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Critical thinking african history Common Core RI.6.1 resources
Describing & Inferring Details with Picture of the Day: Reading Photos "Closely"
***************************************Picture of the Day now available in Volume 2.Picture of the Day now available in Volume 3 (Google Slides compatible) posted 8/24/2020.***************************************This Picture of the Day product is a great way for students to practice three very important reading skills - observing details by being able to describe them and making inferences about what you notice and observe based on what you see and what you already know. Observing, describing an
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K - 6th
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Lunar New Year 2024 | Year of the DRAGON Reading Comprehension | Spring Festival
Chinese New Year in 2024 starts on Saturday, February 10th!It’s the Year of the DRAGON!Did you know that the Chinese believe that people born in the Year of the DRAGON are strong, tenacious, and ambitious? Do you know what the lucky colors and numbers are for people born during the Year of the DRAGON?Find out more by close-reading interesting text all about the Year of the DRAGON.Create a Cool DRAGON Collage, perfect for a 2024 Year of the DRAGON Bulletin Board!*** This resource has been updated
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4th - 7th
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Fake News Unit | Critical Thinking | Media Literacy | Fact Analysis & Research
Teaching students to navigate news and information on mainstream, traditional and social media as critical thinkers is essential in 2024. It is becoming increasingly difficult to separate FACTS and OPINIONS, SATIRE from LIES, and PERSUASION from PROPAGANDA in the "MISINFORMATION:" eraA well-grounded understanding of MEDIA-LITERACY is crucial in stopping FAKE NEWS and RADICALIZATION. And This PROVEN resource will teach your students the skills to identify, analyze and critique information throug
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5th - 10th
Describing & Inferring with Picture of the Day - Vol. 3 #hellopotd
This is Picture of the Day, Volume 3. Compatible with Google Slides.Picture of the Day, Volume 1 is my #1 Bestseller due to the high level of interest, engagement, language and higher order thinking. Volume 2 is sold here on TpT as well. See Picture of the Day Volume 1 to read over 1,700 comments left by buyers. When Picture of the Day is done daily, by the last day of school, your students will have taken an entire trip around the world! In 2018, Picture of the Day won an international award i
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K - 8th
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Science Picture of the Day Writing Prompts Science Morning Work Activity
Step into the fascinating world of picture writing prompts with “Science picture of the day!” Help your students explore science concepts while expanding their writing sentences during this journey of critical thinking and observation! This resource offers real-life science pictures that will foster inquiry-based learning and drive meaningful discussion, encouraging your students to use important science vocabulary, draw inferences, and connect science to their daily lives.These picture writing
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2nd - 5th
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Also included in: Ultimate Science Lesson Plan Units BUNDLE
Describing & Inferring with Picture of the Day - Vol. 2 #hellopotd
This is Picture of the Day, Volume 2. Picture of the Day, Volume 1 is my #1 Bestseller due to the high level of interest, engagement, language and higher order thinking. See Picture of the Day Volume 1 to read over 1,700 comments left by buyers. In my opinion, this set of 190 pictures is even better than the first set with people (young and old), places, scenes and objects with all 7 continents represented. When Picture of the Day is done daily, by the last day of school, your students will hav
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K - 8th
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West Africa Empires Web Quest! Ghana, Mali, Songhai, Mansa Musa, Salt Gold Trade
West Africa Empires Web Quest! Ghana, Mali, Songhai, Mansa Musa, Salt Gold Trade!This West Africa lesson is included in the larger unit on Islam and West Africa, located here:Islam and West Africa Unit Bundle!Purchase this and save significantly!--------------In this highly-engaging web quest on West Africa, students investigate the West African Empires of Axum, Ghana, Mali, and Songhai, as well as the impact and legacy of Mansa Musa and the Salt and Gold Trade that popularized West Africa.Sever
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4th - 8th
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Middle School Interactive Reading Log {Common Core Aligned}
Give your 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students meaningful homework where they can read a fiction or non-fiction text of their choice and apply a wide-variety of reading prompts to the section of the text they read each night. Interactive reading logs provide a necessary bridge between students, teachers, and parents. They were created using the 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th reading standards for literature and informational texts. Beyond the Common Core, the reading prompts will ensure that students a
