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Critical thinking unit plans under $5
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
Grades:
4th - 6th
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Impromptu Interviews - perfecting the art of conversation
Impromptu Interviews is a mini unit about the art of interviewing where students analyze what happens in a good interview. In the culminating activity, students will participate in impromptu interviews. They will prepare for these as interviewers without knowing beforehand who they will interview. This will help to preserve the true nature of interviews, which are not rehearsed in advance. Interviewees, chosen at random, will play the role of the person being interviewed. A wide range of scenari
Grades:
5th - 8th
Gifted and Talented - Created Creature Talents Unlimited Unit
Create your own hybrid animal species? Why, yes, we can do that!
In this unit, which utilizes the Talents Unlimited Model based on the work of Calvin Taylor and adapted by Carol Schlichter, students will do just that. While it's all good fun, they will be using creative and critical thinking skills that will help them be successful in all areas of life. Those include: productive thinking, decision-making, planning, communication, and forecasting.
Come...take a walk on the wild side....
This
Grades:
3rd - 6th
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Editable Thematic Unit Planning Template
This is an editable template pdf that allows teachers to plan for thematic units. It includes options for teaching a chosen topic for either 10 days or 10 weeks. This planner features various prompts to support teacher planning including key concepts to be taught, vocabulary, student outcomes and activity planners. There is space to record lists of books/websites needed during the unit as well as an assessment rubric and student evaluation.
This 18 page pdf includes everything you will nee
Grades:
K - 8th
Understanding Privilege (Social Justice, Civil Rights, White Privilege)
Privilege can be a difficult subject to cover in the classroom, but that doesn’t mean teachers should avoid it. This resource offers teachers an easy way to tackle this challenging yet important topic in their high school classrooms. 1. Discussion partners (40 mins- 1 hour)•Prep: print discussion partners activity double sided for each student.•Students work together in groups of 2 and discuss each statement. Students record whether they and their partner agree or disagree with the statements.•A
Grades:
9th - 12th
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Unpacking Math Word Problems--Helping Kids Solve Math Problems
This product is designed to help your students navigate their way through the tricky land of math word problems. We as teachers know there is no 1 magic tool to use when it comes to word problems. However, what we can do is provide ample opportunities for students to solve word problems, expose them to different types of problems, teach them the vocabulary and language they will encounter, and scaffold problems from the simple and concrete to the more difficult and abstract.
This product is
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2nd - 6th
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Social Activism and Justice: Upper Elementary, Middle School ELA Unit
Teach your students about social activism. This unit includes definitions, examples of causes and activists, books to read and discussion questions, written response prompts, and quotes.
Grades:
3rd - 8th
STEM Makerspace Activities About Inventions
Looking for low to no-prep, self-paced, creative, artistic, outside-the-box thinking STEM activities for your students? Combine the thematic units you are teaching or the literature you are reading with your students, along with whatever scrap materials you can find, for your students with these fun and engaging Makerspace activities!They are a great way to incorporate STEM into your core Reading, Math, Science or Social Studies instruction. They come in a variety of sets so that you can differe
Grades:
Not Grade Specific
Also included in: STEM Makerspace Activities MEGA GROWING BUNDLE All Units
Literary Essay Unit! 10 Scripted Writing Workshop Lessons
Literary Essay UnitThis unit meets reading and writing grade 3 CCSS.I teach this unit at the end of the school year. The first time I taught the unit, I was shocked as to how well my third graders did on the final independent essay. Their insightful writing blew me away. They were able to proficiently apply the knowledge they had learned during the lessons independently on the assessment piece. The unit includes 10 scripted lesson plans that follow the writing workshop model. They each include a
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Grades:
2nd - 3rd
Reading Powerfully Powerpoint Lesson
41 slides! Active reading strategies are used while students solve the murder mystery game Murder in the Streets of London!Get your students to read ANALYTICALLY with this awesome powerpoint presentation! Detailed in this powerpoint are the steps (such as marking the text, questioning and summarizing) students need to take in order to read difficult and challenging material! Great for all subjects and a variety of different student levels. This powerpoint also has a Sherlock Holmes theme, dr
Grades:
6th - 10th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Back to School Bundle Powerpoint
STEM Makerspace Activities About Insects
Looking for low to no-prep, self-paced, creative, artistic, outside-the-box thinking STEM activities for your students? Combine the thematic units you are teaching or the literature you are reading with your students, along with whatever scrap materials you can find, for your students with these fun and engaging Makerspace activities!They are a great way to incorporate STEM into your core Reading, Math, Science or Social Studies instruction. They come in a variety of sets so that you can differe
Grades:
Not Grade Specific
Also included in: STEM Makerspace Activities MEGA GROWING BUNDLE All Units
Nurturing Our Students Self-Worth and Self-Confidence
Keala Settle's incredible performance of the song "This is Me," from the hit movie "The Greatest Showman," is the inspiration to this complete unit of study teacher's guide, certain to help lift your students' self-esteem!This unit of study will guide you and your students through activities that promote critical thinking, reading comprehension and analysis, and build classroom community as well.Activities included in this guide-*Copy of the lyrics*Video links of two powerful performance of "Thi
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Coaching Our Students' Literacy Skills Through Inspirational Song Lyrics
Goosebumps by R.L. Stine (short unit)
Due to state testing, for two weeks every May my teaching schedule goes haywire and all of my classes are disrupted. In order to keep the students on task, I developed this unit in which they can independently read a Goosebumps book for six days... the day we begin we spend an entire period learning about book censorship based on information from the American Library Association. I collect as many "challenged" books as I can, and we review why each book has had to defend itself against censors
