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7th grade printables for Gifted and Talented
Following Directions Puzzles Beginning or End of Year Activity with Easel
Following directions puzzles are a fun way to teach critical thinking. Great for back to school at the beginning of the year or at the end of the year as standardized test preparation. Five challenging puzzles that gifted and talented students enjoy, too! In the first puzzle, cross words off a table according to the directions provided to reveal an inspirational quote about life. In the next puzzle, follow directions to travel the world to catch a thief. In the third puzzle, rearrange letters to
Grades:
6th - 8th
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Rebus Puzzles 1 Brain Teasers Printable and Digital Easel Activity
Rebus Puzzles are a fun critical thinking activity. Students have to problem solve to figure out the word puzzles. Great logical reasoning puzzles to do with partners or use as a warm-up or bell ringer. Print or use the Easel Activity online. Works well for gifted and talented students who enjoy challenges, but these work with other student populations as well. Includes five 2-page worksheets with 20 puzzles each, so you get 100 brain teasers in total! Also includes a blank page for students to
Grades:
5th - 8th
Winter STEM Activities and Challenges with Paper Snowflakes ❄️ #SizzlingSTEM50
**BEST SELLER!** Winter STEM / Snowflake STEM activities! Create a variety of snowflakes with these 3 STEM engaging challenges. For these challenges, the only material that is necessary is plain paper. This is a great companion activity if you are reading about Snowflake Bentley (Wilson Bentley).✅ What You'll Get ✅Teacher Instructions and sample imagesWarm up activities: How snowflakes form in nature (1 page informational text)Cutting practice page (if your students need it, recommended!)Which f
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3rd - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-PS2-2
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
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Greek and Latin Roots Activity Pennant ✏️ 4th Grade 5th Grade Creative
Enhance your students' vocabulary with a creative and engaging Greek and Latin Roots Pennant Activity! In this hands-on morphology activity, students become active participants in their learning process. Students add words, definitions, or visuals to create their own unique representation of these 60 roots. Why learn root words?Root words are useful for strengthening vocabulary.They can help understand language (including when learning many foreign languages) and build reading skills.Roots are i
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3rd - 12th, Adult Education
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Back to School STEM Activities Team Builders and Icebreakers Elementary & Up
Team building activities and icebreakers are perfect for the first week of school in STEM! Not only will your students instantly engage in these hands-on challenges, they will begin to build your classroom community. Your students will need to work in teams throughout the year, and the best way to set the foundation for that is with fun, engaging, and brain-stretching STEM challenges.✅ What You'll Get ✅This resource includes ice breaker challenges / activities: ✨✨✨ 3 STEM team building activitie
Grades:
2nd - 7th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: STEM Activities and Challenges for K-2 - Whole Year Bundle
Depth and Complexity Teaching Critical Thinking Using Fairytales
Teach your students how to explore content with depth and complexity.Here it is, a complete and ready-to-use resource for teaching all 11 elements (Big Ideas, Rules, Trends, Patterns, Language of the Discipline, Ethics, Relationships Over Time, Details, Unanswered Questions, Across Disciplines, and Multiple Perspectives) of critical thinking.! Your students will explore of these elements by applying them to familiar stories, such as “Cinderella”, “The Emperor’s New Clothes”, “Goldilocks and the
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4th - 10th
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Also included in: Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Mega Bundle
All About Me Activities - Learning Styles, Multiple Intelligences+ Quizzes
Do you want to get to know your students and help them work on their Growth Mindset? Use the All About Me Flipbook with a Learning Styles Inventory, Personality Test (Introvert vs. Extrovert), & Multiple Intelligences Survey! These quizzes are perfect for Back to School, Open House, or metacognition unit.These completed flipbook activities are a perfect resource to use when discussing metacognition to help students analyze and reflect on their thinking. Students take the quizzes and mark the
