$5 - $10 3rd Grade Problem Solving Activities (by price, low to high)

Kids will LOVE this pack of 30 Days of Silly STEM Building Challenge Task Cards based on silly stories! There is a printable PDF, as well as Google Slides perfect for distance learning and back to school. Pair these problem solving cards with the STEAM / STEM activities and use them in a variety of ways. Use them in Makerspaces, morning tubs or centers, as an activity for early finishers, or rewards for a great day!

**Perfect for classrooms, distance learning, homeschool, and even parents just looking for a fun, adventure filled activity for their children.**

⭐ This is Set #1. You can purchase the Bundle of 90 days, all 3 available sets, for 20% off here: BUNDLE of 90 Days STEAM | STEM Silly Challenge Task Cards Distance Learning

Distance Learning Compatible: This product can be downloaded as a printable PDF or copied into Google Slides. This will allow you to send the product to your students as an editable document. Download as a PowerPoint to upload to Microsoft Teams.

What’s included in the 21 page PDF download, as well as the 38 Google Slides:

PDF

• 7 pages of 30 unique full color challenge task cards
• 2 STEAM / STEM worksheets in full color for early and upper elementary
• Instructions Page
• Terms of Use
• Black and white copies of the instructions, task cards, and STEM / STEAM printables

Google Slides

• 30 Individual Google Slides for each daily challenge
• 5 STEM / STEAM slides for discussion, with space to type in responses to the questions
• Instructions
• Terms of Use

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How can you use these task cards?

• Have the task cards available in makerspaces, centers, tubs, busy boxes, morning baskets, or available for early finishers to complete using ANY available materials. Students can even draw their creations instead of building them!

• Use one card a day during morning time. Have students fill out a STEAM / STEM worksheet or discuss and use the Google Slides as a class.

• Use them for public speaking practice. Allow students to build and then show and tell with the class or their parents. They can discuss what they made, liked, what they would improve, and how it solved the problem on the task cards. They can practice speaking and listening skills, using loud and clear voices, and giving full attention to the speaker. Encourage students to ask questions to their classmates.

• Ideally the goal is to do one challenge a day, but you could certainly allow students to do more than one.

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Why do I think you will love this product, and what makes my challenge set unique?

I love silly stories that bring humor and adventure to life for kids, but also that force them to use their imaginations in fun and exciting ways. This challenge task set does exactly that through the loose wacky stories where they are the main character. Silly scenarios, adventure and disaster, problem solving, and learning, are all part of the experience when building these challenges.

Most building challenge task cards are independent from each other. “Build a boat,” or “build an airplane,” are common themes among the cards. While those are fantastic, and we have done many of them ourselves, I wanted to do something different and more cohesive and engaging for kids.

The only rule is to HAVE FUN and allow those imaginations to soar!

**Please note that while the intent is for these to be independent, early readers may need some assistance in reading the cards.**

**This is not an editable document.**

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These creative “Ring of Fire” Movement Game slides were designed to be printed, displayed, and reimagined while you teach. Use this Google Slide file to display these beautiful images one-by-one on a large screen. Are you in need of a creative and unique Movement Game Activity to get your students excited to learn and stay engaged in your lesson? Do you need an activity that focuses on SEL: Social and Emotional Learning? Do want an activity that promotes UDL: engagement, representation, and expression? I hope you and your kiddos love this! Enjoy.

Teach your students calming strategies with this fun and interactive Google Slides™ Activity! Students will be captivated as they think of the best way to remain calm and in control in each of the scenarios. Students get to choose the calm down strategy they think would work best in each situation. On each slide, students are asked to either describe what they would do next or to choose how the situation would make them feel.

This is a fully digital Google Slides™ activity. It is celebration/New Year's theme. This activity does not address the new year, goal setting, or resolutions.

Included in the download is one Google Slides™ activity containing:

Slide One: Intro Page

Slide Two: Mini Social Story/Purpose of Game

Slide Three: Upset/Angry State

Slide Four: Calm State

Slide Five: Calming Strategies

Slide Six: Outline of Activity

Slide Seven - Forty-Two: Scenario Slides with Student Activities

Slide Forty-Three: Credits and Terms of Use Slide

Mrs. Bell

The Crafty Counselor

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These creative Upside-Down Candyland Game slides were designed to be printed, displayed, and reimagined while you teach. Use this Google Slide file to display these beautiful images one-by-one on a large screen. Are you in need of a creative and unique Movement Game Activity to get your students excited to learn and stay engaged in your lesson? Do you need an activity that focuses on SEL: Social and Emotional Learning? Do want an activity that promotes UDL: engagement, representation, and expression? I hope you and your kiddos love this! Enjoy.

Teach your students calming strategies with this fun and interactive Google Slides™ activity! Students will be captivated as they "feed" the sea monsters an idea of how to calm down! This product is fully digital.

