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Kindergarten thematic unit plans for Gifted and Talented
NGSS Life Science "Trait Mountain" STEM Unit (Traits|Heredity|Biomimicry) |1-LS
Traits, heredity, survival and biomimicry: flora and fauna abound in Trait Mountain. Follow Trait Mountain Trail and discover the life science behind traits, survival and biomimicry on your way to the summit in this three-week unit!DEMOView demo (with intro screens and a few sample interactions only) here.★ For a quick peek at part of Lesson 3, check out myBiomimicry Discovery Cards Demo.★Three weeks’ worth of lesson plans are aligned to the first-grade Next Generation Science Standards for life
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Grades:
K - 3rd
NGSS:
1-LS1-1
, 1-LS1-2
, 1-LS3-1
Also included in: NGSS Grade 1 Bundle: All 5 STEM Units
"Sweet Treats" Student Invention Contest
Sweet Treats Invention Contest is a K-5 student invention contest and mini unit. Enjoy this great opportunity for your kids to think creatively and get motivated about learning! Be sure to download the preview to see the contest details.
How to Use this Resource
Use this packet to hold a class and/or school contest of your own. Included you will find lesson plans, activities and printables for each of the following lessons:
Introduction and Background Lessons:
Famous Inventions and Inven
Grades:
K - 5th
Cinco de Mayo Writing FREEBIE!
Happy May 5th! I hope you enjoy this Cinco de Mayo writing FREEBIE!Check out my complete Cinco de Mayo resource pack found at my TpT store. My differentiated Mexico-themed activities are designed to improve the critical thinking, creative thinking, communication, research skills, and affective thinking of your students. Activities include creative writing resources, science experiments, classroom fun and games, additional problem solving activities, and much, much more! https://www.teachersp
Grades:
K - 5th
Kindergarten Bird-Themed Challenges for Gifted and Talented GATE - Storytelling
You’ll have loads of fun with this thematic “birds” bundle of lessons and activities. We address BEST PRACTICES for our youngest gifted and advanced learners with hand-on puzzles, storytelling, participatory reading, acting, humor, video, and improvisation. In the process, we will deliver two social emotional messages—one about teamwork, and one about diversity. So little time, and so much to do! That’s why we always, always, always engage and challenge students in critical thinking across the c
Grades:
K - 2nd
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Primary GATE -- AIR! Active, Creative, Academic, and Hands-on!
I am always trying to figure out what to do with my little primary groups, and this unit was a definite hit with my kindergartners. It would work well with 1st grade too or the regular 2nd grade classroom. The full unit contains more than 2 hours of contact time.
It’s active, fun, and challenging for these little ones and seemed to have the right combination of “get up and move,” imagination, creativity, and “making” along with academic tasks.
We learn about four important properties of air
Grades:
K - 2nd
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Dare to Be Different - Carla's Sandwich - Teacher Guide
Dare to be different and stand out from the crowd! Take a bite into this Mighty Books & Brains unit featuring Carla's Sandwich by Debbie Herman. Guide your students to celebrate their differences, identify the climax of a story (aka the juicy part), and do some Sandwich Math (fractions, division, and buying sandwiches at The Sandwich Shop using bills and coins). This is digital unit that includes the complete Dare to Be Different unit (both the Teacher Guide and all Student Graphic Organizer
Grades:
K - 2nd
NGSS Earth & Space Science: "Astro Observatory" STEM Unit | 1-ESS1-1
Patterns of the sun, moon and stars are under constant study at Astro Observatory!Collect sun, moon and star symbols on a Grecian urn while discovering and the sun's rise-set pattern, the moon's monthly phase cycle and the nightly rotation of the starsin this three-week unit!***VIEW THE DEMO***View demo (with intro screens and a few sample interactions only) here.Three weeks’ worth of lesson plans are aligned to the first-grade 1-ESS1-1 Next Generation Science Standards for earth and space scien
Subjects:
Grades:
K - 3rd
NGSS:
1-ESS1-1
Also included in: NGSS Grade 1 Bundle: All 5 STEM Units
Weather Unit Room Transformation
Weather Unit Room TransformationThis product is a bundle of items to use in a room transformation for K-2.There is a project-able PowerPoint lesson for you to use whole group, printable pages for anchor chart discussion, ideas for experiments, crafts, and room transformation ideas and pictures! INCLUDED:Project-able lessonIdeas for room transformation that I usedIdeas for weather experimentsVideo linksWebsite linksExamples that I used in my roomCrafts and coloring pages
Grades:
PreK - 2nd
Dramatic Play - Pancake Shop
