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7th grade oral communication forensics resources for GATE
Following Directions and Listening Bundle Reading Comprehension
Listening and Following Directions and Reading ComprehensionActivities that challenges students to listen and pay attention to detail.These activities are designed to challenge students to follow oral and/or written directions and complete tasks in the correct locations of a diagram. The activities are designed so the directions can be read to the students by the teacher or the students can read the directions to themselves. This allows the activity to function as either a listening or reading c
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4th - 9th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Gifted Crime Scene Investigation Activity The Case of the Missing Cash
This highly engaging crime scene investigation activity will have your students using their critical thinking skills as they critically read and analyze witness testimonies, view and evaluate evidence, and draw inferences to determine the motive and identity of the person guilty of robbing a bank. Higher-level thinking skills will be practiced while investigating the crime scene, as students form a hypothesis about who committed the crime, establish a motive, and then justify their hypothesis b
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5th - 8th
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Mystery Basketball Reading Comprehension | March Madness | CSI Activity
Add a little MAD MARCH, Basketball-themed, C.S.I Enrichment to your schedule in or out of the classroom this SPRING.This resource includes a printable (pdf) distance learning packet AS WELL AS a digital version meant to be used with Google Classroom.This C.S.I. Activity is an engaging workshop thatās super easy to set up. It takes approximately 1 to 1 Ā½ Hours to complete and can be taught all at once or separately. Lead your students on an engaging journey through logical reasoning, deduction,
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Grades:
4th - 7th
Also included in:Ā BASKETBALL Math & Reading BUNDLE | Escape Room | March Madness Activities
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:Ā Following Directions and Listening Bundle Reading Comprehension
Listening & Following Directions State Birds & Flowers +Reading Comprehension
Listening and Following Directions: State Flowers and Birds Edition +Reading Comprehension ActivitiesAn activity that challenges students to listen and pay attention to detail.Save over 20% when your purchase the Listening and Following Directions Growing Bundle Pack!This activity is designed to challenge students to follow oral and/or written directions and complete tasks in the correct locations on an identification chart. During the activity the directions can be read to the students by the t
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4th - 9th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in:Ā Following Directions and Listening Bundle Reading Comprehension
Debate Template | Opinion Writing | Persuasive Writing
Help your students develop and identify good strategies for debate, persuasive speaking and argumentative writing skillsThis resource contains a CLICKABLE Link for Google Classroom.Go completely paperless! Perfect for Distance Learning!These debate organizational exercises are meant to be used before students plan their own debates. They are the means to take them through the language, elements, and planning of a successful debate. Age-appropriate Debate Topics are covered in the I Have, Who Has
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5th - 8th
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Also included in:Ā Debate Graphic Organizers | Debate Template BUNDLE
CSI Reading Comprehension | Mystery Science | Google Classroom BUNDLE
Your students will love learning all about different CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATIONS along with a reading passage about Sherlock Holmes as well as riddles, a word search, and informational text about funny detectives in this CSI Bundle. This is a great CSI-themed unit for distance learning!These high-interest, informational, and interactive slides are in a digital format! Simply share the link and have your students complete the activities. Hybrid hands-on options are included in two of the resource
Grades:
4th - 7th
100th Day of School Activities - Escape Room & Reading Passages
Engage your students on the 100th day of school with an exciting escape room activity that combines close reading and life skills. Solve "The Case of the Vanished Vintage Clock" through deductive logic, inference, forensics, and common sense. Perfect for enhancing reading comprehension while having fun!Close Reading CHALLENGES include:Informational Text- āProcessing the Evidence, Understanding the Motiveā and the case of āWhy Did the Vintage Cuckoo Clock Vanish?āMystery Code Tasks 1a & 1b -
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5th - 7th
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Mystery Reading Comprehension | Making Inferences | CSI Science Problem Solving
Check out this HYBRID WhoDunnit that provides a HANDS-ON or totally digital final investigation!The Hoagie Hoax Mystery is an engaging hands-on or digital activity thatās super easy to set up for DISTANCE Learning or in the CLASSROOM.Students analyze suspects through witness statements, alibis, inferences, and trace evidence. It all leads up to a final dirt analysis which reveals the culprit. Students LOVE it!This GOOGLE Slide Activity Includes:ā¢ Teacher Notes | Answer Keysā¢ Dirt Test-Easy Prep
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Grades:
5th - 7th
Also included in:Ā CSI Reading Comprehension | Mystery Science | Google Classroom BUNDLE
Ape or Pig Blood for Human Transfusion? Reading and Questions
This awesome article from Genetic Literacy Project poses the idea of getting blood transfusions from apes or pigs. A great follow up activity after a mini unit on blood typing or ABO Blood Genetics/Punnett Squares. Also great for enrichment when entering the genetic/genetic engineering units. My students enjoy reading this article and the questions I wrote as comprehension questions serve as a great way to hold them accountable to complete the reading.
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Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education
Public Speaking Template, Tips, and Tricks for the 1-2 Minute Informative Speech
The common core wants effective speakers and 21st Century Learners!
Here is a template for the one to two minute informative speech in handy notecard-sized cutouts.
This document includes public speaking tips and tricks for all ages and ability levels.
