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Critical thinking Common Core W.1.1 resources
READ ALOUD STEM Activities and Challenges MEGA Bundle #1 STEM Club, STEM Centers
Integrate STEM and Literacy in your classroom all year with READ ALOUD STEM Volume One! Everything you need to be the master STEM Teacher at your school! Awaken imagination and creativity all year. Students learn coding, engineering, explore real-world problems, learn about STEM role models, pioneers, inventors, and more!Amazing resource for STEM clubs, STEM Teachers, STEM Stations, STEM Centers, parents who love hands-on learning, and elementary teachers who want to create a hands-on educationa
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1st - 5th
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150 Daily Bell Work Writing Prompts (Grade 1-3 Language)
Be prepared to teach your Grade 1-3 Language class with a year's worth of bell work writing prompts for Google Slides™! This resource is perfect for a soft start to the Language block and for creating a daily routine for your students to follow. This resource includes 150 writing prompts themed for each day of the week to spark student interest and promote engagement. Every prompt comes with an example of how students should organize their journals, including partial sentences to get students st
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1st - 3rd
Also included in:Â Grade 2 Ontario 2023 Language Bundle (FULL YEAR)
READ ALOUD STEMâ„¢ Activities and Challenges #2 Real World Science Engineering
Bundle and get 50% off! Integrate STEM and Literacy in your classroom all year with READ ALOUD STEM Volume 2! Awaken imagination and creativity all year. Students learn coding, engineering, explore real world problems, learn about STEM role models, pioneers, inventors, and more! Perfect for librarians, STEM Club, K-5 Teachers, and any teach who loves to integrate hands-on learning activities with their students!This collection of STEM Projects focuses on connecting ELA and STEM. Each challenge c
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1st - 5th
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K-2-ETS1-2
, K-PS3-1
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 4-PS3-4
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OPINION WRITING - Quick Writes - Writing Templates for Grades 1-2
These QUICK WRITES are great exercises for primary children learning how to think through, share, and defend their own personal OPINIONS on a variety of topics, including sports, entertainment, food, animals, character traits, and more. Because the templates are OPEN-ENDED, they allow for any child to respond at his or her own developmental level. Three template formats are included in this set: one with picture promptsone inviting the child to drawone with multiple choicesThe quick writes wor
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1st - 2nd
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Book Companion for If You Take a Mouse to School with Back to School Activities
Visit this site to learn more!!These activities and craft focus on a favorite story by Laura Numeroff, If You Take A Mouse To School. They are perfect for the beginning of the school year...If YOU go to school!Activities include Comprehension, Writing, and Word Work:Craft for bulletin board, hanging or papersCharacter StudyFact or FictionUsing Text to Recall DetailsCompare Text to SelfSequencing EventsMe At School...PosterGetting Ready for School...Read and IdentifyOpinion WritingNarrative Writ
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K - 2nd
Also included in:Â Back to School Book Companion Bundle with Crafts and Activities
Opinion Writing for the Whole Year! Common Core Aligned
This pack is perfect if you want to infuse opinion writing step by step into your teaching all year long. It addresses Common Core Standards: WK.1, W1.1, W2.1 (...and possibly even W3.1 for third grade, depending upon the level of your students). There are 119 pages!
COMPLETELY revised and improved! 2016
For more details, check my blog.
Table of Contents
Page 1 Title Page
Page 2 Common Core Standards Covered k-3
Page 3 Table of Contents
Pages 4-12 slides for Data Projector
or to
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K - 3rd
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The Fabulous Friend Machine Book Study- Literacy & Online Safety Activities
The Fabulous Friend Machine English Language Arts Activities (ELA) and Digital Safety ActivitiesThis packet includes ready to go story companion activities for a variety of levels from Pre-K to early elementary so you can use one wonderful storybook across many classes! Use this book companion after reading the wonderful The Fabulous Friend Machine by Nick Bland. I am not affiliated with the author, and the book is not included. Not only will your students LOVE this thought-provoking story, the
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K - 3rd
I Can Stretch My Brain!
