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Food I Spy Game | Vocabulary, Critical Thinking & Problem Solving Activity | 3–5
Turn simple food topics into rich vocabulary and reasoning discussions. This I Spy Food game challenges students to analyze clues, eliminate incorrect answers, and explain their reasoning using descriptive language. ⭐ Students think critically, communicate clearly, and support their answers — every single day.With high-interest themes like international foods, desserts, and everyday meals, students stay engaged while strengthening language and reasoning skills. Just open and play — no prep requ
3rd - 5th
Classroom Community, English Language Arts, Health
CCSS
RI.3.1
, RI.4.1
, RI.5.1
+19
Bobo Goes Shopping- Interactive Speech Game (problem-solving, core vocab, etc.)
Need a fun activity for in between holidays? Doing a food or grocery store theme? Maybe your students just can't get enough of Bobo and his adventures? If so, this game is for you! Suggested Language Targets:• Core vocab: go, get, turn, open, need, up, down, help, put in, come, push , open, close, out, on • Gestalts/Phrases to model: Let’s go shopping! Let’s go in! Open it up. Let’s see. Uh oh! Oh no! How about some help? Let’s clean up. Let’s get the _____. Let’s take some _____.
PreK - 2nd
Thinking Thursday Morning Work for the Entire School Year
This flipchart contains Thinking Thursday morning work for the entire school year. You can boost critical thinking skills and increase student engagement all at the same time! Each morning work contains "Did You Know?" facts, a joke of the day, a daily riddle, a "Would You Rather?", a trivia question, and a weekly word challenge related to curriculum content. Some of the morning works contain extra true or false questions and various "BOGGLE" activities to get students' brains ready for the day
1st - 5th
What I Need for My Work Today? (An Executive Functioning Skill)
Preparing for an activity and getting the materials out that you need takes executive functioning skills that can be difficult for young children and students with special needs. This product provides a visual support system to help student get out the materials they need for centers and desk work. To learn more go to considerateclassroom.blogspot.com.
PreK - 1st
4th Grade Area Word Problems PROMETHEAN Activities Math Morning Work Sub Plans 3
Teach solving math word problems for finding area with this standards based Promethean Board flipchart lesson including real world math problems for 3rd and 4th grade! Resource follows directed teaching and checks for understanding with additional problems and an exit ticket with answers included. Click HERE to save 30% off the price of individual resources with the bundle.Inside this standards based, easy use resource, you'll find:I can statement with listed standardsInstructional PagesGradual
3rd - 4th
Applied Math
CCSS
3.MD.D.8
, 4.MD.A.2
, 4.MD.A.3
0:51
Animal Intelligence: Problem-Solving, Humor & Empathy – Interactive Lesson
" Animal Intelligence" invites students to explore a fascinating question: what does it actually mean to be “smart”? Students compare crows, parrots, primates, dolphins, and other animals using evidence-based criteria such as problem-solving, communication, empathy, self-awareness, adaptability, and even sense of humor. Along the way, they investigate real animal behaviors through interactive clues and optional videos. Activities for students: • Evaluate animals using ten different intelligence-
5th - 9th
Biology, General Science, Other (Science)
Socratic Discussion - How do you feel about soda? and The Case Against Soda
Socratic Discussion 1 - Students work in small socratic discussion groups with assigned jobs and discuss an issue that applies to them. How do you feel about soda?
Follow-up with Socratic Discussion 2 - The Case Against Soda
3rd - 6th
Following 3 Step Directions ✔️✔️✔️ Self-directed DIGITAL Boom™ Cards!!
