Kindergarten english language arts laboratories for GATE

This unit, by Kim Adsit and Kim Jordano, provides 4 different activities for 6 popular nursery rhymes. This unit contains activities for the following Nursery Rhymes:• Itsy Bitsy Spider• Hickory Dickory Dock• Hey Diddle, Diddle• Jack and Jill• Baa Baa Black Sheep• Humpty DumptyFor each Nursery Rhyme there are 4 activities:• Nursery Rhyme Journal page…These pages have rebus type text for easy repeated reading.• Nursery Rhyme Craftivities…Fun and engaging crafts for each of the nursery rhymes.• Nu

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PreK - 1st

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Also included in: Nursery Rhyme Bundle by Kim Adsit and Kinderbykim

Storytime STEM by Kim Adsit and Kimberly Jordano

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This unit, by Kim Adsit and Kim Jordano, provides lessons for you to incorporate a STEM activity with your read aloud. The first few pages give an overview of the steps you will need to take to successfully incorporate real world problems, identified in the literature, into a STEM activity.There are 11 different selections of literature included:1. The Three Pigs2. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr.3. If the Shoe Fits by Allison Jackson4. The Biggest, Best Snowman by Margery Cuyler5. Who

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PreK - 1st

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Keep 'em Thinking with Susan Morrow

Common Nouns Which One Doesn't Belong? Classifying Vocabulary Activities

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These Which One Doesn't Belong? Common Noun Task Cards and worksheets are a fun way to incorporate critical thinking while teaching Vocabulary Acquisition and Use and Negation in Speech Therapy.Your kiddos will have great conversations as there can be more than one correct answer. This activity is great for early finishers, gifted, and ELL students! Be sure to check out the PREVIEW to see more detail.MATERIALS IN THIS PRODUCT INCLUDE•Which word does not belong? – 60 task cards with pictures a

Subjects:

EFL - ESL - ELD, English Language Arts, Vocabulary

Grades:

K - 2nd

Types:

GATE, Task Cards, Centers

CCSS:

L.K.5

, L.K.5a

, L.1.5

, L.1.5a

, L.1.5b

...

Also included in: Common Nouns Vocabulary Fun Bundle - Sorting, Classifying Games & Activities

Ice Cream in a Bag Science Lab and How To Writing {cooking in the classroom}

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Literacy and Lattes

What's more fun than making your own ice cream? This simple science experiment and how to writing activity will keep your class engaged and learning while making ice cream in a bag!With this simple science lab students will:• Make observations• Write a hypothesis• Document results• Create diagrams to explain resultsThis product includes:• sequencing cards in color - perfect for pocket chart center or as visual directions• sequencing cards in black and white for easy use with how to writing temp

Subjects:

General Science, Summer, Writing

Grades:

K - 2nd

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Activities, Laboratory, Printables

Also included in: Candy Science: A Growing Bundle of Science Experiments

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

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English Language Arts, Gifted and Talented, Science

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 kindergarteners, 1st, and 2nd graders . . . but many of these lessons can also be used for middle and upper elementary kids, especially if you come into the regular classroom to teach whole-class enrichment lessons. 19 units and 419 pages of lessons!

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K - 3rd

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Unit Plans, Homeschool Curricula, GATE

Science Experiments: Science Blasters by Kim Adsit

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This packet contains the following 20 experiments/activities. There are 17 Simple Experiment Cards with response printables, 3 recipes with follow up activities, 10 graphing activities for graphing the hypothesis. The following titles name the 20 experiments/activities.Shake It! What’s in the Bag?Making MusicMouse Paint (with paint)Mouse Paint (with gel frosting)Rain PaintSecret MessagesDucks Like RainFloat or Sink PumpkinsDo Seeds Travel?VolcanoesThe Windy DayDo Whales Get Cold?Candle RacesWh

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PreK - 1st

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Lucky Learning with Molly Lynch