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4th - 7th
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Easy Chemistry - atoms, elements, and molecules
This is a beginners unit that introduces elementary students to chemistry basics. It covers atoms, elements, molecules, the periodic table, and Mendeleev. This unit uses backwards learning in that the students do the fun activities and then use critical thinking skills to relate their learning back to chemistry fundamentals. I used this unit with my fourth and fifth grade Gifted and Talented students and they loved it. Their learning was much deeper due to the activities which include block
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Grades:
5th - 7th
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Engineering Design Process - Design and Technology Unit
This unit is a ten week unit where students will follow the Engineering Design Process!The Engineering Design Process is a series of steps a person can take to create something which solves a problem. 1. Define the Problem 2. Do Your Research 3. Develop a Possible Solution 4. Design Your Solution 5. Build a Prototype 6. Test It 7. Evaluate Your SolutionsIn the first week students are introduced to Engineers and the Engineering Design Process. They then follow the engineering design
Grades:
4th - 8th
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Also included in: Technologies - Year Long Lesson BUNDLE! (Upper Primary)
Life Cycle Analysis of a Cotton T-Shirt | Impacts of Fast Fashion
A mini unit of inquiry to spark discussions about fast fashion and the environmental, social and economical impacts of the garment industry. Students will analyze the life cycle of a cotton t-shirt and track the impacts throughout the life cycle of a typical cotton t-shirt. They will be introduced to the concept of the circular economy and how life cycle analysis can help make the fashion industry more sustainable by design. Students will then be challenged to find leverage points within the sys
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6th - 12th
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A Wrinkle in Time Book VS Movie - Lessons, Activities, Rubric, Printable Digital
This resource, based on A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle, compares the book and the movie, integrating language, media, and visual arts. Printable and Digital.This resource includes:Student workbook:-book vs movie character comparison-book vs movie setting comparison-book vs movie plot comparison-bok vs movie book cover to movie poster comparison-lesson plan suggestionsCreate your own movie poster assignment:- outline of assignment- success criteria- movie poster planner- rough draft page-
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Grades:
6th - 8th
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Also included in: Book vs Movie BUNDLE ELA Media Literacy
Genre Study - Complete Unit
Engage your students as readers by exploring the 10 main genres through picture books, chapter books, and graphic novels. Teach mini-lessons with picture books and note-taking pages, and assess students’ understanding of genre before, during, and after the unit. Knowledge of genre is a foundational skill of responsible, informed readers.Genres Covered: Realistic FictionHistorical FictionScience FictionFantasyMysteryTraditional LiteratureAutobiographyBiographyMemoirInformationalThis resource incl
Grades:
4th - 8th
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Debate- Basic Argumentation and Fallacies Unit Packet
This is my introductory unit packet for my Debate class. It prompts bellwork assignments, explains several fallacies, provides opportunities for practice, previews a formative project, as well as outlines basic information on sources and argument structure. There are answer keys provided at the end.
This is great for a debate class or even for a debate team to use in between competition preparation!
I use this packet for a 2 week unit in class. You could use an abbreviated pacing or you could
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education
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Mini Unit: Cyber Security and ZOMBIES! (critical thinking & extended metaphor)
My school has a focus on teaching students tech skills in addition to the traditional curriculum. This lesson is usually used as a review of metaphors in my 9th grade ELA class, and an intro to our Cyber Security unit. I have been teaching this lesson for the past two years, and have had nothing but positive results from my students. They LOVE anything to do with zombies and survival. The main focus, however, is not on surviving a zombie apocalypse; the hypothetical scenario is a metaphor for ha
Grades:
8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Author Study Common Core
This is a 16 page author study resource pack. In this resource, students are able to conduct a short research report on an author of their choice. They will fill out a biography form and include information in a power point presentation. Students will also be required to read multiple books from the same author and compare and contrast books, which supports common core learning. Students will also partake in culminating activities on a book of their choice that was written by their
Grades:
2nd - 5th
The Red Balloon By Albert Lamorisse - Literature Unit
The Red Balloon By Albert Lamorisse
Price: 42 pages X .10 = $4.20
Literature Unit contains:
Notes
Author Info
Common Core Language Arts Standards
Balloon Brainstorming and Answer Key
Mapping It! and Answer Key
Fun France Facts
Fun Paris Facts
Venn Diagram of Paris, France and Your Hometown
Vocabulary/Spelling List
Vocabulary/Spelling ABC Order
Vocabulary Quiz and Answer Key
Spelling Test
Vocabulary Words/Definitions Flashcards
Pascal Character Graphic Organizer and Answer Key
Paper for Pascal
Grades:
1st - 2nd
Design and Technology Lessons - Kites
This resource includes a series of four lessons in which students learn about kites and how they’re made, and then progress from making a kite using a provided template, to making a design of their own. They will be encouraged to use their critical thinking and reflection skills along the way, and are asked to consider aspects such as function, aesthetics and sustainability when planning their own design.The lessons include templates for the different stages of planning, design and reflection.
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Grades:
K - 2nd
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Addition and Subtraction: picture and word problems
In this product you will find worksheets with a focus on addition and subtraction w/ pictures, counting on, counting back, addition and subtraction clue words, and mixed word problems.
Grades:
K - 1st
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Also included in: Addition and Subtraction BIG Bundle deal
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