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Writing-expository Common Core RI.3.1 resources for Gifted and Talented
National Parks Reading Research Project End of Year Summer School Fun Activities
End of the year project made simple! Save time planning about National Parks and the beauty of the United States with these high-interest nonfiction reading and writing activities!This set includes 7 close reading passages and a step-by-step approach to writing research pieces to help you scaffold and differentiate to meet your students' needs. This writing pack will help your students complete a National Park research project. Directions are clear and easy to understand and come in two layouts
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3rd - 5th
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Endangered Species Expert - Project Based Learning
This project is designed to help students build their research, analysis and synthesis skills while learning about an endangered species that interests them. As students become the class expert for their species, they will exercise reading, writing, grammar, science and art skills as well as build experience with long-term planning and the organization required to complete a multi-step project by a deadline.
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Grades:
3rd - 4th
Paired Passage with Writing ELA Test Prep 3rd 4th Grade SBAC Performance Task
ELA Test Prep made simple! These high-interest ELA performance tasks tie reading and writing together in meaningful ways for students. In each performance task, students will read two different informational passages to help them answer source questions, multiple-choice questions, and open-ended questions. Need a 3rd source? Links with short videoes on the topics are included.This bundle includes 3 complete ELA Performance Tasks on different topics.Students will then take all the information tha
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3rd - 4th
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Career Day Research Project, Career Explorations, Community Helpers
Looking for a way to spice up your ELA/Social Studies career exploration units? This Career Day Research Project is a perfect and easy way to provide your learners with a deeper understanding of the professions in their communities. You will just need to print and go!This pack includes:~3 parent/guardian letter options explaining the project~Rubrics linked to 2nd and 3rd grade ELA CCSS~Research organizer~Suggested websites~Interview questions for asking community experts~28 career options prin
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1st - 3rd
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Ocean Habitat CCSS Unit
This ocean unit comes with printable student books (facts, note taking pages, common core response questions), printable teacher notes, and follow-up student writing papers (rough draft and final copy)! It’s everything you need to teach about the ocean while meeting common core standards. Please see the list below and our preview for more information!Ocean Unit Includes:(58 Pages Total)Student Book CoverStudent Book:Our Blue PlanetThe Sunlight ZoneCoral ReefsThe Twilight ZoneThe Midnight ZoneKel
Grades:
K - 3rd
Book Reports BUNDLE to Use with ANY Book
56 Book Reports to use with ANY Book, both Fiction and Nonfiction! Using this book report BUNDLE in your classroom will benefit your students' reading comprehension skills:Looking for digital book reports for distance learning? Check out my Digital Book Reports Google Drive Edition.FICTION:Story elementsMaking connections to textQuestioning the textAuthor's purposeCompare & contrastProblem & solution / conflict & resolutionBeginning, Middle & EndSummaryCharacterizationSequencin
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1st - 4th
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Gifted and Talented Curriculum - Space Unit 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
Also included in: Gifted and Talented Curriculum BUNDLE - Third, Fourth, and Fifth Grade
3rd Grade Library Database Scavenger Hunt & Lesson Plan {Printable}
Students learn beginning research skills, such as keyword searching, to find answers to 10 trivia questions in your library research databases with this editable scavenger hunt.NOTE: This is the printable version of this lesson, designed for use with paper scavenger hunt worksheets while using devices to access your school library's research database(s) or other reliable online resources.Here is the link for the digital version if you prefer a paperless system for blended or virtual / distance
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3rd - 4th
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Gifted and Talented Curriculum - Fairy Tale Unit 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
Also included in: Gifted and Talented Curriculum BUNDLE - Third, Fourth, and Fifth Grade
Gifted and Talented Curriculum - Carnival Roller Coaster Unit Third Fourth Fifth
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
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2nd - 6th
Also included in: Gifted and Talented Curriculum BUNDLE - Third, Fourth, and Fifth Grade
Gifted and Talented Curriculum - Time Travel Unit Third Fourth Fifth
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
Also included in: Gifted and Talented Curriculum BUNDLE - Third, Fourth, and Fifth Grade
RACES Strategy Practice Passages Worksheets Constructed Response Practice Prompt
Looking for 3rd, 4th, 5th Grade Constructed Response Practice Prompts for Text Dependent Questions, using RACES Writing Strategy Practice Passages and Worksheets? 10 High Interest Passages, Graphic Organizers with Sentence Starters & Rubric are all included. Digital & PDF for PrintingAlso included: 18 Digital Slides Presentation in Google Slides that include a Teacher & Student Platform to Introduce & Practice RACES Passages.GREAT FOR ELA OR STATE TEST PREP!
