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Daily Morning Meeting Slides Google & PowerPoint Editable Activities Template
Start your day with energy, structure, and smiles using these Daily Morning Meeting Slides—a ready-to-use, editable digital resource for building classroom community and reinforcing SEL, language, and critical thinking skills. Whether you're a morning meeting veteran or just getting started, this comprehensive digital slides template (in both Google Slides™ and PowerPoint) will help you create a fun and purposeful start to every day—all with zero prep and maximum student engagement. ✅ What’
1st - 6th
Classroom Community, Speaking & Listening, Vocabulary
CCSS
W.K.8
, W.1.8
, W.2.8
+55
Kindergarten Calendar Morning Meeting Math Phonics Slides SEL Year-long Bundle
Calendar and morning meeting have never been easier! I will take you through the entire year of morning meetings and calendar time with adorable songs, engaging prompts, daily math and literacy activities, weather charts, daily jokes and so much more. This entire kit is compatible with Google Slides™ and PowerPoint™.⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "I love love love these morning calendars. This bundle is one of my all time favorite purchases! I use it every single day and it is fantastic."All 12 months of the year are in
PreK - K
Math, Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Social Emotional Learning
CCSS
K.CC.A.1
, K.CC.A.2
, K.CC.A.3
+32
Area and Perimeter Math Robot Craft Activity
The year is 2050, and kids everywhere rejoice because they no longer have to do chores! Instead, they can build robots that do chores for them. There’s just one hitch: unless your students understand Area and Perimeter, the robots won’t work! In this fun activity, each student will create a different robot according to the Area and Perimeter specs on the card given to them. The result? A classroom full of paper robots ready to take on all of those chores! Well, probably only one chore: being par
3rd - 6th
Math, Measurement
Also included in: Area and Perimeter Bundle: Task cards, Game and Craft
Back to School Math Logic Puzzles Brain Teasers First Day of School Activities
In the hustle and bustle of a new school year, enrichment activities are just one more thing on your plate. These Back to School Math Logic Puzzles are ready-to-go brain teasers just perfect for use as early finisher activities, enrichment activities, or morning work. Designed to give students the opportunity to solve real-world, first-week teacher problems, these logic games push students to practice both their reasoning and key math skills. Students will be so engaged as they solve missing bu
3rd - 6th
Basic Operations, Math, Other (Math)
Project Based Learning: Geometrocity! A Math PBL
Project Based Learning: GEOMETROCITY! Build a City Made of Math with Geometry.Imagine, Design, and Build a City with this 2D and 3D Adventure! -Project Based Learning -Real World Application -Geometry, Maps, & More -Extension Activities -Differentiated Levels ***THIS RESOURCE IS NOW DIGITAL!***There is a link to a Google Slides Version. Details below. *This resource can be used for distance learning and e-learning.*Geometrocity is a project based learning activity where students will take t
3rd - 7th
Geometry, Math
Also included in: Project Based Learning MEGA Bundle: 14 Full-Scale Hands-On Projects!
5th Grade Fractions Review - Math Mystery Fractions Game Worksheets Activity
Fractions Review 5th Grade Math Mystery Edition - Multiplying Fractions, Adding & Subtracting Fractions, and Equivalent Fractions. Easy prep! Just Print & Solve! Or go paperless with the new Google Slides option provided within your download.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------⭐ Optional video hook included for introducing the case! (Check it out in the preview section) ⭐ BONUS: Ending video added to wrap up the case!-----------------------
4th - 6th
Fractions, Math
CCSS
5.NF.A.1
, 5.NF.B.4a
Inferencing & Predicting Using Real Pictures Blank Story Prompts Speech Therapy
Inferencing & Predicting Using Real Pictures – Enhance your students' critical thinking and social language development through real-world visual cues!Are you a busy SLP looking for a fun and effective way to teach inferencing and predicting skills? This resource provides everything you need with no prep, just print or use the editable Google Slides™ version for flexible, virtual therapy options. Your students will engage with 100 high-quality real picture cards and fill-in-the-blank story promp
K - 7th
Other (ELA), Social Emotional Learning, Speaking & Listening
STEM Bins® Speed Builds STEM Activities - Morning Work Tubs, Early Finishers
Save over 50% with this STEM Bins Speed Builds Activities BUNDLE, ideal for hands-on morning work, morning tubs, or soft starts, early finishers, enrichment, and team building. Activities are designed to supplement my original STEM Bins pack. Challenge cards are compatible with the following 6 building materials:Pattern BlocksMini CupsLinking Cubes / Snap CubesBase Ten BlocksBuilding Bricks / LEGO bricksDominoesTwo different difficulty levels are provided: “Build it Flat” and “Build it Up” to a
