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Equation Proverbs:
Equation Proverbs: "Vision" Poster
This 11" x 8.5" (resolution is 3300 pixels x 2550 pixels) digital poster uses an equation to remind us that vision is the result of a lifetime of w...
By Derrick Brown
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Integrate Test Standards and all subjects Topic: Friendship
Integrate Test Standards and all subjects Topic: Friendship
This unit is an in-depth study of the life skill friendship. All of my units are designed to implement not only the National Test Standards but al...
By Susan Savage
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Subject: Critical Thinking, English Language Arts, Vocabulary Level(s): 1st, 2nd, 3rd Duration: N/A

Equation Proverbs: Volumes 1-3 (Character Education Posters)
Equation Proverbs: Volumes 1-3 (Character Education Posters)
This PDF collection of 20 11" x 8.5" (resolution of each is 3300 pixels x 2550 pixels) digital posters uses equations to illustrate the following c...
By Derrick Brown
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Heroes At Your School
Heroes At Your School
Lesson Plan for group discussion on heroes and the people who work at the school. One student will be the “secretary” and one will be the “le...
By Diane Malowney
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Subject: Character Education, Critical Thinking, English Language Arts Level(s): 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th Duration: N/A

Comprehension Bundle for Officer Buckle and Gloria
Comprehension Bundle for Officer Buckle and Gloria
This reading comprehension bundle offers hands-on activities with the popular children’s book, Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathman. Fisher...
By Fisherreyna Education
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Subject: Reading Strategies, Critical Thinking Level(s): 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th Duration: 40 Minutes

What is a pet?
What is a pet?
Pets are all around us in the community. The lesson "What is a pet?" guides students through the process of defining a "pet," naming an animal, and...
By Alexa Mergen
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NOW YOU KNOW Character Education Edition (Volume 1)
NOW YOU KNOW Character Education Edition (Volume 1)
NOW YOU KNOW is a gameshow played (using a Powerpoint template) in the tradition of "Jeopardy" that presents the exploits of extraordinary people i...
By Derrick Brown
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Subject: Balanced Literacy, Character Education, Critical Thinking Level(s): 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, Homeschooler Duration: Lifelong Tool

Exploring the Future
Exploring the Future
This book addresses basic skills and activities for the futuristic thinker. Activities require some teacher guidance to introduce concepts, for exa...
By Selma School-stuff
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Subject: Gifted and Talented, Problem Solving, Critical Thinking Level(s): 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th ISBN #: 0-86653-183-1

"Not So Spooky Sudoku" (Halloween Problem Solving for Older Students)
This "Not So Spooky" Sudoku puzzle will be an excellent way to encourage problem solving and critical thinking in your elementary students. For eve...
By Shannon Bryant's Brain Train
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Subject: Math, Critical Thinking, Gifted and Talented Level(s): 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, Homeschooler Duration: N/A

Candy Brainteaser Warm-up
Candy Brainteaser Warm-up
This is a perfect warm-up activity for students or adults. Participants read the 22 clues (i.e. “can’t hold on to anything” and “famous fo...
By Rebecca Lamb
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How to Develop a Thesis Statement
How to Develop a Thesis Statement
One of the most difficult things about writing essays about literature is getting started. So often, students will just sit and stare at their blan...
By Charlene Tess
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CRITICAL THINKING GAMES 1
CRITICAL THINKING GAMES 1
THIS PRODUCT CONSIST OF 22 PAGES OF CRITICAL THINKING GAMES TEACHING THE SKILLS OF IDENTIFYING TRUTH, FALSITY, UNCERTAINTY, LANGUAGE,SEQUENCING, PR...
By Wendy Holder
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Math and Writing Activities to Accompany
Math and Writing Activities to Accompany "If the World Were a Village"
This is a series of math lessons using percents, circle graphs, bar graphs, histograms, and reflective inquiry to examine the themes presented in D...
By Kathryn Mccreary
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Conducting a survey
Conducting a survey
This assignment is designed to walk students through how to conduct a survey and represent their findings in a bar graph. This ties in closely with...
By Emily Whitehead
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Subject: Graphing, Critical Thinking Level(s): 4th, 5th, 6th Duration: 2 hours

6304 Study Skills and Motivation - COMPLETE UNIT
6304 Study Skills and Motivation - COMPLETE UNIT
This complete InspirEd Educators 98 page unit includes 18 single-class lessons to teach valuable study and advocacy skills for students. Topics in...
By Inspired Educators
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D1103 - Communities  COMPLETE eBOOK UNIT
D1103 - Communities COMPLETE eBOOK UNIT
This complete multidisciplinary InspirEd Educators 99 page e-book unit includes 22 single-class lessons for grades K-2. Topics include the neighbo...
By Inspired Educators
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SUMMER SCENARIO ROLE-PLAYS
SUMMER SCENARIO ROLE-PLAYS
Summer is a wonderful time for children, but it can also be a time when some problems may occur. Have cooperative groups choose from these 6 scena...
By B.rogers
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Subject: Critical Thinking, Health, Life Skills Level(s): 4th, 5th, 6th, Homeschooler Duration: 45 Minutes

