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Common Core SL.6.1 resources for Gifted and Talented
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The Arrival by Shaun Tan -- 100+ Page Unit and Teacher's Guide GATE
Yes, we can teach reading, writing, speaking and listening, and critical thinking skills using this amazing graphic novel which has no “words!” It’s a journey about who we are, where we have come from, and the humanity we share. It’s about hope and love and understanding. At times powerful, at times breathtakingly beautiful . . . Shaun Tan’s The Arrival should be on every bookshelf in every classroom.This 100+ page teaching guide and unit has been developed over the past three years in my adv
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5th - 12th
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EDITABLE Fraction Cooking Project!!PBL with Presentation Option!
Looking for a way that students can apply FRACTIONS in their own lives?? This multi-disciplinary project is fun for your students (and productive for you)! The editable slides includes a full project with the following steps...Students can select a culture or country to focus on. They can conduct research on their country and learn about the different foods of their selected culture. This is a great way to introduce your students to researching and even works cited!Students can pick two recipes
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3rd - 6th
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Transition Assessment | Interpersonal, Work, Personal Strengths Inventories
This resource is a bundle of three inventories:Work Strengths survey with a spider graphic organizer to help students discover their interpersonal strengths and preferred working style. ************************************When students know their strengths they can: âś… identify areas where they naturally excelâś… explore careers and extracurricular activities that align to their strengthsâś… work effectively************************************Students will learn:âś… their top work strengths (e.g., prob
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6th - 12th
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Dystopia: Critical Thinking and Problem Solving for Gifted and Talented
These are enrichment or acceleration activities for gifted and talented middle school students who are about to embark on independent reading of novels with a Dystopian element. Included in this resource are group discussion questions, four project based research learning options which culminate in a presentation, and teacher resources, such as an action plan to help students develop a project timeline. These activities lend themselves to multiple learning styles, and require critical thinking,
Grades:
5th - 8th
COUNTRY PRESENTATION PARTY Around the World Cultural Food Manners LOW PREP
Easily incorporate THEMATICALLY RIGOROUS LEARNING into your classroom routine with this no-prep, 73-page/slide Countries Research Project Presentation Party! It includes everything you need to have a Presentation Party Day for students to present their country reports, presentations, or projects. Letter to parents, Rubric, Presentation question cards, Presentation BINGO, Decorative banners (“It’s a Small World” and ”Around the World”), 8 Center signs, PowerPoint and editable agenda slides (“Arou
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3rd - 12th
Also included in:Â COUNTRY RESEARCH PROJECT & PARTY BUNDLE Report PPT Presentation Celebration
Daily Mind Builders: Language Arts - Quick, Fun Brain Energizers for Grades 5+
A 37-page printable PDF ebook for grades 5 and up to wake up sleeping brains with fun daily doses of critical thinking! This book is comprised of intriguing ELA-themed activity pages to wake up sleepy brains for the day's lessons. Each activity page takes about 5-15-minutes to solve and develops the most important reading comprehension skill found on all standardized reading tests. Synthesizing disparate information and using the result to produce a reasonable conclusion is an essential skill as
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5th - 12th
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Poetry Compare and Contrast - Used To Love You and i carry your heart - Sub Plan
Compare and contrast poetry and song lyrics! Teach students to compare and contrast for state test assessment as they compare poetry and song lyrics. Gwen Stefani’s song lyrics “Used To Love You” and e.e. cummings’s poem “i carry your heart with me (I carry it in my heart)” take a different perspective on love. Both are written with voice and passion. Students will compare and contrast content, language, tone, structure and theme to prepare them for the short answer response questions on end-of-
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6th - 12th
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Also included in:Â Poetry Bundle: Compare and Contrast Song Lyrics and Poetry, Test Assessment
Becoming an Entrepreneur PBL Unit
This PBL project unit guides students in learning about entrepreneurship and then becoming entrepreneurs! Students will design and implement their own business from conception to development to marketing to sales with this engaging and challenging project, building real-life skills while learning and having fun! This detailed activity provides students with step-by-step guidance, planning sheets, check lists, and all the information they need to build and launch their own business. The project
