1st grade creative writing resources for GATE

Benchmark Advance - 1st Grade UNIT 1 Bundle Weeks 1-3

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Close Reading, Creative Writing, English Language Arts

Benchmark Advance First Grade CA 2017 Unit 1 Weeks 1-3{Single Teacher License} Supplemental UnitsPlease read each product description carefully. These supplemental units are aligned to Benchmark Advance. If you are looking for something that has exact Benchmark wording DO NOT purchase this product.Check out the quality of my work on Facebook or Instagram.Administrators must contact me primarymadnesswithmrsgenna@gmail.com to purchase the correct license. This product contains the Phonics, Spelli

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1st

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Benchmark Advance - 1st Grade UNIT 3 Bundle Weeks 1-3

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Close Reading, Creative Writing, English Language Arts

Benchmark Advance First Grade CA 2017 Unit 3 BUNDLE {Single Teacher Purchase} Check out the quality of my work on Facebook or Instagram.All the products in this bundle have been updated. Administrators must contact me primarymadnesswithmrsgenna@gmail.com to purchase the correct license. This product contains the Phonics, Spelling, and HFW Unit AND Depth and Complexity Units for weeks 1-3. Unit 3 Phonics, Spelling, and High Frequency Words Unit for Weeks 1-3Unit 3 Depth and Complexity Week 1Unit

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1st

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CCSS:

RL.1.1

, RL.1.3

, RL.1.5

, RL.1.9

, RF.1.1

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Benchmark Advance - 1st Grade UNIT 2 Bundle Weeks 1-3

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Close Reading, Creative Writing, English Language Arts

Benchmark Advance First Grade CA 2017 Unit 2 Weeks 1-3{Single Teacher License} Supplemental UnitsPlease read each product description carefully. These supplemental units are aligned to Benchmark Advance. If you are looking for something that has exact Benchmark wording DO NOT purchase this product.Check out the quality of my work on Facebook or Instagram.Administrators must contact me primarymadnesswithmrsgenna@gmail.com to purchase the correct license. This product contains the Phonics, Spelli

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1st

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Benchmark Advance - 1st Grade UNIT 8 Bundle Weeks 1-3

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Close Reading, Creative Writing, English Language Arts

Benchmark Advance First Grade CA 2017 Unit 8 Weeks 1-3{Single Teacher Purchase} Supplemental UnitsAll products have been updated.Check out the quality of my work on Facebook or Instagram.Administrators must contact me primarymadnesswithmrsgenna@gmail.com to purchase the correct license. This product contains the Phonics, Spelling, and HFW Unit AND Depth and Complexity Units for weeks 1-3. Please check the product descriptions for details. **This product is created by a current first grade teache

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1st

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Benchmark Advance - 1st Grade UNIT 9 Bundle Weeks 1-3

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Close Reading, Creative Writing, English Language Arts

Benchmark Advance First Grade CA 2017 Unit 9 Weeks 1-3{Single Teacher Purchase} Supplemental UnitsAll products have been updated.Check out the quality of my work on Facebook or Instagram.Administrators must contact me primarymadnesswithmrsgenna@gmail.com to purchase the correct license. This product contains the Phonics, Spelling, and HFW Unit AND Depth and Complexity Units for weeks 1-3. Please check the product descriptions for details. **This product is created by a current first grade teache

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1st

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Benchmark Advance - 1st Grade UNIT 7 Bundle Weeks 1-3

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Close Reading, Creative Writing, English Language Arts

Benchmark Advance First Grade CA 2017 Unit 7 Weeks 1-3{Single Teacher Purchase} All products have been updated.Check out the quality of my work on Facebook or Instagram.Administrators must contact me primarymadnesswithmrsgenna@gmail.com to purchase the correct license. This product contains the Phonics, Spelling, and HFW Unit AND Depth and Complexity Units for weeks 1-3. Please check the product descriptions for details. **This product is created by a current first grade teacher teaching CA 201

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1st

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Life Long Ago and Today with Depth & Complexity

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Creative Writing, Gifted and Talented, Social Studies - History

Life Long Ago vs Life Today (This unit has been updated 11/13/2018)Enjoy this social studies standards based unit. This will be a great companion for your books on life long ago. I embed Depth and Complexity prompts/icons and Depth of Knowledge in all my products. The included standards are based on the California State Standards but I am sure they are similar to other state standards. This is NOT limited to California teachers but a great social studies primary resource.This unit includes

