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5th grade problem solving resources for Easel Activities
Economics Unit for 3rd & 4th Grade - Scarcity, Opportunity Cost, & Budgets
Do you want your students to master all the economics terms and standards in 3rd and 4th grade? Well this hands-on PBL unit to teach economics covers many different concepts through a real life project. After learning vocabulary your students will go through a project that will teach them all about economics. This is not an explicit teaching product, but a project based learning product.This Unit Covers1. Scarcity2. Opportunity Costs3. Producers and Consumers4. Budgets5. Market PlacesWhy will th
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3rd - 5th
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End of the Year Logic Puzzles & Brainteasers; Critical Thinking to the Last Day!
32 Challenging "end of the year" summer themed logic puzzles, and brainteasers! Critical thinking activities that integrate math and vocabulary up until the last day of school!. A super way to make sure your students are using critical thinking skills up until the last day even when they start getting "summer fever." The task cards are challenging and will provide for hours of classroom fun!Answer key included!All new products in my store are 50% off the first 24 hours. Be sure to follow my
Grades:
4th - 6th
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Also included in: 5th Grade "End of the Year" Bundle
Halloween Fun Activities- 7 Logic Puzzles and Brain Teasers for Middle School
Halloween Fun for Middle School!This packet of seven activities includes four logic puzzles, one cryptogram, one word search, and one grid drawing sheet. This product has been updated with the digital overlay feature, perfect to use with distance or virtual learning! It can be assigned to students in a Google Classroom. You can either use the digital overlay already created, or create your own! For more information, read here! Visit our YouTube channel for examples of how to solve the Hallow
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Year Round Logic Puzzle Bundle for Middle School!
Crack the Code Puzzles for Technology Class Printable Worksheets
Looking for a fun and engaging way to teach your students about technology? Look no further than our Binary Code, Hexadecimal, and Morse Code Encoded Messages packet! Introducing the ultimate tech-inspired resource for teachers and students - Binary Code, Hexadecimal, and Morse Code Encoded Messages with silly phrases as well as technology facts! Perfect for those days when you don't have access to devices, this packet provides an engaging and entertaining way for students to explore basic conce
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Technology Curriculum Back Up Plans Bundle | K-5 Computer Lab Activities
Christmas Crossword, Christmas Word Search + Christmas Puzzles – Harder Version
A super set of 5 black and white NO PREP differentiated Christmas puzzles (4 word puzzles and a maze) for lots of fun at Christmas time. Includes crossword, word search, codeword, acrostic word scramble, and star maze. All the word puzzles are provided in two versions to allow differentiation in the classroom and answer keys are included. Easy to use – just print and go. Handy for fast finishers or substitute lessons. Over 90 seasonal words are used across the four Christmas word puzzles.If you
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4th - 6th
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The Water Princess Water Filter READ ALOUD STEM™ Activity
Integrate Real-World STEM in your classroom and engage kids in a real world problem. Learn about Water Filtration with this Earth Day STEM Activity! Students learn about the water crisis and water pollution affecting nearly 1 billion people around the world and explore how water filters and other solutions can help. Connect to a Read Aloud: The Water PrincessThis STEM Project is a companion activity to The Water Princess by Susan Verde. The book explores the reality of how people walk for water
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2nd - 5th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
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The Dot by Peter Reynolds Candy Builder READ ALOUD STEM™ Activity
Students learn and develop a Growth Mindset through this Day Day STEM Challenge!The Dot STEM Activity is a great companion to The Dot by Peter Reynolds! This is an excellent International Dot Day Activity!In this STEM Challenge, students design and build as many objects as they can out of Dots Candy and Toothpicks. Students plan, design, and execute their own ideas. After they have completed their activity, there is time for reflection on what worked and what didn't.Aligns with NGSS (Next Genera
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1st - 5th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
...
