Elementary School Critical Thinking Centers

Make learning fun and interactive with this Taboo Card Bundle, designed to engage students in grades 4-10 while reinforcing key concepts across 12 diverse categories! With 144 cards in total, this resource is perfect for classroom activities, small group games, or even educational competitions.

Each category includes 12 unique cards, featuring relatable words and their corresponding "taboo" words:

1. Animals
2. Food
3. Science
4. History
5. Plants
6. Sports
7. Professions
8. Geography
9. Technology
10. Space
11. Art
12. Environment

How to Play

1. Split the class into teams: Divide students into two or more groups.
2. Draw a card: One player from a team picks a card and must describe the main word without using the listed taboo words.
3. Set a timer: Teams have a limited time (e.g., 1 minute) to guess as many words as possible.
4. Earn points: Each correct guess earns a point for the team. If a taboo word is used, the opposing team gets a point.
5. Rotate roles: Rotate the describer after each turn to ensure everyone participates.

Benefits for Students

• Critical Thinking: Encourages students to think creatively about how to explain concepts without relying on obvious words.
• Vocabulary Building: Expands students' vocabulary across various subjects, enhancing language and comprehension skills.
• Subject Mastery: Reinforces key concepts from science, geography, history, and more in an engaging way.
• Social Skills Development: Improves verbal communication and collaboration with peers.

Perfect For

• Classroom Review: Revise core topics in an exciting, hands-on way.
• ESL Students: Great for building vocabulary and language fluency.
• After-School Programs: Use for group learning activities or educational clubs.

Here are 36 different Halloween themed Tangram puzzles for you to cut out and use in your classroom! Each tangram is on a 3.7" x 4.9" card and there are 4 cards per page. The color tangrams show the individual shapes while the black tangrams only show the whole figure as a sold color. The colored tangrams are filled in with glitter. I have also included 3 different sized tangram squares for you to print out in both color and black. The black tangram squares have white lines on them so they are easy to see the pieces and cut out. Tangrams in this set (note there are multiple different ones for some of them, such as a cat sitting in a different position or bats flying different ways): Spider Cat Bat Candle Owl Tree Witch Castle Mountains Raven Howling Wolf Ghost Candle Chalice Barn Vulture Running Cat/Wolf The Tangram Square contains: 2 large right triangles 1 medium right triangle 2 small right triangle 1 square 1 parallelogram Keywords: geometric concepts, Visual-spatial awareness, math, mathmatical concepts, shapes, hands on, puzzle, problem solving, critial thinking, tangrams, halloween, fun, geometry, Glitter, Shiny, glittery, bling

Make learning counting and number recognition fun with these Food Solve and Count Numbers to 12 Worksheets Cut and Paste Puzzles! Students cut out the puzzle pieces and paste them on the picture mat to reveal the number of food or dessert. They will then write the number and color the picture. This activity is great practice for fine motor skills and counting to 12. A perfect addition to your math centers!

⭐What's included:

• 12 solve and count puzzles (1-12)
• Images of food and dessert
• Picture mats
• Picture keys

⭐Note:

• These food themed counting cut and paste puzzles require no prep - simply print and use!
• Each activity consists of TWO pages: a picture mat and the puzzle pieces page.

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This popcorn-themed activity provides a fun and engaging way for students to practice their phonics and spelling skills while developing critical thinking and problem-solving abilities. Here's how this activity can benefit students:

Phonics and Spelling:

• Reinforces letter-sound correspondence: Students will practice recognizing and sounding out letters in words, helping them to decode and encode words more effectively.
• Builds vocabulary: By encountering a variety of real and nonsense words, students will expand their vocabulary and learn new word patterns.
• Enhances spelling skills: Sorting words into real and nonsense categories helps students to internalize spelling rules and patterns, improving their spelling accuracy.

Critical Thinking and Problem-Solving:

• Develops analytical skills: Students will need to analyze each word, breaking it down into sounds and syllables, to determine if it follows phonetic rules and is a real word.
• Promotes logical reasoning: By identifying patterns in real and nonsense words, students will develop their logical reasoning skills and the ability to make informed decisions.
• Encourages creative thinking: When encountering nonsense words, students can explore the possibilities of creating new words and meanings, fostering creativity and imagination.

Engagement and Motivation:

• Makes learning fun: The popcorn theme adds a playful element to the activity, making it more engaging and enjoyable for students.
• Creates a multi-sensory experience: The tactile experience of sorting popcorn words and the visual element of categorizing them appeals to different learning styles, enhancing comprehension.
• Fosters a positive learning environment: The collaborative nature of the activity encourages teamwork and social interaction, creating a positive and supportive learning atmosphere.