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4th - 6th
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Debating Unit Bundle
Looking to start a debate club at your school?Looking to develop your students' public speaking skills?Looking for a rigorous yet engaging speaking assessment?This resource bundle has everything you need to set up your school's debate club or get your students debating in class. There are two lessons, a student preparation sheet, guide, rubric, and range of topics to support and challenge your students. Critical thinking, public speaking, and team work will be practiced and enhanced through grad
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4th - 12th, Adult Education
Transition Assessment |Specific Personal Strengths Inventory | Grades 6-12
Students discover their specific personal strengths by pairing a specific personal strengths survey with a spider graphic organizer. Students understand their specific personal strengths and where they naturally excel in their life. Identify skills and abilities are and where students are most likely to succeed.************************************When students know their strengths they can: âś… identify areas where they naturally excelâś… explore careers and extracurricular activities that align to
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6th - 12th
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Also included in:Â Transition Assessment | Interpersonal, Work, Personal Strengths Inventories
Transition Assessment | Work Strengths Inventory | Grades 6-12
This resource pairs a work strengths and preferences survey with a spider graphic organizer to help students discover their interpersonal strengths and preferred working style. ************************************When students know their strengths they can: âś… identify areas where they naturally excelâś… explore careers and extracurricular activities that align to their strengthsâś… work effectively ************************************Students will learn:âś… their top work strengths (e.g., problem-sol
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â Transition Assessment | Interpersonal, Work, Personal Strengths Inventories
6th Grade ELA Bilingual Leveled Proficiency Scale Posters - Differentiation
Fill your bilingual word wall with learning objectives! Whether you teach ELL, ESL, Spanish Immersion, or just want to communicate better with your Spanish-Speaking students; these bilingual posters will give you the exact language you need to keep your students engaged in content while they master English. These poster pages present Learning Goals and Scales aligned to a growth mindset and the Common Core Math standards, as well as Florida and most states. Inspired by Marzano's research in “The
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6th
Transition Assessment | Interpersonal Strengths Inventory | Grades 6-12
This resource pairs an interpersonal strengths survey with a spider graphic organizer to help students discover their interpersonal strengths and areas where the student naturally excels when working with others. ************************************When students know their strengths they can: âś… identify areas where they naturally excelâś… explore careers and extracurricular activities that align to their strengthsâś… work effectively************************************Students will learn:âś… their top
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â Transition Assessment | Interpersonal, Work, Personal Strengths Inventories
Ancient Greece: The Persian Wars PowerPoint Presentation Bundle
Bring history to life, and let your students discover how the mighty Persian Empire began. Almost 2500 years ago Cyrus inherited a moderate kingdom. From that small beginning he grew his inheritance into the largest and mightiest empire of its day, swallowing up both the Babylonian and the Median empires in just twenty-one short years. Within sixty-five years it stretched from western shores of Asia Minor to the Indus River in the east and then south encompassing Egypt, Nubia and Libya in Africa
Grades:
6th - 9th
The Great Balloon Debate
The year is 2050 and due to great advances in science our civilization has discovered a new land, untouched by humanity. Strangely, this new land is accessible only by a specially designed and technologically advanced hot air balloon. This magical hot air balloon is guaranteed to take any passenger safely to the new land where a brand new society can be formed. Several science crews have already landed safely and begun to form the roots of a new world. However, there’s room left for one more per
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4th - 7th
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Persian Wars Battle Strategies: part II of the Persian Wars Presentation
