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Make it Rigorous: Honors Romeo & Juliet Unit Test

By Growing Gifted Minds

Don't lower the bar--raise it! This editable Romeo & Juliet unit test will reveal the depth of your honors students' understanding of Shakespeare's great drama. This assessment is 75 higher-level multiple choice questions including reading

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Gifted and Talented, Literature

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Assessment, GATE

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1984 Honors Literature Make It Rigorous Test

By Growing Gifted Minds

Don't lower the bar--raise it! This 1984 unit test will reveal the depth of your honors students' understanding of Orwell's great novel. This assessment is 65 higher level multiple choice questions including two reading passages. Use the free

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Gifted and Talented

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th

Types:

Assessment, GATE

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$Make 'Em Think Higher Level Math Task Cards 4th Grade NBT$

Make 'Em Think Higher Level Math Task Cards 4th Grade NBT standards

By Growing Gifted Minds

Push your gifted and talented mathematicians to develop their constructed response writing with this ready made print and go resource. The questions are at a level DOK 3 & 4 so your students will be challenged. This is a great enrichment or

Subjects:

Math, Gifted and Talented, Word Problems

Grades:

4^th

Types:

GATE, Task Cards

CCSS:

4.NBT.A.1, 4.NBT.A.2, 4.NBT.A.3, 4.NBT.B.4, 4.NBT.B.5, 4.NBT.B.6

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$4th Grade Make 'Em Think Higher Level Math Journal Prompts$

4th Grade Make 'Em Think Higher Level Math Journal Prompts-Measurement & Data

By Growing Gifted Minds

Subjects:

Measurement, Gifted and Talented, Critical Thinking

Grades:

4^th

Types:

GATE, Task Cards

CCSS:

4.MD.A.1, 4.MD.A.2, 4.MD.A.3, 4.MD.B.4, 4.MD.C.5, 4.MD.C.6, 4.MD.C.7

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$Make 'Em Think Higher Level Math Task Cards 4.NF.1 thru 4.NF.7$

Make 'Em Think Higher Level Math Task Cards 4.NF.1 thru 4.NF.7

By Growing Gifted Minds

Subjects:

Fractions, Gifted and Talented, Word Problems

Grades:

4^th

Types:

GATE, Task Cards

CCSS:

4.NF.A.1, 4.NF.A.2, 4.NF.B.3, 4.NF.B.3a, 4.NF.B.3b, 4.NF.B.3c, 4.NF.B.3d, 4.NF.B.4, 4.NF.B.4a, 4.NF.B.4b, 4.NF.B.4c...

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Fahrenheit 451 Advanced ELA Assessment (Hand Grading Version)

By Growing Gifted Minds

Challenge your gifted ELA students with this rigorous Fahrenheit 451 assessment! This assessment includes over 50 questions including reading passage analysis, vocabulary in context, identify the speaker and many more higher-level DOK questions. It

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Gifted and Talented, Literature

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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$1st Grade Operations & Algebra Make 'Em Think Math Reasoni$

1st Grade Operations & Algebra Make 'Em Think Math Reasoning Prompts

By Growing Gifted Minds

Make your students think and wow your administrator with these ready to use critical thinking journal prompts based on the common core standards. All prompts fall within DOK (Depth of Knowledge) level 3 or 4. They can be printed for use in an

Subjects:

Basic Operations, Gifted and Talented

Grades:

1^st

Types:

GATE, Task Cards, Centers

CCSS:

1.OA.A.1, 1.OA.A.2, 1.OA.B.3, 1.OA.B.4, 1.OA.C.5, 1.OA.C.6, 1.OA.D.7, 1.OA.D.8

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Fahrenheit 451 Advanced ELA Scantron Friendly Test

By Growing Gifted Minds

Challenge your advanced language arts students with this rigorous Fahrenheit 451 assessment. Includes reading passages, identify the speaker, and other higher DOK assessment questions. It is downloaded as an Microsoft Word documents so you can

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Gifted and Talented, Literature

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Assessment

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$5th Grade Make 'Em Think Math Journal Prompt-Decimal Found$

5th Grade Make 'Em Think Math Journal Prompt-Decimal Foundations & Add/Subtract

By Growing Gifted Minds

Use these math task cards as a higher-level math enrichment activity. These cards are an effective way for students to master constructed response. Aligned with the Common Core Standards, the task cards make an ideal center in the math classroom.