PreK - 6th
Engineering, Math
Classroom Calm Down Corner Kit Posters Strategies Visuals 27 Breathing Exercises
Self regulation and problem solving skills are critical for students’ success in the classroom! The Classroom Calm Down Corner Kit includes everything you need for a calming corner or peace table: grab a real-photo poster for identifying feelings and emotions, 27 deep breathing exercises, calm down choices, and problem solving strategies for your students in one, ready-for-you kit. In the included How to Use guide, I walk you through how I introduce each part of the kit, and empower my students
PreK - 2nd
End of the Year Activity - 3rd Grade Math Mystery Game Worksheets
End of Year Math Mystery Activity – The Case of The Graduation Gremlins - 3rd Grade Edition. This fun End of Year activity engages and motivates your students during math time! Students have to use their math skills to eliminate places to find out where the Graduation Gremlins are hiding! Easy prep! Just Print & Solve! Or go paperless with the new Google Slides option provided within your download.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------⭐ Optio
2nd - 4th
Math, Math Test Prep, Other (Math)
CCSS
3.MD.A.1
, 3.MD.D.8
, 3.NBT.A.2
+4
Also included in: 3rd Grade Math Mysteries Holiday Bundle: Fun Math Review Activities
Classroom Management Behavior Reflection Think Sheets Kindergarten and 1st Grade
These behavior reflection think sheets help students slow down, think about their choices, and figure out how to do better next time. They're easy to introduce on day one, and you can keep using them all year to reinforce expectations and track behavior over time. This resource gives you visual tools that make it simple for students to identify what happened and work through it without feeling like a punishment. SAVE 35% on this resource in the Classroom Management Rules and Expectations BundleC
PreK - 1st
Paperless Morning Meeting Slides | Greetings, Questions and Games | Year-Long!
Students first thing in the morning can be a HUGE struggle - sometimes it feels like we're pulling teeth! Over my 10 years in the classroom, I found one way to start the day off right is with a Morning Meeting!These Morning Meeting slides are designed to foster a positive classroom community and engage students each day all year long! With over 750 editable slides packed with daily positive quotes, greeting prompts, intriguing "Would You Rather" questions, fun games/activities, and built-in tim
3rd - 7th
Classroom Community
4th Grade Fractions Review - Math Mystery Fractions Equivalent, reducing + more
4th grade Fractions review wrapped up in a fun Math Mystery! Students must use their fraction math skills to discover where the Forgetful Pharaoh left his Scepter in Ancient Egypt! They will be required to reduce fractions to the lowest terms, compare fractions, create equivalent fractions, add and subtract fractions with LIKE denominators, and convert improper fractions to mixed number fractions. Easy prep! Just Print & Solve! Or go paperless with the new Google Slides option provided within
3rd - 5th
Fractions, Math
CCSS
4.NF.A.1
, 4.NF.A.2
, 4.NF.B.3a
+1
Holidays Around the World Christmas Escape Room Printable & Digital Activity
LOVE this! My students had to really think while completing this last year...and considering how well their brains were working right before break, I LOVED it too! Can't wait to use it again. - Aillison Y, 4th GradeOMGosh!! This is awesome. It is totally worth it! Self-explanatory, has instructions embedded in the slides, very much a student-led activity. Thank you for making it! - Sarah S. This Holidays Around the World Escape Room is the perfect no-prep activity to help your students strengt
2nd - 5th
Word and Logic Puzzles Team Building Escape Room Activity - Digital Lock Option
This fun and low-prep escape room is more than just word and logic puzzles - it's a team building activity that gets students thinking, collaborating, and using critical thinking skills to crack codes and solve clues as they race to open the lock. In this engaging escape room activity, teams work together to solve the word puzzles and logic puzzles using critical thinking skills to discover codes to open the lock. Students love the fun of an escape room game, and you will love that this low-pre
6th - 9th, Adult Education
English Language Arts
Team Building Escape Room with Logic Puzzles Critical Thinking Escape Room
Engage your students with this Team Building Escape Room! This is great as a back to school escape room! This escape room is perfect for both the end of the year and beginning of the year. Students will be engaged and challenged with logic puzzles, codes to decipher, and more. There is both a full easy prep printable version as well as a Google(TM) form digital version for virtual or distance learning. This resource includes everything you need to implement a challenging and fun escape room f
4th - 9th
Classroom Community
BRAIN TEASERS 4-Pack Bundle, Logic, Word Sense, Puzzles, Lateral Thinking – Fun!
