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Critical Thinking: Advanced Logic & Patterns | Scaffolded Sequences (K-G2)
Critical Thinking: Advanced Logic & Patterns | Scaffolded Sequences (K-Grade 2)Challenge young minds with logic puzzles inspired by world-class math competitions!Are you looking for high-quality resources that go beyond simple repetition? This Advanced Logic Sequences pack is designed to bridge the gap between basic patterns and complex cognitive reasoning. Inspired by the rigorous standards of SASMO and Math Kangaroo, these worksheets push students to observe, analyze, and deduce—not just gue
K - 3rd
Geometry, Math Test Prep, Mental Math
CCSS
K.G.B.4
, 1.G.A.1
, 2.G.A.1
+2
Second Grade Common Core Operations & Algebraic Thinking H.O.T. Activities GATE
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It is imperative that we tap into our students' higher order thinking in order to take them to the next level... but sometimes we don't have time to create activities that meet such demands.
These activities are just what the innovative teacher needs to take the common core second grade math standards to the next level! These activities can be great for gifted and talented students {GATE} as well! They can be used as a culminating event to finishing a s
2nd
Algebra, Basic Operations, Math
What Doesn't Belong Winter | Critical Thinking Activity
This Winter/Christmas/December activity is a great whole group or small group activity for students to develop critical thinking skills and reasoning. It can easily tie into literacy or math! You can see the ENTIRE packet by checking out the preview to make sure it is something that would be helpful in your classroom! Here is how it works best: Ask students which picture does not belong - what picture is different? (there are many diverse Christmas pictures!)There will be more than one answer t
PreK - 3rd
Math
Also included in: Winter Bundle | Math Resources | What Doesn't Belong, Critical Thinking
Second Grade Common Core Geometry Higher Order Thinking Activities {GATE}
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It is imperative that we tap into our students' higher order thinking in order to take them to the next level... but sometimes we don't have time to create activities that meet such demands.
These activities are just what the innovative teacher needs to take the common core second grade math standards to the next level! These activities can be great for gifted and talented students {GATE} as well! They can be used as a culminating e
2nd
Fractions, Geometry, Math
CCSS
2.G.A.1
, 2.G.A.2
, 2.G.A.3
Futoshiki Puzzles for Critical Thinking and Logical Reasoning Digital and Print
Futoshiki Puzzles for Critical Thinking and Logical Reasoning. Similar to sudoku puzzles, these puzzles are fun and promote brain power and logical problem-solving. Includes a blank Futoshiki student answer sheet, 10 printable Futoshiki puzzles (use in centers or individually, or for projection on a whiteboard), and 5 sets of 4 puzzles for a group Furoshiki race to solve. Teacher directions include how to make reusable dry erase answer sheets so you can save ink, and suggestions for teaching s
5th - 8th
Math
CCSS
MP1
Think Like An Engineer. 3 Poster Set. STEM classroom decor
Inspire and empower your students with our Think Like An Engineer 3 Poster Set. Based on the bestselling children's book "Girls Can Be Engineers", these posters feature diverse images of professionals in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) fields. Perfect for middle school classrooms or STEM enrichment programs. This set includes two prints: "Think Like An Engineer: Scientific Method" and "An Engineer is Someone Who." Each poster is designed to be printed at 18 x 24 inches, but can
PreK - 3rd
Other (Math), Other (Science)
Australian Money - COINS, NOTES, ADDITION, SUBTRACTION. Fish Market Workbook
Fish Market: Australian Money Workbook brings beauty and wonder into the maths classroom through hand-drawn artwork that inspires connection to the natural world. Designed for Year 2–3 students, this workbook helps learners use Australian coins and notes in real-life contexts while exploring fascinating fish facts that spark curiosity and c ross-curricular thinking. Activities include things such as building their own fish tank, which promotes autonomy and creativity as they practise money ski
1st - 4th
Financial Literacy, Money Math, Place Value
Thanksgiving Math Brain Teasers - Logic Puzzles with Differentiated Guided Notes
🎃 Challenge your students with this Pumpkin Logic Puzzle Math Challenge! Students use the numbers 1–9 to create equal sums across overlapping pumpkins, building addition, logic, and perseverance skills. Perfect for Halloween or Thanksgiving, this no-prep resource encourages teamwork, critical thinking, and MP1 perseverance—a fun and meaningful way to keep students engaged before the fall holidays! Includes a digital paperless option. ⏰️Short on time? Skip the scroll and hit the PREVIEW fo
