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The New Year geography resources for GATE
Lunar New Year 2024 | Year of the DRAGON Reading Comprehension | Spring Festival
Chinese New Year in 2024 starts on Saturday, February 10th!It’s the Year of the DRAGON!Did you know that the Chinese believe that people born in the Year of the DRAGON are strong, tenacious, and ambitious? Do you know what the lucky colors and numbers are for people born during the Year of the DRAGON?Find out more by close-reading interesting text all about the Year of the DRAGON.Create a Cool DRAGON Collage, perfect for a 2024 Year of the DRAGON Bulletin Board!*** This resource has been updated
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4th - 7th
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Early Finishers Fast Finishers Activities No Prep Thinking Puzzles for January
What do your early finishers do? These critical thinking puzzles will keep your students engaged and allow them to work on meaningful activities. decadedollardeals Included in this unit are math, ELA, spelling, logic puzzles, and more centered around an January new year theme.Included in this unit are:How Much is Each Party Hat Worth?It Begins With...Read and DoWho Did What on New Year's Eve? (logic puzzle)Spin a StorySpot the DifferencesMystery WordTo the PartyFirst Letter FunFollowing Directio
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2nd - 3rd
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Creating Global Thinkers with Depth and Complexity Icons
Do you want your students learning globally, using higher level thinking, and learning geography... all in twenty minutes a day? I did too so I created this easy way to challenge your students from the moment they walk in the door.This product is easy to print and can be seamlessly implemented into your morning routine. It is recommended that you use the icons of depth and complexity (included) to push and extend student thinking.Included in this product:-Explanation, sample lesson plan, real
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3rd - 6th
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Latin America (Mexico, Central/South America) Geography Research Unit
This Latin America unit includes:
Several different activities/project layouts for you to chose from or use all! :)
As you teach about the geography of Latin America and all the countries in it, use these in their interactive notebooks!
Perfect for students to research and discover information about all of Latin America or just a country there on their own!
GREAT mini research project for GT students or early finishers to work on!
Grades:
2nd - 8th
STEM STEAM Challenge: January New Year's Ball Edition
Watching the ball drop was easy. Getting it to balance up high...now that's tough! Help your students to start the new year right with this January STEM challenge!
Included in this pack are:
-- Printable student challenge card
-- Teacher materials list
-- Pre-Activity guide
-- Engineering Design Process flow-chart for student record keeping
-- Self-assessment/Reflection page (differentiated for grades K-1 or 2-5)
-- Open-ended writing page for follow-up or related activities (differentiate
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2nd - 6th
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Chinese New Years 2024 STEM Activities | Chinese Dragon STEM Challenge
The year of the dragon is here and your teacher life just got a little busier with Chinese New Year activities you need to plan. Use Chinese New Year STEM activities to cover standards and give your students super fun Chinese New Year activities they will love. This ready to go Chinese New Years 2024 STEM Activities Chinese Dragon STEM Challenge is just what you need to keep your 2nd through 5th grade students engaged and excited for learning during the month of February.Challenge your students
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2nd - 5th
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Also included in: Holiday STEM Challenges BUNDLE
January Writing Journal and Task Cards
This printable journal with 30 seasonal topics is a perfect addition to your writing curriculum or work on writing center. Looking at a big blank piece of paper can be really intimidating to a young writer. These pages are perfectly sized and designed to be inviting and interesting for your first, second, and third graders.
Print as few or as many pages as you'd like then staple together and you're set for the month! You can also print one topic at a time instead of using as a journal. Also inc
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1st - 5th
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Hands On Map Skills: Cross Curricular Project to Teach Map Skills (Grades 2-4)
Tired of using worksheets to teach map skills? I used worksheets for years but something didn't feel right. I knew my students weren't learning map skills deeply when I was teaching this way. That was when the Hands on Map Skills project was born!
