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Critical thinking Common Core CCRA.R.1 resources
Camping Themed End of the Year Activities for 3rd & 4th grade - All Subjects
Do you want an engaging end of the year unit? Relate camping to science, social studies, math, and reading in 3rd or 4th grade!! All activities are rigorous, engaging, and upper elementary focused!You can transform your classroom into a campground or just work through a theme, either way these high level activities will keep your students engaged!How will this help the teacher and student?Engagement- Students will be engaged the ENTIRE time you are learning about camping and working with the the
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3rd - 4th
Also included in: End of the Year BUNDLE Activities, Awards, Writing, Camping, and more
Early Finishers Logic Puzzles Enrichment Activities Fast Finishers
Are you looking for ways to incorporate critical thinking and reasoning skills into your classroom? These 10 logic puzzles would be perfect as enrichment activities and for fast / early finishers and gifted and talented students! They would also work well as morning work and homework.I have always enjoyed doing logic puzzles myself and decided to make some of my own for my students. In my class, * I introduce logic puzzles by doing one as a whole group. * Then, I let them work on one with a part
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2nd - 4th
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Reading Logic Puzzles Activities for Enrichment
Enrich and extend your reading lessons and student reading comprehension with these reading logic puzzles that help students solve a fun reading mystery. They are the perfect way to build critical thinking in 3rd, 4th and 5th grades. Help your students increase their logical reasoning in a way that’s so much fun!This reading mystery has an engaging baseball theme! There are a total of SEVEN logic puzzles for students to solve. One logic puzzle is meant for practice. FOUR puzzles help students so
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Reading Logic Puzzles Activities for Enrichment | BUNDLE
ELA Escape Room - Escape the School Reading Comprehension Activities
Are you looking for an activity that is so much fun students won't even notice they're learning? Here you go! Use this escape room as an end-of-year team-building activity or ANY time you want to strengthen students' reading comprehension skills, provide figurative language practice, and hone their critical thinking and problem solving skills.This engaging breakout is immersive and fun! Your students are trapped in school by a giant who thinks they are way too clever. They will be there forever.
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Escape Room: School, Forest, and Planet
Crime Scene Activity: Analyzing Primary and Secondary Source Evidence
“The Case of the Student Teacher Gone Missing” is an activity that asks students to solve a crime based on their analysis of evidence. First students must classify the twelve pieces of evidence as primary or secondary source evidence. Then students must decide which type of evidence they will use: primary or secondary, and explain why. Finally, students will analyze each piece of relevant evidence to draw conclusion about who the guilty teacher might be. You can use the case as is or personalize
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6th - 8th
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Escape Room Context Clues and Inferences for Middle School English
This creative escape room adventure is a well-organized context clue breakout with a fun sci-fi twist! Your students are visiting relatives on the planet Nonsensica, but their only map home to Earth has been torn to shreds. They'll have to stay forever...unless they can work in teams to solve a series of FUN context clue and inference challenges!*This unit was updated on 2/26/20. We made it even faster and easier to set up! We also added photo props and an early finisher coloring page.What have
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Escape Room: School, Forest, and Planet
MORE MINI MYSTERIES: 20 Fun Mystery Stories & Reading Comprehension Activities
Grab your reluctant readers' attention with these short, high-interest mysteries! No prep worksheets sure to improve reading comprehension.Follow along with Detective Cody as she solves these 20 intriguing "whodunits" mysteries. Reading comprehension and critical-thinking skills get a workout as students read each mystery, then follow the clues to their logical conclusions. Clever questions and activities encourage students to find facts, read for details, analyze situations, make inferences, p
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2nd - 6th
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End of the Year Reading Logic Puzzles | Activities for Enrichment
Enrich and extend your reading lessons and student reading comprehension with these End of the Year themed reading logic puzzles that help students solve a fun summer camp reading mystery. They are the perfect way to build critical thinking in 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades. Help your students increase their logical reasoning in a way that’s so much fun and perfect for the holiday!This reading mystery has an engaging summer camp theme that is just perfect for the end of the year! There are a total of
