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8th grade informational text classroom forms for GATE
GENIUS HOUR Unit Plans {Google Slides + Docs}
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3rd - 8th
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Chistmas Informational Text 5 Things You Didn't Know about Christmas Songs
Informational Text Christmas Theme
Christmas Informational Text 5 Things You Didn’t Know about Christmas Songs” is a set of five original articles based on 5 familiar Christmas songs. Each text features a little-known fact about a particular song. In many cases, events from American history were involved in shaping the song, and sometimes, the song shaped history. Think of this informational text collection as a combination history/music/reading resource!
Each informational article is two pag
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5th - 9th
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Infographic Project: Summative Assessment Projects
Infographic Project: Communicating Non-Fiction Information
This infographic project contains a two page teacher information sheet and five pages of student worksheets! Student worksheets include: a two page step by step "how to" on making a digital infographic, a project introduction page, a planning sheet and a project grading rubric.
About the Product
Infographics are a wonderful tool for analyzing and communicating information. This product contains materials for guiding students in usi
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5th - 9th
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Differentiated Current Events Menu with Depth and Complexity Icons
This Differentiated Current Events Choice Menu with Depth and Complexity Icons can be used with lessons on Current events in the classroom and for use in Interactive Student Notebooks. Students can also read current events at home and complete the activities as evidence of understanding in their ISN. The Depth and Complexity Icons help promote higher level thinking. This year I made Current Events Scrapbooks(basically a different type of ISN) for my students by binding 15 pieces of 12 x 18 in.
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4th - 8th
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Music Album Soundtrack & Cover Design Project
Summative Assessment Project: Music Album Soundtrack Project
This end of the unit project is great as a summative assessment for any content area! Students will pick "soundtrack" of songs and make a connection between the songs and the main idea of the unit! They will then design a CD album cover based on the big ideas of the unit. Students will utilize the planning sheets to identify the key themes and big ideas/essential understandings to include in their project. This project provides opti
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5th - 9th
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Literal and Inferential Comprehension Questions for ANY book! (Grades 6-8)
This product includes literal, inferential, and critical questions to use with any book for students in grades 6-8. The questions focus on summarizing, making predictions, making connections, synthesizing, inferring, analyzing, and critiquing.
The questions included reflect expectations of students in grades 6-8. Use the questions to help students dig deeper when reading and to propel them toward more difficult texts.
Question Lists: Use the lists whether you're working one on one, with sma
Grades:
6th - 8th
Ancient Greek Philosophers of Ancient Greece Activities Middle School 6th grade
Interactive? Check! Engaging? Check! Deep thinking? Check! Your students will love learning about Classical Greek philosophers with this set of three activities that focus on six philosophers of Ancient Greece. They'll learn about Hypatia, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Euclid, and Thucydides in original one-page biographies, and then they'll create trading cards about the philosophers. In the third activity, they will select three of the philosophers and create an imaginary conversation they would
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5th - 9th
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Text Analysis | Critical Thinking | Outside the Box Project
This Text Analysis project (which can be used with narrative, expository, and persuasive texts) will have your students thinking long after they have finished the project, and will help them think more objectively about future readings!Students will be required to talk about the text, its author, as well as the purpose, goals, and more.With six mini-projects to complete (which includes the student's name), this is sure to be a thought-provoking experience for students.Included in Your Purchase T
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6th - 8th
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Regions of the U.S. Project with Text, Note Taking, and Summarizing
Are you looking for a way to teach the United State Regions? This Project includes two full pages of informational text on each of the five regions. Students read about each region, take notes, and rewrite in own words to create a book or poster project. I have found that my 5th graders have trouble synthesizing information when researching, so I created this project in order to teach them.Included in this 40-page project are:- 2 full pages of text on each of the 5 regions - filled with fact
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5th - 8th
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Scholastic News Response Choice Board
A pair of choice board activities for Scholastic News magazines. There are two sets of directions included: a version where students complete 1 activity from each row each week or a version where students cross out the completed activity and turn it in when all activities have been completed. Suitable for centers or emergency sub plans!
