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Writing-expository webquests for GATE
Westward Expansion Wagon Project for Oregon Trail Unit
Westward Expansion Wagon Project for Oregon Trail Unit – This creative and hands-on project is a wonderful opportunity for students to show their understanding of pioneers moving west. Learners will create a covered wagon out of construction paper, cardboard, and a shoebox. The bonnet of the wagon will include: • A map of the Oregon or California Trail • A model of a labeled wagon • A list of chores on the trail • A list of entertainment on the trail • Pictures and captions of 4 maj
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Also included in: Westward Expansion Project Bundle
Thanksgiving WebQuest (Printable Booklet)
This is a printable booklet about the First Thanksgiving. Your students will need to access the internet. If you want a digital version, click here!This is a wonderful resource. I have used it for years. The children love being able to navigate it on their own, but aren't so crazy about just doing a regular old worksheet so, I created a booklet that corresponds to this website. It is fun and educational. The students will have to reread, listen to text, and comprehend nonfiction text in order to
Grades:
3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Holiday Activities Bundle
Winter Holidays Around the World: A WebQuest
The Winter WebQuest will take students around the world to research winter holidays celebrated by a variety of cultures! Students will be exposed to:
* Christmas
* Hogmanay
* Chahar Sanbeh Suri (Festival of Fire)
* Kwanzaa
* Hanukkah
* Pancha Ganapati
A worksheet is provided for students to record their findings. Students are then asked to write a short newspaper article about one of the holidays they researched and draw a picture to go along with it. This is an exciting way for students to ex
Grades:
6th - 9th
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Mock Trial Preparation and Script
This product includes graphic organizers to help your students gather ideas and information to present in a formal trial-like manner. You can use any literature story or informational text with this packet. Put a character or a historical figure on trial for crimes they've committed. The possibilities are endless!You will receive:Printable pages that can be used to create a packet specialized for both the Prosecution team and the Defense Team.A script to help move the trial along in a manner tha
Grades:
4th - 8th
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Westward Expansion Project Bundle
Westward Expansion Project Bundle - This bundle includes three fun and engaging projects about Westward Expansion. Students will gain valuable researching skills while also developing their presentation, writing, reading comprehension, and interpersonal skills. ABC’s of Moving West– This creative project asks students to work in groups to create an ABC book about the Oregon Trail and Westward Expansion. Learners will identify several important and meaningful words associated with their assi
Grades:
3rd - 6th
LEGO Writing Prompts 4th Grade STARR
Engage your kinesthetic learners during your writing block!!
I teach Gifted students and the vast majority are kinesthetic learners. I had to find a way to engage them in writing. One day, during a design challenge a light bulb went off in my head! Why not incorporate building and writing? So, I came up with the idea!
You will need Legos or other building blocks. I had parents donate them. I have small containers (purchased from the dollar store) full of legos for partners or groups of
Grades:
3rd - 5th
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Lesson Plan: This I Believe
"This I Believe" is a long-running program that began with Edward R. Murrow. This lesson plan, by exploring student's own beliefs, assists students in better understanding themselves in this complex and challenging world. The plan includes
* 7 required readings
* audio links
* teacher resources
* vocabulary, quiz, glossary, and key
* writing prompt
* rubric
* images
and more. See the preview table of contents for more details.
This plan should take two weeks to complete.
Grades:
6th - 12th
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The Pearl Harbor Attack: Multiple Accounts of the Same Event Webquest
CCSS.RI.5.6, CCSS.W.5.2.A-E*FULLY UPDATED DECEMBER 2022*This is a webquest activity that has students analyze six different accounts of the attack at Pearl Harbor and find similarities and differences among the accounts. The accounts of this event are in a variety of formats, from multiple sources (a video recording of a radio address, survivor journals and video accounts, a timeline, and photographs of a Japanese account). Students will determine whether each document is a firsthand or secondha
Grades:
5th - 8th
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Current Event Template
This ready to print template is for recording and reporting current events. Two versions are included, one with directions and one without. Also included are two graphic organizers that can be used to take notes when students are reading through an article. This is a great activity for early finishers or for a GATE project. It can be used as practice for gathering data from informational texts.
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Grades:
4th - 8th
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Gifted and Talented GATE WRITING COLLECTION 122 Pages
Get six highly rated GATE writing lesson bundles at 33% off individual purchases. This collection is packed with variety, creativity, challenge, and the Common Core.
See the big preview! Hours and hours of class instruction and engagement!
You'll get the following bundles adaptable from 3rd through 8th grade:
Road Trip Adventure Cross-Curricular Writing Journey: Students practice all sorts of writing from graphic design to narrative to expository as they journey across the USA and create p
Grades:
3rd - 8th
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Explorer Timeline Project Using a Graphic Organizer
TEXT NOT INCLUDED This foldable graphic organizer can be used with any explorer unit. Students research explorers using outside sources, then complete this foldable project. It can be used as a component in an interactive notebook or displayed on a bulletin board. Choose which explorers you want to assign to students. I assign five for my 4th graders. This product includes 22 images of the most commonly studied explorers of North America.Follow us at:www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/thank-a-
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Also included in: 4th Grade California Social Studies Projects All Year
The First Thanksgiving Book with Depth and Complexity
The First Thanksgiving Book with Depth and Complexity {single-teacher purchase} UPDATED 11/4/18See student examples of this unit! Make sure to click right to see more.I have created another jam-packed unit to help you teach the Depth and Complexity icons and close reading to primary students. I have taken the traditional story of The First Thanksgiving and added activities for annotation, responses, and close reading. I have also included a writing activity in this unit. It includes a sequenci
Grades:
1st - 3rd
READING RESPONSE BUNDLE
A collection of my Reading Response materials will give you so many materials for responding to any novel, picture book, or basal reader! See individual product links below for more details on each individual product!
