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Free 7th grade specialty resources for GATE
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
Grades:
3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Following Directions and Listening Bundle Reading Comprehension
Multiple Intelligence Test for Kids (Free)
Learning about multiple intelligence theory can be very empowering for students, especially when you administer a survey to help them discover their own strengths and growth areas. Because most online survey tools are too long and complex for kids, I created this quick and easy classroom version for my students. I included an example of a completed survey on page 4 so you can see how it works.How to Use this Survey to Foster a Growth MindsetBefore you use this survey, please watch my free MI Sur
Grades:
4th - 7th
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Black History - Jamestown - Leveled passage - Reading Comprehension Questions
Are you looking for a leveled text with comprehension questions that teaches students about important history? This 3-page text tells the important story of the first Africans to arrive in Jamestown. It makes a great supplement to a unit about Black History, Jamestown, Colonial America, the Civil War or Civil Rights. You get the article and the activities as a pdf printable AND they are ready to use in Easel!This free sample is part of my larger, differentiated resource, The First Africans -
Grades:
5th - 7th
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FREE Logic Puzzle, Doodle Logic, Critical Thinking
Everyone loves a good puzzle. THIS is what you have been looking for! YOUR students are the stars of this fun, personalized logic puzzle! Easy, NO PREP fun, and every single puzzle is personalized by the students themselves! Students are less intimidated by critical thinking, when they are the stars of the puzzle!Introducing “Doodle Logic”! This is one of the first in my new line of logic puzzles in which students choose their friends they want to be in the puzzle. Dream Pet is a sill
Grades:
5th - 8th
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FREEBIE: 180 Middle School Math Warm-Ups: No-Prep Daily Bellringers & Starters
First five minutes? Planned! With this set of daily bellringers, you'll engage your students and get them thinking!Made for 5th, 6th, 7th, or 8th grade math, these interesting and challenging starters will have your students ready for your lesson.With a pre-made student response sheet, this resource is truly print-and-go, no-prep for the whole school year.Help your students make connections by using this resource at the beginning of class each day!Want all 180 No-Prep 5-Minute Math Warm-Ups? Cli
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Grades:
5th - 8th
Bullying Scenarios and Depth and Complexity Activity Freebie
Teach your students that bullying is wrong! October is National Bullying Prevention Month, and this freebie will get your students ready to combat bullying!
This freebie includes eight bullying scenario cards in both color and black and white. Students will have the chance to explain what they would do if they were involved in particular situations. Take it a step further, and have students role play each scenario, so they're prepared should they encounter a similar situation. Also included
Grades:
2nd - 8th
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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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Minecraft STEM Activities and Challenges Freebie
Here’s a creative and fun STEM Activity FREEBIE to share and show just how exciting STEM Challenges can be in a Competitive Classroom Setting! These Outta the Box Classroom Competition Challenges can be done on a Fun Friday or within the week during your science block. This hands on building challenge is part of GATER Educator's "Outta the Box Classroom Competitions". The theme of the full OTB Classroom Competion is “MINECRAFT: Survival Mode”. For this activity students will read tidbits of info
Grades:
4th - 7th
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Also included in: MINECRAFT Activities Bundle
Gifted & Talented - Logic Puzzle - Stylish Squirrels - Free Resource
This grid logic puzzle is a fun way for your students to work on critical thinking skills! This download includes both a color and black and white version of the puzzle, along with an answer key and detailed directions on how to solve the puzzle.
Grades:
4th - 7th
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Also included in: Gifted & Talented - Critical Thinking Logic Puzzles Bundle #1
Digital Math Enrichment Sampler - Logic Puzzles & Challenge Activities
These free logic puzzles are a fun way to challenge your students while they gain a deeper understanding of the grade level standards.Ideas for Use:-Digital Math Center-Option for Early Finishers-Cooperative Learning ActivityFree Samples from the Following Resources:Add & Subtract Fractions EnrichmentOrder of Operations Task Card PuzzlersDecimal Place Value Logic PuzzlesAddition & Subtraction ChallengeRatios & Unit Rates EnrichmentYou Might Also Like:Free Grid Logic PuzzlesWhole Numb
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Grades:
5th - 7th
Menu of Independent Reading Projects FREE Enrichment and GATE
Just say YES to the five C’s for gifted learners with CHALLENGES, CHOICES, COMPLEXITY, CONTROL over what and how they learn, and teachers who authentically CARE. Energize all readers with this project choice menu – FREE! Come back for over 200 lessons and units specifically designed for gifted learners.
Grades:
3rd - 10th
Draw Starts (10 Sets) for Creative Thinking
Draw starts are great creative thinking warm-ups. Students add to the drawing to create something unique. Have students think of things that no none else will think of. Let your students get creative with their drawings.
There are 10 sets of 4. They work great as morning work.
