3rd grade environment resources for Easel Activities and for GATE

Ecosystems Depth and Complexity Games Only

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Teach ecosystems in an engaging way using games! This packet will have kids answering comprehension questions, participating in collaborative conversations with peers, taking turns, and writing details about ecosystems! Students will have the opportunity to play a fun board game about ecosystems where they must share opinions as well as information about particular ecosystems. Additionally, kids will play "Eco Roll" where they roll the die and give facts and details about different ecosystems

Subjects:

Environment, Gifted and Talented, Science

Grades:

2nd - 6th

Types:

GATE, Games

Descriptive Writing - Dragonflies and Damselflies

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The Gifted Writer

23 descriptive writing printable or digital pages of dragonflies and damselflies: the eyes, mouth, head, body and wings. Notice that the dragonfly keeps its wings out to the side when at rest while the damselfly folds its wings behind its back. Notice the claspers at the end of a dragonfly’s body, and the segments that stretch from one end to the other. Notice the enormous eyes on their head, and the hairs that poke out between them. Notice the bulging chest and over-sized mouth. Notice the four

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Environment, Writing-Expository

Grades:

3rd - 8th

Types:

GATE, Homework, Printables

CCSS:

W.3.2

, W.4.2

, W.5.2

, W.6.2

, W.7.2