Middle school Halloween writing resources for GATE

Grades:

2nd - 8th

Types:

NGSS:

K-2-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-3

, MS-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-1

, 3-5-ETS1-3

...

Halloween STEM Activity - Bone Bridge® - Halloween STEM Challenge

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The Bone Bridge® Halloween STEM activity is collaborative, brain-busting work disguised as fun! This STEM challenge goes beyond Halloween. Connect it to your science lessons on skeletal system, bridges/transportation, and/or forces (specific ideas provided in the resource). The basic idea: Students work in partners or groups against a list of criteria and constraints to build a bridge for length, strength, or capacity using simple materials. This is the first resource from Bone Bridge® STEM Ch

Subjects:

Grades:

2nd - 8th

Types:

NGSS:

K-2-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-3

, MS-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-1

, 3-5-ETS1-3

...

Also included in: Halloween STEM Activities - 6 STEM Challenges - Print & Paperless

Halloween STEM Activity - Bat Wings Wanted Halloween STEM Challenge

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This Halloween STEM activity will keep your kids engaged & learning! Not doing Halloween activities this year? No problem! Just add this to a science unit on bats, life science, the physics of flight, or as a supplement to Stellaluna.Basic Premise:In this Halloween STEM challenge activity, students design and engineer a new set of bat wings, with the goal being to achieve maximum flight distance and/or accuracy. You can even throw in style points, if you like! It's a paper airplane challenge

Subjects:

Grades:

2nd - 8th

Types:

NGSS:

K-2-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-3

, MS-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-1

, 3-5-ETS1-3

...

Also included in: Halloween STEM Activities - 6 STEM Challenges - Print & Paperless

Halloween STEM Activity - Creature Catcher Spider Web Halloween STEM Challenge

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In this Halloween STEM activity students work in partners or groups against a criteria and constraints list to design a device to catch as many “creatures” as possible. While spider web STEM designs definitely come to mind, there are many ways to catch a creature! Let your students' imagination and creativity shine by leaving the challenge open-ended.Not doing Halloween STEM activities this year?If Halloween activities are a no-go in your classroom, no problem! You can use this to start off a un

Subjects:

Grades:

2nd - 8th

Types:

Enriching Elementary with Amanda

NGSS:

K-2-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-3

, MS-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-1

, 3-5-ETS1-3

...

Also included in: Halloween STEM Activities - 6 STEM Challenges - Print & Paperless

GENIUS HOUR Unit Plans {Google Slides + Docs}

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INCLUDES:Teacher Guide PDFGoogle Slideshow Introduction with links, videos, student examplesExample Project Timeline/Planning GuideGoogle Docs Student Proposal FormGoogle Docs Student Accountability LogPrintable Note Taker OptionsGoogle Docs Student Notes Taker - 2 ColumnGoogle Docs Student Notes Taker - 3 ColumnGoogle Docs Notes Taker ExampleGoogle Docs Notes Taker Heading IdeasGoogle Docs Student Format TrackerGoogle Slides Progress TrackerGoogle Docs Student ReflectionGoogle Docs Rubric+ You

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Informational Text, Writing

Grades:

3rd - 8th

Types:

GATE

Also included in: Enrichment Activity Growing Bundle

Halloween Math Logic Puzzles - Enrichment Activities for Grades 4 and up

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Live Laugh Math

Eleven Halloween Themed Logic Puzzles for students to practice critical thinking and basic math skills during the month of October! Use as a Halloween-themed activity for early finishers, a cooperative learning activity, or a math center. Digital version now included compatible with Google Classroom™ for distance learning.SAVE BIG by buying in the Holiday Math Logic Puzzle Bundle.Math Skills Included:-Basic Operations-Place Value Concepts-Multiples and Prime Numbers-2-D Shape Characteristics and

Subjects:

Gifted and Talented, Halloween, Math

Grades:

4th - 7th

Types:

GATE, Centers

Also included in: Math Enrichment: Math Logic Puzzles Bundle

Haiku Tunnel Books: Art & Haiku Writing Project using Postcards for Prompts

Created by

Teach Kids Art

Tunnel books are unique and fun! A tunnel book is a three-dimensional movable book that you read by looking through it. Originally from the mid-18th century, tunnel books are enjoying new popularity as an art form in their own right. The tunnel books you've seen may look complicated, but I've developed a method that simplifies the process so that students from 3rd or 4th grade and up can be successful making tunnel books of their own. We'll use a postcard as a prompt for writing an original haik

Subjects:

Poetry, Visual Arts, Writing

Grades:

4th - 7th

Types:

Projects, GATE, Lesson

Create-ure Spring STEM Challenge Activity with Life Science Extensions

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General Science, Halloween, Spring

If you’re looking to apply learning in adaptations, habitats, food chains and food webs, life cycles, genetics & heredity, evolution, and/or human body systems, this STEM or STEAM challenge is a perfectly engaging way to get the job done joyfully! It’s the perfect Halloween or spring STEM activity, but it works any time of the year to connect to your life science standards! The basic idea: Students work in individually or in partners or groups against a list of criteria and constraints to c

Subjects:

Grades:

2nd - 8th

Types:

NGSS:

K-2-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-3

, MS-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-1

, 4-LS1-1

...

