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Unlocking Logic: 20 Engaging Puzzles for Grades 5–8 is a fun and challenging collection of brain teasers designed to boost critical thinking, reasoning, and problem-solving skills in middle school students. This ebook features 20 diverse puzzles, including number patterns, riddles, code-breaking, magic squares, logic grids, spatial reasoning, and more. Each puzzle is crafted to spark curiosity and encourage creative thinking, making it perfect for classroom use, homework, enrichment, or early finishers.

The puzzles vary in difficulty and style to engage a wide range of learners and support flexible use across grades 5–8. Students are encouraged to work individually or in pairs, explore multiple strategies, and build resilience through thoughtful problem-solving. A full answer key is provided to support self-checking and guided discussion.

Whether you're a teacher looking to inspire your class or a parent wanting to support logical thinking at home, this ebook is the perfect companion for building sharp minds—one puzzle at a time!

This U.D.L. & Conferencing .pdf file is designed to be printed and copied for your students to use while assessing their assignment. Feel free to tweak a couple things for yourself to match your own lesson. I had students use this U.D.L. Checklist Worksheet to focus on Engagement, Representation, and Expression throughout the lesson. I hope you and your kiddos love this! Enjoy.

This U.D.L. & Conferencing .pdf file is designed to be printed and copied for your students to use while assessing their assignment. Feel free to tweak a couple things for yourself to match your own lesson. I had students use this U.D.L. Checklist Worksheet to focus on Engagement, Representation, and Expression throughout the lesson. I hope you and your kiddos love this! Enjoy.

This U.D.L. & Conferencing .pdf file is designed to be printed and copied for your students to use while assessing their assignment. Feel free to tweak a couple things for yourself to match your own lesson. I had students use this U.D.L. Checklist Worksheet to focus on Engagement, Representation, and Expression throughout the lesson. I hope you and your kiddos love this! Enjoy.

This U.D.L. & Conferencing .pdf file is designed to be printed and copied for your students to use while assessing their assignment. Feel free to tweak a couple things for yourself to match your own lesson. I had students use this U.D.L. Checklist Worksheet to focus on Engagement, Representation, and Expression throughout the lesson. I hope you and your kiddos love this! Enjoy.

The Summer Crossword Puzzle is a fun and engaging activity that tests your knowledge and vocabulary related to the summer season. This crossword puzzle is specifically designed to celebrate the joys and activities associated with summer.

The crossword puzzle is a great way to challenge yourself and have fun while expanding your summer-related vocabulary. It encourages critical thinking, problem-solving, and word recognition skills. Whether you're enjoying a sunny beach day or staying indoors during a summer rain shower, this crossword puzzle is a perfect way to pass the time and enjoy the spirit of summer.

What You will Get

• 5 Coloring PAGES
• PDF + PNG Format
• HIGH QUALITY

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Engage your students with our Fall Word Games! This includes code breakers, word scrambles, word search, and an acrostic poem worksheet—all designed with fun fall themes.

Contents:

These Fall Word Games are packed with engaging activities that your students will love. Included are:

• 3 Code Breakers: Each with a dingbat-style font, providing images for each letter of the alphabet. There are 9 codes on each page for students to decipher.
• 2 Word Scrambles: Featuring 12 fall-themed words on each page for students to unscramble.
• 1 Word Search: Containing 10 fall-themed words for students to find.
• 1 Acrostic Poem Worksheet: Allowing students to express their creativity with fall-themed acrostic poems.
• Answer Keys: For all activities to help teachers quickly and easily verify student work.

All activities are in black and white to ensure easy printing and to keep printing costs low.

Why You'll Love This Product:

• Engaging and Educational: These word games not only entertain but also help improve vocabulary, spelling, and problem-solving skills.
• Seasonal Fun: The fall theme adds a festive touch to your classroom activities, making learning fun and relevant.
• Easy to Use: With answer keys included, these activities are ready to go and require minimal preparation.
• Versatile: Perfect for use in classrooms, homeschooling, or as extra practice at home.
• Print-Friendly: Black and white design saves on printing costs, making it a budget-friendly option.

Who This Product Is For:

• Elementary School Teachers: Looking for fun, seasonal activities to engage their students.
• Homeschooling Parents: Seeking easy-to-use, educational activities for their children.
• After-School Program Coordinators: Wanting engaging and educational activities for students.
• Tutors: Looking for seasonal, educational resources to use during sessions.
• Parents: Who want to provide their children with fun and educational activities at home.

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This bundle currently includes logic puzzles perfect for grades K-2. These logic puzzles are great for practicing critical thinking and deductive reasoning skills!

Current puzzles include:

Fall

Winter

Spring

Summer

Halloween

Thanksgiving

Christmas

Easter

Valentine's Day

Christmas (Freebie!)

*There is no guaranteed timeline for when more puzzles will be added. The price will go up as puzzles get added.*

Have a theme you would like a puzzle for? Let me know!

This logic puzzle is a great way to enhance critical thinking skills and deductive reasoning! It's a great, fun activity for early finishers in older students, or to introduce as a class to younger kids.

This logic puzzle has pictures to help early readers participate in a class setting!

Holiday logic puzzles great for Kindergarten - 2nd grade!

These 3X3 logic puzzles are great for practicing critical thinking and deductive reasoning. Perfect for early finishers!

Each puzzle also has pictures to help early readers track in a class setting.

Answer keys included.

A logic puzzle for each season (fall, winter, spring, summer) is included!

Great for young learners and early finishers! These 3X3 logic puzzles are perfect for practicing critical thinking skills and deductive reasoning. Each puzzle includes pictures to help assist early learners.

