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3rd grade St. Patrick's Day literature resources for GATE
St. Patrick's Day STEM Activities and Challenges - Spring STEM Activities BUNDLE
This St. Patrick's Day themed STEM/STEAM package is perfect to engage your elementary engineers in March! Three STEM challenges and one Bonus Brainbuilder are provided and can be completed as stations or in isolation.Check out my Video Tour and Demo of all components on YouTube below!LOW PREP MARCH STEM CHALLENGES VIDEOIncludes the following LOW PREP STEM Challenges:Wind-powered MazeRainbow Arch BridgeLeprechaun TrapBonus Brainbuilder: Coin ChemistryIncludes the following components for EACH CHA
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Grades:
K - 5th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
...
Rainbow Arch Bridge STEM Challenge (St. Patrick's Day & Spring STEM Activity)
***SAVE BIG WITH THE ST.PATRICK'S DAY STEM BUNDLE!***This low prep, St. Patrick's Day and Spring themed STEM/STEAM activity is perfect to engage your elementary engineers in March!Includes the following components for RAINBOW ARCH BRIDGE STEM ACTIVITY:Detailed Lesson Plan with Standards, Supply Checklist, and Suggested Read AloudsDigital Google Slides Notebook for Paperless Recording and Interactive DisplaysKey Visual Vocabulary ChartPhoto of Possible ProductDigital Anchor ChartStudent Instructi
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Grades:
K - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
...
Chicken Sunday Activities and Book Companion
This Chicken Sunday Literature Guide is filled with tons of activities to get your students thinking deeply about the text, responding to literature, and creating products! The kiddos especially love the Pysanky eggs activity and the character foldables. It's a perfect unit to teach in the spring and around Easter. Be sure to check out the preview!Activities in this unit include:** Vocabulary cards and matching definition cards** Vocabulary activity with word maps** Comprehension question
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
March Early Finishers | March Enrichment | Morning Work | Brainteasers
Challenge your students with a puzzle to solve each school day in March! These can be used for early finishers, morning work, centers, or to engage students during a whole group lesson. Use Puzzle of the Day as an enrichment activity. Give your students the opportunity to practice the critical skill of problem solving.There are 22 {March themed} puzzles/brainteasers included in this resource that will help your students practice logical thinking and deductive reasoning skills, plus perseverance!
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Puzzle of the Day Full Year BUNDLE | Brainteasers | Early Finishers
Literary Elements Depth and Complexity Frames for Figurative Language ELA
Teaching Literary Elements/Literary Devices or story elements? These Depth and Complexity Frames for English Language Arts will make your life so easy! You'll get 25 frames about reading and language arts ready to print and go! Yep, they're all done for you! Simply choose the topic you want students to explore, print and go! There are 25 frames done for you and ready to use right now to build student skills with analyzing using literary elements.Two of the frames are teaching frames, meaning the
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Choice Boards Choice Menus Second Grade Literature Early Finishers Fast Finisher
In this unit you will find 12 choice boards. These boards have 9 mini choice boards, one for each second grade literature standard and 3 choice boards sorted by the different domains.This is part of a bundle that you can find here.On each mini choice board, you will find 8 activities for your students to use with their independent reading books. Some of the activities will require books from a specific genre. These activities work well to broaden students’ understanding of literature elements
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
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Advanced Novel Study: Charlotte's Web with Depth and Complexity
This novel study was designed for use with gifted second through fourth graders, but could be modified and/or scaffolded to meet the needs to students in grades 2-5. The main focus of this unit was to guide students to analyze text on a deeper level, gaining rich understandings of theme and descriptive language. Students will need to think, infer, and cite text evidence to support their answers.Students will meet objectives for deep thinking using a combination of discussion, independent and/or
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2nd - 4th
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Comparing Cinderella Stories from Around the World with Picture Books