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Reading Logic Puzzles Activities for Enrichment | BUNDLE
READING RESPONSE JOURNAL: For Any Novel, Printable & Digital Bundle
Elevate your Middle School ELA curriculum with these comprehensive reading response activities that cover 24 reading skills and can be used with any novel! Whether you're delving into classic novels, fostering literature circles, nurturing independent reading, or facilitating read-aloud discussions, this resource enriches student engagement and accountability.Perfectly tailored for grades 6, 7, and 8, this resource empowers middle school ELA teachers to spark deeper comprehension, critical think
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5th - 8th
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Reading Logic Puzzles Activities for Enrichment | BUNDLE
Are you looking for the BEST way to enrich and extend your reading lessons? Need to build reading comprehension in a way that also uses critical thinking skills? These reading logic puzzles are the resource you need in your classroom! These logic puzzle sets are a great way to build critical thinking in 3rd, 4th and 5th grades. Help your students increase their logical reasoning in a way that’s so much fun!Which sets of Reading Logic Puzzles are included in this bundle?Reading Logic Puzzles (no
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3rd - 5th
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End of Year Escape Room Reading, Writing, & Following Directions
This FUN, EASY TO USE breakout activity is perfect to use before any vacation or at the end of the year! WHAT IS THE BACK STORY FOR THIS ESCAPE ROOM?Your kids arrive at camp and it doesn't exactly look like it does in the brochure. In fact, it is an awful wreck of a place! Luckily, the greatest counselor in the world is willing to secretly help them escape to the camp across the lake, which is the camp of their dreams! With every challenge they complete, kids will earn the parts to the vehicle t
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5th - 8th
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Student Lawyers: Criminal Court Mock Trials & Cases with PowerPoint
Students will get the opportunity to be lawyers and prosecute or defend an accused person in a criminal trial (11 total). Each group will consist of 2 lawyers (prosecuting and defending), and an accused person. The teacher will act as the judge and guide the jury as they vote on the verdict. The majority vote determines the verdict. This unit includes court brief handouts, directions, and PowerPoint explaining how the cases will proceed. Visit our store for much more helpful and free stuff!Crim
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Weekly Reading Logs: Skill based
Do you want to take your students reading logs to the next level??? Check out these skill based, weekly reading logs! These reading logs help your students use critical thinking skills to develop and analyze their reading. Help your students think deeply and actively comprehend what they read by pairing the week's reading log to your weekly learning targets! How it works: First, choose which template to use for the week. Students will have this in their guided reading or take home folder. Studen
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K - 2nd
Also included in: Reading Comprehension Print and Go Bundle
MINI MYSTERIES BUNDLE: 46 Fun Mystery Stories & Reading Comprehension Activities
Reading comprehension skills are sure to improve with these engaging activities and worksheets. Kids love a good mystery... and they won't be disappointed with the 46 "who-dunits" detectives Sam Sherlock and Bree Cody encounter in this captivating skills-based set of mysteries. Question pages encourage fact-finding, analyzing clues, predicting outcomes, and solving each mystery! The high-interest format is sure to involve even the most reluctant readers. Guaranteed to be a favorite for both s
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2nd - 7th
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Movie Response Unit | Film Analysis & Review | Media Literacy | Digital & Print
⭐ Make MOVIES and VISUAL TEXTS A MEANINGFUL learning opportunity in 2024 with this UPDATED and engaging collection of FILM STUDY graphic organizers, activities and tools your students will love. ⭐ All the hard work is done for you with NO PREPARATION REQUIRED for this DIGITAL and PRINT MEDIA LITERACY resource.This collection of 27 INDEPENDENT TASKS and GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS takes students beyond the hype, special effects and trailers to look at visual literacy from several perspectives, offering D
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5th - 8th
Also included in: Innovative Substitute Teaching Bundle | No Prep Sub Plans
Complete Mystery Unit for The Eleventh Hour by Graeme Base
The Eleventh Hour: A Curious MysteryThis unit for The Eleventh Hour: A Curious Mystery by Graeme Base was developed with gifted students in mind. The puzzles presented are challenging, engaging, and varied. Along with visual puzzles, there is plentiful word play, including puns, idioms, and ambiguity of language which requires students to make leaps of inference and hone deductive reasoning skills. Included in this resource, you will find:A detailed unit planStudent detective pages, including
