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Pufferfish Puzzles

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South Carolina, United States
About the store
Welcome to my store! I've taught middle school ELA and elementary school for nineteen years. I love to create activities that engage students in high-level rigorous thinking. I currently teach enrichment and Gifted and Talented classes.
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Preview of Valentine's Day Critical Thinking No-Prep Digital Escape Room Enrichment Game

Valentine's Day Critical Thinking No-Prep Digital Escape Room Enrichment Game

Capture the excitement of Valentine's Day in your classroom with this fun challenging critical-thinking mystery escape room. This is a no-prep digital mystery game that uses Google Slides. You can use this game as a class party activity or for a fun learning activity anytime in February! *Students need Google Accounts to access the slides in "edit" mode to drag and drop elements and solve each clue. Students will solve analogies, and complex word problems, complete a logic puzzle, and decipher
Preview of Easter Spring Critical Thinking Logic Analogy  Escape Room Mystery Breakout

Easter Spring Critical Thinking Logic Analogy Escape Room Mystery Breakout

Capture the excitement of Spring Time and Easter Fun in your classroom with this challenging critical-thinking mystery escape room. Students will practice ELA skills such as discovering word relationships as they solve analogies! They will practice spelling as they complete a word ladder. They will use close-reading skills and critical thinking as they figure out a logic puzzle and solve a crime. Students will solve analogiescomplete a logic puzzle decipher a word ladder decode a cipher solv
Preview of Digital Christmas Holiday Mystery Escape Vocabulary Language ELA Games Bundle

Digital Christmas Holiday Mystery Escape Vocabulary Language ELA Games Bundle

Celebrate the holiday Christmas season with this fun, digital vocabulary mystery. Students will think critically and enjoy working with words as they solve analogies, crack codes, solve logic puzzles, complete word ladders, and more. The puzzles contain a mix of easier and more difficult vocabulary to stretch students while keeping them motivated by some simpler clues. This escape room game is unique because the Google Slides game is interactive. Students can manipulate the slides and many conta
Preview of Thanksgiving Word Games - Fall ELA Enrichment Early Finisher Worksheets

Thanksgiving Word Games - Fall ELA Enrichment Early Finisher Worksheets

Are you looking for Thanksgiving Word Games for your upper Elementary class ( 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th)? This Fall worksheet set can be used as a class starter, collaborative game, warm-up, or early-finisher activity. These highly-engaging games will capture your student's attention with holiday fun! While your kids have a great time playing, they will be thinking critically through these higher-level thinking word games! These 25 worksheets will keep your kids engaged through all of November. T
Preview of Digital Winter  Holiday Digital, No-Prep ELA Games Bundle

Digital Winter Holiday Digital, No-Prep ELA Games Bundle

Celebrate the Winter holidays and Christmas time with fun, digital vocabulary and ELA games that keep kids learning! Students will think critically and enjoy working with words as they solve analogies, crack codes, solve logic puzzles, complete word ladders, and more. Escape Room Puzzles contain a mix of easier and more difficult vocabulary to stretch students while keeping them motivated by some simpler clues. This escape room game is unique because the Google Slides game is interactive. Stude
Preview of ELA Digital Escape Rooms: 6th Grade ELA & Critical Thinking ALL YEAR BUNDLE

ELA Digital Escape Rooms: 6th Grade ELA & Critical Thinking ALL YEAR BUNDLE

Capture the excitement of each season and challenge your students with these fun, no-prep digital escape rooms! 12 Holiday and Seasonal themes will keep your students engaged, thinking, and learning new words throughout the year. Looking for an engaging way to grow students' language skills?✏️These escape rooms teach word relationships and expose students to new words with 3 analogy-matching activities in each escape room. ✏️ Students will practice Spelling with word ladde
Preview of Saint Patrick's Day Critical Thinking Mystery Escape Room Enrichment Game

Saint Patrick's Day Critical Thinking Mystery Escape Room Enrichment Game

Capture the excitement of Saint Patrick's Day in your classroom with this fun and challenging critical-thinking mystery escape room. Students will solve analogies, solve complex word problems, complete a logic puzzle, decipher a word ladder, and figure out guess and check and find a pattern math problems to find clues to solve the crime: Who stole Lucky the Leprechaun's Gold? Your students will practice using logical reasoning to persevere to solve problems. This puzzle works great for Early F
Preview of Valentine's Day ELA Enrichment Bundle Word Games & Critical Thinking Escape Room

Valentine's Day ELA Enrichment Bundle Word Games & Critical Thinking Escape Room

Infuse your class with fun this February with this Valentine's Day Critical-thinking enrichment bundle. This includes 43 Critical thinking word games to use throughout the month. A "Creative Countdown" challenge is included that is great for counting down to Valentine's Day with an activity a day that will get your students' creative juices flowing. Culminate the month with the Missing Cupcake escape room that includes word analogies, critical thinking math problems, a word ladder, and analogies
Preview of Valentine's & February Word Work Games & Enrichment for Early Finishers

Valentine's & February Word Work Games & Enrichment for Early Finishers

Challenge your early finishers with these Valentine's Themed ELA Enrichment Critical-Thinking Word Games! These tasks are also great for February morning work. I love these games because they don't feel like extra work. Your students will be learning while they are having fun! These challenges are also great for class team-building challenges that promote a growth mindset and flexible thinking. This download includes a variety of games to use throughout February to spice up learning. You can
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About the store

Experience

Welcome to my store! I've taught middle school ELA and elementary school for nineteen years. I love to create activities that engage students in high-level rigorous thinking. I currently teach enrichment and Gifted and Talented classes.

Teaching style

I teaching by encouraging kids to read, write, and create! I believe that because creation is the highest level of rigor, students should have the opportunity to daily engage in many real-world, authentic experiences.

Awards & shining teacher moments

I am a National Board Certified Teacher, and am certified from elementary school through high school Language Arts.

My own education history

I earned a bachelors degree in English at Furman University and a masters in elementary education from Clemson.

Additional biographical information

In addition to teaching, I enjoy writing, reading, and running. I love spending time with my husband and two children.