Behavior / Behaviour Reflection Student Tool
Are your students in need of reflecting on negative behavior? This form helps them think through what happened, what they should do in the future, and how they can make things right with those affected by apologizing or taking actions to repair the relationship. Use these as a problem-solving tool, documentation for parents, and data for behavior intervention.This definitely supports growth-mindset classrooms, PBiS, and Social-Emotional Learning!It includes 3 versions of the product:*The detai
Grades:
1st - 12th
Also included in: Behavior Management & SEL Tools Bundle
Articulation Secret Codes - NO-PREP Speech Therapy Brain Teaser Puzzles
These no-prep articulation secret code / crack the code puzzles are perfect for worksheets and practice during sessions, but would also work very well for homework. They easily span a wide range of ages, and I use them myself from K-5 with no-prep!Each sound has 4 pages - two levels with two forms each, so you can always do one in class, and send one home.The two different levels are designed to be used either with younger vs. older students OR (and this is how I use them)...I start each student
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1st - 5th
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The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes Growth Mindset STEM Activity
Teach growth mindset in your 1st Grade through 5th Grade classroom, Makerspace, Library, and STEM Club! Students learn the importance of mistakes in having a Growth Mindset! This Growth Mindset STEM Activity is a great companion to The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes by Mark Pett and Gary Rubinstein! In this STEM Challenge, students design and build a broom and dustpan to clean up the mistakes we all make.Students plan, design, and execute their own ideas. After they have completed their activity,
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2nd - 5th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
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Also included in: Intro to Growth Mindset Activities BUNDLE
Following Directions: Critical Thinking Skills - activities - warm-up - homework
At a very young age, children encounter the need to follow verbal directions. As they grow, the directions become more complex. The 29 diverse activities in this unit use math, language, art, and listening skills--as well as reasoning, logic, and visualization--to develop critical thinking. The primary purpose of each activity is to focus on following directions. The activities featured begin at a fairly simple level and gradually become more difficult. This unit also includes an answer key and
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2nd - 6th
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Engineering Design Process Worksheets and Rubrics (STEM/ STEAM Activity)
Use these 20 Pages of Worksheets and Rubrics to introduce the Engineering Design Process while doing a STEM/ STEAM activity, challenge or project. There is a color and are black & white version copy of the worksheet and rubric to go through each of the process. A great engaging activity for students or a group/ team to go through the design processes of their STEM/ STEAM activity. Use the rubrics to assess students’ performance once they finish their STEM or STEAM focused task.What’s Include
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1st - 12th, Staff
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Resilience: Bounce Back Activities. PDF, Boom Cards & Easel
Many students don't cope when things don’t go to plan or go wrong. They need to learn how build resilience and how to “bounce back” from a bad time. The activities included in this product focus the following key points through PDF worksheets & an Easel version:Rating how “bad” a problem is on a scale from 0-10. 0 being “not too bad” all the way up to 10 being “very bad” and considered a catastrophe. The rating scale encourages students to better understand that they need to build resilien
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2nd - 5th
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After the Fall READ ALOUD STEM™ Activity with TpT Easel
Integrate STEM and Literacy in your classroom!In this STEM Lesson, students learn about gravity and complete an Egg Drop Challenge using simple materials. Connect to a Read Aloud: After the Fall by Dan SantatThis STEM Project is a companion activity to After the Fall by Dan Santat. The Engineering Design Process:Students plan, design, and execute their own ideas. After they have completed their activity, there is time for reflection on what worked and what didn't. They follow the six step Engine
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2nd - 5th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
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The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind READ ALOUD SCIENCE™ Activity
Integrate Real World STEM in your classroom and engage kids by learning about Wind Power!Teach about Green Energy with this Earth Day Science Activity! Students learn about the how wind power works. They design, build, and test their own windmill using the Scientific Method.Connect to a Read Aloud: The Boy Who Harnessed the WindThis STEM Project is a companion activity to The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by Bryan Mealer and William Kamkwamba. The book explores the true story of a boy who built a
Grades:
2nd - 5th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 4-PS3-4
, 3-5-ETS1-3
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Jane Goodall The Watcher READ ALOUD STEM™ Activity
