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Critical thinking Common Core RF.2.3 resources
Logic Puzzles & Brain Teasers Enrichment Activities Early Finishers Yearlong Set
Challenge & excite your students with this Daily Logic Puzzles & Brain Teasers Yearlong Set for Early Finishers.  This BEST SELLING set of Logic Puzzles & Brain Teasers can be used in a variety of ways in your classroom to engage your students in fun & challenging ways! Easy-to-use, and substitute friendly, this set of 180 daily logic puzzles & brain teasers will motivate your students while targeting problem-solving, critical thinking, inferencing, patterning, word building,
Grades:
1st - 4th
Fun Food Escape Room | 2nd Grade Reading | Digital Google Forms | Teamwork
Help!!! There was an explosion in the science lab and all the cafeteria food has came alive. The food is trying to eat everyone at school. Help us find the antidote in the science lab to turn all this food back to normal.This is an escape room like activity in which students complete language arts tasks and use problem solving skills. Students are very EXCITED and ENGAGED when working through this activity. Students will have to solve problems and follow the directions in a scavenger like hunt w
Grades:
2nd - 3rd
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End of the Year Camping Activities: Theme Camp Days With Camp Themed STEM Bundle
Do you dread the end of the year hustle and bustle? There is just so much to do and so little time! Not anymore, my friend. End of the year activities have never been more engaging, time-producing for teachers, and just plain AWESOME than with this End of Year Camp Themed Week Long Unit BUNDLE with Camp STEM included! Keep teaching until the end WHILE giving yourself TIME to get everything done at SCHOOL. This BUNDLE includes both the Digital and Print camp unit PLUS Camp STEM Challenges all in
Grades:
1st - 3rd
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
Beach Day Activities End of the Year Activities & End of the Year Memory Book
This week-long Beach Themed Week for 1st and 2nd graders offers fun end-of-year activities, memory book creation, math review, science, and social studies exploration. Keep kids engaged and allow teachers to work at school with this exciting end-of-year adventure!Instead of feeling like pulling your hair out the last week of school, enjoy your students AND get things done with this end-of-the-year beach/surf-themed unit. The beach unit has activities for reading, writing, math, science, and soc
Grades:
1st - 3rd
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Also included in:Â End-of-the-Year Activities Beach Theme Beach Days Activities Bundle
2nd Grade Reading | BUNDLE | 4 Fun Escape Rooms | Digital & Classroom | Teamwork
This bundle includes 4 escape room like activities that students complete ELA tasks to solve mysteries. This is an adventure bundle with activities that can involve critical thinking and cooperative learning. The activities included in this bundle are Attack of the Cafeteria Food, Escape Oz, Attack of the Carnival Rides, & Escape the Nightmare.These escape room like activities have students complete ELA tasks and use problem solving skills. Students are very EXCITED and ENGAGED when worki
Grades:
2nd - 3rd
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Fun Game Escape Room | 2nd Grade Reading | Digital Google Forms | Teamwork
Oh no!!! There was a weird lighting storm at the carnival. Lighting hit the carnival and made everything come alive. Now all the rides are trying to attack everyone. We must find the Wizard at the carnival to help change everything back.This is an escape room like activity in which students complete language arts tasks and use problem solving skills. Students are very EXCITED and ENGAGED when working through this activity. Students will have to solve problems and follow the directions in a scave
Grades:
2nd - 3rd
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End of the Year Activities: Last Day of School Theme Weeks End of Year 2nd Grade
Do you dread the end-of-the-year hustle and bustle? There is just so much to do and so little time! Not anymore, my friend. Get ready for a classroom transformation! End-of-the-year activities have never been more engaging, time-producing, and just plain AWESOME than with these End of the Year-Themed Weeks! There is even an all about me worksheet included in each theme week. Keep teaching until the end WHILE giving yourself TIME to get everything done at SCHOOL. Also perfect for summer review.*
