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Common Core RI.3.2 resources for GATE
Project Based Learning Activities: Social Studies PBL BUNDLE
Save 20% with this ancient civilizations bundle, which includes an Ancient Greece PBL, Ancient Egypt PBL, Ancient China PBL, and Ancient Rome PBL. These PBLS are a social studies project based learning activity (PBL) that results in a research and making real-life decisions, all while learning more about this ancient civilization, developing 21st-century skills, communicating, and designing. These PBLs are self-differentiating, meaning that students have the ability to work at their own pace and
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3rd - 5th
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3rd, 4th, 5th Grade Early Finishers Activities - ELA Enrichment -Print & Digital
If you teach 3rd, 4th, or 5th-grade ELA, early finisher activities for your gifted and talented students will save your sanity! These print and digital enrichment activities will prevent frequent interruptions throughout the day. With these ready-to-use challenges, you'll no longer hear "What do I do now?" Ignite the minds of your 3rd, 4th, and 5th-grade students with these captivating ELA Early Finisher Enrichment Activities!Keep high-achieving students motivated and engaged in your ELA class w
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Project Based Learning Activity: Ancient Egypt Social Studies PBL
This interactive PBL activity puts your students in the shoes of a museum curator designing an authentic Ancient Egyptian museum experience!Ancient Egyptian Museum is a social studies project based learning activity (PBL) that results in a commercial to entice potential guests. Along the way, students will research, make real-life decisions, all while learning more about this ancient civilization, developing 21st-century skills, communicating, and designing. This PBL is self-differentiating, mea
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in:Â Project Based Learning Activities: Social Studies PBL BUNDLE
Project Based Learning Activity: Ancient Rome Social Studies PBL
This PBL puts your students in the shoes of an Roman creating a product and advertising it in the Forum at Ancient Rome!Ancient Roman Forum is a social studies project based learning activity (PBL) that results in an oral speech advertising to other Ancient Romans. Along the way, students will research, make real-life decisions, all while learning more about this ancient civilization, developing 21st-century skills, communicating, and designing. This PBL is self-differentiating, meaning that stu
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in:Â Project Based Learning Activities: Social Studies PBL BUNDLE
Project Based Learning Activity: Ancient China Social Studies PBL
This PBL puts your students in the shoes of an Ancient Chinese newspaper creator!This Ancient China newspaper PBL is a social studies project based learning activity (PBL) that results in a newspaper that is engaging and intriguing to readers. Along the way, students will research, make real-life decisions, all while learning more about this ancient civilization, developing 21st-century skills, communicating, and designing. This PBL is self-differentiating, meaning that students have the ability
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in:Â Project Based Learning Activities: Social Studies PBL BUNDLE
Golden Gate Bridge STEM Challenge STEM Across America with Close Reading
STEM challenge activities are so much fun. But, finding the time to incorporate design challenges into your curriculum can be difficult. The Golden Gate Bridge Design Challenge is part of the STEM Across America with CLOSE READING series. It seamlessly allows you to tie together the curriculum by giving you rigorous text dependent questions that go with a high interest reading passage in addition to the fun STEM activity! Study America's National Landmarks and let the STEM adventure begin!WH
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in:Â STEM Activities Projects Bundle with April Spring and Easter STEM Challenges
Current Events Report
This template can be used as a graphic organizer for any newspaper, magazine, or nonfiction article. It is a wonderful activity to have on hand for enrichment, and most local newspapers will deliver free to schools if you request papers for your class. I use this activity for early finishers and always a folder full on hand along with a basket of newspaper articles for the students to choose from. Bring the real world into your classroom with current events!
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1st - 9th
1st Week Literacy Enrichment - Hands-on and Challenging Fun
We reach all students, no matter their ability!
In this lesson, we work with primary source photos to develop strong reading skills—citing key details, making inferences, determining message or theme, and establishing historical context. Your students will be engaged and invited to be creative as they make origami book marks and write empowering messages about reading.
Hands-on and highly participatory enrichment!
This school year we’re working on filling up the portable with whole-class
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in:Â Creativity Bundle for GATE Gifted and Talented and ALL
Finding the Titanic Close Reading and Writing Prompt Multiple Perspectives
This is a Close Reading activity to be used with Finding the Titanic, by Robert Ballard. There is also a writing lesson using Multiple Perspectives. Included is a page of text-evidence close reading questions, Multiple Perspective cards, a graphic organizer for writing and a "newspaper" type paper for publishing.
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3rd - 5th
Island of the Blue Dolphins Summative Project Choice Boards
This is a summative project based learning choice board. With 9 different student choice options, students are able to create a project that showcases their reading comprehension, creativity, and interests. Projects include writing, filming, presenting, creating diorama and 3d models. Each project has a google slide page that describes the expectations. My 3rd and 4th GATE students love this project, and it is wonderful to provide them authentic opportunities to showcase their unique talents as
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3rd - 6th
Who Was/Is...? Editable Reading Response Packet
I love using the Who Was/Is…? books in small reading groups and I wanted a way to hold students accountable for their reading, so I created this reading response packet to go with any book in the series. This resource contains six graphic organizers made to go with the book series Who Was...? or Who Is...? You decide how you want to break up the chapters in the book by either editing the Google Slides provided or by printing out the pdf of the student packet and writing the chapters you choose.
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3rd - 6th
Integrated STEM & Close Reading | Groundhog Day STEM Challenge
In this Groundhog Day themed STEM challenge, students figure out multiple ways to pop a "groundhog" up out of his "burrow," and then they must accurately measure his shadow using centimeters.This activity challenges students to call on most of the Standards of Mathematical Practices, as well as to write clearly for a specific purpose. It puts accurate measurement and data recording into real-life practice. Groundhog Day is an opportunity to discuss hibernation, seasons, and folklore. Here's a
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in:Â Integrated STEM & Close Reading | STEM Challenges BUNDLE
Ruby Bridges Biography Interactive Activity - Learning About Black History
This Ruby Bridges Interactive Activity introduces your students to this great leader of the civil rights movement in a fun and engaging way. This fully interactive biography has students read (or listen to) an animated biography, watch a short video, read some famous quotes, read some fun facts, and then take a quiz to check for understanding. This is a perfect activity for a 35-45 minute class period, leaving time for students to open computers, link, and learn about a person from history.Assig
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in:Â Black History Biographies Bundle Interactive Learning Upper Grades
Jefferson Memorial STEM Challenge STEM Across America with Close Reading
STEM challenge activities are so much fun. But, finding the time to incorporate design challenges into your curriculum can be difficult. The Jefferson Memorial Design Challenge is part of the STEM Across America with CLOSE READING series. It seamlessly allows you to tie together the curriculum by giving you rigorous text dependent questions that go with a high interest reading passage in addition to the fun STEM activity! Study America's National Landmarks and let the STEM adventure begin!WH
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in:Â STEM Activities Projects Bundle with April Spring and Easter STEM Challenges
Nonfiction Sequential Passage - History of the Teddy Bear
If all you want is a two-page, well written nonfiction passagethat highlights academic vocabulary, then go no further, this is the product for you!The creation of the teddy bear, as we know it today, is a story that includes a charming combination of honor, diligence, creativity, respect, and humility.Students of all ages will LOVE IT!This passage exemplifies both a chronological or sequential text structureas well as cause and effect, however, you can easily use it to find evidence, main ideas,
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3rd - 5th
Enrichment/Extension Esperanza Rising - Human Rights Padlet
After a novel study or reading of Esperanza Rising, this is a padlet of extension/enrichment activities. It is a great project for early finishers. (It is not a novel study for chapters, it is activities after completing the novel.) The file is the link to the padlet with simple directions to use with Google Classroom and TinkerCad--both free resources that are great technology additions to any classroom! This resource is intended for classrooms already utilizing the Google Classroom platform.St
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3rd - 6th
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Bonding with Friends: Carbon (Rhyming STEM Nonfiction Story & Facts, NGSS/CCSS)
Rhyming STEM story about the Carbon atom and how it bonds by "holding hands" to form molecules. Informational science text that covers NGSS and CCSS standards in a fun way through poetry with an educational appendix of fun facts and examples of carbon in everyday life. Kindergarten students will enjoy the colorful illustrations and short story while 6th graders can learn about chemical reactions and conservation of mass with illustrations showing these atoms holding hands to make it simple to un
Integrated STEM & Close Reading | STEM Challenges BUNDLE
Save time and increase engagement with these STEM / STEAM resources which integrate critical skills in literacy and engineering.I've created this bundle so that teachers can purchase all TIME FOR STEM resources at a lower bundle price. I will be adding more seasonal, holiday, and content area themed TIME FOR STEM units. The price of the bundle will increase as I add components, but you will have full access to all bundle components at no extra cost if you purchase the bundle earlier.Here's a p
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3rd - 5th
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All Access Class Enrichment - Summary Writing w Primary Sources + GATE Metaphors
Success in summary writing can come with a bit more fun, visual challenge, and a bit of mystery in primary sources.
All good students—from 1st grade to graduate school--must master summary writing. Let’s add critical thinking skills, creativity, and a bit of history mystery to this whole class enrichment opportunity! A metaphor-building summary and 3D design lesson for advanced and gifted learners (or everyone!) is included in this bundle as well. A few other extension tasks are offered as w
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3rd - 6th
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Challenging Informational Text Independent Study
Looking for a way to engage and challenge your highest learners during your informational text unit? Look no further!I created this project to use with my GT 4th grade students who had pre-tested out of text structure. I knew I had to create something that they could move through on their own (since I am not always in the classroom), but that would still require critical thinking. I love this project because it allows for choice from the student (they get to choose the text to read), but will
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3rd - 4th
Daylight Savings Time Mini Book
Ready, Set, Go! Spring Forward, Fall Back: Daylight Savings Time Mini Book, K/W/L, Coloring Page, One Page Essay, Making Connections Graphic Organizer, Timeline of Sequence of Events, Anchor Charts, and Build a Clock Color & Cut Craftivity! November 4th set your clocks back!
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