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Critical thinking independent works for staff
The Circle Challenge — Art Drawing Fun Worksheet Game Early Finisher Sub Plan
The Circle Challenge - make each different! Great for early finishers, bell ringers, sub plans, staff meetings, ice breakers....and more! Art class or even just regular boredom buster. 8.5x11 reproducible. Color and Black & White Version included.See our Triangle, Square and Geometric Challenge as well as our other Art Games, Worksheets, Lessons and more! Click Here!***********************************************************************Hope Creek Studios specializes in Art Studio and History
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K - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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39 Digital Moveable Tangram Puzzle Activities STEM Team Building Math
Have fun with your students while they solve these Tangram Puzzle Activities! This set of puzzles can be used in Google Slides or it can be downloaded and printed on paper. You choose! Great for developing critical thinking skills and team building activities!Great for distance learning!Included is a Google Slide version of the Following:39 Digital interactive Moveable Tangram Puzzles and their answers as well as a printable version. Your students will be able to move the tangrams into posit
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2nd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Discussion Starters for Math Problem Solving
BEST SELLER!! This product has 14 printable cards with question stems and prompts TEACHERS can ask during problem solving activities to promote critical thinking skills. By integrating these open-ended questions into your daily math instruction and routines, you can help students:• Make sense of mathematics• Learn and apply mathematical language and vocabulary• Develop a wide variety of flexible strategies for problem solving• Strengthen reasoning skills• Solve problems effectively and efficient
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K - 12th, Staff
15 Mystery Puzzles - Brain Teasers - STEM Project - Team Building - GT
Have fun with your students while they solve these Mystery Puzzles! This set of puzzles is interactive in Google Slide or it can be downloaded and printed on paper. You choose! Great for developing critical thinking skills!Great for distance learning!Included is a PDF version and a Google Slide version of the Following:15 Digital interactive Mystery Puzzles and their answers. Your students will learn and have fun at the same time. This project can also be used as a center activity with an i
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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101 Wacky Wordies Puzzles | Brain Teasers | Word Problems | Critical Thinking
Wacky Wordies is an excellent CRITICAL THINKING and VOCABULARY BOOSTING GAME for 2024 students LOVE the world over. WACKY WORD PUZZLES can be used in ENGLISH as an ICEBREAKER, a CRITICAL THINKING test or a FUN ACTIVITY for students and teachers of all ages.We have bundled together with the web's most complete collection of Wacky Word challenges, and HERE'S WHAT YOU GET.⭐ 202 Beautifully presented Wacky Wordies PowerPoint Slides with questions and answers.⭐ A paper-based test of 101 Wacky Wordie
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Staff
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GIFTED AND TALENTED PROBLEM SOLVING #1
TEACHERS-PARENTS are you having trouble finding gifted and talented teaching materials in mathematics, problem solving, and critical thinking? “GIFTED AND TALENTED PROBLEM SOLVING #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7 and #8 each have 42 pages of activities specially designed to motivate and challenge your gifted-talented students. All of the activities involve mathematics, critical thinking, and problem solving. Great for those high achieving students in your classes who need something extra to challenge
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5th - 12th, Staff
AAAATeambuilding & Classbuilding Question Cards (40 Cards)
Have your students interact with each other in a fun and positive way! MY STUDENTS LOVE THESE CARDS!!! These cards are great for...Back to School activitiesIce breaker activitiesInterest InventoriesMeet-and-Greet activitiesBrain breaksTeambuildingClassbuildingEnd of school year activities The product includes:40 Teambuilding & Classbuilding Question CardsRecording Sheet (4 versions)You can get your students engaged with these cards in a variety of ways. Here are some examples: Footloose, SC
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Air and Water Pollution Worksheets Webquest
**UPDATED HYPERLINK TO WEBSITE ON WORKSHEET A ON PRODUCT**These activities and worksheets are designed to introduce students to the causes and effects of air and water pollution on our environment. The activities are student-directed and include using websites to research and answer questions on the worksheets provided. There are 2 worksheets available at different levels:* Worksheet A - low literacy learners (included very literal questions and lower order thinking and listing)* Worksheet B - h
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3rd - 12th, Staff
