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Problem solving centers for Microsoft Word
Geo Block Designs
These designs are great when using tangrams or Geoblocks. Students can either lay their Geoblock on the design or try and copy the design. The colors on the shapes correlate with the colors and shapes of Geoblocks.
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PreK - 2nd
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Job Skill Boxes In Your Life Skills Classroom
This is a packet of ideas to make your own job skill boxes for your life skill class with direction cards for each and blank cards to make your direction cards. They can be adapted to any age or grade level but, are geared to the older students and the skills they need for transition from school to adult life.
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
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Asking Questions and Critical Thinking - Forming Inquiry / Research Questions
Help your students learn how to identify and ask higher-order thinking inquiry questions in class (science as well as other subject areas) and in life in general because this type of deep thinking promotes a richer classroom environment, critical thinking skills, and lifelong learning!
Getting students to think deeply about what they want to know and generating higher-order inquiry questions is a skill that often, in my experience, needs to be explicitly taught in order the help students from
Grades:
PreK - 9th, Staff
*EDITABLE* ABC Number Symbol Cipher Wheel Decoding Mystery Escape Room Puzzle
-Editable Decoding Wheel: numbers and letters and symbols and words-Build your own cipher wheel-The outer wheel contains 26 letter alphabet -The inner wheel contains numbers -You can edit to create a third wheel with symbols of your choice that can cypher code-Punch a hole in the centre and insert a paperclip or pin to spin the wheel.-Escape Room-Puzzles-Associations -Alphabet centres- Insert key pictures for Fundations Program-CSI unit (Caesar Shift)
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PreK - 7th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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SOLVE Strategy Checklist
Math problem solving checklist in English and Spanish. Promote thinking and organization in problem solving of mathematical tasks. Promotes entry points to the Math Practice Standards. Can also serve as an assessment of the students conceptual and procedural knowledge of a math task.
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
Problem Solver - Critical-Thinking and Problem-Solving Skill Building
Youth will practice their teamwork and critical thinking skills while solving real world problems and developing their entrepreneurial mindset in a competitive environment. Youth will create ideas for inventions using given items to build these soft skills.
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Not Grade Specific
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No Prob, Bob! - Workforce Readiness Exciting Lesson
Youth will go around the room to look at a variety of pictures that have something wrong happening in them. They will gain critical thinking, problem solving, and teamwork skills while finding problems, and then creating steps to solve the problem with their teams.
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2nd - 5th
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Marble Run Challenge - Teamwork, critical thinking, and STEAM development
Youth will use a few materials to get a marble from point A to point B without touching the marble with their hands throughout its journey between these points. They will gain necessary teamwork and positivity skills as well as use STEAM components to complete the task.
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Not Grade Specific
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BAM Cup - Career and Life Edition
Youth will play a fast-paced, highly interactive game where they stand in a circle, trying to bounce a pingpong ball into a cup before the person behind them catches up and slams his/her cup into theirs. They will answer life-related questions and help others along the way. They will focus on managing behaviors when they are elevated.
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Not Grade Specific
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Job Skill Boxes Part II For Your Life Skills Classroom
A second packet to use for creating job skill boxes in your Life Skills classroom or Transition class.Includes: Ideas; Directions Cards; Picture Cards; What Order Picture Blocks; Worksheets; also Blank CardsThey can be adapted to any age or grade level but, are geared to the older students and the skills they need for transition from school to adult life.
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
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STEM boxes
Use these labels to create your own STEM boxes for your students. Labels fit on plastic pencil cases (I used dollar store cases). Fill each STEM bin with the matching materials and watch your students' creative minds grow!
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K - 3rd
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Inferencing: This Is What Happened
My kids really had to think on this one but it improved their test scores. I have shared this with teachers at all levels K-12 and those teachers have found it has made a huge difference. Kids read, predict, reread, confirm and/or adjust their predictions but...they have to give the reasons for their thinking!
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2nd - 12th
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Roll And Record Game
Roll and Record is a two way game! You can add and subtract. This could be printed as a worksheet for partners, or independent work. Another idea would be to laminate and have students work on this with a dry erase marker to practice their addition and subtraction! They simply roll the dice and record the numbers. You could use one or two dice to challenge your students! It's could also be used during math stations!