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5th - 8th
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CHRISTMAS Crime Scene Investigation Activity | Winter Activities | ELF Enigma
Looking to add a little HOLIDAY Differentiation to your classroom? Hoping to keep it fun, yet academic? Check out this engaging and very popular Elf C.S.I. Activity!Students will love inferring and using deductive logic as they follow the Crime Scene Protocol and unlock the mystery of the Elf Enigma.Do you need a digital version of this activity? Click on the link belowELF ENIGMA - Digital VersionThis Christmas/Holiday Activity is an engaging hands-on workshop that’s super easy to set up. Looki
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4th - 6th
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Lincoln-Douglas Debate Format - Debate Outline, Graphic Organizer, and Rubric
Looking to engage your students in a style of debate that they’ll love? This debate outline teaches the Lincoln-Douglas debate format with a slideshow lesson, debate graphic organizer, teacher moderator script, and an editable debate rubric. Suitable for online learning with digital slide decks for Google Classroom®!Included with this Lincoln-Douglas Debate Format Outline:✏️ Lincoln-Douglas Debate Format Slideshow Lesson - Google Slides®, Microsoft PowerPoint®, & PDF✏️ Lincoln-Douglas Deba
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6th - 12th
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Star Wars Day Escape Rooms | May the Fourth Be With You Reading Passages | STEM
What better way to engage your students and enrich their learning than with these growth mindset passages, OUTER Space STEM Challenges, ESCAPE ROOMS and critical thinking activities that are centered around a FAVORITE FORCE theme?The activities in this BUNDLE add up to about 9+ hours of INTERGALACTIC FUN!*~*~Make it a real party and add a fun appetizer!~*~*Students can easily make this appetizer in the classroom with a little help from adult TROOPERS. It's a fun and engaging activity called, 're
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4th - 8th
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Mystery Reading Comprehension | Making Inferences | CSI
This Crime Scene Investigation Activity has everything you need for an engaging hands-on experience that reinforces critical thinking, inference, and good old-fashioned common sense! Did someone say, CANDY? This workshop requires a little bit for investigation purposes. It's up to you if you want your students to sample the evidence afterward.**Note that a variety of candy is required for the hands-on investigation. Suggested candies are listed in the Teacher's Directions.This critical thinking
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4th - 6th
Nonfiction Independent Reading Journal - Middle School English
Nonfiction Independent Reading
This reading response resource is interactive and perfect for assessing nonfiction independent reading. Better yet, it covers ALL of the informational text standards! It is easy to use, simple to grade, and can be assigned over and over again for books or articles.
We all know how important independent reading is, but it’s not always easy to hold students accountable without issues such as...#1. Driving yourself crazy with all of the grading involved; #2. Knowing
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6th - 8th
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Latitude Longitude Worksheets and an Ancient Egyptian Map -Geography
This resource is a two worksheet lesson on latitude and longitude using a map of Ancient Egypt. It provides map reading practice as well as background information on Ancient Egypt. There is a Key provided. Good geography practice for all middle school students.This lesson is google classroom ready.Please e-mail me with any questions about this resource or suggestions for future resources at: ljmccormick33@yahoo.com. If you are dissatisfied in any way, please contact me right away by email or
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5th - 9th
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STEM Problem Solving Service Learning Project
Help your students to think critically, develop good character traits, improve our world, and create heartfelt persuasive writing using the 8 components of this project:
Inspirational Quotes
Random Acts of Kindness
Kids Improving Our World Research Project
STEAM Project - Identifying a Real World Problem and working on a Solution
Online Giving Challenge
Oral Presentation
Carousel Presentations & Scavenger Hunt
Comparing Themes with "A Dolphin's Tale
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4th - 12th, Higher Education
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Webquest or Internet Scavenger Hunt Grades 5-10
The goal of this webquest lesson is to build your students' research skills and their ability to find reliable resources when asked to research a topic. This is an internet scavenger hunt. Students answer the questions by using a search engine to locate the requested information. There are a variety of engaging questions that your students will enjoy locating the answers for. There is a chart where they are asked to answer questions, provide the URL where the information is found, and to writ
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5th - 10th
Also included in: Social Studies, Science, Language Arts, & Health Webquest Bundle
Intro to Africa Unit BUNDLE | Geography Culture History Modern Issue | Microsoft