This is a social studies project that has cross-curricular connections to reading and math. In this project students use real maps to study their important features, all while refining their map skills. Then they get the chance to put all of this kno
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2nd - 4th
Travel Agent Research Project | No Prep | Digital & Printable
This open-ended research project turns students into travel agents as they plan a trip! They will conduct research and select a destination, then use the internet to figure out flights, hotels, activities, and more! Students will also use addition, and maybe a bit of multiplication, to determine the total cost of their trip!This Resource Includes:Digital PowerPoint VersionDigital Google Slides VersionPrintable Black & White PDF VersionCompleted in 6 Steps!1. Location Research2. Select a Loca
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4th - 6th
Road Trip Adventure PROJECT BASED LEARNING for GATE and 3rd - 8th Grades
Come along on a fun project-based adventure as students practice different forms of writing, geography skills, computer and internet technology skills, engineering and design skills, math skills, public speaking, creativity, and art.
Here is your Gold Medal Standard project based learning unit ready to go. Because this project-based unit relies heavily on student creativity and invention, the key knowledge, understanding, and success skills can be scaffolded across many grade levels. This un
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3rd - 8th
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Also included in: SIMULATIONS Real-World Projects GATE Bundle Gifted
STEM Around the World in 10 Days
This product is included in a bundle with an Around the World in 10 Days Travel Journal. Check it out HERE!
Looking for an engaging way to teach geography? Why not have students solve a STEM challenge that relates to each continent? There is STEM challenge for each of the 7 continents in this product.
This product includes:
•STEM Challenge Background information pages
•STEM Challenge Problem pages
•STEM Challenge Criteria & Materials pages
•Student STEM journal pages (Includes background i
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1st - 4th
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Life Skills | Plan a Vacation PBL | Project Based Learning
This PROJECT-BASED LEARNING resource is a great way to have students use real-life reading and writing skills as they plan their own overseas vacation.In this unit, students will have the opportunity to plan a trip and persuade others to join along and make memories with them!This is an easy and enriching End of Year Project. Grab basic materials, PRINT, and GO!What's the challenge? Students must find and research a foreign city to travel to. The exciting twist is that the city must start with t
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Project Based Learning | Design Process | Life Skills Travel Planning
MAP SKILLS BUNDLE - CLASSROOM, BEDROOM, HOUSE, ZOO, TEST, AND CENTER
These are engaging and fun projects to teach basic mapping skills. The students learn how to use a compass, place objects using the four cardinal directions, and follow multi-step directions. Describe the location of objects relative to other locations in the classroom. (Over, near, far, left, right, north, south, east, west).- Students create an interactive house map placing pictures of the house furniture on the assigned spots. Or/and they create their own house!- Blank map for your own additi
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1st - 4th
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January Brain Teasers & Challenge Puzzles | Boom Cards | Digital &Print
Are you looking to engage and differentiate for your:early finishers?gifted and talented students?students who just love a challenge?Then this product is perfect for you! It includes 20 fun and challenging brain teaser puzzles of all types. My students have LOVED solving these puzzles as a reward for completing their other work. I LOVE that they are self-checking which frees me up to help the students who need it.★★★★ Preview this deck in action here ★★★★It includes 20 varied January-themed Bo
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3rd - 8th
The Three Questions - A Literacy Study
Tired of beginning the New Year with the same assignment? "The
Three Questions" by John Muth (based on a story by Leo Tolstoy) is your answer. In this thoughtful story a boy seeks to find the answer to three simple questions on his journey to discover how to become a good person. This 3rd -6th grade Common Core aligned literacy unit includes: story elements, grammar, language arts, sequencing, writing both opinion and personal narratives, character studies, character development, comprehension,
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3rd - 6th
BUNDLE Around the World in 10 Days {STEM & Target Book}
Looking for an engaging way to teach geography and letter writing? Go cross-curricular and teach both simultaneously! Students start by 'Packing up their questions' about geography by creating an anchor chart with their teacher. Then model letter writing skills and off you go! Spend one day in each of the continents and complete a STEM Challenge! On the last day of your travels create a world map to document your experience!
