Collaborating with Mrs E

This lesson is designed to accompany the book "Q is for Duck: An Alphabet Guessing Game" by Mary Elting & Michael Folsom. The activities provided aim to challenge traditional thinking patterns, foster critical thinking, and encourage problem-solving skills in students. With a low-floor, high-ceiling approach, these activities provide entry and challenge to learners of all levels in the classroom. Activities: Introduction: Begin by reading "Q is for Duck" to the whole class, allowing students

Add these logic puzzles to your pirate unit, or just for some critical thinking fun! This product contains 4 different logic puzzles geared toward grades 1 - 3. One puzzle focuses on vocabulary related to a pirate ship and includes a vocabulary page.

These Picture Equation Logic Puzzles are designed to challenge gifted and high achieving students. This is a great opportunity to extend basic fact computation by combining critical and mathematical thinking.

DIVERGENT THINKING- Students are given topics to brain storm as many ideas as they can to "beat the troll". 6 topics included on 2 pages of printable worksheets (color and black & white) for individual work or make a copy of the 7 editable Google slides to use as a class.