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Common Core CCRA.L.5 resources for Gifted and Talented
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5th Grade Reading Projects, Enrichment For the Entire Year! PDF and Digital!
5th Grade Reading Enrichment Research Projects for the Entire Year! Thirty-two weekly non-fiction reading enrichment projects in which students research topics and then answer the follow-up questions. The questions, not only check for comprehension of the topic researched, but review common reading text structures such as author's purpose, tone, mood, theme, compare/contrast, plot, cause and effect and more. Aligned to most 5th grade reading curriculum including STAAR/CCSS. Great for early fini
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5th
Complete Mystery Unit for The Eleventh Hour by Graeme Base
The Eleventh Hour: A Curious MysteryThis unit for The Eleventh Hour: A Curious Mystery by Graeme Base was developed with gifted students in mind. The puzzles presented are challenging, engaging, and varied. Along with visual puzzles, there is plentiful word play, including puns, idioms, and ambiguity of language which requires students to make leaps of inference and hone deductive reasoning skills. Included in this resource, you will find:A detailed unit planStudent detective pages, including
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3rd - 6th
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Enrichment Activities 30 Critical Thinking Worksheets Fast Finishers
Do you need to keep your fast finishers and high flyers challenged? Here are 30 Critical Thinking and Enrichment activities. This is one of my best sellers - students really love these activities! If you would like this product in both print and digital versions, Click here.CategoriesMaking CategoriesHealthy Foods Word SearchStates Logic PuzzleMusical Instruments Logic PuzzleSorting and ClassifyingAnalogiesMagic SquaresMystery Animal Addition & SubtractionMystery Animal Addition & Subtr
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2nd - 4th
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PATRIOT DAY - SEPTEMBER 11 - "SIRIUS, THE HERO DOG OF 9/11" - NON-FICTION
From educator/author Hank Fellows: This 32 page children's book, with 25 child-friendly photos, is an ideal introduction to the facts and themes surrounding the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center. This is the true story of "Sirius," the police patrol dog who died in the Twin Towers on 9-11-01. The story is told by "Sirius" in his own words, and also recounts his friendship with his police officer partner, David, who survived the 9/11/01 terrorist attacks. This book is currently
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3rd - 9th, Adult Education
3rd Grade ELA Marzano Proficiency Scale Posters for Differentiation - EDITABLE
Learning Goals and Scales are the ultimate Standards Based Grading tool! They don't just motivate a Growth Mindset, they define how students can demonstrate mastery. Every learning standard is broken down into 4 levels of Differentiation. These Posters lead students up a progressive learning path that mirrors the way they develop concepts. Aligned to Bloom’s or Marzano’s Taxonomy of cognitive skills. From easiest-hardest: (Recall/Retrieval, Comprehension, Analysis/Application, and Knowledge Util
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3rd
CHRISTMAS HINK PINK et al. PUZZLES Word Riddles Task Cards Vocabulary GATE
HINK PINKS, HINKY PINKIES, HINKITY PINKITIES, and HITINKITY PITINKITIES are riddles that help children learn to problem solve while exercising vocabulary skills (definitions, synonyms, parts of speech, rimes, ...). These Christmas themed, printable 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 al
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Not Grade Specific
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Also included in: HOLIDAY HINK PINKS, et al. BUNDLE
CogAT Practice Test - Verbal Battery - Grade 5 Level 11 - Gifted and Talented
This bundle of my individual listings includes three practice tests that target the CogAT Verbal Battery.1. CogAT Sentence CompletionSentence Completion question type; includes 20 questions similar to the Grade 5 Level 11 testCogAT Practice Test - Sentence Completion - Grade 5 Level 11 Gifted and Talented (teacherspayteachers.com)2. CogAT Verbal AnalogiesVerbal Analogies question type; includes 24 questions similar to the Grade 5 Level 11 testCogAT Practice Test - Verbal Analogies - Grade 5 Leve
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5th - 6th
The Smart Cookie Read Aloud Book Companion | Multiple Intelligences | Activities
The Smart Cookie by Jory John is a great book to teach students that everyone is smart in different ways and the importance of perseverance. It is also the perfect segue into a study of multiple intelligences. This The Smart Cookie Book Companion requires students to delve into analyzing and interpreting literature. This book companion is jam-packed with resources that provide opportunities for your students in grades 2-4 to think critically and creatively, analyze the author's craft, and make c
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2nd - 4th
Summer Logic Puzzles - Summer Camp Activities
Product DescriptionSummer Camp Logic Puzzles! Engage your campers and students with these unique brain teasers great for centers and rainy day activities. Encourage them to challenge their own critical thinking skills with this 5 pack of Summer Camp Themed Logic Puzzles. This set includes 5 unique brain teasers for grades 3 - 5. Open Preview and have a look! Engage your students in higher level thinking when they realize two of the puzzles are personalized with THEIR OWN NAMES in the puzzles!
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3rd - 5th
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Caesar's English 1 Lessons 1-10 Bundled Folders
This bundle includes 5 Google Folders. Each folder has activities, games, quizzes, and instructional presentations to compliment Caesar's English 1 by Michael Clay Thompson.I have taught Caesar's English 1 to my 4th-grade gifted students for the last 6 years. The activities in these folders help my students enjoy Caesar's English, and they help them to send the information to their long-term memory.Caesar's English 1 Lesson 1 & 2 Folder with 6 ComponentsCaesar's English 1 Lesson 3 & 4 Fo
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4th - 6th
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Upper Elementary Poetry Unit - Haiku, Cinquain, Tanka, and More!
If you are looking to teach a poetry unit to your upper elementary students then you have come to the right place. Your fourth grade, fifth grade and even middle school students will learn how to write seven different types of poems in this unit! The poems are: Free Verse, Cinquain, Haiku, Tanka, Sparkling Diamond, Bio Poem, and LimerickHere is what you will get:A colorful 4-page document that contains seven different types of poetry in a task card format: Free Verse, Cinquian, Haiku, Tanka, Dia
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4th - 6th
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Thinking Outside the Box- Using Creative and Critical Thinking Skills
“I cannot teach anyone anything. I can only make them think.” ~SocratesUtilizing this unit, your students will learn higher-order thinking skills including both creative thinking and critical thinking skills. Students will go beyond basic observation of facts and memorization. Through explicit instruction students to become more evaluative, creative and innovative in their thinking. This unit includes multiple teaching methodologies with variations on each for extended application. Through this
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1st - 5th
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Advanced Novel Study for The City of Ember
This is an advanced novel study for The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau.Included in this resource:— Teacher Guide with ideas for implementation— Chapter-by-chapter Thinking Frameworks— Supplemental related texts to build background knowledge and enhance understanding— Analysis Rubric— Pre- and Post-Reading Thinking Frameworks based on a universal theme (STRUCTURE)— Additional research/writing prompts— Rigorous Analysis Guides for: Vocabulary, Character, Plot Structure, Symbolism, Setting, and The
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3rd - 6th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
The History of St. Patrick's Day - US History - Reading Comprehension - Writing
Looking for upper elementary (4th or 5th grades) assortment of activities to enhance your study about St. Patrick's Day? This 53-page resource with real photos is for you! Your students will enjoy learning about who St. Patrick was and why we celebrate St. Patrick's Day in America. Not only that, you will cover multiple objectives during this U.S. History study. For the awesome DIGITAL Google Slides version, go HERE!SAVE OVER 30% when you buy ALL 15 supplemental U.S. History resources in one BU
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: American History Activities - US History BUNDLE
Advanced Novel Study: The Mysterious Benedict Society + Digital Student Journal
This bundle includes both the complete Advanced Novel Study for The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart as well as the Digital Student Journal, allowing you to take this novel study paperless! This novel study guide is designed to use with high level 4th and/or 5th grade students, and was specifically designed with gifted students in mind. It could also be used with middle school grades. The level of depth in questioning and discussions will be at teacher discretion based on stude
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3rd - 6th
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Caesar's English 1 Bundle Lessons 11 - 20 Folders
Caesar’s English 1 Lessons 11-20 BUNDLEGet 5 Google Drive Folders filled with stem & vocabulary slideshows, quizzes, activities, & games to use with Caesar's English 1 by Michael & Myriam Thompson.These folders take me all the way through the 2nd semester of Caesar's English 1 with my gifted 4th graders.
