Kindergarten creative writing professional documents for GATE

Creative Writing, Critical Thinking, Gifted and Talented

Enjoy 48 different S.C.A.M.P.E.R activities to use with your students. These activities can be completed independently, cooperatively, or left with a sub for a critical thinking challenge. There are 4 unique creative and/or critical thinking questions on each page. FULL previews are available for EACH product in my store under the individual product listings. The 48 S.C.A.M.P.E.R activities span through the course of the year and can be used from start to finish!I hope you enjoy SCAMPERING as mu

Subjects:

Grades:

K - 8th

Types:

GATE, Graphic Organizers, Centers

More Than A Scribble: A Creative Drawing Activity for Gifted & Talented Students

Created by

Gifted State Of Mind

This activity promotes creative thinking as students transform scribble lines into ART! There are four pages of scribbles (24 total). In addition, there are ideas for extension activities in Reading, Science, and Social Studies!This is a great task for centers or early finishers!

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Gifted and Talented, Reading

Grades:

PreK - 6th

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CCSS:

RL.1.2

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, RL.1.7

, RL.2.3

, RL.2.5

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Halloween & Fall S.C.A.M.P.E.R

Created by

Creative Writing, Critical Thinking, Gifted and Talented

This product contains 12 different S.C.A.M.P.E.R. templates for the following:Pumpkin PatchWitch's Broom Haunted HouseJack-O-LanternCandy CornTrick-Or-TreatScarecrowApple PieCorn MazeHayrideThanksgiving DinnerCandy Apple+ Create Your OwnEACH template comes with 4 different creative thinking questions to spark critical thinking and unique answers around the specific topic that is being scampered!

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Grades:

K - 12th

Types:

Activities, GATE, Graphic Organizers

Also included in: S.C.A.M.P.E.R The School Year BUNDLE

Mentor Text List for Writers' Workshop

Created by

Jennifer McCann

Elementary literacy coaches and teachers will love this resource as they work to effectively implement Writers' Workshop in their classrooms. This packet includes an extensive list of mentor texts to use for instruction during writers' workshop. Mentor texts, often called anchor texts, are published pieces of writing that teachers can use to teach a particular writing skill. They are often well-loved pieces of children's literature from celebrated authors, that teachers and students will want

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Writing-Essays, Writing-Expository

Grades:

K - 5th, Staff

Types:

Handouts, Bibliographies, Professional Documents

Halloween Critical & Creative Thinking

Created by

Creative Writing, Critical Thinking, Gifted and Talented

Keep your students engaged all month long with hair raising riddles, spooky logic problems, and eerie transformations.In this resource you will find logic and word play to keep your students engaged during the month of October. Please look at the preview to see if this would be challenging (too much or too little) for your students. There are a variety of activities as it is designed with the K-6 Gifted and Talented teacher in mind but includes multiple activities that can span all of K-6.There

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Grades:

K - 6th

Types:

GATE, Printables

Christmas & Winter S.C.A.M.P.E.R

Created by

Creative Writing, Gifted and Talented, Holidays/Seasonal

This product contains 12 different S.C.A.M.P.E.R. templates for the following:snowmanSnow globeSledUgly SweaterMistletoeCandy CaneGingerbread HouseChristmas TreeNutcrackerWreath Christmas LightsStocking+ Create Your OwnEACH template comes with 4 different creative thinking questions to spark creative/critical thinking and unique answers around the specific topic that is being scampered!

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Grades:

K - 12th

Types:

Activities, GATE, Printables

Also included in: S.C.A.M.P.E.R The School Year BUNDLE

S.C.A.M.P.E.R Creative Thinking with Animals A-Z Activity Packet

Created by

Kimberly's Keys 2 Learning

S.C.A.M.P.E.R is a tool for creative thinking developed by Bob Eberle. In this packet they use SCAMPER to change animals from A-Z. These can be used with gifted learners or with any student to help them develop higher-order and creative thinking skills. You can use these worksheets whole class or put them in an independent center.