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Grades:

K - 2nd

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Activities, GATE, Printables

S.C.A.M.P.E.R The School Year BUNDLE

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Creative Writing, Critical Thinking, Gifted and Talented

Enjoy 48 different S.C.A.M.P.E.R activities to use with your students. These activities can be completed independently, cooperatively, or left with a sub for a critical thinking challenge. There are 4 unique creative and/or critical thinking questions on each page. FULL previews are available for EACH product in my store under the individual product listings. The 48 S.C.A.M.P.E.R activities span through the course of the year and can be used from start to finish!I hope you enjoy SCAMPERING as mu

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Grades:

K - 8th

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GATE, Graphic Organizers, Centers

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - Common Core Unit

Created by

Sunshine State Speech

Everything you need to teach the Wizard of Oz. It can be adapted for multiple grade levels and encompasses all aspects of common core. This unit is designed around the book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz written by L. Frank Baum. It includes a months worth of ELA lessons. This unit includes: - teacher lesson plans - vocabulary words for each chapter - reading response pages for each chapter - prediction worksheets - social studies connection - creating a map - analyzing the setting - character ana

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Creative Writing, Literature, Reading

Grades:

1st - 6th

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GATE, Lesson

More Than A Scribble: A Creative Drawing Activity for Gifted & Talented Students

Created by

Gifted State Of Mind

This activity promotes creative thinking as students transform scribble lines into ART! There are four pages of scribbles (24 total). In addition, there are ideas for extension activities in Reading, Science, and Social Studies!This is a great task for centers or early finishers!

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Creative Writing, Gifted and Talented, Reading

Grades:

PreK - 6th

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Activities, GATE

CCSS:

RL.1.2

, RL.1.3

, RL.1.7

, RL.2.3

, RL.2.5

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Create Your Own Country

Created by

The Curricullama

Check out the updated 2024 version of this project!This is a year long project for students in any grade (You can make any changes to accommodate any grade). Students will design and create their own country. It includes all subject areas with modifications and GT accommodations. Subjects are History(history of the country), Math (budget), Geography(Map locations, latitude/longitude), Science (weather, plants, and animals), Government (laws and regulations), Language Arts (national anthem, pledg

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Creative Writing, For All Subject Areas

Grades:

1st - 12th

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Research, Projects, GATE

Halloween & Fall S.C.A.M.P.E.R

Created by

Creative Writing, Critical Thinking, Gifted and Talented

This product contains 12 different S.C.A.M.P.E.R. templates for the following:Pumpkin PatchWitch's Broom Haunted HouseJack-O-LanternCandy CornTrick-Or-TreatScarecrowApple PieCorn MazeHayrideThanksgiving DinnerCandy Apple+ Create Your OwnEACH template comes with 4 different creative thinking questions to spark critical thinking and unique answers around the specific topic that is being scampered!

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Grades:

K - 12th

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Activities, GATE, Graphic Organizers

Also included in: S.C.A.M.P.E.R The School Year BUNDLE

February Writing Journal and Task Cards

Created by

SunnyDays

This printable journal with 30 seasonal topics is a perfect addition to your writing curriculum or work on writing center. Looking at a big blank piece of paper can be really intimidating to a young writer. These pages are perfectly sized and designed to be inviting and interesting for your first, second, and third graders. Print as few or as many pages as you'd like then staple together and you're set for the month! You can also print one topic at a time instead of using as a journal. Also inc

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Creative Writing, Holidays/Seasonal, Valentine's Day

Grades:

1st - 5th

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Halloween Critical & Creative Thinking

Created by

Creative Writing, Critical Thinking, Gifted and Talented

Keep your students engaged all month long with hair raising riddles, spooky logic problems, and eerie transformations.In this resource you will find logic and word play to keep your students engaged during the month of October. Please look at the preview to see if this would be challenging (too much or too little) for your students. There are a variety of activities as it is designed with the K-6 Gifted and Talented teacher in mind but includes multiple activities that can span all of K-6.There

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Grades:

K - 6th

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GATE, Printables

Christmas & Winter S.C.A.M.P.E.R

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Creative Writing, Gifted and Talented, Holidays/Seasonal

This product contains 12 different S.C.A.M.P.E.R. templates for the following:snowmanSnow globeSledUgly SweaterMistletoeCandy CaneGingerbread HouseChristmas TreeNutcrackerWreath Christmas LightsStocking+ Create Your OwnEACH template comes with 4 different creative thinking questions to spark creative/critical thinking and unique answers around the specific topic that is being scampered!

