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Close reading resources for GATE under $5
100th Day of School Activities STEM Challenge Project Spaghetti Tower & Reading
STEM challenge activities are so much fun. But, finding the time to incorporate design challenges into your curriculum can be difficult. The Spaghetti Tower Design Challenge is part of the STEM with CLOSE READING series. It seamlessly allows you to tie together the curriculum by giving you rigorous text dependent questions that go with a high interest reading passage in addition to the fun STEM activity! You only have 100 pieces! Use your creativity and let the STEM adventure begin! WHO LO
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in:Â 100th Day of School STEM Activities Challenge Project with Reading BUNDLE
Winter STEM Activity Snowman STEM Activities Challenge STEM Winter with Reading
Winter STEM challenge activities are so much fun. But, finding the time to incorporate design challenges into your curriculum can be difficult. The Marshmallow Snowman Design Challenge is part of the STEM with CLOSE READING series. It seamlessly allows you to tie together the curriculum by giving you rigorous text dependent questions that go with a high interest reading passage in addition to the fun STEM activity! Grab a bag of marshmallows and let the STEM adventure begin!WHO LOVES FREE ST
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3rd - 6th
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Thanksgiving STEM Activities Cranberry Tower STEM Challenge and Close Reading
STEM challenge activities are so much fun. But, finding the time to incorporate design challenges into your curriculum can be difficult. Thanksgiving Cranberry Tower Challenge is part of the STEM with CLOSE READING series. It seamlessly allows you to tie together the curriculum by giving you rigorous text dependent questions that go with a high interest online reading passage in addition to the fun STEM activity! Let the STEM adventure begin!WHO LOVES FREE STUFF? With the inflation we have a
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3rd - 6th
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Mystery Reading Comprehension | Making Inferences | CSI
This Crime Scene Investigation Activity has everything you need for an engaging hands-on experience that reinforces critical thinking, inference, and good old-fashioned common sense! Did someone say, CANDY? This workshop requires a little bit for investigation purposes. It's up to you if you want your students to sample the evidence afterward.**Note that a variety of candy is required for the hands-on investigation. Suggested candies are listed in the Teacher's Directions.This critical thinking
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4th - 6th
Also included in:Â Solve a Mystery | Crime Scene Investigation Activity Bundle | CSI Forensics
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
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3rd - 8th
Demystifying Fear - Nonfiction Passage and Vocabulary - Reading Comprehension
Looking for gripping nonfiction activities for your classroom? This nonfiction reading passage comes with close reading questions that promote learning vocabulary in context. Students will explore the contradictory nature of fear and the techniques filmmakers use to manipulate our emotions. Includes suggested lesson plan and answer key. (grades 7-10)What You Get in your Nonfiction Activities resource:1. Nonfiction reading about fear2. Word Work - vocabulary in context with accompanying close rea
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7th - 10th
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Also included in:Â High School Reading Comprehension Passages - High Interest Nonfiction Bundle
Thanksgiving STEM Parade Balloon Challenge use with Balloons Over Broadway
STEM challenge activities are so much fun. But, finding the time to incorporate design challenges into your curriculum can be difficult. Thanksgiving Parade Balloon Challenge is part of the STEM with CLOSE READING series. It seamlessly allows you to tie together the curriculum by giving you rigorous text dependent questions that go with a high interest reading passage in addition to the fun STEM activity! Let the STEM adventure begin!WHO LOVES FREE STUFF? With the inflation we have all been
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3rd - 6th
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Paper Airplane STEM Design Challenge Force and Motion STEM Activity
STEM challenge activities are so much fun. But, finding the time to incorporate design challenges into your curriculum can be difficult. The Paper Airplane Design Challenge is part of the STEM with CLOSE READING series. It seamlessly allows you to tie together the curriculum by giving you rigorous text dependent questions that go with a high interest reading passage IN ADDITION to the fun STEM activity! Soar to new heights when you put your thinking cap on and let the STEM adventure begin!
