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Critical thinking Common Core RI.9-10.10 resources
Listening Skills Podcasts 5-Pack Listen & Learn Bundle #1 PDF Google Drive CCSS
Students need to be able to sit and listen to a passage or short audio program, take notes, recall information, and then answer critical thinking questions about the material. To help prepare students for online learning, I’ve scoured the internet to find high-interest, school-appropriate podcasts that fit within one class period.In this bundle of five Listen & Learn activities, students will listen to a podcast (runtime for each episode is between 15 and 28 minutes) focused on a variety of
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Listening Skills Podcast Activity, Listen & Learn #1, PDF & Google Drive, CCSS
Students need to be able to sit and listen to a passage or short audio program, take notes, recall information, and then answer critical thinking questions about the material. To help prepare students for our e-learning world, I’ve scoured the internet to find high-interest, school-appropriate podcasts that fit within one class period. In this Listen & Learn activity, students will listen to a 19-minute podcast focused on the case of Tony, the tiger, an animal that serves as a roadside attra
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8th - 11th
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Digital Escape Room: Escape the Misinformation Newsroom, Real News vs Fake News
Want to help your middle and high school ELA students learn how to avoid bias, consipiracies, and misinformation online? Escape the Newsroom is a FUN and meaningful activity that helps students to apply two methods of evaluating online sources in a hands-on way. Students learn the SIFT method (Stop, Investigate, Find trusted coverage, Trace to the original) and the CRAP method (Currency, Reliability, Authority, and Purpose). They apply the methods to various websites--some which are completely r
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7th - 10th
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Fake News: Evaluating Reliable & Credible Sources Online | Evaluating Websites
Want to teach your students scientifically-based lessons on how to stop the spread of fake news by recognizing unreliable sources but don't have the time to develop plans on this ever-developing topic? We all know that it is essential to teach our students to recognize fake news, or misinformation and disinformation, especially if they’ll be voting soon, but it’s so hard to teach the higher level thinking that is required to navigate today’s media. If someone tells you that you can teach your
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8th - 12th
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Listening Skills Podcast Activity, Listen & Learn #7, PDF & Google Drive, CCSS
Students need to be able to sit and listen to a passage or short audio program, take notes, recall information, and then answer critical thinking questions about the material. To help prepare our students for this challenge, I’ve scoured the internet to find high-interest, school-appropriate podcasts that fit within one class period. In this Listen & Learn activity, students will listen to a 23-minute podcast focused on shark attacks, including a story of survival and information on research
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8th - 12th
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Listening Skills Podcast Activity, Listen & Learn #4, PDF & Google Drive, CCSS
Students need to be able to sit and listen to a passage or short audio program, take notes, recall information, and then answer critical thinking questions about the material. To help prepare students for our e-learning world, I’ve scoured the internet to find high-interest, school-appropriate podcasts that fit within one class period.In this Listen & Learn activity, students will listen to a 28-minute podcast focused on the case of an 11-year-old boy who was the sole survivor of an airplane
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8th - 12th
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Listening Skills Podcast Activity, Listen & Learn #2, PDF & Google Drive, CCSS
Students need to be able to sit and listen to a passage or short audio program, take notes, recall information, and then answer critical thinking questions about the material. To help prepare students for our e-learning world, I’ve scoured the internet to find high-interest, school-appropriate podcasts that fit within one class period. In this Listen & Learn activity, students will listen to an 18-minute podcast focused on a police officer who volunteered to dive into the thick, toxic sludge
Grades:
8th - 11th
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Listening Skills Storytelling Activity, Listen & Learn #5, PDF & Google Drive
Students need to be able to sit and listen to a passage or short audio program, take notes, recall information, and then answer critical thinking questions about the material. To help prepare students for our e-learning world, I’ve scoured the internet to find high-interest, school-appropriate podcasts and performances that fit within one class period.In this Listen & Learn activity, students will listen to a 15-minute storytelling performance focused on the memory of a Muslim teen’s heartbr
