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28 Critical Thinking Question Stems & Response Cards

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Critical thinking isn’t a skill, nor is it content knowledge or even evidence of understanding. While it involves and requires these ideas, critical thinking is also very much a state of mind -- a willingness and tendency to sit with an idea and

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English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

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10 Team-Building Games For A Friendlier Classroom

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Item Description: 10 Team-Building Games For A Friendlier Classroom10 Team-Building Games for a Friendlier Classroom is a fantastic resource for developing relationships and a positive tone in the classroom.This resource was developed by a teacher

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Bloom's Taxonomy (New Edition) Digital Planning Verbs & Cards

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Bloom’s Taxonomy makes the education world go ’round. It works as a framework that not only lays out for teachers the kinds of thinking that we, as humans, tend towards, but also provides a kind of hierarchy that etches out the possible progression

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Critical Thinking, For All Subjects

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Sentence Stems To Replace 'I Don't Know' or 'I Can't' (With Bonus Cards!)

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The implication of a question is that the student should have some kind of answer. Although there is value in 'knowing,' there is lasting power in inquiry because it’s a student-centered and self-sustaining process. 'I don’t know,' then, isn’t

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Life Skills, Critical Thinking, Problem Solving

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Reading Comprehension Strategy Resources

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What's included: Reading Comprehension Strategies HandoutReading Comprehension Strategies CardsReading Comprehension Strategies WorksheetReading Comprehension Strategies Worksheet (editable)Reading Comprehension Strategies BookmarkReading

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English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Close Reading

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4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

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Self-Guided Non-Fiction Reading Responses

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What's Included: 15 Non-Fiction Reading Response Cards 2 question list pdfs, one with bold keywords The included cards provide questions that encourage critical reading of non-fiction works, with question list variations offered to emphasize

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English Language Arts, Reading, Close Reading

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9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

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10 Smart Team-Building Games

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The ideal classroom works as a team versus a group, dedicated to individual performance while committed to communicating and working together towards a common goal. Creating that kind of environment requires a camaraderie that empowers students to

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Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, Oral Communication

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6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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Self-Guided Fiction Reading Responses

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What's Included:10 Fiction Reading Response Cards2 question list pdfs, one with bold keywordsThe included cards provide questions that encourage critical reading of fiction works, with question list variations offered to emphasize keywords. You can

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English Language Arts, Reading, Close Reading

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9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

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Deductive Reasoning Logic Puzzle: Civil Rights Museum Edition

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Eight major United States Civil Rights figures were featured in a museum display. The night before, a minor earthquake shook the museum -- and the Civil Rights era display -- mixing up the figure and the plaque identifying their birth year and city.

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Critical Thinking, Problem Solving

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6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Homeschool

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Deductive Reasoning Logic Puzzle: School Project Edition

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Because their teacher is progressive and student- centered, Mrs. Jennings' class is doing a Genius Hour project, and each student gets to choose a project to work on. Based on the following clues about their work and personalities, match each

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Critical Thinking, Problem Solving

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6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Homeschool

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Poster & Handout: Sentence Stems To Replace 'I Don't Know' or 'I Can't'

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Eliminate "I don't know" or "I can't" as answers with empowering sentence stems designed to encourage critical thinking and classroom discussion. Curricula includes one bulletin board poster in 4 colors and a student handout. Want more? See our

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Life Skills, Problem Solving, For All Subjects

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4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

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Deductive Reasoning Logic Puzzle: Automobile App Edition

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Five families purchase new automobiles using an app that matches a specific automobile with its 'best' color based on a family's needs, purchase history, and insurance rates.Use deductive reasoning to figure out which recommendations the app

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Critical Thinking, Problem Solving

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4^th, 5^th, 6^th

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Activities, Games

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Student-Centered Intervention: Daily Exit Chart

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Student-Centered Intervention: Daily Exit Chart This is an easy-to-use, student-centered chart that allows learners to It purposely includes slightly uncertain language ("the teacher seemed to want me to learn that...") that helps support the

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Special Education, Gifted and Talented, For All Subjects

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5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

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Writing Strategy: Revision

By TeachThought

Young writers are often told to "revise," but rarely given repeatable and sustainable strategies they can used to revise on their own. "ARMS" is a basic revision strategy that is an excellent start for young and struggling writers in middle school,

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English Language Arts, Writing-Expository, Writing

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6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

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Homeschool Curricula, Handouts, Lesson

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Pre-Writing Strategy

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Writing strategies are critical for writers of all abilities during every stage of the writing process. "C.E.I." is an initialism referring to "Claim, Evidence, Interpretation", and can be used in a variety of ways, from paragraph structure to the

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English Language Arts, English, Writing

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6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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Reading Poetry: Fireflies & Subtext

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This handout offers an easy-to-understand analogy for reading poetry--catching fireflies. It also functions as an excellent introduction of the concept of "subtext," and the difference between it and text-level meaning. It includes an example from

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English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Poetry

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8^th, 9^th, 10^th

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

TeachThought is a recognized global leader in progressive education. Our primary curriculum developer is Terry Heick, an award-winning teacher certified in ELA 5-12, and experience working with teachers across content areas. Terry has designed and implemented school literacy and writing plans, has experience as a Literacy Committee Chairperson, and English Department Head, and led professional development for schools and districts nationally.

MY TEACHING STYLE

As TeachThought's primary developer of curricula, Terry's teaching style is a student-centered approach focused on three themes: 1. Critical thinking 2. Personalized and differentiated learning 3. A convergent demand of multiple literacies, including information, writing, reading, digital, and research literacy

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MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

Bachelor of Arts, English (1998); Master of Arts, Teaching (2006)

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Terry is a well-trained husband and father of four very busy children. Terry is also Founder and Director of TeachThought, writer for George Lucas Foundation (edutopia). He is also a humanist and futurist interested in social improvement, artificial intelligence, and self-directed learning.

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English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Writing-Expository, Reading, Specialty, Special Education, English, Life Skills, Gifted and Talented, Critical Thinking, For All Subject Areas, Problem Solving, Writing, Writing, Oral Communication, Reading Strategies, Poetry, For All Subjects, Close Reading

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