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4th grade math microsofts for GATE

Magic Triangles Math Puzzles Extension Gifted & Talented

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These Magic Triangles Math Puzzles are perfect extension tasks for gifted and talented students, who thrive on daily challenges 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 teachers lots of time preparing enrichment activities for their gifted and talented students. This resource is also great for early finishers! What's included in this Magic Triangles Maths Puzzle Extension Task:➤ You will recei

Subjects:

Gifted and Talented, Math, Numbers

Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, GATE

Also included in: Gifted and Talented Daily Challenge MEGA Bundle Math & ELA Extension Tasks

STEM Kid Engineering for GATE -- FERRIS WHEELS plus Primary Sources

Created by

Portable Gifted and Talented

In this GATE engineering journey, students will each construct a very cool Ferris wheel prototype as a final product. Along the way, they will examine primary source images, read primary source history, and integrate math, engineering, and economics in a learning process which incorporates best practices in gifted and talented education for 21st Century Learners. This is a challenging engineering project—teacher guided. I used it for GATE 4th grade; however, my kids are experienced builders.

Subjects:

Applied Math, Engineering, Social Studies - History

Grades:

4th - 8th

Types:

Unit Plans, GATE, Lesson

CCSS:

5.NBT.B.7

, RI.4.1

, RI.4.3

, RI.4.7

, RI.5.7

Also included in: STEAM Class Bundle - Engineering Focus - 115+ Hours 374 pp Gifted GATE

SPIES! A GATE Adventure 18+ Contact Hours - Challenging and Engaging!

Created by

Portable Gifted and Talented

Your students will ask to stay in from recess for this. It is the most popular unit I've taught in 32 years, and it is packed with challenging critical thinking.We imagine students are training at the school for spies: mini survivor challenges, mini crossbows, a jewel heist, footprint mysteries, memory games, cipher disks, case files, messages hidden in gel caps. This unit is STEM and critical thinking at its coolest and finest, and we’ve thrown in reading, speaking and listening, and a social-

Subjects:

Applied Math, Engineering, Gifted and Talented

Grades:

4th - 7th

Types:

Unit Plans, Thematic Unit Plans, GATE

Also included in: SIMULATIONS Real-World Projects GATE Bundle Gifted

Da Vinci Parachute Prototypes -- Hands-on STEM

Created by

Portable Gifted and Talented

In this lesson, students solve geometry problems and learn background physics concepts as they build a working model of Leonardo Da Vinci’s parachute. Logic, critical thinking, a bit of Renaissance history, writing and supporting conclusions with details from a source—it’s all here too! Make this extended lesson a cross-curricular, standards-based mini-unit, or just make it a cool building activity. Pick and choose the level of commitment right for you and your students. With the suggested e

Subjects:

Engineering, Geometry, Physical Science

Grades:

4th - 8th

Types:

Projects, GATE, Lesson

Daily Math Challenge

Created by

Doctor G

Updated 2/13/14 This 56 page digital file contains 50 math challenges with answer keys. These could be used as a warm-up or a problem of the day. I use them as a warm-up with my gifted class. It gets the kids thinking and problem solving. The math challenges include: mental math math analogies mystery number logic puzzles find the order shape puzzles patterns Thanks for stopping by!

Subjects:

Geometry, Math, Other (Math)

Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Activities, GATE

STEAM Kid Engineering -- The Playable Golf Course Design Unit for GATE

Created by

Portable Gifted and Talented

In this unit, students will build a contraption to hit a small, wooden golf ball through a scaled version of a golf course which they and their classmates have designed. They’ll make a trundle wheel for measuring and marking the course, write down their scores on a scorecard, design putters, and learn background in physics through their work in the engineering and design process. The Playable Golf Course is not just fun. It’s a challenging engineering, design, and construction unit including

Subjects:

Applied Math, Engineering, Gifted and Talented

Grades:

4th - 8th

Types:

Unit Plans, Activities, GATE

Also included in: STEAM Class Bundle - Engineering Focus - 115+ Hours 374 pp Gifted GATE

