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Common Core RL.2.7 resources for GATE under $5
Little Island Primary Gifted and Talented Social-Emotional Values and Identity
We use this Caldecott Award Winning book to address social-emotional standards for primary gifted students. Not just a social-emotional unit, we answer critical thinking questions, explore literary theme and other ideas, and create a fun island adventure using a grid.
Great stuff for our youngest gifted learners: It’s hands-on, requires critical thinking, and good fun.
NAGC Learning and Development Standards
1.1 Self-Understanding. Students with gifts and talents demonstrate self-knowledge
Grades:
K - 3rd
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The Crayon Man Picture Book Companion and Activities
Save yourself time with this Print and Go Book Companion for The Crayon Man by Natascha Biebow. This story of Edwin Binney, the inventor of Crayola crayons, teaches children in second through fourth grades about the history of one of the most beloved art supplies. ⭐This picture book illustrates that necessity is the mother of invention as it relates that crayons were originally made because children and teachers needed affordable and reliable art supplies. ⭐The Crayon Man encourages children to
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Grades:
2nd - 4th
Also included in: National Crayon Day: Crayon Fiction and Nonfiction Book Companion Bundle
Flight School Book Companion - Perseverance Activities - Growth Mindset
Flight School is a great book to share with your students to talk about perseverance. It is the story of a persistent penguin who has the soul of an eagle and is determined to fly. This book companion is jam-packed with resources that provide opportunities for your students in grades 2-4 to think critically and creatively, analyze the author's craft, and make connections to self and the real world. This Flight School Book Companion aims to help students develop advanced readers' skills in analyz
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Locomotive by Brian Floca - Primary GATE Unit with Caldecott STEAM!
Another amazing Caldecott book and another load of opportunities across the curriculum for our primary GATE kids: hands-on and participatory activities, critical thinking, creativity, art and graphic design, and always best practices in gifted education. I’ve used this unit with 2nd graders, and it will definitely stretch to 3rd grade GATE.
You get 35+ pages of instructions, critical thinking questions and activities, and ready-to-print student activity sheets—assuredly more than you’ll ever
Grades:
2nd - 4th
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"The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey" Literature Study Grades 2-4
This Common Core aligned literature study is based on the touching book "The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey" by Susan Wojciechowski. This unit includes vocabulary, dictionary and comprehension skills. Activities also include comparing and contrasting, making predictions and inferences, grammar, mind mapping, cause and effect and writing both narrative and informational text. An art project is also included. This book is sure to touch the heart of every student. Great for GATE and home sch
Grades:
2nd - 4th
The Oldest Student Picture Book Biography Companion and Activities
Teach your kiddos the story of Mary Walker, the oldest student in the U.S., who learned to read at 116 years old. This Print and Go Book Companion for The Oldest Student, is a favorite to share with your students at the beginning of the year.WHY YOU NEED THIS THE OLDEST STUDENT BOOK COMPANION: ⭐This comprehensive book companion promotes critical and creative thinking. Best of all, it illustrates the values of perseverance, resilience, and lifelong learning.This The Oldest Student Picture Book
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K - 5th
Also included in: Biography Picture Book Companion Bundle - Lit Guides
Thesaurus and Poetry Writing Robert Frost's Dust of Snow Early & Middle Grades
Raise students' thesaurus skills to incredible heights using Robert Frost's poem "Dust of Snow." Your students will love the gorgeous visuals included to awaken all of their senses. This lesson is perfect for early elementary and middle elementary students who need to develop their thesaurus skills and address poetry standards. They'll rewrite Frost's poem using what they gained from the thesaurus work they've done, creating fabulous poems based on the mentor text.Using the provided discussion g
Grades:
2nd - 4th
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The Invisible Boy Book Companion - Empathy | Belonging | Friendship Activities
The Invisible Boy is a great book to share with your students to build classroom community and to explore the themes of Empathy, Belonging, Friendship and Kindness. This is the story of Brian, a shy boy who feels like he is invisible and has no friends. He doesn’t call attention to himself and isn’t picked for teams or invited to parties. But when a new boy Justin joins the class, Brian discovers a friend and doesn’t feel so invisible anymore. This book companion is jam-packed with resources tha
Grades:
2nd - 4th
When Grandma Gives You a Lemon Tree Picture Book Companion and Activities
50% off 48 hrs! When Grandma Gives You a Lemon Tree is the perfect picture book to teach your kids about Gratitude, lemon trees, and giving back to the community. This Print and Go Book Companion promotes critical and creative thinking. It teaches students to analyze and interpret literature and develops comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills. HOW YOU CAN USE THIS RESOURCE:✅ During Book Clubs or Literature Circles✅ In a classroom center✅ As activities for Early Finishers✅ Great for a Su
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Grades:
1st - 4th
CALDECOTT BOOK ACTIVITIES Set II Literature Extension Critical Thinking GATE
Continue the fun from STORY SLEUTHS I with 4 more weeks of critical thinking fun. STORY SLEUTHS II is a 1 month, critical thinking project based on Caldecott Award winning books. Your students will use text features, illustrations, and context to determine which Caldecott Award winning book is described by the set of clues. By involving your students in this project, you will exercise their deductive reasoning, analysis, evaluation, and problem solving skills. This unit is CCSS aligned. Students
Grades:
K - 4th
Curious George Gets a Medal for Primary GATE and Advanced Groups
Another classic picture book lesson bundle from Portable Gifted and Talented:
Hands-on literacy, critical thinking, cross-curricular, creative and visual – best practices for your 21st Century primary advanced and gifted groups and Common Core State Standards referenced. This lesson bundle is great for kindergarten and 1st grade and would be a great extension activity for larger groups in 2nd grade.
