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Word Puzzles, Ages 9+

By Fun Things to Think About

This is a packet of five pairs of challenging word puzzles. They focus as much on logic and spatial reasoning as they do on vocabulary. This is an ideal activity for keeping students engaged in academic content that does not require an accompanying

Subjects:

Vocabulary, Gifted and Talented, Critical Thinking

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Games

FREE

Digital Download PDF (0.39 MB)

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Word Search: Emotions

By Fun Things to Think About

This is a set of five contoured word searches focusing on five different core emotions: happiness, sadness, anger, being empowered, and calmness. Ideally this activity is intended to accompany a unit about emotional intelligence. It's hard to

Subjects:

Reading, Spelling

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Games

FREE

Digital Download PDF (1.61 MB)

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Word Puzzles, Ages 12+

By Fun Things to Think About

Subjects:

Vocabulary, Gifted and Talented, Critical Thinking

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Games

FREE

Digital Download PDF (0.39 MB)

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Onomatopoeia Word Search

By Fun Things to Think About

A medium-difficulty level word search featuring dozens of examples of nomatopoeia. I would love to receive feedback, including ideas/requests for future word searches.

Subjects:

Reading, Spelling, Vocabulary

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th

Types:

Activities, Games

FREE

Digital Download PDF (0.13 MB)

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Folktale World Map

By Fun Things to Think About

For a unit on folktales I assembled a list of candidates on a world map. You can view this map here: https://mapsengine.google.com/map/edit?mid=z_BLIiXMvGsM.k9FMuosK1In8 Each location on the map includes a book summary and a link to learn more.

Subjects:

Reading, Geography, Short Stories

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Activities

FREE

Digital Download ZIP (0.02 MB)

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Contoured Word Searches - Variety Pack

By Fun Things to Think About

This is a set of different word puzzles: Germany, African animals, cars, desserts, and basic Spanish words. Each page has an ID in the lower-left corner. The leading digit indicates the difficulty, so the level 2 puzzles are easier than the level 3

Subjects:

Reading, Spelling, Vocabulary

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th

Types:

Activities, Games

FREE

Digital Download PDF (3.39 MB)

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Word Puzzles #2, Ages 12+

By Fun Things to Think About

This is a packet of ten challenging word puzzles. They focus as much on logic and spatial reasoning as they do on vocabulary. This is an ideal activity for keeping students engaged in academic content that does not require an accompanying lesson

Subjects:

Vocabulary, Gifted and Talented, Critical Thinking

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Worksheets, Games

FREE

Digital Download PDF (0.40 MB)

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Word Puzzles

By Fun Things to Think About

This is a fun problem-solving worksheet of 12 puzzles that combines vocabulary exercises with spatial reasoning/logic. In each puzzle: students must reorder scattered tiles to create words that share common letter patterns or form a geometric

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Vocabulary

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Activities, Games

FREE

Digital Download PDF (0.57 MB)

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Word Puzzles (Mixed Ages)

By Fun Things to Think About

This is a free 5-page sample packet demonstrating some of the kinds of puzzles I offer through this website. Each puzzle has a unique ID in the lower-left corner. The first number of that ID is used to indicate the vocabulary level: 1 = The

Subjects:

Vocabulary, Gifted and Talented, Critical Thinking

Grades:

5^th, 7^th, 11^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Games

FREE

Digital Download PDF (0.21 MB)

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Word Search / Coloring Book

By Fun Things to Think About

Last month when I set out my word searches at an activity table with crayons, I was surprised to see the number of kids who also used them as coloring book pages.... so why not design them that way?Here's a set of 10 word searches that can also

Subjects:

Spelling, Vocabulary, Visual Arts

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

Types:

Activities, Games

FREE

Digital Download PDF (7.68 MB)

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Word Puzzles #2, Ages 9+

By Fun Things to Think About

Wow... I'd forgotten how much work went into prepping these!This is my second packet of five pairs of challenging word puzzles. I say these are "ages 9+" because of the vocabulary level (POLITE, JUICE, FIBER, etc.), but make no mistake: these are

Subjects:

Vocabulary, Gifted and Talented, Critical Thinking

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, Games

FREE

Digital Download PDF (0.44 MB)

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Word Searches: Alphabet

By Fun Things to Think About

This is a set of 22 word searches targeted at a 3rd grade reading level. Each puzzle includes 20 words.Students are not necessarily expected to know how to spell each of these words, but they should recognize them in everyday speech.The unique tool

