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Common Core RI.4.7 resources for GATE
FALL Activities | Mystery Science | CSI Reading Comprehension | Art History
Get your students excited about drawing conclusions and making inferences with this fun crime scene investigation. Through witness statements, logic puzzles, and trace evidence, students will use deductive reasoning to unlock the mystery of the stolen Scream painting. An engaging and educational way to celebrate the FALL season in the classroom!Students will love inferring and using deductive logic as they follow the Crime Scene Protocol and unlock the mystery of the Stolen ScreamThis Fall Activ
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Halloween Mystery Activities | CSI Reading Comprehension | Art History
California Gold Rush #5: Mining Tools Informational Reading & More
The sixth in our California Gold Rush Text Series is called Mining Tools and Techniques. Topics include:panningrockerlong tomsluice boxhydraulic miningProblem: We love the California Gold Rush. That shouldn't be a problem except there is way too much information out there! Overwhelm! We created our own curriculum that covered everything important but was flexible enough to use in a variety of ways. We also wanted each section to be able to stand alone.Solution: A comprehensive Gold Rush Series o
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4th - 6th
Also included in: California Gold Rush Informational Reading Series #1-6 Discounted Bundle
STEM Kid Engineering for GATE -- FERRIS WHEELS plus Primary Sources
In this GATE engineering journey, students will each construct a very cool Ferris wheel prototype as a final product. Along the way, they will examine primary source images, read primary source history, and integrate math, engineering, and economics in a learning process which incorporates best practices in gifted and talented education for 21st Century Learners.
This is a challenging engineering project—teacher guided. I used it for GATE 4th grade; however, my kids are experienced builders.
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: STEAM Class Bundle - Engineering Focus - 115+ Hours 374 pp Gifted GATE
CALDECOTT BOOK ACTIVITIES BUNDLE Literature Extensions Critical Thinking GATE
Story Sleuths I, II, and III Bundle delivers 3 products at 20% savings. You will receive 12 weeks of clues for the Story Sleuth challenge; an enrichment unit using Caldecott Award winning books to cultivate critical thinking. Your students will use text features, illustrations, and context to determine which book is described by the set of clues. By involving your students in this project, you will exercise their deductive reasoning, analysis, evaluation, and problem solving skills. This unit is
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K - 4th
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Biography Activities - Task Cards & Choice Boards for Any Book
Dozens of biography activities come in two formats: task cards or choice boards. Each focuses on one informational text standard, as well as a higher order thinking skill (applying, analyzing, evaluating, or creating).Open the preview to take a closer look.They can be used with any biography: picture or chapter book, read-aloud or independently. You may pick and choose, ask students to specific tasks, or allow them to choose their own activities using the tic-tac-toe menus.All materials come in
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4th - 5th
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Also included in: Biography Unit - Genre Study for Fourth and Fifth Grade Students
Mexican Independence Day Depth and Complexity Activities for El Grito de Dolores
This Mexican Independence Day Activity Pack is chock-full of print-and-go activities to help you celebrate Mexican Independence Day and/or El Grito de Dolores while addressing loads and loads of English Language Arts and Social Studies standards. It's perfect for teacherIf you're looking for a way to teach students about Mexican Independence Day that is culturally sensitive, has lots of activities, and uses the Depth & Complexity framework, this activity pack is perfect!You'll find Mexican I
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: Fall Activities Depth and Complexity Print and Go Autumn BUNDLE
September STEM Activities and Challenges with Close Reading Passages
STEM challenge activities are so much fun. But, finding the time to incorporate design challenges into your curriculum can be difficult. The September STEM Design Challenge COLLECTION is part of the STEM with CLOSE READING series. It gives you FOUR OF MY BEST SELLING STEM CHALLENGES and will seamlessly allow you to tie together the curriculum by giving you rigorous text dependent questions that go with a high interest reading passages IN ADDITION to the fun STEM activities! Watch your kids
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3rd - 6th
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Solve the Chuck Wagon Mystery - Westward Expansion Reading Comprehension & C.S.I
Looking for an engaging way to explore westward expansion? Uncover the mystery of the Chuck Wagon Challenge with GATER Educator!Students will love completing logic puzzles, deducting and inferring as they follow the Crime Scene Protocol and unlock this Wild West mystery with reading comprehension and C.S.IThe Chuck Wagon Challenge is a fictitious investigation, but the characters are notorious legends from the Wild West. The victim is Charles Goodnight, inventor of the chuck wagon and also known
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3rd - 6th
