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8th grade resources for Easel Activities and for Gifted and Talented
Would You Rather Sampler - Fun Questions for Discussion, Writing Prompts, & More
Dive into writing prompts, classroom discussion, and more with our exclusive sampler from Would You Rather Questions!!These 18 digital or print Would You Rather questions are great for discussion, class polls, writing prompts, language building, facilitating higher-level thinking, brain breaks, building community, and more! This sampler gives you a taste of our comprehensive Would You Rather resource that promises to make learning engaging and effective.Try before you buy!Purchase this sampler f
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2nd - 9th
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Winter Holiday & Christmas Fun- Nine Logic Puzzles for Middle School
Winter Holiday Fun for Middle Schoolers!No prep except to print and copy, or assign on Easel!This packet of nine activities includes one reindeer games logic puzzle, one Christmas logic puzzle, one New Year’s logic puzzle, one temperature logic puzzle, one cryptogram with winter holiday words, one grid matching activity, one elf grid drawing sheet, one 9-piece square puzzle, and one leap words puzzle. They are ready to print, copy, and use- no other prep necessary! An answer key and a few tips
Grades:
6th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Year Round Logic Puzzle Bundle for Middle School!
Following Directions Puzzles Beginning or End of Year Activity with Easel
Following directions puzzles are a fun way to teach critical thinking. Great for back to school at the beginning of the year or at the end of the year as standardized test preparation. Five challenging puzzles that gifted and talented students enjoy, too! In the first puzzle, cross words off a table according to the directions provided to reveal an inspirational quote about life. In the next puzzle, follow directions to travel the world to catch a thief. In the third puzzle, rearrange letters to
Grades:
6th - 8th
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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
Grades:
5th - 8th
Back to School Science Activities for Middle School
This product has some great activities for the first day or first week of school! For many middle school science students, this will be their first year of having science as a stand-alone class. Additionally, many middle schools are comprised of students coming from several different elementary schools. You can use these Back-to-School activities to help students practice the expectations of a science class, plus learn about each other. While they do these activities, you as a teacher can ge
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4th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Back to School Bundle for Middle School ELA, Math, and Science
Crack the Code Puzzles for Technology Class Printable Worksheets
Looking for a fun and engaging way to teach your students about technology? Look no further than our Binary Code, Hexadecimal, and Morse Code Encoded Messages packet! Introducing the ultimate tech-inspired resource for teachers and students - Binary Code, Hexadecimal, and Morse Code Encoded Messages with silly phrases as well as technology facts! Perfect for those days when you don't have access to devices, this packet provides an engaging and entertaining way for students to explore basic conce
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5th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Technology Curriculum Back Up Plans Bundle | K-5 Computer Lab Activities
Paul Klee Abstract Art Lesson: Portrait Dice Games Art Project - Nsw Visual Arts
Are you teaching an abstract art lesson on Paul Klee? Are they going to create an abstract portrait? Here's a fun lesson to brighten up your lesson plans! This is the perfect addition to your elementary art curriculum! Engaging abstract portrait art lesson with language (writing) activities. These no-prep abstract portrait art projects are perfect for your art sub tub. Super easy to implement for substitute teachers. Plus, the engagement will help with behavior! Perfect to start your art integra
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K - 12th
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Also included in:Â Art History Lesson - Famous Artists - Art Activities and Sub Plans
WORD PUZZLES Brain Teaser BUNDLE! REBUS Puzzles, Hink Pinks, Word Plexers
This brain teaser pack includes ALL of my rebus word puzzles and hink pink puzzles.It includes: 13 pages of Rebus puzzles (111 puzzles to solve in all!) 9 Hink Pink pages (75 puzzles to solve in all)**ANSWER keys included. PRINT AND GO! That is OVER 185 puzzles total! Plus a "make your own" version of each puzzle type! My students BEG for these puzzles! They would be great to utilize for early finishers, work for after testing, EOY test prep for vocabulary building in a FUN and engaging way, Gif
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2nd - 9th
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Creative Thinking Task Cards - Word Links - 128 Lateral Thought Puzzles
Use these 126 critical thinking cards to help your students gain fluency with lateral thinking. Similar to the board game, TriBonds, each card requires students to come up with one word that links the three words on each card together. For example, the words, “camp,” “place,” and “wild,” are linked by the word “fire.” These cards can be used by students from grade four all the way to adults (try them yourself!).WHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:128 Task Cards (prints 6 to a page)Black-lineColorRecording
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2nd - 12th
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Also included in:Â Creative and Critical Thinking Task Cards - 7 Set Bundle (over 400 cards!)
