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Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Task Cards for Literature
Add depth and complexity to your instruction with these Critical Thinking Task Cards for Literature! These tasks cards allow students to deeply analyze any fiction reading material through 11 topics of critical thinking: Big Ideas, Rules, Trends, Patterns, Language of the Discipline, Ethics, Relationships Over Time, Details, Unanswered Questions, Across Disciplines, and Multiple Perspectives. You will appreciate the versatility of these task cards; they can be used with almost any text (novels,
Grades:
4th - 10th, Adult Education
Also included in: Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Task Cards Bundle
Book Report Foldable Project: Pop-Up Picture Book with Editable Rubrics
Are you tired of the same extension projects for independent novel studies or literature circles? Then look no further! This 3D Pop-Up Picture Book Report comes with everything your students will need to create this foldable project. Even the not-so crafty teacher will love making this project! You will only need plain white paper, scissors, glue and coloring tools to create this engaging project. That’s all! Included in this resource:Step by step instructions that will be easy enough for your s
Grades:
3rd - 7th
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Thanksgiving Logic Puzzles, Word Puzzles, Brain Teasers and & More
"Thanksgiving Word Puzzles, Brain Teasers and Logic Puzzles!" This resource is a great way to celebrate Thanksgiving and challenge your students critical thinking skills at the same time! The activities range from hidden word puzzles to logic puzzles, a trivia quiz and much more! Excellent and challenging Thanksgiving brain food for the holidays! Use a puzzle a day before the holidays. Print and go Thanksgiving fun!
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Grades:
4th - 6th
Also included in: Thanksgiving Math, Reading Writing Bundle For Upper Elementary Students
Enrichment Book Club Pages (literature circle) Depth and Complexity Icons
A set of student response pages based on Dr. Sandra Kaplan's 11 icons of Depth and Complexity. Perfect for Gifted or Talented students, or students in need of enrichment activities. The pages are open ended enough to work with any book or story (even movies or plays!) but detailed enough to give students a clear expectation. I used it in my grade 2/3 gifted class as well as for gifted students in my regular grade 6 class, successfully! 11 pages included (1 for each icon!) Fun "Hashtag" Style tit
Grades:
5th - 6th
Text Dependent Question Stems
My text-dependent question stems are the perfect way to get your students back into the text to find answers to higher-level questions. There are 84 different stems that fit key ideas and details, craft and structure, and integration of knowledge and ideas. There are also examples given for each question and ideas on how to use them in your guided reading groups and reading lessons. Help Your Students Find Evidence From the TextWhen reading, students are expected to use evidence from different t
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Also included in: Guided Reading Mega Bundle Lower Elementary
Socratic Seminars and Philosophical Chairs
Teaching kids to be more philosophic helps them acquire new ways of expressing themselves and innovative ways of thinking. It pushes students to be more logical, think critically, connect ideas, and to be more accepting of opposing views.Through the use of Socractic Seminars and Philosophical Chairs, you can bring philosophy into your classroom and give your students the opportunity to formulate questions, reason with peers, develop arguments, and contribute to constructive conversations.I trie
Grades:
1st - 5th
Do Unto Otters Craft Interactive Read Aloud and Activities | Manners
Engage your students in a meaningful and purposeful interactive read aloud with the book Do Unto Otters: A Book About Manners by Laurie Keller. Students will love the read aloud and be able to apply their knowledge in the extension activities and writing prompts centered around the book's theme of the golden rule, kindness, and manners.Get all current interactive read alouds H A L F off with the Interactive Read Aloud ENDLESS Bundle! This resource is included in the September Interactive Read A
Grades:
K - 2nd
Advanced Novel Study for the Westing Game with Depth and Complexity
This novel study was written for gifted fifth graders, and would be most appropriate for children ages 10 and older. The main focus of this unit was to guide students to analyze text on a deeper level, gaining rich understandings of theme and descriptive language. Students will need to think, infer, and cite text evidence to support their answers. They will also need to be organized in their reading approach to keep track of details and clues and solve the mystery.Students will meet objectives f