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Rube Goldberg Machines - 11 day Cross-Curricular Unit
Rube Goldberg was an engineer-turned-cartoonist who is best known for his comics with ridiculous inventions. This action-packed, engaging, and rigorous unit includes 11 days worth of lessons where students learn about Rube Goldberg, create a comic, design and build a machine, and then create a video summary of their learning. These lessons are great for gifted/talented students!This download includes: 11 detailed lessonsDifferentiated student worksheetsDesign Brief TemplateAn video alternative f
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2nd - 5th
Just So Stories - Check the Facts with Information from Multiple Sources
It’s time for some critical thinking! Students read “The Beginning of the Armadillo.” Then, to check its accuracy, they draw on information from multiple kid-friendly websites. Students answer questions and evaluate each site’s text features. As a culmination, they assess the accuracy of the story and rank the websites.Open the preview to take a closer look at this authentic learning task. You’ll love the way it pairs literature with informational text and asks students to use higher order think
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4th - 5th
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California Valley Region Informational Reading and Activities
Each of our California four regions products - Mountain, Desert, Valley, and Coast covers:climategeologic historyland forms and other defining featuresresourcesplant and animal lifepeoplecultureindustrytransportationarchitectureConcerns for the regions' future.Also included:interactive questions or actions on every slidewriting promptactivity sheetblank glossary notesKeep your students engaged and learning with this engaging, standards-based text and activities. Great for every learning situatio
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4th
Just So Stories ELA Unit for Fourth Grade – Reading and Writing Pourquoi Tales
This pourquoi tale unit has everything you need for four weeks of ELA instruction! Fourth grade students read differentiated Just So Stories; describe characters, settings, and events; write narratives; evaluate informational text; and identify claims and evidence in videos.Open the previews to take a closer look. Just So StoriesFour fanciful pourquoi, or origin, tales explain how an animal came to be or why it has certain traits. Each of the texts is included in its original form, as well as th
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4th
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California Mountain Region Informational Reading and Activities
Each of our California four regions products - Mountain, Desert, Valley, and Coast covers:climategeologic historyland forms and other defining featuresresourcesplant and animal lifepeoplecultureindustrytransportationarchitectureConcerns for the regions' future.Also included:interactive questions or actions on every slidewriting promptactivity sheetblank glossary notesKeep your students engaged and learning with this engaging, standards-based text and activities. Great for every learning situatio
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4th
California Coastal Region Informational Reading and Activities
Each of our California four regions products - Mountain, Desert, Valley, and Coast covers:climategeologic historyland forms and other defining featuresresourcesplant and animal lifepeoplecultureindustrytransportationarchitectureConcerns for the regions' future. Also included:interactive questions or actions on every slidewriting promptactivity sheetblank glossary notes Keep your students engaged and learning with this engaging, standards-based text and activities. Great for every learning situa
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4th
Earth Day Bundle | ELA, Math, Science, Social Studies
Engage your students from start to finish with this FUN bundle!!! This resource covers ELA, Math, Science and Social Studies standards!! This documentary is found on Apple TV+ and is about 50 minutes long. It takes students through the COVID-19 lockdown and how the Earth was positively affected during the lockdown. The questions are meant to be answered after the documentary, but students should preview the questions and use the large space to take notes during the film. Older students should be
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3rd - 8th
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4-ESS3-2
CALDECOTT BOOK ACTIVITIES Set II Literature Extension Critical Thinking GATE
Continue the fun from STORY SLEUTHS I with 4 more weeks of critical thinking fun. STORY SLEUTHS II is a 1 month, critical thinking project based on Caldecott Award winning books. Your students will use text features, illustrations, and context to determine which Caldecott Award winning book is described by the set of clues. By involving your students in this project, you will exercise their deductive reasoning, analysis, evaluation, and problem solving skills. This unit is CCSS aligned. Students
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K - 4th
STEM Engineering for Elementary GATE - Wind Power, Windmills, and Wind
Two challenging but age-appropriate engineering projects highlight this unit. If you’ve taught my other STEM units, however, you know they’re not simply building projects. We’re thinking, learning science concepts, developing explanations, applying math and non-fiction reading skills, and bringing a wide variety of areas into a unit. But let’s not take lightly how cool it is to build and experiment with a cool mini glider and a working windmill!