4th - 6th
Mental Math, Social Emotional Learning
Percent Equations Notes & Practice | Scaffolded Strategy Code for Solving Percen
Crack the Percent Code — Visual Strategy for Mastering Percent Equations This scaffolded notes and practice resource introduces students to a strategy code system designed to help break down and solve percent equations. Perfect for conceptualizing percent-part-whole relationships and building procedural fluency with support. What Students Learn: - How to identify part, whole, and percent in a word problem - How to translate relationships into solvable equations - A custom color-coded system (co
5th - 7th
Arithmetic, Numbers
CCSS
6.RP.A.3c
Printable Math Enrichment Game | Critical Thinking Activity | Fast Finisher Work
This Dots & Boxes Enrichment Game is a perfect math enrichment activity. This partner game challenges students to think critically about how to ensure they win the game. This can be used as a math center, or as an option for fast finishers. This is a great printable, no-prep enrichment game! An engaging option for gifted and talented students, as well as everyone else! This game is easy to differentiate to meet your needs. Great for 3rd, 4th, 5th, or 6th grade students. This Product Includes:
3rd - 6th
Math
Gifted & Talented: Convergent/Divergent Thinking
I use this activity to practice convergent vs. divergent thinking skills with my GT students. I also use it to introduce Hands on Equations as a way of demonstrating how a variable represents an unknown in an expression or equation, and that variable's value can change from one expression to the next. The document contains a series of puzzles for students to solve. For example, in the case of 12 M in a Y, M=months and Y=year. Puzzles progress from easy to difficult. Answers included. (Note:
4th - 7th
Algebra
CCSS
6.EE.A.2
, 7.EE.B.4
Printable Math Enrichment Game | Critical Thinking Activity | Fast Finisher Work
This Order & Chaos Enrichment Game is a perfect math enrichment activity. This partner game challenges students to think critically about how to ensure they win the game. This can be used as a math center, or as an option for fast finishers. This is a great printable, no-prep enrichment game! An engaging option for gifted and talented students, as well as everyone else! This game is easy to differentiate to meet your needs. Great for 3rd, 4th, 5th, or 6th grade students. This Product Includes
3rd - 6th
Math
LOGIC PUZZLES with 5 Little Monsters Critical Thinking Deductive Reasoning GATE
LOGIC PUZZLES with 5 Little Monsters provide an engaging, interactive, digital activity for exercising logic and reasoning skills. Best suited for 2nd – 4th graders, students will exercise deductive reasoning, inferencing, drawing conclusions, problem solving, sequencing, and computation. Learners will read a set of clues that lead them to the solution. LOGIC PUZZLES with 5 Little Monsters is available exclusively on TPT Easel. This platform works on any device suitable for digital learning.
2nd - 4th
Math
CCSS
MP1
LOGIC PUZZLES for ST. PATRICK'S DAY Critical Thinking Sudoku Algebraic Reasoning
LEPRECHAUN LOGIC PUZZLES provide an engaging, interactive, digital activity for exercising logic and reasoning skills. Best suited for 2nd – 4th graders, students will exercise deductive reasoning, inferencing, drawing conclusions, problem solving, sequencing, and computation. Your students will work on up to eleven slides. Five puzzles present a set of clues that learners must use to solve the puzzle. Two puzzles are introductory Sudoku challenges. The final four puzzles are algebraic thinki
2nd - 4th
Math
CCSS
MP1
5th Grade Operations and Algebraic Thinking IEP goals
Do you feel frustrated and overwhelmed with everything on your plate? No need to sweat the small stuff. Relieve your current and future headaches with these premade IEP goals. There is no mixing and matching needed. This premade 5th Grade Operations and Algebraic Thinking IEP goals packet is designed to save you valuable time, frustration, and headaches. Simply fill in the bold information to personalize each goal. This 5th Grade Operations and Algebraic Thinking IEP goals packet is designed t
5th
Math
CCSS
5.OA.A.1
, 5.OA.A.2
, 5.OA.B.3
Also included in: 5th Grade Math IEP Goals Bundle
LOGIC PUZZLES - Cat-tastrophe! Critical Thinking Problem Solving
Cat-tastrophe! LOGIC PUZZLES provide an engaging, interactive, digital activity for exercising logic and reasoning skills. Best suited for 2nd – 4th graders, students will exercise deductive reasoning, inferencing, drawing conclusions, problem solving, sequencing, and computation. Learners will read a set of clues that lead them to the solution. Cat-tastrophe! LOGIC PUZZLES is available exclusively on TPT Easel. This platform works on any device suitable for digital learning. No print prod
