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Higher education reading strategies games for Gifted and Talented
Critical Thinking Mystery Activity: Murder of a Millionaire
In this fun murder mystery activity that encourages critical thinking and reading skills, students have to follow the clues to figure out who killed the rich CEO of a powerful company at his home during a dinner party. Who can figure it out especially when he was found in a locked room? With multiple plot lines, this one feels like an old Agatha Christie cozy mystery. Was it a jealous husband? A corrupt lawyer? Whodunit?This is a printable version in PDF. Looking for other versions? Click the li
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: The Complete Clue by Clue Critical Thinking Printable Activity Bundle
Distance Learning - EDITABLE PowerPoint Nonfiction Text Features Jeopardy Game
This exciting Jeopardy game is the perfect way to engage your students with learning and practicing their skills with Nonfiction Text Features! This is in Powerpoint Presentation form and is easy to utilize. All you have to do is set to slide show and PLAY!!There is a variety of rigor with these questions for students to really have to think through Nonfiction Text Features. (Digital and Print)Happy Teaching!!For optimal formatting: Download fonts PBCinnamonRaisinBagel and KG BlankSpaceSolid
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1st - 7th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Nazca Game - gifted geometry critical thinking problem solving activity
This game is part maze, part geometry, and part mind puzzle. Draw lines along the paths to connect the outer ring dots to the inner goal dot. Some missions are quick, while others take some planning. All the rules are included, as are some rules for multiplayer! You can also have a whole bunch of students flip their pages over at one time and race to see who is fastest! Challenge yourself with 50 different levels of critical thinking!
All you need is a crayons, colored pencils, or markers to pl
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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ESCAPE THE ROOM Fiction, Non-Fiction Reading Comprehension, Strategies, Elements
End of the Year Reviews are the perfect call for an "Escape the Room" challenge!!!
This highly engaging ESCAPE THE ROOM includes all these higher-level comprehension, strategies, and skills covering over ELA 30 standards!
You can use this activity to review fiction strategies & non-fiction elements!
The best part? USE YOUR OWN BOOK OR TEXT!
• sequence
• making predictions
• figurative language
• problem and solutions
• text connections
• ask and answer questions
• summarize
• different end
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2nd - 8th, Higher Education
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Phonic Decoding Syllabication Card Game - Mission to Mars
As a Reading Specialist, I work with students who struggle with decoding and syllabication or breaking words into manageable chunks. Practicing nonsense words is a proven strategy for improving this skill. Poor decoders can be second-language learners: ELL or ELD, know less vocabulary, get lost within words, use onset only and guess at the rest of the word, or simply timid readers.
While playing this game children play independently and don’t worry about getting the word correct, they just want
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3rd - 8th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Critical Thinking Mystery Activity: The Perfect Crime
In this engaging mystery activity, students have to follow the clues to figure out how a woman killed her husband without anyone suspecting anything! In fact, it's unclear whether or not she did anything wrong at all? Can they follow the clues and use their critical thinking skills and reading strategies to figure it out!This is a PDF Printable copy that works well for a small group activity in a face-to-face classroom. Click here for the PowerPoint version. Or Click here for the Google Slides
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: The Complete Clue by Clue Critical Thinking Printable Activity Bundle
Secret Santa Logic Puzzle: A Clue by Clue Critical Thinking Game
Enjoy this holiday-themed logic puzzle that gets students using critical thinking skills. Five friends have a Secret Santa party. Can your students follow the clues to figure out which gift everyone got and who their Secret Santa was? Perfect for practicing using process of elimination, evaluating evidence, deducing, and mathematical reasoning.This logic puzzle makes a great warm-up activity, filler, or fast finishers activity. It can also be a fun holiday game. Or fit into a unit on critical th
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in: Holiday Mysteries and Puzzles Bundle: Four Critical Thinking Activities
THE AMAZING RACE: HOW TO GUIDE FOR ANY SUBJECT, NOVEL, OR UNIT OF STUDY!
