Challenging Minds

Online Research Tips - Helpful Hints for Finding Accurate & Relevant Information A 2-page easy reference guide summarizes key points when researching topics online. --What are search engines and how do they work? --How do keywords and Boolean Operators help your search? --What websites and domains are most trustworthy and reliable? --How can I check the accuracy of website information? This is helpful when introducing the basics to internet research!

For these introductory puzzle shapes, 10 of the 12 pentomino piece shapes can form puzzles that can be solved using only four of the pentomino pieces. Challenge your students to solve each one. There can be more than one solution in many of the puzzles! Versatile activities for warm-up brain teasers, early finisher folders, or learning centers! Emphasize the use of Visual/Spatial Smarts, Kinesthetic/Body Smarts, and Logic Smarts multiple intelligences. Includes -- "Transformations Poster" also

The Westing Game—96 Task Card Activities Organize activities and clues using Task Cards that are divided by chapter groupings and also include **Comprehension Questions with Answer Key **Prompts for Story Trail Activities Chapter Task Sets A-P: Task Cards 1 - 4 The variety of characters and unfolding events of The Westing Game provide the perfect background to differentiate task cards. Activities can be modified easily for readiness—include more or less detail for tiering Task Card 5: What’

Use this information booklet and lesson activities to introduce the each of the 7 Ancient World Wonders. Spotlight a journey through time as you visit and learn about the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. This Travel Guide can accompany our Ancient World Wonder Travel resources like the Passport, Unit Overview & Timeline, and Destination Posters available. Individual Travel Guides for other ancient wonder destinations with background information and lesson activities coming soon too! Destination

An easy to use 2-page chart that aligns terminology with depth of knowledge terms, questioning cues, possible products and activity examples. A quick reference tool that combines multiple resources into one chart.

See 20 samples pages of this 84 page book FREE! Challenge learners with puzzles and activities that sharpen creative and critical thinking skills. Each 2-page activity sheet is a combination of different puzzles that apply and strengthen problem solving and logic thinking skills. Each activity sheet is an excellent resource for enrichment or extension learning including practice with analogies, improvisation writing, word connections, and brain teasers. Each activity sheet also focuses on on

Use this information booklet and lesson activities to introduce the oldest of the 7 Ancient World Wonders. Spotlight a journey through time as you visit and learn about the Great Pyramid. This Travel Guide can accompany our Ancient World Wonder Travel resources like the Passport, Unit Overview & Timeline, and Destination Posters available. Individual Travel Guides for other ancient wonder destinations with background information and lesson activities coming soon too! Destinations for an Anci

Thinkercises (Level A: Grades 1-3) Ages 7-9The puzzles in this book are designed to help students improve their logical thinking and problem solving skills. These activity pages are perfect for "bell ringer" or anchor activities. Our cognitive abilities are brain-based skills we need to carry out any task, simple or complex. These abilities have more to do with how we learn, learn, remember, problem-solve and pay attention rather than actual knowledge. The problems in this book are also designed

Use this information booklet and lesson activities to introduce the each of the 7 Ancient World Wonders. Spotlight a journey through time as you visit and learn about the Pharos (Lighthouse) of Alexandria. This Travel Guide can accompany our Ancient World Wonder Travel resources like the Passport, Unit Overview & Timeline, and Destination Posters available. Individual Travel Guides for other ancient wonder destinations with background information and lesson activities coming soon too! Dest

An easy-to-use reference chart aligning product options leveled with Blooms Taxonomy and organized according to Multiple Intelligences. Categorization is a starting point for product ideas, which can be loosened or tightened according to grade level, criteria and readiness.

A versatile lesson to introduce types of volcanoes and their eruptions! RESEARCH—Use the 30 Volcano Activity Card Outside Covers with the Inside Cover copied on the backside of each. Cut apart half-sheets and fold to fill in volcano information. Divide up cards between students or assign sets for groups of students. Present information. CLASSIFY & SORT— Use before, during and after researching information for trading cards. Distributing sets individually or in small groups to cut apart, student

Quick Think! is ideal for any classroom, especially gifted, as a warm-up, learning center, or early finisher activity. Simply laminate cards for durability and multiple use. Activity packet includes --26 Letter cards --60 Category Cards --Blank Category Cards to create your own --Scoresheets Try these 3 easy ways to play, or make up your own game! **Activity 1: Last One Standing In “most original answer”-style play, select 10 letter cards and 10 category cards. Can be played as whole class or

8 Ways You Are Smart - Multiple Intelligences Posters 2 Sets (8 Posters each) Included --Full page titled posters with list of typical activities for each MI --Full page titled posters with list of typical activities and graphic for younger students Each poster can be printed on full size page with a black houndstooth background print!

Use this information booklet and lesson activities to introduce the each of the 7 Ancient World Wonders. Spotlight a journey through time as you visit and learn about the Statue of Zeus at Olympia. This Travel Guide can accompany our Ancient World Wonder Travel resources like the Passport, Unit Overview & Timeline, and Destination Posters available. Individual Travel Guides for other ancient wonder destinations with background information and lesson activities coming soon too! Destinations

Use this information booklet and lesson activities to introduce the each of the 7 Ancient World Wonders. Spotlight a journey through time as you visit and learn about the Colossus of Rhodes. This Travel Guide can accompany our Ancient World Wonder Travel resources like the Passport, Unit Overview & Timeline, and Destination Posters available. Individual Travel Guides for other ancient wonder destinations with background information and lesson activities coming soon too! Destinations for an

Use this information booklet and lesson activities to introduce the each of the 7 Ancient World Wonders. Spotlight a journey through time as you visit and learn about the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus. This Travel Guide can accompany our Ancient World Wonder Travel resources like the Passport, Unit Overview & Timeline, and Destination Posters available. Individual Travel Guides for other ancient wonder destinations with background information and lesson activities coming soon too! Destination

Use this information booklet and lesson activities to introduce the each of the 7 Ancient World Wonders. Spotlight a journey through time as you visit and learn about the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus. This Travel Guide can accompany our Ancient World Wonder Travel resources like the Passport, Unit Overview & Timeline, and Destination Posters available. Individual Travel Guides for other ancient wonder destinations with background information and lesson activities coming soon too! Destinati

When using software or hands-on projects to demonstrate learning, elementary students struggle with developing quality products. Knowing how to write and receive constructive comments to improve learning is an important skill. Peer feedback is useful in guiding students towards improving the quality of work they develop and share with their peers. This one-page guide is an easy-to-use format that can be used as a handout or anchor chart for any research project! See other Challenging Minds! pr

Flexible Basic Math Operations Activity for Whole Group or Small Group Instruction - the perfect practice for math centers, early finishers, and task card stations! Two ways to PICK 5: **Use the 12 Task Cards for pre-selected numbers, plus a blank template to create your own Task Cards for centers and stations. **Choose Your Own Numbers 1– 24 Activity In random selection of numbers, you can determine which of the five numbers should be the answer. You can also allow multiple equations and the

Motivational & Inspiration Quotes for Students in Your Classroom Use these 12 full-page printable posters as resources for teaching character education, life skills, motivation, and the intrinsic value in working hard!