Critical thinking worksheets for GATE

CCSS:

RI.5.10

, RH.6-8.10

Also included in: Growth Mindset ESCAPE ROOMS BUNDLE - Back to School - Reading Comprehension

Math Logic Puzzles: 5th grade Enrichment - [Digital & Printable PDF]

Created by

Critical Thinking, Math, Problem Solving

Math Logic Puzzles for 5th grade includes 15 higher-order thinking puzzles designed to challenge and engage your high flyers and fast finishers. Your students will utilize critical thinking and problem-solving skills to build a solid understanding of essential 5th-grade math concepts. These puzzles are available as a printable PDF and a paperless version made with Google Slides™ for virtual learning.Every activity is directly aligned with the Common Core State Standards for Math.Math Concepts a

Subjects:

Grades:

4th - 6th

Types:

CCSS:

...

Also included in: Math Logic Puzzles: 3-5 BUNDLE - [Digital & Printable PDF]

Math Logic Puzzles: 4th grade ENRICHMENT - [Digital & Printable PDF]

Created by

Critical Thinking, Math, Problem Solving

Math Logic Puzzles for 4th grade includes 14 higher order thinking puzzles designed to challenge and engage your high flyers and fast finishers. Your students will utilize critical thinking and problem solving skills while building a solid understanding of essential math concepts and skills. These puzzles are available as a printable PDF and a paperless version made with Google Slides™ for virtual learning.Every activity is directly aligned with the Common Core State Standards for Math.Math Con

Subjects:

Grades:

4th - 5th

Types:

CCSS:

...

Also included in: Math Logic Puzzles: 3-5 BUNDLE - [Digital & Printable PDF]

Winter STEM Activities and Challenges with Paper ❄️ Snowflakes ❄️

Created by

Meredith Anderson - Momgineer STEM Activities

**BEST SELLER!** Winter STEM / Snowflake STEM activities! Create a variety of snowflakes with these 3 STEM engaging challenges. For these challenges, the only material that is necessary is plain paper. This is a great companion activity if you are reading about Snowflake Bentley (Wilson Bentley).✅ What You'll Get ✅Teacher Instructions and sample imagesWarm up activities: How snowflakes form in nature (1 page informational text)Cutting practice page (if your students need it, recommended!)Which f

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Engineering, Gifted and Talented

Grades:

3rd - 8th

Types:

Activities, GATE, Printables

CCSS:

4.G.A.3

NGSS:

MS-ETS1-2

, 3-5-ETS1-3

, 3-PS2-2

, 3-5-ETS1-1

, MS-ETS1-1

...

Also included in: FLASH SALE ⭐ Low Prep STEM Activities and Challenges Engineering Design Process

Math Logic Puzzles: 2nd grade Enrichment - [Digital & Printable PDF]

Created by

Critical Thinking, Math, Problem Solving

Math Logic Puzzles for 2nd grade includes 16 higher-order thinking puzzles designed to challenge and engage your high flyers and fast finishers. Your students will utilize critical thinking and problem-solving skills while building a solid understanding of essential math concepts and skills. These puzzles are available as a printable PDF and a paperless version made with Google Slides™ for virtual learning.Every activity is directly aligned with the Common Core State Standards for Math.--------

Subjects:

Grades:

2nd - 3rd

Types:

CCSS:

...

Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Literature Circles Book Clubs

Created by

Teacher Thrive

Add some depth and complexity to traditional Literature Circles with this complete and ready-to-use resource!You will be amazed by the level of discussion and critical thinking that will take place among your students. Each Literature Circle role (listed below) is directly connected to 11 elements of critical thinking: Big Ideas, Rules, Trends, Patterns, Language of the Discipline, Ethics, Relationships Over Time, Details, Unanswered Questions, Across Disciplines, and Multiple Perspectives). Ju

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Literature, Reading

Grades:

4th - 9th, Adult Education

Types:

GATE, Literature Circles

Also included in: Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Mega Bundle

3-D Shapes Activity with Monsters (Geometry Math Craft for Elementary)

Created by

Science Demo Guy STEM

This fun elementary craftivity will get kids excited about 3-D geometric shapes while incorporating art into the classroom. This product includes 7 different shape (monster) templates (both in color and as line art for the student to color) and 3 accompanying worksheets. Please open my preview file to view everything that is included. This activity can also foster teamwork when students work together in groups of two to assemble their 3-D shape monsters.Save Money, buy the bundle! Monster Themed

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Geometry, Math

Grades:

K - 2nd

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Centers

CCSS:

K.G.A.2

, K.G.B.4

, K.G.B.5

, 1.G.A.1

, 1.G.A.2

...

