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7th grade St. Patrick's Day close reading resources for GATE
Abandoned Places - Creative Writing Activity from Nonfiction (print + digital)
In this creative writing activity, students draw inspiration from a nonfiction article about ten real-world abandoned places! Students choose one as a setting for a piece of Flash Fiction. This is a great reading comprehension and creative writing activity for even the most reluctant readers! ✅ Nonfiction reading comprehension✅ Vocabulary in context✅ Differentiated creative writing activitiesYour Creative Writing from Nonfiction resource includes:Nonfiction reading about ten abandoned places (in
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7th - 10th
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St Patrick's Day Logic Puzzles Two Great Puzzles for Critical Thinking Skills!
Fun brain teaser challenge that utilizes arithmetic skills of measurement in feet and inches, less than, more than, addition & subtraction, so the puzzle is not out of reach for a 5th-grade student, and still challenging for 8th-grade students.The "Easel Activity" has been created for you - NO PREP - just assign because all of the answer boxes have been created for you and your students! If you find that your students would rather do the solving on paper but you are teaching remotely, have t
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: St Patrick's Day Logic Puzzle Bundle
St. Patrick's Day Math Enrichment Activities - March Logic Puzzles & Challenges
Five St. Patrick's Day Themed Logic Puzzles for students to practice critical thinking and basic math skills! These spring enrichment challenges keep fast finishers engaged and learning.Ideas for Use:March Early Finisher ActivityChallenge Packet for EnrichmentEngaging Break from CurriculumCooperative Learning ActivityPartner or Small Group WorkDifferentiated Math Stations or CentersDigital or Print Logic PuzzlesDigital Version made in Google Slides™ now included.SAVE BIG by buying in the Holiday
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5th - 8th
Also included in: Math Logic Puzzles - Holiday Enrichment & Critical Thinking Activities
Literary Elements Depth and Complexity Frames for Figurative Language ELA
Teaching Literary Elements/Literary Devices or story elements? These Depth and Complexity Frames for English Language Arts will make your life so easy! You'll get 25 frames about reading and language arts ready to print and go! Yep, they're all done for you! Simply choose the topic you want students to explore, print and go! There are 25 frames done for you and ready to use right now to build student skills with analyzing using literary elements.Two of the frames are teaching frames, meaning the
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Demystifying Fear - Nonfiction Passage and Vocabulary - Reading Comprehension
Looking for gripping nonfiction activities for your classroom? This nonfiction reading passage comes with close reading questions that promote learning vocabulary in context. Students will explore the contradictory nature of fear and the techniques filmmakers use to manipulate our emotions. Includes suggested lesson plan and answer key. (grades 7-10)What You Get in your Nonfiction Activities resource:1. Nonfiction reading about fear2. Word Work - vocabulary in context with accompanying close rea
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7th - 10th
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St. Patrick's Day STEM Activities | Leprechaun STEM | March STEM Activities ☘️
These St. Patty’s Day* STEM activities will have your students thinking critically as they design solutions for five St. Patrick's Day STEM challenges!(*Yes, it should say St. Paddy's Day or St. Patrick's Day, but more people search for St. Patty's Day, so here we are... Not to worry, only "St. Patrick's Day" is used inside the resources! )The basic idea: Students work in partners or groups against criteria & constraints lists to design and build St. Patrick’s Day themed objects. Modificat
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2nd - 8th
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Food Truck Festival - Engaging Independent Reading Project - PBL - STEM
Elevate the joy of independent reading in your classroom with a twist that's sure to ignite enthusiasm – host your very own Food Truck Festival! Building upon the success of my beloved Literary Feast project, I've taken it up a notch to bring you an EXTRAORDINARY Food Truck Festival project that combines literary exploration with the excitement of culinary creativity. This is not just an activity; it's an immersive experience designed to captivate your students' imaginations and showcase their i
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6th - 9th
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A Christmas Tree History-- Leveled Reading Comprehension Activity & Task Cards
Did you know Christmas trees were once illegal in the US!? Let your students explore the history of this popular holiday tradition while strengthening their close reading and critical thinking skills!
