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Professional development resources for Gifted and Talented in English (UK)
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SEL Zen Zone Calm Corner Posters Activities Upper Elementary Middle School High
Support your students with this pack of 2 Zen Zone area posters, 3 affirming wall posters, 7 activities, and 2 breathing exercises designed for students in upper elementary and above.Whether you can dedicate a space for a Zen Zone or just a basket of activities, this pack will give you ideas on how to set up a Zen Zone and the kinds of activities that build strategies, refocus attention, change perspective to a more positive one, and give an anxious mind something to do.What's included in the zi
Grades:
Not Grade Specific
Exploring Visual Clues for Gifted Readers - Differentiated Learning Activities
Have you got a fluent, gifted reader in a class full of students learning to read? What do you do with them while you're teaching important decoding strategies such as looking at the pictures for visual clues or Eagle Eye? These thoughtful, differentiated, flexible and extended learning activities allow your gifted readers to explore visual clues, extending their comprehension skills while other students develop their decoding skills.While these activities were created for gifted/fluent readers
Grades:
1st - 2nd
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Short Story Test (plus literary terms) - Leiningen Versus the Ants
Short Story Quizzes from My TPT site:Wallace and Gromit - The Wrong Trousers (a video short story exercise)Wallace and Gromit - A Close Shave (a video short story exercise)The Sound of Gunfire - by John O’Reilly (a western)The Landlady - by Roald Dahl NEW July 2018To Build a Fire - by Jack LondonThe Most Dangerous Game - by Richard ConnellThe Possibility of Evil - by Shirley JacksonAn Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge - by Ambrose BierceThe Sound of Thunder - by Ray BradburyThere Will Come Soft Rai
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Not Grade Specific
Short Story Test (plus literary terms) - There Will Come Soft Rains
Short Story Quizzes from My TPT site:Wallace and Gromit - The Wrong Trousers (a video short story exercise)Wallace and Gromit - A Close Shave (a video short story exercise)The Sound of Gunfire - by John O’Reilly (a western)The Landlady - by Roald Dahl NEW July 2018To Build a Fire - by Jack LondonThe Most Dangerous Game - by Richard ConnellThe Possibility of Evil - by Shirley JacksonAn Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge - by Ambrose BierceThe Sound of Thunder - by Ray BradburyThere Will Come Soft Rai
Grades:
Not Grade Specific
Digital Citizenship Internet E-Safety/Planning, websites and activities.
It is vital that we teach our children to keep safe online. Hopefully by sharing this resource you can help to give your children the knowledge to keep themselves safe while enjoying the Internet. These resources have been developed over the last 11years but due to their nature, they are always a work in progress. It is part of my Communicating, Collaborating and E-Safety planning (DL-CCE)Children learn how to communicate and share information in a variety of different ways.They learn how to sta
Grades:
1st - 8th
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Matilda Quiz
A multiple choice quiz for children while or after watching the film "Matilda". The questions are in chronological order. The activity seeks to complement and extend the pleasure the children will have derived from seeing the film.
Grades:
5th - 10th
Shakespearean Trivia Cards - a pack of 125 questions and answers
This is a pdf file containing 125 questions and answers about William Shakespeare and his works. This document comes with a cover page, a clear set of instructions on how to print, fold, and glue the cards, and 25 pages of questions for hours of fun and learning in your classroom.These trivia cards can be used as a class, in small groups, or by those 'done' their work a little early. This resource makes a fun follow-up or complement to an in-class Shakespearean play study and is an interesting
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6th - 12th
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Valentine's Creative Thinking Pack UK
Students will fall madly in LOVE with these Valentine's Creative Thinking Activities! They will get all of your students thinking creatively, but are specially designed to inspire your gifted and talented students! These activities are perfect for early finishers, centres or guest teachers!
Vocabulary and spelling are for the UK. You can find the US version HERE
Included in this Valentine's Day Activity packet you will find:
Don’t Know What You've Got
Love is Grand?
World Without Love
The A
Grades:
2nd - 5th
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Envelope Effect Powerpoint Presentation
Download this beautiful powerpoint presentation, edit it, over and over as you choose, creating your own powerpoint animation to help your pupils learn their English words or for your own presentations. Impress and captivate your audience with this lovely effect and this handy tool.
Grades:
Not Grade Specific
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Christmas Activities Pack- UK English Version
This is a packet of 20 creative thinking Christmas Literacy activities for Christmas.
These language rich creative thinking Christmas Literacy activities may be used individually or stapled together to create a Christmas Literacy activity packet (black line cover included). This is the UK English version of my popular Christmas Activities Pack. Vocabulary and spelling have been adapted for UK English.
Fostering creative thinking has been shown to increase learning in all areas.
Included
Grades:
2nd - 5th
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Making a point! - Communication - Upper intermediate - 19 Slides
- 19 PTT Slides. Grammar.- I can use a wide range of structures to emphasize the main point of my discussion or talk.- I can identify and explain some key strategies to formulate ideas in a more persuasive way...- Completing persuasive sentences.- Fill in the gaps.- Speaking, reading, grammar.- Creating sentences.- Match the question to the picture.- Reading dialogue.- Usage of the eight parts of speech
Grades:
10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Winter Creative Thinking Pack UK
This is a packet of 20 creative thinking Winter writing activities. These language rich creative thinking winter activities are perfect for early finishers, gifted and talented learners or a great addition to your sub folder!
