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Problem solving Common Core CCRA.R.4 resources
Critical Thinking Skills BUNDLE - Creative Challenging Activities Worksheets
Watch critical thinking skills soar with these challenging and creative activities! Improve critical thinking skills and you're sure to improve reading comprehension, problem solving and math skills! Aligned with Bloom's Taxonomy, these step-by-step activities are carefully structured, research-based and give students the thinking and logic skills they need to master every area of learning. SEQUENTIAL ACTIVITIES TO IMPROVE CRITICAL THINKING:These delightful exercises are based on Bloom's Taxo
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2nd - 6th
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Norse Mythology Escape Room - Thor's Quest
This engaging escape room introduces your students to the Norse myth “Aegir’s Feast: How Thor Triumphed.” Can Thor use his force and cunning to successfully steal a mead kettle from the Giant Hrymer?Students don’t need prior knowledge of Norse Mythology to understand the myth. If you have taught my Norse Mythology Unit, the escape room will serve as a great review and extension.The text is broken down into six sections – beginning, four challenges, end. Students will read the sections and answer
Grades:
8th - 12th
Also included in: Norse Mythology Escape Room & Elon Musk Escape Room BUNDLE
All Thirteen by Christina Soontornvat Novel Guide
All Thirteen by Christina Soontornvat NO Prep Pack Distance Learning An Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team This resource includes: Learning ObjectivesChapter-by-chapter reading comprehension questionsAnswer KeyVocabulary Activities Text-to-self questionsExtension Resources:- Map- Videos - Cave formations and locations - DocumentaryThis resource is great for: Teaching about non-fiction science textTeaching about problem solvingTeaching social studies Literacy centersIndependent
Grades:
5th - 8th
Logic Puzzle Brain Teaser Worksheets for Gifted and Talented in Print or Digital
Improve critical thinking skills with these fun logic puzzles and brain teasers which are perfect for gifted and talented students! This product contains NINE multi-subject, fun, standards based resources with a variety of puzzles and challenges to keep your students happy and motivated. Plus, the printables may be used digitally with Google Docs and Easel worksheets. #joycelogicBy purchasing this bundle, you are saving about 25% off the price of individual resources.Use these gifted activities
Grades:
4th - 6th
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A Wish in the Dark Christina Soontornvat Novel Guide
A Wish in the Dark by Christina Soontornvat NO Prep Novel Guide is a perfect resource for teaching reading comprehension skills, main idea and details, symbolism, character analysis, themes, cause and effect, new vocabulary, literary elements and MUCH MORE! Newbery Award WinnerThis resource includes: Learning objectivesChapter-by-chapter reading comprehension questionsAnswer KeyNew Vocabulary activities Symbolism Activities Themes Activity Essay Questions Cause and Effect ChartCharacter Analysis
Grades:
5th - 8th
EPCOT Workbook, Full Park Curriculum for Trips and Homeschooling
The "Ultimate EPCOT Workbook: Curriculum for Educational Trips and Homeschooling in the World's Most Magical Place" is a comprehensive educational companion designed for students and educators alike to enhance their EPCOT experience with a robust curriculum that makes each visit both fun and informative. This innovative printable workbook includes a diverse range of activities that are specifically tailored to each attraction within EPCOT, aiming to deepen the understanding of themes such as cul
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Not Grade Specific
Spring Literacy and Math NOPREP Packet - (2nd Grade)
Spring Literacy and Math Printables[Helpful for Distance Learning] ☆See the preview☆This pack is FULL of spring-themed printables... a fun way to incorporate spring into your literacy and math lessons!!!The packet includes:LiteracySynonyms & AntonymsHomophonesHomographsDictionary SkillsClosely Related VerbsClosely Related AdjectivesMain Idea and DetailsLong A and ABC Order to the 1st LetterLong A and ProofreadingLong ELong E and ProofreadingLong I and ABC Order to the 2nd LetterLong I and Pr
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1st - 3rd
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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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Once Upon a Crime - ELA Debate Argument Unit
My students had so much fun doing this, they didn't want it to end! Four Disney villains are being brought to court with charges and your students will either prosecute or defend them in "court":Ursula - The Little Mermaid: Fraud & Exploitation Scar - The Lion King: Manslaughter & Environmental CrimesGaston - Beauty & The Beast: Attempted Murder & Inciting a RiotLady Tremaine - Cinderella: Emotional Abuse/Neglect & ExploitationAssign your students to be prosecutors and defend
Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education
Also included in: Argument Unit Bundle
Thanksgiving Escape Room Printable and Digital
This Thanksgiving escape room is the perfect activity for the holiday season. Save your sanity and time when introducing new content or as an activity to review previously taught skills. Plus, teaching students a content-rich curriculum builds background knowledge and develops vocabulary. Which in turn increases language and reading comprehension. This escape room comes in both digital and printable form and is stress-free, with no prep and no hassle. Escape Room Scenario: It is challenging to t
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2nd - 4th
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Stuck in School Fun Simulation Game (Critical Thinking, Problem Solving)
This resource is an editable, fun simulation game in which students work in groups to survive scenarios. The scene is set as the students being stuck in school overnight, with all windows and doors barricaded. If any school personnel catches them, they will die/lose. Groups must strategize tactful ways out of the situations to make it through all 12 scenarios and survive the game.