Comparing Cinderella stories? In these activities, the class reads fairy tales from around the world, as well as parodies. Then they analyze elements and discover similarities between folktales in different locales.Note: No stories are included in this resource. Activities use picture books from your library.Open the preview to take a closer look. Although lesson plans state that the teacher will read books aloud, materials may also be used for independent reading.First, the teacher reads severa
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
The Smart Cookie Read Aloud Book Companion | Multiple Intelligences | Activities
The Smart Cookie by Jory John is a great book to teach students that everyone is smart in different ways and the importance of perseverance. It is also the perfect segue into a study of multiple intelligences. This The Smart Cookie Book Companion requires students to delve into analyzing and interpreting literature. This book companion is jam-packed with resources that provide opportunities for your students in grades 2-4 to think critically and creatively, analyze the author's craft, and make c
Grades:
2nd - 4th
St. Patrick's Day STEM Activities | Leprechaun STEM | March STEM Activities ☘️
These St. Patty’s Day* STEM activities will have your students thinking critically as they design solutions for five St. Patrick's Day STEM challenges!(*Yes, it should say St. Paddy's Day or St. Patrick's Day, but more people search for St. Patty's Day, so here we are... Not to worry, only "St. Patrick's Day" is used inside the resources! )The basic idea: Students work in partners or groups against criteria & constraints lists to design and build St. Patrick’s Day themed objects. Modificat
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2nd - 8th
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Wind-powered Maze STEM Challenge (St. Patrick's Day STEM Activity) - Spring STEM
***SAVE BIG WITH THE ST.PATRICK'S DAY STEM BUNDLE!***This low prep, St. Patrick's Day and Spring themed STEM/STEAM activity is perfect to engage your elementary engineers in March! Includes the following components for WIND-POWERED MAZE STEM ACTIVITY:Detailed Lesson Plan with Standards, Supply Checklist, and Suggested Read AloudsDigital Google Slides Notebook for Paperless Recording and Interactive DisplaysKey Visual Vocabulary ChartPhoto of Possible ProductDigital Anchor ChartStudent Instructio
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Grades:
K - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
...
St. Patrick's Day Building Rainbow Bridges March STEM Activity & Challenge
St. Patrick's Day is here and your teacher life just got a little busier with St. Patrick's Day activities you need to plan. Use St. Patrick's Day STEM activities to cover standards and give your students super fun St. Patrick's Day activities they will love. This ready to go St. Patrick's Day Building Rainbow Bridges March STEM Activity and Challenge is just what you need to keep your 2nd through 5th grade students engaged and excited for learning during the month of March.Challenge your studen
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2nd - 5th
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Also included in: St. Patrick's Day STEM Activities & Challenges BUNDLE | March Projects
St Patricks Day STEM How to Catch a Leprechaun Simple Machines NGSS 3-PS2-1
March STEM Challenge is a fun and engaging way to teach science, technology, engineering, and math skills. Students learn to think critically and design their own leprechaun traps to learn how to catch a leprechaun using what they know about simple machines collaboratively. This March-themed activity provides students opportunities to think creatively and critically by giving specific criteria for solving a problem.Check out my GROWING BUNDLE for all of my STEM products.Who is this Product For?
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2nd - 5th
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Also included in: STEM Activities Bundle STEM Challenges
Fairy Tale Lesson Plan Bundle
This lesson plan bundle—one of my all-time favorite ELA units to teach—contains activities designed to generate enthusiasm and skills in reading, writing, speaking, listening, and performing. Read on for notes regarding grade level usage. And see the Preview for Table of Contents, Standards correlations, and sample materials.
Questions? Please contact me.
Email: love2teach2day@gmail.com
I hope you enjoy my favorite unit!
Cynthia
The unit bundle includes the following, totaling over 100 pages
Early Finishers Fast Finishers Activities No Prep Thinking Puzzles for March
What do your early finishers work on? These critical thinking puzzles will keep your students engaged and allow them to work on meaningful activities. Included in this unit are math, ELA, spelling, logic puzzles, and more centered around a St. Patrick's Day theme.
Included in this unit are:
How Much Is Your Shamrock Worth?
It Begins With...
Get to the Gold
Letter Connection
Shamrock Squares
Read and Do
Triple Venn
Analogies
What's the Problem?
