Imagine one no-prep, critical-thinking routine your students look forward to every single day.

Let me introduce you to PUZZLE POWER™.

This FREE sampler bundle lets you try all five Puzzle Power™ word puzzle routines, the exact system teachers use for bell ringers, morning meetings, and enrichment centers all year long, with almost zero extra prep.

Puzzle Power™ FREE Sampler Bundle | Critical Thinking | Word Puzzles | Gr. 3–6

FREE

Every child deserves the chance to discover the joy of thinking. Puzzle Power™ was created from one simple belief: The best learning happens when students forget they're learning.

I hope these free activities become the beginning of a classroom filled with curiosity, laughter, and meaningful thinking. Enjoy exploring the collection!

                           — Barb Evans, PUZZLE POWER™

YEAR-LONG, NO PREP, RIGOROUS & FUN CRITICAL THINKING CHALLENGES

 

Are you looking for a YEAR-LONG, no prep, bell ringer/early finisher/enrichment resource for your intermediate students? This is it!

The brain teasers on every slide provide genuine challenges while building critical thinking skills. Try it before you buy it with this FREE introduction.

THINKING CORNER is ideal for any digital learning situation, such as:

• daily bell ringer activity
• distance learning
• computer laboratory lessons
• technology center activities
• early finishers
• enrichment/differentiation challenges
• GATE classes

Did I mention this resource is NO PREP?

If you love THINKING CORNER, you can enjoy a full year of these engaging brain teasers by combining Volumes 1 & 2.

IT'S ABOUT TIME, TEACHERS, for NATIONAL POETRY MONTH!

 

April is National Poetry Month. Naturally, you need resources. As a poetry lover and poet, I've taken the time to make resources that will save your time! Check these out:

These POETRY POSTERS provide a quick reference for teachers & students about 20 types of poetry.  Each bright and attractive anchor chart describes a poetry type, as well as providing an example poem. Displayed in your classroom, they provide educational decor and student writing guides.

POETRY TASK CARDS provide a variety of ways for students to interact with virtually any poem you may be studying. Skills range from simple identification of high frequency words to homophones; punctuation to personification; and suffixes to cinquains. Interactions range from highlighting items on the pupils' personal copies of poems to creating poetry of their own.

Take your class on a POETRY SAFARI. This unit provides writing prompts, anchor charts, recording sheets, and craftivities. Your primary learners will love this journey!

Because I want to share my love of poetry, I have created numerous poetry units. These products offer original poetry, print ready for anthologies. Also included are scores of POETRY POSSIBILITIES: teaching points, skill lessons, and activities custom designed for each poem.

Some units focus on seasonal topics. 

Others focus on specific curricula and interests. Fill your academic year with poetry resources!

 

IT'S ABOUT TIME, TEACHERS, for the YEAR of the HORSE!

 

Celebrate the Lunar New Year with these resources:

IT'S ABOUT TIME, TEACHERS, for SPORTS FEVER!

Excitement is building for the SUPER BOWL and the WINTER OLYMPICS! Capitalize on that fervor with sports-themed resources.

VOCABULARY FRACTIONS challenge learners to use content vocabulary and fractional parts of words to create content specific vocabulary.  These resources are perfect for intermediate students, gifted and enrichment students, and fast finishers.

     

Primary students will enjoy these sports-themed resources:

                                          

This resource is great for ALL elementary levels.  Did you know that rules of syllabication are included in every elementary CCSS?

IT'S ABOUT TIME, TEACHERS, for ARCTIC ANIMALS!

Here in the heartland, we are preparing for subzero temperatures this weekend.  Brrrrr.  Seems like the perfect time to study arctic animals.

If you are looking for activities that will challenge your learners in math, language arts, and logic, look no further.  PUZZLE PACKS promote critical thinking while working with non-fiction information and content vocabulary.  

PUZZLE PACKS  provide differentiated curricula for GATE and enrichment students.  Fast finishers find these puzzles fun and challenging.  A daily puzzle makes a great bell ringer activity. Or, place a packet of puzzles in one of your stations.  All of these puzzles are print and go.

If you would like to try PUZZLE PACKS before you buy them, here is a FREE sample:

If you 💖these puzzles, there are several more packs available in my TPT store.  If you love the 30% savings of bundles, here they are: