TpT Top 50 Product! This is a bundle of 21 fun and challenging worksheets designed to facilitate creative and critical thinking in your students. Most of them utilize the upper levels of Blooms Taxonomy; inviting students to analyze, synthesize, and evaluate. Some are more writing-based, while others focus on logic skills. Most would work well as warm-up, homework or enrichment.
Most of these worksheets are open-ended, however, answer keys are provided for those with concrete solutions.
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Rachel Lynette
I have to include what Bloom's questions I will be using in my lesson plans. Thank you!!!
February 19, 2012
Great. Thanks for these fun activities.
February 15, 2012
Teacher Tips, 300 + Ideas for Classroom Management, Organization etc.. was the first of your resource that I bought. After that, I am with your product pages downloaded all your FREE products to explore them all. I set aside everything that fits our (Croatian) curriculum, and then threw to translate all that can be implemented in the classroom. One part of me is used only as a stimulus or an idea for a similar task. Of course, there are those parts that can not be used (literary texts, specific holidays, historical facts, etc.). Here, I'm just (or already) on your second resource. I think it will not be the last! Thank you for your encouragement!
February 13, 2012
Thanks, great product:)
February 6, 2012
This is a wonderful resource to use with my identified gifted students!
January 27, 2012
Another great activity!! Can't wait to use these.
January 24, 2012
Rachel, You are my new favorite person! Fantastic resource for my students! They are going to LOVE these! LEARNING + FUN = SUCCESSFUL STUDENTS!
January 2, 2012
Wow! Thank you for the super compliment. I am a big believer in making learning fun!
January 2, 2012
Another one that we'll be using in the library classroom! Have to think of a fun name ... but keep those brain muscles moving and thinking "outside the box."
December 30, 2011
I love these, and so do my students. We need more! I have purchased everything you have that involves critical/creative thinking, and all are excellent.
November 8, 2011
Great resource
October 23, 2011
Another great resource from Rachel! I always love the formatting and how the activities can be used for different levels of learners.
September 23, 2011
I am enjoying these activities with my students.
September 21, 2011
Lots of variety -easy to use. I am glad I got this packet of activities!!
May 24, 2011
Super activities. They went from download to classroom so quickly.
May 22, 2011
Another great product! Rachel's items are perfect! Thanks!
March 31, 2011
Great for thinking outside the box.
January 5, 2011
This is a wonderful resource for getting children to think outside the box!
November 24, 2010
Very enjoyable, full of fun and a good variety which I shall enjoy using with my grade 5s - even the special needs students will enjoy this!
October 18, 2010
This looks great!
October 5, 2010
Can't wait to see some of the responses my students come up with for some of these! Great additions to my library of tricks!
August 25, 2009
Good for different levels of students
May 9, 2009
What fun! Really can get those creative minds blooming!
October 8, 2007
Neat package of handouts that have children use and stretch various parts of creative thinking (flexibility--different kinds of ideas, fluency--having lots of ideas, imagination). I think the packet will work up well from primary grades up through third grade. Children will enjoy these sheets as extra activities. Looking forward to using them!
October 3, 2007
GREAT ACTIVITIES!
September 29, 2007
An interesting collection of activities. I don't teach kids this young, but will use the worksheets with my own children - I think they'll find them fun and not realize they're making them think!
July 19, 2006
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