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4th - 8th
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Crack the Code Puzzles for Technology Class Printable Worksheets
Looking for a fun and engaging way to teach your students about technology? Look no further than our Binary Code, Hexadecimal, and Morse Code Encoded Messages packet! Introducing the ultimate tech-inspired resource for teachers and students - Binary Code, Hexadecimal, and Morse Code Encoded Messages with silly phrases as well as technology facts! Perfect for those days when you don't have access to devices, this packet provides an engaging and entertaining way for students to explore basic conce
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Technology Curriculum Back Up Plans Bundle | K-5 Computer Lab Activities
Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Literary Response Booklet
Incorporate Depth and Complexity into your next novel study! Take your students’ learning to new “depths” with this Critical Thinking Literary Response Booklet. This open-ended resource can be used with any piece of literature in a variety of grades (4-8+). This kit comes with everything you need to provide your students with a thought-provoking and engaging alternative to traditional book reports.Totally reformatted to fit on letter-size (8.5 x 11 inches) paper!!!Included in this resource:• 11
Grades:
4th - 10th, Adult Education
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Also included in: Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Mega Bundle
Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Task Cards for History/Social Studies
Add depth and complexity to your instruction with these Critical Thinking Task Cards for History! These tasks cards allow students to deeply analyze any historical reading material through 11 topics of critical thinking: Big Ideas, Rules, Trends, Patterns, Language of the Discipline, Ethics, Relationships Over Time, Details, Unanswered Questions, Across Disciplines, and Multiple Perspectives). You will appreciate the versatility of these task cards; they can be used with almost any text and with
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4th - 10th, Adult Education
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Also included in: Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Task Cards Bundle
Patterns, The Fibonacci Numbers and the Golden Ratio
No Prep Ready-to-Go Printables! Explore number patterns in your classroom with this exciting Fibonacci resource! *Updated October 2023!*Investigating the Fibonacci Sequence is a wonderful way to explore number and pattern through making authentic connections to the world we live in.The Fibonacci numbers have been described as ‘nature’s numbering system’ because of the mysterious way they continuously pop up in the natural world! They have intrigued mathematicians for hundreds of years – so why
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4th - 7th
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Spelling Tic-Tac-Toe Choice Grids - 36 Activities for Any List! Print & Digital
Here are 36 spelling activities arranged in four grids of nine activities each to make a Tic-Tac-Toe format. These can be used with any spelling list and are great for differentiated spelling programs. They are also great for saving on copying as most of the activities are done on notebook paper.WHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:4 Spelling Tic-Tac-Toe Choice BoardsNine activities per pageDIGITAL:Google SlidesDIFFERENTIATION OPTIONS:Digital or PrintMany different options for every student!Great for 3rd, 4
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3rd - 8th
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Math Enrichment Combo Pack, 80+ pgs, Mental Math, Brain Teasers Digital & Print
This bundle contains 80+ pages of Ready-to-Use Math Enrichment Activities. Save money by buying them together! These are great to use as enrichment, homework, or warm-up.This bundle includes 4 resources:Math Brain Teasers: This is a packet of 56 Math Brain Teasers with Answer Key presented in two formats!Mental Math: Mental math is a great way for kids to stretch their brains by solving math problems without pencils, paper, or calculators. Here are 104 engaging task cards for plenty of mental ma
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3rd - 8th
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Weekly Brain Teasers to Improve Critical & Creative Thinking Skills
These weekly brain teasers are designed to help improve students’ critical and creative thinking skills. Use these weekly brain teasers
as morning work, early finisher activities, centers, homework, or as extra credit. Students of all learning styles will love this resource,
and their problem-solving abilities will improve as they learn to think more critically.