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3rd - 6th
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Food Truck Festival - Engaging Independent Reading Project - PBL - STEM
Elevate the joy of independent reading in your classroom with a twist that's sure to ignite enthusiasm – host your very own Food Truck Festival! Building upon the success of my beloved Literary Feast project, I've taken it up a notch to bring you an EXTRAORDINARY Food Truck Festival project that combines literary exploration with the excitement of culinary creativity. This is not just an activity; it's an immersive experience designed to captivate your students' imaginations and showcase their i
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6th - 9th
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A Christmas Tree History-- Leveled Reading Comprehension Activity & Task Cards
Did you know Christmas trees were once illegal in the US!? Let your students explore the history of this popular holiday tradition while strengthening their close reading and critical thinking skills!
We LOVE to celebrate holidays in our classroom, but it can be a struggle to balance celebration time with education time! That's why I created this set of holiday-themed leveled passages and reading response tasks. We get to engage in some fun holiday learning and celebrating while still sneakin
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5th - 8th
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Halloween STEM Activities Spider Web STEM Challenge with Close Reading
STEM challenge activities are so much fun. But, finding the time to incorporate design challenges into your curriculum can be difficult. Halloween Spider Web Challenge is part of the STEM with CLOSE READING series. It seamlessly allows you to tie together the curriculum by giving you rigorous text dependent questions that go with a high interest reading passage in addition to the fun STEM activity! Let the STEM adventure begin!WHO LOVES FREE STUFF? With the inflation we have all been experie
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3rd - 6th
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Moonshot by Brian Floca Apollo 11 PRIMARY GATE Lessons -- Rocket Model
Astronauts, space ships, and the moon . . . what kid doesn’t like that kind of stuff, huh? We should build a space ship!
Here’s another collection of lessons and activities for your primary gifted and talented groups. It’s full of hands-on activities across the curriculum, critical thinking questions, participatory reading, and age-appropriate primary source lessons. As always, you’ll get ready-to-print activity sheets, explanations, pictures to lead you through, and Common Core State Standa
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1st - 3rd
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Also included in:Â Kindergarten and 1st Grade GATE Bundle - Gifted and Talented and Advanced
Cards STEM Activities Design a House of Cards STEM Challenge and Close Reading
STEM challenge activities are so much fun. But, finding the time to incorporate design challenges into your curriculum can be difficult. The House of Cards Design Challenge is part of the STEM with CLOSE READING series. It seamlessly allows you to tie together the curriculum by giving you rigorous text dependent questions that go with a high interest online reading passage IN ADDITION to the fun STEM activity! Soar to new heights when you put your thinking cap on and let the STEM adventure b
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3rd - 6th
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Close Reading & Annotation Student Bookmarks
A simple tool that reminds students the steps of close reading, how and what to annotate, and a few thinking codes to mark up the text they are reading/analyzing. Print and laminate to use. May also be printed on Astrobrights for an extra color pop, so the kids won't lose them, or to color code for reading groups.Please let me know if you have any questions!
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Not Grade Specific
100th Day of School STEM Activities CRAYON TOWER Challenge Project
STEM challenge activities are so much fun. But, finding the time to incorporate design challenges into your curriculum can be difficult. The Crayon Tower Design Challenge is part of the STEM with CLOSE READING series. It seamlessly allows you to tie together the curriculum by giving you rigorous text dependent questions that go with a high interest online reading passage in addition to the fun STEM activity! You only have 100 pieces! Use your creativity and let the STEM adventure begin! WH
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in:Â 100th Day of School STEM Activities Challenge Project with Reading BUNDLE
100th Day of School Glasses STEM Activities Challenge Project with Reading
STEM challenge activities are so much fun. But, finding the time to incorporate design challenges into your curriculum can be difficult. The 100th Day of School Glasses Design Challenge is part of the STEM with CLOSE READING series. It seamlessly allows you to tie together the curriculum by giving you rigorous text dependent questions that go with a high interest online reading passage in addition to the fun STEM activity! You only have 100 pieces! Use your creativity and let the STEM adven
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in:Â 100th Day of School STEM Activities Challenge Project with Reading BUNDLE
Index Card STEM Activities Design an Index Card Skyscraper STEM Challenge
STEM challenge activities are so much fun. But, finding the time to incorporate design challenges into your curriculum can be difficult. The Index Card Skyscraper Design Challenge is part of the STEM with CLOSE READING series. It seamlessly allows you to tie together the curriculum by giving you rigorous text dependent questions that go with a high interest reading passage IN ADDITION to the fun STEM activity! Soar to new heights when you put your thinking cap on and let the STEM adventure
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3rd - 6th
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Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen ELA Novel Test - Standards-Based Assessment
End of novel test for Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen. This is the test I use at the end of my novel study. You can email me for an editable copy! This test includes 30 multiple choice questions and one short response prompt.