Subjects:

Gifted and Talented, Critical Thinking, Decimals

Grades:

5^th

Types:

GATE, Task Cards

CCSS:

5.NBT.A.1, 5.NBT.A.2, 5.NBT.A.3, 5.NBT.A.3a, 5.NBT.A.3b, 5.NBT.A.4, 5.NBT.B.7

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$Make 'Em Think Math Journal Prompts-5.NBT.5 & 5.NBT.6$

Make 'Em Think Math Journal Prompts-5.NBT.5 & 5.NBT.6

By Growing Gifted Minds

Subjects:

Basic Operations, Numbers, Place Value

Grades:

5^th, Homeschool

Types:

Task Cards, Interactive Notebooks, Centers

$1.00

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$Make 'Em Think HIgher Level Math Task Cards 4th Grade OA$

Make 'Em Think HIgher Level Math Task Cards 4th Grade OA

By Growing Gifted Minds

Subjects:

Math, Basic Operations, Gifted and Talented

Grades:

4^th

Types:

GATE, Task Cards

CCSS:

4.OA.A.1, 4.OA.A.2, 4.OA.A.3, 4.OA.B.4, 4.OA.C.5

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Flex Your Brain Challenge Task Cards

By Growing Gifted Minds

Challenge your students creative thinking with twenty task cards that will make your students flex their brains. Focusing on the flexibility element of creative thinking, each challenge ask students to find new and unique uses for objects and items

Subjects:

Gifted and Talented, Critical Thinking, Problem Solving

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

GATE, Task Cards

$4.00

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Homer's Odyssey Video Game Project

By Growing Gifted Minds

Your students will love this assignment! The Odyssey Video Game Project is an easy to implement cooperative project for gifted or honors-level students. Students work together to design a text-based video game using the characters and themes from

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Gifted and Talented, Literature

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th

Types:

Projects, GATE

$2.00

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Make it Rigorous: A Seperate Peace Test

By Growing Gifted Minds

Who said it? Reaching comprehension, character identification, vocabulary in context--this assessment has it all. Great for use with gifted and advanced students!

Subjects:

Reading, Gifted and Talented, Literature

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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Assessment

$4.00

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$5th Grade Make 'Em Think Basic Operations Guided Math Jour$

5th Grade Make 'Em Think Basic Operations Guided Math Journal Task Cards

By Growing Gifted Minds

Don't neglect your high math students! Use these math task cards as a higher-level math enrichment activity. These cards are a fabulous way to bring rigor into your math instruction. Aligned with the Common Core Standards, the task cards make an

Subjects:

Basic Operations, Gifted and Talented, Critical Thinking

Grades:

5^th

Types:

GATE, Task Cards

CCSS:

5.NBT.B.5, 5.NBT.B.6

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1st Grade Missing Number Word Problem Challenges

By Growing Gifted Minds

Your gifted and talented students will love the numberless word problem challenges based on standards OA.1, OA.6, & OA.8! Just print and go--students will be challenged in all formats of word problems--from start unknown to change unknown to

Subjects:

Math, Basic Operations, Gifted and Talented

Grades:

1^st

Types:

Activities, Task Cards, Centers

CCSS:

1.OA.A.1, 1.OA.C.6, 1.OA.D.8

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$Intro to Yohaku Math Puzzles$

Intro to Yohaku Math Puzzles

By Growing Gifted Minds

Are your students tired of soduko and kenken puzzles? Try a yohaku--a twist that will challenge your students' number sense and problem solving skills. Each of these yohakus are additive. Students must fill in the empty cells so they give the sum

Subjects:

Arithmetic, Basic Operations, Gifted and Talented

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

GATE

CCSS:

3.NBT.A.2, 2.OA.A.1, 2.OA.B.2, MP1, MP5, MP6

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5th Grade Make 'Em Think Coordinate Grid Journal Task Cards

By Growing Gifted Minds

Use these math task cards as a higher-level math enrichment activity. These cards are a new way for students to practice constructed response. Aligned with the Common Core Standards, the task cards make an ideal center in the math classroom.

Subjects:

Graphing, Gifted and Talented, Word Problems

Grades:

5^th

Types:

GATE, Task Cards

CCSS:

5.G.A.1, 5.G.A.2

$1.00

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Advanced ELA Odyssey Test

By Growing Gifted Minds

Challenge your gifted thinkers with this rigorous assessment based on Homer's epic The Odyssey. Includes reading analysis and written responses and comes in an editable format for your ease of use.

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Gifted and Talented

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Assessment

$4.00

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Reverse This! Critical Thinking Task Cards

By Growing Gifted Minds

Inspire your students while helping them develop essential critical thinking skills. Based on Tony Ryan's Reverse Key, these dynamic thinking tasks challenge your students to develop their mental flexibility and focus. Cards are formatted as "List

Subjects:

Gifted and Talented, Critical Thinking

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

GATE, Task Cards

$4.00

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

I have over 15 years experience teaching gifted students. William Butler Yeats once said, “Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” I take pride to developing enthusiasm and curiosity in students and providing them the tools to reach their highest potential.

MY TEACHING STYLE

Hands-on performance based projects Out of the box creativity lessons Manipulatives Six Traits of Writing Higher Level Thinking Skills

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Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

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English Language Arts, Reading, Specialty, Math, Arithmetic, Basic Operations, Fractions, Geometry, Graphing, Measurement, Numbers, Gifted and Talented, Critical Thinking, Literature, Word Problems, Problem Solving, Mental Math, Decimals, Place Value