2nd - 4th
Math
CCSS
MP1
4th Grade Operations and Algebraic Thinking IEP goals
Do you feel frustrated and overwhelmed with everything on your plate? No need to sweat the small stuff. Relieve your current and future headaches with these premade IEP goals. There is no mixing and matching needed. This premade 4th Grade Operations, and Algebraic Thinking IEP goals packet is designed to save you valuable time, frustration, and headaches. Simply fill in the bold information to personalize each goal. This 4th Grade Operations, and Algebraic Thinking IEP goals packet is designed
4th
Math
CCSS
4.OA.A.1
, 4.OA.A.2
, 4.OA.A.3
+2
Also included in: 4th Grade Math IEP goals bundle
2nd Grade Operations and Algebraic Thinking IEP goals
Do you feel frustrated and overwhelmed with everything on your plate? No need to sweat the small stuff. Relieve your current and future headaches with these premade IEP goals. There is no mixing and matching needed. This premade 2nd Grade Operations and Algebraic Thinking IEP goals packet is designed to save you valuable time, frustration, and headaches. Simply fill in the bold information to personalize each goal. This 2nd Grade Operations and Algebraic Thinking IEP goals packet is designed t
2nd
Math
CCSS
2.OA.A.1
, 2.OA.B.2
, 2.OA.C.3
+1
Also included in: 2nd Grade Math IEP goals bundle
PreK Geometry and Spatial Thinking in Math IEP goals
Do you feel frustrated and overwhelmed with everything on your plate? No need to sweat the small stuff. Relieve your current and future headaches with these premade IEP goals. There is no mixing and matching needed. This premade PreK Geometry and Spatial Thinking in Math Skills IEP goals packet is designed to save you valuable time, frustration, and headaches. Simply fill in the bold information to personalize each goal. This PreK Geometry and Spatial Thinking in Math Skills IEP goals packet i
PreK
Geometry
Also included in: PreK Math Skills IEP goals bundle
Popsicle Stick Activity Cards – Fun & Engaging Building Challenges!
Note: For the first 24 hours, all new products are FREE! Be sure to follow MY SHOP to get the latest updates and more free resources. Encourage creativity, problem-solving, and fine motor skills with these Popsicle Stick Activity Cards! These colorful and engaging STEM activity task cards are designed to inspire kids to build different structures using popsicle sticks, craft sticks, or wooden sticks, making learning both fun and interactive. What’s Included?✔ Stickman Activity Cards – Buil
PreK - 2nd
Math, Social Emotional Learning
Counting Numbers by 2, 5, & 10 | Rumi, Rapunzel, & Elsa
Note: The watermark will not show up on the digital download. ------------------------------------------ Dear Parents & Teachers, Here is a great worksheet to motivate your children & students to learn their counting numbers which could also be translated to multiplication as well. There are two versions of this worksheet. One is laid out by me with counting starting at 2,4, 6, 8, ... 5, 10, 15, 20, ... 10, 20, 30, 40, .. Then a blank worksheet where you can insert in your own numbers! Have f
2nd - 4th
Arithmetic, Mental Math, Numbers
St. Patrick's Day Marshmallow Pattern Cards
**Note: These cards are designed to be used with full size shaped marshmallows. These can be found in the baking aisle of many stores. Marshmallows from cereal can be used if you would like, there will just be a size difference in the cards vs. the marshmallows. If you cannot find the marshmallows to purchase, pompoms in coordinating colors may be used.**30+ Pattern Cards | Pattern Copying | Pattern Recognition | Pattern Completion | Fine-Motor Work | Montessori-AlignedJust print and cut these c
PreK - 2nd
Math
Equations EE.7
These guided notes teach students how to solve one-step equations using addition in a simple, step-by-step format. Students learn how to identify subtraction in an equation, use the inverse operation of addition, and solve for the variable while keeping equations balanced. The resource includes clear examples, worked-out problems, and answer checks to help build confidence and reinforce algebraic thinking. Perfect for math intervention, independent practice, homework, small groups, or classroom
5th - 8th
Algebra, Math Test Prep, Mental Math
Standard 5.OA.A.1: Use parentheses, brackets, or braces in numerical expressions
This bundle includes notes and practice on everything related to order of operations. You'll receive three activities. Applying the Order of Operations, Writing and Solving Original Expressions, and Practice Grouped Expressions.
5th
Order of Operations
CCSS
5.OA.A.1
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