Get ready to flip, stack, and serve up some pancake fun with our Printable Pancake Shop Dramatic Play set! This delightful resource turns any play space into a sizzling pancake paradise, where young chefs can take on the role of pancake pros! Hang up the 'open' sign and watch the excitement unfold as children dive into the pancake-making action. With over 50 vibrant cutouts, budding chefs can craft mouthwatering flapjacks in endless combinations. Whether they prefer their pancakes plain, topped
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Grades:
PreK - 1st
Computer Science|100th Day|End of the Year|Informal Assessment|Hour of Code
100th Day of School? End of the School Year? End of a Unit or Chapter? Make assessing students fun with this activity and start your students coding! With this interactive unplugged coding activity students will be engaged and reflecting on their learning. The best part is there are so many different ways to use this resources and you can use it multiple times throughout the year!The squares are 15cmx15cm so will fit perfectly on a Terrapin mat to use with Bee-bots or Blue-bots but you do not ha
Grades:
K - 4th
BeeBot Sports BUNDLE
Are you ready to use robotics and coding to increase vocabulary using Sports? Bee Bot robots are a perfect way to encourage critical thinking and increase student engagement. Sports are a perfect topic to gain student interest. This resource is designed to be used with a programmable BEE BOT robot. It's the perfect addition to your unit on team work and community. This BUNDLED BEE-BOT resource includes 36 picture squares. Each square should be cut out and made into a BEE-BOT mat. There is 1 “
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Grades:
PreK - 2nd
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Enrichment for Gifted/After School Programs INSTRUCTOR/STUDENT GUIDE UNIT 3 K-2
You know about STEM and STREAM but NOW there is STREAMS! S.T.R.E.A.M.S Unit Studies :Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Art, Math, Social Studies Our ready-to-use thematic units focus on hands-on learning to foster creativity, while promoting social and emotional learning.everything is aligned with state learning standardshands-on activities and gamesintegrated learning between subjectsdesigned for multi-aged classroomspromotes social- emotional learningNo extra prep work requiredactivit
Grades:
K - 2nd
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Black History Month Research Unit With QR Codes -Using Super 3
Research Unit/Note Taking for Black History Month/Famous African Americans/QR Codes/Super 3/Big 6--
Included in this product:
-Super 3 (based on Big 6) Handout for Step One (Plan It)
-Super 3 (based on Big 6) Handout for Step Two (Do It)
-Super 3 (based on Big 6) Handout for Step Three (Review it)
-Handout for new words learned during research
-Note-taking handouts/questions for the following (3 NEW):
*Martin Luther King, Jr. *Sidney Poitier
*Frederick Douglass *Jackie Robinso
Grades:
K - 3rd
Enrichment for Gifted/After School Programs INSTRUCTOR/STUDENT GUIDE UNIT 4 K-2
You know about STEM and STREAM but NOW there is STREAMS! S.T.R.E.A.M.S Unit Studies :Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Art, Math, Social Studies Our ready-to-use thematic units focus on hands-on learning to foster creativity, while promoting social and emotional learning.everything is aligned with state learning standardshands-on activities and gamesintegrated learning between subjectsdesigned for multi-aged classroomspromotes social- emotional learningNo extra prep work requiredactivit
Grades:
K - 2nd
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February ELA Game
This ELA game gives students a fun way to practice many ELA skills. This set includes the game board and supporting printables that match each game piece. You can print them out for your students or do them digitally using your panel. I allow my students to work through each space and give them a class ticket upon completion. They can later cash out their tickets in our store. This game teaches students about several important things that happen in February as well as gives them some alternative
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Grades:
K - 5th
Enrichment for Gifted/After School Programs INSTRUCTOR/STUDENT GUIDE UNIT 2 K-2
You know about STEM and STREAM but NOW there is STREAMS! S.T.R.E.A.M.S Unit Studies :Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Art, Math, Social Studies Our ready-to-use thematic units focus on hands-on learning to foster creativity, while promoting social and emotional learning.everything is aligned with state learning standardshands-on activities and gamesintegrated learning between subjectsdesigned for multi-aged classroomspromotes social- emotional learningNo extra prep work requiredactivit
Grades:
K - 2nd
Christmas Around the World Germany
This power point contains real pictures for students to see what Christmas in Germany looks like.