Included in the download is one Google Slides™ activity containing:

Slide One: Intro Page

Slide Two: Mini Social Story/Purpose of Game

Slide Three - Four: Sea Monster State vs. Calm State

Slide Five: Calming Strategies

Slide Six: Outline of Activity

Slide Seven - Forty-Eight: Scenario Slides with Student Activities

Slide Forty-Nine: Credits and Terms of Use Slide

Mrs. Bell

The Crafty Counselor

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Copyright © Mrs. Bell The Crafty Counselor. All rights reserved by the author. This product is to be used by the original downloader only. Copying for more than one user is prohibited. This product may not be distributed or displayed digitally for public view. Failure to comply is a copyright infringement and a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Clipart and elements found in this PDF are copyrighted and cannot be extracted and used outside of this file without permission or license. See product file for clip-art and font credits.

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These creative “Ring of Fire” Movement Game slides were designed to be printed, displayed, and reimagined while you teach. Use this Google Slide file to display these beautiful images one-by-one on a large screen. Are you in need of a creative and unique Movement Game Activity to get your students excited to learn and stay engaged in your lesson? Do you need an activity that focuses on SEL: Social and Emotional Learning? Do want an activity that promotes UDL: engagement, representation, and expression? I hope you and your kiddos love this! Enjoy.

“Pop” your student’s anger with this creative and cute calming strategies activity! This self-regulation activity includes seven versions of a 3D coping skills foldable activity. These cut-and-fold activities are quick to prep, easy to assemble, and highly effective at teaching calming strategies and emotional regulation skills. 

Encourage students to use their self-assessment skills to look for signs of anger and use anger thermometers to gauge their anger levels. Encourage students to take control of their big emotions by experimenting with various strategies for self-control and emotional regulation until they find the ones that work best for them. 

Empower students to be calm, regulated, and in control. 

Here’s What You’ll Get:

• Directions for the foldable activity assembly
• Four cover options
• Seven inside template options

Students will love this interactive activity that quite literally "pops" up at them. Anger will fade away when the 3D inside component of the foldable pops out at students as they open their foldable. This activity teaches emotional regulation strategies and valuable social-emotional learning skills with a crafty, pop-up, twist. 

Teachers & Counselors Like You Said:

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Anetter P. says, “Great but easy craft type activity!  I like to send the students away with something from the counseling office to talk with their teacher or parents about if they chose to so this is perfect.”

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Amanda M. says, “Great activity and kept by boy group engaged.”

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ WCC says, “I love doing crafts with my students! This is awesome!”

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This creative Stained-Glass Tree Painting Unit was designed to be printed and displayed as examples while you teach. Use this Google Slide file to display these beautiful images one-by-one on a large screen. For this assignment, I asked students to practice drawing different trees. Next, I taught students how to draw a tree that has branches extending to the edge of the paper. I demonstrated how to outline and fill in the tree. Students created their own stained-glass tree artwork on Final Copy Paper. Students outlined and colored their artwork. Students used mostly watercolor paints for their artwork. I hope you and your kiddos love this! Enjoy.

These creative Claw Collector Movement Game slides were designed to be printed, displayed, and reimagined while you teach. Use this Google Slide file to display these beautiful images one-by-one on a large screen. Are you in need of a creative and unique Movement Game Activity to get your students excited to learn and stay engaged in your lesson? Do you need an activity that focuses on SEL: Social and Emotional Learning? Do want an activity that promotes UDL: engagement, representation, and expression? I hope you and your kiddos love this! Enjoy.

Teaching students how to make good choices, as well as the difference between good choices and poor choices is crucial. Teach children decision-making skills and how to make good choices with this cut and glue puzzle activity for elementary students. 

This resource includes six cut and glue activity sheets, all featuring different situations. Students cut out the situation puzzle pieces, and sort them based on if they are good or poor choices. They then glue the puzzle pieces into their proper places on their worksheets. 

It is simple, yet highly effective!

Included in Download:

• Six Cut and Glue Activity Sheets

The variety of included situations allows students to decide between good choices and poor choices in a fun and interactive way. Help students develop decision-making skills in a low-pressure, highly engaging way!

Students will have endless fun with these creative and interactive decision-making sheets.

Click the preview for more details! 

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⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Bianca W. says, “This was a simple and great resource. It was great for student discussion when learning about character education geared toward responsible decision-making.”

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Nicole R. says, “My first grade students were so engaged while reading through the scenarios together and glueing in the appropriate side. I highly recommend.”

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Copyright © Mrs. Bell The Crafty Counselor. All rights reserved by the author. This product is to be used by the original downloader only. Copying for more than one user is prohibited.