Following 3 Step Directions Digital Boom™ style! Working with kids to develop their executive functioning skills? These are great for working with your students with following multistep instructions. Sentences are automatically read aloud as the students go from page to page, so lower level readers can also practice following instructions easily. (Sound is included) What is so great about this digital activity? ✔️ Instant feedback for students ✔️ Great for kids to increase in executive fun
PreK - 2nd
CCSS
SL.K.1
, SL.K.1a
, SL.K.2
+12
Area of Irregular Shapes - Polygons for the PROMETHEAN Board
This fifteen slide flip chart takes students through a variety of problems for solving area. It begins with solving the area for figures that have multiple rectangles put together. First, a page is present to model with students and then four problems to be answered with clickers. After a likert chart, students solve three word problems involving area. Finally, four problems like the original ones are given for students to solve and turn in. Answers are hidden under shapes on the pages. Save 25%
3rd - 5th
Geometry, Other (Math)
CCSS
4.MD.A.2
, 4.MD.A.3
, 3.MD.C.7d
Easter Maze logic puzzle Math literacy Game brain break Activity middle 7th 8th
Easter day Maze Puzzle, Easter critical thinking activity, Easter day craft morning work | Happy winter season activities, Easter Math & Literacy Activity. Easter Math and Literacy Centers activity, April & Easter Writing activities. find a fun, low-prep, no-prep holiday and seasonal activity to keep your students engaged during the colder months? This printable season game is the perfect blend of fun and focus for students in 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th grades, upper ele
4th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Math Test Prep, Other (Math), Phonics & Phonological Awareness
Debono's Thinking Hats Critical/Creative Thinking Template
DeBono's 6 Hats is a research based strategy that gets students using parallel thinking to solve problems and think critically. Students will work at all Depth of Knowledge levels using this strategy in any content area. It can also be used as a classroom management tool to discuss classroom issues that arise. It promotes student engagement for every learner in the classroom. I have used this strategy many times from grades 1-5 and the students love it! I would use it by introducing the 6 h
1st - 10th
Algebraic Equations with Pan Balances Digital Boom Cards Distance Learning
These algebraic equations with pan balances digital Boom Cards™ are a great way to practice problem-solving while learning algebra. Challenge your students to think outside the box with these algebraic equations: pan balance digital task cards! A great way to practice critical thinking skills! There are 40 task cards of varying difficulty perfect for grades 4-6. Cards start out fairly easy and get increasingly more difficult as students progress through the deck (cards). Students type their answ
4th - 6th
Algebra
Meteorology Weather Google Slides Virtual Bitmoji Classroom Choice Board Menu
Want a great way to motivate your students for in-person or virtual learning? Bitmoji Google Slides Virtual Classrooms work seemlessly with Canvas to create a continuous learning environment for your students. This Meteorology themed slide contains links to different weather related videos including: how radar works, why the sky is blue, tornado, lightning, and hurricane information, and MUCH MORE! This classroom also works great for extra enrichment for gifted students, indoor recess, and early
2nd - 5th
General Science
Opposites Board Game for Primary *Folder Game with Drawing and Writing
This is a great board game for reviewing opposites in the primary grades. Students match pictures to pictures; therefore, students are working on their ability to match opposite words, in addition to reading. There is also a worksheet for them to keep track of what they are doing in the center (if you would like to use for accountability in centers).
In addition, I have built an option into this game where students can ask their friends for help, and still get a prize for the correct answer. Ho
PreK - 2nd
Reading, Vocabulary
Hands-on Activity for Recognizing Patterns & Creating Equations
This Smart Board presentation walks the teacher and students through an excellent hands-on activity, using goldfish crackers and post-it notes, to work on discovering patterns. It also allows the teacher to show there are multiple ways to solve a problem as some kids will draw pictures, some will make charts, and some will find a math problems. AT the end of the lesson the class works together to create an algebraic equation from the pattern they learned. This is a fabulous intro to equations
3rd - 6th
Algebra, Math
Apples in a Row Brain Teaser Sequencing Puzzles - Print and Digital
These Apples in a Row Brain Teaser Sequencing Puzzles are a fun way for students to practice reading details and using logical reasoning to solve a problem. Students use clues to determine the position of each color apple in the row. Comes in both print and digital versions. Ways to Use:Use these sequencing puzzles in centers, small groups, or independent work. They are great for early finishers. What is included:⭐ 24 Apples in a Row Sequencing Puzzles 3 Different Levels (4, 5, or 6 apples)
