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Microsofts for Gifted and Talented $5-10
Logic Puzzles & Brain Teasers Enrichment Activities Early Finishers Yearlong Set
Challenge & excite your students with this Daily Logic Puzzles & Brain Teasers Yearlong Set for Early Finishers. This BEST SELLING set of Logic Puzzles & Brain Teasers can be used in a variety of ways in your classroom to engage your students in fun & challenging ways! Easy-to-use, and substitute friendly, this set of 180 daily logic puzzles & brain teasers will motivate your students while targeting problem-solving, critical thinking, inferencing, patterning, word building,
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1st - 4th
EDITABLE Student Behavior Documentation Forms and Communication Logs ~ CYA
EDITABLE Behavior Documentation Binder -NOTE: Year has been updated to 2023-24In some cases, you need to protect yourself when dealing with a sensitive issue or even a difficult family. If you haven’t experienced it already, I am confident that at some point in your teaching career, you might have to keep records to protect yourself or your school. This packet is intended to be used for that reason. Use these pages to document communications and/or behaviors. My advice is to make a binder for
Grades:
PreK - 6th
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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Main Ideas and Details in Expository Text
Multi-level resources for teaching main ideas! This set includes over 50 pages of targeted instruction to help students find topics and main ideas in paragraphs and expository texts.A 60-slide presentation guiding students through the process of finding topics and main ideas, with carefully written texts and attractive photosUncluttered practice pages with paragraphs for students to find topics and main ideasTexts written at different levels with activities, graphic organizers, and multiple choi
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3rd - 6th
Passion Project Unit | Genius Hour | Project Based Learning | PBL | Homework
This PROJECT-BASED LEARNING UNIT is consistently my ❤️MOST BELOVED activity of the year. Taking STUDENT ENGAGEMENT and MOTIVATION to another level. PASSION PROJECTS can be done as HOMEWORK or a GENIUS HOUR classroom program to learn about things that excite your students. This unit allows students to develop a GROWTH MINDSET as they face challenges and successes to reflect upon as learning experiences. EVERYTHING you need to run an incredible 8-12 week learning experience is included in this 11
Grades:
4th - 9th
STEM Engineering - Landforms PDF & Powerpoint {Elementary Grades}
STEM Engineering is not just for big kids! Your students will love this STEM design brief where they get to plan, create, and reflect on creating a landform. You will love it because the PDF includes detailed teacher directions, parent letter about the project, session outline, and more! The powerpoint introduces the STEM project to students in a kid-friendly way PLUS reviews important vocabulary that will be needed throughout the project.
If you are new to STEM, I highly suggest that you down
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Primary GATE with Caldecott -- "Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!" Mo Willems
Let’s have some fun along with the Pigeon and expand DOK along the way! This lesson will lead your primary GATE students through four challenging activities, culminating in an artistic response showing why they “never get to do anything!” either.
Gifted and talented learners carry similar characteristics throughout their lives—even as kindergarten and first graders. One common characteristic of gifted learners is a strong sense of justice. Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus gives us a good o
Grades:
K - 3rd
STEAM Kid Engineering -- The Playable Golf Course Design Unit for GATE
In this unit, students will build a contraption to hit a small, wooden golf ball through a scaled version of a golf course which they and their classmates have designed. They’ll make a trundle wheel for measuring and marking the course, write down their scores on a scorecard, design putters, and learn background in physics through their work in the engineering and design process.
The Playable Golf Course is not just fun. It’s a challenging engineering, design, and construction unit including
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: STEAM Class Bundle - Engineering Focus - 115+ Hours 374 pp Gifted GATE
SHARK TANK Economics Pitches Prototypes PROJECT BASED PBL GATE
Welcome to the shark tank project-based learning unit. Let’s begin our entrepreneurial careers today!
Build critical thinking skills, public speaking success, and bring creativity, language arts, and economics into your classroom in a purposeful and authentic way.
Students will work in collaborative teams to solve a complex, ongoing, inquiry-based problem with a physical product for an authentic audience:
• Brainstorm a product, citing a need that will be fulfilled.
• Construct a prototyp
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: Creativity Bundle for GATE Gifted and Talented and ALL
The Lost Thing by Shaun Tan - Teacher's Guide and Activities GATE
The beauty in The Lost Thing is that it settles into one’s soul in a casual and poetic way. What starts as a sort of amusing but sad story finds its way deeper into your heart. You begin to wonder, to ask questions. Soon you find yourself wanting to stand up and defend all the lost things in the world—including that lost part of yourself.
Are you somehow guilty too, you wonder? Quite unexpectedly, you begin to really feel the world Shaun Tan creates. It is a wonderful experience in mindf
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4th - 12th
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Also included in: 2019-2020 Gifted and Talented GATE Program for the Year - Elementary
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs & Stranded on a Deserted Island Project
I use this unit to teach the theme of Needs in our Gifted and Talented curriculum. This unit covers Maslow's Pyramid of Needs in depth and allows students to apply this knowledge to new situations. Teacher and student slides (PPT has been converted to a PDF, can't be edited.) are included to teach about each level of the pyramid. With each level activities are included in order for students to apply new knowledge about Maslow's Pyramid of Needs. At the end of this unit I have students complete a
Grades:
4th - 7th
Special Education Goal Tracking and Progress Reports in Excel
Tracking student progress is a huge job for special education teachers, but this tool makes life much easier! Open the file, type your students name and goals into the sheet and get started! These Excel worksheets provide a space for you to track your student’s progress, whether you are using simple data collection, or trial-based data collection. Type in your goals, track the progress, and let the program average the scores for the quarter and create data graphs automatically. Also included is
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Not Grade Specific
Activist Project *DIGITAL VERSION INCLUDED*
**UPDATED to include:1. Student Graphic Organizers to guide research and speech writing (8 pages) 2. Digital Student Graphic Organizers through Google Docs (non-editable and editable versions included) ___________________________________________________________________In this research project, students are guided in creating a presentation and speech telling the story of a chosen activist. Students will first dig into the meaning of activism, what it is and what it looks like. Students will then
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5th - 8th
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Scholarly Pursuits: How to be a Scholar PowerPoint, Posters, and Activities
Scholarly Pursuits - How to be a Scholar Bundle (Introduction PowerPoint and Activities)
Explore the world of Scholarly Pursuits with this 14 slide presentation introducing students to the concepts based on Sandra Kaplan's research in gifted education. Scholarly Pursuits are often used in the field of gifted education, yet are extremely helpful to all students, especially those lacking many models of successful student-learner behavior.