Group Roles and Norms
Group Roles and Norms
This worksheet will make your student works in groups successfully. We all too often assign group work but do not offer the tools to the students ...
By Kelly Shewmake
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Number to Words Exchange
Number to Words Exchange
Numbers and Math Fun Words "Numbers To Words" is a fun practice program for younger students who are learning to express numbers in word form. ...
By Albert Baggetta
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Subject: Critical Thinking, Math, Order of Operations, Reading Level(s): 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, Homeschooler Duration: N/A

Behavior Reflection Form
Behavior Reflection Form
This is a good addition to any elementary teacher's classroom management arsenal. Students fill out the form after a behavior incident, causing th...
By Second Grade Survivor :)
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Subject: Classroom Management, Character Education, Critical Thinking Level(s): 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th Duration: N/A

Advertisement Persuasion Project
Advertisement Persuasion Project
This is a lesson that is used to test kids' marketing skills. You will find a very indepth, hands- on activity that uses Technology and multi- medi...
By Brandy Williams
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Subject: Critical Thinking, English Language Arts, Health Level(s): 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, Homeschooler Duration: 2 Days

Students Debate! Powerpoint Presentations
Students Debate! Powerpoint Presentations
This package of thirteen PowerPoint presentations accompanies the Students Debate! project. This package contains a detailed presentation for each...
By Alexander Clarkson
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Object Dominoes
Object Dominoes
Give preschoolers a fun experience with these 30 domino cards picturing everyday objects. Easy to play, great for a "first game"! ...
By Fran Lafferty
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Subject: Critical Thinking, For All Subject Areas, OTHER Level(s): Pre-K, Kindergarten, Homeschooler Duration: 30 Minutes

Redgey Does Hist Best
Redgey Does Hist Best
188 Page Student Journal: 12 Unit Blocks, 12 Short Stories, 27 Power Verbs, 60 Vocabulary Words. Grades 3-5. Aligned with State and National St...
By The Synergist Group
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Subject: Character Education, Critical Thinking, Life Skills Level(s): 3rd, 4th, 5th Duration: N/A

Princess Alphabet Match Up Game
Princess Alphabet Match Up Game
This is a fun game for children learning their upper case and lower case letters. Simply print off and laminate the cards and have the kids match t...
By Clipart 4 Teachers
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Subject: Grammar, Spelling, Critical Thinking Level(s): Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, Homeschooler, Staff Duration: N/A

Who Wants to be a Vocabulary Millionaire?
Who Wants to be a Vocabulary Millionaire?
Similar to the popular TV show, "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?" (now in syndication), you can combine vocabulary development with FUN! Are you ex...
By Barbara Evans
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Subject: Critical Thinking, Gifted and Talented, Vocabulary Level(s): 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, Homeschooler Duration: N/A

Memory Game Movies
Memory Game Movies
Download and print this page twice for a memory game. Graphics purchased at www.digiwebstudio.com....
By 1st Grade Teacher
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Subject: Critical Thinking Level(s): Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd Duration: N/A

NOW YOU KNOW Math Edition (Money)
NOW YOU KNOW Math Edition (Money)
NOW YOU KNOW is a gameshow played (using a Powerpoint template) in the tradition of "Jeopardy" that presents the exploits of extraordinary people i...
By Derrick Brown
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Subject: Balanced Literacy, Critical Thinking, Math Level(s): 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, Homeschooler Duration: Lifelong Tool

Novel Study Menu and Graphic Organizers
Novel Study Menu and Graphic Organizers
This novel study packet includes a menu that students can pick from. Each activity can be used with any book a teacher chooses for a novel study. T...
By For The Love Of Teaching
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Subject: Reading, Reading Strategies, Critical Thinking Level(s): 2nd, 3rd, 4th Duration: N/A

Collection of Analogies for Thinking and Vocabulary Development
Collection of Analogies for Thinking and Vocabulary Development
The Collection of Analogies contains two activities with more than 17 analogies in each for students to complete. Performing this activity stimula...
By Shirley Spalding
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Movie: good night, and good luck Worksheet
Movie: good night, and good luck Worksheet
This product offers a quick research recap of twenty people and events from the McCarthy Era for study prior to the viewing of the movie, good nigh...
By Connie
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Subject: Critical Thinking, Journalism Level(s): 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th Duration: 1 hour

Ancient Rome: Calendar Lesson Plan
Ancient Rome: Calendar Lesson Plan
The Romans used a different calendar than we do, but ours is based on theirs. Some social studies teachers are put off by the many complex explanat...
By Mark Aaron
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Subject: Ancient History, Critical Thinking, Gifted and Talented Level(s): 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th Duration: N/A

