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Free middle school informational text resources for GATE
FREE Close Reading Bookmarks - Annotating Text & Post-it Note Strategy
Print these bookmarks for your students and they will never forget how to close read! I print mine double-sided and students use one side for when we can write on the text and the other (post-it) side for when we're close reading something we can't write on!*****************************************************************************CCSS Aligned Interactive Reading NotebooksI use interactive notebooks in my classroom on a daily basis. I've created my own interactive notebook pages that are align
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4th - 12th
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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 -
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5th - 7th
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Weekly Reading Log with Depth and Complexity Icons Bundle
Help your readers stay on track with this weekly reading log. We use this as homework but it could easily be used in the classroom as well.Students track their daily reading, including title, time spent reading, and pages read. On the back, there is space for a text response. At the end of the week, readers add up their pages and time spent reading. A space for a parent signature is the final piece.The icons of depth and complexity (often called GATE Icons) are added so that students may thi
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3rd - 8th
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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
Growth Mindset Free Student Survey
This free student survey is a great way to help students identify growth mindset! I use this along with the Growth Mindset Project-Based Learning the first weeks of school to create a mindset change in our school. This is great in conjunction with character education!
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4th - 6th
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Financial Literacy | Writing Prompt | Personal Finance | Opinon Writing
Help your students become proficient persuasive writers with this FREEBIE! Persuasive language is everywhere! Commercials, social media, movie ads and political speeches. Teaching persuasive writing and language is important and takes time and practice. Here’s an activity that supports persuasive writing by giving students a topic they can relate to, Financial Intelligence!What do your students already know about Financial Intelligence?If you’d like to give them a head start, check out this fun
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Grades:
5th - 9th
Informational Text: The American Search for Utopia: Free (CCSS Aligned)
This free, original Informational Text reading resource is taken from my teaching pack for Gordon Korman's popular book SCHOOLED.
The selected informational text--"The American Search for Utopia"-- is designed to provide students with background information that will heighten their understanding, appreciation, and enjoyment for Mr. Korman’s story and its characters. However, the text can also stand alone as a independent reading resource with social studies connections. The ten quest
Grades:
6th - 9th
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Pi Day Video Scavenger Hunt
Learn about the wonders of Pi Day and delight your students with this fill-in-the-blank video scavenger hunt activity. Can be done independently or as a class. Best for grades 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th.
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Grades:
4th - 8th
How to cite using 9 core elements in MLA
How to cite using 9 core elements in MLAMLA8citationscitation page
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2nd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Depth & Complexity Icon Chart
Depth & Complexity icons help students achieve deeper thinking, and understanding, as well as scholarly insights into the connections across time, people and disciplines. Great for GATE students or any students!
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Veteran's Day Reading & Activities
This free resource includes two different sets of activities for students regarding Veteran's Day. The two documents each have links to websites with readings for the students and then a series of in-depth questions and activities for the students to engage in. This resource is designed for students in grades 5-8 and integrates icons of Depth and Complexity in the questions.
Grades:
5th - 8th
Catwalk of Controversy: Informational Text Lesson from Serena Williams' Attire
Editable CommonLit POV Lesson: "Serena Williams' catsuit controversy evokes the battle over women wearing shorts" from www.commonlit.com.In this lesson, students analyze the author’s point of view about female tennis players being judged or what they wear. Point of view is how someone views something.Key Concepts:- Informational Text- Point of View- Author´s CraftAll lesson resources are in the speaker notes and are hyperlinked in the included Google Slides document.***Product also available at
Grades:
8th - 10th
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
This FREE resource includes a link to a Wonderopolis video and article that will allow students to include vocabulary and facts/details in their one-pager activity. This activity involves investigating information, illustrating and defining terms, and organizing what was learned. https://wonderopolis.org/wonder/who-is-the-unknown-soldier
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3rd - 6th
One Page Non-fiction Response for Reluctant Writers 3rd-8th
I generated this form a couple years ago as a way for students to think critically about non-fiction topics in a non-threatening, brief format. It was developed with reluctant readers and writers in mind.
