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Leadership, Identity, Cultural Relevance -- Two GATE Social-Emotional Lessons
Here we have two GATE social-emotional lessons promoting self-understanding, cultural relevancy, and leadership. These lessons correspond to the National Association for Gifted Children’s programming standards 1.1, 3.3, and 3.5.Does your school district/state require gifted learners to complete an Advanced Learning Plan? These activities will help provide background as students make plans and set goals for the aspects of their lives they value the most. File these activities away, add them to
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3rd - 8th
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The Wizard of Oz and the Perseverance Road - Whole Group Reader's Theater
This is a Reader's Theater for the entire class. It was designed to be read or used as a play - depending on the time you have. There are 18 speaking parts but opportunities to double up or expand them allow you to fit it to your class/group. It is based on the Wizard of Oz. In the script, Dorothy is the type of girl who always gives up when things get tough until a tornado comes and whisks her away to the Land of Oz She’s ready to give up there until the munchkins volunteer to take her to see t
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4th - 12th, Adult Education
Masking: A Social-Emotional Lesson About Individuality and Growth
Rather than following any didactic approach, this unit allows students to form understandings through collaboration, experience, and creative projects. In this way, the social-emotional growth “sneaks up on” our learners in an engaging, organic experience.In this unit, students explore masking—or hiding one’s true self—through video, class discussion, metaphor-making, and thoughtful hands-on activities. The heart of the unit, the Superhero Mask-up project, invites students to imagine positive gr
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5th - 8th
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Guided Reading Questions Angel Child, Dragon Child (cc aligned)
There are 13 vocab words the teacher can define with students. There are also 13 questions and one essay that will require students to go back to the text for evidence.
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Who Moved My Cheese Reflection and Projects
The book Who Moved My Cheese is an amazing read for both staff and students. The book helps students and staff understand what is needed to make positive change happen. Our students will be part of change for the rest of their lives. This book will open a door into how change can happen if we are willing to allow change to take place. My students benefit greatly from reading this book and reflecting on the contents.
Grades:
9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Wonder - Depth of Knowledge Questions
This unit includes higher level thinking questions, and a post-reading writing activity. Other ideas for post-reading activities include acting out a scene from the story, but changing an element. (Camp scene – but Auggie’s hearing aid actually saves the day.) There are other ideas on the websites listed below.
You may choose to have students read the book together as a class, and discuss the questions, use the questions as prompts in journals, or a combination of both. Another option is to us
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4th - 7th
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Floating on Hope - Social-Emotional Lesson for Generation Z and GATE
As with all Portable Gifted and Talented units, Floating on Hope urges creativity, critical thinking, and engages students with a variety hands-on and high interest materials and activities.Sandra Bullock showed us that Hope Floats in the 1998 movie, yet John Irving insisted sorrow does not float in Hotel New Hampshire. Finally, Modest Mouse urges us to just Float On in their upbeat and ironic song. All of these viewpoints are valid for gifted learners who—like all of us—deserve to float on feel
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3rd - 8th
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Social Story-Classroom Respect
This is a story that can be read with elementary or middle school students. It discusses students who talk in class and how that affects the teacher. There is a focus on learning empathy. Have students read the story and then lead a discussion or journaling. You can have them talk about similar personal experiences or brainstorm additional solutions/endings to the story.
Grades:
K - 8th
6 Pillars of Character: Weekly Menu Project
This project menu allows students to choose from a "menu" of options of activities to complete. The common theme in all the assignments revolves around the 6 pillars of character: Citizenship, Respect, Trustworthiness, Caring, Responsibility and Fairness. This is great for Gifted and Talented students, independent study projects, or guidance lessons with the counselor. Use this in whole group, small group, or individual settings. Students not only explore their creativity, critical thinking,
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4th - 7th
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Students Can Help Keep Students Safe: School Violence Prevention, Lockdowns
This book will help prevent school violence. It is for grades 4th to 7th grade. The language is nonthreatening and children will quickly understand all of the concepts. Book and video download available. The Bad Guys https://tinyurl.com/mr7w4h9j is the sister title for younger grades Preschool to 3 rd grade.“Students Can Help Keep Schools Safe is a timely book that addresses a subject we wish was non-existent. The message of this book enables children to be aware of potential danger as well as
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4th - 8th, Staff
Gifted Gripes
These are printables for your classroom walls/bulletin boards describing common "gripes" of gifted students. I like to print them on colorful card stock and laminate them. I have also used these as centers where students rotate and write down which gripes resonate with them and have a mini-group discussion at each table about the specific gripes.
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Not Grade Specific
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Gifted Characteristics
It is important for gifted students to have the vocabulary to articulate how their giftedness manifests. It helps with self-awareness and personal growth. It also helps teachers of the gifted to understand their students better so they can better support their gifted needs.
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Not Grade Specific
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A.N.C.H.O.R. Meeting
ANCHOR stands for Appreciations, News, Concerns, Highlights, Obscurities, and Reading. This can be done in discussion group orally, can be done written and then discussed in small or whole-class groups, or a one-on-one conference with the teacher/counselor/admin. I added explanations for certain letters because it is powerful to articulate why something was a highlight or an appreciation, and why you are concerned about something. This is a good way to get to know students and see where they are
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Not Grade Specific
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Week in Review Reflection (Meta-Analysis)
This is a useful tool for students to start to see patterns in their own lives as it relates to weekly behaviors. Typically, students refer to previous Week in Reviews, and complete averages based on those categories. They then record those averages on the Week in Review Reflection. It gives students an opportunity to see a "bigger picture" and introduces/reinforces the concept of meta-analysis, or systematically assessing previous results of their own recorded data and to reach conclusions base
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Not Grade Specific
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Israeli- Palestinian Conflict: Restorative Circle
Here is a Restorative Circle to do with your students to delve into the complexities of the Israel-Gaza conflict, fostering understanding, empathy, and meaningful dialogue. This circle is designed to create a safe and inclusive space where students can explore the historical roots, ongoing challenges, and the broader impact of this conflict, including rising anti-Semitism and Islamophobia.The circle focus' on how reflections on how information is received, processed, and the emotional impact it
Grades:
8th - 12th
Social Story-Friendship/Making New Friends
This is a social story about friendship and making new friends, with a focus on empathy. Can be used with K-8. Have students read the story as a group, then follow with journaling or a discussion. Students can share similar personal experiences or talk about other possible endings to the story.
Grades:
K - 8th
Friendship Community Self Esteem Lesson Plan
This series of three lessons will help your upper-elementary, middle school, or gifted elementary students learn more about what friendship means, where to find friends, and what kinds of friends they might have. Complete with activities and rubrics, this set of lessons will raise everyone's awareness of each other's emotional needs.
This set of lessons is perfect for the beginning of the year or as a mid-year community builder. It is also ideal for counselors or prevention specialists to use
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Character Traits
This is a great way to get students to have the language to talk about character and to identify their top 6 character traits.
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Not Grade Specific
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Gifted YOU! Reflection Questions
These are reflection questions that can be used with the Gifted Characteristics activity as well as the Gifted Gripes.
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Not Grade Specific
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The Wizard of Oz and the Perseverance Road - Bilingual Group Reader's Theater
This is a Reader's Theater for the entire class. It was designed to be read or used as a play - depending on the time you have. This is the BILINGUAL script intended for dual immersion Spanish and English classes. There are 18 speaking parts but opportunities to double up or expand them allow you to fit it to your class/group. It is based on the Wizard of Oz. In the script, Dorothy is the type of girl who always gives up when things get tough until a tornado comes and whisks her away to the Land
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4th - 12th, Adult Education
Reader's Theater for Small Groups --- A Story About Peer Pressure
This is a small group reader's theater is for 3 students. It is about Peer Pressure. One of the students has been using an eraser to cause a friction burn on their arm so they can join a club. His/Her friends see it and confront them. They discuss what a real friend is. use reader's theaters to encourage my students to practice fluency. It is a fun way to do something that they need. Most of my scripts are in black and white so they photo copy easily. This one does have a colored picture on th
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
Gifted Characteristics Checklist in one page(Editable and Fillable Resource)
Well-designed Gifted Characteristics Checklist: measuring (using scores) the following areas:Learning, leadership, motivation and creativity
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Not Grade Specific
The Lie-O-Meter - A WHOLE CLASS ENRICHMENT ABOUT LYING +Literacy, STEM, Math
Having trouble with lying in the classroom or on the playground?
Social-emotional lessons, inferences, theme, characterization, STEM, fractions and geometry … all here!
Try this engaging social-emotional whole-class enrichment lesson. It’s not just about lying. The lessons are filled with standards including math and literature standards for 2nd and 3rd grades as well as a little STEM construction project.
All you will need to get started is this lesson are common school materials and th
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1st - 4th
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Those Shoes discussion prompt
A series of questions to help children Think, Feel, and Do after reading Those Shoes by Maribeth Boelts. This guide helps children think critically and reflectively, empathize and practice perspective-taking, as well as, put their learning into action.
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PreK - 5th
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