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Primary GATE Gifted and Talented Program for the Year -- 410 Pages, 50%+ off!

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You will be a rock star! This collection is highly interactive, creative, and rich in age-appropriate critical thinking. SEE THE DETAILED PREVIEW DESCRIPTION This collection takes me through an entire year of lessons with my advanced groups of

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Science, Gifted and Talented

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

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Unit Plans, Homeschool Curricula, GATE

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Table-top Mini Golf: STEAM Engineering and Design for Elementary GATE

By Portable Gifted and Talented

In From Putt-putt to Pebble Beach--Table-top Mini Golf, students will design and construct a playable table-top sized miniature golf course using the engineering design process. With these lessons, the teacher defines the problem, helps students

Subjects:

Gifted and Talented, Physical Science, Engineering

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

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The Arrival by Shaun Tan -- 100+ Page Unit and Teacher's Guide GATE

By Portable Gifted and Talented

Yes, we can teach reading, writing, speaking and listening, and critical thinking skills using this amazing graphic novel which has no “words!” It’s a journey about who we are, where we have come from, and the humanity we share. It’s about hope

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English Language Arts, Social Studies - History, Gifted and Talented

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

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Unit Plans, GATE, Lesson

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RL.5.3, RL.5.7, RL.5.9, RL.6.7, RL.6.9, RL.7.2, RL.7.9, RL.8.3, W.5.1, W.5.3, W.5.9...

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STEAM Class Bundle - Engineering Focus - 115+ Hours 374 pp Gifted GATE

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115+ hours of class time, 374 pages. This collection is big and includes big savings--42% off individual purchases of some. Pretty much everything in the Portable Gifted and Talented store is rated 4.0, but take a couple minutes to peruse the

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Gifted and Talented, Physical Science, Engineering

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

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Unit Plans, GATE, Lesson

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Gifted and Talented COMPLETE 3rd 4th Grade Introductory Program - 45+ Hours

By Portable Gifted and Talented

Every other teacher in your building probably has a handy curriculum to follow, a set of textbooks as resources . . . so why not you, the Gifted and Talented Teacher?Here is a complete first year GATE program adaptable to 3rd or 4th grades--all

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English Language Arts, Gifted and Talented, Engineering

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3^rd, 4^th, Homeschool

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Unit Plans, GATE

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STEM Kid Engineering for GATE -- FERRIS WHEELS plus Primary Sources

By Portable Gifted and Talented

In this GATE engineering journey, students will each construct a very cool Ferris wheel prototype as a final product. Along the way, they will examine primary source images, read primary source history, and integrate math, engineering, and

Subjects:

Applied Math, Social Studies - History, Engineering

Grades:

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

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Unit Plans, GATE, Lesson

CCSS:

5.NBT.B.7, RI.4.1, RI.4.3, RI.4.7, RI.5.7

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SPIES! A GATE Adventure 18+ Contact Hours - Challenging and Engaging!

By Portable Gifted and Talented

Your students will ask to stay in from recess for this. It is the most popular unit I've taught in 32 years, and it is packed with challenging critical thinking.We imagine students are training at the school for spies: mini survivor challenges,

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Applied Math, Gifted and Talented, Engineering

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

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Unit Plans, Thematic Unit Plans, GATE

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COMPLETE PROGRAM Bundle Gifted and Talented GATE 2016-2017 School Year 50% off!

By Portable Gifted and Talented

All of it fresh and new and tried and kid-tested during the past school year—you are ready to rock and roll for 2016-17!Here you have over 350 pages and 75 hours of material—all with best practices in gifted and talented education.One stop. Huge

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English Language Arts, Math, Gifted and Talented

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, Homeschool

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Homeschool Curricula, GATE, Lesson

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$29.99

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Kindergarten and 1st Grade GATE Bundle - Gifted and Talented and Advanced

By Portable Gifted and Talented

I went about creating units for my youngest groups--KG and 1st grade--because I rarely saw any unit out there that was truly targeting these groups in a deliberate gifted and talented application. Here is the bundle! PLEASE SEE THE INDIVIDUAL

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English Language Arts, Science, Gifted and Talented

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Kindergarten, 1^st, Homeschool

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Activities, GATE, Lesson

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Primary GATE with Caldecott -- "Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!" Mo Willems

By Portable Gifted and Talented

Let’s have some fun along with the Pigeon and expand DOK along the way! This lesson will lead your primary GATE students through four challenging activities, culminating in an artistic response showing why they “never get to do anything!”

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English Language Arts, Gifted and Talented, Critical Thinking

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

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Projects, GATE, Lesson

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The Lost Thing by Shaun Tan - Teacher's Guide and Activities GATE

By Portable Gifted and Talented

The beauty in The Lost Thing is that it settles into one’s soul in a casual and poetic way. What starts as a sort of amusing but sad story finds its way deeper into your heart. You begin to wonder, to ask questions. Soon you find yourself wanting

Subjects:

Graphic Arts, Gifted and Talented, Literature

Grades:

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

Types:

Activities, GATE, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.4.1, RL.4.7, RL.5.1, RL.5.7, RL.6.1, RL.6.7, RL.7.1, RL.7.7, SL.4.4, SL.4.5, SL.5.4...

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Da Vinci Parachute Prototypes -- Hands-on STEM

By Portable Gifted and Talented

In this lesson, students solve geometry problems and learn background physics concepts as they build a working model of Leonardo Da Vinci’s parachute. Logic, critical thinking, a bit of Renaissance history, writing and supporting conclusions with

Subjects:

Geometry, Physical Science, Engineering

Grades:

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

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Projects, GATE, Lesson

$4.99

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Gifted and Talented SURVIVAL KIT Bundle -- 235 pages, big discount!

