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That Rocks Math Science and ELA

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Favorite Winter Treats- Free Logic Puzzle

By That Rocks Math Science and ELA

This free grid logic puzzle is to thank all my fellow teachers out there and give you a free activity that will take 5 - 10 minutes. Some ideas for using this logic puzzle are after tests, for fast finishers, during homeroom or advisory, during

Subjects:

Holidays/Seasonal, Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa, Winter

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th

Types:

Activities, Internet Activities

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Digital Download PDF (0.48 MB)

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Thanksgiving Logic Puzzle Freebie

By That Rocks Math Science and ELA

To show my appreciation for my fellow teachers and TpTers, I made this Thanksgiving Favorites freebie. Visit our YouTube channel for examples of how to solve a cryptogram and a grid logic puzzle. (Not specific to these puzzles, but still

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, Thanksgiving

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Activities, Internet Activities

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Digital Download PDF (0.28 MB)

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Free Leap Day Logic Puzzles

By That Rocks Math Science and ELA

Have fun celebrating Leap Day or Leap Year on February 29 with these fun logic puzzles for middle school! You will get one cryptogram, one leap day word search, one 5x5x5 grid puzzle, and one Leap Words activity.These puzzles are great for middle

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, Holidays/Seasonal

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities

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Digital Download PDF (0.66 MB)

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Free- 8 Great Final Projects for Any Novel Study

By That Rocks Math Science and ELA

8 great ideas that can be used with any novel study at any grade level. Better than book reports, these ideas will have your students think more complexly about the characters, themes, nuances, and connections of the books. These project ideas are

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Writing

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

Projects, Centers

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Free Daily Bellringer Sheet for Middle School!

By That Rocks Math Science and ELA

Establish your daily routine right away and help kids stay on task right when they walk in your room! A bellringer question (starter, warm-up, do now) is the perfect way to begin bell to bell teaching. I've used this bellringer sheet, copied front

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English Language Arts, Math, Science

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Worksheets, Handouts, Graphic Organizers

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Digital Download PDF (0.41 MB)

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Motor Mouth Minute- a Free Fun Ice-breaker Game for Middle School!

By That Rocks Math Science and ELA

Use this power-point game for a fun back-to-school ice-breaker! I use it on the first day of school and it's a hit! Similar to the 100,000 Pyramid game show, this game puts students in groups of 2 or 3. Students try to get their partner to guess

Subjects:

For All Subject Areas, Back to School

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Activities, Games

FREE

Digital Download PPTX (0.33 MB)

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Back to School ~ Free Logic Puzzle!

By That Rocks Math Science and ELA

Have fun introducing your students to the realm of logic puzzles and brain teasers!This product has been updated with the EASEL feature, perfect to use with distance or virtual learning! It can be assigned to students in a Google Classroom. You

Subjects:

Math, Science, Back to School

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Worksheets, Internet Activities

FREE

Digital Download PDF (0.54 MB)

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The Great Tree Debate Free Resource

By That Rocks Math Science and ELA

Read about the pros and cons of using either a real or artificial Christmas tree. This is a great short argument piece that students can use to identify the parts of an argument, including the central question, claim, counter-claim, and transition

Subjects:

Science, Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa, Informational Text

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Worksheets, Internet Activities

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Digital Download PDF (0.19 MB)

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Free Back To School Word Sudoku Puzzles for Middle School

By That Rocks Math Science and ELA

This Back to School season, introduce your students to a fun critical thinking activity- sudokus! It's a fun filler activity to use on the first day of school! These word sudokus work just like the number ones. Each outlined box, horizontal row,

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Back to School, For All Subjects

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Internet Activities, Games

FREE

Digital Download PDF (0.53 MB)

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Free Logic Puzzle Tutorial

By That Rocks Math Science and ELA

Introduce your students to logic puzzles! While these critical thinking activities can be fun, they are intimidating to students who don't know how to do them. This presentation shows step-by-step how to solve a grid logic puzzle. Each clue is

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, Back to School

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Homeschool

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Activities

FREE

Digital Download PPTX (1.57 MB)

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Fifth Grade Logic Puzzle Freebies

By That Rocks Math Science and ELA

To thank the wonderful people who support me online, I created this Fifth Grade Logic Puzzles Freebies product. It has 3 grid logic puzzles and one cryptogram. I think it would make for a great half-day or early release challenge, as well as for

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, For All Subjects

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Games

FREE

Digital Download PDF (0.64 MB)

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Free Coordinate Plane Graphing Picture - The Impossible Triangle in quadrant one

By That Rocks Math Science and ELA

With only 15 coordinate pairs the impossible triangle is a fun way to introduce coordinate graphing pictures. The quick draw makes it perfect for the whole class to do together. All the coordinates are whole numbers and all in quadrant one. The

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Math, Graphing, Other (Math)

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Worksheets, Activities

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Digital Download PDF (0.69 MB)

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Free- I Have a Dream- Middle School Informational Text