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3rd - 6th
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Holiday Reading Logic Puzzles Activities for Enrichment | Christmas Reading
Happy Holidays! Enrich and extend your reading lessons and student reading comprehension with these HOLIDAY themed reading logic puzzles that help students solve a fun reading mystery. They are the perfect way to build critical thinking in 3rd, 4th and 5th grades. Help your students increase their logical reasoning in a way that’s so much fun and perfect for the season!This reading mystery has an engaging winter holiday theme! There are a total of SEVEN logic puzzles for students to solve. One l
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Reading Logic Puzzles Activities for Enrichment | BUNDLE
Enrichment End of Year Logic Puzzles Critical Thinking English & Spanish
Are you looking for ways to incorporate critical thinking into your classroom? These 8 End of Year logic puzzles would be perfect as enrichment activities and for fast finishers and high flyers! English and Spanish versions included. They would also work well as morning work and homework.In my third grade class, * I introduce logic puzzles by doing one as a whole group. * Then, I let them work on one with a partner. * Finally, I let them try them on their own. Your gifted and talented students w
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2nd - 4th
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Also included in: 96 Logic Puzzles Bundle in Spanish & English Enrichment Activities
Murder on Crimson Express Escape Room Mystery Escape Middle School Escape
⭐Welcome to Murder on the Crimson Express, a team-building virtual escape room. This virtual escape room is a traditional puzzle escape made to build problem-solving and reasoning skills, made shorter to be done within an hour. It includes a paper notes sheet and a "We solved it" poster. The entire escape, includes 6 locks plus a final puzzle at the end to determine whodunnit! ⭐⭐The entire escape is played from one link. No Google form is used! It's all virtual and all ready to play! Players wil
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6th - 12th
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The Sinking of the Lusitania: Solve the WWI Mystery w Primary Source Analysis!
Perhaps one of the most important events of World War One, the sinking of the Lusitania has fascinated kids and adults for years. Use this mystery to harness that fascination and engage students in an inquiry-based mission that they will remember all year long!In this mystery, students are posed with an engaging scenario - they are CIA Agents that must piece together once and for all how and why the Lusitania sank. They are presented with a variety of "exhibits," all cleverly designed to engage
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5th - 12th
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Also included in: GROWING WWI BUNDLE: Higher Order Thinking WWI Activities (SS5H2)
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
Halloween Reading Logic Puzzles Activities for Enrichment
Happy Halloween! Enrich and extend your reading lessons and student reading comprehension with these HALLOWEEN reading logic puzzles that help students solve a fun reading mystery. They are the perfect way to build critical thinking in 3rd, 4th and 5th grades. Help your students increase their logical reasoning in a way that’s so much fun and perfect for the season!This reading mystery has an engaging fall and Halloween theme! There are a total of SEVEN logic puzzles for students to solve. One l
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Halloween Literacy Activities | Bundle
Halloween Activity ESCAPE ROOM: Escape the Haunted House
This spooktacular Halloween adventure begins when your students receive a mysterious invitation to a local haunted house. Once there, they will find out they cannot leave until they use their "smart kid brains" to help their hosts solve a ghastly ghost mystery.The fun will begin with a spooky PowerPoint Show/Film. Then, using critical thinking, problem-solving, and reading comprehension, kids will have to follow directions carefully. They will complete creative CHARACTERIZATION, OBSERVATION, and
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: HOLIDAY ESCAPE ROOM BUNDLE: Snow Globe, Valentine's Day, & Halloween
Back to School Escape Room - Growth Mindset & Team Building
This Back to School Escape Room is designed specifically for middle school! There are even FOUR possible solutions, so you won't have to worry about "leaked" info. if you have multiple classes!The escape room adventure begins when YOU- the most awesome teacher in the history of the world- plan a back to school field trip! Your goal is to work on team building and following directions while your kids learn about sailing an old ship, but things go amiss when a certain sea god gets involved. In ord
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6th - 8th
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