Critical Thinking

SEPTEMBER STEM Challenges has been designed to engage upper elementary school and middle school students. It focuses on students learning about a fun event that is celebrated during the month and…

• 5th
• 6th
• 7th

• Character Education
• Critical Thinking
• Science

• Activities
• Science Centers
• Worksheets

• Homeschool

AUGUST STEM Challenges has been designed to engage upper elementary school and middle school students. It focuses on students learning about a fun event that is celebrated during the month and…

• 5th
• 6th
• 7th

• Character Education
• Critical Thinking
• Science

• Activities
• Science Centers
• Worksheets

• Homeschool

JULY STEM Challenges has been designed to engage upper elementary school and middle school students. It focuses on students learning about a fun event that is celebrated during the month and…

• 5th
• 6th
• 7th

• Character Education
• Critical Thinking
• Science

• Activities
• Science Centers
• Worksheets

• Homeschool

JUNE STEM Challenges has been designed to engage upper elementary school and middle school students. It focuses on students learning about a fun event that is celebrated during the month and…

• 5th
• 6th
• 7th

• Character Education
• Critical Thinking
• Science

• Activities
• Science Centers
• Worksheets

• Homeschool

MAY STEM Challenges has been designed to engage upper elementary school and middle school students. It focuses on students learning about a fun event that is celebrated during the month and…

• 5th
• 6th
• 7th

• Character Education
• Critical Thinking
• Science

• Activities
• Science Centers
• Worksheets

• Homeschool

APRIL STEM Challenges has been designed to engage upper elementary school and middle school students. It focuses on students learning about a fun event that is celebrated during the month and…

• 5th
• 6th
• 7th

• Character Education
• Critical Thinking
• Science

• Activities
• Science Centers
• Worksheets

• Homeschool

MARCH STEM Challenges has been designed to engage upper elementary school and middle school students. It focuses on students learning about a fun event that is celebrated during the month and…

• 5th
• 6th
• 7th

• Character Education
• Critical Thinking
• Science

• Activities
• Science Centers
• Worksheets

• Homeschool

FEBRUARY STEM Challenges has been designed to engage upper elementary school and middle school students. It focuses on students learning about a fun event that is celebrated during the month and…

• 5th
• 6th
• 7th

• Character Education
• Critical Thinking
• Science

• Activities
• Science Centers
• Worksheets

• Homeschool

JANUARY STEM Challenges has been designed to engage upper elementary school and middle school students. It focuses on students learning about a fun event that is celebrated during the month and…

• 5th
• 6th
• 7th

• Character Education
• Critical Thinking
• Science

• Activities
• Science Centers
• Worksheets

• Homeschool

DECEMBER STEM Challenges has been designed to engage upper elementary school and middle school students. It focuses on students learning about a fun event that is celebrated during the month and…

• 5th
• 6th
• 7th

• Character Education
• Critical Thinking
• Science

• Activities
• Science Centers
• Worksheets

• Homeschool

November STEM Challenges has been designed to engage upper elementary school and middle school students. It focuses on students learning about a fun event that is celebrated during the month and…

• 5th
• 6th
• 7th

• Character Education
• Critical Thinking
• Science

• Activities
• Science Centers
• Worksheets

• Homeschool

The days surrounding Valentine's Day are CRAAAAZY in Middle School! This Valentine's resource is intended to keep grades 5-8 students happy and busy, while still exercising their brain cells. The…

• 5th
• 6th
• 7th

• Critical Thinking
• Language Arts
• Valentine's Day

• Activities
• Games
• Literacy Centers

This is a fun writing activity where students need to create an app that they think a turkey would use. They name the app, describe what the app does or…

• 3rd
• 4th
• 5th

• Critical Thinking
• Thanksgiving

• Activities
• Literacy Centers
• Worksheets

• Homeschool

Evaluate reading comprehension, support the development of close reading analysis skills, and minimize take-home lesson planning with this set of instructional resources covering chapter five of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott…

• 10th
• 11th
• 12th

• Critical Thinking
• Language Arts
• Reading

• Activities
• Assessment
• Worksheets

• Bundles

Evaluate reading comprehension, support the development of close reading analysis skills, and minimize take-home lesson planning with this set of instructional resources covering chapter four of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott…

• 10th
• 11th
• 12th

• Critical Thinking
• Language Arts
• Reading

• Activities
• Assessment
• Worksheets

• Bundles

These Christmas themed “which one doesn’t belong” activity cards are designed to promote oral language and critical thinking skills, develop problem solving skills and encourage analyzing, sorting and categorizing skills.…