These creative “Ring of Fire” Movement Game slides were designed to be printed, displayed, and reimagined while you teach. Use this Google Slide file to display these beautiful images one-by-one on a large screen. Are you in need of a creative and unique Movement Game Activity to get your students excited to learn and stay engaged in your lesson? Do you need an activity that focuses on SEL: Social and Emotional Learning? Do want an activity that promotes UDL: engagement, representation, and expression? I hope you and your kiddos love this! Enjoy.

These creative Upside-Down Candyland Game slides were designed to be printed, displayed, and reimagined while you teach. Use this Google Slide file to display these beautiful images one-by-one on a large screen. Are you in need of a creative and unique Movement Game Activity to get your students excited to learn and stay engaged in your lesson? Do you need an activity that focuses on SEL: Social and Emotional Learning? Do want an activity that promotes UDL: engagement, representation, and expression? I hope you and your kiddos love this! Enjoy.

These creative Litter Box Movement Game slides were designed to be printed, displayed, and reimagined while you teach. Use this Google Slide file to display these beautiful images one-by-one on a large screen. Are you in need of a creative and unique Movement Game Activity to get your students excited to learn and stay engaged in your lesson? Do you need an activity that focuses on SEL: Social and Emotional Learning? Do want an activity that promotes UDL: engagement, representation, and expression? I hope you and your kiddos love this! Enjoy.

This School Rules Tab Book is full of perfect back-to-school social skills activities for your students. This back-to-school activity helps teach students appropriate social skills and common school rules and procedures for various areas of the school campus. Through the use of written responses, drawings, and situation sorts, this tab book challenges students to think of appropriate behaviors inside and outside of the classroom.

This quick-prep tab book activity teaches students common rules and social skills needed for the following areas:

• Inside the Classroom
• Outside the Classroom
• Substitute Teacher 
• Cafeteria 
• Recess 
• Library 

Included in Download:

• One Printable School Rules Tab Book with Six Tabs
• Cut and Glue Scenarios 

All you need to create your very own books is access to a double-sided printer, scissors, and a stapler. Quick assembly coupled with interactive cut and glue activities makes for the perfect social skills activities for your elementary school students.  Your students will love learning the rules in this creative, interactive way.

This back-to-school School Rules Tab Book is perfect for individuals, small groups, or whole group lessons. 

Other Educators Like You Said:

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Katrina B. says, "I have a student struggling with following basic classroom expectations. I'm excited to have him fill this out and use as a reminder."

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Jessica S. says, "I'm looking forward to using this with my social skills group! Thanks so much!"

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Treaundra S. says, "Great resource for the beginning of school when teaching procedures!"

Click the preview for more details and images of these back-to-school social skills activities and school rules review tab book!

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These creative Upside-Down Candyland Game slides were designed to be printed, displayed, and reimagined while you teach. Use this Google Slide file to display these beautiful images one-by-one on a large screen. Are you in need of a creative and unique Movement Game Activity to get your students excited to learn and stay engaged in your lesson? Do you need an activity that focuses on SEL: Social and Emotional Learning? Do want an activity that promotes UDL: engagement, representation, and expression? I hope you and your kiddos love this! Enjoy.

These no-cut coping with divorce activities are designed to support students dealing with family changes at home, such as divorce and separation. Students discuss changes at home, explore and recognize their feelings, identify which worries are in their control vs. out of their control, and describe their hopes and wishes for the future.

Busy educators can use this quick print activity with small groups or for individual counseling. Help students cope with the family changes that accompany divorce and parental separation with this no-cut flipbook. 

Included in this download are ONE no-cut Family Changes and Coping With Divorce Printable Activity. 

The no-cut design makes this resource perfect for busy educators who need a quick resource to help students work through their emotions and feelings towards their current situation. 

Less time prepping lessons means you’ll have more time to actively help students cope with their family changes. Let these coping with divorce activities flipbook save you time as it helps your students heal.

Other Educators Like You Said:

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Brianna D. says, “I tried this out with my 4th-6th grade students and it was a success. I had some students who were not so enthusiastic that their parents had signed them up for my group. I told them to think of this flipbook as their own journal. Each week we would do a lesson and a page from the flipbook. If students wanted me to read their entry, they placed a sticky note on their flipbook before handing it in. This was a success!”

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ SCS says, “I love how this is such easy prep. I think flipbooks often look complicated and need a lot of cutting/formatting but this is so simple. I've struggled to find something interactive to do with my students working through family changes, so I'm really glad I found this! Thank you!”

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Carolyn R. says, “Covers a variety of topics that come up with students whose families are going through changes. Visually fun for them to complete and engaging!”

Click the preview for more details and images of these coping with divorce activities! 

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These coping with divorce activities are copyright © Mrs. Bell The Crafty Counselor. All rights reserved by the author. This product is to be used by the original downloader only. Copying for more than one user is prohibited.