Includes a popcorn template with no words as well to add your own.

Overall, this popcorn-themed activity offers a comprehensive approach to language arts instruction, combining fun with learning to create a memorable and effective experience for students.

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Students create avatars with this 22 page handout is based on character traits and character flaws. Students debate for a seat on a lifeboat to survive a luxury cruise shipwreck. Uses social skills combined with ELA skills to practice compare and contrast, fact-based arguments and persuasion. Includes:

Directions

Character Trait List with Definition

Character Flaw List with Definition

12 Male Avatars

12 Female Avatars

Lifeboat Scenario

Group Chart with Note Taking section

Character Reflection Sheet

Extra Resources

Optional Writing, Project, and Video Assignments

Excellent for small/whole group, whether at-risk/GT/AP, that uses character traits and fact-based evidence/proof to practice decision making processes and expository writings.

Grab a bowl, hat, or box, and take these sentences, cut them (and laminate them if you want), toss em around, and let your students read and discuss what could be fictional and nonfictional. As this was meant to be an introductory lesson, maybe they won't know those words yet, so you can accept "realistic" and "not realistic," or whatever language works for your classroom! More details within!

Other products you might like:

• "Mad Libs" style review
• BINGO review
• homophones practice

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Keep your preschooler engaged and learning with this fun Easter activity! This instant download includes 2 preschool activities: number matching with numbers 1-10 and egg matching puzzles with 10 eggs. Just print and cut these cute Easter eggs and your preschooler can get to work matching!

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This visible thinking sheet will allow your students to track their thinking process during any scientific experiment and write down what they have noticed and what they found out. You can use it for experiments of different purposes. It can also be used as a science center reflection sheet.

Enhance your students' reading comprehension skills with this engaging resource featuring five significant historic disasters. Each passage is designed for 5th to 9th-grade students and includes questions that encourage critical thinking and discussion. Perfect for use in the classroom or as homework assignments!

What's Included:

• Five Reading Comprehension Passages:

1. The Great Chicago Fire (1871)
2. The Titanic Disaster (1912)
3. The Hindenburg Disaster (1937)
4. The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake
5. Hurricane Katrina (2005)

• Five Sets of Questions:
  • Comprehension questions for each passage, focusing on key details, cause and effect, and historical significance.

Looking for fun mazes or after testing activities for your early finishers? This Pop Culture Maze set is perfect for Gen-Z! Offer your students stress-relieving, yet challenging activities that they will WANT to work on and stay on task as they complete mazes themed upon high-interest topics in pop culture, like TikTok, Crocs, Fortnite, Snacks, Air Jordans, MrBeast, AI, and Netflix!

►This resource requires NO PREP - simply print and staple a packet or use the activities separately. Either way, it's guaranteed to keep your kiddos busy and engaged. I often like to challenge the class with a maze from the pack and offer a small reward to whoever solves the puzzle first! So fun!

►I always leave a stack of mazes to grab in a pinch in my sub binder on my desk for a sub, or colleague to grab in case of an emergency. I feel at ease knowing my students are engaged, even when I have to be out of the classroom.

✔️What's included:

1. 8 Impossible Mazes (PDFs)
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Enhance your students' reading comprehension skills with this engaging resource featuring five significant historic disasters. Each passage is designed for 5th to 9th-grade students and includes questions that encourage critical thinking and discussion. Perfect for use in the classroom or as homework assignments!

What's Included:

• Five Reading Comprehension Passages:

1. The Great Chicago Fire (1871)
2. The Titanic Disaster (1912)
3. The Hindenburg Disaster (1937)
4. The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake
5. Hurricane Katrina (2005)

• Five Sets of Questions:
  • Comprehension questions for each passage, focusing on key details, cause and effect, and historical significance.

This is an engaging digital breakout room that is NO PREP! Students will enjoy this digital breakout website that has them solve four logic puzzles to find all the necessary keys to unlock the locks which is forcing a giant snow machine to cause blizzards all over the world. Students will use the Google Form that's embedded in the website to fill in their guesses for the passwords. They will get an immediate response on whether their guess was correct, (which will allow them to go to the next rooms submission), or tell them to try again. This website is great for struggling readers as well because an AI avatar is able to read all directions/information aloud to the student if needed.

I Spy Math: Divisibility, US Coins Money, 2D Shapes, Place Value, Roman Numerals

Get ready for an engaging and educational experience with our I Spy Math Worksheets for elementary students! Perfect for practicing important math concepts in a fun and interactive way, these seek and find worksheets are sure to keep young learners entertained while they sharpen their math skills.

