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4th grade critical thinking unit plans
State Report Editable Template - Informational Report Writing Research Project
Looking for an organized way to help you guide your students to create meaningful, well-researched reports? The research project includes a student-written example, editable student directions, research pages, writing pages, and an editable rubric. Everything you need to teach and organize this social studies unit is included in this time-saving unit!It includes: A Student Written State Report ExampleList of States (I pull sticks and let the kids choose. This is my checklist.)Student Directions
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4th - 6th
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Depth and Complexity Teaching Critical Thinking Using Fairytales
Teach your students how to explore content with depth and complexity.Here it is, a complete and ready-to-use resource for teaching all 11 elements (Big Ideas, Rules, Trends, Patterns, Language of the Discipline, Ethics, Relationships Over Time, Details, Unanswered Questions, Across Disciplines, and Multiple Perspectives) of critical thinking.! Your students will explore of these elements by applying them to familiar stories, such as “Cinderella”, “The Emperor’s New Clothes”, “Goldilocks and the
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4th - 10th
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Also included in: Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Mega Bundle
Classroom Debate Unit for Grades 4-7
This Let's Debate Mini-Unit is intended to support 4th - 7th grade teachers and students as they prepare to participate in class debates, both as actual debaters and as stakeholder audience members. This engaging activity can be used in many subject areas, and is a great culminating task for any unit. Perfect for that upcoming teacher evaluation you may have coming up!This four day unit includes:► Detailed lesson plans spanning four days► List of suggested topics► Schedules and templates► Deba
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4th - 7th
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Mystery Genre Study Unit - Read, Write & Think Like a Detective Activities
Read, write, and think like a detective! Bulk up your mystery genre study with inference activities, short stories, writing projects, secret codes, observation, logic puzzles, fingerprinting, and invisible ink! This unit is guaranteed to engage your third, fourth, or fifth grade students.Open the previews to take a closer look at all resources.Read Like a DetectiveEight inference activities and five short detective stories help kids build critical thinking and deduction skills. These literature
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3rd - 5th
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Indigenous Peoples and Europeans & Early Societies | ONTARIO GRADE 4/5 UNIT
Teach your split grade 4 and grade 5's with this inquiry based split grade unit on Indigenous people and Europeans and Early societies. Teach two separate curriculums during one period with this complete unit in an easy and manageable way. Grade 41) Identify and locate the major early societies on a map and time line. 2)Compare the daily life of two or more early societies. 3) Identify the environmental features in early societies 4) Identify how the environment impacts the daily life of earl
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3rd - 6th
James and the Giant Peach Book Companion: A Mega Resource Pack
**Enhance Your Roald Dahl Unit with the Ultimate James and the Giant Peach Resource Pack! Perfect for Independent Readers, Small Groups, and Whole Class Learning.**If you're seeking an all-inclusive companion to Roald Dahl's captivating tale, look no further than our mega resource pack for "James and the Giant Peach." Designed to engage students reading the book independently, in small groups, or as a cohesive class, this pack guarantees an unforgettable literary journey.**What's Included:**- **
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2nd - 4th
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Ontario Grade 4 Social Studies - Early Societies Full Year Complete Inquiry Unit
This complete unit is designed to meet the Ontario Grade 4 Curriculum for Early Societies. Everything you need from start to finish to teach your students history in fun and engaging ways. Help your students learn more about early societies and ancient civilizations from around the world between 500BCE to 1500 CE. This is a complete unit that uses engaging activities, hands-on learning, differentiated instruction and inquiry based learning projects all throughout the unit. Help your student
Grades:
4th
Media Literacy Unit Plan Digital and Printable
Help your students in third, fourth or fifth grades think critically about digital and print media. Advertising is everywhere: in movies, in books, on youtube, and on every website students visit. This unit helps students to see how media is designed for a variety of purposes in order to become critical thinkers. This unit includes digital student pages that are ready for GOOGLE classroom and distance learning.Included in this 2-week media literacy unit is:Introduction - Introduce students to
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3rd - 5th
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Inquiry and Research - A Student-Choice Guided Unit | Project-Based Learning
Inquiry-Based Learning: A thorough, guided system to help teach your students how to inquire, tune in, find out, reflect and present their findings. FOR ANY TOPIC.