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Earthquake STEM Activity (Earthquake Resistant Building Structure Challenge)
Use these 46 Pages of Earthquake (Earth Day) STEM Challenge to let your students learn how to work as engineers to make models of buildings to see how well their structure stand up under the stress of an earthquake. Explain to them that this is similar to what some civil engineers do as their jobs.Design Process Worksheets and Rubrics are included to introduce the Engineering Design Process while doing this Earthquake STEM/ STEAM activity or project. There is a color and are black & white ve
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3rd - 12th, Staff
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How to Differentiate a Lesson Reference Guide
Need a fast and easy way to create a differentiated lesson for your students? This handy one page "cheat sheet" or reference guide is all you need to create a lesson to meet the needs of your GATE students. This idea was developed by Sandra Kaplan who has worked in the field of Gifted Education for years. YOU MUST HAVE SOME BASIC KNOWLEDGE ON DEPTH AND COMPLEXITY AND HOW TO PLAN DIFFERENTIATED LESSONS IN ORDER TO USE THIS PRODUCT. It is a guide only. Here's how it works: You decide on the th
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PreK - 12th, Staff
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GIFTED AND TALENTED PROBLEM SOLVING #1 AND #2
PURCHASE “GIFTED AND TALENTED PROBLEM SOLVING #1 AND #2” AT A DISCOUNTED PRICE.Gifted and talented classes usually have an abundance of educational materials for English, the arts and social studies, but very little for mathematics, critical thinking, and problem solving. “GIFTED AND TALENTED PROBLEM SOLVING #1 AND #2” have 84 pages of activities specially designed to motivate and challenge your gifted-talented students. All of the activities involve mathematics, critical thinking and problem so
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5th - 12th, Staff
Introduction to Python Programming FULL COURSE Bundle: Parts 1-7
This whole unit of work includes all my Introduction to Python Programming lessons within one bundle! Includes;001. Introduction to the basics01. Print statements, data types and mathematical calculations02. Using variables03. Adding comments04. IF statements and Boolean05. Arrays / Lists06. Manipulating string07. LoopingEach resource includes differentiated activities to consolidate learning as well as final unit challenges to assess understanding.Save over 40% when purchasing all these resourc
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7th - 10th, Adult Education, Staff
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Castle Attack! Review Game (Any content, any lesson!)
Split students into tables, give each student a personal whiteboard and assign each player at each table a letter either A,B,C, or D. Give teams 5 minutes to create the castle they will be defending on a sheet of anchor chart paper.Show the problems you plug into this ppt on the projector to review and every player in the game has a question to answer on their board (table 1 has a player "A", table 2 has a player "A", and so on for letters A-D), draw random names to check a person after 45 secon
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K - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Sphero Mini Golf: Design, Build, and Code Your Own Course!
**Updated 05/03/23 with larger card size variation as well as full-sized slides for projection.This card set guides students through the process of creating a mini golf hole, with specific criteria and constraints to follow. Students will then use the Sphero Edu app to program their robot ball to navigate the course they've created. Along the way, they'll learn valuable coding and problem-solving skills.To complete this challenge, students will need butcher paper, construction paper or markers,
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3rd - 12th, Staff
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Also included in: Sphero Bundle 2
Common Core RIT: Reading Comprehension Sheets for 3-6 Informational Standards
***The K-2 version of this item is a TpT No. 1 Top Seller***
This product is available at a 20% discount when you purchase it together with the RL version. Here is the link to the bundle.
This product can be used with any reading series, program or un-program...for the schools and classes out there doing a home-grown reading "un-program"... this product is ideal!
This product is extremely low prep for both you and for students, copying only...no time wasted cutting, gluing, coloring...no tr
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3rd - 6th, Higher Education, Staff
OTES (Ohio's Teacher Evaluation System) Organizational Evidence Binder
Are you an Ohio teacher? Does the new OTES system have you stressed? Don't know where to begin? Let this evidence binder tool help you get started!
This product was created to help you organize your thoughts and put things down on paper. It will get you thinking in the direction of the new OTES system. This file is editable (through PowerPoint) so that you can add a text box and type in your responses. Simply add resources of evidence in each section.