Early Finishers Kindergarten Activities | Fast Finishers Math Language Arts

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The words every teacher dreads…”I’m done! Now what?” Are you looking for learning tasks for your Kindergarten early finishers?! This Language Arts and Math Early Finisher resource has 50 activities aligned to the Common Core Standards.This printable pack will allow your kindergarten students to continue to work on important skills like alphabet recognition, ending sounds, shapes, number patterns and so much MORE! Tasks that they can do independently and track their own progress! Students love

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English Language Arts, Gifted and Talented, Math

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Activities, GATE, Printables

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Reading Enrichment Activities for K, 1st, and 2nd Grade Early Finishers & Gifted

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Pencils and Chalk

This set of 70 engaging, open-ended reading and language arts enrichment activities for K, 1st, and 2nd grade gifted and talented or fast finishers will boost creative writing, vocabulary, spelling, grammar, critical thinking skills and more! All of these activities are low (or no!) prep, saving you tons of time and money. No more looking for generic puzzles or word searches.... or printing extra worksheets you already used.These make great independent projects for gifted and talented students.

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, English Language Arts, Gifted and Talented

Grades:

K - 2nd

Types:

GATE, Printables

Also included in: Reading and Math Enrichment Activities for Early Finishers & Gifted Students K-5

The Three Little Pigs STEM CHALLENGE

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Sparkle in Second - Jamie Paino

Are you ready to start STEM challenges in your classroom? Or are you ready to ENHANCE your already awesome STEM lessons? This is the PERFECT packet to do so!! Your students will love making straw, stick, and brick houses. In this packet you will find a three day STEM lesson plan that corresponds with the story of the Three Little Pigs, a STEM notebook. STEM reflection sheet, and STEM reflection journals. These challenges will get your kiddos up and moving while learning. STEM challenges are the

Subjects:

Engineering, Science, Short Stories

Grades:

PreK - 3rd

Types:

Activities, GATE

Also included in: STEM Bundle Pack

Common Nouns Category Sorting & Classifying Vocabulary Games and Activities

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Keep 'em Thinking with Susan Morrow

Help your students practice sorting and classifying common nouns in a fun way with these vocabulary activities & games! Students will sort common nouns by category to teach the Common Core Standard of Vocabulary Acquisition and Use in the primary classroom. Several games are included to teach primary students to sort, classify and categorize vocabulary words and to explain how items are classified and categorized as well as the relationships between objects. Common nouns activities begin at

Subjects:

EFL - ESL - ELD, Gifted and Talented, Vocabulary

Grades:

K - 2nd

Types:

GATE, Games, Centers

CCSS:

L.K.5

, L.1.5

, L.1.5a

, L.1.5b

, L.2.5

Also included in: Common Nouns Vocabulary Fun Bundle - Sorting, Classifying Games & Activities

The Science Box - Next Generation Scientists by Kim Adsit and Adam Peterson

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This unit, The Science Box, by Kim Adsit and Adam Peterson, provides experiences to develop the Next Generation Science Standards. In this unit you will find directions to build excitement for science through a “scientist uniform” and a special celebration. It includes anchor charts for each step in the scientific method that can be used to guide your lessons. 6 different science activities for the weekly science box are included. For each activity you will find:· A Supply List· A Letter from Dr

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Grades:

PreK - 1st

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Chemistry, Informational Text, Science

Simple Science Experiments - Elephant Toothpaste! Interactive Flip Book

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Once Upon A Classroom

Get ready to WOW your students with this simple yet highly engaging science experiment. Students will explore changing states of matter as a liquid magically transforms into foam right before their eyes! Elephant Toothpaste! introduces students to two key concepts of physical science-that liquids are a state of matter and that each state of matter has its own identifiable properties. Students will also witness a chemical exothermic reaction - aka "heat". Students communicate their observat

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Grades:

K - 3rd

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Activities, Laboratory

Gummy Bear Science Inquiry Lab

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SSSTeaching

A science experiment perfect for getting students attention and getting them excited about science! What better to do that than candy?! This experiment is focused on the scientific method and is inquiry-based. The students actively participate and conduct this simple experiment with "WOW" results! Excellent way to document observation/journal writing for Common Core! This packet includes: *Scientific Method Recording Sheets *Directions for conducting the experiment *Observation sheets (o