Slides include:
-Pictures of Germany
-Germany's Flag
-Children of Germany
-Traditions
-Food
-What originated from Germany
-How to say Merry Christmas in German
Please check out my other PPT for other countries around the world! Happy Shopping! :)
Grades:
K - 5th
Group 3: Color Coded Easy Children's Music Songs 4 Keyboard, boomwhackers...
Here are five more easy to play songs in adapted notation for playing instruments by color. Good for piano, keyboard, xylophones, boomwhackers, desk bells, tone bells and more. See below for how to set up your keyboard.
Wheels on the Bus
6 Little Ducks
I'm a little Teapot
He's got the Whole World in His Hands
Do you know the Muffin Man?
The title picture will to show you how to set up your keyboard, piano, or other instruments. Here are the basics:
Middle C on the piano is located usually
Grades:
PreK - 3rd
Enrichment for Gifted/After School Programs INSTRUCTOR/STUDENT GUIDE UNIT 5 K-2
You know about STEM and STREAM but NOW there is STREAMS! S.T.R.E.A.M.S Unit Studies :Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Art, Math, Social Studies Our ready-to-use thematic units focus on hands-on learning to foster creativity, while promoting social and emotional learning.everything is aligned with state learning standardshands-on activities and gamesintegrated learning between subjectsdesigned for multi-aged classroomspromotes social- emotional learningNo extra prep work requiredactivit
Grades:
K - 2nd
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Bee Bot Team Sports
Are you ready to use robotics and coding to increase vocabulary using Sports? Bee Bot robots are a perfect way to encourage critical thinking and increase student engagement. Sports are a perfect topic to gain student interest. This resource is designed to be used with a programmable BEE BOT robot. It's the perfect addition to your unit on team work and community. This BEE-BOT resource includes 19 picture squares. Each square should be cut out and made into a BEE-BOT mat. There is 1 “start her
Grades:
PreK - 2nd
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Also included in: BeeBot Sports BUNDLE
THEMED UNIT:100 Days Smarter- 100th Day of School Activities for Literacy & Math
This is a GREAT unit to get you through the CrAzY 100th day of school! Included are:
-parent supply request letter
-100 day snack ideas
-I can count to 100
- I can write 100 words
-When I'm 100 years old... craft
-When I'm 100 years old writing prompt
-100 lego creation activity and writing prompt
-100 day crown task card
100 day fruity necklace (counting by 10s) task card
-If I had $100 draw & write activity
- 100 _____ long non-standard measurement activity
-A list of 100 creative idea ge
Grades:
K - 2nd
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Bundle: "Trait Mountain" STEM Unit + All Biomes Biomimicry Discovery Card Kits
Expand Trait Mountain Lesson 3 (aligned to NGSS 1-LS1-1). The original lesson includes 6 Biomimicry Discovery Cards from the Temperate Forest biome of Trait Mountain. This expansion bundles an additional 42 Biomimicry Discovery Cards from 7 additional biomes to SAVE!!★★ View myBiomimicry Discovery Cards Demo for a peek at what's inside. ★★★★ View myBiomimicry Discovery Cards Assembly Tutorial to learn how to assemble the cards. ★★BIOMIMICRY DISCOVERY CARD KIT BIOME DESCRIPTIONS:• Desert Biome Bi
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Grades:
K - 3rd
Enrichment Learning for Gifted & After School Programs TEACHER GUIDE UNIT 1 K-2
You know about STEM and STREAM but NOW there is STREAMS! S.T.R.E.A.M.S Unit Studies :Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Art, Math, Social Studies Our ready-to-use thematic units focus on hands-on learning to foster creativity, while promoting social and emotional learning.everything is aligned with state learning standardshands-on activities and gamesintegrated learning between subjectsdesigned for multi-aged classroomspromotes social- emotional learningNo extra prep work requiredactivit
Grades:
K - 2nd
Celebrate St. Patrick's Day- Light and Rainbows, Primary Gifted Thematic Unit
Study the science behind rainbows! Introduce your K-2 students to the properties of light and how rainbows are made with this thematic unit. This unit includes step-by-step lesson plans for science, math and art, plus student response sheets and a take-home mini booklet.Introduce your students to the ideas of reflection, refraction, and the colors found in white light. The take-home booklet explains and shows how a rainbow is made. Conduct experiments with refraction and even try your hand at
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Grades:
K - 2nd
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