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3rd grade creative writing resources for Microsoft Word and for GATE
Creative Problem Solving
This original contains 31 creative problem solving activities using only supplies that can be fount in your classroom supply closet. Excellent opportunities for group work while allowing students with individual talents to shine. I was even contacted by a teacher on a US base in Germany on how to obtain the book. WOW!!!
Grades:
1st - 12th
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Second Grade Enrichment Choice Board (12 Creative Activities for School or Home)
This will be helpful in using for Enrichment in Whole Groups or Identified Gifted Students. It can also be used for Distance Learning to encourage creativity, elaboration, creative thinking, and imagination.
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1st - 3rd
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Brainstorming Activity- Print and Go Sheets
Easy to use and ready-made! This worksheet guides students through the process of planning out their essay or story. It organizes their thoughts into a easy to read chart. On this chart, students will plan out their story by answering the following questions:
- WHERE does your story take place? (setting)
- WHEN does your story happen? (setting)
- WHO is going to be in your story? (characters)
- WHAT is happening in your story? (plot/conflict)
- HOW does your story end? (resolution)
This chart
Grades:
1st - 8th
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Writing Brainstorming Activities- Print & Go Worksheets
Easy to use and ready-made! 3 brainstorming activities to help create your next writing project. The first step to creating good written work is to brainstorm ideas of what to write about. These three worksheets guide students through that process, teaching them that ideas can come from real life, from memories, or from their imagination.Included in their packet:• teacher notes on how to use each resource. • A 'How-to' Writing brainstorming sheet (guides students through the brainstorming pr
Grades:
2nd - 9th
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Charlotte's Web Novel Study
A great accompaniment to reading Charlotte's web with your class. This workbook includes chapter-by-chapter comprehension activities that engage your students in critical and creative thinking activities to deepen their understanding of this classic novel. Great for grade level students, as well as gifted readers.
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
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Response to Reading Tic Tac Toe
This is a fun game of Tic Tac Toe that engages readers in 9 activities to complete as they finish independently reading a book! Students have a month complete three activities in a row in response to thier reading, They can create a billboard, diary entries, a newspaper, a scrapbook, an interview, a timeline, a comic strip, a letter and response, and a poem. These activities increase comprehension with the use of hands on rigorous tasks. Kids love them because they're fun!
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
A Passion for Poetry
This unit can be used as a whole class unit or as a way to differentiate for specific students who show an interest and/or talent in poetry. It includes a variety of ideas, resources, choices, and examples. A number of poems are included that students can use as templates from which to write their original pieces.
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3rd - 6th
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100th Day Thinking Fun!
This packet will help your students enjoy the 100th day while still working on challenging activities. They will work hard with word choice as they write, thinking about number connections after completing a calculator activity, and doing some critical thinking as they solve problems and list words to fit a specific criteria!
Grades:
2nd - 5th
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Ancient Greek Creative Activity- Complete the Artifact
Creative, fun activity to use when learning about Ancient Greece
Could be used as a prompt for creative writing or an extension activity.
Students use their imaginations and their creative/artistic side to finish the 'broken' artifact to show what it could have been in Ancient Greek society.
They finish it by writing about what the artifact would have been and what it would have been used for.
Some examples past students have done: pottery, tools, a piece of jewelry , statue to the Gods...
Grades:
2nd - 8th
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early finisher's choice board
Have students done with work early all the time? Print and put this choice board in their seatwork folder. Students choose something to do from the menu instead of telling the teacher they have nothing to do.
Editable for your own class needs. :)
Grades:
1st - 6th
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Reading Response Tic Tac Toe Activites
This is a fun game of Tic Tac Toe that engages readers in 9 activities to complete as they finish independently reading a book! Students have a month complete three activities in a row in response to thier reading, They can create a billboard, diary entries, a newspaper, a scrapbook, an interview, a timeline, a comic strip, a letter and response, and a poem. These activities increase comprehension with the use of hands on rigorous tasks. Kids love them because they're fun!
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
Parent Information for Gifted Children
Parent and curriculum "cheat sheet" for teachers. Outlines language arts and math curriculum ideas for your classroom.
It is specific to a K-2 classroom of highly gifted children, but can be modified to fit older classrooms as well.
Copyright Carmen Mares 2015
Grades:
K - 5th
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Hollywood Here We Come! (Writing our 1st Script)
Here's your chance to have your students writing their first Hollywood type scripts. The writing activity is broken down into simple to follow, yet very descriptive steps. Once they create a 'skeleton" draft they will be able to begin writing. This activity utilizes both skill and creativity and can be differentiated to many academic skill levels, including ELD students as well as other needs that may be present in your classroom.
This takes about 25 minutes to present but will take several h
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3rd - 7th
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Two Days in May Perspective Writing
Students will look at the HM Theme 4 Story, "Two Days in May" from the perspective of the Animal Control Officer. Students will examine emotions he may have been feeling and will create a writing piece from the first person perspective (I, Me, My) based on these emotions. This writing is in conjunction with the GATE Depth and Complexity icon, Multiple Perspectives.
Grades:
3rd
Vocabulary Partner Activity - He Said/She Said
Students choose inventive characters and then create an imaginative dialogue between the characters using the target vocabulary. Students follow dialogue writing up by performing their dialogue for the class.
Grades:
3rd - 8th
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If You Give an Elementary Student a Test
Modeled after the popular book, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, attached you'll see model text from 8 gifted 1st grade writers. These creative examples will inspire your class to write brilliant cause-effect tales.
Grades:
1st - 4th
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Mystery Writing Planner
Help your intermediate students write a mystery. This organizer will walk them step-by-step through the writing process.
Grades:
3rd - 4th
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Disney/ Pixar "Up" project based learning choices
Unit assessment on conception vs. reality examined through Disney/ Pixar's "Up". Includes different assessment types for different learning styles with 4 different options. All project-based learning. Choice board used to differentiate learning.
Grades:
3rd - 6th
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Diary of a Much Missed Middle-Schooler (Third Grader, etc)
DO YOU NEED MEANINGFUL STUDENT WORK WITH EASY PREP DUE TO A MANDATED CLOSING?I created this simple yet effective diary as a take home ELA assignment for my students during our state mandated shut down 3/13/2020. Feel free to tweak it in any way to suit your population. This could be used (with some modifications) grades 1-8. My students were excited about it! This resource is easily differentiated, great for SPED, General Ed, and Gifted.
Grades:
2nd - 8th
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Common Core Writing with Books by Rhonda
This file will allow you to see each of the 7 titles I have and their correlation with the specific types of writing required by Common Core. These books are creative nonfiction in that they spread a love of history and nature with students by delving into factual knowledge along with a story line. Please feel free to contact me and use me with your students.
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Grades:
PreK - 11th
Postcards from the Edge: Writing Survival Fiction
Practice writing Survival Fiction through a series of postcards which document your characters' struggles during a survival situation. This lesson incorporates the Talents Unlimited Model and the Schoolwide Enrichment Model to create a fun and engaging creative writing lesson. It may be used independently or as part of a larger Concept-Based Unit.
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Vocabulary Continuum String Activity
Word Work Activity
Students create a chain of varying intensity using synonyms and antonymns of varying degrees.
Synonyms, Antonyms, High Level Vocabulary, Enrichment
GeniusJones
Grades:
3rd - 6th
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