Updated June 2019 with fixed spelling error and new format!Are you looking for something to engage your students before or during your unit of study?This activity is great way to engage your students and to get them excited is through playing in-class games and working together to accomplish new challenges. It is engaging, exciting, and interactive between students. This will involve movement, team work, and critical thinking. This is a How-To packet to help YOU plan, navigate, and make this les
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Critical Thinking Mystery Activity: Empty Bank
In this fun mystery activity that encourages discussion and critical thinking, students have to solve an odd riddle--why did 10 police drive up to a bank and surround it in the middle of the night, even though no one was inside! Can your students follow the clues to figure out what happened? They'll need to use logic and close reading to figure it out! The PowerPoint format makes it easy to share face-to-face in class or in online classes, distance learning, or remote learning (whatever we're c
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: The Complete Clue by Clue Critical Thinking Printable Activity Bundle
Distance Learning Critical Thinking Mystery: Millionaire Murder Google Slides
In this fun murder mystery activity for Google Slides, students have to follow the clues to figure out who killed the rich CEO of a powerful company at his home during a dinner party. Who can figure it out especially when he was found in a locked room? With multiple plot lines, this one feels like an old Agatha Christie cozy mystery. Was it a jealous husband? A corrupt lawyer? Whodunit?This product only includes the Google Slides VersionClick the links below to purchase other versions separatel
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Position Puzzles
The first, and most popular, chapter of THINKLERS! Position Puzzles are a great filler and good thinking activity for ANY classroom. Included are over 1700 puzzles!
These will keep you, or a classroom, engaged for HOURS!
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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TANGRAMS -- Shape Puzzles for an Interactive Challenge using Google Slides
This is an electronic version of Tangrams I developed as a classroom game that works with any subject and (almost) any grade level. Watch the VIDEO PREVIEW & INSTRUCTIONS.Essentially, each player or team gets a Google Slide page where they drag, rotate, and place pieces on their team's slide. There are 16 different puzzle images for students to match, with varying levels of difficulty. It comes with full instructions, solution images, and suggestions for use. I choose the hardest puzzles
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1st - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Brain Teasers Book [digital]
Visual Brainteasers Book will definitely feed your mind, light up your neurons, please the eye, and entertain you, too! There are over 50 puzzles inside. Designed to stretch logical thinking skills, these radiantly colorful puzzles challenge solvers to find matching sequences, determine which image doesn’t belong in a group, match similar items, find differing designs, and solve dozens of other clever conundrums. This Book has easy to medium colorful brain bending activities that both children a
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K - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Winter Holiday Christmas Movies Puzzles
FREE! Decipher the context clues and symbols to figure out the words to famous Christmas movie titles, such as:
Elf
Night Before Christmas
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
Santa Claus is Coming to Town
Frosty the Snowman
Nutcracker
Home Alone
White Christmas
Little Drummer Boy
Polar Express
Plus, have fun writing your own inferencing and logic Christmas movie puzzle at the end.
Fun activity for small/whole group with colorful illustrations and Answer Key (at end).
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Staff
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Distance Learning Critical Thinking Mystery Activity: The Weird Break-In PPT
In this fun mystery activity, students have to follow the clues to figure out why criminals broke into a store, but took nothing! A great way to teach and practice critical thinking skills!Also available as a printable Word doc or Google Slides.What is a Clue by Clue Mystery?It's a great warm-up, filler, or time killer for early finishers. Students are given a mystery to solve--whodunit or how did they do it or why. They have to figure it out by reading a series of clues, one at a time. As they
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Critical Thinking Mystery Game: Clue by Clue PowerPoint Bundle
An Unrelated Murder: Critical Thinking Mystery Printable Activity
In this engaging mystery activity that gets students using their critical thinking, skills, students have to guess why a man murdered a woman when police can't find any connection between them. Can your students think logically and use reading strategies to follow the clues and find the motive for the mysterious murder!This is a printable PDF edition designed to be used in the classroom for pair work or in small groups. However, it can also be adapted for individual work or worked through with t
