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Free seasonal resources for GATE
The Dot By Peter Reynolds Activities - Dot Day STEM and STEAM
Explore this growth mindset read-aloud with STEAM activities for International Dot Day! Warm-up the brain with dot and pixel art, and then dive into one (or all four) STEM challenges. These activities pair with the read aloud The Dot. Try these challenges and see where they take you!✅ What You'll Get ✅2 warm-up activities to get the creativity flowing4 STEM ActivitiesArt desk STEM activityEasel STEM activityPicture frame STEM activityPainting tool STEM activityRecording OptionsGraphic organizer
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K - 3rd
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Also included in: STEM Bundle of Activities and Challenges Read Aloud Books and Novels
Spring Early Finishers Enrichment Activities - I'm Done Teacher!
Designed for those "early finishers" ~ a collection of THINKING TASKS, not busy work. A different, creative approach, that your students will appreciate. Keep this collection in a file folder crate, and teach your students a routine for accessing the "The Thinking Spot."
Included in this Spring Sample Pack:
"The Thinking Spot" Crate Label
Invent a Plant
Flower Power (Category Brainstorm)
Doodle Spring
Character Trading Cards
Puddle of Fun
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Grades:
2nd - 4th
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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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Early Finishers Thinking Puzzles FREEBIE
What do your early finishers do? These critical thinking puzzles will keep your students engaged and allow them to work on meaningful activities. Included in this unit are math, ELA, spelling, logic puzzles, and more.Included in this unit are:It Begins WithSpin a StorySpot the DifferencesMystery WordAnalogiesRead and Do*Answer Keys are included!Check out more early finisher activities here.Thank you so much for stopping by TpT and my store. If I can help you in any way, please let me know. You
Grades:
2nd - 3rd
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Logic Puzzles FREE logic puzzle sampler
Logic Puzzles FREE logic puzzle sampler is a ready to use logic problem for your class. Great for math centers, time fillers or bell ringers.MUST have logic puzzles sets include:☆ Summer Logic Puzzles☆ Seasonal Logic Puzzle Bundle☆ Fall Logic Puzzles☆ Winter Logic Puzzles ☆ Logic Puzzles for All Year Long BIG Bundle☆ Winter Logic Puzzles ☆ Spring Logic Puzzles☆ April Logic PuzzlesThis purchase is for one teacher only. If you want to share, please share the link so that your colleagues can downl
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6th - 8th
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Back to School Choice Board - Morning Work or Early Finisher Activities
This Back to School choice board is perfect for setting up an Early Finisher station in your classroom at the beginning of the year. It can be used for morning work, early and fast finishers, or enrichment. The activities provide the perfect mix of challenges and fun, while still being super simple for the beginning of the year.This Back to School menu can be used as a tic-tac-toe board, and is full of 9 highly engaging and cross-curricular enrichment activities. A variety of activities are incl
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Grades:
2nd - 3rd
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Also included in: Early Finisher Activities and Choice Boards BUNDLE
All About Me Unit - Common Core Aligned NO PREP Third Fourth Fifth Grade
This unit contains both a printable packet version AND individual JPEG files for each document so that you can easily upload to Google Classroom. Since they are in JPEG format, students should be able to write on the documents in Google Classroom.Additionally, this unit now includes a PARENT INSTRUCTIONS edition that you can easily pass on to parents when students are out of school. The instructions are easy to follow and allow parents to work with students just as you would in the classroom! Th
Grades:
2nd - 6th
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NGSS:
4-LS1-1
, 3-LS3-1
, 5-PS1-1
, 3-LS1-1
Also included in: Gifted and Talented Curriculum BUNDLE - Third, Fourth, and Fifth Grade
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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Questions to help parents talk about their child's school day
As a teacher, I know the importance of talking to my child about their day, but I find that sometimes I even resort to the dreaded…"how was your day?" and am often met with a one or two word answer. Or I'm asking the same questions over and over again. Help your parents engage in a thoughtful conversation with their child by providing them with this list of open-ended questions to start the conversation flowing.
This would be perfect to send home at the beginning of the year or at Back to Sch
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K - 5th
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Thirty Days Hath September. . .
Phrases, titles, product names, and exaggerations constructed with numbers--we quote them, hear them, see them, but seldom stop to think how useful they are. In this brain teaser, they are the stars.
Treat your students to a view of our language from a different angle with this two-part download, 40 items each. Also included are full answer keys and a list of 50 additional number phrases that creative teachers and students may use as resources for another activity.
Grades:
5th - 8th
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Holiday Theme Logic Puzzles (3 included)
This free set of three logic puzzles will challenge and engage your students while letting them have fun. Students will use their critical thinking skills. The holiday-related stories are fun to read and solve using deductive reasoning skills. A grid is used to find the solution.
Answer keys included
If you are looking for additional seasonal activities for your students, take a look at my Winter Math Bundle for Upper Elementary OR the bundled items are sold individually in my store (the bu
Grades:
4th - 6th
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August Early Finishers Choice Board
An excellent resource for early finishers or for independent work time that requires higher level thinking with SCAMPER terms (Substitute, Combine, Add Something, Magnify/Minify, Put to Other Uses, Eliminate, Rearrange) and words from Bloom's Taxonomy: Create and Evaluate.