What Is Inquiry-Based Learning?
Inquiry-Based teaching is a response to our current ‘knowledge based’ society and allows for effective and engaging teaching. Inquiry-Based Learning not about finding facts. Rather, it is about researching and answering questions or solving issues. It is a method of learning where students explore the
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4th - 7th
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Electricity Science Unit | Activities and Lessons | Complete Bundle
This unit includes all our electricity and magnetism resources and is designed to be ready to use as soon as you print it. These are the perfect activities to meld background electrical knowledge with hands-on activities, and it only takes minutes for you to plan out your next three months of science lessons.This unit includes:complete electricity lesson plans with modifications for differentiation.digital versions with loose text that can be read by assistive technology.hands-on activitiesa bon
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4th - 6th
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Last Week of School Activities | End of the Year | Reading | Escape Room | STEM
This stress free end of the year Secret Agent unit will have your students engaged and excited about learning all the way to the last day! These print and go cross-curricular activities include reading comprehension, persuasive writing, graphing, STEM, an escape room activity and much more! Students will love this fun end of the year review as they work to become "secret agents".This is the PRINTABLE VERSION, the DIGITAL VERSION is available here.This resource includes:•Secret Agent Name Tags a
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2nd - 4th
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Project Based Learning with STEM and Literacy: 3 Little Pigs Bundle
Project-Based Learning, STEM, and Reading Response Sheets based on the beloved story of the 3 Little Pigs. Fairy tales come to life in this cross-curricular resource! Student connect to the fairy tale story while engaging in project activities that include math, reading skills, writing, and STEM.Classic fairy tales serve as a great motivator to students! Teachers can provide rich fairy tale experiences by utilizing the book list or video links that are provided. The projects and the fairy tale i
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2nd - 5th
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First 20 Days of Math: Back to School Review Activities & Diagnostic Assessments
Are you looking for some amazing Ontario math review activities and diagnostic assessments? Start with the First 20 Days of Math Unit as a back to school math review - teach students about social emotional learning, critical mathematical processes, learning skills and growth mindset for a successful year while reviewing key math concepts. Students will love these hands-on math activities and you will establish ideal classroom routines. Everything you need is included - lessons, printables and
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3rd - 5th
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MAKEY MAKEY AND SCRATCH INTERACTIVE POSTER - Unit of Work
Your students can use Makey Makey and Scratch to code their own interactive poster. In the process, they learn to think creatively, reason systematically, and work collaboratively — essential skills for everyone in today’s society. The poster can be made for ANY SUBJECT AREA.6 x one hour - fully descriptive lessons includedLESSON ONE - Exploring with Makey Makey (includes Makey Makey Task Cards)LESSON TWO - Exploring with Scratch (includes Scratch Task Cards)LESSON THREE - Research Topic for Po
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3rd - 6th
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Maps and Globes - Map Skills - Map Activities to Teach Geography
No more boring mapping worksheets to teach map skills! This maps and globes resource is intended to teach geography and mapping skills in a fun, meaningful, and creative way! You may use it to supplement other mapping units or resources or as a framework to plan your own units. It is the foundation for the month or so of mapping instruction I do in my own classroom. It is meant to be "hands on", not fill in the blank! This resource is NOT a mapping textbook and is not scripted in a day-by-da
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
Ocean Debris Engineering Design STEM Challenge
Ocean Debris Engineering Design STEM ChallengeAfter learning about ocean pollution, students use the engineering design process to build an ocean debris cleaner that has buoyancy and can pick up microplastics. Lesson Sequence: Relay Recycle Bin Sort: Students will be given a garbage bag of mixed recycling items - paper, glass, plastic, and metal. Students will have to relay back and forth separating/grouping the like items one item at a time without talking to their relay partners!Learn about t
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3rd - 6th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 4-LS1-1
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Also included in: Year-Round STEM Activity Bundle (Elementary STEM)
Archaeology for Kids: "Dig Deep" Interdisciplinary Unit
This resource pack was developed for use with my elementary students when studying ancient civilizations, cultures, paleontology, and archaeology. Students will also learn more about the Aztecs, Incas, and Mayas with meaningful, cross-curricular activities! Join in as we explore together!