- Dive into Divisibility Rules and learn how to quickly determine if a number is divisible by another

- Explore the world of Roman Numerals and decode these ancient counting symbols

- Master Place Value to Thousands and understand the significance of each digit in a number

-Identify US Coins with our I Spy US Coins worksheet

- Identify and name 2D Shapes

What is included in this bundle:

• Divisibility Rules
• Roman Numerals
• Place Value to Thousands
• US Coins: Money
• 2D Shapes

Introducing the enchanting Roll a Story - Magical Adventure Pack designed to improve imagination and storytelling skills in young minds. This pack includes printable worksheets in both color and black and white versions, offering versatility and cost-effective options for classroom use. With this pack students embark on thrilling literary journeys by rolling the dice to determine the elements of their magical adventure. They'll choose a character, side kick, setting, problem, solution and ending and then utilize the included writing page template to bring their story to life. The writing page template provides a structured format for students to fill in their answers, ensuring a cohesive and engaging narrative. To enhance the interactive experience, the pack also includes a dice template in both color and black and white versions. Students can customize and assemble their own dice making the process even more immersive and hands-on. Whether utilized as a fun classroom activity, creative writing exercise or homeschool resource, this pack will inspire students to become the authors of their own magical tales.

Key Features:

• Printable worksheets in color and black and white versions,
• Engaging Roll a Story activity for imaginative storytelling.
• Writing page template to structure and document the story elements,
• Dice template in color and black and white for a personalized touch,
• Promotes creativity, writing skills, and story development.
• Suitable for individual or group activities,
• Ideal for classroom use and homeschooling,
• Enhances language arts and imaginative thinking.

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Introduce your little one to the world of numbers with our engaging kindergarten math activity game, Numbers Puzzle from 1 to 10!

This hands-on, educational puzzle is designed to make early math concepts fun and easy to understand.

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Perfect for preschool and kindergarten learners, this set includes sturdy, colorful puzzle pieces that fit together to form each number from 1 to 10.

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These growth mindset literature unit activity and printables for The Dot by Peter Reynolds is perfect for International Dot Day on September 15, 2024.

The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds is a perfect picture book for teachers who want to provide fun instruction on the role of taking risks in growth mindset and fixed mindset perspectives.

This literature unit is the perfect companion for use with your students any time of year, but it is beneficial for International Dot Day!

Conceptually, these ideas are perfect for any level, but this literature unit was created with 2nd-6th graders in mind.

You will find the following activities in this literature unit for The Dot:

• Teacher Tips
• The Dot Discussion Task Cards
• The Dot Questions List
• Sample Answers (for the discussion questions)
• Daring Dots (things you would do if you didn't have fear)
• Make a Mark (create an image in a swirly frame)
• Growth Mindset: The Dot (writing activity related to growth mindset)
• What's the Dot? (draw an image around dots)
• What Is It? (draw images and incorporate preprinted doodles)
• What Can You Make? (draw a picture using at least 10 dots)
• Three journal prompts (with optional back side)
• Three quotes posters in full color and black-and-white
• Additional Activities

WAIT! This literature companion is part of a Growth Mindset Literature Unit (MONEY-SAVING) BUNDLE!:

GROWTH MINDSET PICTURE BOOK BUNDLE

NOTE: THIS FILE INCLUDES A DIGITAL DISTANCE LEARNING OPTION!

This product includes a digital option (as well as the no prep printable option). The instructions for utilizing the digital portion appear at the end of the packet.

THE BUNDLE INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING GROWTH MINDSET PICTURE BOOKS:

• YOUR FANTASTIC ELASTIC BRAIN (UPPER GRADE VERSION)
• THE GIRL WHO NEVER MADE MISTAKES
• BEAUTIFUL OOPS BY BARNEY SALTZBERG
• THE DOT BY PETER H REYNOLDS

GROWTH MINDSET ACTIVITIES:

• GROWTH MINDSET AFFIRMATIONS POSTERS (with cursive)
• GROWTH MINDSET AFFIRMATIONS POSTERS (NO cursive)
• GROWTH MINDSET PRIVACY FOLDER OFFICES
• GROWTH MINDSET FLIP BOOKS

Beat the Summer Heat with our Free Math Picture Puzzle Activities!

Looking for a fun and engaging way to keep your students' minds sharp during the summer months? Look no further than our Summer Math Picture Puzzle Worksheets!

This FREE sample pack is a delightful taste of what our full product has to offer.