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3rd - 8th
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Financial Literacy Reading Passages | Personal Finance | Making Money Grow
Would you like to give your students a jump start on becoming financially independent? Do you teach Personal Finance or Financial Literacy in your class? This fun financial planning packet gives students a clear picture of the beginning world of Financial Intelligence. Share with students that they are never too young to begin a financial education and that they are capable of creating wealth tomorrow if they start making wise choices today. While it’s great to teach students how to be smart con
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5th - 8th
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Identifying Claims & Relevant Evidence using Song Lyrics | Printable & Digital
Identify claims, evidence and argument using song lyrics and music videos (Printable & Digital). Lesson Plan, student handouts, PowerPoint slides, Answer Key, Rubrics, Google Doc, Google Slide for no prep distance learning or Google Classroom activities.Students identify argument, claims, and relevant text evidence using music lyrics with this no prep music as poetry lesson plan, student handouts and answer key.Reading Informational Text Common Core Standard # 8 (Grade 6 - 8):What are the ma
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6th - 8th
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Artificial Intelligence Escape Room Digital and Print AI reading Escape Room
Let your students learn about and discover Artificial Intelligence (AI) with this digital and print ELA escape room. This escape room is designed to enhance their nonfiction reading skills while nurturing critical thinking and analysis abilities. This escape room is the perfect blend of rigorous informational text analysis and engagement!In this comprehensive escape room experience, students will be immersed in four challenges, each centered around informational texts about artificial intelli
Grades:
5th - 9th
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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Escape Room Challenge | Elon Musk Close Reading & Project Based Learning
Get your students engaged and excited with this innovative Elon Musk Escape Room and Project-Based Learning BUNDLE! Enhance students' reading comprehension and design process skills as they use close reading to explore the biography of this amazing entrepreneur. Investigate the engineer design process as they create an accessory for a Tesla-inspired car - a project-based learning experience that will leave them inspired!By purchasing this BUNDLE, you are saving 20% off each individual resource!T
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5th - 8th
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Scholastic Storyworks Response Choice Board
A pair of choice board activities for Scholastic Storyworks magazines. There are two sets of directions included: a version where students complete 1 activity from each row each week or a version where students cross out the completed activity and turn it in when all activities have been completed. Suitable for centers or emergency sub plans!
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3rd - 8th
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Importance of Reading Brochure: Back to School DIGITAL Activity
This template is for students to create a brochure for parents about the importance of reading. Students research from four (4) provided websites that focus on statistics and facts proving the success of reading. You are encouraged to put them in groups of 4 for the preparation of the brochure.Here's why this activity is great!:- It's a back to school activity that requires students to collaborate with others.- Through their research, the students learn why it's important to read.- The brochure
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4th - 9th
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Also included in: Back to School: Digital Activities for Language Arts
Gifted and Talented Activities | GATE Program Support | For Teachers or Parents
Do you have a GIFTED and TALENTED program in place?Are you looking to get started with teaching a GATE Program?This informational resource is the WHY of having a GATE Program for gifted learners.Browse a wide range of GIFTED RESOURCES and ACTIVITIES. Click the link belowGATER Educator's GIFTED Resources• Gifted learners exhibit many of the same academic needs and social and emotional characteristics. • Gifted students thrive with activities that provide novelty and opportunities to solve problem
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3rd - 8th
Informational Text for October and Halloween
Informational Text Halloween Theme
Informational Text for October begins with an article about Frankenstein’s monster. Not only is he one of Halloween’s most versatile characters, he is also a star of stage, screen, and TV. The strange thing is—he has never had a name and he owes everything to his strikingly ugly looks.
The second article takes students back to 1816, known as the Year Without a Summer when people in New England and a few states father south were shoveling out from under
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6th - 9th
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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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Argumentative Writing Prompt WITH STUDENT SAMPLE
This is an FSA-style argumentative writing prompt. The file includes actual articles that show the two sides of the argument. Students will debate on whether or not young children should have access to electronic devices (like iPads). File includes student sample!
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4th - 9th
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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
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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High School or Middle School Reading Comprehension - World War II PART ONE
Reading comprehension passage series for Middle School and High School that doesn't put them to sleep! Laid out in a magazine style format to be visually engaging, these article passages are brief but not too brief, allowing an activity that can be assigned as homework or completed in class. The activity should take between 20-30 minutes.This passage is on the outbreak of World War II and the countries involved. It is Part One. You might also like:WORLD WAR II - PART TWOBe sure to follow my stor
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7th - 12th
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