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Critical Thinking, Gifted and Talented

Grades:

K - 5th

Types:

Christmas Creative & Critical Thinking Frenzy

Created by

Creative Writing, Critical Thinking, Holidays/Seasonal

Keep your students engaged all month long with jolly word play and merry and bright brainteasers. In this resource you will find logic and word play to keep your students engaged during the month of December. Please look at the FULL preview to see if this would be challenging (too much or too little) for your students. There are a variety of activities (at different grade levels) as it is designed with the K-6 Gifted and Talented teacher in mind but includes multiple activities that can span all

Subjects:

Grades:

K - 6th

Types:

Creative Writing, International Baccalaureate, Writing

IB PYP Learner Profile Crowns

Created by

Teaching in a Bubble

This set of fun, differentiated crowns includes both blank and coloring page crowns which represent the IB principles. The crowns are a fun way to introduce or spotlight the Learner Profiles. Younger students with limited knowledge of the IB principles can color and discuss how to set goals and incorporate those traits by debriefing on their ideas depicted in the representations. Older students can utilize the blank templates to record their ideas or goals. This activity could also be used to h

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Grades:

PreK - 5th

Types:

GATE, Printables, Lesson

Advanced Book Study: The Day the Crayons Quit

Created by

The GATEWay Gals

Using this resource, students will critically analyze the story The Day the Crayons Quit. The questions on the Thinking Frameworks move students from lower level thinking to higher order thinking. Students will analyze and explore the literature in order to become critical thinkers. A creative thinking activity is included to further develop the students’ critical and creative thinking. Included in this resource:Leveled Graphic Organizers for Story ElementsReader's Response QuestionsGuided Close

Subjects:

Creative Writing, English Language Arts, Reading

Grades:

K - 3rd

Types:

Activities, GATE, Graphic Organizers

Creative Scribble Journal Based on Torrence Test of Creativity

Created by

Miss Talented and Gifted

This scribble journal is an adaptation of the Torrence Test of Creativity. It is designed to challenge the creative thought of your high achieving students, while providing an extension for the practice of their weekly spelling or vocabulary words. It is meant to be a low maintenance quick and easy way to support the gifted/early finishers in your classroom. This journal could later be used to support formal identification for gifted services for the students in your class. The included challeng

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Gifted and Talented, Spelling

Grades:

K - 3rd

Types:

Workbooks, GATE, Centers

What Can You Do With Ten Dots? A Book To Inspire Creativity

Created by

317 Teach

Get your students creative juices flowing as you start the school year. Read the book Ten Black Dots by Donald Crews. Give students 55 colored dots, this booktivity, and let your students be inspired to create their own book. This is a perfect activity to use the first week of school because students can work independently and let you have some time to get some much needed work done!

Subjects:

Back to School, Creative Writing, Writing

Grades:

K - 6th

Types:

Creative Writing, English Language Arts, Writing

Silly Story Starters: Writing Center

Created by

Create Love Teach

Thanks for checking out my Silly Story Starters: Writing Center! Are your kids stuck on what to write about? Are they looking for new ideas? Are you looking for creative fictional writing? This low-prep center is for you and your students! Students will pick three cards (from 36 - that's over 1,700 possibilities!) - who, what, and where to get themselves started, brainstorm their ideas, and publish their final story! Included: - Clear Teacher Instructions - 36 Story Cards - Story Starter La

Subjects:

Grades:

K - 3rd

Types:

Creative Writing, English Language Arts, Gifted and Talented

Early Reading Alphabet Enrichment Menu Packet with 8 Activities for PreK- 2

Created by

Enrichment with Class

Want differentiation to be easier? Try an extension menu! Great for 1st grade at the beginning of the year, high level kinders, or early finishers! This 14 page early reading and language arts menu packet is based on the letters of the alphabet, and includes 3 levels of difficulty and multiple intelligences/learning styles. Students choose 3 activities in a row to make tic-tac-toe. All the forms you need are included for all 8 activities...the work has been done for you! Choice and challenge are

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Grades:

PreK - 2nd

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Also included in: Multitude of Menus! Enrichment Bundle

Back to School S.C.A.M.P.E.R

Created by

Creative Writing, Critical Thinking, Gifted and Talented

This product contains 12 different S.C.A.M.P.E.R. templates for the following:School BusStudent DeskSchool YearTeacher DeskCafeteriaLunchboxBackpackEmpty BenchPlaygroundLibrarySchool DayClassroom+ Create Your OwnEACH template comes with 4 different creative thinking questions to spark critical thinking and unique answers around the specific topic that is being scampered!