Invention "SHARK TANK" Classroom Competition, Step-By-Step Guide w/ Handouts
PDF or Digital! Shark Tank! Classroom or school invention competition! It's never too early to encourage your young entrepreneurs. I've included everything you need with this resource to have a "Shark Tank" inspired classroom competition in your own classroom. Students will use innovative math, social studies and science skills with partners to create a product that will help students with specific problems at school. Great for teaching inventions, personal finance with profits, losses and etc
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4th - 8th
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Any Time Logic Puzzles Fun for Middle School!
Five logic puzzles for any time of the year- these are not associated with any particular holiday or time of year. This product has been updated with the EASEL feature, perfect to use with distance or virtual learning! It can be assigned to students in a Google Classroom. You can either use the digital overlay already created, or create your own! For more information, read here! Puzzle 1 = Babysitting Debacle- solve for which kid made which mess in which room.Puzzle 2 = Chores for All- solve
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6th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Year Round Logic Puzzle Bundle for Middle School!
Research Writing Activities Create an Infographic Primary Research Project
Introduce students to research with infographics using primary research. Students gather data through interviews and then use their data to create an original infographic. Students will analyze data and present it in an easy to understand format.This resource includes:print and digital versionsanalysis of an infographiccomparison/contrast of primary and secondary researchgraphic organizer idea generatoreditable list of topics for students to choose fromdata collection formsample for student ref
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6th - 10th
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Sudoku for Kids - Improving Logic and Reasoning
20 printable or digital pages of Sudoku to help your students improve their Logic and Reasoning skills. Each pages has four number puzzles with six missing numbers in each puzzle. Use in the classroom (print) or at home (digital). Answer key included. PRINT: I created a PDF version that you can download on your computer and print for students to use in class or at home. Click on "Add one to cart" and download your copy. DIGITAL ACTIVITY: I created a digital version with text boxes so students
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2nd - 8th
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Also included in:Â Sudoku BUNDLE - Logic and Reasoning
BRAIN TEASERS - FULL YEAR Pack of Daily RIDDLE CARDS
BACK TO SCHOOL BRAIN TEASERS - FULL YEAR Pack of Daily RIDDLE CARDS This full year pack of daily riddle cards will keep your students guessing all school year long! These are designed in task card form. I love to use these as a morning bell-ringer to get their minds thinking, or as brain breaks! Could also be used as a scoot, or small group activity with a few at a time! 132 total riddle cards included with answers! Are you following me? ALL items are 50% off for the first 24 hours AND FLASH 24
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3rd - 12th
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Theatre Lesson Set Design Lesson Rendering For Fairy Tales Grades 6 to 8 Fantasy
Part of a Bundle Do your students lesson need concrete ideas and not abstract? Let’s begin there then and use fairy tales as our focus. OVER 350 SOLD! This two-day lesson on set design acquaints your students with the art form. Students learn a little bit about set design and draw a rendering of a fairy tale setting thus becoming set designers themselves. Lastly, they write a detailed description of it. Note: This is part of my fairy set design unit, too. If you purchase the set design unit,
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6th - 8th
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Spy: Codes and Ciphers and Critical Thinking
Students will get plenty of fun opportunities to practice and apply their critical thinking and problem-solving skills while learning how to send and receive a variety of secret encoded messages! STUDENTS LOVE TO SPY and students love communicating using secret codes and ciphers. Encoding and decoding secret messages require the use of critical thinking and problem-solving skills. Studying espionage, a high interest, real-world experience, is an exciting way to teach these important skills. T
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5th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Codes, Ciphers and Critical Thinking: Spy Bundle #1
Halloween STEM Activity: Candy Grabber STEM Activity
Fall or Halloween STEM Activity - updated with digital STEM journals and teacher slides!**Note: this challenge is identical to the Valentine's Day Candy Grabber Challenge but with a Halloween and fall theme!**This engineering design challenge is perfect for a fun and educational STEM Halloween project! Note: the word "Halloween" is not in the product - the pages are in black and orange with a candy graphic. Students will work in teams to design and build a device that uses the power of levers to