**Vocabulary and spelling are for the UK. You can find the US version code:
HERE
Included in this Winter Activities packet you will find:
Frosty! Noooo!- Frosty the Snowman is alive and well...for now. Name 10 things he absolutely cannot do
Winter Shape Poem
Winter
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Hello Summer IQ GAMES
we present to you the two most amazing games to benefitthe countriesTHE ARROWSWhen students color or doodle in math class, it activates both hemispheres of the brain at the same time. There are proven benefits of this cross-lateral brain activity:- new learning- relaxation - visual connections- better memory & retention of the content!Students fill in the sheets, answer the questions Then, they can use it as a study guide later on.Content includes:- the countries- How to use it- The Arrows-
Grades:
PreK - 3rd
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Are you a born traveller?
This detailed project plan will help children develop their ideas about planning a dream holiday in Europe.The worksheets and instructions are designed for children to work independently with the use of a computer and an atlas.The children are taken through step by step tasks that build up their understanding of the place they want to see and encourage them to think about what they need to plan in order to get there.This has been a successful lesson with my clever and gifted students, and they h
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5th - 6th
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Sudoku at the Circus
The most important aspect of Sudoku is the capacity to improve logical reasoning.
Sudoku also ✔teaches decision-making ✔improves memory ✔helps develop patience & focus
Martha’s Place puzzles are designed with increasing degrees of difficulty, which allows each student to build skills at their own pace.
Youngsters can start with easy Sudoku (4 by 4) and advance to the more challenging puzzles at their individual speed.
Sudoku is a portable and inexpensive entertainment that requires n
Grades:
1st - 4th
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#Fri13th2020 Flashcards Keepsake for First Spoken Words
These "WordsOfBub" cards (14 different designs) are uniquely designed for celebrating and remembering first (and funny) words, with extra space to enter the date of those spoken jewels.Keep your "WordsOfBub" cards as precious memories for you and your children or send cards with special words to your family and friends.Simply print in business card format (e.g. on 55 mm x 91 mm empty business cards or as business cards in Word document format - you can use any paper material e.g. photo paper etc
Grades:
PreK - 1st
Sample of a professional development policy (Editable & Fillable resource)
High quality professional development is one of the cornerstones of an effective school. It enables staff to develop the high-level skills and knowledge they need to improve their practice which is central to improving student learning. Like the members of other professions, teachers and education support staff need to be continuous learners who see their own learning as being fundamental to their membership of the profession – rather than something that is incidental or optional. Focused and ne
Grades:
PreK - 10th, Staff
Shakespeare - Sonnet 17
Who will believe my verse in time to come,
The poet is becoming cannier about the power of poetry; that in praising he might be considered one who exaggerates. This theme of the enduring nature of his words has been an emerging one over the last few sonnets. This notion can be explored via the workbook of practical activities and with the aid of the reading on the PowerPoint.
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
Invent your own sport
My experience has been that children love this project - especially if they like Harry Potter.The invention of quidditch for the books, is a great example of a sport being invented. We had no concept of the game before JK Rowling invented it for the book.I usually discuss different sorts of sports and what is necessary to do/play them. This gets the children thinking about the rules, field and requirements for doing sport.I usually ask a question like, ' how would it be if we played football i
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Grades:
4th - 6th
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Create your own magical remote control
This series of worksheets guides children through the process of creating a magical remote control.They are asked to think about what they would like more or less of and make a mindmap about this.They will then sketch their design, showing what it does and what the knobs and dials are for.Their next step is to wrie the user manual, when they are asked to consider how to explain to someone else the steps take to turn it on, how it gets electricity and so on.Finally the child will make a life size
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Grades:
5th - 7th
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How light travels through the eye - Differentiated Organizer
Learning Intention: To understand how light travels through the eye, the form and function of parts of the eye.This is a highly effective way of engaging students and ensuring deep learning.After teacher instruction or after given text on the topic students cut out the cards and then paste them into the correct place on the organizer template. For an activity that is a bit more FUN try this:1) Put the answer slide up on the board for 30 seconds for students to read - no pens - just reading!2) St
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Grades:
10th - 12th, Adult Education
Forest Animal Life Swap
This set of worksheets is designed for gifted children in grade 4 and 5. The tasks are structured around Bloom's Taxonomy and present increasingly layered tasks for children to complete.Children should be able to work independently with the help of a computer or books to research information about animals.Each task is fully described, and I have found my students have enjoyed completing the tasks.
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Grades:
4th - 6th
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Performance Management Policy (editable resource)
Performance Management is a process to support the development of all teachers, to improve teaching and learning and to support school improvement and raise standards of attainment. • The policy covers all teachers except those in their induction year who are covered by separate procedures.
Grades:
PreK - 12th, Staff
Writing Checklist : Before turning 8
a checklist for your child on which he can put goals and wishes to achieve by the age of 8.It is like a challenge which makes life focused and which allows children to know the importance of achievements before a period of time and especially a fairly considerable time interval.
Grades:
PreK - 7th
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