Sudoku Love
Finish the Pictures
Whose Shamrock is W
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2nd - 3rd
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Character Traits ELA Project-Based Learning Activity Using Wonder PRINT&DIGITAL
This ELA project-based learning activity is a fantastic way to teach students about internal and external character traits using the novel Wonder by R.J. Palacio! Your students will also learn about and apply writing skills, collaboration, and more during this PBL. It includes text about character traits, teacher directions, and student pages to walk your students through each part of the project. A pacing calendar is included, but it's flexible in order to be easily molded to your classroom and
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3rd - 8th
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STEM Activities for The Wild Robot Escapes
Explore this enjoyable sequel with STEAM activities. Complete 4 STEM challenges, and then dive into unplugged technology activities with Roz!CONTENTS4 STEM ActivitiesTool Belt STEM challengeCabin STEM activityRowboat for ROZCozy Bed for Brightbill Two BONUS ActivitiesAssemble ROZ! Students need to decode binary part numbers, then cut and paste ROZ back together (excluding the transmitter, of course, so she can make her escape!)Unplugged coding - Help ROZ navigate the underground with directional
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
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Also included in: STEM Bundle of Activities and Challenges Read Aloud Books and Novels
Leprechaun Trap STEM Challenge (St. Patrick's Day & Spring STEM Activity)
***SAVE BIG WITH THE ST.PATRICK'S DAY STEM BUNDLE!***This low prep, St. Patrick's Day and Spring themed STEM/STEAM activity is perfect to engage your elementary engineers in March! With a focus on simple machines, this challenge is always a hit. Includes the following components for LEPRECHAUN STEM ACTIVITY:Detailed Lesson Plan with Standards, Supply Checklist, and Suggested Read AloudsDigital Google Slides Notebook for Paperless Recording and Interactive DisplaysKey Visual Vocabulary ChartPhoto
Subjects:
Grades:
K - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
...
St. Patrick's Day Logic Puzzles Critical Thinking Activities Math Puzzles
These ST. PATRICK'S DAY THEME LOGIC PUZZLES are perfect to challenge your little thinkers in grades K-2 and develop skills in logical thinking, problem-solving, making inferences, drawing conclusions, recognizing similarities and differences, AND comparing and contrasting. HERE'S WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THIS PRODUCT:27 puzzles in all! 6 Sudoku picture puzzles 15 matrix logic puzzles (5 three by three, 10 four by four)6 Magic Square PuzzlesCards for Sudoku picture puzzlesAnswer keys for all the puz
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1st - 3rd
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STEM Activities for Read Aloud Books BUNDLE of 10
Read alouds come ALIVE with STEM challenges! This set of STEM challenges provides 3-5 STEM challenge per story. That means that you can use the same book across multiple grade levels OR allow students to choose which STEM challenge to try. That also means if you want to do a Family STEM Night, you can set up stations for 2-3 of the stories and let families work together on the challenge of their choice.Students will need to use skills such as taking measurements, creating stable structures, brai
Subjects:
Grades:
K - 3rd
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
...
A Literature Unit for Patricia Polacco's Junkyard Wonders
This unit was made to go Patricia Polacco's book The Junkyard Wonders. Included are 18 pages of activities to challenges your students to think more deeply about the story. The unit was created with the 4th and 5th grade Common Core Standards in mind. Topics explored are theme, setting, character traits, visualizing, and many more. Writing assignments and a project idea are also included. The themes in this book would also be perfect to explore with a gifted class. Email me at ideabackpack@
Grades:
3rd - 6th
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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
Grades:
K - 4th
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - Common Core Unit
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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Grades:
1st - 6th
Primary GATE with Caldecott COLLECTION - 180 pages - 7 Books!
Your primary kids will love these lessons! You save a bundle: 33% off individual purchases!
I teach 30-45 minute groups once a week of 1st and 2nd graders all year, and this collection is more than enough to get me through an entire school year of groups. I can’t absolutely guarantee it will do the same for you, but it’s going to be very close if it doesn’t . . .
You’ll see best practices in gifted education throughout. You’ll see many graphic organizers, age-appropriate and challenging cr
Grades:
K - 3rd
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