Integrate Real-World STEM in your classroom and learn about conservation!In this STEM Lesson, students learn about Jane Goodall and how chimpanzees use tools to capture termites to eat! Students design and build a bug grabber to capture their own bugs.Connect to a Read Aloud: The WatcherThis STEM Project is a companion activity to The Watcher: Jane Goodall's Life of Chimps by Jeanette Winter. The book explores the life and discoveries of Jane Goodall.The Engineering Design Process:Students plan,
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2nd - 5th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
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The Eleventh Hour Booklet
**2021 UPDATED VERSION**This booklet is to accompany the book "The Eleventh Hour" by Graeme Base.Read the book with your class, and use this booklet to help students try to solve the mystery. This booklet includes: Pages to keep track of the suspectsPages to keep track of the timePages to record notes and clues from the illustrationsPages to decode the "Note for Detectives" at the end of the bookEncourage critical thinking and close reading with this book that your students will LOVE!!The downl
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Grades:
3rd - 7th
Spy: Codes and Ciphers and Critical Thinking
Students will get plenty of fun opportunities to practice and apply their critical thinking and problem-solving skills while learning how to send and receive a variety of secret encoded messages! STUDENTS LOVE TO SPY and students love communicating using secret codes and ciphers. Encoding and decoding secret messages require the use of critical thinking and problem-solving skills. Studying espionage, a high interest, real-world experience, is an exciting way to teach these important skills. T
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Codes, Ciphers and Critical Thinking: Spy Bundle #1
Nya's Long Walk Water Pump READ ALOUD SCIENCE™ Activity
Integrate Real-World STEM in your classroom and engage kids in a real world problem. Teach about Water Pumps with this Earth Day Science Activity! Students learn about the water crisis and water pollution affecting nearly 1 billion people around the world and explore how water pumps can help. Connect to a Read Aloud: Nya's Walk for WaterThis STEM Project is a companion activity to Nya's Walk for Water: A Step at a Time by Linda Sue Park. The book explores the reality of how people walk for water
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2nd - 5th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
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Perspective Taking Social Problem Solving Scenarios Speech Therapy Activities
Teaching perspective taking and problem solving social skills does not have to be difficult. Add these social problem solving and perspective taking scenarios to your speech therapy and social skills lessons for middle school and older students. These no prep social skills problem solving activities align with your social skills curriculum to work on understanding problem and solution while targeting social inferences, body language, and non verbal social cues.Are you struggling to find time to
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5th - 8th
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Brain Benders 1: Challenging Math Problem Solving Activities for 8-10 years
Brain Benders 1 contains twenty-six challenging mathematical problem solving activities, specifically aimed at the 8-10 year group. The problems have been written to suit a range of abilities and ways of thinking and learning, and to help students become familiar with a variety of problem solving techniques.
Problem Solving Strategies
The strategies which this book encourages students to use and develop include: guess and check, looking for patterns, drawing and modeling objects, listing and el
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2nd - 5th
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Christmas Math Logic Square Puzzles
In the crazy weeks leading up to the holiday break, keep their minds engaged with these fun Christmas brain teasers. This fun Christmas Math resource comes with five 3x3 logic squares and five 4x4 logic square puzzles to challenge your students. Each row and each column in the puzzle will add up to a total indicated sum. Kids minds will be stretched as they are challenged to find out the value of each of the holiday symbols! INCLUDEDPDF for Convenient PrintingFull Color Google Drive Activity
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3rd - 6th
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Brain Benders 3: Challenging Math Problem Solving Activities for 10-13 years
Brain Benders 3 contains thirty four challenging mathematical problem solving activities, specifically aimed at the 10-13 year group. The problems have been written to suit a range of abilities and ways of thinking and learning, and to help students become familiar with a variety of problem solving techniques.
Problem Solving Strategies
The strategies which this book encourages students to use and develop include: guess and check, looking for patterns, drawing and modeling objects, listing and
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4th - 7th
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Latino Heritage Month Pelé: King of Soccer READ ALOUD STEM™ Activity
Integrate STEM and celebrate Hispanic and Latino Heritage Month!In this STEM Lesson, students learn about Soccer / Fútbol Legend Pelé. They design, build, and create their own soccer game to play!Connect to a Read Aloud - Pelé: King of Soccer / El Rey de Fútbol by Monica BrownThis STEM Project is a companion activity to Pelé: King of Soccer by Monica Brown. The book explores the legacy of Pelé in both English and Spanish. The Engineering Design Process:Students plan, design, and execute their ow
Grades:
1st - 5th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
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