Grades:
1st - 2nd
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Fun Oz Escape Room | 2nd Grade Reading | Digital Google Forms | Teamwork
Oh no!!! A tornado!!! We are in trouble. Now we are in Oz. Please help us get home.This is an escape room like activity in which students complete language arts tasks and use problem solving skills. Students are very EXCITED and ENGAGED when working through this activity. Students will have to solve problems and follow the directions in a scavenger like hunt working on language arts concepts along the way. The teacher may need to help guide students on the correct path. This activity can be done
Grades:
2nd - 3rd
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Cause & Effect Fairy Tales - Fact or Opinion - Reading Comprehension
This loaded resource is a FUN way for your students to practice CAUSE and EFFECT, FACT and OPINION, and Building Sentences! There are over 150 pages to pick and choose which activities are appropriate for your students to practice cause and effect, fact, and opinion and scrambled sentences (build-a-sentence) with favorite fairy tales. Save MORE THAN 20% when you buy this BUNDLE! This resource is perfect for 1st and 2nd graders, and many of our 3rd graders love it too. Be sure to check the prev
Grades:
1st - 2nd
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Sports Day End of the Year STEM & Activities End of the Year Science Activity
Do you dread the end-of-the-year hustle and bustle? There is just so much to do and so little time! Not anymore, my friend. End-of-the-year activities have never been more engaging, time-producing for teachers, and just plain AWESOME than with this End of Year Sports Themed Week Long Unit with Sports STEM included! Keep teaching until the end WHILE giving yourself TIME to get everything done at SCHOOL. This BUNDLE includes the print Superhero unit PLUS Superhero STEM Challenges all in one!Be sur
Grades:
1st - 3rd
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
Room Transformation Bundle | Theme Days for the Primary Classroom
A collection of theme day activities and/or room transformation plans and activities. These were designed with first and second graders in mind. Theme days and room transformations are such a big hit in my classroom. They are fun and engaging and something to break up the routine and keep excitement for learning at the forefront! These are a great option for review days, once a quarter or seasonally. I will be adding more as I complete them.Here's What You Get:Back to school read aloud (20 socia
Grades:
1st - 3rd
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End of the Year Activities: Superhero Days With Superhero Themed STEM Bundle
Do you dread the end-of-the-year hustle and bustle? There is just so much to do and so little time! Not anymore, my friend. End-of-the-year activities have never been more engaging, time-producing for teachers, and just plain AWESOME than with this End of Year Superhero Themed Week Long Unit with Superhero STEM included! Keep teaching until the end WHILE giving yourself TIME to get everything done at SCHOOL. This BUNDLE includes the print Superhero unit PLUS Superhero STEM Challenges all in one!
Grades:
1st - 3rd
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
Morning Journal (Prompts and Printables)
Start your morning off with an easy routine. This morning work pack includes cut and glue prompts and printable journals with over 300 prompts. These prompts include Mathematical Monday, Try it Out Tuesday, Wordy Wednesday, Thinking Thursday, and Fun Fact Friday. Students are able to practice their math, grammar, reading, and writing skills in an engaging format. This pack is designed for second graders but would also work for review in third grade and advanced first graders. Download the previe
Grades:
2nd
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CCSS:
Literature Circles (Book Club) Graphic Organizers with Extensions!
Literature Circles are a fantastic way to incorporate a love of reading in students by encouraging independent learners with higher level conversations! Great for grades 1-8, these graphic organizers will last you all year! There are many jobs/roles to choose from and additional pages of similar roles to increase by ability throughout the year.