This presentation is intended as a beginning of schoo
Grades:
3rd - 6th
180 No-Prep Critical Thinking Starters: GATE Word Morning Work Warm-Ups Activity
Does your class need a fun class starter that teaches critical thinking and vocabulary? This 180 day no-prep activity set will engage your students from the get-go! Each slide includes: 1) a thought-provoking challenge, 2) an interesting new word, and 3) a fun fact. Student response pages are also included! Simply print-and-go!Not sure? Click here for the first 5 days of this set FREE!This set includes the following activities:Making WordsEpic Word ProblemNumber CruncherCategorizeYay or Nay!Pro
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Game Designer: A Product Based Learning Unit with the Engineering Design Process
Game Designer is a Project Based Learning Unit using the Engineering Design Process for the middle grades. Students work independently or collaborativelyto design and create an educational game. This is a great STEM or STEAM activity. This unit contains the following components:1. Game Designer Tips – Tips for making and sources to purchase game components2. Game Design Lesson - PowerPoint lesson to introduce the task and teach theEngineering Design Process.3. Game Design Guidelines – Handout fo
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4th - 8th
Literature Circles Bundle With Depth and Complexity
This Literature Circles Bundle With Depth and Complexity will be a great resource when implementing literature circles in your classroom. A literature circle is a small group instructional approach with structure, high expectations, and rigor. ****This file comes with editable products! (Need PowerPoint to edit)**** Depth and Complexity will help your students dig deeper in their learning and think in more complex ways. This product encompasses the 11 elements of Depth and Complexity that were
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3rd - 8th
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Carnival Game Economics PBL Project-Based Learning GATE
Smaller tasks add up to big, big learning with this gold medal standard project-based learning activity! What a sneaky cool way to learn math, economics, and functional design! (Insert evil teacher laugh.) It’s a hands-on approach to Common Core Standards.
In Carnival Game Economics, students design a carnival skill game and gather data as junior market researchers during the test phase. They’ll use this data to help make decisions. After making calculations for probability, students will
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Gifted and Talented SURVIVAL KIT Bundle -- 235 pages, big discount!
De Bono’s Critical Thinking Hats Lesson + Bloom’s Taxonomy
Read the blog post here.Your download includes:-an introductory lesson to De Bono's Critical Think Hats (projectable book explaining hats)-Thinking Hats Thinking/Planning Maps (6)-Bloom's Taxonomy Thinking/Planning Mats (6)
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1st - 3rd
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Also included in: Gifted Thinkers Resource Bundle
No-Prep Caves Complete Resource Pack
The No-Prep School Caves Complete Resource Pack will transport your kids from the classroom to the caves! This earth science literacy is unit meant for students in grades 3-5.
Let’s face it. Caves are just cool. They’re creepy and scary. Beautiful and fascinating. When I first released this unit back in 2011 this was one of my best-selling products. It kinda stumped me for a while. I didn’t really set out to make it some super bestseller. I just collected up all the information about caves tha
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Ratios Scale Comparison 6 Pack GIFTED AND TALENTED Hands-on Real World Math
Low prep! Get started tomorrow! Here are math selections from my most popular math and STEM units for GATE students.
Included in this collection are a baker’s half-dozen activities for real-world, high-interest hands-on math projects with ratio and scale. The activities often extend into art, science, engineering, or other areas of math as well.
You get at least 6 hours of contact time here. These activities are challenging for my 5th grade gifted and talented students and will still be
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4th - 7th
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Arctic Dogsled Racing Design Challenge - STEAM for Upper Elementary
Here’s an applied engineering challenge in which—just like in the real world of engineering—a poor design means limited success or even failure.
In the Iditarod Sled Challenge, students apply their background knowledge of physical science and use logic and imagination to construct a miniature sled that will deliver “serum” to Nome, Alaska, just like Balto once did.
Use this challenge in conjunction with your study of the arctic or the Iditarod--or as a stand-alone engineering challenge for the
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Gifted and Talented SURVIVAL KIT Bundle -- 235 pages, big discount!
Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick Unit Critical Thinking GATE Hands-on!
Students reluctant to read? They’ll read this one! These lessons will keep them interested and keep them thinking along the way … You’ll be free to pick and choose the best activities to suit your students, because in this collection, there is much, much more than you’ll ever need for one graphic novel unit.
Open Brian Selznick’s graphic novel Wonderstruck, and you will quickly see why readers of all ages are wonderstruck—captivated by the interplay of text and pictures, drawn into two storie
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4th - 7th
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Taking Flight with Paper Airplanes
In this lesson students learn about the motion and design of paper airplanes. They learn about the following science topics: force, aerodynamics, drag, thrust, gravity, and lift. As an introduction to flight students learn about the Wright Brothers and discuss how airplanes have changed over time and the impact the invention of the airplane had on society as a whole. Then students begin to explore with paper airplanes, leading to many questions about how to build them to get the longest flight p
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Grades:
4th - 7th
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