We LOVE to celebrate holidays in our classroom, but it can be a struggle to balance celebration time with education time! That's why I created this set of holiday-themed leveled passages and reading response tasks. We get to engage in some fun holiday learning and celebrating while still sneakin
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5th - 8th
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Listening and Following Directions Activity With Lesson Plan
Listening and Following Directions
An Activity That Challenges Students To Pay Attention To Details
This activity is designed to challenge students to listen closely to directions and complete tasks in the correct locations on a grid.
Interested in more following directions and reading comprehension activities? Check out:
Listening and Following Directions Growing Bundle + Reading Comprehension
Listening & Following Directions Back To School Edition +Reading Comprehension
Listening & Fol
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Following Directions and Listening Bundle Reading Comprehension
Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen ELA Novel Test - Standards-Based Assessment
End of novel test for Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen. This is the test I use at the end of my novel study. You can email me for an editable copy! This test includes 30 multiple choice questions and one short response prompt.
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen - Creative and Engaging Novel Unit
Illuminated Manuscript
Just in time for St. Patrick's Day or your study of Ireland, this 4th-12th grade unit introduces the student to the history of illuminated and Celtic manuscript. Each process from the making of parchment to the illumination of the text is discussed. Projects include step by step instructions for drawing a Celtic knot and illuminating the first letter of each student's name using acrylic paints (letter patterns provided). Calligraphy handwriting practice sheets are also provided. Great unit for
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4th - 12th
Multiple Perspectives Lesson
This highly-engaging multiple perspectives lesson helps students investigate both sides of the conflict between Native Americans and settlers. This product includes nonfiction text, maps, and links to videos supporting the point-of-view for the Native Americans and the settlers. A depth and complexity graphic organizer helps students take synthesize the information and focus their argument. After my students work through the information, we have a debate to decide...who has the right to the land
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5th - 8th, Higher Education
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Human Body STEM Activities Build a Human Heart Model STEM with Close Reading
STEM challenge activities are so much fun. But, finding the time to incorporate design challenges into your curriculum can be difficult. The Build a Human Heart Model Challenge is part of the STEM with CLOSE READING series. It seamlessly allows you to tie together the curriculum by giving you rigorous text dependent questions that go with a high interest online reading passage in addition to the fun STEM activity! While you are learning all about human body systems, let the STEM adventure be
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4th - 7th
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Alliteration | Tongue Twister Free ESCAPE ROOM - Fun Close Reading Activity
Get your students laughing and using critical thinking to complete puzzle challenges with this FREE Escape Room activity! This resource includes 45 minutes of activities such as Vocabulary Word Match, Deductive Logic Puzzle, Scour the Scene & Decipher Clues. Perfect for grades 4-6 reading comprehension and close reading skills.All tasks in this challenge are related to TONGUE TWISTERS and require students to use several reading comprehension skills.(Check out the PREVIEWS, older or slightly
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4th - 7th
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Off-Limits Places - High School Reading Comprehension + Analyzing Text Features
Cool places you can’t actually visit? Tell me more! This travel blog article is perfect for high school reading comprehension and practicing analyzing text features. Students will be HOOKED and you’ll get awesome writing samples you actually want to read.Your high school reading comprehension resource includes:✅ “Cool Places You Can’t Actually Visit” travel blog article✅ Analyzing Text Features practice or test-prep✅ Travel Blog Project materialsAfter reading the nonfiction passage, students ans
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7th - 10th
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Close Reading with Icons of Depth and Complexity
Close Reading Frames with the Icons of Depth and Complexity with a Constructed Response Template
Simple Directions
Student Samples
Constructed Response ppt template
Frames for:
Gettysburg Address
Preamble
Declaration of Independence Parts 1-7
Road Less Taken
To Any Reader
Star Spangled Banner
Pledge of Allegiance
Yankee Doodle
Join or Die/Don't Tread on Me
Boston Massacre
For more detailed directions, visit my blog.
http://imsbove.blogspot.com/2016/07/close-reading-with-icons-of-depth-and.htm
Grades:
3rd - 7th
Unplugged Coding for Fall Thanksgiving STEM Activity
Need a last minute unplugged coding activity for fall Thanksgiving? These leveled activities include binary coding puzzles plus unplugged directional coding with conditional statements! ✅ What You'll Get ✅✏️ Unplugged Coding ✏️ for fall includes 3 levels of printable directional coding challenges:Simple maze: Students follow 3 conditional statements and draw a path through the maze)Intermediate maze: Students follow the rules of 4 conditional statements and code a path of their choice through th
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2nd - 8th
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Also included in: Unplugged Coding BUNDLE of STEM Activities No tech needed!
