5th Grade Critical Thinking Lesson

Kickstart your students' mornings with our "October Morning Work | 26 Slides for 23 Days | Morning Slides | Editable" resource! This pack of 26 customizable slides is designed to provide engaging and thought-provoking activities every day of the month. With a mix of creative prompts, math challenges, reflection exercises, and seasonal-themed activities, these slides will set a positive and productive tone for the day.

Product Highlights:

• 26 Engaging Slides: Each slide offers a unique, stimulating activity designed to promote creativity, critical thinking, and focus. Perfect for the entire month of October, including a few bonus slides for special occasions.

• Variety of Activities: Includes a diverse range of tasks, such as:

  • News Reflection Slide: Keep students informed with thoughtful discussions on current events.
  • Halloween-Themed Reflection Slide: Seasonal reflection with spooky questions and calming techniques like rectangle breathing to help students focus.
  • Math Challenges: Slides like "Estimate the Candy Corn," "Halloween Symmetry," and "Pumpkin Patch Perimeter" to integrate math into the Halloween season.
  • Creative Writing & Drawing: Prompts such as "What would your magical Halloween costume be?" and "Design your own haunted house" spark creativity and imagination.
  • Word Games: Enhance vocabulary with activities like "Spooky Boggle" and "Find Things Beginning with H (Halloween)."
  • Visual Thinking: Challenges such as "Design a Halloween party invitation" and "Here’s the description, now draw it."
  • Finish the Drawing Activity: Encourages artistic expression, with a Halloween twist.
  • Would You Rather Halloween Edition: Fun, seasonal questions to get students thinking critically and sharing their opinions.

• Editable Slides: Customizable PowerPoint format allows you to tailor the slides to your classroom’s needs, from changing questions to adding your own activities.

• Daily Schedule Slide: Includes a slide to help you plan and communicate the day’s schedule, keeping students on track.

Why This Resource Is Essential:

• Seasonal Engagement: October-themed slides capture students' attention and align with the festive spirit of Halloween.
• Promotes Critical Thinking: Each slide challenges students to think creatively and analytically, helping them develop important problem-solving skills.
• Flexible & Customizable: The editable format allows you to adapt each slide to your unique classroom needs and personalize the content for your students.
• Positive Classroom Environment: These slides create a calm and focused start to the day, helping students transition smoothly into learning.

Ideal For:

• Teachers looking to integrate engaging, seasonal morning activities into their routines.
• Educators who want a structured and varied approach to morning work with creative prompts, math challenges, and language skills.
• Classrooms that thrive with thoughtful, daily routines to set the tone for the day.

How to Use:

• Customize the Slides: Edit the PowerPoint file to fit your classroom’s needs, adjusting questions, activities, and themes.
• Display Each Morning: Use the slides as students enter the classroom to guide them through the day’s warm-up activities.
• Encourage Group Discussion: Use the slides to spark class discussions and encourage students to share their thoughts.
• Track the Day: Use the daily schedule slide to keep students informed about the day’s plan.

Start each school day on the right foot with our "October Morning Work | 26 Slides for 23 Days | Morning Slides | Editable"—the perfect resource for engaging students and making mornings productive and enjoyable!

Start each day with engaging and thought-provoking activities using our "September Morning Work | 21 Slides for 21 Days | Morning Slides | Editable." This resource includes 21 customizable slides designed to challenge and wake up your students' minds as they start their day. With a mix of provocation questions, math challenges, creative tasks, and reflection activities, these slides are perfect for setting a positive and productive tone for the day.

Product Highlights:

• 21 Engaging Slides: Each slide offers a unique activity or question designed to stimulate students’ thinking and creativity. Perfect for the entire month of September, with one slide for each school day.

• Variety of Activities: Includes a diverse range of tasks, such as:

  • Newsround Slide: A reflection on current events (BBC-based) to keep students informed and thoughtful.
  • Calm Music & Reflection Slide: A moment for students to relax, breathe, and set intentions for the day.
  • Rectangle Breathing Exercise: A calming technique to help students focus and reduce anxiety.
  • Math Challenges: Slides like "Measure This," "How Far Did They Walk," "Design a Clock," and "Find a Shape with 0 Vertices" engage students in practical math applications.
  • Creative Writing & Drawing: Prompts such as "If You Could Be a Movie Character, Who Would You Be?" and "Now Is Your Time to Invent Something!" spark creativity and imagination.
  • Word Games: Activities like "Boggle," "Find Things Beginning with C," and "Shades of Meaning" enhance vocabulary and language skills.
  • Visual Thinking: Slides like "Here’s the Picture, Describe It" and "Here’s the Description, Draw It" encourage visual and descriptive skills.
  • Finish the Drawing Activity: Links to our Finish the Drawing 30-Page Morning Activity Pack for extended creative fun.
  • Would You Rather Activity: A fun and light-hearted way to get students thinking critically and sharing their opinions.

• Editable Slides: The PowerPoint format allows you to customize each slide to suit your classroom's needs, whether you want to tweak the questions, add your own activities, or change the design to match your classroom theme.

• Daily Schedule Slide: Includes a slide to help you replicate and use the daily schedule every day, keeping students informed and prepared for what’s ahead.

Why This Resource Is Essential:

• Promotes Critical Thinking: Each slide is designed to challenge students with questions that provoke deep thinking and creative problem-solving.
• Engages Students Right from the Start: Provides a variety of activities that wake up students’ minds and get them ready for a day of learning.
• Customizable and Flexible: The editable format allows you to tailor the slides to your specific classroom needs and preferences.
• Supports a Positive Classroom Environment: Morning work sets a calm, focused tone for the day, helping students transition smoothly into the school day.

Ideal For:

• Teachers looking to kickstart their students' mornings with engaging and challenging activities.
• Educators seeking a variety of morning work that covers multiple subjects and skills.
• Classrooms that benefit from structured, thoughtful morning routines to set the day’s tone.
• Parents and caregivers who want to provide daily morning activities for their children at home.

How to Use:

• Customize the Slides: Use the editable PowerPoint file to adjust the slides to fit your classroom’s needs, whether it's changing questions, adding new activities, or altering the design.
• Display Each Morning: Project a new slide each morning as students enter the classroom, guiding them through the day's activity.
• Encourage Discussion: Use the slides as conversation starters, encouraging students to share their thoughts and ideas with the class.
• Use the Daily Schedule Slide: Keep students informed by displaying the schedule slide each day, helping them know what to expect.

Start each school day with purpose and creativity using our "September Morning Work | 21 Slides for 21 Days | Morning Slides | Editable." This versatile resource is designed to engage, challenge, and inspire your students, making mornings a productive and enjoyable time for everyone!

Need a new, creative, and fun way to teach landforms? This lesson, which includes a Faces of Earth Landforms Speed Game and will allow your students to grasp the concept of each landform, both contextually and visually

Includes:

Introduction Activity

Speed Time Contract

Faces of Earth Portrait activity

Grading rubric and in-depth teacher instructions

Answer sheets

All game pieces are included. May require minimal amount of teacher prep.

Your kids will have fun while learning!

Note: This lesson is written for individual student instruction, but can be easily modified for group collaboration. Suggestions are included in teacher instructions.