Subjects:

Science, Tools for Common Core, Writing

Grades:

PreK - 8th

Types:

Projects, Laboratory, Lesson

Simply Science - The Scientific Method and Science Tools by Kim Adsit

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This unit, by Kim Adsit, is designed to teach primary children the scientific method and how to handle science tools. It contains:15 scripted mini lessons with all the pieces needed to conduct10 Anchor charts ready to print (no assembly)13 Centers/activities3 Experiments with easy to follow experiment cards and student response pages2 Craftivities1 Nonfiction Writing Booklet1 How To Writing Booklet1 Tree Map for Science Tools1 Science Tools Guided Reading Book written at 3 different levels of t

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Grades:

K - 2nd

Types:

Purposeful Teaching Tools

Science For All Seasons: Fall Edition

Created by

Kristen Smith

Do you want to make your Science lessons come to life? Then this is the packet for you. This unit includes 12 hands-on activities that you could use during the Fall! This packet is different from most that you buy on TpT. Instead of giving you centers and activities to print, cut out, and laminate, this packet is full of hands-on activities that you can use with your students. I completed all of these in my first grade class and my students LOVED them. Not to mention, the parents were so excit

Subjects:

Autumn, Science, Writing

Grades:

K - 2nd

Types:

Activities, Laboratory

Also included in: Science for all Seasons- The Bundle!

All About Posters with D&C Icons - {Me, Family, Class, and Book}

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Complete your own “All About Me,” “All About Our Classroom,” “All About My Family,” and “All About This Book,” Depth and Complexity Posters! This is a fun and creative way to teach and apply Depth and Complexity Icons as students share about themselves, their classrooms, their families, and any of the non-fiction books they’ve read. An innovative and Common Core friendly approach to having students complete posters for Student of the Week, Beginning of the Year, Student Inventory, and Book Repo

Subjects:

Back to School, English Language Arts, Gifted and Talented

Grades:

K - 5th

Types:

GATE, Printables, Posters

Pumpkin Jack Observation Book

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Spoutin' About First

This observation book is designed to go along with the Pumpkin Jack book written by Will Hubbell and experiment. In this file you will get the cover and book pages along with the directions for the experiement.

Subjects:

Halloween, Science, Writing

Grades:

K - 2nd

Types:

Activities, Laboratory, Printables

Pumpkin Jack Observation Log Book

Created by

Stacey Murray

This Pumpkin Jack observation Log will make it easy for your students to keep track of all the changes that Jack goes through. What's Included:4 Months of Weekly Observation Pages2 Log books will be printed per pageEach page includes:1.Weekly Log Entry Number2.Date3.Illustration/Observation Box4. Notes for students to record their observations.

Subjects:

Reading

Grades:

K - 8th

Types:

Laboratory, Printables, Graphic Organizers

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

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English Language Arts, Gifted and Talented, Science

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 PREVIEWSThese are hands-on, cross-curricular, and contain best practices for gifted education. There are even social-emotional lessons built inside. They are all kid-tested and come with great enthusiasm behind them from these little guys. You will get man

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Grades:

K - 1st

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Activities, GATE, Lesson

Oobleck Recipe and Writing and Senses Activities

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Virtually Jara

Have fun with oobleck with your students! This includes the recipe of oobleck, some questions about our senses, and a writing activity about the book, Bartholomew and the Oobleck. We can celebrate the birthday of Dr. Seuss by having this fun activity as a class!

Subjects:

Cooking, Handwriting, Writing

Grades:

K - 3rd

Types:

Activities, Laboratory

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

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Critical Thinking, English Language Arts, 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!” either. Gifted and talented learners carry similar characteristics throughout their lives—even as kindergarten and first graders. One common characteristic of gifted learners is a strong sense of justice. Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus gives us a good o

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Grades:

K - 3rd

Types:

Projects, GATE, Lesson

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

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