This unit's approach is interdisciplinary in nature. Students will enjoy learning about history, cultures, art, archaeology, and architecture in combination with traditional math and literacy activities.
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1st - 6th
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Thinking Outside the Box- Using Creative and Critical Thinking Skills
“I cannot teach anyone anything. I can only make them think.” ~SocratesUtilizing this unit, your students will learn higher-order thinking skills including both creative thinking and critical thinking skills. Students will go beyond basic observation of facts and memorization. Through explicit instruction students to become more evaluative, creative and innovative in their thinking. This unit includes multiple teaching methodologies with variations on each for extended application. Through this
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1st - 5th
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STEAM DaVinci Renaissance Style: A Unit for Elementary GATE
In STEM Renaissance Style, students will follow the engineering process as they return to the 16th Century. With these lessons, the teacher defines the problem, helps students gather background research, and specifies the requirements. The students do the rest: creating alternative solutions, choosing the best solution, doing development work, building a prototype, and testing and redesigning.
Students construct a prototype of Da Vinci’s parachute while learning about falling objects, gravity,
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: STEAM Class Bundle - Engineering Focus - 115+ Hours 374 pp Gifted GATE
Digital Interactive Writing Units | Google Slides & Classroom | 5 Text Types
Teach and learn like a boss in 2024 on your Chromebook, iPad, laptop, or device of choice with this vast collection of purpose-built digital writing resources with thousands of glowing reviews. These interactive units are full of resources, interactive graphic organizers, multimedia, cutting-edge teaching resources, and ideas that will blow your students' minds for years. Maximize the use of all that tech in your classroom with these proven resources in classrooms worldwide.You are buying hundre
Grades:
3rd - 10th
Hypothetical Questions | Visual Writing Prompts | What would you do? Icebreakers
Following the wild popularity of the Visual Writing Prompts Bundle comes HYPOTHETICAL VISUAL ICE BREAKERS AND OPINION PROMPTS for 2024. This FUN writing resource is evergreen with proven success with struggling or reluctant writers and an excellent ICEBREAKER for students and staff.The resource is broken into five unique areas⭐ What If?⭐ Icebreakers⭐ Would you rather? ⭐ Hmmm??? That's a tough one⭐ Tough questions for young adults.Everything is entirely EDITABLE with absolutely "NO PREP REQUIRE
Grades:
4th - 9th, Staff
Depth and Complexity Primary Extension Literature Units BUNDLE (Gate)
Depth & Complexity Primary Literature Units (4 Included)4 Units Included: Details, Big Idea, Unanswered Questions and RulesEACH UNIT CONTAINS: 1 Week Long Unit - 5 LessonsThis weeklong unit was designed to introduce primary aged students to the one depth and complexity icon through mentor texts. It is great for whole group lessons, small group extensions, and independent practice.Each unit has:One full week of lesson plansActivities and extensionsSuggested mentor texts (fiction and non-ficti
Grades:
K - 5th
PBL with STEM: 3 Little Pigs Build a Sturdy House with Persuasive Writing
Project-based, problem-based, STEM, and persuasive writing all rolled into one great project! This isn’t just a regular STEM project; it’s a week’s worth of cross-curricular activities designed to stimulate your students’ thinking! Fairy tales come to life in this project-based resource! Student connect to the fairy tale story while engaging in project activities. Classic fairy tales serve as a great motivator to students! Teachers can provide rich fairy tale experiences by utilizing the book li
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2nd - 4th
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Also included in: Project Based Learning with STEM and Literacy: 3 Little Pigs Bundle
An introduction to 3D Printing
Includes: PowerPoint, 3D printing videos, 3D printing examples, 10 week program, rubric, worksheets, 3D printer anatomy, safety tips and more
Grades:
3rd - 12th, Staff
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