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Teaching Line of Reasoning: A Whodunit Activity Unit (Bundle)
This is a unit about teaching Line of Reasoning (Line of Argument) that can be expanded at the teacher's discretion to include a presentation and a paper that practices both utilizing evidence and line of argument, or alternatively can also be collapsed into a mini-unit of just teaching Line of Reasoning (Line of Argument). It is structured as an investigation for students to explore how a Professor at an elite school is murdered and by whom. It includes a presentation, all the evidence (which
Grades:
9th - 12th
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No Link WebQuests- Internet Scavenger Hunt Bundle -Research
This is a collection of 8 webquests that are internet scavenger hunts. The collection includes Core Knowledge, science (Invasive Species, Tsunami, Women of NASA), social studies,(Latitude and Longitude, Colonial America) and just interesting (New Years). Students answer the questions by using a search engine to locate the requested information. NO WEB SITES ARE PROVIDED. The good news is the information is up to date and there are no bad links to worry about. Also, the quests will work well
Grades:
6th - 10th
Socratic Seminar Critical Reading and Thinking
This bundle is everything you need to implement Socratic seminar successfully! It includes a complete 4-page teacher guide for implementation; 10 editable Google slides to present Socratic seminar to your students; a rubric, a teacher note taking sheet for use during the seminar, an exit ticket, and a make up assignment; and a sample pre-seminar reading activity. (The teaching duration indicated is for a one class hour seminar and pre-teaching of the seminar structure. This may be modified.)Socr
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7th - 12th
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TedEd Intro to Mental Health Awareness | Depression, Bipolar, PTSD, Panic Attack
This TedEd Intro to Mental Health Awareness | Depression, Bipolar, PTSD, Panic Attack challenges students to distinguish sadness from clinical depression and exploring signs and treatments, to demystifying bipolar disorder, narcissism, schizophrenia, OCD, PTSD, panic attacks, the value of self-talk, and the reality of imposter syndrome. Each episode invites students to explore different aspects of mental health, understand the complexities of various conditions, and learn about effective treatme
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: TED-Ed YouTube Video Guide Bundle | 25 Video Guides | SAVE 35%
Teaching Claim Evidence Reasoning (CER): A Whodunit Mystery Unit
This is the accompanying teaching sequence for the unit “Teaching Claim Evidence Reasoning (CER): A Whodunit Mystery.” It includes a mystery to solve, all the evidence (which can be turned into manipulatives), rubrics for presentations and writing, teaching instructions, graphic organizers, and solutions. It does not include the "Teaching Claim Evidence Reasoning (CER): A Whodunit Mystery" PowerPoint presentation which can be purchased separately or as part of a bundle.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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FREE! Listening Skills Podcast Activity, Listen & Learn #10, PDF & Google Drive
Students need to be able to sit and listen to a passage or short audio program, take notes, recall information, and then answer critical thinking questions about the material. To help prepare our students for this challenge, I’ve scoured the internet to find high-interest, school-appropriate podcasts that fit within one class period.In this Listen & Learn activity, students will listen to a high-quality 30-minute podcast focused on the heroic actions of Robert Smalls, a man enslaved in South
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Daily Mind Builders: Language Arts - Quick, Fun Brain Energizers for Grades 5+
A 37-page printable PDF ebook for grades 5 and up to wake up sleeping brains with fun daily doses of critical thinking! This book is comprised of intriguing ELA-themed activity pages to wake up sleepy brains for the day's lessons. Each activity page takes about 5-15-minutes to solve and develops the most important reading comprehension skill found on all standardized reading tests. Synthesizing disparate information and using the result to produce a reasonable conclusion is an essential skill as
Grades:
5th - 12th
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Serial Season 3, Listening Skills, Podcast Activity, Listening Comprehension
I am constantly looking for ways in which to sharpen my students' listening skills. With the Common Core curriculum and all of the standardized testing that is required of them, this is a particularly important skill to develop and hone, yet also much more challenging in a world in which we, as teachers, are competing with stimulation that is hitting our students from every direction. Sarah Koenig kicks off another episode of Serial (season 3) with the episode entitled "A Bar Fight Walks into Th
