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Middle school critical thinking writing-essays resources on sale
Rebus Puzzles 1 Brain Teasers Printable and Digital Easel Activity
Rebus Puzzles are a fun critical thinking activity. Students have to problem solve to figure out the word puzzles. Great logical reasoning puzzles to do with partners or use as a warm-up or bell ringer. Print or use the Easel Activity online. Works well for gifted and talented students who enjoy challenges, but these work with other student populations as well. Includes five 2-page worksheets with 20 puzzles each, so you get 100 brain teasers in total! Also includes a blank page for students to
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5th - 8th
Public Speaking Introduction, Speech and Debate Unit - Bundle! - 5 Lessons!!!
Public Speaking Activities for Writing a SpeechSpeech ActivitiesDebate ActivitiesWriting for Public Speaking, Speech, and DebateDifferentiated Activities for Public Speaking, Speech, and DebateEnrichment Activities for Public Speaking, Speech, and DebateGoogle Slides*****************************************************************************************Introducing how to research, write, practice, and present a speech has never been easier! These lessons guide students through a step-by-step p
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6th - 8th
Weather and Climate Interactive Notebook
The Earth Science Interactive Notebook: Weather and Climate chapter showcase student's ability to:Identify major types of air massesName and identify symbols of frontsDescribe themain types of storms and conditions in which they formExplain how weather forecasters predict weatherDescribe what can be learned from information on a weather mapIdentify factors that influence temperature and precipitationExplain what causes seasonsIdentify factors that can cause climate changeExplain how human activi
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5th - 10th
Also included in: Earth Science Interactive Notebook - Complete Bundle
BUNDLE NO-PREP Team Building Escape Room - Classroom Community - Back to School
TpT Store Top Seller!!!This NO PREP BUNDLE contains 3 unique and fun escapes for classroom synergy! Each escape in this bundle is perfect for anytime of the year as a fun team-building activity. Students love working together to solve these puzzles and successfully use technology to complete the entire escape.What are people saying about these products??Stacy R: "I downloaded this activity last night and used it the next day! No prep!! The 6th graders had a great time doing this escape room. Tha
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3rd - 6th
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Essay Writing Full Year Middle School Curriculum Bundle - How to Write an Essay
Teaching how to write argumentative, compare and contrast, expository, narrative, and persuasive essays has never been easier! These 35 lessons include everything you need to implement rigorous, interactive writing instruction in your classroom. Every lesson has numerous examples and anchor essays and/or anchor paragraphs to aid students in visualizing the writing skills being covered. These no prep lessons can be used in class or assigned for distance learning as independent student work with
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6th - 8th
Opinion Writing Transition Words
This poster has transition words for students to use when writing an opinion piece. It has transitions for them to use during the introduction, reasons, examples and conclusion. You could print a small version for each student to keep in their writing folder or I printed a large copy on a poster maker and hung it next to my writing conferencing area.
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1st - 6th
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Spanish Daily Writing Prompts for Upper Grades
SPANISH. Want to digitize the use of writing prompts? There are 175 SPANISH writing prompts included in this product as PPT slides to use as a morning warm-up or even as morning meeting. These writing prompts will surely get your 4th and 5th grade students writing in no time!This product comes with 35 weeks, Monday - Friday, for a total of 175 writing prompts across 200+ PowerPoint slides to project on your smart board. There are various themes/topic divided by week including: comparar y contras
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4th - 6th
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⭐ NO PREP ⭐ Growth Mindset Escape Room ⭐ Breakout Game
This growth mindset activity is the perfect way to teach students about the benefits of growth mindset and prepare them with determination to succeed. Students love working together to solve puzzles to escape a fixed mindset.The escape room is digitally controlled and is perfect for laptops, desktops, iPads, Chromebooks, and tablets of all brands and operating systems! No add-ons, extensions, or extra preparation is required: only the internet browser included on your device. This escape room in
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3rd - 8th
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Brain Teasers Critical Thinking Letter Equation Puzzle Worksheets with Easel
Use these brain teaser sheets for critical thinking practice. It's a fun brain workout. Letter equations. The brain teasers may be challenging, but students will love trying to figure them out! A letter equation is a common combination of letters and numbers that are abbreviated. The trick is to figure out what the abbreviation means. For example, 7 d. in a w. is 7 days in a week. Includes 3 brain teaser puzzles with answer keys. 22-word puzzles on the first sheet and 24-word puzzles on the seco
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: End of the Year Activities for Middle Grades Language Arts BUNDLE
Argumentative Essay Writing Bundle - Rubric - Graphic Organizer - Outline - Quiz
Introducing argumentative writing has never been easier! These in-depth argumentative writing prompt lessons guide students through the step-by-step process of drafting an argumentative outline using an argumentative graphic organizer. The lessons will demonstrate developing a claim, reasons, and evidence, refuting an opposing viewpoint, and writing an opinion essay.The resource also focuses on how to cite argumentative text as evidence. These lessons include an argumentative writing rubric, an
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6th - 8th
Analogy Task Cards
56 Analogy Task CardsCreated for grades 3-5. There 2 sets each with differentiated levels, feel free to start with set #1.There are 28 task cards in each set.A great way to use task cards is by playing SCOOT. SCOOT is an easy, fun, fast paced game that will get the kids up and moving around.Place a task card on each desk in numerical order. Each student will read the sentence and will write down the correct answer on their sheet. Then after a minute or two, say "SCOOT!" and the students will SC
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4th - 6th, Adult Education
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Argumentative Writing - Thesis & Evidence, Claim & Counterclaim
Help students gain a clear understanding of the appropriate evidence to include with thesis statements in argumentative writing as well as how to identify and write claims and counterclaims. This digital & printable resource uses drag-&-drop activities in addition to analyzing argumentative paragraphs. Students will know exactly what to include in a strong argumentative paragraph or essay.Save 20% by purchasing this in the Argumentative, Informational, & Narrative Essays & RACES