There are 3 sections that address
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Staff
Google Slides Mind Map Templates (10)
Product DescriptionGoogle Slides Mind/Thinking Map Templates (10 Slides) Light colorsGoogle Slides With Thinking Map Templates are a great way to keep your students engaged online. Share and collaborate with Google Drive LinkPre-placed and formatted text boxes are on the slides. Just open click and start typing. Saves you time formatting and extra steps for young learners.Includes ALL Eight types of Thinking Maps + two extra Bridge Maps 10 Slides TotalFolder includes Google Slides/PowerPoint Fil
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff, Not Grade Specific
PROBLEM SOLVING ACTIVITIES BOOKS (#1,#2,#3,#4) (1 - 100)
Problem solving activities for teachers, students and parents. Purchase PROBLEM SOLVING ACTIVITIES BOOKS #1, #2, #3 and #4 at a DISCOUNTED PRICE. "One hundred pages" of problems that are designed to support your schools objectives and curriculum. Use these for that special time in the classroom or at home when you need a little change of pace. Great when you need something a little different to challenge and motivate your students. Good for math resource centers, math clubs, problem of the day
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5th - 11th, Staff
THINK ALOUD Sentence and Question Stems ELA/ Reading
A think aloud poster contains sentence stems for students to grasp in order to build reading and comprehension skillsThere are multiple background colors and black and white for you in this PDF file. Also added a few mini versions that can be used in interactive notebooks or bookmarks.This packet includes:Posters and bookmarksSentence stemsQuestions stems All levelsThank you !! and Happy Thinking !!With love,Powerful TeachingALL IN ONE READING QUESTIONING STEMS FOR TEACHERS
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1st - 12th, Staff
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Visual Puzzles Illusions - 29 Brain Teasers - STEM Project - Team Building - GT
Have fun with your students while they solve these Visual Puzzles or Illusions! This set of puzzles can be used in Google Slides or it can be downloaded and printed on paper. You choose! Great for developing critical thinking skills and team building activities!Great for distance learning!Included is a PDF version and a Google Slide version of the Following:29 Digital interactive Mystery Puzzles and their secrets. Your students will learn and have fun at the same time. This project can also
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5th - 9th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Rebus "Wuzzle" Puzzle Worksheet BUNDLE (WORKSHEETS 1 through 10)
*** THIS BUNDLE CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS:
Rebus “Wuzzle” Puzzle Worksheet 1
Rebus “Wuzzle” Puzzle Worksheet 2
Rebus “Wuzzle” Puzzle Worksheet 3
Rebus “Wuzzle” Puzzle Worksheet 4
Rebus “Wuzzle” Puzzle Worksheet 5
Rebus “Wuzzle” Puzzle Worksheet 6
Rebus “Wuzzle” Puzzle Worksheet 7 - MOVIE TITLES
Rebus “Wuzzle” Puzzle Worksheet 8
Rebus “Wuzzle” Puzzle Worksheet 9
Rebus “Wuzzle” Puzzle Worksheet 9
Rebus "Wuzzle" Puzzle Worksheet 10 - Breakfast Cereals
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS WORKSH
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Crash Course Media Literacy Worksheets Complete Series Set Full Bundle
This ZIP file contains Microsoft Word document worksheets (along with PDF versions) for each of the twelve episodes of Crash Course Media Literacy hosted by Jay Smooth.Worksheets contain a combination of fill-in-the-blank and short answer questions. Each worksheet is accompanied with an answer key and relevant images.By purchasing this file, you agree not to make it publicly available (on external websites, etc.) or to share with any other teachers. It is intended for classroom use only. You *ar
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Brain Benders - Riddles and Brain Teasers 4
Brain Benders - Riddles and Brain Teasers 4!!!
{10 NEW RIDDLES AND BRAIN TEASERS FOR YOUR CLASSROOM!}
It's fun to solve brain teasers and I've heard your brain is like a muscle. If you exercise it (by teasing it) you'll have a fit brain. Even if that's not true, it's still fun to solve them!
If you LOVED Brain Benders 1, Brain Benders 2, Brain Benders 3,and Brain Benders 4 - you must download Brain Benders 5!!!
Have your students improve their problem solving abilities with these 10 brain te
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Jumbo Poster Size Graphic Organizer Collaboration and Group Discussion Mats
Need some help getting your group to record their discussions or stay on topic? More important, do you need a way to do that conveniently without a lot of effort? Yes, graphic organizers can be found anywhere. These poster size printouts save you the time of formatting and enlarging them for whole or small group use. As a teacher, my time is valuable, which is why I made these. These printable collaboration mats print across 6, 8.5 x 11 sheets of paper each. Once taped together, they make the p
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff, Not Grade Specific
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