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Elementary close reading resources for Microsoft Word and for GATE
Moonshot by Brian Floca Apollo 11 PRIMARY GATE Lessons -- Rocket Model
Astronauts, space ships, and the moon . . . what kid doesn’t like that kind of stuff, huh? We should build a space ship!
Here’s another collection of lessons and activities for your primary gifted and talented groups. It’s full of hands-on activities across the curriculum, critical thinking questions, participatory reading, and age-appropriate primary source lessons. As always, you’ll get ready-to-print activity sheets, explanations, pictures to lead you through, and Common Core State Standa
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1st - 3rd
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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
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2nd - 4th
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Afternoon of the Elves GATE Unit for Independent Study or Whole Class
Haven’t read this book yet? It is masterfully written!
This is a full GATE unit for Janet Taylor Lisle’s Newbery Honor Book, Afternoon of the Elves. This unit is much more thorough and different from the “STAX” independent reading unit for the same novel available in my store.
This unit includes instructions for independent study, small group, and whole class instruction. The focus for all options is decidedly higher order thinking skills, creativity, extension of the novel’s ideas and them
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4th - 7th
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POETRY like a PRO - Analysis and Writing for 4th through 8th and GATE
You will find yourself going home and bragging about the results to whoever will listen. Everything is right here so you can begin today!
Poetry analysis and writing are two of the most difficult and elusive areas to teach. But there is method to the madness. I’ve found a method that works, and you don’t have to be a passionate poet to pull it off.
If you are a good listener, if you keep asking questions, if you show you value students’ comments and insights, this analysis and writing tec
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4th - 8th
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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
Monroe Doctrine Close Reading and Socratic Seminar
Advanced level and text-dependent questions for "The Monroe Doctrine." Ideal for US History classes. Basic level text-dependent questions are included, followed by a more advanced level Socratic Seminar.
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5th - 12th
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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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Johnny Tremain RL5.1 Point of View Response
This tool may be used as a formative assessment after reading the book (or an excerpt) of Johnny Tremain, and studying character analysis and point of view.
The standard addressed, prompt, and rubric are all included on this page, as well as space for the student to respond.
* This document is editable. However, please do not remove my copyright. A hard teacher at work; I would appreciate the credit :) Thank you for downloading and/or purchasing my work. I hope you find it useful and please
Grades:
4th - 6th
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Sticky Note Literature Project
I created this project while teaching gifted students. I wanted something beyond a standard book report. This is an individual project that students complete while reading their literature group book. So, students come to class and discuss the novel they are reading with their groups, and then they complete this project individually as they read the book.
The purpose of this project is to make students slow down while they are reading and to think about their reading. It's called a Sticky Note P
Grades:
4th - 8th
Tuck Everlasting Book Report Choice Board
Tuck Everlasting Book Report project choice board students can choose the final project they will do after reading the novel Tuck Everlasting.
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Grades:
4th - 5th
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