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Grades:

K - 8th

Types:

Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Writing

Also included in: S.C.A.M.P.E.R The School Year BUNDLE

Writing Rubrics for Balanced Literacy Writer's Workshop Units

Created by

Miss Emily's First Grade

Here are rubrics aligned to each Writer's Workshop Unit of First Grade. The scoring categories are Meaning, Development, Organization, and Language Use. This set includes one general rubric and a rubric specific to each of the following units: Launching the Writer's Workshop, Personal Narratives, Convention Study, How To Books, Writing Projects, All About Books, Author's Craft, Poetry, and Fiction.

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Grades:

K - 2nd

Types:

Assessment, Professional Documents, Rubrics

Primary Grades Writing Choice board 11 month set

Created by

Mistakes Allow Thinking to Happen

Month-Themed Writing choice boards for August- June for the K-3rd Grade Classroom.Includes both color and black and white versions of all eleven months.Just print, laminate and use every year! Can also be used as a PDF for Distance Learning or to project on a smartboard.Great for early finishers, Gifted and Talented, work on writing stations and more!Please add feedback to let me know what you think. Don't forget to press "follow" and "like" to keep up to date on my latest creations!Looking fo

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, Gifted and Talented

Grades:

K - 3rd

Types:

Creative Writing, English Language Arts, Writing

Writing Checklist Poster | The Writing Revolution Skills | Anchor Chart

Created by

Joy in the Chaos

Looking for a way to incorporate student practice to achieve automaticity in writing? This poster is perfect to keep track of The Writing Revolution (TWR) strategies taught and encourage student accountability as you spiral through the skills. As you explicitly teach and practice each skill, CELEBRATE by using tally marks. Use stickers, smiley faces, stars, etc. when a specific skill has been found in content or another student's work.Product includes:- PDF Writing Skills Checklist-Can print as

Subjects:

Grades:

K - 2nd

Types:

Professional Documents, Printables, Posters

Lesson Plan Template - Writing (Editable)

Created by

Cap'n Pete's Power PE

This item is a multi-color Writing lesson plan template that includes a number of text boxes with headings and subheadings that correspond to Writing planning and structural procedures. The plan incorporates a wide variety of critical lesson plan components which includes the following:* Lesson/Unit Title* Grade level(s)* Unit Focus * Overview and purpose * Standards addressed* Learning Outcomes * Modification/Differentiation * Materials/Resources* Enrichment/Extensions * Essential questions * I

Subjects:

Creative Writing, English Language Arts, Writing-Essays

Grades:

PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff

Types:

Unit Plans, Professional Documents, Lesson

Pets! Writing Poetry with Primary Students

Created by

Sue Wind

Here are 5 different poems children can write about their favorite pet - whether they own one or wish for one. 1. My Pet ___________ The Important Thing about My Pet (based on the book The Important Book By Margaret Wise Brown If I Were A _________________________ Number Poem A ____________Can… A poetry lesson based on each of these books is presented with teaching instructions, worksheet template for students, and a student writing sample for each poem. Lessons are differentiated for

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Poetry

Grades:

K - 2nd

Types:

Homeschool Curricula, GATE, Centers

4 Components of Creativity - Creativity Creatures -

Created by

The GATE Keepers

This amazing creativity unit helps encourage creative thinking in the classroom. Students will be drawn to the unique creativity creatures that relate directly to the four components of creativity.In this bundle you will recieve:- 3 sets of creativity posters- Pre and Post tests- Information page for students- 2 foldables- Blank editable worksheetWe hope you enjoy adding a little dose of creativity to your classroom!

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Critical Thinking, Gifted and Talented

Grades:

K - 5th

Types:

GATE, Bulletin Board Ideas, Posters

Cute Depth & Complexity Details Activity - Details About Me!

Created by

Mrs Johnstons Class

This file includes several different details templates students can use to introduce themselves. Included are: a teacher sized modeling template a student sized boy template a student sized girl template a student sized template directions sample pictures A few ideas for using this activity would be for back to school, when introducing the icons, at open house, new students....

Subjects:

Character Education, Creative Writing, For All Subject Areas

Grades:

K - 4th

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