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5th - 8th
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Test Prep Paired Texts - Paired Passages - Close Reading & Essay Writing Bundle
In these three lessons, students compare paired texts that have similar universal themes. These detailed lesson plans will provide you with everything you need to help your students meet Common Core English Language Arts Standards as they make connections between the texts and construct effective comparison essays. This 60-page bundle includes the following:-explicit lesson plans with identified Common Core ELA Anchor Standards-anticipation guides-contextual reading guides with sample annotation
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7th - 11th
Essay Writing Introduction Bundle - Paragraph Writing The Writing Process Intro
LESSONS INCLUDE: The 6 Traits of Writing™, How to Write a 4 Paragraph Essay, How to Write a 5 Paragraph Essay, General Statements and Detail Statements to Replace a Thesis, Multiple Choice Writing for Standardized Tests (3 Lessons), Writing for Standardized Tests, How to Write a Thesis Statement, and The Writing Process.Teaching the mechanics before writing an essay can be hard, but each lesson in this in-depth introduction to essay writing resource will help guide students through the entire
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6th - 8th
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
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5th - 8th
Statement vs. Claim Activity - Digital & Printable
Your students will clearly identify statements versus claims with this printable and digital, interactive resource. It can be used over and over.This is a great activity to use as you’re preparing to teach your students how to write argumentative paragraphs and essays. This will allow them to have to master statements vs. claims.What's included in statement vs claim resource:Link to digital resourcePrintable version- students will cut out the text boxes. Then they will place them under the appr
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Argumentative Essay Writing Bundle - Printable & Digital
Writing Expository Essays PowerPoint with Printable Graphic Organizer
Expository Essay Writing PowerPoint and Graphic Organizer. Guide students step by step through an expository writing prompt, using a four-square graphic organizer. Students learn how to put ideas in logical order to support a thesis statement, develop an introductory paragraph with a hook, and develop a concluding paragraph that ends with a punch! This digital resource includes a printable graphic organizer template to print (black and white), links to online resources, and a writing prompt for
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7th - 10th
Depth Of Knowledge DOK MATH Question Stems
My corporation has embraced Webb's Depth of Knowledge. We used Bloom's for many years and I remember our corporation purchasing us a nice color coded flip book to use that was very helpful.
Now that we are using Webb's Depth of Knowledge I wanted something similar to help my coworkers and me. I have searched on the Internet and the found an enormous amount of information including question stems. However, I wanted something similar to what I had used before. This isn't as fancy as the flip b
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1st - 12th
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Expository Essay Writing Prompts, Informative Writing Graphic Organizers, Bundle
Introducing expository writing has never been easier! These in-depth informative writing prompt lessons guide students through the step-by-step process of drafting an expository outline using an expository graphic organizer and writing an expository essay.The resource also focuses on how to cite informational passages as evidence. This lesson includes an expository writing rubric, an expository writing quiz, an instructional video, and detailed lesson plans.All aspects of expository writing are
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6th - 8th
Inference With Pictures
Making Inferences with Pictures!
Making inferences means reading between the lines! Learn to spot contextual clues in stories by making inferences with pictures. This is a great beginner's activity for building reading comprehension skills.
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*Teacher Instructions
*50 High quality images
*Response Recording Sheets
*Blank Recording Sheets (Differentiated)
*Anchor Posters (Schema and Inference)
Materials needed: LCD projector to project photos.
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K - 6th, Adult Education
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Writing Leads, Writing Hooks, & Endings for Essay Introductions & Conclusions
Teaching how to write writing leads and conclusions has never been easier! Each lesson in this in-depth introductions and conclusions writing resource will help guide students through the entire process of writing a hook that will grab the reader and a summary that will wrap up the essay. Additionally, writing lead and conclusion anchor paragraphs provide students the opportunity to see how the writing process works. From the struggling writer to the advanced writer, this resource offers somet
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6th - 8th
Depth Of Knowledge DOK Question Stems Language Arts
My corporation has embraced Webb's Depth of Knowledge. We used Bloom's for many years and I remember our corporation purchasing us a nice color coded flip book to use that was very helpful.
Now that we are using Webb's Depth of Knowledge I wanted something similar to help my coworkers and me. I have searched on the Internet and the found an enormous amount of information including question stems. However, I wanted something similar to what I had used before. This isn't as fancy as the flip b
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1st - 12th
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Argumentative, Informational, & Narrative Essays & RACES Writing Strategy Bundle
Students will be able to easily write a strong argumentative, informational, and narrative essay as well as the RACES writing strategy with constructive responses. These easy to follow, step-by-step directions walk students through the essay writing & RACES process. Each resource comes in printable and digital format. SAVE 20% when you purchase this bundle!Argumentative Essay UnitSuggested Lesson PlanMentor texts - 2 model argumentative essays- one on why students should be in school during
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5th - 8th
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Pattern Designs - Visual Spatial- Critical thinking - Occupational Therapy
Looking for a game to sharpen your student's visual-spatial skills? Need the challenge to keep them engaged while they are improving critical thinking, visual perceptual, and logic skills?Pattern Squares puzzles have 27 puzzles over 16 pages with multiple levels. Your students will need to figure out how to color the triangles to correctly copy the pattern in the model.This activity works on so many skills:Visual perceptual skillsVisual ScanningMotor PlanningProblem-solvingCritical thinkingCheck
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1st - 6th
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