There are 36 weeks of brain teasers to be used all year long. There are four student pages included that give definitions and examp
Grades:
4th - 8th
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Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Literary Mini-Books
This resource includes 11 individual mini-books (one for each element of critical thinking-) that can be used with ANY novel. The mini-books measure about 5 x 7 inches, contain 3-5 pages, and can be glued into an interactive notebook or lapbook. They can be used as a concluding project once students have finished a novel, or they can be completed based on smaller reading selections within a book (chapters, pages, etc.). Each of the 11 books comes with detailed teaching notes. $AVE: Get this an
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5th - 10th
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Also included in: Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Mega Bundle
Pax by Sara Pennypacker Novel Study Digital and Printable
Pax by Sara Pennypacker Novel Study is the perfect resource for any literature circle or independent ELA enrichment. You receive three versions of this resource: Google Slides, PowerPoint and PDFs. This resource can be printed using the PDFs or students can complete this digitally by typing their answers directly on the Google Slides* document. *Please note, the large majority of this novel study works beautifully in Google Slides and Powerpoint. However, there are a few activities that ask stud
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Pax Novel Study & Teacher Planning, Prep and Organization Bundle
Snap Cube 3D Models from 2D Drawings - 20 Task Card Challenges
These 20 task cards are great for an enrichment challenge! Your students can stretch their brains and work on their visual-spatial skills as they try to constuct 3D models from 2D images. Your students are shown top, side, and front 2D views and told how many blocks to use, but none of the pictures show all of the required blocks. Students will have to manipulate their models to see if they match the different points of view. It takes perseverance and effort to visualize solutions that fit a
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4th - 7th
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Star Wars Day Reading | May the Fourth Be With You | May the 4th Puzzles
Your students will enjoy learning about Star Force Day, a fun celebration on May the 4th, or any time of year for STAR movie fans. Engaging for students and NO PREP for teachers!This resource includes the following activities:Informational Text | History of Star Wars DayComprehension QuestionsPunny Word SearchMay the 4th Riddles | Find Words in ContextQuote Puzzle | What Does the Quote Mean to You?Would You Rather? Light Side of the Force ThemeInformational Text | Movie TimelineFill in the Blan
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4th - 7th
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Research Writing Activities Create an Infographic Primary Research Project
Introduce students to research with infographics using primary research. Students gather data through interviews and then use their data to create an original infographic. Students will analyze data and present it in an easy to understand format.This resource includes:print and digital versionsanalysis of an infographiccomparison/contrast of primary and secondary researchgraphic organizer idea generatoreditable list of topics for students to choose fromdata collection formsample for student ref
Grades:
6th - 10th
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Depth and Complexity Literary Lapbooks
These Depth and Complexity Literary Lapbooks present a creative, engaging, and interactive way for your students to critically respond to ANY novel. You will love the versatility of these lapbooks and will find them very easy to customize to suit the various learners that you work with. There are three unique lapbooks that are based on the 11 dimensions of Depth and Complexity. The lapbooks can be completed separately, or they can be joined together to make one large lapbook using three plain
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4th - 10th
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Also included in: Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Mega Bundle
Christmas Writing Activities Middle School Prompts Persuasive Letter to Santa
Are your students on Santa's naughty list? This writing activity will keep your students engaged during the pre-holiday excitement as they write a persuasive friendly letter to Santa convincing him that they really don't belong on the naughty list! Creative and fun!What teachers are saying about this resource:"THE BEST UNIT I HAVE PURCHASED! So comprehensive, works students through editing, examples and just sets them up for a perfect end product if they try their best the whole way through th
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Christmas No Prep Persuasive and Descriptive Writing Bundle
GRIT Gifted and Talented GATE Enrichment Logic Puzzles SEL Activities Worksheets
✨Grit & Growth Mindset Challenges: Build Resiliency Skills✨ Most growth mindset activities, posters, bulletin boards, coloring pages, positive affirmations or worksheets only discuss what Growth Mindset is or the Power of Yet... These fun Brain teasers & Logic Puzzles encourage critical thinking, problem-solving skills, GRIT, and a Growth Mindset allowing students to better understand and apply these theories by practicing them in the learning pit.Click Here to Read the Blog PostGRIT and
Grades:
4th - 7th
Project Based Learning: iDesign an App STEM Project (PBL)
STEAM, STEM, or Project Based Learning—this project is perfect for kids of the 21st-century! Students design, describe, and write about their own original "app." Then they draw the logo they create on a post-it-note and then attach the post-it-notes to a group "tablet" poster (that they also make).This is a big hit with kids because it speaks their language and allows for creativity. Let the independent, creative thinker in your students shine with this contemporary art integration lesson!Also c
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2nd - 9th
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Fibonacci Reading Comprehension | STEM | Math | Art | Project Based Learning
Did you know that November 23 is celebrated as Fibonacci day? It is Fibonacci Day because when the date is written 11/23 the digits form a Fibonacci sequence: 1, 1, 2, 3. Kids love to learn about fun patterns and this Fibonacci workshop is a big hit for making math fun!Investigating the Fibonacci Sequence is a fabulous way to explore numbers and patterns within the world around us.Are you looking for a GOOGLE Classroom Version? Click the link below.FIBONACCI - Digital VersionWith the digital ver
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4th - 7th
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