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The New Year writing-expository resources for GATE
Westward Expansion Wagon Project for Oregon Trail Unit
Westward Expansion Wagon Project for Oregon Trail Unit – This creative and hands-on project is a wonderful opportunity for students to show their understanding of pioneers moving west. Learners will create a covered wagon out of construction paper, cardboard, and a shoebox. The bonnet of the wagon will include: • A map of the Oregon or California Trail • A model of a labeled wagon • A list of chores on the trail • A list of entertainment on the trail • Pictures and captions of 4 maj
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Also included in: Westward Expansion Project Bundle
Early Finishers Fast Finishers Activities No Prep Thinking Puzzles for January
What do your early finishers do? These critical thinking puzzles will keep your students engaged and allow them to work on meaningful activities. decadedollardeals Included in this unit are math, ELA, spelling, logic puzzles, and more centered around an January new year theme.Included in this unit are:How Much is Each Party Hat Worth?It Begins With...Read and DoWho Did What on New Year's Eve? (logic puzzle)Spin a StorySpot the DifferencesMystery WordTo the PartyFirst Letter FunFollowing Directio
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2nd - 3rd
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Lunar New Year 2024 | Year of the DRAGON Reading Comprehension | Spring Festival
Chinese New Year in 2024 starts on Saturday, February 10th!It’s the Year of the DRAGON!Did you know that the Chinese believe that people born in the Year of the DRAGON are strong, tenacious, and ambitious? Do you know what the lucky colors and numbers are for people born during the Year of the DRAGON?Find out more by close-reading interesting text all about the Year of the DRAGON.Create a Cool DRAGON Collage, perfect for a 2024 Year of the DRAGON Bulletin Board!*** This resource has been updated
Grades:
4th - 7th
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Mock Trial Preparation and Script
This product includes graphic organizers to help your students gather ideas and information to present in a formal trial-like manner. You can use any literature story or informational text with this packet. Put a character or a historical figure on trial for crimes they've committed. The possibilities are endless!You will receive:Printable pages that can be used to create a packet specialized for both the Prosecution team and the Defense Team.A script to help move the trial along in a manner tha
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4th - 8th
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Westward Expansion Project Bundle
Westward Expansion Project Bundle - This bundle includes three fun and engaging projects about Westward Expansion. Students will gain valuable researching skills while also developing their presentation, writing, reading comprehension, and interpersonal skills. ABC’s of Moving West– This creative project asks students to work in groups to create an ABC book about the Oregon Trail and Westward Expansion. Learners will identify several important and meaningful words associated with their assi
Grades:
3rd - 6th
STEM STEAM Challenge: January New Year's Ball Edition
Watching the ball drop was easy. Getting it to balance up high...now that's tough! Help your students to start the new year right with this January STEM challenge!
Included in this pack are:
-- Printable student challenge card
-- Teacher materials list
-- Pre-Activity guide
-- Engineering Design Process flow-chart for student record keeping
-- Self-assessment/Reflection page (differentiated for grades K-1 or 2-5)
-- Open-ended writing page for follow-up or related activities (differentiate
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2nd - 6th
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Chinese New Years 2024 STEM Activities | Chinese Dragon STEM Challenge
The year of the dragon is here and your teacher life just got a little busier with Chinese New Year activities you need to plan. Use Chinese New Year STEM activities to cover standards and give your students super fun Chinese New Year activities they will love. This ready to go Chinese New Years 2024 STEM Activities Chinese Dragon STEM Challenge is just what you need to keep your 2nd through 5th grade students engaged and excited for learning during the month of February.Challenge your students
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2nd - 5th
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Also included in: Holiday STEM Challenges BUNDLE with St. Patrick's Day STEM Activities
LEGO Writing Prompts 4th Grade STARR
Engage your kinesthetic learners during your writing block!!
I teach Gifted students and the vast majority are kinesthetic learners. I had to find a way to engage them in writing. One day, during a design challenge a light bulb went off in my head! Why not incorporate building and writing? So, I came up with the idea!
You will need Legos or other building blocks. I had parents donate them. I have small containers (purchased from the dollar store) full of legos for partners or groups of
Grades:
3rd - 5th
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Lesson Plan: This I Believe
"This I Believe" is a long-running program that began with Edward R. Murrow. This lesson plan, by exploring student's own beliefs, assists students in better understanding themselves in this complex and challenging world. The plan includes
* 7 required readings
* audio links
* teacher resources
* vocabulary, quiz, glossary, and key
* writing prompt
* rubric
* images
and more. See the preview table of contents for more details.
This plan should take two weeks to complete.
Grades:
6th - 12th
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January Writing Journal and Task Cards
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
Grades:
1st - 5th
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Current Event Template
This ready to print template is for recording and reporting current events. Two versions are included, one with directions and one without. Also included are two graphic organizers that can be used to take notes when students are reading through an article. This is a great activity for early finishers or for a GATE project. It can be used as practice for gathering data from informational texts.
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4th - 8th
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January Brain Teasers & Challenge Puzzles | Boom Cards | Digital &Print
Are you looking to engage and differentiate for your:early finishers?gifted and talented students?students who just love a challenge?Then this product is perfect for you! It includes 20 fun and challenging brain teaser puzzles of all types. My students have LOVED solving these puzzles as a reward for completing their other work. I LOVE that they are self-checking which frees me up to help the students who need it.★★★★ Preview this deck in action here ★★★★It includes 20 varied January-themed Bo
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
Gifted and Talented GATE WRITING COLLECTION 122 Pages
Get six highly rated GATE writing lesson bundles at 33% off individual purchases. This collection is packed with variety, creativity, challenge, and the Common Core.