Grades:
3rd - 12th
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Sherlock Holmes for Google Classroom | Reading Passage | Depth and Complexity
Your students will enjoy learning all about Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's timeless hero, SHERLOCK HOLMES, with this high-interest, Close Reading, Depth & Complexity Unit!Sherlock Quote analysis and LOGIC Puzzle are included as well!Please see the PREVIEW above for an idea of everything included!With the purchase of this PDF, you will receive a clickable link for access.With the digital version, you have the option to go 100% paperless.These activities are perfect for a background reading unit bef
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Grades:
5th - 8th
Also included in:Ā CSI Reading Comprehension | Mystery Science | Google Classroom BUNDLE
Monthly Book Reports and Book Talks
Here is everything you will need to implement monthly book talks into your classroom. There is a parent letter, example, content check list/rubric, 2 graphic organizers (fiction and non-fiction book talks), pacing guide, book talk enhancement suggestion page, and a year long plan. This is 6 years of trail and error fine tuning and has been a wonderful addition to my classroom. The kids and parents love it and because it follows the same format (just the books and genres change), and you won't be
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3rd - 10th
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The Tower of Babel Challenge
This is a slight twist on the usual STEM building challenge. It is designed to teach a tough lesson about communication in a collaborative activity. It was designed for my gifted and talented students, but it could work in most regular classes where students are mature enough to handle a struggle without an emotional outburst. It is a lot of fun and can be rather messy! This purchase includes the scoring rubric, student response page, a detailed teacher guide with photographs and a script
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5th - 8th
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Entrepreneurship Readers Theater: "Turkey Dreams"āTrue StoryāFun to Perform
Entrepreneurship Readers Theater Script, "Turkey Dreams"āwith Flexi-Curricā¢*A Readers Theatre Script By Carol Montgomery(updated February, 2018)"Once upon a camel there rode a turkeyā¦".Ā So starts "Turkey Dreams," a fun Readers Theater script that encourages entrepreneurship and positive qualities of courage, faithfulness, respect, and kindness.Ā "Turkey Dreams" is great for ALL AGES.Ā Perfect for elementary, middle school, ESL, family fun, maybe high school and adults, "Turkey Dreams" enhances
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3rd - 7th
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Physics Lesson for Blood Splatter Lab F=M*A GATE Gifted
This PowerPoint makes it easy for Elementary students to understand a fundamental physics equation. We clear up common misconceptions about the speed of falling objects. This would make a great conclusion to a class experiment, or could be used as a jumping off point for individual research.
I used this PowerPoint as a wrap up discussion with my Elementary Gifted students. We used it at the conclusion of a Blood Splatter Lab which asked the question, "How does the distance associated with the i
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Grades:
K - 8th
Sign Language and Its Culture
American Sign Language (ASL) is not always perceived as a LANGUAGE of its own, or as a second language, but it is.
Deaf or hard of hearing persons must face specific challenges due to their physiological deficit; however, they overcome and build strengths in other areas. This lesson plan not only teaches some very basic concepts, such as the ASL alphabet, but it also enlightens students about the cultural aspects of Sign Language as a second language.
Grades:
7th - 8th
Forensics - Finger Prints
This is a forensic unit focused on finger prints. It is low budget and easy for any skill level. This includes 3 worksheets a powerpoint introduction and a quiz.
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Grades:
6th - 10th
Crime-Scene Investigation Bingo Book
ABOUT BINGO BOOKSCreated by Rebecca StarkEDUCATIONAL BOOKS āNā BINGOBingo Books are complete bingo games in a book. They are great for end-of-the-unit reviews and can also be used as assessment tools. Curriculum-related bingo games (science, social studies, language arts, and math) provide comprehensive coverage of the subject and are a great way to reinforce and test knowledge. There is also a bingo book for each of the 50 states.FORMATEach game includes 50 terms with 2 or 3 clues for each. Cho
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Grades:
5th - 12th
Agree and Disagree Critical Thinking Unit
This Agree and Disagree Critical Thinking Unit is great for your:
* Cooperative Learning activities
* English of a Second Language learners
* GATE children
* Oral Language Activities
This unit is set up ready to print and utilize in your class. This unit comes with the following items:
Three lesson plans
Four Agree and Disagree posters both in color and black
and white.
Four Agree and Disagree Signs for the classroom wall
in color and black and white.
A list of statement ideas for
Grades:
2nd - 7th
How we eat- Herbivore, Carnivore, Omnivores and more
Ever needed to amp up your activity on herbivores, carnivores and omnivores? here it is! Adds in teeth, the motions you chew in with different scenarios and a fun enrichment activity on the back about vegans vs. lacto-vegetarians etc :)
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7th - 10th
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Democracy and Greek Philosophy GATE-- Is democracy the best of bad options?
I used this lesson with my GATE middle school kids, but it could certainly be extended to higher grades. It's current and relevant, yet it ties in well with what they are most likely learning in the regular Social Studies classroom.
This lesson mixes philosophy, social studies, speaking and listening skills, and more. You and your students will be engaged in pondering these important questions. It's the kind of big question you stay awake thinking about!
Big Question: Is Democracy the best of
Grades:
6th - 12th
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Debate Score Sheet
This is an excellent debate score sheet with enough room to score 4 people in a breakdown of two people per debate team. Includes all the categories you would want to cover when reviewing debate skills.
This resource is also available in the bonus section of my book, "Basic Sentences to Essays: A Quick & Easy Step-By-Step Guide to Teach Students to Write Well" which is here in my Teachers Pay Teachers store. It is an exceptional resource compiling my clear, unique, and effective practices
Grades:
6th - 8th
Spread Some Love!
Here are three quick Valentine's Day activities that are great for any age! They are quick challenges that stimulates creativity and critical thinking. Perfect for gifted programs, Destination Imagination groups, or anyone wanting to spice up their party day!
Grades:
K - 12th
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