Outer Space Math Picture Puzzle

Ocean Animals Math Picture Puzzle

Back To school Math Picture Puzzle

This free sample focuses on (Addition & Subtraction within 12, 18)

Product feature:

• Standards-aligned: Our puzzles are designed to reinforce key math concepts in a fun and interactive way.
• Differentiation made easy: Adjust the difficulty level by choosing puzzles that match your students' needs.
• No prep needed: Simply print and cut, and you're ready to go!

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Elevate your classroom engagement with our Farm Animal Shape Matching Clip Cards and Worksheets! Perfect for shaping young minds through fun and interactive learning, these activities cater to diverse educational needs.

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❤️Want more resources like this for your classroom? Check out these bundles:

➡Farm Animal Shape Matching Clip Card and Worksheet Bundle

➡2d Shapes Bundle

➡Clip Cards Bundle

❤️WHAT IS INCLUDED?

20 Page PDF Containing:

• 14 Farm Animal Pig shape matching clip cards (4 Pages)
• 14 Farm Animal Pig shapes on shadow matching worksheet (2 Pages)
• 14 Farm Animal Pig shapes for student to trace name of shape (4 Pages)
• 2 Page KEY with answers to shadow matching worksheets.
• Comes in color and black and white to conserve ink
• Just print out the activity or pages you want.

PLEASE NOTE: It is recommended that you print out these pages on card stock or copy paper. It is also recommended that you laminate these cards so that you can use them for multiple uses.

❤️WHO IS THIS FOR?

1. Early Educators: Ideal for preschool and kindergarten teachers looking to reinforce basic skills in an enjoyable way.
2. ESL Instructors: Perfect for language educators introducing shapes and vocabulary.
3. Special Education Teachers: Adaptable for diverse learning needs, supporting visual and cognitive development.
4. Homeschooling Parents: A valuable resource for at-home learning, providing a structured and engaging educational activity.
5. Busy Teachers: Designed for educators seeking ready-to-use materials that enhance learning outcomes without extensive preparation.

❤️Why you'll love this product:

• Versatile Learning: Targets multiple skills – shape recognition, writing improvement, and critical thinking.
• Engaging and Fun: The interactive nature keeps students excited about learning.
• Time-Saving: Ready-made, low-prep resource for busy teachers.
• Adaptable: Suitable for various age groups and learning levels.
• Group Activities: Encourage collaboration and communication in the classroom.

Pick either color or black and white you want to use. Download, print, and cut out the clip cards with Farm Animal Pigs for your students to match! Your students will be thrilled with this interactive exercise any time of the year.

❤️FEATURES OF THESE CLIP CARDS ARE:

- allows children to practice matching shapes to shape images and shadows plus getting to know the names of the shapes and how to write them thereby improving their cognitive skills.

- students can use colorful clothespins, math manipulatives, or some other type of marker to mark the correct number on each card, enhancing fine motor skills while learning.

- make for fantastic quiet-time activities or busy bags for on-the-go learning.

Watch as your child's face lights up with excitement as they embark on this educational journey through shapes.

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Here are 36 different Halloween themed Tangram puzzles for you to cut out and use in your classroom! Each tangram is on a 3.7" x 4.9" card and there are 4 cards per page. The color tangrams show the individual shapes while the black tangrams only show the whole figure as a sold color. The colored tangrams are filled in with orange, purple, green and grey shades. I have also included 3 different sized tangram squares for you to print out in both color and black. The black tangram squares have white lines on them so they are easy to see the pieces and cut out. Tangrams in this set (note there are multiple different ones for some of them, such as a cat sitting in a different position or bats flying different ways): Spider Cat Bat Candle Owl Tree Witch Castle Mountains Raven Howling Wolf Ghost Candle Chalice Barn Vulture Running Cat/Wolf The Tangram Square contains: 2 large right triangles 1 medium right triangle 2 small right triangle 1 square 1 parallelogram Keywords: geometric concepts, Visual-spatial awareness, math, mathematical concepts, shapes, hands on, puzzle, problem solving, critical thinking, tangrams, Halloween, fun, geometry

Make learning counting and number recognition fun with these School Solve and Count Numbers to 12 Worksheets Cut and Paste Puzzles! Students cut out the puzzle pieces and paste them on the picture mat to reveal the number of students or school supplies. They will then write the number and color the picture. This activity is great practice for fine motor skills and counting to 12. A perfect addition to your math centers!

⭐What's included:

• 12 solve and count puzzles (1-12)
• Images of students and school supplies
• Picture mats
• Picture keys

⭐Note:

• These school themed counting cut and paste puzzles require no prep - simply print and use!
• Each activity consists of TWO pages: a picture mat and the puzzle pieces page.

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