See the big preview! Hours and hours of class instruction and engagement!
You'll get the following bundles adaptable from 3rd through 8th grade:
Road Trip Adventure Cross-Curricular Writing Journey: Students practice all sorts of writing from graphic design to narrative to expository as they journey across the USA and create p
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3rd - 8th
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The Three Questions - A Literacy Study
Tired of beginning the New Year with the same assignment? "The
Three Questions" by John Muth (based on a story by Leo Tolstoy) is your answer. In this thoughtful story a boy seeks to find the answer to three simple questions on his journey to discover how to become a good person. This 3rd -6th grade Common Core aligned literacy unit includes: story elements, grammar, language arts, sequencing, writing both opinion and personal narratives, character studies, character development, comprehension,
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
Explorer Timeline Project Using a Graphic Organizer
TEXT NOT INCLUDED This foldable graphic organizer can be used with any explorer unit. Students research explorers using outside sources, then complete this foldable project. It can be used as a component in an interactive notebook or displayed on a bulletin board. Choose which explorers you want to assign to students. I assign five for my 4th graders. This product includes 22 images of the most commonly studied explorers of North America.Follow us at:www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/thank-a-
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Also included in: 4th Grade California Social Studies Projects All Year
Writing Prompts MYSTERIES ... Tips Rubrics Checklists ... Grades 4-5-6
MYSTERY Themed Creative Writing PromptsVocabulary, Guidelines, Tips for Writing, Rubrics, Checklist for Students, Word Banks 25 prompts, photographs, elements . . . and more Grades 4-5-6 WRITING PROMPTS: for Mysteries . . . NO PREP . . . WRITING . . .FREEBIE . . . Four MYSTERY Writing Prompts in the Preview. . . FREE "Always something EXTRA" to help TEACH / REVIEW / PRACTICE skills in FUN ways.⭐ Click to follow TEACHING STUFF PLACE for updates and FREEBIES. ⭐*** Writing Prompts Buyers’ comm
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4th - 8th
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The First Thanksgiving Book with Depth and Complexity
The First Thanksgiving Book with Depth and Complexity {single-teacher purchase} UPDATED 11/4/18See student examples of this unit! Make sure to click right to see more.I have created another jam-packed unit to help you teach the Depth and Complexity icons and close reading to primary students. I have taken the traditional story of The First Thanksgiving and added activities for annotation, responses, and close reading. I have also included a writing activity in this unit. It includes a sequenci
Grades:
1st - 3rd
New Years Menus - Choice Boards and Activities- 3rd - 5th Grade
Are you looking for your enrichment or exemplary tasks to be done for the year? These New Years choice boards are perfect for your early finishers or students that need a challenge.You can use this by telling students to complete 3 boxes or as a tic-tac-toe challenge. Each box comes with a matching work page.Print at the beginning of the unit and give to each student so they can work on it throughout the unit.Holidays Choice Boards Includes:Topic: New YearsAcrostic PoemSetting GoalsWord SearchPi
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Holiday BUNDLE Choice Boards and Activities- 3rd - 5th Grade
READING RESPONSE BUNDLE
A collection of my Reading Response materials will give you so many materials for responding to any novel, picture book, or basal reader! See individual product links below for more details on each individual product!
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Native American Project - Compare and Contrast
This Native American Project is a fun way to compare and contrast Native American Indians in different regions. I have also included a second version to compare and contrast Native American Tribes.
This product includes:
- visual sample of project
- how I teach the unit
- sample anchor charts
- tips and different options for project
- student samples
- project description sheets for students
- copies for headings, maps, note taking, and rubrics (two versions)
- teacher sample to be assembled
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4th - 6th
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Research Logs - Gifted and Talented Projects -7 Units
Independent Research Logs
Topics Include:
Arctic
Tundra
Desert
Ocean
Rainforest
Grassland
Students are expected to:
Create a list of topics they'd like to study
Choose one of those topics to research
Generate open-ended questions about the topic
Locate sources to find the answers to their questions
Take notes and cite their sources
Focus their research
Write a report / draft
Create a product to show their learning
Grades:
1st - 6th
New Year STEM
New Years Celebration STEM Challenge - This clock tower building STEM challenge meets several NGSS standards and encourages critical thinking, budgeting, and engineering skills and is a perfect New Years activity. Oh no! The town wants to host a New Years Eve Celebration, but they need a clock tower for the townspeople to watch. The town needs the help of your students! Design and create a clock with a hand that will turn using available supplies such as paper plates and straws. The clock mu
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2nd - 5th
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Also included in: STEM Activities Bundle
STEM STEAM Challenge: Chinese New Year Dragon Parade
Gung Hay Fat Choy! In this challenge, students will design, construct, and build a red dragon for Chinese New Year. Included in this pack are:-- Printable student challenge card-- Teacher materials list-- Engineering Design Process flow-chart for student record keeping-- Self-assessment/Reflection page (differentiated for grades K-1 or 2-5)-- Open-ended writing page for follow-up or related activities (differentiated for grades K-1 or 2-5)As always, if there are any questions or concerns, ple
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1st - 4th
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Age of Exploration: Explorer Research Book Template and Tasks (DIGITAL)
This is a Research Book Template which works great in a unit on the Age of Exploration. It supports all stages of the research/ writing process. This was designed with Google Classroom in mind. There are a total of 7 tasks to walk students through the research process (including prompts and examples). There are also digital research book templates as well. This resource also works well as an enrichment activity for G.A.T.E. students or early finishers!The resource includes an "Explorer Gallery
Grades:
4th - 6th
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