Prickly Pear Puzzles
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Tucson, Arizona, United States
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Welcome to Prickly Pear Puzzles, your ONE STOP SHOP for Critical Thinking Fun! You are purchasing Logic Puzzles and Math Activities from an award winning teacher author with 35+ years experience in the classroom. I can help you lead your students to better skills in critical reading, attention to detail and problem solving. Subjects I've taught include Algebra I and II, Intro to Physics, Intro to Chem, full elementary and Gifted ED. My teaching career includes full time teaching in Italy, Germany and England for the 22 years and Tucson, Arizona for 13+. Have been teaching a variety of content and grade levels since 1990. Still love the classroom!!!
Author of 3 "Teacher Books"
Logical Thinking Skills, Frank Schaffer Publications
Logic Across the Curriculum, Frank Schaffer Publications
Logic Fun, Instructional Fair
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Logic Puzzle Task Cards Find The Animals - Critical Thinking - Break The Code
Put sharp thinking to work! In Find the Animals, students use deductive reasoning and process of elimination to crack festive logic puzzles—no guessing allowed. With 26 Animal-Themed Crack The Code cards, this critical thinking activity is perfect for fast finishers, enrichment, centers, and GATE learners in grades 5–9. Each challenge is an engaging and fun mystery. This fun set is a colorful, hands on, code breaking activity. Don't be fooled by the colorful little animals, these puzzles are
5th - 8th
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Logic Puzzle Task Cards Find The Ornament - Christmas Critical Thinking - GATE
Put sharp thinking to work! In Find the Ornament, students use deductive reasoning and process of elimination to crack festive logic puzzles—no guessing allowed. With 26 Christmas-themed task cards, this critical thinking activity is perfect for fast finishers, enrichment, centers, and GATE learners in grades 5–9. Each challenge is an engaging color mystery. This fun set is a colorful, hands on, code breaking activity. Don't be fooled by the colorful little ornaments, these puzzles are more c
5th - 8th
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Logic Puzzle Task Cards Find The Mice - Critical Thinking - GATE Fast Finishers
Need to engage your students in Productive Struggle? Find the Mouse Task Cards can be used over multiple days as it include 26 individual logic puzzles. Each challenge is an engaging color mystery. This fun set is a colorful, hands on, code breaking activity. Students will use deductive reasoning and the process of elimination as they use the clues to determine which mice are in which order. Don't be fooled by the colorful little mice, these puzzles are more challenging than they look. Thi
5th - 8th
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Christmas Hinky Pinks- Fun Holiday Activities
These silly, funny puzzles have been called many things over the years. Hink Pinks, Hinky Pinks, Hinky Pinkies and more. Whatever you call them, kids call them fun! This engaging set is Christmas Themed. Perfect brain buster for restless learners as we near Winter Break. This challenge provides a variety of ways for you students be involved in critical thinking fun. Each clue has an answer that rhymes. Some are more difficult than others, that’s intentional. This set includes one syllabl
5th - 8th
Logic Puzzle Task Cards - Find The Bears - Critical Thinking Fun - GATE
Students love a good mystery! Need to engage your students in Productive Struggle? Find the Bears Task Cards NOW include 26 individual logic puzzles. Each challenge is an engaging color mystery. This fun set is a colorful, hands on, code breaking activity. Students will use deductive reasoning and the process of elimination as they use the clues to determine which bears are in which order. Don't be fooled by the colorful little bears, these puzzles are more challenging than they look. Thi
4th - 7th
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Welcome to Prickly Pear Puzzles, your ONE STOP SHOP for Critical Thinking Fun! You are purchasing Logic Puzzles and Math Activities from an award winning teacher author with 35+ years experience in the classroom. I can help you lead your students to better skills in critical reading, attention to detail and problem solving. Subjects I've taught include Algebra I and II, Intro to Physics, Intro to Chem, full elementary and Gifted ED. My teaching career includes full time teaching in Italy, Germany and England for the 22 years and Tucson, Arizona for 13+. Have been teaching a variety of content and grade levels since 1990. Still love the classroom!!!
Author of 3 "Teacher Books"
Logical Thinking Skills, Frank Schaffer Publications
Logic Across the Curriculum, Frank Schaffer Publications
Logic Fun, Instructional Fair
Teaching style
Work Hard, Play Hard! Find The Joy!
Awards & shining teacher moments
PAEMST( Presidential Award for Excellence in Math and Science) representing Arizona, 1998
Arizona Ambassador for Excellence Top 5 Teacher of the Year
Published Author
Flowing Wells School District Teacher of the Year 1998
Hendricks Elementary School Teacher of the Year 1997
Wright Flight Teacher of the Year 1999
My own education history
Leavenworth High School, Leavenworth Kansas, 1980
University of Arizona, 1989
80+ graduate credits in gifted education, mathematics, science, and curriculum and development
Additional biographical information
Mom, Wife, Traveler, fan of college basketball and my newest excitement, I'm finally a grandma. :)
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