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Critical thinking science Common Core W.6.2d resources
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200 Daily Bell Work Writing Prompts (Grades 7/8)
Be prepared to teach your Grade 7/8 Language class with a year's worth of bell work writing prompts for Google Slides™! This resource is perfect for a soft start to the Language block and for creating a daily routine for your students to follow.This resource includes 200 writing prompts themed for each day of the week to spark student interest and promote engagement. The writing prompts also contain three sub-questions for those students who find it difficult to brainstorm ideas. With prompts an
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7th - 8th
Also included in: Grade 7 Ontario 2023 Language Bundle (FULL YEAR)
Esperanza Rising Novel Study Supplement - Nonfiction Close Reading Passages
Increase the rigor of any Esperanza Rising Novel Study Unit with this Close Reading Supplement!The Close Reading Passages let students dive deep into a close read, make annotations, and practice comprehension skills like using text evidence, identifying main idea and details, developing inferences, and using context clues to determine the meaning of vocabulary. Plus, students practice citing evidence from multiple sources while making text-to-text connections with the Literature Connection essa
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4th - 6th
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Types of Volcanoes Activity
Students will erupt with excitement when they work on this fun and flashy circlebook activity that examines three types of volcanoes! Fifteen mix-n-match templates feature ready-to-color illustrations of a Cinder Cone, a Composite Cone, and a Shield Volcano, complete with keys. For longer circle books, students can fill in additional templates with vocabulary words, create pages of volcano facts, research types of lava or the formation of volcanoes, or write a creative story about exploring a vo
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3rd - 8th
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Fact and Opinion Task Cards & Unit Plan | Perspective & Bias | Digital + Print
This 153 PAGE UNIT provides ENGAGING TASKS, TASK CARDS, LESSONS and RESOURCES to teach students the difference between FACT and OPINION as READERS and WRITERS through proven teaching strategies fostering CRITICAL THINKING and RESEARCH SKILLS. ⭐ AN ESSENTIAL MEDIA LITERACY SKILL FOR THE "MISINFORMATION" ERAWHAT'S INCLUDEDFact & Opinion Mini-Lesson and overviewLink to Google Slides Version for independent/interactive use16 Fact and Opinion Discovery Task cards (Digital + Print)16 Fact & O
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3rd - 9th
Growth Mindset Activities | Social Emotional Learning Bell Ringers | Volume 1
These fully-editable growth-mindset bell ringers will get your class thinking and are perfect for social emotional learning as well! With thought-provoking and engaging prompts, they can be used as individual writing prompts or large group discussion topics. Teachers agree that these bell ringers are perfect for daily warm ups or morning meetings. I’m so excited for your students to experience a variety of life-impacting questions to write about individually or discuss within groups.You will rec
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Not Grade Specific
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Growth Mindset Bell Ringers | 40 SEL Writing Prompts For Any Subject | Volume 2
These fully-editable growth-mindset bell ringers will get your class thinking and are perfect for social emotional learning as well! With thought-provoking and engaging prompts, they can be used as individual writing prompts or large group discussion topics. Teachers agree that these bell ringers are perfect for daily warm ups or morning meetings. I’m so excited for your students to experience a variety of life-impacting questions to write about individually or discuss within groups. You will r
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Snow Day Packet for Upper Grades (Digital & Print Versions)
The Upper-Grade Snow Day Digital & Print Packet is the answer to your prayers on an unexpected snow day! Everything your students will need to have an education-filled day from the comfort of their own home all assigned digitally or physically!You will get:3 different Language Arts lesson plans with accompanying worksheets tailored to each grade level (prefixes & suffixes, similes, and parts of speech)3 expertly leveled reading passages with comprehension questions to get your students w
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3rd - 6th
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Snow Day Packet for Upper Grades (Print Version)
The Upper-Grade Snow Day Packet is the answer to your prayers on an unexpected snow day! Everything your students will need to have an education-filled day from the comfort of their own home!You will get:3 different Language Arts lesson plans with accompanying worksheets tailored to each grade level (prefixes & suffixes, similes, and parts of speech)3 expertly leveled reading passages with comprehension questions to get your students working on their reading skillsHands-on science experiment
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Snow Day Packet for Upper Grades (Digital & Print Versions)
Wacky Animals Informative Writing Mini-Unit
One thing that I love about the new Common Core Standards is that they ask for students to writing regular short pieces of writing throughout the year in the three main writing disciplines: narrative, argument/opinion and informative.