These creative Litter Box Movement Game slides were designed to be printed, displayed, and reimagined while you teach. Use this Google Slide file to display these beautiful images one-by-one on a large screen. Are you in need of a creative and unique Movement Game Activity to get your students excited to learn and stay engaged in your lesson? Do you need an activity that focuses on SEL: Social and Emotional Learning? Do want an activity that promotes UDL: engagement, representation, and expression? I hope you and your kiddos love this! Enjoy.

Elevate your students' emotional intelligence and equip them with coping skills year-round with this digital resource — add a special layer of fun during Fall and Halloween—with this "Feed the Monster" Google Slides™ activity!

Designed for elementary school counselors, teachers, and educators, this dynamic and interactive digital resource focuses on helping students cultivate critical coping skills and calming strategies.

With its whimsical monster characters, this game-like activity is not only relevant all year but becomes an especially engaging experience around Halloween time.

Students will be captivated as they "feed" the monsters an idea of how to calm down. Students will be so absorbed in this activity they won't even realize we are teaching them social skills, calming strategies, coping skills, and more!

Here's a detailed breakdown of what you'll find in this comprehensive Google Slides™ activity:

• Slide One: Introduction Page
  Start the experience with an inviting intro that sets the tone and outlines the objectives of the activity.

• Slide Two: Mini Social Story/Purpose of Game
  Orient your students with the game's goals through a short, relatable narrative that explains the 'why' behind mastering these essential skills.

• Slides Three & Four: Monster State vs. Calm State
  Utilizing vivid illustrations, these slides show the emotional contrast between feeling overwhelmed ("Monster State") and achieving calmness ("Calm State").

• Slide Five: Calming Strategies
  Discover proven techniques that children can utilize to transition from a 'Monster State' to a 'Calm State.'

• Slide Six: Outline of Activity
  A quick guide to help guide the experience.

• Slide Seven to Forty-Two: Scenario Slides with Student Activities
  Engage with real-world examples and role-play activities, enabling students to practice their newfound calming techniques and coping skills in a secure and enjoyable setting.

• Slide Forty-Three: Credits and Terms of Use Slide
  Acknowledgments and essential details for the appropriate use of this resource.

Click the preview for a detailed sneak peek!

If you already own the Feed the Monster printable version of this elementary school counselor game, please note that this digital version features the same enriching scenarios and activities, all optimized for an online learning environment.

Don't miss this indispensable tool for building emotional resilience and social competency.

Enhance your SEL (Social Emotional Learning) curriculum with an activity that not only resonates with your students but also makes emotional regulation engaging and accessible!

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Copyright © Mrs. Bell The Crafty Counselor. All rights reserved by the author. This product is to be used by the original downloader only. Copying for more than one user is prohibited.

These creative Claw Collector Movement Game slides were designed to be printed, displayed, and reimagined while you teach. Use this Google Slide file to display these beautiful images one-by-one on a large screen. Are you in need of a creative and unique Movement Game Activity to get your students excited to learn and stay engaged in your lesson? Do you need an activity that focuses on SEL: Social and Emotional Learning? Do want an activity that promotes UDL: engagement, representation, and expression? I hope you and your kiddos love this! Enjoy.

Do you have students struggling with keeping friends, appropriate friendship skills, solving friendship conflicts, or conflict resolution? This Healthy Friendship Activity was designed with your students in mind. Teach problem-solving, conflict resolution, healthy friendship skills, and more with this interactive and engaging activity!

This Healthy Friendship Activity is a quick way to get students thinking about how they can solve the conflicts they face with their friends. This flipbook helps friends get to the root of their issues and help them resolve their problems on their own. 

This is the perfect activity for friends that frequently experience conflict. Help students build healthy friendship skills as they work together to complete the included activities. 

Included in Download:

• Healthy Friendship Printable Flipbook

Assembly is a breeze. Print all pages on colorful paper. Line the pages up in the correct order. Fold over, staple, and you have your very own flipbook!!!

This flipbook has students describe their friendship, explain their conflict, problem-solve solutions, create skills to avoid conflict, think of how to say sorry, and devise plans for keeping their friendship drama free.

Other Educators Like You Said:

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Alicia C. says, “My students love flip books! We are talking about positive friendships in 5 and 6 grades. Lots of peer pressure happening and following negative behaviors. :)”

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐  Brandi O. says, “I had some 4th grade girls that were having "girl drama" and I used this resource to help walk them through it.  Great resource!”

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Richelle R. says, “Great resource to support friendship skill development.”

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Kalan H. says, “Worked great with two friends to help work out their conflict and give them something to refer to after our counseling session too!”

Click the preview for more details and images about this fun, healthy friendship activity! 

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