Nonfiction Mysteries and Creative Writing Activities + Vocabulary in Context
In this creative writing activity, students draw inspiration from a nonfiction article about ten real-world maritime mysteries! Students choose one as inspiration for a piece of Flash Fiction. This is a great reading comprehension and creative writing activity for even the most reluctant readers! ✅ Nonfiction reading comprehension✅ Vocabulary in context✅ Differentiated creative writing activitiesYour Creative Writing from Nonfiction resource includes:Nonfiction reading about ten maritime mysteri
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7th - 10th
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Unplugged Coding for St. Patrick's Day STEM Activity
Need a last minute unplugged coding activity for St. Patrick's Day? These leveled activities include binary coding puzzles plus unplugged directional coding with conditional statements! Unplugged Coding for St. Patrick's Day includes 3 levels of printable directional coding challenges:Simple maze: Students follow 3 conditional statements and draw a path through the maze)Intermediate maze: Students follow the rules of 4 conditional statements and code a path of their choice through the maze.Chall
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2nd - 8th
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Also included in: Unplugged Coding BUNDLE of STEM Activities No tech needed!
Halloween Mystery Activities | CSI Reading Comprehension | Art History
Unlock the mystery of a stolen painting with GATER Educator's Fall-Themed Crime Scene Investigation and Engaging Color by Code Reading Comprehension Activities. Learn all about Edvard Munch and his famous Expressionism painting while reinforcing reading comprehension skills.By purchasing this BUNDLE you are saving 20% off of each individual resource!This bundle includes two resources to help students draw conclusions, make inferences, use deductive logic, and practice reading comprehension using
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5th - 8th
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St. Patrick's Day Reading Comprehension -Leveled Texts & Reading Response Tasks
St. Patrick didn't wear green, he wore BLUE! Fact or Fib?! Let your students explore the myths and facts of this popular holiday while strengthening their close reading and critical thinking skills!
My students love celebrating holidays, but they are always a little curious about why we take part in certain traditions. I always like celebrating holidays in my classroom but worry about spending time on activities that were really just for FUN. So that's why I created this activity pack. It all
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4th - 8th
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St. Patrick's Day Clover STEM Challenge
This is the perfect critical thinking activity that gets kids thinking about geometry! St. Patrick's Day 4 Leaf Clover STEM Challenge❤️ will get your students problem solving and thinking critical during the holiday. Students use congruent triangles to create a 4 Leaf Clover. Students measure the perimeter of the triangles. This activity is a great way to introduce the different types of triangles.
⭐This activity can also be used for STEAM Activities, STEM After School Programs, Summer Pro
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3rd - 7th
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Informational Text - Creative Writing from Nonfiction - Train Heists and Outlaws
In this creative writing activity, students draw inspiration from a nonfiction article about train heists and outlaws in the Wild West. Students choose one topic for a piece of Flash Fiction. Differentiate with a condensed or expanded brainstorming worksheet. Includes optional close reading questions. Also includes a Teacher’s Guide, answer key, and TAG feedback form. (grades 7-10)What You Get:1. Nonfiction reading about train robberies and outlaws2. Introduction to Flash Fiction and brainstormi
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7th - 10th
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Non-Fiction Reading Skills ELA Question Loop and Middle School Trail Game
Elevate your classroom experience with this captivating Interactive ELA skills lesson that puts students at the center of their learning journey. This engaging activity offers a unique twist on traditional instruction, seamlessly blending rigorous questioning, collaborative problem-solving, and active movement. Ideal for middle school and high school students, this lesson provides a dynamic way to grasp essential non-fiction reading concepts while fostering teamwork and critical thinking.I belie
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: Dynamic ELA Question Trails Bundle - Engaging Middle School Activities
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