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8th grade critical thinking resources for Microsoft OneDrive
Analyze Bias Evaluate Websites Fact Check Wikipedia Research Skills Bundle
Print & digital versions! You'll have everything you need to teach the essentials of digital literacy and research skills with this bundled product. Sharpen students' critical thinking skills by engaging them in interesting, real-life learning tasks. Here's what teachers are saying about my Digital Literacy resources:"I think this may be the most thorough and well done resource I have ever purchased on here. THANK YOU. You're attention to detail and thoroughness have made my day so much si
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5th - 10th
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Write a Scary Story: Creative Writing Notebook Activities Print and Digital
Your students will love writing their own scary stories with this print and digital notebook. This resource guides them step-by-step through setting up the plot, characters, setting, and theme. The end result is a creative writing project your students will feel successful about.Students usually get bogged down by a creative writing assignment -- but this resource breaks all the elements of a good story down into manageable pieces. You're students will know exactly what they want to write -- b
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: Writing Activities for the Whole Year Digital Bundle
How to Identify Bias Online Activities Digital Literacy
Just what you need to teach bias! This print and digital resource has everything you need to teach this valuable critical thinking skill in our online world. Ready to use -- includes websites, questions, student notes, practice, and more!Here's what teachers are saying about my digital literacy resources:"Big packet full of so many options. Really gets kids thinking. Thanks for creating exactly what I was looking for.""Great resource to teach students about possible bias when they are rese
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5th - 10th
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Persuasive Writing Public Service Announcement Activities Write and Analyze
Your students will love analyzing, researching, and creating their own PSA with this ready-to-use resource. What an engaging way to introduce persuasive language and writing. Lots of practice means your students are confident as they create their own PSA.Digital and print -- guides your students step-by-step through the process – from analyzing what a PSA is and does to choosing their own topic, researching and creating it. This is what you'll get:print and digital versionstips and suggestions
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Writing Activities for the Whole Year Digital Bundle
Vocabulary Activities 30 Fun Creative Word Study Tasks
With 30 print & digital activities, this workbook makes teaching vocabulary fun, easy, and ready to go! Editable word lists, checklists, and lots of creative ways for your students to engage with learning new vocabulary! Choices galore!Use with your words or the editable vocabulary "menu" provided.Assign one, some, or all activities -- so flexible! Use for self-paced activities, book clubs, independent reading, or whole class word studies. This resource includes:"vocabulary collectors"vo
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4th - 8th
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How to Evaluate Websites and Data Digital Literacy Activities Print and Digital
Print or Digital -- you have both! Get students ready for critical thinking and research by learning how to evaluate digital data by determining the value of a website. Have them practice this skill before they need to begin research for a project.Ready for your distance learning or in-person classroom setting.What teachers are saying about my digital literacy resources:"I think this may be the most thorough and well done resource I have ever purchased on here. THANK YOU. You're attention to de
Grades:
6th - 9th
Analogies PowerPoint and Easel Assessment
Analogies Interactive PowerPoint. What is an analogy and how do you solve one? This presentation defines what an analogy is, how they are written, and what relationships to look for when solving analogous pairs. There are 10 practice analogies for students, with answers and explanations. The guided practice helps students develop critical thinking skills and prepares them for standardized tests. Use on a whiteboard or on Chromebooks. Great to use at the end of the year before summer break or for
Grades:
5th - 8th
Fact Checking Digital Literacy Activities Print and Digital
Print and digital options! Teach this critical thinking skill along with research. This valuable skill helps them navigate the information they're exposed to every day. Teach them to determine the credibility of what they read...from emails to web sites. Fact checking helps students develop the critical thinking skills they need to determine the validity of the information they receive online and through other media sources -- especially when they are conducting research. This resource uses
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5th - 9th
