Critical thinking for Gifted and advanced (page 2)

Twenty practical classroom management strategies, grouped under the five recommendations of the What Works Clearinghouse behavior guide, with the evidence rating for each and what to do tomorrow.

A would you rather spinner with twelve clean, kid-friendly questions for morning meetings, early finishers and writing warm-ups. Spin, vote with your feet, explain why.

A reading response spinner with twelve comprehension strategies. Spin during a read-aloud or independent reading, then talk or write about the book in that way.

Paste a passage and get questions to ask about it: literal, inference, vocabulary, discussion and an exit ticket, each with what a good answer includes. An AI draft to check.

Get multiple-choice questions with three answer boxes from a topic or a text, then play them as classroom activities, copy them as a set, or print a quiz with a key. An AI draft to check.

Choose a book from Peabody’s read-aloud library for its own questions, free, or name any other book and get discussion questions with what to listen for. An AI draft to check.

Forty question of the day ideas for K–8 that every child can answer: imagination, school, nature and just-for-fun, a follow-up for each, no money or home topics.

Sixty classroom-safe debate topics for kids and middle school, sorted by grade, each with one point for and one point against so a debate can start in a minute.

Printable cards that practice answering who, what, where, when and why questions about short pictured scenes, with a sheet for the adult to mark.

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String a Peabody explainer, a page, a passage and your own questions into one lesson. Run it on the board, give it as a link children do at their own pace, or print it as a plan a substitute can run. Free, no sign-in.

The five levels of the Library's evidence meter, from Strong to Contradicted, and the written rule that decides each one.

A fiction passage about animals for Kindergarten, 38 words, with five comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.

A nonfiction passage about weather for Kindergarten, 39 words, with five comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.

A nonfiction passage about animals for 1st grade, 84 words, with five comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.

A nonfiction passage about space for 1st grade, 98 words, with five comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.

A fiction passage about friendship for 1st grade, 108 words, with five comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.

A nonfiction passage about plants for 2nd grade, 107 words, with five comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.

A nonfiction passage about community helpers for 2nd grade, 129 words, with five comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.

A fiction passage about friendship for 2nd grade, 141 words, with five comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.

A nonfiction passage about animals and food for 3rd grade, 162 words, with five comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.

A nonfiction passage about inventions and history for 3rd grade, 172 words, with five comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.

A fiction passage about friendship and animals for 3rd grade, 179 words, with five comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.

A nonfiction passage about plants for 4th grade, 174 words, with five comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.

A nonfiction passage about weather for 4th grade, 195 words, with five comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.