logic Puzzles or Challenge Brain Teaser Activities for Year
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Clip Clue Logic Puzzles Level B [Distance Learning]
Wow! Paperclips have been transformed into the exercise equipment for your brain’s fun workout session. Read the clues, use your logic, and sequence a chain of colors to match the clues. But then it gets more challenging! Sometimes you find two solutions for each puzzle, or you look for unneeded clues, or you might even find a puzzle with no solution. Great for gifted students and anybody who likes a challenge. A fun way to keep minds active during the summer or on trips. Appropriate all the way
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5th - 8th
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Christmas Logic Puzzle or Holiday Brain Teaser for Chanukah Reindeer Dreidel
Make the December holidays fun with this engaging and challenging circle logic, Christmas brain teaser or Chanukah logic puzzle! In this holiday logic puzzle, your students will solve a brain teaser involving kids dressed as Christmas reindeers while playing dreidel. The set up is quick and easy making it a holiday win for you and your students.Click HERE to save 30% off the price of individual resources with the bundle.Logic puzzles involve higher level, critical thinking skills and are great f
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Gifted and Talented Logic Puzzles Worksheets or Brain Teaser Activities
Spelling - The ABCs of Wildlife
40 printable or digital pages to increase word knowledge and spelling skills. Students describe wildlife photos: mourning dove, deer, dandelion seeds, coyote, bullfrog, dragonfly, blue jay, snail, grasshopper, gray hairstreak butterfly, mallard, tarantula, yellow jacket, katydid, monarch butterfly, garter snake, caterpillar, fly, hummingbird, feather (with a tiny water bug on it), wren, a fly, pill bug (roly-poly), mushroom, gulf fritillary butterfly, ladybug, pika (not a mouse), squirrel, ho
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
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Also included in: Spring Break - Distance Learning for Smart Kids BUNDLE
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Math Path Puzzles Level D [Distance Learning]
An engaging route to learning, using math reasoning along the way. Start with the first number in a puzzle, fill in missing numbers, operation signs, or sometimes even the roads themselves, to end at the last number. The fun is in figuring out what will fit for the missing parts. Working both backwards and forwards, students develop an understanding of the relationships between addition and subtraction and between multiplication and division.
Although I have listed the grade range as 5th-8th,
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5th - 8th
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The Life Cycle of a Frog
The Life Cycle of a Frog presentation has descriptions and detailed pictures of the life cycle of a frog. This activity can be used as a presentation or as a game where students answer questions based on their research. This is an interactive learning activity where students can work in groups to answer Frog Facts!This activity includes a section where students can write about their frog research. It also includes a diagram of the frog lifecycle. I love to share my passion of environmental e
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Grades:
1st - 12th
January STEM Bingo for Middle School and High School
Play January STEM Bingo with your students to introduce the month or review the STEM StumperZ (https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/STEM-daily-discussion-starters-journal-prompts-and-fillers-January-3521367) that you can post throughout the month. The best way to play this bingo is at the end of the month. Recap the monthly STEM questions to see who remembers them. Or show each day on the board - go in order for your convenience... the students' boards do not go in order.The EASEL versi
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Grades:
4th - 10th
Also included in: Daily January STEM Activities for Middle and High School
Descriptions of Wildlife - Write a Paragraph
13 pages for students to describe a dangling spider, a foraging ant, a wandering red velvet ant, trees, flowers, rivers, clouds, and more using photos that I took while exploring trails in Virginia. PRINT: I created a PDF version that you can download on your computer and print for students to use in class or at home. Click on "Add one to cart" and download your copy. DIGITAL ACTIVITY: I created a digital version with text boxes so students can type in the answers using a computer or tablet (fo
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Aba-Conundrums Level B Distance Learning
Hone problem solving and critical thinking skills while becoming familiar with what’s probably the oldest math manipulative created by humans. That’s what Aba-Conundrums are all about! These 60 fun puzzles will stretch students’ thinking as they use clues to figure out secret abacus numbers. The puzzles are challenging, and students will find they need to ask themselves important critical-thinking questions such as:Did I read each clue carefully?Is that really what that clue says?Am I making an
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5th - 8th
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Analyzing and Thinking about Words - Critical Thinking
21 printable or digital pages to help students think critically about the words of wise leaders: Paulo Coelho, Thich Nhat Hanh, Eckhart Tolle, Rumi, Thomas Jefferson, and others... This is a unique type of writing and thinking activity that your students will enjoy as they discuss important life lessons:“Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.” - Thomas Jefferson “Pleasure is always derived from something outside y
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: Valentines Day BUNDLE
July STEM Bingo for Middle School and High School
Play July STEM Bingo with your students to introduce the month or review the STEM StumperZ (https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/STEM-daily-discussion-starters-journal-prompts-and-fillers-July-3881244) that you can post throughout the month. The best way to play this bingo is at the end of the month. Recap the monthly STEM questions to see who remembers them. Or show each day on the board - go in order for your convenience... the students' boards do not go in order.The EASEL version has
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Grades:
4th - 10th
Also included in: Daily July STEM Activities for Middle and High School
April STEM Bingo for Middle School and High School
Play April STEM Bingo with your students to introduce the month or review the STEM StumperZ (https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/STEM-daily-discussion-starters-journal-prompts-and-fillers-April-3701272) that you can post throughout the month. The best way to play this bingo is at the end of the month. Recap the monthly STEM questions to see who remembers them. Or show each day on the board - go in order for your convenience... the students' boards do not go in order.The EASEL version h
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Grades:
4th - 10th
Also included in: Daily April STEM Activities Bundle for Middle and High School
March STEM Bingo for Middle School and High School
Play March STEM Bingo with your students to introduce the month or review the STEM StumperZ (https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/STEM-daily-discussion-starters-journal-prompts-and-fillers-March-3631716) that you can post throughout the month. The best way to play this bingo is at the end of the month. Recap the monthly STEM questions to see who remembers them. Or show each day on the board - go in order for your convenience... the students' boards do not go in order.The EASEL version h
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Grades:
4th - 10th
Also included in: Daily MARCH STEM Activities for Middle and High School
December STEM Bingo for Middle School and High School
Play December STEM Bingo with your students to introduce the month or review the STEM StumperZ (https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/STEM-daily-discussion-starters-journal-prompts-and-fillers-December-3484807) that you can post throughout the month. The best way to play this bingo is at the end of the month. Recap the monthly STEM questions to see who remembers them. Or show each day on the board - go in order for your convenience... the students' boards do not go in order.The EASEL ver
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Grades:
4th - 10th
Also included in: Daily December STEM Activities for Middle and High School
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