As usual, we have ready-to-print activity shee
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3rd - 6th
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Maize! A nonfiction Reading Passage and Infoquest Activity for Thanksgiving
Introducing an engaging and informative elementary and middle school no prep product that promises to captivate your students' interest while deepening their understanding of an essential part of our cultural history: corn. This comprehensive reading resource delves into the rich history of maize, highlighting its pivotal role in the Pilgrims' success and the origins of the cherished Thanksgiving holiday. From William Bradford, Wampanoag Chief Massasoit, and Native Americans trace corns importan
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3rd - 5th
Bonding with Friends: H2O & Helium (Two Rhyming STEM Nonfiction Stories, NGSS)
A perfect STEM book for kids in the classroom or at home! This covers reading, science, and poetry in one lesson that will keep students entertained while learning whether they are physically at school or remotely. This rhyming picture book has two stories in one! "Bonding with Friends: H2O & Helium" has a story about the water molecule and another story about helium. NGSS and Common Core standards identified. Virtual author reading with activity available too, visit www.STEMistryBooks.com.T
Bonding with Friends: Carbon (Rhyming STEM Nonfiction Story & Facts, NGSS/CCSS)
Rhyming STEM story about the Carbon atom and how it bonds by "holding hands" to form molecules. Informational science text that covers NGSS and CCSS standards in a fun way through poetry with an educational appendix of fun facts and examples of carbon in everyday life. Kindergarten students will enjoy the colorful illustrations and short story while 6th graders can learn about chemical reactions and conservation of mass with illustrations showing these atoms holding hands to make it simple to un
Constitution Day Activity | Image Analysis + Non-Fiction Reading | No Prep
Looking for a no-prep and easy-to-implement way to teach your students about the U.S. Constitution on Constitution Day? Look no further than this Constitution Day Image Analysis and Non-Fiction Reading activity!Designed to fulfill the Constitution Day requirement for schools that receive federal funding, this activity includes teacher directions, an image, and an image analysis sheet that can be used for students from third grade through high school. Plus, it's perfect for just that particular d
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5th - 9th
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CALDECOTT BOOK ACTIVITIES Set III Literature Extension Critical Thinking GATE
STORY SLEUTHS III provides 4 more weeks of critical thinking fun in a project based on Caldecott Award winning books. Your students will use text features, illustrations, and context to determine which Caldecott Award winning book is described by the set of clues. By involving your students in this project, you will exercise their deductive reasoning, analysis, evaluation, and problem solving skills. This unit is CCSS aligned. Students also enjoy great literature, learn about artistic media, and
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K - 4th
1960's- A Decade that Changed The World
This PowerPoint contains 150 slides with information about the 1960's. This turbulent decade changed the course of history in the United States, and it continues to influence politics and society today. It contains four sections covering material from People and Events, Science and Technological Advancements, Lifestyles, and Sports. The images are from those gathered through Internet searches and the photos are from my own personal collection taken while on Teachers of American History Tours 200
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4th - 7th
Juaneno Acjachemen Luiseno CA Tribe Informational Reading & Activities - Google
Everything your students need to know about the Juaneno/Luiseno tribe of California.This resource is one of a series of short expository texts that are lively, student-friendly and aligned with Common Core. Students learn about the location, ancient history, culture, technology, resources, beliefs, government and what makes the Juaneno/Luiseno people special and unique among California Native Americans.Use as a guided reading resource, close reading text, or digital resource information. You can
Grades:
3rd - 5th
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