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7th grade oral communication professional development 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
Grades:
4th - 9th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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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
Grades:
3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Following Directions and Listening Bundle Reading Comprehension
Gifted and Talented Activities | GATE Program Support | For Teachers or Parents
Do you have a GIFTED and TALENTED program in place?Are you looking to get started with teaching a GATE Program?This informational resource is the WHY of having a GATE Program for gifted learners.Browse a wide range of GIFTED RESOURCES and ACTIVITIES. Click the link belowGATER Educator's GIFTED Resources• Gifted learners exhibit many of the same academic needs and social and emotional characteristics. • Gifted students thrive with activities that provide novelty and opportunities to solve problem
Grades:
3rd - 8th
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
Grades:
4th - 9th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: 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
Grades:
5th - 8th
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Also included in: Debate Graphic Organizers | Debate Template BUNDLE
Gifted and Talented - Giftedness and Brain Friendly Learning
Are you looking for the best way to successfully support gifted learners in your class? Do parents want assurance that their child's needs are being met? If so, this valuable resource may be a great starting point! With over 20 years of experience as a GATE parent and teacher, this resource delivers simple ideas that can help meet the educational needs of all children. Educators are uniquely placed to make a real difference in the lives of gifted learners. Whether it’s parents asking for support
Grades:
3rd - 7th, Staff
Increasing Student Engagement: Tools to Diversify Your Lesson Plans!
Student Engagement | Engaging Middle School | Middle School Engagement Ideas | Middle School Lesson Plans | Middle School Teaching Tools
Engaging our students is often our most challenging task as teachers. Yet we know how vital this engagement is for our students’ learning processes and motivation. The purpose of this product is to provide you with new ideas to add to your teacher toolbox.
Over 50 strategies are included!
These are all ideas that you can take directly to your class and try
Grades:
5th - 9th
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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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Learning Contracts with examples(Editable resource)
Learning Contracts are written agreements between students and teachers that grant the student certain freedoms and choices about completing tasks yet require the student to meet certain specifications. They outline what the students will learn, how they will learn it, how long they will have to learn it, and how they will be graded or evaluated.This 11 pages resource includes:Detailed explanation of learning contracts, and 3 different examples of learning contracts and templates
Grades:
2nd - 12th, Staff
Also included in: Gifted and Talented editable forms, presentations & PD
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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Grades:
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
Grades:
5th - 8th
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Entrepreneurship Readers Theater: "Turkey Dreams"—True Story–Fun to Perform
Entrepreneurship Readers Theater Script, "Turkey Dreams"—with Flexi-Curric™*A Readers Theatre Script By Carol Montgomery(updated February, 2018)"Once upon a camel there rode a turkey…". So starts "Turkey Dreams," a fun Readers Theater script that encourages entrepreneurship and positive qualities of courage, faithfulness, respect, and kindness. "Turkey Dreams" is great for ALL AGES. Perfect for elementary, middle school, ESL, family fun, maybe high school and adults, "Turkey Dreams" enhances
Grades:
3rd - 7th
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Flipped Classroom Letter
This letter describes what a flipped classroom is, why you might incorporate flipped classroom work into your school, and data to support using a flipped classroom (from sources as listed on the document).
This document is perfect for sharing with staff when introducing a flipped classroom or for sharing with parents!
Grades:
K - 12th, Staff
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
Characteristics of the Gifted Child in 1 page (editable resource)
Examining some of the characteristics of gifted children and the occasional problems associated with these characteristics may increase the understanding of what it means to be gifted, and offer insights into the daily interactions of these children. The following chart may help to clarify some of the conflicting behaviors seen in gifted children.
Grades:
PreK - 12th, Staff
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
Thinking Routines PPT
This powerpoint goes through all the Project Zero thinking routines for making thinking visible. Bold graphics and brief descriptions bring the routines to life and serve as an excellent supplement to the book,
Included in powerpoint:
7 Routines for Introducing and Exploring Ideas
7 Routines for Synthesizing and Organizing Ideas
7 Routines for Digging Deeper Into Ideas
Grades:
K - 12th
Parent workshop: Building Grit and Perseverance in the Gifted Student
Objectives of this Presentation which can be used for staff development too:-Understand the Power of Grit-Ways to Build Grit and Perseverance-Habits of a Scholar
Grades:
PreK - 12th, Staff
Also included in: Gifted and Talented editable forms, presentations & PD
Myths about the gifted and talented presentation
7 Myths of Gifted and Talented Learners and correction for each of them
Grades:
K - 12th, Staff
Also included in: Gifted and Talented editable forms, presentations & PD
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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Classroom Games for Virtual Learning Sample
This is a sample of Classroom Games for Virtual LearningA sample of each game is available with this download. Games included-20 Questions-Riddles-Would You Rather-Mad Libs-I Spy, Version 1-I Spy, Version 2Use these games-during virtual learning-to keep students socially distanced -to reward or motivate your class
Grades:
PreK - 12th, Not Grade Specific
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Discussion Activities
A variety of classroom-tested discussion activities/strategies useful in varying the ways that students discuss texts or other topics. Some are more suitable for older students, but most have been used in grades 5-12.
Grades:
5th - 12th, Higher Education
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