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Writing Prompts MYSTERIES ... Tips Rubrics Checklists ... Grades 4-5-6
MYSTERY Themed Creative Writing PromptsVocabulary, Guidelines, Tips for Writing, Rubrics, Checklist for Students, Word Banks 25 prompts, photographs, elements . . . and more Grades 4-5-6 WRITING PROMPTS: for Mysteries . . . NO PREP . . . WRITING . . .FREEBIE . . . Four MYSTERY Writing Prompts in the Preview. . . FREE "Always something EXTRA" to help TEACH / REVIEW / PRACTICE skills in FUN ways.⭐ Click to follow TEACHING STUFF PLACE for updates and FREEBIES. ⭐*** Writing Prompts Buyers’ comm
Grades:
4th - 8th
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Yearly Writing Argumentative Informative Narrative Literary Analysis RACE more
FULL YEAR OF WRITING: EVERY MAJOR WRITING TASKNarrative, argumentative, informative (expository), literary analysis, research, and constructed response writing workshops are specifically designed for interactive learning. Great for distance and in-person teaching. Each unit has been scaffolded thoroughly to meet the needs of students working independently. Share these workshops on Google Classroom, Canvas, Schoology, or any major LMS platform. Students find these workshops easy to follow and en
Grades:
7th - 10th
Essay Writing Argumentative Informational Narrative Literary Analysis ECR SCR
FULL YEAR OF WRITING Workshops w Graphic Organizers, Templates, Samples, etc. for: Narrative, argumentative, informative (expository), literary analysis, extended & short answer constructed response, thesis statement, personal narrative, letters, and summary. Each unit is highly scaffolded! Advanced and on-target students can work independently, giving you freedom to work closely with struggling students. Students find these workshops easy to follow and engaging, parents can easily understa
Grades:
6th - 9th
Native American Project - Compare and Contrast
This Native American Project is a fun way to compare and contrast Native American Indians in different regions. I have also included a second version to compare and contrast Native American Tribes.
This product includes:
- visual sample of project
- how I teach the unit
- sample anchor charts
- tips and different options for project
- student samples
- project description sheets for students
- copies for headings, maps, note taking, and rubrics (two versions)
- teacher sample to be assembled
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Grades:
4th - 6th
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Research Logs - Gifted and Talented Projects -7 Units
Independent Research Logs
Topics Include:
Arctic
Tundra
Desert
Ocean
Rainforest
Grassland
Students are expected to:
Create a list of topics they'd like to study
Choose one of those topics to research
Generate open-ended questions about the topic
Locate sources to find the answers to their questions
Take notes and cite their sources
Focus their research
Write a report / draft
Create a product to show their learning
Grades:
1st - 6th
Penguins QR Codes Nonfiction Task Cards
Is your class researching Penguins? Here's a fun penguin web quest using QR codes! --Included--6 Penguin Task Cards with question and QR code to scan to find answerAnswer Recording SheetMini Poster for How to Scan a QR CodePlease preview before downloading! --Product Notes--You will need a mobile device and free QR code reader app to use.This resource is included in my January Bundle.--Related Products--Try decodable reading passages for free! Sign up for my mailing list for a free set of decoda
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1st - 4th
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Age of Exploration: Explorer Research Book Template and Tasks (DIGITAL)
This is a Research Book Template which works great in a unit on the Age of Exploration. It supports all stages of the research/ writing process. This was designed with Google Classroom in mind. There are a total of 7 tasks to walk students through the research process (including prompts and examples). There are also digital research book templates as well. This resource also works well as an enrichment activity for G.A.T.E. students or early finishers!The resource includes an "Explorer Gallery
Grades:
4th - 6th
Primary Sources Collection -- Complete Lessons with All You Need! 144 Pages
Best practices in history and 21st Century learning through primary sources, the Common Core, critical thinking, expository writing, public speaking, creative projects—they’re all here!THIS IS A VERY POPULAR, SOMEWHAT SMALLER, VERSION OF AN EVEN LARGER BUNDLE.You get five sets of bundled primary sources lessons—145 pages of lessons and materials in all—and a nice savings over buying the bundles individually. Each activity comes with explanations, guides, ready-to-print activity sheets, graphic
Grades:
4th - 12th
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Standards Based 6-Traits Writing Elements (revising/editing)
NEWLY UPDATED!!
An Interactive student Guide to build self-efficacy in 6-Trait Text Revising and Editing. Ready to use for lessons with printables for Students. The guides includes a process with steps that will guide students through each of the 6 traits of writing (i.e., ideas & content, sentence fluency, word choice, organization, voice, conventions) for 6-8th grade.
The new updated version includes both color and black and white pages, a fun design, and all the same helpful content!
Grades:
5th - 10th
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Jamestown Virtual Field Trip
Looking for ways to engage your students in digital project based learning. This resource transforms your students into interpretive park rangers who will be asked to conduct research about Historic Jamestowne on their virtual field trip.They will stand at places of significance within the site, conducting their research as they go and becoming familiar with the people and history of Jamestowne in the process. In the end, they will be given the opportunity to investigate a topic for further stud
Grades:
4th - 5th
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Also included in: Early American History Growing Bundle
Independent Study Project Guide
How many times have you heard the words, “I’m finished, Ms. Teacher,” from students who consistently complete assignments quickly and correctly? How many times have you scrambled to find activities that engage these students for the class period while challenging their learning and fostering their intellectual curiosity? This guide allows students to learn about their individual topics, how to synthesize information, and improve their writing skills and research skills… independently.
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
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