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Grades:
K - 12th
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Logic Puzzle for Developing Critical Thinking Skills
This brain teaser engages students by asking them to use math skills such as greater than & less than plus logic to determine the number and type of medals six different countries earned. Great for warm-ups, early finishers, brain breaks, transitions, or even sub plans.The challenge is in the logic of the puzzle here, so it could be used with middle schoolers and still be engaging for high school freshmen. My students LOVE these puzzles and are always asking me to make more :)Included with
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6th - 8th
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Ancient Greece - FULL UNIT
History, architecture, gods, goddesses, myths, monsters, art, Olympics, and more in this unit about Ancient Greece! For more awesome, free resources, visit the Gifted Guide website.
Grades:
3rd - 7th
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STEM Poster and Wall Display with Science, Technology, Engineering and Math
This high-quality STEM Poster makes a great start or addition to your STEM display on your walls. It is bright and colorful and utilizes colors that complement each other.This poster is 600DPI and quality fonts and images have been used to guarantee a superior print when it is downloaded. Complimenting colors have been used to attract your students and promote STEM.If you are interested in this product I have additional resources related to this topic that can be bought individually or in a bund
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
Animation and Critical Thinking for GATE and Generation Z -- The Piano FREE
4th Graders through adults find this video and activity fascinating. Let's try it FREE!Maybe your students will ask the same question mine did, "When can we do this again?"Using a short 2 minute video and an accompanying "Visual Inference Guide," students quickly become engaged in a critical analysis as they share insights with classmates--connecting video and literature.This format works for upper elementary through high school honors classes because students respond according to their abilit
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4th - 12th, Adult Education
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STEM/STEAM Engineering Design Process Individual Posters
STEM/STEAM activities are a great way to provide students with engaging lessons that nurture higher level thinking skills and encourage real world application/connections.
These Engineering Design Process Posters are bright and colorful, with larger focus words and guided questions for promoting student success. Included in this unit:
*Engineering Design Process Posters
(5 individual color posters-ask, imagine, plan, create, improve)
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Grades:
PreK - 8th
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Salem Witch Trials - FULL UNIT
Unit on the Salem Witch Trials where students learn about the people and the town, create their own mock trial, compare trials from then to today, and come up with alternative solutions. Visit Gifted Guide for more awesome, free resources.
Grades:
4th - 10th
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Personality Type Quiz-Shapes | Get to Know You Inventory Test | Back to School
Boost student relationships with this no-prep, easy-to-use Shape Personality Inventory! This personality survey, based on the long-standing four temperaments, turns this abstract concept into a lesson that is high-interest, easy to understand, and memorable! TWO LEVELS of the personality test are included, making it applicable for 3rd-12th grade students...and beyond! This personality quiz theme can be used in any school subject as a Get to Know You Activity at Back to School Time, or any other
Grades:
3rd - 12th, Adult Education, Staff
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GATE Talent Pool REPORT CARD RUBRIC -- FREE! for GT Pull-outs
I am always looking for “report cards” for gifted and talented. Here is a rubric for a gifted and talented pull-out talent pool which has served me well. Perhaps it will work for you, too, with some edits here and there?You might also see my free “Enrichment Literacy Group” rubric as well . . .
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Grades:
2nd - 8th
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14 Strategies to Help Your Gifted Student Face Test Anxiety
Testing season can be a really tough time for your gifted students, who often face lots of pressure (whether self-imposed or coming from teachers and parents) to achieve at the highest levels. My own students expressed these anxious feelings pretty frequently so I decided to take some time to help them change their mindset about testing and provide them wth some helpful coping skills as to use before, during, and after the tests.
Please visit my blog Soaring with Snyder: Helping Your Gifted St
Grades:
3rd - 8th
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Links to Logic- Logic Puzzles- Easy
Learning how to think and reason logically helps in problem solving skills that last a lifetime. These matrix puzzles offer practice to accomplish that goal. Kids can manipulate the matrix or use pencil and paper. Students can follow a step-by-step process or use combined strategies with a partner.They’ll learn that there is no one path for solving the puzzles, that they can be approached from different angles – yet they will still arrive at the right answers.
Grades:
1st - 7th
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CCSS:
Affective Unit for Gifted Learners
Developing Self-Understanding and
Resilience in Gifted Students:
A Unit for Upper Elementary and Secondary Gifted Learners, provides a series of lessons, each with a variety of group and independent activities, to assist teachers and specialists in gifted education in meeting the social and emotional needs of this special population of learners. Each lesson is centered around a common question of gifted students, such as "What is giftedness and what is it not?" and "How do I advocate for myself
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4th - 12th
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FREE Sample SCAMPER Activity
This is a sample of one individual activity from my SCAMPER packet! Use the SCAMPER technique with your students to apply creative thinking and problem solving skills. These activities are great for gifted and talented children!
This specific activity requires them to critically analyze a frequented store and improve it so that it is more enjoyable and productive for its customers. Before they complete this activity, make sure that they understand how to use the SCAMPER technique.
For thoroug
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
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