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In groups of 3-5, follow each activity's Challenge/Supplies/Requirements/Testing-and-Scoring/Teacher-Notes structure to design and build a physical device from limited craft supplies within a class period, test it against scoring criteria, then reflect using provided Group Processing Questions.
Students read a grade-appropriate passage embedded with comprehension-check questions, complete reproducible worksheets (vocabulary, short-answer, crossword/word search puzzles), a Before You Read matching activity, After You Read comprehension and extension questions, a writing task, and a comprehension quiz; the teacher grades student…
Includes: Chapter title/cover page: 'Critical Thinking: Keys to Problem Solving (Part Two)' · Bloom's Taxonomy-based Critical Thinking Skills chart mapping the 12 chapters of the full book to 6 thinking levels · Assessment Rubric (4-point scale) for evaluating student responses
Students read a grade-appropriate passage embedded with comprehension-check questions, complete reproducible worksheets (vocabulary, short-answer, crossword/word search puzzles), a Before You Read matching activity, After You Read comprehension and extension questions, a writing task, and a comprehension quiz; the teacher grades student…
Includes: Chapter title/cover page: 'Critical Thinking: Keys to Problem Solving (Part One)' · Bloom's Taxonomy-based Critical Thinking Skills chart mapping the 12 chapters of the full book to 6 thinking levels · Assessment Rubric (4-point scale) for evaluating student responses
In small groups, follow each activity's Challenge/Supplies/Requirements/Testing-and-Scoring/Teacher-Notes structure to complete a creative physical challenge within a class period, then reflect using the provided Group Processing Questions.
Includes: Paper Doorway activity
Introduce logical-thinking and problem-solving skills through reproducible puzzle activities, for grades 2-4.
Includes: famous quotes picture/letter puzzle pages · 'What Does Not Belong?' categorization puzzle pages
Students work in teams to build an SOS signal while coping with simulated impairments, pass a sound around a circle without laughing, plan and physically get every team member through a rope 'spider web' obstacle without touching it, and collaboratively write a short story with a moral using a required list of words or TV titles in order.
Includes: Introduction/how-to-use section · SOS (team problem-solving/impairment-simulation activity) · Sound Off (sound-passing elimination game)
Students complete guided practice exercises, draw pictures/diagrams, sort information into categories, fill in blanks, and answer short written-response and multiple-choice quiz questions for each topic section.
Includes: Properties of Operation lesson + quiz · Word Problems lesson + quiz · Rounding Whole Numbers lesson + quiz
Students complete guided practice pages (flowcharts, tables, regrouping diagrams, factor charts), work through word problems, and answer short quizzes for each topic section.
Includes: Inverse Operations lesson + quiz · Patterns and Tables lesson + quiz · Addition & Subtraction (regrouping) lesson + quiz
Read each word problem, show all work, and solve, boxing the final answer including units; problems are offered in both imperial and metric versions for measurement topics.
Includes: 3 double-sided word-problem worksheets ('Problem Solving #1', etc.) · answer key
Free download Maze-solving activities for problem-solving/fine-motor practice, per file cover title.
Includes: 9 maze pages plus title page, 11 pages total
For each of the 6 themes, students navigate a maze, then draw pictures illustrating a short list of target vocabulary words (e.g. 'Being Responsible': clean, help, safe, plan; 'Money and Shopping': money, coin, bill, price); an optional coloring step is offered for each page.
Includes: instructions page (how to complete the maze, draw words, optional coloring) · 'Being Responsible' maze page (draw: clean, help, safe, plan) · 'Daily Routines' maze page (draw: wake, eat, brush, sleep)
Students solve addition equations, find a missing addend in an equation, add three numbers together, add multi-digit numbers with regrouping, add money amounts, and add decimal numbers.
Solve weekly word problems following a structured a-d breakdown that requires patient, step-by-step problem solving and written explanation of reasoning; teacher grades using provided scoring samples.
Includes: teacher introduction/rationale ('To the Teacher') · weekly word problems broken into steps (a-d) · scoring/grading samples for the journal
Free download trace or find a path through each maze from start to finish
Includes: title page · 5 maze pages (each headed 'SOLVE THE MAZE')
Apply number and operation skills to everyday word problems, with task sheets and review practice.
Students read a short fact about a geography/earth-science topic and draw a path through a maze from START to STOP to solve the puzzle; description states they can also color in each scene afterward.
Includes: 12 themed maze puzzle pages, each with a short informational caption (e.g. tundra, Australian animals, oasis, swamp, volcano, Sahara Desert, 1906 San…
Solve word problems involving money, timetables, measuring circumference, area/perimeter, graphs, and working backwards across a series of themed activity pages.
Includes: Teachers' Notes and Problem Solving Strategies · themed word-problem activity pages (e.g. Garage Sale, Time Out, Mary's Many Movements, Train Travel, Fence Frenzy, Newspaper Route, Wheel Problems, Farmer… · Answers section (pages 38-40)
Free download Trace a path through each of 12 mazes from start to finish.
Apply number and operation skills to everyday word problems, with task sheets and review practice.
Students read a short fact about a geological/earth-science topic and draw a path through a maze from START to STOP to solve the puzzle; description states they can also color in each scene afterward.
Includes: 12 themed maze puzzle pages, each with a short informational caption (e.g. glaciers, Marianas Trench, Earth's core, stalactites, soil, Mount Everest, bat…
Solve word problems by organizing data, constructing tables, making lists, and drawing patterns across a series of themed activity pages (e.g. scoring, tessellating tiles, measurement, area/perimeter, party planning).
Includes: Teachers' Notes · 26 themed word-problem activity pages (e.g. Taking Time, Sensational Scores, Tessellating Tiles, Painting the Playhouse, A Trip to the Zoo, Area and Perimeter… · Puzzle Pages
Free download Trace or draw a path through each of five printed maze diagrams from start to finish.
Includes: cover page · multiple full-page third-party ads (Carson Dellosa, IXL) embedded in the PDF
Measurement: Word Problems Vol. 3-5 An engaging teaching resource targeted at third, fourth , and fifth-grade students.
Includes: NCTM Content Standards expectations/exercise-alignment table · NCTM Content Standards Assessment Rubric (blank, for teacher scoring) · 'Before You Teach' teacher guide narrative describing drill sheets and grade-divided review sheets
Free download Solve mazes by tracing a path from start to finish.
Includes: 15-page PDF, cover titled 'FUNNY MAZES 11 MAZES', followed by 11 pages each labeled 'SOLVE THE MAZE' with the maze graphic itself