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1st - 3rd
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Sequencing Fun: Unscramble the Stories! Distance Learning
This is a hands-on activity that provides three very simple stories, each of which need correct sequencing. (Please see the preview.) I developed it so that my students could actually PUT events in order, rather than simply writing numbers beside sentences in a workbook. Students enjoy this activity, remain engaged as they work, and offer me the chance to easily assess which ones have mastered the skill, and which ones need more help. Materials needed are construction paper, glue sticks, and s
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1st - 2nd
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Money, Money, Money, Money!!
Money, Money, Money!! Everyone loves to think about money!!
Each page holds two tasks that require higher level thinking skills. Copy the 19 cards on cardstock and cut them in half to make 38 different fun tasks that deal with money.
Use these cards to augment an economics or money unit. Or use them for those kids in your class that finish everything quickly.
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3rd - 6th
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Let's Plan a Vacation
Your students are going to plan a vacation for their family. First, they need to pick a destination. They will choose from Disney World in Orlando, Florida where they can enjoy the thrill of an amusement park or choose the mighty Grand Canyon in St. George, Utah where they can see camp, hike and enjoy one of the 7 natural wonders of the world.
In this highly motivational math project the students will figure gas mileage and cost. They will also calculate hotel, food and entertainment costs and c
Grades:
3rd - 6th
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ESL Science - make a floating compass
A little more involved but many junior students know directions in their native language and some in English as well.This lesson allows them to make a compass out of basic materials and to try it out with directions. It works well with the sundial lesson as they can find North before using their sundial to tell you the time!
Teachers explanation to follow on magnetism and why it points north.
They can take the compass home to show parents and they can teach their friends to make one.
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Make 10
This is a fun activity to help students with adding up to 10. This can also be used as a early finisher or fun independent activity to help practice basic addition operations.
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2nd - 5th
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Ice Cream Glyph
An end-of-the-year fun activity! Students will create a glyph in the form of a delicious bowl of ice cream.
This glyph is perfect for primary grades but can be adapted to kindergarten or preschool.
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Grades:
K - 3rd
Gallery Walk Template Instructions Organizers and Inference Questions Customize!
Gallery Walk Template Instructions Graphic Organizers and Inference and Conclusion Questions - CustomizableMany students struggle with how to document their analysis of primary and secondary sources and then synthesize the information into a meaningful flow in order to support their reasoning using evidence from a provided source. It is imperative that students have all of the tools available to help them to build the long-term analysis skills necessary to succeed.When students analyze primary a
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1st - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Reading Comprehension Worksheet: Sport of Baseball Theme - 6 Matching Questions
This cute Sports Reading Comprehension Activity is titled “Unlikely All-Stars." It starts with Nina, a baseball coach talking to her brother about her team’s weaknesses. When Nina lists the weaknesses of each player, her brother doubts that her team will win the next game. True to form, every player who has a weakness goofs up in the baseball game. Given the game mistakes, your students match the names of the players who had the weaknesses that would cause each specific mistake. Students then wr
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
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Science Experiments by Students
Students can teach the class with their very own experiments. Included is an example of how to write and prepare to present an any type of experiment to the class, a blank outline form for students to complete themselves, and rubric for teacher to assess experiment project in class.
Select enable editing to make your own modifications and view full document.
Grades:
3rd - 8th
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Post-It Together 4th Grade
Included: 6 multi-step Post-It Together templates, helpful suggestions for conducting the activity, sample student/group work, and templates that can be easily edited.
In this activity, students solve a multi-step word problem independently and then have the opportunity to share their strategy with three to four peers. Students provide their answers on sticky notes and post all group member strategies and answers on the provided template. Students work together to determine which solution/solut
Grades:
3rd - 5th
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Valentine Alphabet Code Printable
Valentine's Day is a day that teachers can reinforce learning in many ways by incorporating Valentine-themed activities. This Valentine Alphabet Code worksheet will keep students guessing as they use their decoding skills to reveal the secret Valentine message! Enjoy!
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K - 4th, Not Grade Specific
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