3rd grade critical thinking english language arts resources for GATE

Balanced Literacy, Engineering, Gifted and Talented

Get ready for STEM activities with The Wild Robot by Peter Brown! In this set of challenges, students follow the adventures of Roz the robot on an island where she must adapt in order to survive. Along the way, Roz encounters many challenges which she must overcome. Your students will overcome the challenges right alongside Roz as they complete the STEM challenges that go along with this engaging read aloud. ✅ What You'll Get ✅3 Main STEM ChallengesCamouflage STEM Activity ChallengeShelter STEM

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types:

NGSS:

3-5-ETS1-3

, 3-5-ETS1-1

, 3-5-ETS1-2

Also included in: STEM Bundle of Activities and Challenges Read Aloud Books and Novels

Winter STEM Activities and Challenges with Paper ❄️ Snowflakes ❄️

Created by

Critical Thinking, Engineering, Gifted and Talented

**BEST SELLER!** Winter STEM / Snowflake STEM activities! Create a variety of snowflakes with these 3 STEM engaging challenges. For these challenges, the only material that is necessary is plain paper. This is a great companion activity if you are reading about Snowflake Bentley (Wilson Bentley).✅ What You'll Get ✅Teacher Instructions and sample imagesWarm up activities: How snowflakes form in nature (1 page informational text)Cutting practice page (if your students need it, recommended!)Which f

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Grades:

3rd - 8th

Types:

Rockin Teacher Materials by Hilary Lewis

CCSS:

4.G.A.3

NGSS:

MS-ETS1-2

, 3-5-ETS1-3

, 3-PS2-2

, 3-5-ETS1-1

, MS-ETS1-1

...

Also included in: FLASH SALE ⭐ Low Prep STEM Activities and Challenges Engineering Design Process

Winter Holidays Around the World Digital Escape Room-Christmas Updated No Google

Created by

Holidays Around the World is a fun and engaging way to introduce students to different winter holidays celebrated around the world. Each of the holidays represented has an informational paragraph about the holiday, a short video, and a game to play to find the clue for the escape room. The holidays represented are:Christmas in AmericaLas Posadas (Mexico)Kwanzaa (African inspired)Christmas in AustraliaChinese New YearDiwaliHanukkahSt. Lucia DayCheck out the preview and video to see more!How does

Subjects:

Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa, Close Reading, Informational Text

Grades:

2nd - 5th

Types:

Activities, GATE

CCSS:

CCRA.R.1

Also included in: Holiday Digital Escape Room Growing Bundle - Breakouts All Through the Year

Math Logic Puzzles: 2nd grade Enrichment - [Digital & Printable PDF]

Created by

Christy Howe

Math Logic Puzzles for 2nd grade includes 16 higher-order thinking puzzles designed to challenge and engage your high flyers and fast finishers. Your students will utilize critical thinking and problem-solving skills while building a solid understanding of essential math concepts and skills. These puzzles are available as a printable PDF and a paperless version made with Google Slides™ for virtual learning.Every activity is directly aligned with the Common Core State Standards for Math.--------

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Math, Problem Solving

Grades:

2nd - 3rd

Types:

CCSS:

...

Project Based Learning: Run A Lemonade Stand (PBL) For Print & Google Classroom

Created by

Digital Divide and Conquer

Project Based Learning for Math and ELA. Running A Lemonade Stand!This project integrates elements of math, ELA, technology, design, and planning into a student-made final product as they prepare to run a lemonade stand. This project at all of the preparation areas within Sales, Marketing, Organization, and Production that must be accounted for.There are 20 ACTIVITIES (1 page for each) for students to complete. Each page involves a problem or idea they must solve, recreate, or answer to prepar

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Holidays/Seasonal, Math

Grades:

2nd - 6th

Types:

Projects, Activities, GATE

Halloween STEM Activities | Fall STEM Activities for October | Halloween Science

Created by

Kerry Tracy Feel-Good Teaching

Halloween STEM Activities will keep your kids engaged in brain-busting work disguised as fun!This bundle includes the following 6 Halloween STEM activities:⭐ Bone Bridge® STEM Challenge Activity ⭐ Creature Catcher STEM Challenge Activity ⭐ Ghosts in the Graveyard STEM Challenge Activity ⭐ Treat Toss STEM Challenge Activity ⭐ Wings Wanted STEM Challenge Activity⭐ Halloween STEM Improv Activity (336 possible combinations!)The basic idea: In the 5 Halloween STEM Challenge Activities, students

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Engineering, Halloween

Grades:

2nd - 8th

Types:

NGSS:

K-2-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-3

, MS-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-1

, 3-5-ETS1-3

...