By Portable Gifted and Talented

Let’s get ready for the second semester, you rock star gifted and talented teacher, you . . .By now the students can’t wait for their next group with you, so let’s not disappoint!Priced at more than 44% off individual purchases, I put this

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English Language Arts, Gifted and Talented, Engineering

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Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, Homeschool

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Unit Plans, GATE, Lesson

$44.93

$22.99

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STEAM DaVinci Renaissance Style: A Unit for Elementary GATE

By Portable Gifted and Talented

In STEM Renaissance Style, students will follow the engineering process as they return to the 16th Century. With these lessons, the teacher defines the problem, helps students gather background research, and specifies the requirements. The students

Subjects:

Gifted and Talented, Critical Thinking, Engineering

Grades:

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

Types:

Projects, Unit Plans, GATE

$11.49

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Moonshot by Brian Floca Apollo 11 PRIMARY GATE Lessons -- Rocket Model

By Portable Gifted and Talented

Astronauts, space ships, and the moon . . . what kid doesn’t like that kind of stuff, huh? We should build a space ship! Here’s another collection of lessons and activities for your primary gifted and talented groups. It’s full of hands-on

Subjects:

Gifted and Talented, Informational Text, Close Reading

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Unit Plans, Activities, GATE

CCSS:

2.MD.D.10, RL.3.4, RI.1.3, RI.1.7, RI.2.1, RI.3.1, RI.3.3, RI.3.7, W.2.3

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SHARK TANK Economics Pitches Prototypes PROJECT BASED PBL GATE

By Portable Gifted and Talented

Welcome to the shark tank project-based learning unit. Let’s begin our entrepreneurial careers today! Build critical thinking skills, public speaking success, and bring creativity, language arts, and economics into your classroom in a purposeful

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Gifted and Talented, Economics

Grades:

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

Types:

Projects, Unit Plans, GATE

CCSS:

SL.4.1, SL.4.4, SL.4.5, SL.5.1, SL.5.4, SL.5.5

$6.99

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STEAM Kid Engineering -- The Playable Golf Course Design Unit for GATE

By Portable Gifted and Talented

In this unit, students will build a contraption to hit a small, wooden golf ball through a scaled version of a golf course which they and their classmates have designed. They’ll make a trundle wheel for measuring and marking the course, write down

Subjects:

Applied Math, Gifted and Talented, Engineering

Grades:

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

Types:

Unit Plans, Activities, GATE

$9.99

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Gifted and Talented SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL CURRICULUM 1st-8th GATE

By Portable Gifted and Talented

This bundle is a variation on my popular social-emotional curriculum which is going live and in print in the spring of 2021.These social-emotional units span the curriculum with creative, hands-on activities . . . because we need to make excellent

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Gifted and Talented, School Counseling

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Activities, GATE, Lesson

$33.43

$19.09

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Middle School Gifted and Talented STEAM Bundle -Hands-on GATE Extension Projects

By Portable Gifted and Talented

I am fortunate to have taught 7 of my 32 years as a full time gifted resource teacher in middle school, and my kids did (or would have) loved these interactive, creative, projects and units.Also a bonus social-emotional lesson: Leadership and

Subjects:

Geometry, Gifted and Talented, Engineering

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Unit Plans, GATE, Lesson

$31.95

$17.99

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Gifted and Talented COMPLETE 4TH 5TH GRADE PROGRAM Volume 2 GATE 70+ Hours

By Portable Gifted and Talented

5th grade Volume 1 is the top seller of all of the 200+ gifted and talented products in my store, but here's a secret . . . this may be even better! Yep . . . almost half off the individual prices.Full units including the most popular unit I

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Gifted and Talented, Engineering

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, GATE, Lesson

$45.93

$24.99

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Let's meet standards by building stuff, through critical thinking, prototypes, and creativity. From poetry to gnomes, wrecking balls to paper football, gliders to land speeders, primary sources to Ferris wheels, come visit the Portable. Have a look . . . stay awhile. We're pretty friendly around here. Watch the portable grow!

MY TEACHING STYLE

An active classroom which combines standards-driven units and hands-on, inquiry-based learning.

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

Author of 9 curriculum books and books about giftedness. Colorado Association for Gifted and Talented President. SENG Board member and editor of the SENG Library. NAGC Teaching for High Potential Advisor Committee and Author. National Math and Science Initiative Contributing Author, Colorado Boettcher Foundation Scholar and Teacher; Colorado State University Admissions Outstanding Teacher; Kappa Delta Pi Honor Society in Education National Officer; Phi Beta Kappa

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

B.A. / M.A. Education / K-12 Gifted Endorsement and Colorado Licensed

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

See many free resources on my website, www.giftedlearners.org

GRADES

PreK, 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, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschool, Staff, Not Grade Specific

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English Language Arts, Writing-Expository, Reading, Vocabulary, Specialty, Math, Applied Math, Fractions, Geometry, Measurement, Science, Biology, Environment, Physics, Social Studies, Native Americans, U.S. History, Arts & Music, Art History, Visual Arts, Graphic Arts, Drama, Math Test Prep, Geography, Gifted and Talented, Critical Thinking, For All Subjects, Literature, School Counseling, Psychology, Economics , Character Education, Word Problems, Instructional Technology, Physical Science, Problem Solving, Writing, Oral Communication, Reading Strategies, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Poetry, Halloween, Valentine's Day, Presidents' Day, Decimals, For All Subjects, Informational Text, Test Preparation, School Psychology, Engineering, Close Reading, Social Emotional Learning