2nd - 4th
Other (Math)
Valentine's Day and February Early Finisher Upper Elementary BUNDLE
This bundle is full of early finisher activities for Valentine's Day and February such as brainteasers, puzzles, logic puzzles, and creativity activities to keep your students working and thinking!It is February and your upper elementary students have finished their work early with nothing to do. These two PRINT AND GO resources will offer you over 75 pages of options to keep your students thinking, engaged, and working while others finish. Creativity Resource - These creativity activities will
2nd - 6th
0:55
Louis Pasteur: Germ Theory, Vaccines & Scientific Discoveries | Interactive Less
"Louis Pasteur" lesson introduces Louis Pasteur’s key discoveries and shows how microorganisms explain fermentation, disease, and food preservation. Through visual tasks and a timeline activity, learners connect Pasteur’s work to major developments in 19th-century science. Students activities: Explore the inventions of the scientific revolution to understand the world where Pasteur made his discoveries Examine the stories behind breakthroughs such as pasteurization, vaccines, and germ theory
5th - 9th
Biology, European History, General Science
ST. PATRICK'S DAY LOGIC PUZZLES Outwit the Wee Lads
These LOGIC PUZZLES provide an engaging, interactive, digital activity for exercising logic and reasoning skills for St. Patrick's Day. Best suited for 3rd – 5th graders, students will exercise deductive reasoning, inferencing, drawing conclusions, problem solving, logical thinking, lateral thinking, and computation. OUTWIT THE WEE LADS is available exclusively on TPT Easel. This platform works on any device suitable for digital learning. No print product is available with this download.
3rd - 5th
Math
CCSS
MP1
, MP2
, MP4
+1
Prepositional Phrases for PROMETHEAN Board
Are you looking for a fun way to teach prepositional phrases? Students will enjoy learning about prepositional phrases with this gradual release flipchart. Engage and challenge students as they use their minds to work through game like activities. Inside you'll find:I can statementCommon Core StandardsExplanation of Prepositional PhrasesCheck for UnderstandingTeacher ModelingGroup work to identify prepositional phrasesSentence Race GameTelling Story GameBad Day Charade GameExit Ticket - Writing
3rd - 5th
Grammar
CCSS
L.4.1e
, L.5.1a
Shapes Makerspace Activity | Geometry Building Blocks Task Cards | Math & STEM
Looking for Building Blocks Challenge task cards for your Makerspace Lab, classroom, STEM / STEAM lessons, or club? This Build-a-Shape resource includes 24 fun shape-themed Challenges! Your students will love working on their engineering, creativity & problem solving skills as they work on designs using squares, rectangles, pyramids, hexagons, diamonds and more!This activity set was designed with younger students in mind, Kindergarten through Grade 2. Your kiddos will love them! Cards are avail
PreK - 2nd
Engineering, Geometry, Math
CCSS
K.G.A.1
, K.G.B.5
, K.G.B.6
+2
Also included in: Building Block Task Card Bundle STEM STEAM Makerspace Engineering Design
Thinking time (loads of cognitive reasoning slides)
I created 'Thinking Time' last year and now all the classes in my school are using it. There are over 100 slides. This is a brilliant tool to have in the class room. It can be used as an exciting early morning work, a time filler on any given day or as a way of really getting the kids into a thinking state of mind. There are slides appropriate to all ages and different cihldren will get different things from the activities. I use this every single day that I'm teaching and the children LOVE
PreK - 12th
5 Little Pumpkins STEM Challenge
The 5 Little Pumpkins STEM Challenge is a Halloween/Fall activity that practices the 4C's, as well as the steps for the Engineering by Design Process. This STEM challenge goes beyond Halloween by connecting to poetry and counting (i.e. counting up to 5). Students work in partners or small groups against a list of criteria and constraints to build a fence for their 5 little pumpkins to sit on. Materials are everyday items and recyclables. Included is an editable slideshow to accompany the
K - 3rd
Engineering
NGSS
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
+3
1:19
Light Microscope Basics & Simple Intro Experiment – Interactive Lesson
"How to Use a Light Microscope" lesson helps students explore how microscopes reveal details invisible to the naked eye. Through interactive activities and visual comparisons, learners discover what can actually be observed with a light microscope and how magnification changes what we see. Activities for students:• learn how a light microscope works and what size objects it can reveal • arrange objects from microscopic to planetary scale to understand magnification limits • examine common mate
4th - 8th
Biology, General Science, Other (Science)
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