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Grades:

K - 12th

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Activities, GATE, Printables

Also included in: S.C.A.M.P.E.R The School Year BUNDLE

Christmas Creative & Critical Thinking Frenzy

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Creative Writing, Critical Thinking, Holidays/Seasonal

Keep your students engaged all month long with jolly word play and merry and bright brainteasers. In this resource you will find logic and word play to keep your students engaged during the month of December. Please look at the FULL preview to see if this would be challenging (too much or too little) for your students. There are a variety of activities (at different grade levels) as it is designed with the K-6 Gifted and Talented teacher in mind but includes multiple activities that can span all

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Grades:

K - 6th

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Creative Writing, International Baccalaureate, Writing

IB PYP Learner Profile Crowns

Created by

Teaching in a Bubble

This set of fun, differentiated crowns includes both blank and coloring page crowns which represent the IB principles. The crowns are a fun way to introduce or spotlight the Learner Profiles. Younger students with limited knowledge of the IB principles can color and discuss how to set goals and incorporate those traits by debriefing on their ideas depicted in the representations. Older students can utilize the blank templates to record their ideas or goals. This activity could also be used to h

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Grades:

PreK - 5th

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GATE, Printables, Lesson

S.C.A.M.P.E.R Creative Thinking with Animals A-Z Activity Packet

Created by

Kimberly's Keys 2 Learning

S.C.A.M.P.E.R is a tool for creative thinking developed by Bob Eberle. In this packet they use SCAMPER to change animals from A-Z. These can be used with gifted learners or with any student to help them develop higher-order and creative thinking skills. You can use these worksheets whole class or put them in an independent center.

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Creative Writing, Critical Thinking, Gifted and Talented

Grades:

K - 5th

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Creative Writing, Gifted and Talented, Spelling

Creative Scribble Journal Based on Torrence Test of Creativity

Created by

Miss Talented and Gifted

This scribble journal is an adaptation of the Torrence Test of Creativity. It is designed to challenge the creative thought of your high achieving students, while providing an extension for the practice of their weekly spelling or vocabulary words. It is meant to be a low maintenance quick and easy way to support the gifted/early finishers in your classroom. This journal could later be used to support formal identification for gifted services for the students in your class. The included challeng

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Grades:

K - 3rd

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Workbooks, GATE, Centers

What Can You Do With Ten Dots? A Book To Inspire Creativity

Created by

317 Teach

Get your students creative juices flowing as you start the school year. Read the book Ten Black Dots by Donald Crews. Give students 55 colored dots, this booktivity, and let your students be inspired to create their own book. This is a perfect activity to use the first week of school because students can work independently and let you have some time to get some much needed work done!

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Back to School, Creative Writing, Writing

Grades:

K - 6th

Types:

Activities, GATE

Advanced Book Study: The Day the Crayons Quit

Created by

The GATEWay Gals

Using this resource, students will critically analyze the story The Day the Crayons Quit. The questions on the Thinking Frameworks move students from lower level thinking to higher order thinking. Students will analyze and explore the literature in order to become critical thinkers. A creative thinking activity is included to further develop the students’ critical and creative thinking. Included in this resource:Leveled Graphic Organizers for Story ElementsReader's Response QuestionsGuided Close

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Creative Writing, English Language Arts, Reading

Grades:

K - 3rd

Types:

Activities, GATE, Graphic Organizers

Silly Story Starters: Writing Center

Created by

Create Love Teach

Thanks for checking out my Silly Story Starters: Writing Center! Are your kids stuck on what to write about? Are they looking for new ideas? Are you looking for creative fictional writing? This low-prep center is for you and your students! Students will pick three cards (from 36 - that's over 1,700 possibilities!) - who, what, and where to get themselves started, brainstorm their ideas, and publish their final story! Included: - Clear Teacher Instructions - 36 Story Cards - Story Starter La

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Creative Writing, English Language Arts, Writing

Grades:

K - 3rd

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