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Brain teasers (with answers) for teens that provide critical thinking skills and a whole lot of FUN! 50 PowerPoint slides (with answers) that CHALLENGE your students to THINKA paper version of the same questions for desk/group work Examples: What letter comes next? J F M A M __What are the FOUR U.S. states that begin with the word “New?”What word that means -a type of WAR- is made by using only Roman Numerals?Add the following: The number of days in a leap year + the number of letters in the a

Brain teasers with answers for teens that provide critical thinking skills and a whole lot of FUN. 50 PowerPoint slides with answers that CHALLENGE your students to THINK!  Examples: 9 L of a C = 9 lives of a cat 90 D in a RA = 90 degrees in a right angle 64 S on a CB = 64 squares on a checker board 18 H on a GC = 18 holes on a golf course 23 P of C in the HB = 23 pairs of chromosomes in the human body 50 of these! Use as fillers or for Fun Fridays. My students LOVE them! #criticalthinking #b

These “What Do You Know?” cultural literacy questions challenge your students to learn about people/places/things/events that happened prior to today’s modern culture and give them a better advantage to be smarter and more productive members of a society that moves faster than it ever has. Just as knowing vocabulary allows a child to better comprehend what they are reading, there is a common core of background knowledge that also needs to be taught in order for a child to truly understand thei

Just as knowing vocabulary allows a child to better comprehend what they are reading, there is a common core of background knowledge that also needs to be taught in order for a child to truly understand their culture. These “What Do You Know?” cultural literacy questions challenge your students to learn about people/places/things/events that happened prior to today’s modern culture and give them a better advantage to be smarter and more productive members of a society that moves faster than it

Just as knowing vocabulary allows a child to better comprehend what they are reading, there is a common core of background knowledge that also needs to be taught in order for a child to truly understand their culture. These “What Do You Know?” cultural literacy questions challenge your students to learn about people/places/things/events that happened prior to today’s modern culture and give them a better advantage to be smarter and more productive members of a society that moves faster than it

Just as knowing vocabulary allows a child to better comprehend what they are reading, there is a common core of background knowledge that also needs to be taught in order for a child to truly understand their culture. These “What Do You Know?” cultural literacy questions challenge your students to learn about people/places/things/events that happened prior to today’s modern culture and give them a better advantage to be smarter and more productive members of a society that moves faster than it

Just as knowing vocabulary allows a child to better comprehend what they are reading, there is a common core of background knowledge that also needs to be taught in order for a child to truly understand their culture. These “What Do You Know?” cultural literacy questions challenge your students to learn about people/places/things/events that happened prior to today’s modern culture and give them a better advantage to be smarter and more productive members of a society that moves faster than it

Just as knowing vocabulary allows a child to better comprehend what they are reading, there is a common core of background knowledge that also needs to be taught in order for a child to truly understand their culture. These “What Do You Know?” cultural literacy questions challenge your students to learn about people/places/things/events that happened prior to today’s modern culture and give them a better advantage to be smarter and more productive members of a society that moves faster than it

Just as knowing vocabulary allows a child to better comprehend what they are reading, there is a common core of background knowledge that also needs to be taught in order for a child to truly understand their culture. These “What Do You Know?” cultural literacy questions challenge your students to learn about people/places/things/events that happened prior to today’s modern culture and give them a better advantage to be smarter and more productive members of a society that moves faster than it

Just as knowing vocabulary allows a child to better comprehend what they are reading, there is a common core of background knowledge that also needs to be taught in order for a child to truly understand their culture. These “What Do You Know?” cultural literacy questions challenge your students to learn about people/places/things/events that happened prior to today’s modern culture and give them a better advantage to be smarter and more productive members of a society that moves faster than it

Just as knowing vocabulary allows a child to better comprehend what they are reading, there is a common core of background knowledge that also needs to be taught in order for a child to truly understand their culture. These “What Do You Know?” cultural literacy questions challenge your students to learn about people/places/things/events that happened prior to today’s modern culture and give them a better advantage to be smarter and more productive members of a society that moves faster than it

This is an incredibly unique poetry activity for elementary, middle, and high school students! Students write a poetic response to Abraham Lincoln’s mother in the poem ‘Nancy Hanks’ by Rosemary Benét. Students will answer her questions: What’s happened to Abe? What’s he done? Did he grow tall? Did he have fun? Did he learn to read? Did he get to town? Do you know his name? Did he get on? I actually have my students memorize the poem ‘Nancy Hanks’ before having them write the response to these