By That Rocks Math Science and ELA

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's legendary "I Have a Dream" speech, as given at the March for Freedom in Washington D.C., marked its 50th anniversary on Aug. 28, 2013. This non-fiction text tells a bit of the background to the speech and has students

Subjects:

U.S. History, Martin Luther King Day, Informational Text

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Internet Activities

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Digital Download PDF (0.24 MB)

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Unusual Recycling Project Ideas for Earth Day! Free Resource

By That Rocks Math Science and ELA

Want a fun way to celebrate Earth Day and raise awareness of how to recycle some unusual items? We all know about recycling paper, plastic, and aluminum. Did you know things like panty hose, hair clippings, and greeting cards can be recycled? Your

Subjects:

Environment, For All Subject Areas, Earth Day

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

Projects, Activities

FREE

Digital Download PDF (0.63 MB)

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Free Alternative Final Assessments or Projects for Novels like The Giver

By That Rocks Math Science and ELA

The Giver, by Lois Lowry, is a classic middle school novel. Instead of asking students to take a test over the book, why not have them create a project? In this free product, you will find six ideas to allow students to ponder the book, talk

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Grades:

6^th, 8^th

Types:

Activities, Lesson

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Digital Download PDF (0.45 MB)

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Cinco de Mayo -Free Informational Text and Questions

By That Rocks Math Science and ELA

Cinco de Mayo- A History of the HolidayThis is a one page informational text about the history of Cinco de Mayo with one page of questions. It's a quick read- maybe five minutes, with 8 questions to go along with it. Perfect for introducing the

Subjects:

Social Studies - History, Informational Text, Latinx Studies

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Worksheets

FREE

Digital Download PDF (0.62 MB)

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Spring Time & Easter Fun Free Cryptogram

By That Rocks Math Science and ELA

This is an Easter cryptogram (for middle school students!) that uses words Christians associate with Easter. Students try to break the code to find the words and a quote from the hymn "Crown Him with Many Crowns." This cryptogram is part of our

Subjects:

Holidays/Seasonal, Easter

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities

FREE

Digital Download PDF (0.58 MB)

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Surviving Middle School! 10 Free Tips for Parents and Teachers

By That Rocks Math Science and ELA

10 Tips for parents and teachers to help those middle school students who struggle with transition. This product may be printed off and distributed to parents or other teachers to help them help students coming from an elementary school to a middle

Subjects:

Life Skills, Back to School, For All Subjects

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Handouts, Printables, For Parents

FREE

Digital Download PDF (0.38 MB)

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Free Travel Bingo!

By That Rocks Math Science and ELA

We teachers all work hard and definitely have earned some vacation time! From one teacher family to another, we want to offer you 10 Travel Bingo Cards to help pass the hours in a car with your kids. Also- we added a labeled US/ Canada map so

Subjects:

Spring, For All Subjects, Summer

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

Activities, Games

FREE

Digital Download PDF (0.50 MB)

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Free Boom Card Puzzle Sampler

By That Rocks Math Science and ELA

There are 6 FREE Boom Card puzzles of varying difficulty you can have for your students- perfect for free time, after a test, as morning work, team competitions, or to build executive function. They vary in difficulty- two 4x4 puzzles, one 10x1

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Holidays/Seasonal, For All Subjects

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

Activities, Internet Activities

FREE

Digital Download PDF (0.43 MB)

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We have over 40 years of teaching experience together, including 6th grade science, ELA, and SS, 7th grade math, 8th grade science, 8th grade math, Algebra, and Geometry, as well as subbing in elementary. Our daughter joined us as a Boom creator; it's her part-time gig while she is in high school.

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Teach in as many ways possible to reach as many as possible!

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MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

BS in Education (5 - 8 SS/Math/Science; Elementary Education) MS Curriculum & Instruction

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We are a husband/wife duo whose high school daughter joined the team the past few years. She keeps us current and creates Boom decks!

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English Language Arts, Reading, Grammar, Spelling, Vocabulary, Specialty, Math, Algebra, Arithmetic, Basic Operations, Fractions, Graphing, Measurement, Numbers, Order of Operations, Other (Math), Science, Anatomy, Astronomy, Basic Principles, Biology, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, Environment, Physics, Other (Science), Social Studies, Ancient History, Civics, Government, U.S. History, European History, World History, Arts & Music, Art History, Visual Arts, Music, Music Composition, Vocal Music, Instrumental Music, Other (Performing Arts), Computer Science, Special Education, ESL-EFL-ELL, Career and Technical Education, Health, ELA Test Prep, Math Test Prep, Geography, Life Skills, Gifted and Talented, Critical Thinking, For All Subjects, Literature, Family Consumer Sciences, General Science, Physical Science, Problem Solving, Cooking, Short Stories, Writing, Robotics, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Thanksgiving, Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa, Poetry, Autumn, Mental Math, Halloween, Winter, The New Year, Valentine's Day, Martin Luther King Day, Presidents' Day, Decimals, Black History Month, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, Spring, Place Value, Earth Day, For All Subjects, Summer, Informational Text, Test Preparation, End of Year, Close Reading, Women's History Month, Latino and Hispanic Studies