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: The Complete Clue by Clue Critical Thinking Printable Activity Bundle
Art Quest - Workbook Game For Artists Looking To Get Into Video Games or Film
Help your student break into the Video Game or Film industry by learning how to produce Concept Art & Illustrations to build a portfolio! Art Quest is structured in a way that I personally have learned to improve as a professional artist (with 10+ years industry experience), and also in the way I help my mentees level up their skills.Become the Art Warrior you were meant to be by playing through this interactive Art Role Playing Game! Art Quest is designed to help you improve your art throug
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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2024 MICROSOFT OFFICE SUITE 2019/365 - (CERTIFICATION) JEOPARDY DICE GAME
Jeopardy is a wonderful game to play when you need to review a significant amount of material and want your students to stay involved. It can be used for a variety of ages ranging from elementary to high school. You will need to do some preparation work, but your students will reap many benefits as they explore teamwork and subject knowledge through an interactive game board.You can use Jeopardy for any topic or subject that your students have been studying. This game format is particularly bene
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Sudoku | Puzzle Books to Challenge Your Mind
Sudoku: Puzzle Books to Challenge Your MindSudoku is a logic-based number-placement puzzle that's become a worldwide phenomenon. It's simple to learn yet endlessly challenging, making it a perfect pastime for people of all ages and skill levels. And with so many Sudoku puzzle books available, there's always a new brain-twisting challenge waiting to be conquered.What is Sudoku?The objective of Sudoku is to fill a 9x9 grid with numbers so that each row, column, and 3x3 subgrid contains the numbers
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Among the Hidden Board Game
Product Description· Student Center Or Game Day Activity For Those Rainy Days!· Gives Students More Chances For Positive Reinforcement· Creative Problem Solving Strategies And Promotes Healthy Competition· Students Working Independently And Cooperatively· Addresses Individual Learning Styles· Students Learn And Teachers Monitor FREE RESOURCES – SAMPLE UNITS1. "You Wouldn’t Want To Live Without Trees"2. "Who Was Jesus"3. "The Holy Bible Board Game" MEGA SAVER PACKS1. "You Wouldn’t Want To Be Seri
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Critical Thinking Mystery Activity: Imprisoned
In this fun mystery activity that practices critical thinking and reading skills, students are given an odd situation—a robber is put in prison before she even has a chance to be arrested. Students read carefully and use logic to solve this fun, lighthearted brain teaser based on a true story.This is the printable PDF version which works well for group or pair work in class. Click here for the PowerPoint edition or Click here for the Google Slides edition.What is a Clue by Clue Mystery?It's a gr
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8th - 11th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: The Complete Clue by Clue Critical Thinking Printable Activity Bundle
Distance Learning Critical Thinking Mystery Activity: The Perfect Crime PPT
In this fun mystery activity, students have to follow the clues to figure out how a woman killed her husband without anyone suspecting anything!This activity can also be found in printable PDF form or as Google Slides.What is a Clue by Clue Mystery?It's a great warm-up, filler, or time killer for early finishers. Students are given a mystery to solve--whodunit or how did they do it or why. They have to figure it out by reading a series of clues, one at a time. As they receive each clue, they spe
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Critical Thinking Mystery Game: Clue by Clue PowerPoint Bundle
Leveled Sudoku Puzzles Games - Grid Puzzles & Sudoku Puzzles, Adults - PRINTABLE
⭐️⭐️⭐️ Leveled Sudoku Puzzles Games - Grid Puzzles & Sudoku Puzzles, Adults - PRINTABLE ⭐️⭐️⭐️Embark on a fascinating adventure of cognitive agility with our English Sudoku Puzzles! This compilation accommodates individuals of all skill levels, featuring puzzles ranging from easy to very challenging, meticulously crafted for adults.Engage your intellect, hone your concentration, and revel in the satisfaction of unraveling intricate puzzles. Whether you're a casual enthusiast or a seasoned so
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Higher Education, Adult Education
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The Hunger Games: Characters Fill-In Puzzle—Fun Downtime Activity!
THIS PRODUCT IS MEANT TO BE USED AFTER READING THE BOOK.
Note: These are challenging puzzles. Teachers may want to provide hints, allow students to work in pairs, or assign as homework.
This fill-in puzzle is based on 17 character names from THE HUNGER GAMES. Students insert words into the blank grid based on the number of letters each word contains and how it fits together with other words. Sample words:
* Katniss
* Peeta
* Rue
* Glimmer
* Buttercup
Excellent spelling workout!
And don’t
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6th - 9th, Higher Education
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