Subjects:

Reading, Spelling, Vocabulary

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

Types:

Activities, Games

FREE

Digital Download PDF (3.23 MB)

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Word Puzzles, Ages 15+

By Fun Things to Think About

Subjects:

Vocabulary, Gifted and Talented, Critical Thinking

Grades:

11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Games

FREE

Digital Download PDF (0.39 MB)

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Venn Diagram Exercises

By Fun Things to Think About

This is a collection of 6 Venn diagrams. This is intended as an ice-breaker or warmup exercise: the task is to identify what defines each set. For an extra challenge: look at my other files for a set of Edwards' Venn diagrams. If requested: I can

Subjects:

Gifted and Talented, Critical Thinking, For All Subject Areas

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

Activities, Graphic Organizers

FREE

Digital Download PDF (0.87 MB)

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Entertaining Charts and Graphs

By Fun Things to Think About

This is a collection of a 25 charts and graphs that tell stories or jokes. This focuses on students' ability to fluently read a Cartesian graph, Venn Diagram, pie chart, etc. You could integrate this into a lesson plan in a variety of ways. I

Subjects:

Graphing, Critical Thinking, Word Problems

Grades:

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

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Graphic Organizers

FREE

Digital Download PPTX (1.28 MB)

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Tile Puzzles

By Fun Things to Think About

This is 39 puzzle prompts that can be played with a set of Scrabble or Bananagrams tiles.I started this package a few weeks into the covid-19 pandemic. The goal is to provide parents stranded at home with something to engage their kids that does not

Subjects:

Gifted and Talented, Critical Thinking

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Activities, Games

FREE

Digital Download PDF (0.08 MB)

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Word Puzzles #3, Ages 9+

By Fun Things to Think About

This is a packet of 10 pages of puzzles, with a bonus/alternative puzzle at the end.My previous packets mixed up the type of puzzle, but in this packet every puzzle follows the same format.I originally fixated on word puzzles when supervising

Subjects:

Vocabulary, Gifted and Talented, Critical Thinking

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Activities, Games

FREE

Digital Download PDF (0.58 MB)

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Word Puzzles #2, Ages 15+

By Fun Things to Think About

Subjects:

Vocabulary, Gifted and Talented, Critical Thinking

Grades:

10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Activities, Games

FREE

Digital Download ZIP (1.42 MB)

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Edwards' Venn Diagrams

By Fun Things to Think About

This is a pair of Edwards' Venn diagrams -- they use 4 sets instead of 3! This is intended as an extra follow-up to my previous submission of 6 more traditional Venn diagrams (also available through this site). You'll probably want to remove (or

Subjects:

Gifted and Talented, Critical Thinking, For All Subjects

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Activities, Graphic Organizers

FREE

Digital Download PDF (0.43 MB)

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Table Tent Puzzle

By Fun Things to Think About

This is a logic puzzle disguised as a word puzzle.Everyone is suddenly home – and home-schooling – during the COVID-19 pandemic. There's no shortage of word games you can play on tablets and computers. (See Zynga or the New York Times.) But this

Subjects:

Gifted and Talented, Critical Thinking, Problem Solving

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

Activities, Printables

FREE

Digital Download PDF (0.19 MB)

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Five years ago I started this account when I was a youth development professional with Boys and Girls Club and an instructor at a private enrichment center.

MY TEACHING STYLE

Depending on the size and complexity of the class: I may lean towards student-centric/constructivist activities. I try to integrate many other disciplines and ideas into a lesson as time permits. Since I'm usually in an environment that supplements children's regular school work: I'm free to approach material from multiple angles to try to keep kids engaged and offer a more holistic view of certain ideas.

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

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MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

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ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Some of these worksheets took days to put together, and so originally I attached a price tag. But now I think it's safe to say nearly everyone who was going to pay for them already has, so I'm releasing them all for free so that work wasn't in vain. Please feel free to reach out to me with comments, suggestions or questions. I probably still have the dusty old source code somewhere that helped generate the puzzles and the word searches if I had the occasion to reuse it...

GRADES

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool, Not Grade Specific

SUBJECTS

English Language Arts, Reading, Spelling, Vocabulary, Specialty, Math, Graphing, Social Studies, Arts & Music, Visual Arts, Computer Science, Geography, Gifted and Talented, Critical Thinking, For All Subjects, Word Problems, Problem Solving, Short Stories, For All Subjects