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5th - 12th
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Teaching Claim Evidence Reasoning (CER): A Whodunit Mystery Unit (Bundle)
This is a unit about teaching Claim Evidence Reasoning (CER) that can be expanded at the teacher's discretion to include a presentation and a paper that practices utilizing evidence, reasoning, and argument, or alternatively can also be collapsed into a mini-unit of just teaching Claim Evidence Reasoning (CER). This unit can also be used to teach the concept of Line of Reasoning for the AP Lang and AP Seminar Classes. It is structured as an investigation for students to explore the murder of a
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Symbolism Tiny House Project: A Body Biography Alternative
THIS RESOURCE INCLUDES:Intro Symbolism activities and pointers for getting students startedA link to a digitally editable planning page House plan and furniture printable blueprintsProject grading rubricExemplar images for a completed Tiny House projectOption for extension activity with a video tutorialThis is a wonderful project to use after or in place of a body biography!Students will create a tiny home for a character. They must use symbolism to identify an aesthetic and design a place where
Grades:
6th - 12th
Also included in: 7th Grade ELA Unit 3 Bundle: Argumentative Texts
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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The Recess Queen Book Companion and Activities
The Recess Queen book Companion and Activities is a print and go resource. This book companion offers multiple resources to teach story elements along with a connection to social emotional needs children deal with daily. This is standards-based and covers almost all aspects of language arts instruction. The activities were designed to be open-ended for easy differentiation and modification.The Recess Queen is a wonderful book written on a level that helps children understand and make connection
Grades:
K - 3rd
Go Left! Activity
Support your learners in monitoring their emotions with this activity! Based on the book When Things Aren't Going Right, Go Left by Marc Colagiovanni, learners will do some inner reflection to identify and leave behind their worries, doubts, fears, and frustrations. The idea is students will feel less overwhelmed by their emotions once they've identified where they're stemming from.My suggestion is to read the book prior to modeling the activity and giving students the opportunity to complete
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K - 5th
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Meesha Makes Friends Book Companion
Meesha Makes Friends book companion offers multiple resources to teach story elements along with a connection to social emotional needs children deal with daily. The comprehension questions are grouped by reading strategies for easy lesson planning. This is standards-based and covers all aspects of language arts instruction. The activities were designed to be open-ended for easy differentiation and modification.Meesha Makes Friends is a wonderful book written on a level that helps children under
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Grades:
PreK - 3rd
Norse Mythology Escape Room & Elon Musk Escape Room BUNDLE
This resource is a bundle of my Norse Mythology and Elon Musk Escape Rooms.NORSE MYTHOLOGY ESCAPE ROOM - Thor's QuestThis engaging escape room introduces your students to the Norse myth “Aegir’s Feast: How Thor Triumphed.” Can Thor use his force and cunning to successfully steal a mead kettle from the Giant Hrymer?Students don’t need prior knowledge of Norse Mythology to understand the myth. If you have taught my Norse Mythology Unit, the escape room will serve as a great review and extension.Th
Grades:
7th - 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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CRITICAL THINKING PUZZLES Thinking Corner Vol. 1 Daily Challenge Logic GATE
THINKING CORNER is a MADE-FOR-EASEL product that provides an engaging, interactive, digital activity for exercising logic and reasoning skills among gifted and high achieving, 3rd – 6th graders. Each daily slide challenges learners to solve 5 critical thinking puzzles:Hink PinksMystery MathTriadsWord LaddersWord Winkers A total of 90 days' worth of critical thinking puzzles are supplied. Combined with Vol. 2, you will have an entire year of activities.No print product is available with this down
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3rd - 6th
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Haunted Mansion Escape Room - Digital Resource
• Halloween Digital Escape Room • No Prep Activities • Parties • Sub •Haunted Mansion Escape Room: Enrich your classroom experience with a spine-tingling adventure app designed to challenge students' critical thinking and problem-solving skills. Set in a mysterious haunted setting, students must navigate through puzzling rooms, decode cryptic messages, and unravel eerie secrets, all while learning and engaging in a fun, interactive manner. Perfect for enhancing cognitive abilities and introducin
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5th - 7th
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Critical Thinking Fun BRAIN BREAKS - Early Finishers and Sub Plans Activities
Need some fun critical thinking brain breaks and early finishers activities ready for when your grades 5-8 lesson finishes before the block does? 4 of the 5 activities in this 30% off brain breaks bundle are no-prep, independent work printables. They are not only perfect for ELA brain breaks and time filler sponges, but also for early finishers, class closers and sub plans. The riddles game is a team game that demands problem solving but will score highly with your students for its huge fun quot
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5th - 8th
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Claim Evidence Reasoning: CER Mini Whodunit Bundle - Gnome Swimmer
This is a bundle of three mini lessons on CER (Claim Evidence Reasoning) that can also be used for exercises of Line of Reasoning/Line of Evidence for AP Classes and general education classes. It contains graphic organizers, whodunit mysteries to solve with my original character, and the solutions. (Whodunit mysteries are also available to purchase separately.)
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Claim Evidence Reasoning: CER Mini Whodunit Bundle - Herpetologist Actor
This is a bundle of three mini lessons on CER (Claim Evidence Reasoning) that can also be used for exercises of Line of Reasoning/Line of Evidence for AP Classes and general education classes. It contains graphic organizers, whodunit mysteries to solve with my original character, and the solutions. (Whodunit mysteries are also available to purchase separately.)
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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