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Presidents' Day professional development resources for GATE
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February STEM Activities Challenges Valentines Day Party STEM and Close Reading
February STEM and Valentine's Day STEM challenge activities are so much fun. But, finding the time to incorporate design challenges into your curriculum can be difficult. The February STEM Design Challenge COLLECTION is part of the STEM with CLOSE READING series. It gives you FOUR OF MY BEST SELLING STEM CHALLENGES that 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
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3rd - 6th
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February STEM STEAM Challenge: President's Day Edition
President's Day is a great time to honor our founding fathers. And what better way to honor our first president than by building a new monument? Using the listed materials, students will create a presidential pillar so that Washington's portrait (a quarter) can balance on top.
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 (diffe
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K - 5th
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Instructional Strategies Poster Set {Marzano's 9 "High Yield" Strategies}
New teacher? Veteran teacher? Instructional Coach? These high yield strategies are perfect for all situations that involve instructing students and teachers :) Many current evaluations for teacher effectiveness measure an instructor's ability to select strategies based on a foundational evidence, in other words strategies that have been tested and researched, and why not? With as hard as we work, we should strive to use what has been proven effective. Marzano's nine high yield strategies have a
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Not Grade Specific
Abraham Lincoln Log Cabin STEM
Abraham Lincoln - President's Day STEM - In this STEM challenge your students will learn some facts about Abraham Lincoln and will complete the challenge of building a one room log cabin similar to his childhood home. Students must stick to a budget and use the available supplies. This STEM challenge meets several NGSS standards and encourages critical thinking, budgeting, and engineering skills.
Suggested Plan of Implementation:
Prior Week: Send home the parent letter requesting supplies.
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K - 6th
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Also included in: STEM Activities Bundle
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
Presidents' Day STEM Activities Abraham Lincoln's Cabin February STEM Challenge
STEM challenge activities are so much fun. But, finding the time to incorporate design challenges into your curriculum can be difficult. The Presidents Day Lincoln's Cabin Design Challenge is part of the STEM with CLOSE READING series. It seamlessly allows you to tie together the curriculum by giving you rigorous text dependent questions that go with a high interest reading passage IN ADDITION to the fun STEM activity! Watch your kids faces LIGHT UP as they put their thinking caps on and let
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3rd - 6th
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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
February Brain Teasers & Challenge Puzzles | Boom Cards | Digital & Print
Do you struggle to engage and differentiate for your:early finishers?gifted and talented students?smart 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 February-th
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
Gifted Education Presentation to Classroom Teachers, Gifted and Talented Program
I used this to present about gifted ed to our elementary school staff. While the presentation covers everything from academic, social, and emotional needs of gifted students it also helps classroom teachers with understanding who to refer for gifted testing. Stephanie Tolan's article "Is it a Cheetah" was the main resource used for the presentation. She captures the essence of these children who maybe aren't the "teacher pleasers," but are in fact gifted and need gifted services and support i
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Staff
Presidents With Pizzazz! A Research Choice Menu for Gifted/Enrichment
Want differentiation for your gifted or advanced learners made easy? Try an activity menu! Great for President's Day! This 30 page Presidents With Pizzazz Research menu packet includes 3 levels of difficulty and multiple intelligences/learning styles.
SAVE $$$ by buying my bundle of 3 Winter Enrichment Menus here (includes this one)! http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Sensational-Set-of-3-Winter-Enrichment-Menus-966786
All the forms you need are included for all 8 activities! Ready-to
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1st - 9th
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Also included in: Holiday Menu Bundle for Critical & Creative Thinking!
Charts and Graphs - Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War
15 charts and graphs about Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War. Students analyze and describe:Resources of the Union and Confederacy,1860 Election - popular vote and electoral college, Deaths in Civil War battles (Gettysburg, Shiloh, etc),Deaths in US wars (WWI, WWII, Korean, etc),Causes of discharge in Civil War,Retaking of the South by year (1862, 1863…),Most Popular Presidents,Age of Presidents, Height of Presidents,Cost of Presidential Campaigns,Vote of Succession by counties,and more...Take a
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7th - 12th
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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
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5th - 9th
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President Election Day Logic Puzzles
Get your kids thinking a little deeper with five (5) US Presidential history - Election Day trivia themed table logic puzzles. These logic puzzles are designed for 4th - 7th grade students, but can be used with younger gifted students or as whole-class enrichment activities.When you use Everyday Learning with Hand In Hand logic puzzles, you help students develop deductive reasoning skills. You also get to explore little-known fun facts about American presidents, like which president walked their
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4th - 8th
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Patriotic Math File Folder Games
9 Patriotic themed math file folders including: make ten, size sort, match number to quantity, match quantity to number, missing number, number/quantity/word puzzle, ABAB patterns, AABB patterns, shape match, and shape puzzle. Perfect for a preschool or kindergarten classroom in math centers, or for use at home with children with autism and other developmental disabilities. Good for President's Day, Fourth of July, Veteran's Day, Flag Day, or Memorial Day.