Want your kiddos to learn to take charge of their learning and become more mindful?Why use I Can Stretch My Brain? Research shows students need to think about how they learn and what they want to learn. This resource encourages students to think about their learning. It is perfect for the beginning of the school year when teachers want to communicate the importance of learning It can also be used any time of year the students need to be reminded to focus on their learning.How it works: This fre
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K - 3rd
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Also included in:Â Back to School Teacher Bundle
Opinion Writing Prompts Narrative Expository Writing Prompts & Friendly Letters
Grab all 7 of my writing prompt collections in one money-saving bundle! Includes 63 writing prompts to take you all the way from the very beginning of the school year through the spring. Includes practice on expository writing, narrative writing, persuasive writing, and friendly letters. Each prompt has a checklist for student accountability and this product comes with both Handwriting without Tears style paper and regular lined paper so all you need to do is print and copy!This product also
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1st - 3rd
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Spanish Fact or Opinion
¿Es un hecho u opinion? Spanish speaking students will love to learn and practice distinguishing facts and opinions using this no prep packet, full of engaging activities. Critical thinking skills are used to determine if a statement is fact or opinion. Included are mini posters, cut and paste sorting activities, writing prompts, and more!This product is 100% in Spanish, perfect for Bilingual, Dual Language and Immersion programs. It is appropriate for elementary students.[ P R O D U C T • I N
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1st - 4th
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Groundhog Weather School READ ALOUD SCIENCEâ„¢ Activity
Do your students have what it takes to join the Groundhog Weather School?In this Groundhog Day science activity, students learn the basics of weather, create their own rain gauge (if you don't have one), and record weather data over a set period of time. They write a letter with their results to send back to the Groundhog Weather School.The Scientific Method:Students follow the six step scientific method (Purpose, Research, Hypothesis, Experiment, Analysis, Conclusion) to learn about weather and
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1st - 5th
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NGSS:
K-ESS2-1
, 3-ESS2-1
, K-ESS3-2
Also included in:Â February READ ALOUD STEMâ„¢ Activities and Challenges BUNDLE
*Bundle* thinkLaw Nursery Rhyme Four Lesson Bundle
What if the same critical thinking strategies taught in law school could be used with students in K-2? thinkLaw uses law school exercises with our youngest students using folk tales, fairy tales, and nursery rhymes because there are some shady characters in children's literature,This bundle includes FOUR thinkLaw Early Elementary LessonsThree Blind MIce: Analysis from Multiple PerspectivesLittle Boy Blue:Settlement and Negotiation StrategyJack and Jill: Making and Evaluating Tough DecisionsA Tis
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K - 2nd
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Opinion Writing Prompts Informational Narrative Writing Prompts End of Year
Students get so excited about the spring, so why not try this resource with opinion writing prompts, narrative, informational, expository and friendly letter writing prompts? It includes spring, March, April and May writing prompts to get students engaged? These creative prompts are super fun! Also they are no prep so just print and go!It also includes checklists for student accountability which really helped my second graders check over their own work.Take a look at the money saving writing pr
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1st - 3rd
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Chicken Little: The Original Fake News Story
We read students traditional stories and folktales but do we every stop to challenge them to really THINK about what they're reading and hearing?Chicken Little is THE original fake news story. The birds never stop to think about what they're being told. They never ask any questions. They just accept the statement that the sky is falling is fact.In Chicken Little: Making and Evaluating Difficult Decisions students will:Scrutinize an imaginary story that a classmate tells them. Is it true? Ho
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K - 2nd
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Fact and Opinion Worksheets | Doctor Diagnosis Activity | Centers
Be the teacher they remember with this engaging way to teach students critical thinking skills to recognize the difference between a fact and an opinion. Students will be FACT DOCTORS for the day to weed out the facts from the opinion diagnosis for patients!What's included?Directions and SuggestionsVocabulary CardsOpinion Sentence Starter PosterStation Labels (up to 7 plus a doctor hat station)7 Patient Cases with 3 Notes that have witnessed' facts and opinions. 1 EXAMPLE filled out to share wit
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1st - 3rd
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Opinion Writing Prompts Expository Narrative Friendly Letter Prompts 2nd Grade