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3rd - 5th
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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
Grades:
3rd
Biography Graphic Organizer, Biography Book Report
Looking for some engaging biography reports and graphic organizers for you students? Have students read someone's biography during the week and then fill out this report with facts about the person. NEW * Graphic Organizers are now included! This Biography Packet includes:• Directions• Biography Book Report• Fact Sheet• Major Events Sheet• Summary Page (Primary Grades)• Summary Page (Intermediate Grades)• Biography Poster• Award Page• Scoring Rubric3 Graphic Organizers1 photo frame to draw a pic
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1st - 4th
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Reindeer Nonfiction Activities
Reindeer Nonfiction Reading - A nonfiction mini-unit filled with information about reindeer, perfect for Christmas or winter reading.
This is part of my Holidays Nonfiction Bundle
Reindeer Round-Up is a fun way to integrate nonfiction reading into your activities this Christmas and holiday season. This activity contains a set of 8 full-color cards with real photographs and information about reindeer, along with two full page informational text sheets - at two levels. Use the cards as a "wa
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1st - 3rd
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Gifted and Talented Curriculum - Not Scary Zombie Grades 3 4 5
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
Also included in: Gifted and Talented Curriculum BUNDLE - Third, Fourth, and Fifth Grade
Inventions Unit and Inventors Project Based Learning - Process of Inventing
In this invention unit, I have included comprehensive invention activities which take students through the creative process of inventing. Each activity should be self-explanatory. Students use 21st century skills throughout the unit such as problem-solving, critical thinking, and creativity. Students also learn about famous inventors and their inventions. THIS IS AN EXCELLENT UNIT FOR DIFFERENTIATION.IN THIS UNIT: 6 Warm - up activities which teach creativity, critical thinking, and problem solv
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3rd - 5th
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Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions Passages PowerPoint Lesson
Help students in making inferences with this no-prep PowerPoint! This lesson plan includes everything you need to teach kids how to draw conclusions by using critical thinking while impressing your administrators. A quick and easy setup saves your planning time and is perfect for substitute teachers. Click HERE to save 25% off the price of individual resources with the bundle.This standards-based PowerPoint lesson guides students in the art of making inferences. It also includes a funny photo wi
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Also included in: Reading Skills Bundle
Project Based Learning Activity: Ancient Egypt Social Studies PBL
This interactive PBL activity puts your students in the shoes of a museum curator designing an authentic Ancient Egyptian museum experience!Ancient Egyptian Museum is a social studies project based learning activity (PBL) that results in a commercial to entice potential guests. Along the way, students will research, make real-life decisions, all while learning more about this ancient civilization, developing 21st-century skills, communicating, and designing. This PBL is self-differentiating, mea
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Project Based Learning Activities: Social Studies PBL BUNDLE
Endangered Animals Research Project Reading Endangered Species Activities
Celebrating Earth Day with endangered animal activities? This print-and-go endangered species close reading and research project is just what you need to engage your students this April or any time!This set includes 6 close reading passages and a step-by-step approach to writing and animal research report/essay to help you scaffold and differentiate as needed for your specific class needs!Save time planning, engage students, and bring critical thinking activities into your classroom instantly wi
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3rd - 5th
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3rd Grade Reading Projects, Weekly Enrichment All Year, PDF and Digital!
3rd 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, problem and solution, main idea, character traits, cause and effect, summary, theme and more. Aligned to most 3rd grade reading curriculum including STAAR/CCS
Grades:
3rd
Seed Dispersal and Pollinator STEM Plant STEAM
Ecosystem interdependence with animal STEM, challenges students to use engineering design process! Model will show how insects help pollination or seed dispersal. Bees and pollination reading passage and writing prompts included with this Life Science project. Next Generation Science Standard Alignment: 2-LS2-2, K-2ETS1-2☝ Click HERE to Save over 25% on the Money Savings ALL STEM and STEAM BUNDLE! ☝ (Currently: 16 NGSS aligned Projects) ❤ All STEM Projects are OPEN ENDED, allowing student flexib
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1st - 3rd
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 2-LS2-2
Also included in: STEM Activities STEM Challenges
Ecology Museum Project Based Learning (PBL) Unit About Ecosystems & Adaptations
OVERVIEW:Your students will be invited to join a team of ecologists who are building an ecology museum right in your classroom. The museum will teach other students about how living things survive in their ecosystem by interacting with other living things, and nonliving things. As the Museum Director, you will guide your team of ecologists through four project phases in preparation for the museum grand opening. Your science unit on ecosystems, adaptations, and interdependent relationships will c
Grades:
3rd
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Project Based Learning Activities: Social Studies PBL BUNDLE
Save 20% with this ancient civilizations bundle, which includes an Ancient Greece PBL, Ancient Egypt PBL, Ancient China PBL, and Ancient Rome PBL. These PBLS are a social studies project based learning activity (PBL) that results in a research and making real-life decisions, all while learning more about this ancient civilization, developing 21st-century skills, communicating, and designing. These PBLs are self-differentiating, meaning that students have the ability to work at their own pace and
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3rd - 5th
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