As a gifted and talented resource teacher, I always have some students who are identified gifted and talented yet avoid writing. These students might be full of information and eager to contribute to class discussions with proclamations of “I saw on the History Channel . . .” Left to their
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3rd - 8th
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Think Like A Disciplinarian Graphic Organizer
This is one Think Like A Disciplinarian graphic organizers I use. Across the top are the specific areas the students are supposed to focus on while reading & marking the text as their assigned discipline. I attached the GATE symbols and descriptions to each label to add definition to the area of focus.
I used this organizer for my 6th grade science class during our volcano unit. The argumentation focus was when Yellowstone's super volcano erupt next.
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Grades:
6th - 8th
Presentations Choice Board
This is a resource that can be used for students in upper elementary classes and above. It is also great for GATE classes.Students have a choice, and they can be more confident sharing their knowledge with others.
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4th - 7th
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A Recycling Initiative - A Scoring Rubric
Do you want your students to engage in a project that is real-word based and can create positive change? Consider having them write recycling proposals they can present to local organizations to persuade them to incorporate recycling to reduce waste.This is a rubric that can be used to assess a student recycling proposal. It can be used as a formative and summative assessment, although its intent is as a summative assessment.Items in the rubric include: quality of ideas, scientific feasibility,
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7th - 12th
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(Virtual Learning) Main Idea and Details Graphic Organizer Google Drawing
I use this in my 3rd Grade Class for virtual learning to help the reading skill/strategy of "Main Idea and Details". (You will have to open the Google Document purchased, click the link to the Google Drawing, and then choose "Make A Copy" to use for you own classroom. This is because TPT doesn't allow uploading of Google Drawings.)Students use the graphic organizer to write 3 important details from the text (notice how the details are the legs that support the main idea), and then the students g
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2nd - 6th
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SAMPLE THINKING LIKE A DISCIPLINARIAN
TLAD, or Thinking Like a Disciplinarian is based on the work of Dr. Sandra Kaplan and her quest to take students deeper into content and thinking skills by adopting multiple perspectives utilized by real world professionals. TLAD is based on the idea of introducing students to the recourses, tools, thinking skills, methods professionals in the field utilize daily. While we want to practice integrating TLAD into our everyday teaching, we must first expose our students to what each Discipline is
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3rd - 10th
Current Events Investigations-Newsela
This product is designed to guide students as they read non-fiction, current event articles on Newsela.com. The students will recognize elements of reading as they write a reflection on the article. Then, they will respond to the article using personal connections with the article they chose. Finally, they will create a comic strip that reflects the information they gathered from reading. This is a great tool to use to keep students engaged and help teachers assess student understanding.
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
Science Writing
Creative writing prompt for Continental Drift, Seafloor Spreading, and Plate Tectonics.
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5th - 7th
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Rachel Carson Biography Study
This study includes higher-level comprehension questions, a photo analysis, and a persuasive essay all on the environmentalist, Rachel Carson. This study was made to accompany a popular children’s book that can be found at any local library or done on its own.
Grades:
6th - 9th
Reading Comprehension Informational Text
This packet is complete with an informational text article, worksheet, and crossword puzzle. The worksheet asks the student to explain the author's purpose as well as describe supporting details.
Grades:
4th - 6th
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Think Like A Disciplinarian Graphic Organizer - Genetics
This is one Think Like A Disciplinarian graphic organizers I use. Across the top are the specific areas the students are supposed to focus on while reading & marking the text as their assigned discipline. I attached the GATE symbols and descriptions to each label to add definition to the area of focus.
I used this organizer for my 7th grade science class during our genetics argumentation. The argumentation focus was about genetically engineering people before they are born.
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Grades:
6th - 8th
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