Need something to spark your students' writing? This resource includes opinion writing prompts, narrative, informational, expository and friendly letter writing prompts. Why not try this resource with nine winter / December, January, and February writing prompts to get students engaged? These creative prompts are super fun! Also they are no prep so just print and go!It includes checklists for student accountability which really helped my second graders check over their own work.Take a look at t
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1st - 3rd
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Three Little Pigs Fractured Fairytale Retelling, Social Skills, STEM Activities
I've got you covered for story retelling, social skills reading comprehension, opinion writing, compare and contrast fairytales, and even STEM activities with this fractured fairytale BUNDLE for the Three Little Pigs! This bundle has 14 detailed lesson plans which translates into an entire month's worth of instruction! Kindergarten, Grade One and Grade Two students will have the opportunity to engage in class discussions, complete opinion writing worksheets, and do hands-on activities to practic
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K - 2nd
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K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
Be A Community Superhero - Projects & PBL
Driving Question:How can we be heroes in our community?Description:In this project, students practice opinion and persuasive writing as they explore the concept of heroes. Through reading and interviewing, students investigate local and historical heroes and conduct an in-depth study on one specific person. Finally, students vote for and take on a service learning project in order to become community heroes themselves. A community exhibition at the end of the project allows students to practice
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K - 2nd
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Also included in:Â PBL Bundle (Grades K-2) - In Collaboration with A.J. Juliani - 26 Projects!
Math for Pioneers
Students use critical thinking skills in an activity to choose items from a list along with their weight to take on a trip west. The wagon can only hold a certain amount of weight so students must determine what they think to be the most important. Students will write and defend their answer as well as make calculations to take as much as possible without going over.
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1st - 4th
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A Project Based Learning Unit For Primary Grades: The Three Little Pigs
Welcome to this Project Based Learning, or PBL, teaching unit. This unit is designed for grades K, 1 and 2. Included in this unit is an explanation of project-based learning and a step-by-step guide on how to teach this project with rigor and authentic connections to the real-world.
Through this unit, your students will publicize, practice, and perform their own Three Little Pig plays complete with puppets or masks, props and scenery. Additional ideas are included to make this experience closer
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K - 3rd
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Goldilocks and the Three Bears Sequencing and Story Retell for Fairy Tales
Have you been looking for the ultimate Goldilocks and the Three Bears lesson plan and activities bundle? This fractured fairytales bundle includes story retell and sequencing, social-emotional learning skills, reading comprehension, opinion writing, compare and contrast fairytales lessons and activities, and even Kindergarten STEM activities! Kindergarten, Grade One and Grade Two students will have the opportunity to engage in class discussions, complete opinion writing worksheets, and do hands-
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K - 2nd
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus Engineering Challenge
Do you want your students to be risk takers? How about think outside the box? Do they love Mo Willems? Then you have got to check out this Engineering Challenge! After reading the book "Don't let the Pigeon Drive the Bus" by Mo Willems, students will complete an Engineering challenge where they are asked to create a new vehicle for Pigeon. Included are:
Teacher Directions
Parent Letter for a Creation Station
Character Chart
Design and Idea Pages
Multiple Feedback Options
Persuasive Writing Exte
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K - 3rd
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Morning Work Winter
NO PREP academic vocabulary worksheets that are great for a winter morning packet, bell ringer or sub plans winter activities! Reading, math, writing, critical and creative thinking mini lessons infused with academic vocabulary. Start with displaying the anchor chart / slide and discussing each word within a wintery theme and on the level of primary students. Then, present the activity printable for students to use the word in context. See list of activities below:Click the preview button above
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1st
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harmony-day-worksheets
harmony-day-worksheets Is Harmony Day yet another special event day that has you wanting to hide in your cupboard. Yet another day to squeeze into a busy curriculum? I have you covered. This pack has great craft activities but also meaningful literacy ideas that link the English curriculum to the Harmony Day theme. 65 pages. For years k-6 harmony-day-worksheets includes;colour in pageswriting tasks - meaning, sentence stem pages (but, so, because, and), opinion writing, persuasive text writing,
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K - 6th
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Also included in:Â Harmony Day Bundle Pack
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