Whether you need bell-ringer presentation slides or just want to occasionally mess with your students’ minds when you have a few unused minutes at the end of a class period, this four volume set of Brain Teasers has everything you need to keep your students working hard and thinking deeply. There are LOTS of ways you could use this collection of 152 questions in both PDF & Google Slides format (304 slides – the question is on the first slide and the answer with an eye-catching image is on the
8th - 11th, Adult Education, Higher Education
English Language Arts, For All Subjects
CCSS
SL.8.1
, SL.9-10.1
, SL.11-12.1
5th Grade Math Centers Games Stations No Prep Fun Math Review Partner Activity
Cover your entire 5th grade math curriculum with one bundle of games. This collection of 95 math games provides meaningful practice across place value, decimals, operations, fractions, measurement & data, and geometry. Whether you're planning math centers, spiral review, intervention groups, small-group instruction, or early finisher activities, you'll always have a game ready for the skill you're teaching. With games covering dozens of 5th grade math skills, this bundle makes it easy to find t
5th
Fractions, Math Test Prep, Place Value
Cup Stacking - Differentiated Challenge Cards
Get your students thinking, building, and problem-solving with this engaging set of 80 leveled Cup Stacking Challenge Cards! Perfect for STEM centers, early finishers, relay race components, Morning Bins, team-building activities, and indoor recess, these hands-on tasks encourage critical thinking, fine motor skills, and collaboration. This resource is designed with progressive difficulty levels to support all learners—from beginners to advanced stackers! THIS PRODUCT INCLUDES:• 80 Illustrated
K - 3rd
Classroom Community, Engineering
3 STEP STORY PICTURE SEQUENCING ACTIVITY KINDERGARTEN SEQUENCE OF EVENT CARDS
3-STEP SEQUENCING CARDS (78 TOTAL) INCLUDED IN THIS RESOURCE! (26 SEQUENCING SETS EACH CONTAINING 3 CARDS)Children will love these 3-step sequencing cards! The cards are color coded to help sort cards belonging to the same set. A sorting mat is also included so that kids can place their cards on it as they sequence the cards. These sequencing cards will help develop children's thinking skills. All you have to do is print the resources on cardstock paper and cut out. Shuffle the required card
PreK - K
Short Stories, Speaking & Listening, Vocabulary
200 Daily Bell Work Writing Prompts (Grades 4-6)
Be prepared to teach your Grade 4-6 Language class with a year's worth of bell work writing prompts for Google Slides™! This resource is perfect for a soft start to the Language block and for creating a daily routine for your students to follow. This resource includes 200 writing prompts themed for each day of the week to spark student interest and promote engagement. Every prompt comes with an example of how students should organize their journals, including partial sentences to get studen
4th - 6th
Creative Writing, Writing
CCSS
W.3.1
, W.3.2
, W.3.3
+61
Also included in: Grade 4 Ontario Language Bundle (FULL YEAR)
Back to School Activities Smart Goals Templates Goal Setting Students First Week
Back to school activities for goal setting: Help your students learn how to set goals in the new school year! Looking to make student SMART goal setting a focus in your classroom? This print-and-go set is perfect for helping you kick off the school year with easy-to-use templates, activities, and forms included.Students will be creating their own learning goals. You can have students create goals before conferences and share them with parents/families, or have students create goals after confere
3rd - 6th
Classroom Community, For All Subjects, Other (ELA)
Brain Teasers and Logic Puzzles for Early Finishers
About this resource:Want to promote critical thinking in your classroom? Want students who think "outside the box"? Modified from my popular Brain Teaser sets, these rebus picture puzzles challenge students purely visually! Students will identify words, phrases, idioms, etc. being depicted in each rebus puzzle. This file includes 3 worksheets featuring 10 rebus puzzles each. Great for fast finishers, warm-ups, or just for fun!! Key included for all sets! Follow Me:Click here to Follow Me!Item
4th - 9th
For All Subjects
Also included in: Emergency Sub Plans - NOT Math Specific!
Brain Teasers, Higher Level Thinking, Enrichment, Logic Puzzles, Math, Kids, 5th
"Perfect Activity for the End of the Year!" Printable Brain Teasers – 400+ Critical Thinking Challenges and Logic Puzzles for Enrichment, Morning Work & Fast Finishers (No Screens!)Give students a fun and engaging way to build critical thinking skills with printable brain teasers! This set includes 40 full pages with over 400 challenges designed to stretch your students’ thinking— all without screens! Perfect for morning work, early finishers, transitions, or as an easy sub-plan activity, t
3rd - 5th
For All Subjects
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About Critical Thinking And Problem Solving Resources
On TPT (Teachers Pay Teachers), Critical Thinking And Problem Solving Resources support students as they learn to analyze clues, weigh options, and explain their reasoning. These resources are often built around real-world decisions, puzzles, and open-ended tasks that invite deeper thinking. Teachers use them to move beyond simple recall and help students practice logic in meaningful ways. They are a strong fit for lessons that ask learners to slow down, notice patterns, and justify their answers.
Teachers can find task cards, logic puzzles, mystery activities, brain teasers, escape room style challenges, and lesson plans that target reasoning skills. Many also include worksheets, response prompts, and assessments, which makes it easier to check understanding. These formats are helpful because they break complex thinking into manageable steps students can work through independently or with partners. Answer keys and recording sheets often save time and make review more efficient.
In the classroom, a teacher might use these resources during morning work, a small group rotation, or an early finisher routine. A ready-made problem solving task can keep students engaged without requiring extra prep. This is especially helpful on busy days when you need something focused and meaningful right away. With print-and-go or digital options, teachers can quickly support critical thinking while keeping the lesson moving.
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