Thinking Skills, Creative and Critical are necessary employment and life skills for the 21st century. Teaching to the knowledge/comprehension levels for high-stakes tests does not provide opportunities for students to – learn and practice higher-level thinking; apply what they learn to new situations; analyze problems; form generalizations and create new solutions; and evaluate what they have said and/or done. When students encounter a new problem and are able to find a way to solve it without being told what to do, they exhibit intellectual maturity and development. Students need strategies to make decisions and solve problems.

The goal of using our products is to get teachers and students to THINK. Our products include creative and critical thinking narratives and provide activities that encourage students to participate in activities at higher levels of thinking.

Need a lesson immediately? Check out our Critical Thinking Mini-Pieces including Units, Strategies, and Activities here! (Download them immediately after purchase — You can even sort by the standard you need to teach!)

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E-Book Escape Room – The Time Machine Escape

$12.95

These 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.

Escape Room – The Time Machine Escape

$12.95

These 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.

Go the Extra SMILE!

$24.95

Go the Extra Smile is a must-have resource for teachers seeking motivational ideas and innovative lessons that can be implemented right away. This book is packed with practical ways to create a positive environment that kids will love to learn in.  From strengthening your home-school connections to encouraging kids to take creative risks, you are sure to find something to add to your bag of tricks for a successful school year.

How To Read & Report Nonfiction

$19.95

The activities in this book will invite readers to use the elements of nonfiction as multiple points of view for understanding not only the texts, but how they think about them during various stages of the reading process.  The activities in this book will also encourage readers to use the structural dynamics of nonfiction as a basis for connotative understanding and interpretation. This book helps readers learn how to connect the elements of nonfiction into a unified narrative. These activities will help students come to a fuller understanding of the constructive nature of reading.  As students engage in the activities in this book, they will learn to move beyond the “limits of their literacy” so that they can discover how to develop more sophisticated understandings of nonfiction writings.

Escape Room – Escape from Treasure Island

$12.95

These 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.

Escape Room – Rescuing Snow White

$12.95

These 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.

Escape Room – A Case of Mistaken Identity

$12.95

These 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.

Escape Room – Who Stole Cinderella’s Slipper?

$12.95

These 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.