Also included in: EASY MATERIALS STEM ACTIVITIES Bundle with End of Year Summer STEM Activities

Halloween STEM Activity - Treat Toss Catapult - Halloween STEM Challenge

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In this Halloween STEM challenge activity, students build a Treat Toss candy catapult.The basic idea: In partners or groups, students work against a criteria and constraints list to build a low-energy machine to toss treats. The teacher chooses from one of two challenge goals: maximum launch distance and/or target-accuracy. This challenge is a great introduction to simple machines, particularly levers!⭐️A candy-only, non-Halloween version of the handouts is included for those not doing Hallowe

Subjects:

Grades:

2nd - 8th

Types:

Creative Writing, English Language Arts, Writing

NGSS:

K-2-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-3

, MS-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-1

, 3-5-ETS1-3

...

Also included in: Halloween STEM Activities - 6 STEM Challenges - Print & Paperless

5 Paragraph Essay Writing- EASIEST way to teach kids to organize their writing

Created by

Mrs Bart

A Best-Seller! Here are a few TpT Buyer reviews:"It's a small resource, but mighty. And extremely intuitive. In fact, I'd say that so far, this may be the best 5 paragraph essay resource I've used yet. Thanks! I would buy this again in a heartbeat. It is awesome. (16+ year teacher here!)""One of the best writing products I've ever purchased!""I used this with my 7th & 8th graders as yet another way to organize their writing. It helped the students that still did not know how to organize thei

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 9th

Types:

GATE, Independent Work Packet

Also included in: The Ultimate Writing Bundle (Grades 3-6)

Gifted and Talented Unit - Design Your Own Olympic Games

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Critical Thinking, Gifted and Talented, Writing

★ ★ Gifted and Talented: Design Your Own Olympic Games ★ ★ A "no prep" project based learning unit for the upper elementary students! Students work to research and design a bid to hold the next Olympic Games in a city of their choice! They will made decisions about location, city needs, development, map, and budget.They will plan a logo, mascot, medal design, torch, and torch relay plan to uniquely brand their Olympic Games. They will write a speech to convince local citizens to support their

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types:

GATER Educator - Kris Prince

FALL Activities | Mystery Science | CSI Reading Comprehension | Art History

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Get your students excited about drawing conclusions and making inferences with this fun crime scene investigation. Through witness statements, logic puzzles, and trace evidence, students will use deductive reasoning to unlock the mystery of the stolen Scream painting. An engaging and educational way to celebrate the FALL season in the classroom!Students will love inferring and using deductive logic as they follow the Crime Scene Protocol and unlock the mystery of the Stolen ScreamThis Fall Activ

Subjects:

Autumn, Forensics, Halloween

Grades:

4th - 6th

Types:

CCSS:

RL.5.1

, RI.4.1

, RI.4.3

, RI.4.7

, RI.5.3

...

Also included in: Halloween Mystery Activities | CSI Reading Comprehension | Art History

Gifted and Talented - Start Your Own Sports Team Unit

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Critical Thinking, Gifted and Talented, Writing

★ ★ Gifted and Talented: Design Your Own Sports Franchise ★ ★ Students will plan and propose the next expansion team for a city and sport of their choice! They will follow a 19-page guided project based learning unit to make decisions about their team's location, name, logo, mascot, and stadium. They will have to persuade the expansion team planning committee and city that their team will be successful and benefit both the league and city! Use in the Classroom: I designed this activity to b

Subjects:

Grades:

4th - 8th

Types:

Close Reading, Engineering, Halloween

October STEM and Halloween STEM Activities and Challenges with Close Reading

Created by

Tied 2 Teaching

Halloween STEM challenges and other October STEM activities are so much fun. But, finding the time to incorporate design challenges into your curriculum can be difficult. The October STEM Design Challenge COLLECTION is part of the STEM with CLOSE READING series. It gives you FOUR OF MY BEST SELLING STEM CHALLENGES and will seamlessly allow you to tie together the curriculum by giving you rigorous text dependent questions that go with a high interest reading passages IN ADDITION to the fun ST

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types:

Enriching Elementary with Amanda

Also included in: Halloween Activities Bundle Halloween Math Halloween Reading Halloween Puzzles

Enrichment Activity Growing Bundle

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This is a GROWING bundle filled with my favorite enrichment resources. These resources are geared toward advanced learners but can be used with all students. As I add more enrichment specific lessons to my tpt store, they will also be added to this GROWING bundle! You will simply need to redownload with no new purchase necessary.