You will find a color version which you can laminate for durability. A black line version is also included to make individual student copies.
Includes two different headers for you to choose from!
This is part of a bundl
Grades:
3rd - 5th
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Second Grade Choice Boards Choice Menus Early Finishers Fast Finishers FREEBIE
This sampler contains two math, two ELA, one writing, and one multiple intelligence choice board for second grade. These are perfect for early finishers, enrichment, additional practice, homework, and your accelerated kiddos.
You can find the bundles here:
Volume OneVolume Two
You can view the individual products for volume one here:
Common Core Math Choice Boards Operations and Algebraic ThinkingCommon Core Math Choice Boards Number and Operations in Base TenCommon Core Math Choice Boards Me
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Grades:
1st - 2nd
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Back to School Depth and Complexity Frames Freebie
Make returning back to school fun and educational by incorporating the prompts of Depth and Complexity! This freebie offers Depth and Complexity frames and task cards to get your kids communicating, writing, reading, and thinking! Get your students to clearly understand your routines and procedures in the classroom and allow them to be a part of the process too!
Never used Depth and Complexity icons or frames in your classroom? No problem! None of your students are identified as GATE? Stil
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2nd - 6th
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Back-to-School Sense of Humor Test
Welcome your students with this Back-to-School Sense of Humor Test.
Students are challenged to spot the correct endings to the beginnings of humorous statements uttered by real people, including Yogi Berra, various politicians, George Burns, Dolly Parton, and Groucho Marx to name a few. The two "tests" of 35 items each offer opportunities for youngsters to polish their internet research skills.
The companion graphic organizer for writing, entitled "I Couldn't Stop Laughing!" requires stude
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4th - 8th
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April Vocabulary Downpour
April's designation as a month of rain is the anchor for this fifty-item brain teaser/vocabulary builder. Students are challenged to identify words that have the actual letters r-a-i-n or letter combinations that sound like "rain" within their spellings. Also included are interpretive questions based on idiomatic expressions with the word rain.
Five total pages including full answer keys. Download and enjoy.
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Grades:
5th - 9th
CREATIVE THINKING PROJECT Halloween Activity Gifted and Talented Enrichment HOTS
Jazzy Jack-o'-lanterns is a FREE sample of what you will find in Destination: Imagination via Creative Thinking Vol. I. This project is a creative, Halloween activity originally designed for gifted and talented children, but clearly appropriate for all students. Intended to promote originality as one of the 4 traits of gifted children (fluency, flexibility, elaboration and originality), I have used it extensively with heterogeneous classes. The results are always surprising and extraordinary.
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Not Grade Specific
GROUNDHOG DAY FREEBIE Hink Pinks, et al. Word Puzzles
HINK PINKS, HINKY PINKIES, and HINKITY PINKITIES are riddles that help children learn to problem solve while exercising vocabulary skills (definitions, synonyms, parts of speech, rimes, ...). These Groundhog Day themed task cards prompt your students to interpret data, make inferences, draw conclusions, and analyze new information. Hink Pinks, et al. riddles are terrific for centers, enrichment, differentiation, bell ringers, sponge activities, and GATE. They are also available as a digital reso
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Not Grade Specific
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Back To School Activity | Logic Puzzle FREEBIE
This is engaging, critical thinking fun will have your students begging for more! This NO prep Back To School Activity is a fun, challenging location logic puzzle. Problem Solving fun for early finishers, after testing, and more! Set includes 4 Versions of the same puzzles with answer key.. Who Wants Cupcakes? is a location logic puzzle. Students must use the clues and process of elimination to deduce which student had which cupcake. This puzzle comes in four versions for easy differentia
Grades:
3rd - 5th
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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
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3rd - 12th, Adult Education, Staff
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Miss Nelson is Missing
Math Center: Miss Nelson is Missing
This freebie is provided for you to examine math task cards available in my store as well as the general quality of my work. If you feel this product would be of benefit to your students, please visit my store for the entire product!
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Literature meets math as students will be engaged and challenged with various math tasks.
Skills Reinforced
* addition
* subtraction
* multiplication
* division
* even
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Grades:
1st - 4th
FREE Gingerbread Man Escape Room - Holiday Activities for New Year 2023 #Winter
Ring in the New Year with this beautiful, high-quality and challenging The Ginger Bread Man ESCAPE ROOM. Winter themed!
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K - 2nd
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Snowman Matter Science and STEM Pack
Teaching the three states of matter has never been so fun! Grab some snow or shaved ice and watch as your snowman melts away! This is also a great way to measurement and process writing!This mini science and STEM includes:Lesson plan, guiding questions, book connectionsvideo science connectionschanging states of matter postersnowman record sheetchanging states of matter connectionssolids/liquids/gas snowman connections sheetSTEM Activity: Build the tallest snowman out of paper and masking tapele
Back to School Higher Order Thinking Activities {FREE SAMPLE}
Great beginning of the year activity for the first day of school! Start the school year off by engaging Higher Order Thinking right from the start!
This freebie is a sample of my Back to School Higher Order Thinking Activities Set
This activity is the "Evaluate" activity!
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Wacky, Fun, and DEFINITELY Silly Poetry Book
Second Grade Writing Boot Camp
20 Writing Activities that DON'T
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
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