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Evaluating - Reading Comprehension Strategy Lesson - Digital EASEL by TpT
Teach CRITICAL THINKING strategies to help students EVALUATE ideas as they read.Use this lesson to give students a process to them think critically about information.Evaluating is more than just forming an opinion. It's about making an informed opinion or decision.Four PRO TIPS to help your students EVALUATE ideas as they read. Restate part of the text as a question,Clarify the criteria used to judge the guiding question,Play with the text to reveal other perspectives, andTry to keep an open min
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6th - 9th
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Did I Cheat? Media Text Critical Thinking Challenge: PAID version with ANSWERS
Real-world media text Critical Thinking challenge using Reading Comprehension Strategies: inferring, citing evidence, and evaluating. Students analyze a YouTube video and try to figure out if I'm lying. Slideshow lesson explains the Did I Cheat? Psst, I'm Lying! challenge. 10-page handout package helps scaffold student learning. Detailed answer script includes 19 color-coded examples to explain inferences and how to cite evidence. ❤️ Like this resource? Check out the BookFace 10x Reading Progr
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7th - 10th
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Digital Mood Meter: A Socio-Emotional Resource
Let's get digital, digital! The popular Mood Meter has gone pandemic digital!Have you joined Yale's Center for Emotional Intelligence's RULER movement?! If not, you should! They believe that "emotions drive learning, decision-making, creativity, relationships, and health." When students recognize the power of emotions, via the "Mood Meter," they help create a "more effective and compassionate society." How does it work? It's pretty simple! Introduce students to the concepts of "red and yellow zo
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Look at Me! I'm Learning to Code!
There's no doubt that my video game and educational resources are classroom favorites with my students. It is imperative (in my mind) to connect this medium with educational ideas, for our students are in dire need of developing 21st Century Thinking Skills.
In fact, according to Michael Jung (Senior Consultant at McKinsey and Company), “Our old idea is that work is defined by employers and that employees have to do whatever the employer wants . . . but actually, you would like him to come up
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Coding Basics with Video Games
6Cs Article 011: Online Shopping and Fraud - Critical Thinking - Easel
How much did Amazon make during the pandemic? How do sellers cheat the system? Reading response article about CRITICAL THINKING and MULTIPLE POINTS of VIEW. The informational text is differentiated at four reading levels (Grade 6, 8, 10, and 12.) Want to see exactly what you get before you get this product? Watch the PREVIEW VIDEO. Look at the PREVIEW PDF. (It is a watermarked version of the entire PDF resource.) Do your students know...How much do we spend online? (Try guessing.) How much did
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6th - 12th
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When Toys were fun - ESL adult conversation lesson in Google slides format
This presentation contains a 35 slide lesson in Google slides format with 2 worksheets and teacher’s notes. Toys are a large part of our lives. They’re entangled in our childhood memories and in our family’s history. Toys have an emotional function as well as an entertaining and educational one.It includes:· Favorite toys · Classic toys – when were they made?· The History of toys and what made them survive· How are toys important to a child’s development? · What gives a toy a lasting value?· Wil
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Caricatures – The right to express an opinion ESL, EFL, ELL adult conversation
This presentation contains a 44 slide PowerPoint lesson in editable PPT formatIn Europe, the satirical French magazine ‘Charlie Hebdo’ has been on the news along with the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten and their ‘Muhammad cartoons controversy’ in 2005. In sep. 2nd 2016, they published two caricatures that literally turned our stomachs. These caricatures sparked a debate about caricatures and the freedom of expression. It Includes:- The origin of caricatures- the difference between a cartoon a
Grades:
8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Digital Interactive Notebook: Vocabulary in Context
Let's get digital, digital!Pre-learning is an essential life skill for all learners, but especially special ed students! Use this awesome reusable digital tool to have your students meet new vocabulary sets and suggest meanings of the word in the context they are presented. Use this tool again and again in as many subjects as needed!I use this resource by providing students with all columns but the "definition." However, there are numerous ways this could be changed. Perhaps have students find t
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3rd - 12th
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