Culture Chart: Political, Religious, Social and Economic Life
Culture Chart: Political, Religious, Social and Economic Life
Excellent Social Studies tool for teaching the aspects of culture. Students answer relevant questions about our current way of life....
By Andrew Gordon
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Subject: Social Studies - History, Critical Thinking, World History Level(s): 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th Duration: 1 hour

Let's Go:  World Tour!
Let's Go: World Tour!
This Social Studies unit will equip your students with a variety of research, critical thinking, creative thinking, and communication skills! From ...
By Shannon Bryant's Brain Train
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Groundhog's Day Fun with Sudoku! (Elementary)
Groundhog's Day Fun with Sudoku! (Elementary)
This Sudoku puzzle will be an excellent way to foster problem solving and critical thinking in your elementary students! Use this resource in Febru...
By Shannon Bryant's Brain Train
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Subject: Critical Thinking, Gifted and Talented, Math Level(s): 3rd, 4th, 5th, Homeschooler Duration: N/A

Science Experiment:  Analyze Results, Draw Conclusions, Next Steps
Science Experiment: Analyze Results, Draw Conclusions, Next Steps
I found my 7th graders had more experience collecting and displaying data, but they got stuck when it came to thinking about the results, drawing ...
By Kerry Tracy
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Subject: Science, Critical Thinking Level(s): 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th Duration: 40 Minutes

An Introduction to Chess Power Point
An Introduction to Chess Power Point
Remember when you learned how to play chess? Do you recall how difficult it was to remember which piece moved where and how? Didn’t it seem an im...
By P. Jane Jones
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Diversity Unit Plan
Diversity Unit Plan
This is a unit plan for a diversity unit that could go for about a week....
By Lisa Mcintosh
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Subject: English Language Arts, Critical Thinking, Gifted and Talented Level(s): 3rd, 4th, 5th Duration: 1 Week

Hands On Geometry
Hands On Geometry
This is a wonderful project to do with kids, grandkids, friends, social groups. Use cardstock of all prints and colors. Easy once you get the han...
By Shawna Huggins, M.a.
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Subject: Geometry, Art, Critical Thinking Level(s): 6th, 7th, Homeschooler Duration: N/A

Comparing Presidents
Comparing Presidents
Here is a fun interactive activity using a venn diagram to compare George Washington with Abe Lincoln....
By Katie Ann
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American Gestures and Superstituions
American Gestures and Superstituions
Students learn about American culture and compare it with their own. There are discussion and critical thinking exercises as well as two chart or ...
By Mary Ellen Page
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2 Facts and a Fib
2 Facts and a Fib
Reinforce fact and fiction with this fun activity that has the children writing 3 things about themselves; two are fact and one is fiction....
By Lori R.
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Subject: Critical Thinking Level(s): Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd Duration: N/A

Oregon History Lesson-Core Standards
Oregon History Lesson-Core Standards
Oregon History is a literacy-based lesson aligned with the Common Core Standards. This 39-page lesson teaches about the state's first people, fa...
By Splash! Publications
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Massing with Kindergarten
Massing with Kindergarten
Use this smartboard lesson to teach the concept of mass with kindergarten students....
By Jeanine Humphrey
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Messages in Media (Gender Stereotypes in Disney)
Messages in Media (Gender Stereotypes in Disney)
This 13 slide power point presentation looks at implicit (implied) messages that can be found in Disney movies. The file looks at gender roles,...
By Jcferguson
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Subject: English Language Arts, Critical Thinking Level(s): 11th, 12th Duration: N/A

Sudoku! Have students practice Critical Thinking!
Sudoku! Have students practice Critical Thinking!
Help students improve their logic skills with these traditional logic puzzles. You get 5 regular 3x3 puzzles, a "greater than" sudoku and a 4x4 sud...
By Easyworksheet.com
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Cinderella Comparisons
Cinderella Comparisons
TSW gain knowledge and understanding of other cultures represented in various fairy tales / fables. Students are given the opportunity to perform,...
By Carrie Kylitis
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Subject: Character Education, Critical Thinking, Reading Level(s): 2nd, 3rd Duration: N/A

SUMMER ROLE-PLAY SCENARIOS
SUMMER ROLE-PLAY SCENARIOS
Summer is a wonderful time for children, but it can also be a time when some problems may occur. Have cooperative groups choose from these 6 scena...
By B.rogers
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Subject: Critical Thinking, Health, Life Skills Level(s): 4th, 5th, 6th, Homeschooler Duration: 45 Minutes

Mega-Fun Math Games
Mega-Fun Math Games
This book contains 70 quick and easy games for grades 2-5. They are great for a learning center and are very simple to make....
By Caroline Jones
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Subject: Critical Thinking, Math, Problem Solving Level(s): 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th ISBN #: 0-590-48176-2

Jury of Her Peers: Short Story Test
Jury of Her Peers: Short Story Test
Jury of Her Peers: Short Story Test.7 Short answer questions and 1 timed essay question. Test created for 9th grade gate, but can be differentiated...
By Litteacher
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