Partially fulfills Common Core Standar
Grades:
PreK - 1st
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
Differentiation for Gifted Students
This power point is perfect for a teacher of gifted and talented students to use during a faculty meeting of regular education teachers to explain what differentiation is, its misuses with gifted students, describes the types, and its effectiveness among gifted and talented students.
Grades:
2nd - 5th
CRITICAL THINKING SQUARE PUZZLES Presidents Brain Teasers GATE Problem Solving
PRESIDENTS SQUARE PUZZLERS are fun, yet challenging brain teasers. They exercise critical thinking & problem solving, build perseverance & stamina, and stimulate the brain while disguising it all as fun. Similar to Scrambled Squares, these differentiated, logic puzzles must be reconstructed so that the images match on every interior side. Use them for centers, stations, rotations, fast finishers, enrichment, GATE (gifted & talented education), and/or a class reward. Adored by all age
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Not Grade Specific
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Presidents' Day STEM Center for Building Bricks
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 skills. CONTENTSInstructions and sample imagesLetter you can send home to parents, caregivers, and friends to ask for donations6 Presidents' Day related
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K - 4th
Also included in: STEM Activities and Makerspace Tasks for the Whole Year
LATIN SQUARES MATH LOGIC PUZZLE Patriotic Sudoku GATE Differentiated Enrichment
These Latin Squares math puzzles will challenge children's deductive reasoning skills and help them acquire the critical thinking needed to solve Sudoku puzzles. PATRIOTIC SQUARES begin with an easy, 3x3 grid appropriate for young learners. The tasks progress gradually, increasing in difficulty up to a 7x7 grid. Create a critical thinking center with these brain teasers. PATRIOTIC SQUARES are available in print and digitally on TPT Easel. #kindergarten #1stGrade #2ndGrade #3rdGrade #4thGrade #5t
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Not Grade Specific
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Academic Achievement & Gifted Underachievers PowerPoint Professional Development
Academic Achievement and Gifted Underachievers PowerPoint. Explains the characteristics of a gifted underachiever, concerns about gifted learners who do not reach their potential, and how to help these students become successful. This is a professional development presentation to help teachers recognize and teach gifted students not meeting standards. Includes types of underachievers, suggestions for motivating students and some famous underachievers. Helpful for gifted teachers and regular clas
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Not Grade Specific
Presidents' Day Math
Presidents' Day Math Task Cards
2nd- 4th grade
Engage students in math skills as they learn some American history. Students will gain knowledge on 2 pivotal American Presidents, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln while they practice math one-step word problems. In addition, two mini posters and a depth and complexity activity is included for your use.
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~ 10 task cards (20 questions)
~ 1 "Show What You Know" (Depth and Complexity activity)
~ Student answer document
~ Answer Key
~ 2
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2nd - 4th
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Presidents Bio-Box Research Project for Gifted/Enrichment
Study Presidents with pizzazz...just in time for Presidents' Day! The Presidents Bio-Box is perfect for your Gifted or advanced students, fast finishers, enrichment or differentiation!
(NOTE BEFORE BUYING: This product is part of my larger Presidents with Pizzazz research menu packet with 8 activities....please check out that menu product with this link below before purchasing!)
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Presidents-With-Pizzazz-A-Research-Choice-Menu-for-GiftedEnrichment
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Grades:
1st - 7th
World Changers - Influential People Biographies, Google Slides
A Google Slide with 10 video read aloud biographies including:Martin Luther King Jr.Sally RideAlbert EinsteinMarie CurieJackie RobinsonAbraham LincolnJane GoodallGeorge WashingtonAlexander Graham BellGeorge Washington CarverEach read aloud has a paired note sheet using Depth and Complexity Icons/Gate Icons (Details, Impact, Motive, and Language of the Discipline). 2nd Grade Social Studies Standard:2.5 Students understand the importance of individual action and character and explain how heroes fr
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1st - 3rd
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Patriotic Literacy File Folder Games
Patriotic themed literacy file folders including: uppercase and lowercase letter match, missing letter, missing letter (group of 3), color match, opposites, go together, and beginning letter match. Perfect for a preschool or kindergarten classroom in literacy centers, or for use at home with children with autism and other developmental disabilities. Can be used for President's Day, Flag Day, Fourth of July, Memorial Day, or Veteran's Day!
Grades:
PreK - 1st
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