Goldilocks STEM Activity - Goldilocks and the Three Bears STEM Challenges

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Critical Thinking, Engineering, Gifted and Talented

What do you get when you combine fairy tales and STEM? A fun, hands-on STEM Tale! This fairy tale with a twist guides students through the engineering design process to create a new bed for Goldilocks. The storybook can be read aloud together. Students will complete it as they work through the STEM activity.The STEM ActivityYour students will help Baby Bear build Goldilocks a new bed of her own! In this story, there is a bit of a twist that will tap into SEL topics like empathy.What You'll Get:T

Subjects:

Grades:

K - 3rd

Types:

CCSS:

, RL.K.1

...

NGSS:

K-2-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-1

, 3-PS2-1

, 3-5-ETS1-3

, 3-5-ETS1-1

Also included in: Fairy Tale STEM MEGA Bundle 100+ Tasks for Fairy Tales, Fables, & Nursery Rhymes

Greek and Latin Roots Activity Pennant ✏️ 4th Grade 5th Grade Creative

Created by

Gifted and Talented, Reading, Vocabulary

Enhance your students' vocabulary with a creative and engaging Greek and Latin Roots Pennant Activity! In this hands-on morphology activity, students become active participants in their learning process. Students add words, definitions, or visuals to create their own unique representation of these 60 roots. Why learn root words?Root words are useful for strengthening vocabulary.They can help understand language (including when learning many foreign languages) and build reading skills.Roots are i

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Grades:

3rd - 12th, Adult Education

Types:

CCSS:

L.3.4c

, L.4.4b

, L.5.4b

, L.6.4b

, L.7.4b

...

Also included in: Greek and Latin Roots Pennant Activity Games BUNDLE Display Vocabulary Test Prep

Fairy Tale STEM and STEAM Activities and Challenges Makerspace Task Cards

Created by

Critical Thinking, Engineering, Gifted and Talented

Hands-on fairy tale STEM challenges that are open-ended and allow for student creativity! Students can complete all 20 STEM activities OR use the choice board and pick their challenge(s). These low prep activities are easy to set up with materials you already have, like paper, recyclables, or building bricks and blocks. Your students will be begging to do more!✅ What You'll Get ✅20 Fairy Tale STEM challenges: These can be displayed from the PDF file or from Google Slides, or printed at 4 per pag

Subjects:

Grades:

K - 3rd

Types:

Activities, GATE

NGSS:

K-2-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-3

, K-2-ETS1-1

, 3-5-ETS1-3

, 3-5-ETS1-1

...

Also included in: Fairy Tale STEM MEGA Bundle 100+ Tasks for Fairy Tales, Fables, & Nursery Rhymes

Halloween STEM Activity - Bone Bridge® - Halloween STEM Challenge

Created by

Kerry Tracy Feel-Good Teaching

The Bone Bridge® Halloween STEM activity is collaborative, brain-busting work disguised as fun! This STEM challenge goes beyond Halloween. Connect it to your science lessons on skeletal system, bridges/transportation, and/or forces (specific ideas provided in the resource). The basic idea: Students work in partners or groups against a list of criteria and constraints to build a bridge for length, strength, or capacity using simple materials. This is the first resource from Bone Bridge® STEM Ch

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Engineering, Halloween

Grades:

2nd - 8th

Types:

Close Reading, Engineering, Science

NGSS:

K-2-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-3

, MS-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-1

, 3-5-ETS1-3

...