This product includes 1 social story that focuses on bullying. Students will also learn the meanings of the following words: bullying, vulnerable, feeling left out, and empathy.

In this product that relates with bullying, students learn what makes a bully a bully, how you can stop bullying if it happens, when being bullied what can be done to handle a situation, and what to do when bullied. Students will then be required to reflect on a time when they were bullied.

The social story includes comprehension questions throughout. Some of the questions require students to put their feet in the shoes of the characters. At the end of this product, there are 4 role-playing scenario cards that will require students to discuss bullying, how students would feel in a given situation that relates with bullying, and what students can do when they are bullied or when someone else is bullied.

Decompose Numbers~Students will love sorting apples into baskets as they learn different ways to decompose numbers. It aligns with Common Core K.OA.3. This fall themed activity makes a terrific math center or it can be used during RTI.

This hands on activity comes with four different recording sheets to decompose numbers up to ten. You will receive two baskets of each number to decompose numbers 3-10. You will also receive 20 apples. (ten red, ten green)

You may also like the following fall themed activities:

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Fall-Teen-Fun-Print-and-Go

You can save 25% off by purchasing this product and the previous fall products mentioned in this bundle pack

Fall Bundle Pack~Literacy&Math

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Here you will find motivating, fun ideas and interesting ways to teach young children. From time to time, I may be hosting a few giveaways. Don't miss out on this great opportunity.

What's Included In This Package:

- Letter Matching Game (Uppercase & lowercase Letter Matching Practice)

- Number Matching Game (With Counting & One-to-One Correspondence Practice)

- Shape & Color Matching Game (this game includes shape matching practice and each shape they match is the same color so it also helps them match the right colors together as well.

This bundle of #3 rainbow-themed file folder games is a great resource for early childhood learning. The #3 different file folder games include...

- Shape Matching Practice

- Number Recognition Practice (as well as one-to-one correspondence practice)

- Uppercase & lowercase Letter Recognition and Matching Practice

All of these learning games are great independent work activities for young learners and can be paired with many different themes including...Colors Theme...Spring Themes...Summer Themes and so many others as well. They are also cute and fun to look at. Many kids love all the different colors of the rainbow!

Once you print, laminate, and cut the pieces that need to be cut out these are activities you can save and continue to use in your classroom.

What's Included In This Package:

- Alphabet Dot Marker Art (Uppercase & lowercase Letters Aa-Zz)

- Alphabet Tracing Cards (Uppercase & lowercase letters Aa-Zz as well as numbers 1-10)

- Alphabet Matching Cards (Practice matching each Uppercase & lowercase letter together)

- Trace, Then Write (Uppercase & lowercase Writing Activity Practice)

- Letter Matching File Folder Game (Uppercase & lowercase Letter Matching Practice)

- Number Matching File Folder Game (With Counting & One-to-One Correspondence Practice)

- Shape & Color Matching File Folder Game (this game includes shape matching practice and each shape they match is the same color so it also helps them match the right colors together as well.

Shape Matching File Folder

Game - Rainbow

Themed:

This is a great file folder game for your students. There’s two pages of each set of shapes. Print one out, laminate it, and attach it to the file folder. Cut out the second page of rainbow shapes (the pages with a border around each separate rainbow) and laminate them as well.

The sides that are meant for the file folder part have circles on the front where you can attach velcro dots to the activity and then attach velcro dots to the opposite side of the rainbow cards to make it easier for students to match the correct shapes together.

File Folder Shape & Color Matching Game

This is a great file folder game for your students. It’s a great way for your students to not only practice matching shapes together but colors as well!

Print, laminate and attach the #2 pages of spaceships with shapes on them to a file folder. Then cut out and laminate the planets with the border around each one.

Once everything is laminated attach a velcro dot on the front of each shape spaceship attached to the file folder and then attach velcro dots to the opposite side of the planet shape cards.

This Math Game: Perfect Squares Matching Game Task Cards is a fun and engaging way for students to practice their understanding of perfect squares and square roots. By matching square root problems to their corresponding numbers, students will reinforce their knowledge of these fundamental mathematical concepts.

This activity offers several benefits:

• Hands-on Learning: The tactile nature of the task cards allows students to actively engage with the material, making the learning process more enjoyable and memorable.
• Reinforcement of Concepts: Repeated practice through matching pairs solidifies students' understanding of perfect squares and square roots, improving their accuracy and fluency.
• Critical Thinking: Students must analyze the square root problems and apply their knowledge to find the correct matches, encouraging critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Collaborative Learning: The game can be played individually or in pairs, fostering collaboration, discussion, and peer learning.
• Differentiation: The difficulty level can be adjusted by selecting different sets of numbers, allowing the activity to be tailored to students of varying abilities.

Overall, this Math Game: Perfect Squares Matching Game Task Cards provides a valuable opportunity for students to practice important math skills in a fun and interactive way, leading to improved understanding and retention of the concepts.

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Are you looking for an engaging and interactive way to enhance your students' learning experience? Look no further than this amazing Google Slides presentation! Designed for students of all ages, this presentation offers a unique approach to learning by encouraging them to turn answers into questions. By doing so, students will not only solidify their understanding of the subject matter but also develop critical thinking skills.

Moreover, this presentation provides students with an opportunity to actively participate in their own learning process. They will have the chance to ask the teacher to come up with a question based on their answer, thereby fostering a collaborative and communicative educational environment.

With this Google Slides presentation, your students will embrace a fun and interactive learning journey, gaining essential skills that will benefit them academically and beyond. Get ready to witness their enthusiasm and growth as they explore the art of turning answers into questions.

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