Math Brain Teasers- Google Edition

Created by

Ms Third Grade

PAPERLESS BRAIN TEASERS FOR GOOGLE DRIVE Wanting to move towards a paperless classroom? Imagine using your time to plan effective lessons instead of printing, cutting, laminating, and organizing activities for early finishers! With this file you will be able to share directly with your students through your Google Classroom without ever having to hand out any paper! Contents of this set include: -125 slides -Problems vary in difficulty -Sudoku -Logic puzzles -NRICH word problems -Picture/visua

Subjects:

Math, Other (Math), Word Problems

Grades:

3rd - 8th

Types:

Activities, GATE

Carnival Game Economics PBL Project-Based Learning GATE

Created by

Portable Gifted and Talented

Smaller tasks add up to big, big learning with this gold medal standard project-based learning activity! What a sneaky cool way to learn math, economics, and functional design! (Insert evil teacher laugh.) It’s a hands-on approach to Common Core Standards. In Carnival Game Economics, students design a carnival skill game and gather data as junior market researchers during the test phase. They’ll use this data to help make decisions. After making calculations for probability, students will

Subjects:

Economics , Gifted and Talented, Math

Grades:

4th - 7th

Types:

Projects, Unit Plans, GATE

CCSS:

...

Also included in: Gifted and Talented SURVIVAL KIT Bundle -- 235 pages, big discount!

Toothpick Puzzles

Created by

Simply Math

These puzzles and just a few toothpicks for each student and you have an excellent activity to challenge student thinking. Consider using this resource with your intellectually gifted students. Maybe pose a puzzle in the morning and talk about solutions later in the day or the next day. As students become familiar with the puzzles, they can pose new ones for classmates!The thirty-two puzzles are included three different formats - choose the one you like best: ♥ Small cards can be printed two-si

Subjects:

Geometry

Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, GATE

Ratios Scale Comparison 6 Pack GIFTED AND TALENTED Hands-on Real World Math

Created by

Portable Gifted and Talented

Low prep! Get started tomorrow! Here are math selections from my most popular math and STEM units for GATE students. Included in this collection are a baker’s half-dozen activities for real-world, high-interest hands-on math projects with ratio and scale. The activities often extend into art, science, engineering, or other areas of math as well. You get at least 6 hours of contact time here. These activities are challenging for my 5th grade gifted and talented students and will still be

Subjects:

Gifted and Talented, Math, Word Problems

Grades:

4th - 7th

Types:

Activities, GATE, Lesson

CCSS:

...

STEM Kid Engineering and Construction -- Hoop and Launcher Game GATE

Created by

Portable Gifted and Talented

Kid-built in a few hours . . . this 7 inch tall basketball hoop can be assembled and re-assembled. We’re not going to toss a ball to make baskets with this project. Oh, no . . . we are making a little catapult to launch marshmallows at the hoop! Oh, yes! Sweet! Use this building project as a challenging independent study for upper elementary, as a whole-class engineering project, or use it to make math and science applications like percentages, measurements and geometry, action/reaction, tr

Subjects:

Applied Math, Engineering, Gifted and Talented

Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types:

Projects, GATE

Also included in: 30 Hours of STEAM ADVENTURES Bundle - 8 3-6 Hour Units Upper Elementary GATE

T-Shirt Entrepreneurs PROJECT BASED LEARNING Math Economics GATE 4-8th

Created by

Portable Gifted and Talented

Your students will be excited for this “gold medal standard” project-based math, design, and economics activity. It’s appropriate and adaptable for 4th – 8th grade. It has been a staple for my 4th grade gifted and talented math group since 2013.You won’t be the sage on the stage. Students will problem-solve their way through the project working in collaborative teams, and the teacher will guide, be a resource, spur discussion, play devil’s advocate, and provide mini lessons when necessary.In

Subjects:

Applied Math, Economics , Gifted and Talented

Grades:

4th - 8th

Types:

Projects, Unit Plans, GATE

Also included in: STEAM Class BUNDLE - Math Focus Hours of Hands-on Projects GATE Gifted