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9th - 12th
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Claim Evidence Reasoning (CER) - Mini Mysteries
This is a mini unit on CER (Claim Evidence Reasoning) that can also be used for exercises of Line of Reasoning/Line of Evidence for AP Classes. It contains graphic organizers, five "mini" murder/mystery scenarios with original characters to solve, a rubric for a written portion, sentence stems to use for writing, and solutions. Students will be able to utilize close reading and critical thinking skills in order to solve the scenarios. Attached to the unit is the Presentation for CER (Claim Evi
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Create Your Own Whodunit Mystery Unit! (Teaching CER and Line of Reasoning)
This is a set of instructions for educators to create their own Murder Mystery / Whodunit scenario for their students to solve. It comes with a set of instructions, planning sheets, optional blank clue cards, a glossary sheet to give to students, Claim Evidence Reasoning (CER) organizers, and a CER Rubric for writing for students to use once the project is completed and given.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Argument Essay Body Paragraph Frames | Academic Vocabulary | Debate | CCSS | MLA
Warning--you may regret honing their powers of persuasion. Apologize to parents in advance! Great for GATE, reluctant writers, and ELD. This elaborate scaffold provides students with structure, complex sentence frames, MLA format, and sophisticated academic vocabulary to sharpen their argumentative skills. Benefit from years and years of revision. One teacher deemed it "writing on steroids." Use for debate, argumentative essays, town hall meetings, small groups, guided writing, independent writi
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: Citing Evidence Posters, Argument Essay Template, & Transitions Bundle
Daily Mind Builders: Social Studies - Quick, Fun Brain Energizers for Grades 5+
A 137-page printable PDF ebook for grades 5 and up to wake up sleeping brains with fun daily doses of critical thinking! This book is comprised of intriguing social studies themed activity pages to wake up sleepy brains for the day's lessons. Each activity page takes about 5-15-minutes to solve and develops the most important reading comprehension skill found on all standardized reading tests. Synthesizing disparate information and using the result to produce a reasonable conclusion is an essent
Grades:
5th - 12th
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Informational Text Analysis Task Cards | Guided Reading for any Non Fiction Text
Are you looking for a way to help you students dig in to a non-fiction text in a way that will promote long term comprehension? You've come to the right place. I use these cards in a variety of ways in my classroom and have witnessed them to be effective time and time again. Once while using these cards, I had a student say "I don't understand the point. Why do Have to write down the numbers? The only numbers I see are dates." I responded, "Great! Document those dates on your graphic organizer!
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5th - 12th
Jury of Her Peers: Short Story Test
Jury of Her Peers: Short Story Test.7 Short answer questions and 1 timed essay question. Test created for 9th grade gate, but can be differentiated for other grades/levels. Asks higher level questions (Costa's level three questions) that force students to close read and think critically about the text. Questions can be used for Socratic seminar, or lead students through the text. Essay questions can be used to build background prior to reading the text.
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Stor
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Not Grade Specific
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S-Town (pt. 1) Listening Companion/Podcast Activity/Listening Comprehension/CCSS
I am constantly looking for ways in which to sharpen my students' listening skills. With the Common Core curriculum and all of the standardized testing that is required of them, this is a particularly important skill to develop and hone, yet also much more challenging in a world in which we, as teachers, are competing with stimulation that is hitting our students from every direction. John B. McLamore contacts Brian Reed, a producer at This American Life, because he wants him to investigate the
Grades:
9th - 12th
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Teaching Claim Evidence Reasoning (CER) - Power Point Presentation
This is the accompanying PowerPoint presentation for the unit “Teaching CER - Claim Evidence Reasoning: A Whodunit Mystery.” It includes a brief lecture on the concept of Claim Evidence Reasoning Model, instructions for students on how to do the activity , and abbreviated instructions for the activity from the unit for the teacher (no solutions). It does not include the "Teaching CER - Claim Evidence Reasoning: A Whodunit Mystery" unit teaching sequence which can be purchased separately.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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