An epic war to decide the destiny of Europe lay in the hands of ancient Greek freedom fighters. It looked like they had no chance against the mighty Persian armies. Their victory stunned the world and changed the destiny of Europe. Some 2500 years ago a rag tag group of Greek city-states led by the military genius of Athens and Sparta stopped the mighty Persian Empire from invading and conquering Europe. Teach your students about the Persian Wars by comparing the battle strategies used by the
Grades:
6th - 9th
Also included in:Â Ancient Greece: The Persian Wars PowerPoint Presentation Bundle
A Long Walk to Water Chat Stations
Teaching the novel A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park and want to try something new? Chat Stations are a great way to hold every student accountable for class discussions. This product contains a Chat Station question card for every chapter in the novel. With a quote from the text, students can apply the life of Nya and Salva to their own real life situations. I love getting to hear from every student in my class through Chat Stations!Included:Teacher Instructions to set up Chat Stations
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5th - 8th
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Also included in:Â A Long Walk to Water Bundle
The High Five Speech - Speech Organization for New Public Speakers
The High Five Speech is speech organization for new public speakers. Designed with an elementary to middle level student in mind this unit covers, in detail, the purpose and structure of an informative speech. This unit is light on the text and heavy on the student participation. Think graphic organizers, not guided notes. Included in this lesson are :Detailed lesson plans that eliminate the guesswork and allow you to focus on the learning at hand.A fun high-five themed presentation that helps s
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4th - 8th
Kid Engineers Build Test Calculate and Share SIMPLE MACHINES - STEAM GATE
Build simple machines like engineers. Test them like scientists. Understand them like scholars. Present them like professionals. Even in our 21st Century technological world we still need designers, engineers, and craftspersons with a solid understanding of the basics to provide the tools to get the job done. How would you feel, after all, if your calculus teacher didn’t know the times tables? If you teach engineering, thrive in an active, hands-on environment, or guide gifted learners, Simple
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4th - 7th
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Enrichment Writing Projects! Printable Bundle!
Three Enrichment Projects for Students! Decades Research ProjectStudents will be working in teams to research and create a presentation on a decade in the 20th or 21st century. This project will walk them through research and presentation creation from start to finish and help them to stay organized along the way!This product includes:Table of Contents Decades Project Example on the 1890s from start to finishChoice of DecadePage to help them organize who will research and be in charge of what du
Decades Project: Journey Through Time! Google Slides and Printable Bundle!
Students will be working in teams to research and create a presentation on a decade in the 20th or 21st century. This project will walk them through research and presentation creation from start to finish and help them to stay organized along the way!This product includes:Table of Contents linked to the slidesDecades Project Example on the 1890s from start to finishChoice of DecadeSlide to help them organize who will research and be in charge of what during the decade study (who will research mu
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Grades:
4th - 7th
All Access Class Enrichment - Summary Writing w Primary Sources + GATE Metaphors
Success in summary writing can come with a bit more fun, visual challenge, and a bit of mystery in primary sources.
All good students—from 1st grade to graduate school--must master summary writing. Let’s add critical thinking skills, creativity, and a bit of history mystery to this whole class enrichment opportunity! A metaphor-building summary and 3D design lesson for advanced and gifted learners (or everyone!) is included in this bundle as well. A few other extension tasks are offered as w
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3rd - 6th
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Tornado Alley - Weather Unit
Why are the Great Plains states - Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska and South Dakota - the perfect mixing bowl to create more tornadoes than anywhere else on Earth?One to five week unit includes annotated graphics, student activities, formative and functional assessments
Grades:
4th - 8th
NGSS:
MS-ESS2-4
, MS-ESS2-6
, MS-ESS2-5
Enrichment Writing Projects! Google Slides
Three Enrichment Projects for Students! All editable on Google Slides!Decades Research Project Students will be working in teams to research and create a presentation on a decade in the 20th or 21st century. This project will walk them through research and presentation creation from start to finish and help them to stay organized along the way!This product includes:Table of Contents linked to the slidesDecades Project Example on the 1890s from start to finishChoice of DecadeSlide to help them o
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
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