An wonderful addition to this set is EXTENSION GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS! This is not "when you're finished do a worksheet or go on the computer"!!! This is cr
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Grades:
1st - 8th
Escape Room Break Out Box Game, Valentine's Day Elementary Edition (Mini)
Get ready to dive into an exciting escape-room style adventure with this break-out game designed to review the greatest love story of all times (Christ's selfless act of love, John 3:16) with your elementary students. From the most reluctant to the most advanced, all of your students will be 100% engaged in solving the clues in this interactive lock box game. Student Experience: In this mini escape game with a flexible three-ways-to-play format, students will race against the clock to help put
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Grades:
1st - 4th
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Making Inferences with Picture Books|Comprehension Strategy|2nd Grade Bundle #3
This set of lesson plans, resources, and activities is for use with "Amazing Grace" by Mary Hoffman"Fly Away Home" by Eve Bunting"Peppe the Lamplighter" by Elisa Bartone"The Rainbow Fish" by Marcus Pfister These resources have been carefully designed to include all the components necessary for effective instruction. They are super flexible and can be used for whole group instruction, as a supplement to your read aloud, for small group work, and centers. No matter how you use these resources, t
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Grades:
2nd
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Reading Comprehension Game Using Fairy Tales
Your students will love this comprehension game using Fairy Tales! Students should be familiar with the four Fairy Tales (The Three Pigs, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Jack and the Beanstalk and Little Red Riding Hood) before playing this game.Teachers are saying:"SUCH a great literacy center! My kiddos loved it! Way to go! Thanks!""Quality product! I will continue to use this product each year in my classroom.""Awesome game to review comprehension and story elements. Thank you for this resour
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Making Words - Summer Edition
Making words is an excellent balanced literacy activity that challenges students to manipulate letters and find as many words as possible. It focuses on phonemic awareness and spelling patterns in a way that engages the students and encourages them to think critically. This activity can be used in a small group, or as an independent activity or literacy center. This product includes 10 summer themed making word activities and possible answer lists.How to get TpT Credits for future purchases:Wh
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2nd - 5th
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Smartboard Color Word Mix Up - 3 Levels
*Updated October 2019 for a fresh new look with the same great activities:) * 3 differentiated and interactive levels with self checking pull tabs *new fonts*updated clip art Looking for students to learn their color words on the Smart Board? This activity can be used Whole Group, Small Group or individually and is a GREAT addition to your literacy stations. My kids LOVE building these words! Differentiation is key to meeting our students' varied needs and this activity will allow for your child
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PreK - 3rd
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Dr. DooRiddles A3: Fun Associative Reasoning Riddle Activities for Grades 2-3
This 48-page printable PDF ebook for 2nd and 3rd graders is packed full of brain-scratching riddles that develop students' fluency and understanding of word meanings and associations. These riddles also develop spelling, vocabulary, reading, critical thinking and creative problem-solving skills. Everyone loves the mystery of a riddle and Dr. DooRiddles will bring laughter, groans,and challenges (perhaps for as much as a week or more per riddle) to you and your students.Perceiving relationships b
Grades:
2nd - 3rd
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Who Tore Out the Book Endings- Mystery
Are you starting up a mystery unit? Perhaps Lucy Calkin's Mystery series? Are you just looking for a fun activity to do with your students that makes students think and excited to read?!
I started our mystery unit with this activity for students to act as DETECTIVES. Never have I seen my kiddos so excited. This activity definitely hooked them into the idea of mysteries and set them up with the enthusiasm needed to have a successful mystery unit ahead!
The discussions students had as a result
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Grades:
2nd - 6th
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3rd Grade August Back To School Math and ELA Morning Work Spiral Review Pack
Boost retention of second grade standards and ready your third graders for new skills with this comprehensive spiral review morning work of math and ELA standards. It's a carefully-crafted resource that includes 20 days of engaging activities. It's a perfect morning work or summer tutoring resource!Each day offers two pages of content, providing a well-rounded approach to learning. The first page features four sections covering reading, language arts, math, and COGAT Review Questions. On the sec
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2nd - 3rd
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Counting Syllables Worksheet with Syllable Definition and Answer Key
It's a simple but effective way for children to become acquainted with syllables. This comprehensive worksheet provides a definition as well as 20 grade-appropriate words with which students count syllables. A detailed answer key is included.
Grades:
K - 2nd
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Dr. DooRiddles A1: Fun Associative Reasoning Early Learning Riddle Activities
This 48-page printable PDF ebook for Preschool through Grade 2 is packed full of brain-scratching riddles that develop students' fluency and understanding of word meanings and associations. These riddles also develop spelling, vocabulary, reading, critical thinking and creative problem-solving skills. Everyone loves the mystery of a riddle and Dr. DooRiddles will bring laughter, groans, and challenges (perhaps for as much as a week or more per riddle) to you and your students. Perceiving relatio
Grades:
PreK - 2nd
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