This product is a BUNDLE, which is at a discounted price! These are th
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1st - 4th
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Geography Activities Geographer's Tools Upper Elementary Social Studies
Looking for an engaging upper-elementary geography lesson? This resource is chock-full of activities you can use to teach the geographer's tools of maps, tables, photographs, and charts! You'll get four activities that explore the different tools geographers use to organize geographic information. You'll love the quality graphics and original articles. Your students will love how interesting geography can be!You'll get four low-prep activities that can be used together or individually. Each acti
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Geography Lessons and Activities | Critical and Creative Thinking BUNDLE
New Years Menus - Choice Boards and Activities- 3rd - 5th Grade
Are you looking for your enrichment or exemplary tasks to be done for the year? These New Years choice boards are perfect for your early finishers or students that need a challenge.You can use this by telling students to complete 3 boxes or as a tic-tac-toe challenge. Each box comes with a matching work page.Print at the beginning of the unit and give to each student so they can work on it throughout the unit.Holidays Choice Boards Includes:Topic: New YearsAcrostic PoemSetting GoalsWord SearchPi
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Holiday BUNDLE Choice Boards and Activities- 3rd - 5th Grade
Geography Lessons and Activities | Critical and Creative Thinking BUNDLE
If you're looking for fabulous lesson plans about many aspects of geography, this bundle is for you! They're the perfect way to build geography skills, critical thinking skills, and creativity skills, all at once! You'll love the super high quality graphics, original articles, and the super clear teacher instructions for every single lesson.Ten different lessons/activities are included, and all of them align with National Geography Standards. Every resource has more than one activity, so this is
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2nd - 9th
Travel Agent Project- A Geography PBL
Incorporate authentic learning into your classroom by having your students complete this PBL as you teach geography content for your state or country. The project is organized around the central question: How can you as a travel agent plan a trip to a state or country for a family?
Students will plan a trip with stops in different regions or cities, mark their trip on a map, keep within a budget, and create a persuasive presentation to share their plan. They will not only practice geography con
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3rd - 8th
Flags of the World STEM Mats - STEM Center for Building Bricks Distance Learning
If you are looking for a STEM and geography resource, or are celebrating any international sporting events, this is a great set to add to your toolbox!STEM Mats are SO easy to set up in your classroom! If you were thinking of trying STEM Fridays or Maker Mondays, or you need something more engaging for your early finishers than worksheets or reading, this is the resource for you. Not only will your students be working creatively to solve problems, they will be reading, writing, and using math sk
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1st - 5th
Also included in: STEM Activities and Challenges for K-2 - Whole Year Bundle
Human Impact on the Environment: Learn about Dams and Human Adaptation
Human adaptation of the environment is a critical standard, but it's not always the most exciting. Learning about dams and their impact on the environment can be fun and engaging! If you're looking for a powerful geography activity your students will remember all year, this is the one. This resource will guide your students through an understanding of how dams work, and also the effects of human adaptation of the environment. Using the GATE creativity tool of SCAMPER, task cards, and an explorat
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4th - 7th
Also included in: Geography Lessons and Activities | Critical and Creative Thinking BUNDLE
New Year STEM
New Years Celebration STEM Challenge - This clock tower building STEM challenge meets several NGSS standards and encourages critical thinking, budgeting, and engineering skills and is a perfect New Years activity. Oh no! The town wants to host a New Years Eve Celebration, but they need a clock tower for the townspeople to watch. The town needs the help of your students! Design and create a clock with a hand that will turn using available supplies such as paper plates and straws. The clock mu
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2nd - 5th
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Also included in: STEM Activities Bundle
Amazing Race Printable Templates
This file is a PowerPoint file with Amazing Race templates to create challenges, detours and roadblocks in any content area. These templates can be used digitally or as printables. Just click inside the editable text boxes to add your content.Template includes: planning pageschallenge folderroute information carddetour cardroadblock cardplayer name tagsPowerPoint slides template
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K - 12th, Staff
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