***************************************Picture of the Day now available in Volume 2.Picture of the Day now available in Volume 3 (Google Slides compatible) posted 8/24/2020.***************************************This Picture of the Day product is a great way for students to practice three very impor

Do your students have a growth mindset or a fixed mindset? These engaging activities are designed as a way to foster a Growth Mindset culture in your classroom with your students. ⭐JUST ADDED DIGITAL ACTIVITIES (Google slides) for distance learning! ⭐Your students will learn attributes of someone wh

#1 seller!! Check out what teachers are saying about this product! This download includes the first edition of my no-prep H.O.T.S reading response sheets. The activities are designed to encourage your students to understand, create, evaluate, and analyze text on a deeper level. They are aligned to

This set of interactive pattern block logic puzzles will have kids begging for more! Easy to use, these brain teasers are a great math center that will keep kids engaged while improving your students’ skills needed to solve logic tasks as well as developing their visual discrimination skills. These

WORKING MEMORY BEST SELLER! These 15 research-based brain games are designed to improve kids' working memory in five minutes of partner game play daily for just 9 weeks! If you've ever complained that students lack the following skills, an executive function of the brain called working memory might

Building Challenge STEM and Writing Centers These centers have students building and writing about their build. There are challenges that include measurement, research and writing that go along with each build. There are 9 different building challenges with differentiation in some of the builds. I

Whether you're a Common Core school, a 21st Century school, or just a school that's making it a focus to prepare all learners for their future, you know how essential it is for the teaching and learning to be in the highest levels of Bloom's everyday. Display these student-friendly (and not too ove

As teachers, we know how hard our students work each day. We also know that fine-motor, gross-motor, and social-emotional skills are just as important as academic skills…especially with our young learners. These critically important skills are often pushed to the side at school and at home. I create

These question cards will allow your students to work on higher order thinking skills as they use critical thinking and problem solving skills to discuss their answers. This packet includes 100 different questions that are perfect for classroom discussions. I use these every day during our Morning

This download contains all nine of my math journal prompt sets {270 prompts}. By purchasing the complete packet, you will save $10! These cut & paste math journal prompts are designed to align to Common Core standards. They will encourage your students to stretch their mathematical thinking th

Make your 100th day of school celebration STEM-TASTIC with these 6 engaging activities that are STEM challenges. These STEM challenges can be used as stations or as activities completed throughout the day. Challenges Included: Pattern Hats (students build a party hat with 100 pattern blocks) Bui

Do you want to foster a growth mindset with your students at the beginning of the year? These goal banners are designed as a way to foster a growth mindset culture in your classroom. Students write and/or draw their goals and decorate the banners. You string them up and hang them around the classr

This download includes the first and second editions of my no-prep H.O.T.S reading response sheets. The activities are designed to encourage your students to understand, create, evaluate, and analyze text on a deeper level. They are aligned to the Common Core Standards and can be used over & ove

The perfect addition to your morning STEM tubs, these challenge cards ask students to make a variety of different 2D shapes from pattern blocks. Ideal for building visual discrimination skills as children have to rotate and flip smaller shapes to create the new shape.Focus shapes included - triangle

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 mat

This set of 56 interactive logic puzzles will have kids begging for more! Easy to use, these brain teasers are a great math center that will keep kids engaged while thinking logically. These puzzles are perfect to help your 1st and 2nd grade students learn to persevere through challenging tasks.- -

A hands-on STEM story with a twist, where your students will have to design and create a new bed for Goldilocks. The STEM ActivityYour students will help Baby Bear build Goldilocks a new bed of her own!What are STEM Tales?STEM tales are a series of STEM challenges that are accessible for your younge

This is Picture of the Day, Volume 2. Picture of the Day, Volume 1 is my #1 Bestseller due to the high level of interest, engagement, language and higher order thinking. See Picture of the Day Volume 1 to read over 1,700 comments left by buyers. In my opinion, this set of 190 pictures is even bette

STEM activities / challenges with STEM tales! STEM tales are a series of STEM challenges that are accessible for your youngest budding engineers; they use a fairy tale that your students are likely already familiar with. By adding in a story element, those students that might typically shy away from

INCLUDES DIGITAL VERSION for DISTANCE LEARNING! Students learn and develop a Growth Mindset through this STEM Challenge! The Dot STEM activity works as a great companion to The Dot by Peter Reynolds. This is an excellent International Dot Day Activity.Students plan, design, and execute their own ide

Looking for a Passion Project or Genius Hour resource that is primary friendly? You've found it! This resource includes planning pages and note taking pages geared towards younger learners who are just beginning to read. Visuals provide students with the scaffolds and confidence to work independentl

Here is a set of 20 Would you Rather Questions about Thanksgiving. Great for discussion starters, class polls and journal prompts. Print out or use as a TpT Digital Activity. To use, click the white, OPEN AS DIGITAL ACTIVITY button to the right. Students can use the highlight tool to select their an

I love using student friendly objects for teaching the Scientific method! One of my best sellers is my Bubblegum Science: Using the Scientific Method packet, and I know it is because it is KID-FRIENDLY!This packet is all about that fluffy white treat that all kids (well, MOST kids) LOVE: Marshmallow

This pack is perfect if you want to infuse opinion writing step by step into your teaching all year long. It addresses Common Core Standards: WK.1, W1.1, W2.1 (...and possibly even W3.1 for third grade, depending upon the level of your students). There are 119 pages! COMPLETELY revised and impro