Grades:
4th - 7th
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Advanced Novel Study: The Mysterious Benedict Society with Depth and Complexity
This novel study guide is designed to use with high level 4th and/or 5th grade students, and was specifically designed with gifted students in mind. It could also be used with middle school grades. The level of depth in questioning and discussions will be at teacher discretion based on student readiness.In designing this unit, a main focus was guiding students to think deeply about underlying themes, ethical issues, and connections to the real world. Specifically, I want my students to use this
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4th - 6th
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Socratic Seminars for Elementary Students
Contains: an explanation of Socratic Seminars, PLUS a pdf of the norms to post on your wall (or digitally), as well as questions to discuss that apply to multiple topics, a reflection activity and "compliment cards." Socratic Seminars are conversations between students where there are questions to be discussed after reading a fiction or nonfiction text, and students are “safe” to share thoughts and ideas without the fear of getting the “wrong answer.” It will help students to increase oral
Grades:
1st - 6th
Mixed A Colorful Story Interactive Read Aloud and Activities
Engage your students in a meaningful and purposeful interactive read aloud with the book Mixed: A Colorful Story by Arree Chung. Students will love the read aloud and be able to apply their knowledge in the extension activities and writing prompts centered around the book's theme of living together in harmony.Get all current interactive read alouds H A L F off with the Interactive Read Aloud ENDLESS Bundle! This resource is included in the September Interactive Read Aloud Bundle! Get this and
Grades:
K - 2nd
The Worrysaurus Craft Interactive Read Aloud and Activities | SEL Activities
Engage your students in a rigorous interactive read aloud with the book The Worrysaurus by Rachel Bright. Students will love the read aloud and be able to apply their knowledge in the extension activities and writing prompts centered around the book's theme of worrying.Get all current interactive read alouds H A L F off with the Interactive Read Aloud ENDLESS Bundle! All future interactive read alouds will be added for F R E E ! The Worrysaurus Interactive Read Aloud and Activities is a
Grades:
K - 2nd
You Matter Interactive Read Aloud and Activities | Self-Esteem
Engage your students in a rigorous interactive read aloud with the book You Matter by Christian Robinson. Students will love the read aloud and be able to apply their knowledge in the extension activities and writing prompts centered around the book's theme of feeling important and self-esteem.Get all current interactive read alouds H A L F off with the Interactive Read Aloud ENDLESS Bundle! You will also get all future interactive read alouds for F R E E !This resource is included in the Augu
Grades:
K - 2nd
Advanced Novel Study: Charlotte's Web with Depth and Complexity
This novel study was designed for use with gifted second through fourth graders, but could be modified and/or scaffolded to meet the needs to students in grades 2-5. The main focus of this unit was to guide students to analyze text on a deeper level, gaining rich understandings of theme and descriptive language. Students will need to think, infer, and cite text evidence to support their answers.Students will meet objectives for deep thinking using a combination of discussion, independent and/or
Grades:
2nd - 4th
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Classroom Community Interactive Read Alouds Back to School
I have the perfect books for creating a positive classroom community. Did you know the key to creating a classroom community is to TEACH students what it means to be a responsible and respectful student? Read Alouds are a great way for students to make a deeper connection. I have included interactive activities with pocket charts, writing, vocabulary building, and crafts. all the books include 5 days of lessons to guide your instruction.You get♥ We Don't Eat Our Classmates♥ The Recess Queen♥ Pou
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K - 1st
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Novel Study/ Book Report "Exploding Box" Project (For Any Book)
Creative Book Reports are always a hit with teachers, students, and parents. That's why I created this interactive foldable book report to use in your classroom or with your homeschool children. This Exploding Box Project can be used as an extension menu activity for a novel study, picture book, or literature circle. Your students will be so excited to present what they learned from the book with this hands-on activity. All you will need to create this easy project is scrapbook paper, scissors,
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2nd - 6th
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The Smart Cookie Read Aloud Book Companion | Multiple Intelligences | Activities
The Smart Cookie by Jory John is a great book to teach students that everyone is smart in different ways and the importance of perseverance. It is also the perfect segue into a study of multiple intelligences. This The Smart Cookie Book Companion requires students to delve into analyzing and interpreting literature. This book companion is jam-packed with resources that provide opportunities for your students in grades 2-4 to think critically and creatively, analyze the author's craft, and make c
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Crenshaw by Katherine Applegate: A PDF and Easel Digital Novel Study
Overview: This is a custom-made, ready-to-use PDF and/or Easel digital packet for students in grades 4-7 who are reading the novel, Crenshaw, written by Katherine Applegate. To have a digital product that can be assigned and completed digitally, download this as an Easel product. This packet of materials includes 23 student pages, an answer key, a list of vocabulary words found in the reading, and a chart showing CCSS standards that are supported. The student pages divide the text into 5 readi
Grades:
4th - 7th
Also included in: Crenshaw: A PDF and Google Slides Novel Study Bundle
The Sour Grape Craft Read Aloud and Activities Spring Activities SEL Gratitude
Enrich your favorite read aloud with The Sour Grape by Jory John Interactive Read Aloud! Students will love the read aloud and be able to apply their knowledge in the extension activities, crafts, and writing prompts centered around the book's theme of gratitude and forgiveness.Get all current interactive read alouds H A L F off with the Interactive Read Aloud ENDLESS Bundle! More Jory John Interactive Read Alouds + Crafts:The Bad Seed Craft + Interactive Read AloudThe Good Egg Craft + Inter
Grades:
K - 2nd
The Westing Game Novel Study: Activities & Questions to Improve Comprehension
Support comprehension of The Westing Game (and have some fun!) A detective's journal helps kids keep track of tenants, the obituary, paired heirs, and clues. Additional activities and discussion questions foster understanding of this complex puzzle-piece mystery novel. These resources were created to address a specific need in my classroom. Although I taught a class of high ability students, some just didn't get the outcome of this book. When, however, they analyzed specific details and discusse
Grades:
4th - 6th
The Tale of Despereaux ~ A Novel Study
"Come closer, dear reader. I am telling you a story..." This product is a complete novel study over the beloved book "The Tale of Despereaux". Complete with comprehensive questions over each chapter, reader's responses to go along with your Reading Workshop, and numerous enrichment activities to enhance your student's reading. Perfect for grades 3-6. Created by Marsha Templeton.
Activities include:
Create you own Coat of Arms
Character Cards
Inference Cards
Make a Tapestry
Dungeon Researc
Grades:
3rd - 6th
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Storm Boy ~ Colin Thiele ~ Higher Order Thinking NOVEL STUDY
This novel study contains 14 pages of questions (41 questions in total) plus 8 final activities to do at the end of the story. The questions ALL involve higher order thinking, and most questions involve multiple parts. All questions are purposeful- none are there to just fill time!! As such, the novel study is perfect for gifted and talented students/classes, though can still be used effectively in mainstream classes as well.The questions are based on Bloom's Taxonomy, First Steps Reading Str
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Grades:
3rd - 7th
After the Fall Activities - Retelling and Sequencing Worksheets with Pictures
Use After the Fall to teach sequencing and retelling a story. This resource includes differentiated sequencing and retelling worksheets, cut and paste sequencing activities, and retelling cards with images and text.With these After the Fal retelling and sequencing graphic organizers, your students will:gain a better understanding of the book and text structurepractice prediction and inference skillsdevelop descriptive vocabulary, creative thinking, and visualization techniquesorganize ideas**CHE
Grades:
1st - 4th
Stick and Stone Interactive Read Aloud and Activities | Friendship Activities
Engage your students in a rigorous interactive read aloud with the book Stick and Stone by Beth Ferry. Students will love the read aloud and be able to apply their knowledge in the extension activities and writing prompts centered around the book's theme of friendship.Get all current interactive read alouds H A L F off with the Interactive Read Aloud ENDLESS Bundle! The Stick and Stone Interactive Read Aloud and Activities is a lesson plan for an interactive read aloud and writing activities fo
Grades:
K - 2nd
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