Critical thinking for Gifted and advanced

Pick a math skill, topic, book or passage and get questions with a key, an exit ticket, a lesson hook and a reading passage at a level. Made by code from Peabody's own pages, free, no sign-in.

Every question the quiz maker can draw on, by skill and grade: math facts, sight words, word meanings and the reading passages, and what it does not hold for grades 6–8.

Original reading passages for kindergarten to 8th grade, each with five to eight comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Science, social studies, stories and more. Print student copies or read it big.

Free printable exit tickets, eight to a page, each with a prompt, writing lines and a name line. Edit the prompts, print, cut apart and hand one to each student at the door.

193 original Kindergarten reading passages, fiction and nonfiction, each with five questions, an answer key, vocabulary and a print copy.

216 original 1st grade reading passages, fiction and nonfiction, each with five to six questions, an answer key, vocabulary and a print copy.

218 original 2nd grade reading passages, fiction and nonfiction, each with five to six questions, an answer key, vocabulary and a print copy.

190 original 3rd grade reading passages, fiction and nonfiction, each with five to seven questions, an answer key, vocabulary and a print copy.

200 original 4th grade reading passages, fiction and nonfiction, each with five to seven questions, an answer key, vocabulary and a print copy.

230 original 5th grade reading passages, fiction and nonfiction, each with five to seven questions, an answer key, vocabulary and a print copy.

176 original 6th grade reading passages, fiction and nonfiction, each with five to seven questions, an answer key, vocabulary and a print copy.

95 original 7th grade reading passages, fiction and nonfiction, each with five to seven questions, an answer key, vocabulary and a print copy.

125 original 8th grade reading passages, fiction and nonfiction, each with five to eight questions, an answer key, vocabulary and a print copy.

A free printable character traits organizer: four rows pairing a trait with the evidence from the text, and a line for the page. Edit the labels and print for any book.

Twenty questions districts ask new subs, what each district is listening for, a practice mode that keeps nothing, and a one-page about-me sheet to print. Free.

Project-based learning for teachers: the evidence rating (two recent school trials positive, one null), what made the successful units work, how to plan one by grade, examples, mistakes and tools.

Formative assessment explained for teachers: the evidence rating, the studies (including why the famous effect sizes are disputed), steps by grade band, examples, mistakes and free tools.

What the science of reading means, in plain words: the Simple View, Scarborough's rope, the National Reading Panel's Big Five, state reading laws and England's phonics check.

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The learning science every approach can use: retrieval practice, spacing, worked examples, interleaving, pictures with words, why questions, Universal Design, and the learning-styles myth.

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How to turn a quiz into retrieval practice: ten questions, three answer boxes, old material mixed in, answers right after, versions A and B from a free quiz maker.

How to write multiple choice wrong answers that teach you something: a near miss, a real misconception, never a silly one, examples from math, reading and science.

Make an odd one out game for the board: four items, three that belong together, and a reveal that says why. Made from a list of items and their groups. Free.

Literal, inference and vocabulary questions for reading passages, K–8: how each works, how our 53 passages and their quizzes are built, and how to write your own.

Fifty classroom-friendly would-you-rather questions for kids, sorted by theme, each with a follow-up that turns it into a vote, a quick write, a debate or a math tally.