Subjects:

For All Subjects, Reading, Writing

Grades:

2nd - 8th

Types:

GATE

Gifted and Talented Unit - Design A Walking Tour

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Critical Thinking, Gifted and Talented, Writing

★ ★ Gifted and Talented: Design A Walking Tour ★ ★A "print and go" project based learning unit for the middle grades! Students work to research and design a walking tour for a location of their choice! They will create a website and/or a brochure as well as design a social media marketing plan and an app.★Check it out!: This unit is included in the Gifted and Talented Upper Elementary Units Bundle at a discounted price! About this Product:The unit is designed with a cover page for easy photocop

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types:

English Language Arts, Gifted and Talented, Halloween

Listening and Following Directions Halloween Edition + Reading Comprehension

Created by

teachforteach

Listening and Following Directions – Halloween EditionAn 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 a map. During the activity the directions can be read to the students by the teacher or the students can read the directions to themselves. Thi

Subjects:

Grades:

4th - 8th

Types:

GATE, Printables, Centers

CCSS:

CCRA.SL.2

Also included in: Following Directions and Listening Bundle Reading Comprehension

Cinquain Poetry Template Pack | Cinquain Poem Activities | Print & Digital

Created by

Lisa Van Gemert - Gifted Guru

Looking for a terrific cinquain poem template? This Cinquain Poem Template resource has four unique cinquain templates and much, much more!This Cinquain Poetry Template resource has the templates you need. No more searching for what you need for cinquains in class! There's so much variety in levels that you can use it in grade levels 3 - 12!With an included digital version, this cinquain template pack will work for you whether you're teaching in-person or using virtual instruction.This cinquain

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Poetry, Writing

Grades:

3rd - 11th

Types:

Awesome Projects for Exploration and Making

CCSS:

RL.3.5

, RL.4.2

, RL.4.10

, RL.5.2

, RL.5.10

...

Also included in: National Poetry Month Activities | Cinquain Poem Mini Unit

Animate A Story (Scratch Coding Project)

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In this project, students will animate a story. This story could be anything. It could be an original creative piece they've written. It could be a story you're reading in class. It could even be a movie or moment in history that connects with their interests or topics/themes you're currently learning. Students will get to experience the connections between technology and writing, as they dive into computer programming and animation of their stories. Specific skills students will develop are: -

Subjects:

Computer Science - Technology, Creative Writing, Writing

Grades:

5th - 12th

Types:

Projects, Homeschool Curricula, GATE

Also included in: Creative Coding Adventures: 4 Interactive Scratch Projects Bundle

Text Analysis | Critical Thinking | Outside the Box Project

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Created by MrHughes

This Text Analysis project (which can be used with narrative, expository, and persuasive texts) will have your students thinking long after they have finished the project, and will help them think more objectively about future readings!Students will be required to talk about the text, its author, as well as the purpose, goals, and more.With six mini-projects to complete (which includes the student's name), this is sure to be a thought-provoking experience for students.Included in Your Purchase T

Subjects:

Informational Text, Literature, Writing

Grades:

6th - 8th

Types:

Projects, Assessment, GATE

CCSS:

RL.6.4

, RL.6.6

Descriptive Writing Unit - Low-Prep Lesson Plans, Prompts, Sensory Word Lists

Created by

Lisa Van Gemert - Gifted Guru

This descriptive writing mini unit is super quick to teach and will improve your students' descriptive writing instantly with descriptive writing prompts, sensory word lists, and more! It's got an engaging descriptive writing lesson plan that will launch your students into fabulous descriptive writing so they show, not tell, in addition to other resources you'll return to again and again. In this descriptive writing mini unit, you'll find graphic organizers that will support all learners, with t

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Writing, Writing-Essays

Grades:

4th - 7th

Types:

Handouts, GATE, Lesson

CCSS:

W.3.3

, W.3.10

, W.4.3

, W.5.3

, W.5.3b

...

Also included in: Persuasive, Narrative and Descriptive Writing Lessons & Activities BUNDLE

Regions of the U.S. Project with Text, Note Taking, and Summarizing

Created by

Applejacks Teacher

Are you looking for a way to teach the United State Regions? This Project includes two full pages of informational text on each of the five regions. Students read about each region, take notes, and rewrite in own words to create a book or poster project. I have found that my 5th graders have trouble synthesizing information when researching, so I created this project in order to teach them.Included in this 40-page project are:- 2 full pages of text on each of the 5 regions - filled with fact

Subjects:

Informational Text, U.S. History, Writing

Grades:

5th - 8th

Types:

Projects, GATE, Printables

CCSS:

RI.5.1

, RI.5.2

, RI.5.7

, W.5.2

, W.5.8

Depth and Complexity Icons Sentence Stems (distance learning)

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in the MIDDLE of it all

These depth and complexity icons sentence stems can be used in any classroom to help students think, talk, and write about various subjects using Depth and Complexity with ease! Use the stems during distance learning discussions, to keep conversations rich and engaging. The adaptations are endless for discussion, questioning, and writing purposes. All 11 Depth and Complexity Icons are included, each with 5 sentence stems to get teachers and students started! Use the depth and complexity stems i

Subjects:

For All Subjects, Gifted and Talented, Writing

Grades:

6th - 8th

Types:

Activities, Handouts, GATE

CCSS:

W.7.1b

, W.7.2

, W.7.2a

, W.7.2b

Also included in: Depth and Complexity Icons Getting Started BUNDLE

Gifted and Talented Unit - Research & Design Your Own Fantasy World

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