Ready to transform those first chaotic five minutes of class into authentic learning? Then it"s time to Take Five! With this resource, students will exercise their mental muscles and sharpen language arts skills as they tackle Common Core Standard-based lessons and fun-filled activities. Whether students are inventing secret codes, concocting potions, rewriting history, making conjunction paper chains, or thinking like newspaper editors, these diverse and creative prompts will have them looking forward to the part of the day when they are asked to Take Five for critical thinking. The 180-plus prompts establish the learning environment from the minute that students step into your class. Each ready-to-use prompt includes corresponding Common Core standards, supply lists, language arts links, teacher tips, assessment options, rubrics, and digital connections that add more than 100 extension lessons. Students from elementary to high school will enjoy beginning each day of the school year with a burst of critical thinking and fun with this comprehensive resource. Ready? Set? Take Five!