The mini-unit I have created here asks for students to write an in-depth profile or report about a wacky animal. Kids love animals and bring some great background knowledge about them. This allows them to focus on the research and the writing, rather than deciph
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4th - 7th
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DESERT ANIMALS REPORT: INFORMATIVE WRITING: RESEARCH TEMPLATES PRINT & DIGITAL
⭐ 22 Boom Cards now included: Identifying desert animals (pre-research)⭐⭐Print and Digital Desert Animal Report File (Google Slides) included. Link in Pdf.⭐⭐⭐Separate sheets featuring U.S. Spellings and British English in Flipbook Templates, Rubrics, Checklists, and Vocabulary Flashcards included.***********************************************************************Scaffold the writing of an Informational Report on 30 desert animals with this bundled pack of templates both in print and digital
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2nd - 6th
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Also included in: Animal Research Templates Animal Reports Bundle Print & Digital
Debating Topics for Middle School: School and Education
Get your middle 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, refining y
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5th - 7th
Writing Exit Slips - BUNDLE (Grades 3-6) Print & Digital
Do you want your students reading with purpose and accountability? If so, this year long BUNDLE of over 250 writing exit tickets is for you! These response prompts can be printed and used in writing journals or used digitally in Google Classroom or the learning management system of your choice that supports Google Slides. This resource includes both printable and digital versions.This BUNDLE contains all five of my writing exit slip resources - Launching Writing Workshop with Personal Narratives
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3rd - 6th
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Endangered Animals Research and Advocacy Brochure Project
Students engage in research about a threatened or endangered animal of their choice. Included are a research outline, online resource list, online brochure template ( via Google Slides), grading rubric, and teacher notes. Students will not only learn about their animal, but become an advocate for their animal and use the brochure to persuasively write about how their animal can be helped.I use this project as a culminating activity for our ecosystems unit. Students have knowledge of food chains
Thanksgiving Craft Writing Prompt & Activities - Figurative Language
Looking for No PREP Thanksgiving Activities? Students will love this Doodle, Define, Draw and Decipher Thanksgiving workshop! Check out the set of activities that include Fall figurative language fun, Thanksgiving riddles and word search, as well as an engaging and fun-to-share Thanksgiving craftivity. Your students will love taking it home and challenging family members to add more!This resource is great for early finishers, centers, writing practice, or just some great enrichment for the week
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4th - 6th
Conversation Starters Package on Quality of Life
Generate inspiring class discussions with these thought-provoking conversation questions on the quality of life.What's included:A list of 12 thought-provoking questions for middle school students on the subject of quality of lifeActivities to fill in before and after discussion (Ensuring students know what is expected of them and what constitutes an effective and productive discussion) Useful expressions and transitions pages (Encouraging students to use and record a variety of useful expression
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Conversation Starters Packages: Growing Bundle
Number the Stars Novel Study Supplement - Nonfiction Close Reading Passages
Increase the rigor of any Number the Stars Novel Study Unit with this Close Reading Supplement!The Close Reading Passages let students dive deep into a close read, make annotations, and practice comprehension skills like using text evidence, identifying main idea and details, developing inferences, and using context clues to determine the meaning of vocabulary. Plus, students practice citing evidence from multiple sources while making text-to-text connections with the Literature Connection essa
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4th - 6th
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Women's History of Science Project
Celebrate Women's History Month and Women in STEM through this print and digital biography project. Students will research a famous woman in STEM using student-friendly links to complete a biography template. A template is included as a printable worksheet or digital Google Slide that can easily be presented in a classroom or virtual learning environment. This Women's History project allows teachers to integrate diversity in science, literacy, and research skills into their classroom. Like this
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4th - 6th
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Animal Report Template | Safari Animals | Research Project | Distance Learning
Build informative writing skills with safari animals! Species from the savanna make an engaging topic for students to research. Each student can write about their own safari animal. There is a complete research and writing guide included. The writing guide has 3 levels so you can differentiate for your students. It is also black and white, so very printer-friendly.⭐Save 20% With the entire research bundle!⭐⭐Click here to get the savanna animal research posters to go along with it!⭐Google Slides