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5th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen - Creative and Engaging Novel Unit
Lighthouse STEM Activities Lighthouse STEM Design Challenge and Close Reading
STEM challenge activities are so much fun. But, finding the time to incorporate design challenges into your curriculum can be difficult. This Lighthouse Design Challenge is part of the STEM with CLOSE READING series. It seamlessly allows you to tie together the curriculum by giving you rigorous text dependent questions that go with a high interest reading passage IN ADDITION to the fun STEM activity! Watch your kids faces "LIGHT UP" as they put their thinking caps on and let the STEM adventu
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3rd - 6th
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Multiple Perspectives Lesson
This highly-engaging multiple perspectives lesson helps students investigate both sides of the conflict between Native Americans and settlers. This product includes nonfiction text, maps, and links to videos supporting the point-of-view for the Native Americans and the settlers. A depth and complexity graphic organizer helps students take synthesize the information and focus their argument. After my students work through the information, we have a debate to decide...who has the right to the land
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5th - 8th, Higher Education
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Descriptive Text Structure Craft With Passages - All About Hedgehogs
This crafty activity allows the students to pull out and emphasize evidence that proves that the two page passage is indeed a descriptive text structure. Students will look for and report signal words, the best descriptive quote from the text, several powerful descriptive words or phrases. In addition they will create a slogan and drawing that represents all descriptive text structures and write their own descriptive sentence. All completed in a creative craft way!A list of academic vocabulary
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3rd - 5th
Teaching Depth and Complexity with Crayons (distance learning)
Teaching Depth and Complexity Icons can be fun and easy for your elementary or early middle school aged students by using picture books! Students will analyze text, dive deep into the content, and practice using all 11 depth and complexity icons (big ideas, details, patterns, multiple perspectives, rules, across the disciplines, trends, ethics, unanswered questions, over time, and language of the discipline) with this lesson! Using the book, "The Day the Crayons Quit" by Drew Daywalt, your stude
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3rd - 6th
Also included in:Â Teaching Depth and Complexity Icons with Picture Books GROWING BUNDLE
St. Patrick's Day STEM Activities Build a Rainbow Bridge March STEM Challenge
STEM challenge activities are so much fun. But, finding the time to incorporate design challenges into your curriculum can be difficult. The St. Patrick's Day Rainbow Bridge Design Challenge is part of the STEM with CLOSE READING series. It seamlessly allows you to tie together the curriculum by giving you rigorous text dependent questions that go with a high interest reading passage IN ADDITION to the fun STEM activity! Watch your kids faces LIGHT UP as they put their thinking caps on and l
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3rd - 6th
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Human Body STEM Activities Build a Human Heart Model STEM with Close Reading
STEM challenge activities are so much fun. But, finding the time to incorporate design challenges into your curriculum can be difficult. The Build a Human Heart Model Challenge is part of the STEM with CLOSE READING series. It seamlessly allows you to tie together the curriculum by giving you rigorous text dependent questions that go with a high interest online reading passage in addition to the fun STEM activity! While you are learning all about human body systems, let the STEM adventure be
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4th - 7th
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Also included in:Â STEM Activities Projects Bundle with April Spring and Easter STEM Challenges
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