Also included in: 2-D & 3-D Shapes Monster Bundle

Halloween STEM Activities | Fall STEM Activities for October | Halloween Science

Created by

Kerry Tracy Feel-Good Teaching

Halloween STEM Activities will keep your kids engaged in brain-busting work disguised as fun!This bundle includes the following 6 Halloween STEM activities:⭐ Bone Bridge® STEM Challenge Activity ⭐ Creature Catcher STEM Challenge Activity ⭐ Ghosts in the Graveyard STEM Challenge Activity ⭐ Treat Toss STEM Challenge Activity ⭐ Wings Wanted STEM Challenge Activity⭐ Halloween STEM Improv Activity (336 possible combinations!)The basic idea: In the 5 Halloween STEM Challenge Activities, students

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Engineering, Halloween

Grades:

2nd - 8th

Types:

Activities, GATE, Centers

NGSS:

K-2-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-3

, MS-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-1

, 3-5-ETS1-3

...

Team Building Escape Room with Logic Puzzles Critical Thinking Escape Room

Created by

Teach With all Your Heart

Engage your students with this Team Building Escape Room! This is great as a back to school escape room! This escape room is perfect for both the end of the year and beginning of the year. Students will be engaged and challenged with logic puzzles, codes to decipher, and more. There is both a full easy prep printable version as well as a Google(TM) form digital version for virtual or distance learning.This resource includes everything you need to implement a challenging and fun escape room fo

Subjects:

Classroom Community, Critical Thinking, End of Year

Grades:

4th - 9th

Types:

Activities, GATE, Games

Also included in: Team Building Escape Room with Logic Puzzles BUNDLE - Critical Thinking Escape

Graphs Math Mystery 4th Grade Edition - Line Plots, Pie, Line, Area, Bar Graphs

Created by

Mrs J's Resource Creations

Graphs 4th Grade Math Mystery: The Case of the Greedy GnomeStudents must complete FIVE math worksheets, involving: line plots, pictographs, line graphs, area graphs, pie charts, and bar graphs, to unlock FIVE clues! Then, your student detectives must use critical thinking and deductive reasoning to narrow down the list of suspects to find the Greedy Gnome!⭐There is an optional Video Hook available to introduce this activity to your students in a fun way. Check it out in the preview section of th

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Graphing, Math

Grades:

3rd - 5th

Types:

Critical Thinking, Reading, Reading Strategies

Also included in: Math Mystery Games COMPLETE Bundle 4th Grade Fun Math Review Activities

Logic Puzzles Critical Thinking Activities - Printable & Digital Brain Teasers

Created by

Mrs Thompson's Treasures

⭐ Improve critical thinking skills and reading comprehension with this fun set of 45 full-page logic puzzles for elementary students. Comes in printable PDFs and digital for Google Slides™️. ⭐ Students use the clues to eliminate wrong answers and come to logical conclusions. Includes directions, a step-by-step model for solving the puzzles, digital versions of all the puzzles, and an answer key. ♦ Includes seasonal puzzles as well as puzzles to use any time of the year! ♦ 30 regular logic puzzle

Subjects:

Grades:

1st - 3rd

Types:

GATER Educator - Kris Prince

Inside Out Movie Worksheets | Movie Day Activities | Social Emotional Learning

Created by

Looking to support your student's social-emotional needs?What better way to engage students than with a MOVIE TIME? ... INSIDE, OUT is certainly a fun childhood favorite!Check out these LEARNING ACTIVITIES created just for the movie!Personality Islands Digital PBLPersonality Islands Printable PBLHow to Make Broccoli Pizza - A Fun and Engaging Reading and Math ActivityThis resource includes a printable AND digital version to use with Google Classroom™Looking for more MOVIE GUIDES? Click HERE-Movi

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Gifted and Talented, Life Skills

Grades:

4th - 7th

Types:

GATE, Movie Guides, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.5.2

, RL.5.3

, SL.4.1d

, SL.4.3

, SL.5.1

...

Also included in: Independent Projects | Gifted and Talented Students | Early Finishers | BUNDLE 1

Halloween STEM Activity - Bone Bridge® - Halloween STEM Challenge

Created by

Kerry Tracy Feel-Good Teaching

The Bone Bridge® Halloween STEM activity is collaborative, brain-busting work disguised as fun! This STEM challenge goes beyond Halloween. Connect it to your science lessons on skeletal system, bridges/transportation, and/or forces (specific ideas provided in the resource). The basic idea: Students work in partners or groups against a list of criteria and constraints to build a bridge for length, strength, or capacity using simple materials. This is the first resource from Bone Bridge® STEM Ch

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Engineering, Halloween

Grades:

2nd - 8th

Types:

Activities, GATE, Centers

NGSS:

K-2-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-3

, MS-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-1

, 3-5-ETS1-3

...

Also included in: Halloween STEM Activities - 6 STEM Challenges - Print & Paperless

Goldilocks STEM Activity - Goldilocks and the Three Bears STEM Challenges

Created by

Meredith Anderson - Momgineer STEM Activities

What do you get when you combine fairy tales and STEM? A fun, hands-on STEM Tale! This fairy tale with a twist guides students through the engineering design process to create a new bed for Goldilocks. The storybook can be read aloud together. Students will complete it as they work through the STEM activity.The STEM ActivityYour students will help Baby Bear build Goldilocks a new bed of her own! In this story, there is a bit of a twist that will tap into SEL topics like empathy.What You'll Get:T

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Engineering, Gifted and Talented

Grades:

K - 3rd

Types:

Activities, GATE, Centers

CCSS:

, RL.K.1

...

NGSS:

K-2-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-1

, 3-PS2-1

, 3-5-ETS1-3

, 3-5-ETS1-1

Also included in: Fairy Tale STEM MEGA Bundle 100+ Tasks for Fairy Tales, Fables, & Nursery Rhymes

Fairy Tale STEM and STEAM Activities and Challenges Makerspace Task Cards

Created by

Meredith Anderson - Momgineer STEM Activities

Hands-on fairy tale STEM challenges that are open-ended and allow for student creativity! Students can complete all 20 STEM activities OR use the choice board and pick their challenge(s). These low prep activities are easy to set up with materials you already have, like paper, recyclables, or building bricks and blocks. Your students will be begging to do more!✅ What You'll Get ✅20 Fairy Tale STEM challenges: These can be displayed from the PDF file or from Google Slides, or printed at 4 per pag

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Engineering, Gifted and Talented

Grades:

K - 3rd

Types:

Activities, GATE

NGSS:

K-2-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-3

, K-2-ETS1-1

, 3-5-ETS1-3

, 3-5-ETS1-1

...

Also included in: Fairy Tale STEM MEGA Bundle 100+ Tasks for Fairy Tales, Fables, & Nursery Rhymes

Scavenger Hunts around the school and in nature printable - Classroom & Outdoor

Created by

Rachel Lynette

This is a collection of 18 fun and educational scavenger hunts. Scavenger hunts are a motivating way for kids to explore a subject or medium. They can be done individually or in small groups. These scavenger hunts are perfect for:Fast finishersBuilt in classroom movement Brain breaksAlternative to screen timeFun family homeworkClass rewardFun Friday activityEnd of the Year funSub folder fillerEnjoying a sunny dayThis product includes the following scavenger hunts (please see the free preview f

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, English Language Arts, For All Subject Areas

Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types:

Mrs J's Resource Creations

100th Day of School Math Mystery Activity - 2nd Grade Math Worksheets

Created by

100th Day of School Math Mystery Activity - 2nd Grade Math Worksheets Edition - The Case of the 100 Missing Treats. A fun way to practice and review math skills during the 100th Day of School. Easy prep! Just Print & Solve! Or go paperless with the new Google Slides option provided within your download.⭐A video hook is provided to set the stage to engage! Check out the video hook in the preview section.⭐A bonus ENDING VIDEO clip is included to celebrate finishing the mystery.(Please note: T

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Math, Mental Math

Grades:

1st - 3rd

Types:

Critical Thinking, Gifted and Talented, Other (Arts)

CCSS:

Also included in: Math Mystery COMPLETE Bundle 2nd Grade Math Activities - Fun Review

Thinking Thursday

Created by

PencilsinPreK

Are you looking for a fun way to get your children thinking outside the box? Try a Thinking Thursday. You can do these whole group, independent practice, or even as morning work. This is a great way to get your kids using their imagination!*Capital and lower-case letters*Numbers 1-20 in 2 different fonts*20 shapes*a blank set with no Thinking Thursday at the top so you can use any day of the week *a set with just lines so students can write their own sentences *1 page to use to create your ownPl

Subjects:

Grades:

PreK - 3rd

Types:

Critical Thinking, Gifted and Talented, Problem Solving

Early Finishers Logic Puzzles Enrichment Activities Fast Finishers

Created by

Golden Rule Days

Are you looking for ways to incorporate critical thinking and reasoning skills into your classroom? These 10 logic puzzles would be perfect as enrichment activities and for fast / early finishers and gifted and talented students! They would also work well as morning work and homework.I have always enjoyed doing logic puzzles myself and decided to make some of my own for my students. In my class, * I introduce logic puzzles by doing one as a whole group. * Then, I let them work on one with a part

Subjects:

Grades:

2nd - 4th

Types:

CCSS:

RL.3.1

, RL.4.1

, CCRA.R.1

, MP1

, MP3

Math Logic Puzzles: 1st grade Enrichment - [Digital & Printable PDF]

Created by

Critical Thinking, Gifted and Talented, Math

Math Logic Puzzles for 1st grade includes 18 higher-order thinking puzzles designed to challenge and engage your high flyers and fast finishers. Your students will utilize critical thinking and problem-solving skills while building a solid understanding of essential math concepts and skills.These puzzles are available as a printable PDF and a paperless version made with Google Slides™ for virtual learning.Every activity is directly aligned with the Common Core State Standards for Math.----------

Subjects:

Grades:

K - 2nd

Types:

CCSS:

...

Map Skills 2nd grade 3rd grade worksheets, continents, vocabulary, landforms

Created by

Jane Loretz

This unit has everything you need for a great unit to teach map skills, vocabulary, continents, and landforms. This unit was written and used with first, second and third graders.What is included….MAP SKILLS-A 12 page no prep packet to help your students understand basic map skills. A cover is included so all you need to do is copy and staple. This pack would be great for distance learning, easy enough so students can do this independently. This pack includes these concepts…-What is a globe?-Wh

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Geography, Writing

Grades:

1st - 3rd

Types: