Pieces of Learning is a leading publisher of differentiated K-12 publications and provides top-quality staff development speakers who move educators from ordinary to extraordinary! With expertise in Differentiation, Standards-Based Teaching Activities, Creative and Critical Thinking, Assessment, Underachievement, and Gifted and Talented Education, we publish supplemental Activity Books to improve student thinking and questioning skills, encourage creativity in the language arts, promote critical thinking in math and science, explore character education, present research skills and provide enrichment in social studies. Teacher Resource book topics include differentiation, assessment, achievement, motivation, bloom’s taxonomy and teaching strategies.
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Escape Room – Escape from Treasure Island
$9.95These new Escape Room Mysteries are sweeping the nation!
Great for the entire class to work together to solve the clues or for smaller groups to solve individual clues. Each packet contains the objectives, clues, instructions on organizing the class, and preparing the room. There are no locks for the teacher to set or the students to open. Set-up time for the teacher is usually less than 15 minutes and the mystery can be solved within 30 to 45 minutes.
Words for Gifted Programs
$19.9540 activities are included to help build vocabulary development. Activities include: Thinking Through Words and Things; A Writing Pattern; Phonemic Awareness; A Word a Day; Word Sort; Vocabulary Graphic Organizer; Abstract Words; What Makes a Hero; Words in Words, and five patterns of Sentence Building.
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