STEAMy GATE 4th 5th 6th PYRAMIDS Unit

Created by

Portable Gifted and Talented

Very STEAMy with reading and writing, too! This unit is loaded with higher order thinking tasks, variety across the curriculum, creative responses, and hands-on learning through building and design. It’s the same sort of stuff you’re used to seeing here, and your kids will love it! • Level—4th through 6th grade GATE • Time—about 15 hours • Materials—start saving cardboard! Craft sticks and tape or low temp hot glue. Otherwise, common classroom materials. You’ll get explanations, teacher

Subjects:

Geometry, Gifted and Talented, Social Studies - History

Grades:

4th - 7th

Types:

Unit Plans, Activities, GATE

CCSS:

5.MD.A.1

, 7.G.B.6

, RI.5.1

, RI.5.2

, RI.5.7

...

Also included in: COMPLETE PROGRAM Bundle Gifted and Talented GATE 2016-2017 School Year 50% off!

NOGGLE!- A Fun Math Warm-Up Activity

Created by

Christopher Rhodes

Noogle is played like the game Boggle, but uses numbers instead. Students are challenged to find a string of numbers that meet the different categories. Students may use any operation (addition, subtraction, multiplication or division). Great for GATE students, early finishers, or as a Math Center activity. Product comes as a Microsoft Word document so that you can change the numbers as often as you would like. You can also keep the grid blank and have students write in their own numbers or

Subjects:

Basic Operations, Mental Math, Order of Operations

Grades:

4th - 8th

Types:

GATE, Centers

A GATE-way to Understanding the Gifted: Parent PowerPoint!

Created by

One Extra Degree

Are you searching for a way to communicate with parents about gifted characteristics, regulations, and services without overwhelming them? This PowerPoint file was created for use in my own classroom, and it outlines some of the basics when it comes to the gifted and talented population. This file provides a great introduction for parents and includes a slide of web resources that they can use to become more informed as parents and advocates as well. It would be perfect for an Open House, a

Subjects:

English Language Arts, For All Subject Areas, Math

Grades:

2nd - 6th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, GATE, For Parents

Friday Math - PAPER FOOTBALL - 3rd GATE through 6th Grade, 3 Levels of Challenge

Created by

Portable Gifted and Talented

In this lesson, we take goofing off to a new level. Imagine playing paper football as an assignment . . . this might take all the fun out of it forever! This lesson is perfect for a Friday, for after a big test, for a test review, or as a center. It only takes about an hour and keeps kids engaged and thinking. You will find three levels of challenge to meet the needs of a diverse group of learners make this set of lessons highly adaptable, and alignment to the Common Core Math Standards thre

Subjects:

Fractions, Gifted and Talented, Word Problems

Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types:

Activities, GATE, Centers

CCSS:

...

Also included in: KID CREATED GAMES Standards-based STEM and Math Games Bundle

STEAM -- Snap n' Shoot Marshmallow Soccer Game

Created by

Portable Gifted and Talented

Kid-built in a few hours . . . this goalie, net and goal, and cool marshmallow “snapper” is a complete kid-built soccer game. We don’t have to use our imagination here! Our snapper really shoots the marshmallow ball, and our goalies really defend. Use this building project as a challenging independent study for upper elementary, as a whole-class engineering project, or use it to make math and science applications like percentages, measurements and geometry, action/reaction, trajectory, etc.

Subjects:

Applied Math, Engineering, Physical Science

Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types:

Projects, Activities, GATE

CCSS:

5.NF.B.3

Also included in: KID CREATED GAMES Standards-based STEM and Math Games Bundle

Friday Math -- Baseball Card Probability Game

Created by

Portable Gifted and Talented

This series of activities will challenge students’ Common Core skills and critical thinking skills in a variety of ways! How do baseball video game developers design their video games so that Major League players perform with relative accuracy according to their real-life strengths and weaknesses? They begin with statistics and probability. In this series of activities, students will apply probability (expressed as fractions and dice rolls) in order to design a baseball card which will be use

Subjects:

Fractions, Geometry, Gifted and Talented

Grades:

4th - 8th

Types:

Projects, GATE, Lesson

Also included in: KID CREATED GAMES Standards-based STEM and Math Games Bundle

Math Higher Level Thinking Questioning Stems

Created by

Stephanie Y

Do you want to raise the level of questioning in your students during math? Do you want to raise your level of questioning? Then this product is for you! Based on Bloom's four highest level of thinking, these questions help to guide discussions. There are "Questions for my Peers" and "Questions for Self-Reflection". There is also a tracking sheet included for students to be aware of types of questions they ask and to set questioning goals. Great for gifted and talented students! Can also be adap

Subjects:

Math

Grades:

1st - 12th

Types:

GATE, Printables, Centers

Claim Evidence Reasoning: "The Bad Dog Mystery" PPT

Created by

Buccella's Buzz

Students will be introduced to using Claim Evidence Reasoning to solve The Bad Dog Mystery. This step by step powerpoint allows students to make a Claim, review the Evidence, and lastly, determine their Reasoning with support. An evidence sheet is avialable for purchase to allow students to review their work and disucss thier findings with other students. This lesson allows students to analyze data, make measurements, and think critically. It is interactive and fun! Your students will enjoy

Subjects:

Measurement, Science

Grades:

1st - 5th

Types:

Activities, GATE

WWII Airplane Fighter Gliders - GATE STEM + Reading 3rd-7th Grades

Created by

Portable Gifted and Talented

Yes, we get to throw little gliders around the classroom. This is the sneakiest, most evil sort of teacher trick: learning standards and being challenged academically while having fun! This unit is perfect for a Friday or the day before a vacation. Start it in the morning, and run across the entire curriculum throughout the school day. Or take pieces out of the unit here and there over the course of days and weeks . . . as the components can work as “stand alone” or as a cohesive trip acr

Subjects:

Engineering, Gifted and Talented, Math

Grades:

3rd - 7th

Types:

CCSS:

...

Also included in: 4th 5th +more COMPLETE PROGRAM Bundle Gifted and Talented GATE 400 pages 46% off

Toy Car Golf Math STEAM Design - Gifted and Talented GATE 2nd-4th 9 Hours

Created by

Portable Gifted and Talented

Engaging math and engineering with ramps and toy cars! Your students will go home and share the news about how absolutely cool school seems now. My mathematically gifted 2nd graders were VERY Challenged by this unit, and I would not hesitate to use it for 3rd grade GATE or in 4th grade as an enrichment for the whole class.Schoolhouse Rock Math: We’re using Zero My Hero and 5’s Multiplication to learn multiplication, repeated addition, and patterns to calculate areas of rectangles—a very advance

Subjects:

Engineering, Gifted and Talented, Math

Grades:

2nd - 4th

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Activities, GATE

CCSS:

...

Also included in: KID CREATED GAMES Standards-based STEM and Math Games Bundle

Amazing Race Printable Templates

Created by

Start a Spark

This file is a PowerPoint file with Amazing Race templates to create challenges, detours and roadblocks in any content area. These templates can be used digitally or as printables. Just click inside the editable text boxes to add your content.Template includes: planning pageschallenge folderroute information carddetour cardroadblock cardplayer name tagsPowerPoint slides template

Subjects:

Geography, Math, Reading

Grades:

K - 12th, Staff

Types:

GATE, Games

STEM Kid Constructions -- Rubber Band Swing Ride

Created by

Portable Gifted and Talented

Another STEM unit that is very popular with my students. We teachers are a sneaky sort, though . . . because this unit is packed with challenging critical thinking activities, math, physics, and engineering—even a GATE social-emotional lesson. If you’ve purchased any of my STEM design lessons and units before, you know what to expect. If you have not, please read the reviews! Use this for your advanced groups, or send students off on an independent investigation. Level: Extra challenging f

Subjects:

Engineering, Gifted and Talented, Math

Grades:

3rd - 7th

Types:

Unit Plans, GATE, Lesson

CCSS:

, 6.G.A.1