• Kindergarten
• 1st
• 2nd

• Christmas
• Critical Thinking
• Language Arts

• Activities
• Games
• Interactive Whiteboard

• Homeschool

A creative writing game for high school students, designed to take students on a fun, imagination fueled sci-fi journey.Students will become the authors of their own sci-fi adventures in this…

• 9th
• 10th
• 11th

• Critical Thinking
• Language Arts
• Science

• Activities
• Games

Evaluate reading comprehension, support the development of close reading analysis skills, and minimize take-home lesson planning with this set of instructional resources covering chapter three of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott…

• 10th
• 11th
• 12th

• Critical Thinking
• Language Arts
• Reading

• Activities
• Assessment
• Worksheets

• Bundles

Evaluate reading comprehension, support the development of close reading analysis skills, and minimize take-home lesson planning with this set of instructional resources covering chapter two of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott…

• 10th
• 11th
• 12th

• Critical Thinking
• Language Arts
• Reading

• Activities
• Assessment
• Worksheets

• Bundles

Evaluate general reading comprehension, facilitate vocabulary development, and sharpen critical thinking skills with this bundle of materials for teaching Saki's short story "The Interlopers," which features elements consistent with the…

• 9th
• 10th
• 11th

• Critical Thinking
• Language Arts
• Reading

• Activities
• Assessment
• Worksheets

• Bundles

Evaluate reading comprehension, support the development of close reading analysis skills, and minimize take-home lesson planning with this set of instructional resources covering chapter one of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott…

• 10th
• 11th
• 12th

• Critical Thinking
• Language Arts
• Reading

• Activities
• Assessment
• Worksheets

• Bundles

Want to add some STEM / STEAM activities to your classroom, but you don't know where to start? These play dough mats are fun, engaging, and easy to implement STEM…

• 1st
• 2nd
• 3rd

• Critical Thinking
• STEM/STEAM

• Activities
• Printables

• Homeschool

These daily SEL journal quick-write prompts were created for November and cover the social-emotional learning topic of GRATITUDE.This creative writing bell ringer or warm-up activity was created for students in 4th…

• Not Grade Specific

• Character Education
• Critical Thinking
• Language Arts

• Literacy Centers
• Printables
• Worksheets

These character traits quotes posters and activities for GRATITUDE are perfect character traits activities for your classroom! This file includes ten gratitude posters (in full color and in black-and-white) and ten…

• Not Grade Specific

• Character Education
• Critical Thinking
• School Counseling

• Activities
• Decor & Displays
• Posters

Looking for easy, print and go word puzzle worksheets during Thanksgiving? If yes, this crack the code activity is for you! There are 10 secret messages about Thanksgiving facts and traditions…

• Kindergarten
• 1st
• 2nd

• Critical Thinking

• Activities
• Printables

Help high school students go beyond general reading comprehension and support the development of critical thinking skills with this rigorous close reading analysis worksheet covering the short story "The Interlopers"…

• 9th
• 10th
• 11th

• Critical Thinking
• Language Arts
• Reading

• Activities
• Assessment
• Worksheets

A fun, engaging, and creative bundle containing art resources inspired by fun Christmas Stocking designs. Draw and color unique Christmas stocking designs with templates and five roll and draw games…

• 1st
• 2nd
• 3rd

• Arts & Music
• Christmas
• Critical Thinking

• Activities
• Coloring
• Crafts

• Bundles
• Homeschool

Tic Tac Toss Elementary is an excellent educational game for class parties or as a reward for positive behavior. This elementary version is specifically geared for younger grades. Learning, disguised…

• 2nd
• 3rd
• 4th

• Critical Thinking
• For All Subjects
• Language Arts

• Activities
• Games
• PowerPoint Presentations

Evaluate general reading comprehension, facilitate vocabulary development, and sharpen critical thinking skills with this bundle of materials for teaching Daphne du Maurier's short story "The Birds," which features compelling elements…

• 9th
• 10th
• 11th

• Critical Thinking
• Language Arts
• Reading

• Activities
• Assessment
• Worksheets

• Bundles

Thank you for visiting this page! After 35+ years of teaching, these are my absolute favorite classroom-tested time fillers for the end of the period. Every teacher needs to have…

• 6th
• 7th
• 8th

• Critical Thinking
• For All Subjects

• Activities

• Homeschool

February can appear to stretch long into the distance: there's the afterglow of Christmas and hopeful New Year’s resolutions, but it’s grey and cold outside. It can often be a…

• Not Grade Specific

• Critical Thinking
• For All Subjects
• Thanksgiving

• Activities
• Posters
• Printables

• Homeschool

This unit of work encourages students to appreciate the links between music and Geography, through traditional music and Eurovision. Why music is popular, the many genres and when music is…

• 8th
• 9th
• 10th

• Critical Thinking
• Holidays

• Activities
• Printables
• Worksheets

• Homeschool