Level: KG and 1st advanced or gifted; 2nd whole group
Time: four hours and more
Critical Th
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K - 2nd
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Also included in: Gifted and Talented SURVIVAL KIT Bundle -- 235 pages, big discount!
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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Martha Speaks - Classic Picture Books for Primary GATE
In this bundle of lessons for Jane Meddaugh’s classic, students will actually have Martha speaking with their paper bag puppets. Like all the Primary GATE literacy units at Portable Gifted and Talented, this is fun, hands-on, participatory, and full of critical thinking challenges for your younger thinkers. Of course, you get the Common Core State Standards references, too. We’re not just barking into the wind here!
Critical Thinking Questions: more than you’ll ever need with a focus on exp
Grades:
1st - 3rd
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Balderdash! John Newbery Picture Book Biography Companion and Activities
Teach your kiddos the history of children's picture books with this Print and Go Book Companion for Balderdash!, the story of John Newbery. John was the first publisher of children’s picture books and the namesake of the Newbery Medal for children’s literature. ⭐Best of all, this picture book companion promotes critical and creative thinking. It teaches students to analyze and interpret literature and develops comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills. HOW YOU CAN USE THIS RESOURCE:✅A stud
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
Primary GATE with Caldecott -- The House in the Night
The House in the Night gives us a wonderful opportunity to challenge primary level gifted learners—in language and poetry, critical and metaphorical thinking, visually, and artistically.
In this lesson, students will:
a.) discover the pattern of the poem and discuss critical thinking questions about the book,
b.) think critically about symbols, metaphors and language using a graphic organizer and class discussion,
c.) construct a personalized cumulative pattern poem,
d.) And thoughtfully i
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
CALDECOTT BOOK ACTIVITIES Set III Literature Extension Critical Thinking GATE
STORY SLEUTHS III provides 4 more weeks of critical thinking fun in a project based on Caldecott Award winning books. Your students will use text features, illustrations, and context to determine which Caldecott Award winning book is described by the set of clues. By involving your students in this project, you will exercise their deductive reasoning, analysis, evaluation, and problem solving skills. This unit is CCSS aligned. Students also enjoy great literature, learn about artistic media, and
Grades:
K - 4th
The Lie-O-Meter - A WHOLE CLASS ENRICHMENT ABOUT LYING +Literacy, STEM, Math
Having trouble with lying in the classroom or on the playground?
Social-emotional lessons, inferences, theme, characterization, STEM, fractions and geometry … all here!
Try this engaging social-emotional whole-class enrichment lesson. It’s not just about lying. The lessons are filled with standards including math and literature standards for 2nd and 3rd grades as well as a little STEM construction project.
All you will need to get started is this lesson are common school materials and th
Grades:
1st - 4th
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Also included in: Whole Group Enrichment Bundle SALE! 225p. for a Fantastic Year 40% Off
The Lifters Novel Companion
Now with digital slides for google drive for in-person or distance learning. This 35+ page novel unit is packed with NO PREP and low prep comprehension, vocabulary, analysis and story elements activities! Perfect for small group, whole group or independent work when reading The Lifters by Dave Eggers.As you read The Lifters , students will:think critically to analyze the textinfer and evaluate character traitscompare and contrast characterssequence eventsmap the story elementsillustrate cause an
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2nd - 6th
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Two Sunflowers Move in a Yellow Room Close Poetry Analysis for Younger Students
Close Reading Poetry Analysis of "Two Sunflowers Move in a Yellow Room" by Nancy Willard. Analyzing poetry is an art. How do you get better at it? Practice. Here is an easy way to teach close reading with self-guided questions that help the student gain understanding of breaking down lines of poetry.This poem pairs well with poems such as "Ah! Sun-flower" by William Blake This lends to analyzing and researching the actual author of the poem. Another theme direction could also be examining the
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Grades:
2nd - 8th
Character Deep Dive: Creative, Critical, and Ethical Thinking Worksheets
Character Deep Dive includes activities and worksheets that are designed to get your students thinking about book characters in different ways. There are opportunities for students to be creative, apply ethical reasoning, and think critically. You can use this download with any fiction book your students are reading! These activities can be used in a variety of ways, including: early finisher activities independent work during small group rotations homework projects whole class assignments subs
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2nd - 5th
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The Cat's Purr Folktale Comprehension Test and Answer Key
This is a comprehension test with an answer key for The Cat's Purr by Ashley Bryan. This is a terrific check to see if your students understand what this little folktale is about. Just print and use. Enjoy!Please note: This is just the test and answer key. The folk tale is not included. It belongs to Mr. Ashley Bryan.
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Grades:
2nd - 3rd
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