Also included in: Halloween STEM Activities - 6 STEM Challenges - Print & Paperless

STEM Activities Projects Bundle with April Spring and Easter STEM Challenges

Created by

Tied 2 Teaching

This collection of Engineering Expeditions includes Spring STEM challenges, Spring STEM projects, and so many other STEM design challenge activities that will engage your students all year long. We understand that finding the time to incorporate STEM challenges into your curriculum can sometimes be difficult. That's why this FULL YEAR STEM BUNDLE includes MORE THAN 70 STEM DESIGN CHALLENGES, each with a close reading passage that will seamlessly allow you to tie together the curriculum by givi

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types:

Activities, GATE

FAIRY TALE STEM Activity Challenges BUNDLE Family STEM Night and Homeschool STEM

Created by

Critical Thinking, Engineering, Gifted and Talented

These fairy tale STEM activities bring a classic story alive in a hands-on way, exploring force and motion, sound, measurement, kinetic and potential energy, and more using the engineering design process to creatively problem solve. ⭐ Students will join characters like Goldilocks, Rapunzel, and Jack and the Beanstalk on 12 engineering adventures, with 48 STEM activities included. They will be challenged to use their problem-solving skills to help the characters solve an engineering dilemma! ⭐Stu

Subjects:

Grades:

K - 3rd

Types:

Projects, Activities, GATE

CCSS:

RL.1.1

, RL.1.2

, RL.1.3

, RL.1.9

, RL.2.1

...

NGSS:

K-2-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-3

, K-2-ETS1-1

Early Finishers Activities for Fast Finishers in 2nd Grade Math & Language Art

Created by

Lucky Learning with Molly Lynch

Early Finishers Language Arts & Math Activities for Fast Finishers in 2nd GradeThe words every teacher dreads…”I’m done! Now what?” Are you looking for learning tasks for your 2nd grade fast finishers?! This Language Arts and Math Early Finisher resource has 90 activities aligned to the Common Core Standards.This printable pack will allow your students to continue to work on important skills like homophones, prefixes and suffixes, graphing, fractions, expanded notation and so much MORE! Tas

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Gifted and Talented, Math

Grades:

2nd - 3rd

Types:

Critical Thinking, Math, Problem Solving

CCSS:

...

Math Logic Puzzles: 3-5 BUNDLE - [Digital & Printable PDF]

Created by

Christy Howe

This BUNDLE contains 44 Math Logic Puzzles designed to challenge and engage your high flyers and fast finishers. Your students will utilize critical thinking and problem-solving skills while building a solid understanding of essential math concepts and skills. These puzzles are available as a printable PDF and a paperless version made with Google Slides™ for virtual learning.Every activity is directly aligned with the Common Core State Standards for Math in grades 3-5.This bundle is a perfect,

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 5th

Types:

GATE, Centers

Project Based Learning: To the Rainforest! (PBL) For Print & Google Classroom

Created by

Digital Divide and Conquer

Project Based Learning: Discovery in the Rainforest! This project based learning (PBL) activity joins together Science, Math, ELA, Social Studies, and Technology.This project integrates elements of science, math, ELA, social studies, ELA, and technology into a student-made product. It will combine student imagination, creativity, and problem solving skills as they travel through a rainforest.There are 15 activities (1 page for each) for students to complete. Each page involves a problem or id

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Math, Science

Grades:

2nd - 6th

Types:

Projects, Activities, GATE

2nd Grade Money & Coins Activities Games, Centers, Counting Money Word Problems

Created by

Keep 'em Thinking with Susan Morrow

Your kids will love these money activities that involve students in real-world applications involving counting money, solving money word problems, showing monetary amounts in different ways, and more! More than just worksheets, this money unit for 2nd grade and 3rd grade includes 15 challenging yet fun money centers, games, and activities to keep your kiddos excited about learning to count money in different ways. If you're looking for a resource in which students must use mathematical reasoning

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Gifted and Talented, Math

Grades:

2nd - 3rd

Types:

GATE, Games, Centers

Also included in: 2nd Grade Money Math Games, Projects, Task Cards, Warm-Ups Activities Bundle

STEM Challenges for use with LEGO® or Building Blocks:120 Task Cards/Journal

Created by

Tales and Teacherisms

Hands-on activities with building blocks challenges for the win! Engage and motivate kids on the daily basis! Use for morning tubs, recess bins, STEAM/STEM time, and at-home or distance learning! Your students will be begging for more!Enjoy 120 engaging and motivating building blocks STEAM/STEM challenge task cards that promote critical thinking skills! There are 120 exciting challenges, each on their own card, in black and white for easy printing. Pick and choose the challenges you and your stu

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Engineering, Robotics

Grades:

2nd - 5th

Types:

