Children love puzzles and these Spring themed logic puzzles are fun! They provide opportunities for students to develop skills in logical thinking, problem solving, making inferences, drawing conclusions, recognizing similarities and differences, and comparing and contrasting while reinforcing both

This activity provides choices for students as they work on their understanding of nouns. Great for use at a center or even for earlier finishers to keep at their desk as an enrichment activity.

Set includes 30 prefix task cards, perfect for your early finishers and enrichment students. Set includes answer key and answer sheet for students. Click hereto see how I use these in my classroom.

Learning about birds can be so much fun! To see how bird beaks are different in order to survive is a great learning tool for all students. Students use the 7 stations to understand adaptations and survival as they become your little birds finding food for the first time. Let them spread their wings

Have your 3rd graders plan Thanksgiving Dinner in this fun Math Project-based learning activity! Standards covered include adding multiplication, division, patterns, 2-step problems, addition, subtraction, and measurement. Great for Common Core Math and other standards. Help your students practice

These Which One Doesn't Belong? Common Noun Task Cards and worksheets are a fun way to teach Vocabulary Acquisition and Use to primary students. These activities may be done as a whole class, with small groups or individually in a center. They are great for early finishers, gifted and ELL students!

This Pushes and Pulls engineering STEM activity engages students' problem solving skills, engineering thinking, and math skills for Force and Motion. They will love creating a way to successfully move the rocks! This STEM activity targets the NGSS Standards for Force and Motion. In this Pushes a

Text Analysis - Outside the Box Project Finally, an Outside the Box Project for the "BIG" kids! This Text Analysis project (which can be used with narrative, expository, and persuasive texts) will have your students thinking long after they have finished the project, and will help them think more o

Learn about Wampanoag Native Americans by recreating some of their tools and structures with STEM challenges. This resource includes a simple research component plus three STEM challenge activities:Bow and Arrow Challenge ➶ ➷ ➸ ➹Wetu Challenge ▲ Mishoon (canoe) Challenge ╘═══╛For each challenge, the

Add depth and complexity to your instruction with this Critical Thinking Task Cards Bundle! You are getting all 3 (Science, History and/or Social Studies, and Literature) of my Critical Thinking Task Cards. That's 264 unique task cards! These sets are $21.00 if purchased separately; Save $4! These

Are you looking for higher level math problem based learning/problem solving activities to use with your students? Do you want low prep, low ink AND flexibility—a math resource that can be used with small enrichment groups or can be tiered so you can use it with your entire class…but at different le

Natural Disaster STEM - Oh no! The weather is forecasting high winds! The family needs a safe place to stay. Build a shelter for the family that will withstand the wind. It will be tested with a hairdryer, so make it strong! Students must stick to a budget and use the available materials to buil

Students use isometric dot paper to draw 3-D buildings and design their own cube cities. This project is a great culmination to any study in volume. Contents: 1. Teaching Notes 2. Student Sheets: *Learn to Draw Cubes and Rectangular Prisms *Draw Rectangular Prisms practice sheet *Design a Mini Me

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HO...HO...HO...Hoping this pack is for your little engineers! Many grade levels enjoy these hands on activities that are just in time for the holidays! Four STEM challenges are included and can be completed as stations, center time extension work, or even individually. This pack includes: *Packa

Are you looking to incorporate more STEM learning into your classroom? Try STEM sticks! Use these sticks like STEM task cards in your makerspace, math block rotation, for early finishers, or at a STEM/STEAM station! There are over 50 STEM challenge prompts provided in this set. The prompts are in bo

Reading and Responding to The Witch of Blackbird Pond with Depth and Complexity! Bring your students’ thinking and discussion to a whole new level while reading Elizabeth George Speare’s The Witch of Blackbird Pond. This critical thinking companion resource is designed to “dig deeper” when compared

This Fairy Tale mini-unit was developed for a Gifted and Talented classroom, but could also be used in the regular classroom. It is designed for grades 3-5 but could be adapted for other grades as well. Every activity is common core aligned and the standards are listed on each activity intro page.

This pack has everything you need for a fun-filled, STEMtastic year! 40 hands-on, seasonal challenges for your maker space are included -- one for each week of the school year!-- 10 Fall tasks from "Fall Into STEAM!"-- 10 Winter tasks from "STEAM Is Cool!"-- 10 Spring tasks from "Spring Into STEAM!"

Twistle is a twist on a classic word game. Students will be challenged to complete word puzzles with a twist. Each page asks students to complete a word puzzle in a different way. Included In This Packet: 15-Game Different Game Boards 1- Blank Game Board Create Your Own Boards For Students

This Time Travel mini-unit was developed for a Gifted and Talented classroom, but could also be used in the regular classroom. It is designed for grades 3-5 but could be adapted for other grades as well. Every activity is common core aligned and the standards are listed on each activity intro page.

Learning Greek and Latin roots will help your students become better spellers, writers, readers and vocabulary masters! Many words in the English language are built from Greek and Latin roots. Knowing these roots will help students understand the English language and the meaning of words more easi

Create a stunning visual display of Greek and Latin roots with this pennant activity! 60+ roots are included. Students add words, definitions, or visuals to create their own unique representation of these root words. Root words are useful for strengthening vocabulary, understanding language, and are

Tunnel books are unique and fun! A tunnel book is a three-dimensional movable book that you read by looking through it. Originally from the mid-18th century, tunnel books are enjoying new popularity as an art form in their own right. The tunnel books you've seen may look complicated, but I've develo