Agriculture - Food & Garden - Word Puzzles
16 no-prep Word Puzzles and Literacy Worksheets for Agriculture - Food and Garden. Suits CTE, Agriculture, Plant and Soil Science, Food Processing, Food Science, Photosynthesis, Natural Resources, Family and Consumer Sciences, Integrated Science, Biology, Earth Systems, Ecosystems, Climate Change, Life Science, Land and Water Use, Plant Growth, Matter Cycles, Agriculture Production, School Garden, Farming. Suggested for Years 7-10+ / ages 12-17. The Food and Garden resources are an introduction
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7th - 10th
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NGSS:
4-LS1-1
, 5-LS2-1
, 5-LS1-1
Also included in: Agriculture - Food & Garden - BUNDLE
Creative Thinking Digital Writing for Google Drive® | Distance Learning
Go paperless with our Google Slides-ready creative thinking and explanatory writing resource! This Google Resource includes 30 interactive creative thinking scenarios for students to solve. Once three items have been chosen (independent thinking + choice!), the student can type a creative explanation of how they solved the problem. These activities are great for your thinking and exposition writing program in both a traditional classroom with some access to mobile learning through to a full 1:1
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Digital ELA Google Classroom Mega Bundle for Distance Learning
Debating Topics for Middle School: Family Life
Get your middle 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, refining
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5th - 7th
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Agriculture - Soils - Crosswords
23 no-prep Crossword Puzzles for Agriculture - Soils.Review and assess Agricultural: Food and Garden keywords and vocabulary at end of a topic.Suits CTE, Agriculture, Plant and Soil Science, Food Processing, Food Science, Photosynthesis, Natural Resources, Family and Consumer Sciences, Biology, Earth Systems, Ecosystems, Life Science, Land and Water Use, Plant Growth, Matter Cycles, School Garden, Cooking, Farming, and other related subjects.Suggested for Years 7-10+ / ages 12-17.The Soils resou
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7th - 10th
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MS-LS1-5
, 5-LS2-1
, 5-LS1-1
Also included in: Agriculture - MEGA BUNDLE I
Digital Human Body Systems Report - Science Research Project - 5th Grade
Click here to see a video preview of this product.This product provides you with both a printable and a digital file for supporting your students in producing a research report on the human body systems! The printable file is in color so it will need to be printed in grayscale for non-color printers. The students are taken through the process with graphic organizers and ideas for research websites. The students take notes on their sources, create "notecards" of information that they've found and
Conversation Starters Package on Humor
Generate inspiring class discussions with these thought-provoking conversation questions on humor.What's included:A list of 10 thought-provoking questions for middle school students on the subject of humorActivities to fill in before and after discussion (Ensuring students know what is expected of them and what constitutes an effective and productive discussion) Useful expressions and transitions pages (Encouraging students to use and record a variety of useful expressions and transitional phras
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5th - 8th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Also included in: Conversation Starters Packages: Growing Bundle
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Importance of learning science
Learning science is particularly important for students as it equips them with the essential knowledge and skills to make sense of the world around them. Science education is not just about memorizing facts. It fosters critical thinking, inquiry, and problem-solving abilities. These skills are not only useful in school but also in everyday life beyond the classroom.
Benefits of learning science
Learning science offers many benefits to students both in school and beyond. In fact, it helps students:
- Question the world around them and seek evidence-based explanations
- Cultivate their ability to observe, experiment, and analyze data
- Nurture a sense of curiosity, awe, and wonder about the natural world
- Understand natural phenomena and the laws that govern the universe
With a solid foundation in science, teachers can help empower students to think critically, solve problems, make informed decisions, and engage with the world around them in meaningful ways.
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One of the best parts about science class is all of the possibilities for hands-on, collaborative learning! Think: labs, experiments, inquiry-based activities, and design challenges. These activities encourage students to explore scientific concepts by observing, asking questions, and conducting investigations. Additionally, with small group centers, students can engage in group experiments, discussions, and projects that require them to collaborate, share ideas, and solve problems together.
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