GATE, Printables

Also included in: STEM Challenges! 25 STEM Product BUNDLE for use with LEGO® or Building Bricks

Westward Expansion Wagon Project for Oregon Trail Unit

Created by

Simon Says School

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

Subjects:

Informational Text, U.S. History, Writing-Expository

Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types:

Research, Projects, GATE

Also included in: Westward Expansion Project Bundle

Gifted & Talented Daily Challenge Bundle - Vol 1 - Math & ELA Extension Tasks

Created by

Kimberly Jayne Creates

12 daily challenge resources that are perfect extension activities for gifted and talented students. Gifted and talented students thrive on daily challenge, and are often deep thinkers. With Google Slides, powerpoint and task cards in both colour and ink saving black and white they are sure to save teacher lots of time preparing enrichment activities for their gifted and talented students. Great for early finishers activities! This growing bundle Daily Challenge Activities for Gifted and Talente

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Gifted and Talented, Problem Solving

Grades:

2nd - 6th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, GATE

Halloween STEM Activity - Bat Wings Wanted Halloween STEM Challenge

Created by

Kerry Tracy Feel-Good Teaching

This Halloween STEM activity will keep your kids engaged & learning! Not doing Halloween activities this year? No problem! Just add this to a science unit on bats, life science, the physics of flight, or as a supplement to Stellaluna.Basic Premise:In this Halloween STEM challenge activity, students design and engineer a new set of bat wings, with the goal being to achieve maximum flight distance and/or accuracy. You can even throw in style points, if you like! It's a paper airplane challenge

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Engineering, Halloween

Grades:

2nd - 8th

Types:

Critical Thinking, Math, Problem Solving

NGSS:

K-2-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-3

, MS-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-1

, 3-5-ETS1-3

...

Also included in: Halloween STEM Activities - 6 STEM Challenges - Print & Paperless

THINK! Math Enrichment Activities (grades 3-4)

Created by

Christy Howe

The math enrichment activities included are an engaging way to challenge your little geniuses and fast finishers. Your students will utilize critical thinking and problem solving skills while building a deep and solid understanding of various math concepts. Each of the 16 printable activities offers an interesting, non-routine way to explore essential math concepts and skills. * This enrichment packet is designed for 3rd and 4th-grade students performing at or above grade level. *Check out THI

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 4th

Types:

Critical Thinking, For All Subject Areas, Gifted and Talented

CCSS:

...

Passion Projects that are Primary Friendly

Created by

Teach With Ashley

Looking for a Passion Project or Genius Hour resource that is primary friendly? You've found it! This resource includes planning pages and note taking pages geared towards younger learners who are just beginning to read. Visuals provide students with the scaffolds and confidence to work independently. This resource is not a step by step guide to how to implement passion projects or genius hour. If you're interested in how I implement passion projects in my classroom, click here . There are man

Subjects:

Grades:

1st - 4th

Types:

Projects, GATE, Printables

Who Would Win? Independent Animal Research Project- Digital or Non-Digital!

Created by

Stop and Smell the Roses

Now includes an editable Googles Slides option for students along with a printable option that can be sent to students digitally! Perfect for distance learning!My students LOVE books from Scholastic’s Who Would Win? series and I wanted an extension project that allowed them to research their own animals to create their own Who Would Win? book. The book is a total of 10 pages that include the following:Page 1- Title page showing the two animals and a picture of eachPage 2- Scientific name of the

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Gifted and Talented, Informational Text

Grades:

3rd - 5th

Types:

Research, Projects, GATE

CCSS:

RI.3.4

, RI.3.5

, RI.3.10

, RI.4.4

, RI.4.9

...

Rapunzel Fairy Tale STEM Activity ⚙️ Engineering ⚙️ Rapunzel Escapes the Tower

Created by

Critical Thinking, Engineering, Gifted and Talented

Once upon a time...Rapunzel decided she could rescue herself! Your students will work collaboratively while following the engineering design process in this fairy tale STEM activity. They will help Rapunzel build an escape path so she can get out of her tower and see the world. She can do it herself (with your students' help)!✅ What You'll Get ✅Instructions and sample images8-page story book that guides students through the engineering design process (Ask - Imagine - Plan - Create - Improve). Th

Subjects:

Grades:

1st - 3rd

Types: