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Wednesday, October 4, 2023
IT'S ABOUT TIME, TEACHERS, for PUMPKINS!
Tuesday, October 11, 2022
PUMPKIN TIME in the CLASSROOM
It's time for all things pumpkin! Pumpkin spice lattes are my fav, but I also have a weakness for pumpkin bread, pumpkin donuts, pumpkin pie, pumpkin cookies, ... You get the idea. And, it's time for some pumpkin fun in the classroom. Here are some of my favorites:
Sunday, October 17, 2021
PUMPKIN PROBLEM SOLVING
While the theme of this product is Halloween, the graphics have been chosen carefully to preclude concerns about frightening and/or evil visuals. The icons used are owls, pumpkins (no Jack-o'-lanterns), candy corn, and bats. All objects are presented in rainbow colors, adding to the light and happy feel of the puzzles.
Critical thinking is a TREAT with these fun puzzles!
You may also like these square puzzlers:
Tuesday, September 21, 2021
PUMPKIN LOGIC PUZZLES
Fresh from the farmers' fields, pumpkins are logical symbols of this time of year. Pumpkin logic puzzles are refreshing challenges for your learners.
Use these PUMPKIN SQUARES to see your students' problem solving skills in action. Also known as Latin Squares, PUMPKIN SQUARES exercise deductive reasoning. A great challenge for gifted and enrichment students, they are differentiated, and thus, every elementary student can enjoy success.
The task is to place the pumpkins in the squares so that no color is repeated in any row or column. Students can find multiple solutions to each puzzle, which extends the challenge. The 4x4 puzzle has 576 possible solutions! Pumpkin Squares are the logical prelude to Sudoku.
Create a critical thinking center with PUMPKIN SQUARES or use them to challenge fast finishers. They are now available on TPT's Easel platform so you can even apply them to distance learning. However you employ them, your kiddos will love them!
Check out the Latin Squares shop in my TPT store.
Monday, October 12, 2020
Another pumpkin activity is Pumpkinoes, a math center that is differentiated to use in any elementary classroom. This domino style activity exercises counting & cardinality, composing & decomposing numbers, even & odd numbers, greater than & less than, basic operations, and Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS).
Pumpkin Squares is another differentiated, critical thinking activity that can be used in any elementary classroom. The tasks progress in difficulty while honing the deductive reasoning necessary to eventually solve a Sudoku puzzle.
Jazzy Jack-o'-Lanterns is another FREEBIE. It challenges your students' creativity and is intended to be used as an enrichment activity that is completed at home.