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3rd - 9th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in:Â Fall & Halloween STEM Challenges Activity Bundle
Emergency Sub Plan Lin Manuel Miranda Hamilton Performer Composer Middle Grades
Need something for a substitute to teach? Here's a close reading lesson to re-energize your class 1 l/2 days in length! Talk about making it easy on yourself, huh? This biography (formatted like a newspaper) about the performing artist Lin Manuel Miranda of Hamilton fame, is suitable for middle and high school students and can be used as a stand alone lesson or with other biographies. Each lesson in the Places Please series is tailored to the strengths of that particular artist. BEST SELLERS
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Grades:
7th - 9th
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Also included in:Â Theater Class Emergency Sub Plan Bundle One Month in Length
Black History Civil Rights Leaders Biography Interactive Learning Updated 2023
Try this FREE sample to see more. Help your students learn about important figures in history who helped pave the way for civil rights in America. This digital escape room is a fun and engaging way to learn about these important people. Can they crack the code?Students will learn more about: Martin Luther King Jr. Rosa ParksHarriet TubmanSojourner TruthFrederick Douglass Ruby BridgesEach person includes:a short biography for students to reada short video a puzzle to solve the clue-some puzzles i
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3rd - 8th
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Also included in:Â Holiday Digital Escape Room Growing Bundle - Breakouts All Through the Year
Halloween Logic Puzzle or Brain Teaser for High School
Make learning fun while you challenge your gifted and talented or bright kids with this difficult Halloween logic puzzle for high school students. This brain teaser involves a circle logic puzzle with challenging clues to engage your brightest students through print or digital worksheets. Quick and easy setup with clear directions makes this activity perfect for Halloween enrichment activities for teens.Click here to save 20% off the price of individual resources with the bundle.Use in whole or
Grades:
8th - 11th
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Depth and Complexity Icons Sentence Stems (distance learning)
These depth and complexity icons sentence stems can be used in any classroom to help students think, talk, and write about various subjects using Depth and Complexity with ease! Use the stems during distance learning discussions, to keep conversations rich and engaging. The adaptations are endless for discussion, questioning, and writing purposes. All 11 Depth and Complexity Icons are included, each with 5 sentence stems to get teachers and students started! Use the depth and complexity stems i
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6th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Depth and Complexity Icons Getting Started BUNDLE
Geometric Brainteasers for the Gifted and Talented
20 printable or digital pages of geometric brainteasers to challenge your Gifted and Talented students. On each page, students identify how many circles, squares, triangles or cubes are in a design. Each page also has two secret messages on license plates, like: HURU (who are you), KWY IT (quiet), BRNSTRM (brainstorm), UAMZME (you amaze me), IMGRTFL (I am grateful), and more. PRINT: I created a PDF version that you can download on your computer and print for students to use in class or at ho
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Grades:
2nd - 8th
Also included in:Â Distance Learning for Curious Kids BUNDLE (Print + Digital Activities)
Drama Lesson Costume Design Super Heroes Middle School Plus Creative Writing
Part of a Bundle Who doesn’t like super heroes like Superman? Or Wonder Woman? This two-day lesson on costume design is focused on their unusual costumes. Save time by using this resource all ready for you. It gives your students an opportunity be costume designers and learn all about the profession. Suitable for students in grades 6 to 7, but younger students will enjoy it too. The product is broken down for two class periods, although it could be used for a one day exploration of the subject
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Grades:
5th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Drama Lesson Super Heroes| Costume Design| Storytelling and Movement
Brain Teaser Word Puzzles (Set of 100)
This set includes 100 different brain teaser word puzzles that are separated into ten rounds of ten. Each round is on a different numbered sheet making it easy to follow. Each sheet comes with a corresponding student response sheet and answer key. These puzzles can be printed and used in one classroom or laminated and used year-after-year. Your students are sure to love these engaging, age-appropriate, tricky word puzzles!These word puzzles are now available in a bundle that includes 200 word pu
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4th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Brain Teaser Word Puzzles BUNDLE
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