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4th - 6th
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Caesar’s English 2 Lessons 1-10 BUNDLE (5 Google Folders)
Caesar’s English 2 Lessons 1-10 BUNDLEThis bundle includes 5 Google Folders. Each folder has activities, games, quizzes, and instructional presentations to compliment Caesar's English 2 by Michael Clay Thompson.I have taught Caesar's English 2 to my 5th-grade gifted students for the last 6 years. The activities in these folders help my students enjoy Caesar's English. The repeated interactions with the words and stems help to send the information to their long-term memory.Caesar's English 2 Less
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4th - 7th
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Logic Puzzle Brain Teaser Worksheets for Gifted and Talented in Print or Digital
Improve critical thinking skills with these fun logic puzzles and brain teasers which are perfect for gifted and talented students! This product contains NINE multi-subject, fun, standards based resources with a variety of puzzles and challenges to keep your students happy and motivated. Plus, the printables may be used digitally with Google Docs and Easel worksheets. #joycelogicBy purchasing this bundle, you are saving about 25% off the price of individual resources.Use these gifted activities
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4th - 6th
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Bink and Gollie by Kate DiCamillo/CCSS Aligned Novel Study
Bink and Gollie, by Kate DiCamillo and Alison McGhee, have to be the most appealing characters in children's literature. While total opposites, they can teach our children so much about friendship. In the first book, Bink and Gollie, children read three short stories: Don't You Need a New Pair of Socks, P.S. I'll Be Back Soon, and Give a Fish a Home. With this novel study, your students will learn to answer concrete and inferential questions, summarize short stories, and write better paragraphs.
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1st - 4th
Also included in: Bink and Gollie: THE BUNDLE by Kate DiCamillo/CCSS Aligned Novel Studies
Comparing Poetry for Gifted & Talented Students with Any Poems - Guided Practice
Use this PowerPoint and modelling worksheets with any poems!Aimed at middle and high school gifted and talented students, this is a full lesson guide for comparing several areas of poetry for two or more poems chosen by the teacher. This product is also included in my Middle School Combo BUNDLE and my High School Combo BUNDLE.The slideshow includes built-in discussion prompts and a quick 'language of comparison' starter task to draw students in. The sheets can be used as a cloze activity with st
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: Gifted and Talented ELA BUNDLE | Ambitious Reading, Writing and Analysis
Synonyms and Antonyms Analogies Lesson Plan in PowerPoint
Teach synonyms and antonyms with this fun, ready made analogies lesson in PowerPoint. This standard-based lesson uses the gradual release method to guide students through the procedure of solving synonym and antonym analogies with multiple examples of analogies and problems to solve. Use in whole or small groups for a great learning activity which is detailed enough for your teacher evaluation. This colorful PowerPoint will challenge and engage your students in grades 3 - 5.Inside this easy to u
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3rd - 5th
Advanced Novel Study for The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
This is an advanced novel study for The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo.Included in this resource:— Teacher Guide with ideas for implementation— Chapter-by-chapter Thinking Frameworks— Section Round Ups focusing on developing Affective Skills— Analysis Rubric— Pre- and Post-Reading Thinking Frameworks based on universal theme (CHANGE)— Additional research/writing prompts— Rigorous Analysis Guides for: Vocabulary, Character, Plot Structure, and Theme This novel study guide i
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2nd - 4th
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Middle School ELA Independent Learning Bundle for Teachers - Build Skill Mastery
This Bundle features many of my independent learning products that will allow your middle school students to master English Language Arts Skills. The content is designed to be approachable and easy to understand for middle schoolers so that they can complete it on their own or with the guidance of a parent or tutor. The writing practices utilize the R.A.C.E. writing strategy.Many of the texts feature interesting and exciting topics that middle school students will enjoy. Includes practice with S
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6th - 8th
Building Strong Vocabulary: Sensory Detail MEGA Unit- Digital Resource!!
This is a 6-day CCSS aligned, 130 slides PowerPoint unit plan to teach students how to identify sensory words in the text, and how to use sensory details in their writing. The main purpose of this unit is to teach students why sensory details are important and how to include them in their writing, using a Write From the Beginning model.Each day's lesson includes:standards, objectives, daily agendasdaily reflection questions and discussionshigher-level thinking worksheets and activitiescolorful
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K - 8th
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