This Intro to Africa BUNDLE explores the continent’s geography, cultures, history and modern issues. The activities are engaging for students & the guided lesson formats are easy for you to use! Build or enrich your curriculum with a variety of FUN materials both you and your students will LOVE! The bundle has print & interactive, digital versions of the resources. Made for traditional in-class learning or digital 1:1 classrooms. Everything you need is included!Includes Microsoft Resourc
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6th - 12th
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"Mansa Musa" + Article, Power Point, Activities, Assessment
Historians aren't exactly sure what year Mansa Musa was born, and they can't even agree on when he died. But they can agree on one thing .... HE LIVED ! A brief Article and Power Point reveal Mansa Musa, the richest man in recorded history - highlighting his accomplishments and impact - including his pilgrimage to Mecca. Activities and Assessment included.Lesson includes: - 3-Page Illustrated Biography- 28-Slide Power Point Presentation - Multiple Choice / Document Based Question Assessm
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5th - 9th
Claims and Evidence Information Text Mystery Short Fiction Story Activity
Mystery stories are perfect for getting to grips with claims, evidence and reasoning. Get students engaged in reading, following ideas, understanding cause-and-effect relationships, and predicting outcomes. In a mystery, the reader has to employ inference skills to understand the story and identify clues. This fun, mystery story activity pack will improve students’ comprehension and inference as they employ detective skills to find the guilty suspects. With loads of fun activities to turn your r
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5th - 9th
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Critical Thinking Activity: The Candy Thief Halloween Mystery Game
In this fun mystery activity with a Halloween twist, students investigate who stole a bag of candy from a trick or treater. There are three witness, but one of them is lying. Can your students read their statements, use their critical thinking, logical reasoning, and textual analytic skill to figure out who the liar is? This is the printable PDF Version, perfect for group work in class. You can also find it in other formats: Click here for the PowerPoint Version and a Click here for the Google S
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3rd - 8th
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Also included in: Holiday Mysteries and Puzzles Bundle: Four Critical Thinking Activities
Unit of Study: Enigmas | Research Study | The Pyramids | Yeti | Nazca Lines
Students will use the scientific method to research and explain a chosen enigma. They will complete research from a variety of sources and compare various theories in order to come to their own conclusion regarding the enigmas explanation. This unit of study was originally developed and implemented in a gifted and talented pull out program, however it can easily be used in a traditional classroom or as an independent research study. Each lesson plan follows a 6E model of teaching: Engage, Explo
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4th - 6th
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Teaching Inference Using Historical Pictures | Literacy Center | Quick Activity
Engage your students in literacy and history with this quick and easy teaching inference activity that uses historical pictures! Perfect for literacy centers or last-minute social studies activities. Great for SUB PLANS! WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THIS BUNDLE: 51 historical images from the Public DomainStudent handoutDirections for teachersDirections for studentsRubric for scoringI use this activity in a LITERACY CENTER! Teach your students inferential thinking by analyzing historical images and make a
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5th - 8th
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Mystery Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions 3rd 4th Grade Mysteries
Your 3rd, 4th and 5th grade students will love this engaging mystery reading comprehension passage. The questioning pack will get them reading critically, making inferences and predictions, and collecting evidence. This is the perfect activity for students who are not the best readers and who struggle with understanding what they have read.This engaging mystery story will hone those important comprehension and inference skills as students employ detective skills to analyze the text and find the
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3rd - 6th
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Latitude and Longitude Webquest or Internet Scavenger Hunt- Geography
The goal of this webquest lesson is to build your students' research skills and their ability to find reliable resources when asked to research a topic. This is an internet scavenger hunt. Students answer the questions by using a search engine to locate the requested information. There are a variety of engaging questions that your students are required to answer in two ways. They are asked to identify a place from clues and then to list its coordinates. There is an optional review lesson w
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5th - 10th
Also included in: Social Studies Bundle- 11 Powerpoints, Worksheets, Games, and Webquests
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