Middle school specialty graphic organizers for GATE

Also included in: One Pager Mega Bundle - Book Reports - Exit Tickets

Winter STEM Activities and Challenges with Paper ❄️ Snowflakes ❄️

Created by

Critical Thinking, Engineering, Gifted and Talented

**BEST SELLER!** Winter STEM / Snowflake STEM activities! Create a variety of snowflakes with these 3 STEM engaging challenges. For these challenges, the only material that is necessary is plain paper. This is a great companion activity if you are reading about Snowflake Bentley (Wilson Bentley).✅ What You'll Get ✅Teacher Instructions and sample imagesWarm up activities: How snowflakes form in nature (1 page informational text)Cutting practice page (if your students need it, recommended!)Which f

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 8th

Types:

Classroom Management, For All Subjects, Other (Specialty)

CCSS:

4.G.A.3

NGSS:

MS-ETS1-2

, 3-5-ETS1-3

, 3-PS2-2

, 3-5-ETS1-1

, MS-ETS1-1

...

Also included in: FLASH SALE ⭐ Low Prep STEM Activities and Challenges Engineering Design Process

Class Slides | Classroom Management Slides | Teacher Templates in Google Slides

Created by

Create Teach Share

Up your classroom management game with these class slides for just about EVERYTHING! Classroom slides will make your school day so much easier to manage, and will keep students engaged and on-task.Over the past couple years, I have had so many requests from teachers about different templates and slides that they would like to use in their classrooms. Many of those requests go beyond Assignment Slides, and teachers are finding new ways that they would like to use Google Slides. So, I decided to

Subjects:

Grades:

2nd - 6th

Types:

Graphic Organizers

Also included in: Digital Bundle: Student Engagement | Google Slides Jamboard | Distance Learning

The Wild Robot Activities ⭐ STEM Challenges Hands-on Novel Study ⭐

Created by

Balanced Literacy, Engineering, Gifted and Talented

Get ready for STEM activities with The Wild Robot by Peter Brown! In this set of challenges, students follow the adventures of Roz the robot on an island where she must adapt in order to survive. Along the way, Roz encounters many challenges which she must overcome. Your students will overcome the challenges right alongside Roz as they complete the STEM challenges that go along with this engaging read aloud. ✅ What You'll Get ✅3 Main STEM ChallengesCamouflage STEM Activity ChallengeShelter STEM

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types:

Critical Thinking, Literature, Reading

NGSS:

3-5-ETS1-3

, 3-5-ETS1-1

, 3-5-ETS1-2

Also included in: STEM Bundle of Activities and Challenges Read Aloud Books and Novels

Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Literature Circles Book Clubs

Created by

Teacher Thrive

Add some depth and complexity to traditional Literature Circles with this complete and ready-to-use resource!You will be amazed by the level of discussion and critical thinking that will take place among your students. Each Literature Circle role (listed below) is directly connected to 11 elements of critical thinking: Big Ideas, Rules, Trends, Patterns, Language of the Discipline, Ethics, Relationships Over Time, Details, Unanswered Questions, Across Disciplines, and Multiple Perspectives). Ju

Subjects:

Grades:

4th - 9th, Adult Education

Types:

GATE, Literature Circles

Also included in: Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Mega Bundle

Narrative Texts Comprehension | Language Strategies, Vocabulary, Inferencing

Created by

Speechy Musings

These print and go, no-prep worksheets are perfect for increasing skills in comprehending and understanding narratives in speech therapy sessions!These printables teach several language-based reading comprehension strategies including previewing the text for important information prior to reading, answering story grammar based comprehension questions, identifying the main idea (in a scaffolded, supported way!), and making basic inferences about the text. In addition, each page includes 4 key voc

Subjects:

Reading Strategies, Special Education, Speech Therapy

Grades:

K - 7th

Types:

Kerry Tracy Feel-Good Teaching

Also included in: Middle School Starter Kit for Speech and Language Therapy

Halloween STEM Activities | Fall STEM Activities for October | Halloween Science

Created by

Halloween STEM Activities will keep your kids engaged in brain-busting work disguised as fun!This bundle includes the following 6 Halloween STEM activities:⭐ Bone Bridge® STEM Challenge Activity ⭐ Creature Catcher STEM Challenge Activity ⭐ Ghosts in the Graveyard STEM Challenge Activity ⭐ Treat Toss STEM Challenge Activity ⭐ Wings Wanted STEM Challenge Activity⭐ Halloween STEM Improv Activity (336 possible combinations!)The basic idea: In the 5 Halloween STEM Challenge Activities, students

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Engineering, Halloween

Grades:

2nd - 8th

Types:

Activities, GATE, Centers

NGSS:

K-2-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-3

, MS-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-1

, 3-5-ETS1-3

...

Geography and Map Skills Interactive Notebook | Print and Digital

Created by

Right Down the Middle with Andrea

Teaching geography and map skills doesn't have to be boring! This is a great way to teach geography and map skills. Students remain engaged through the hands-on portion of the interactive notebook. In addition to the hands-on activities, students produce a product that is useful to develop good study habits. This resource includes both the print and digital ready versions all in one. You have access to both in case you find yourself in need of one or the other throughout the school year. Templat

Subjects:

Geography, Social Studies - History, Test Preparation

Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types:

Printables, Graphic Organizers, Interactive Notebooks

Also included in: Social Studies Interactive Notebook Bundle | U.S. History Interactive Notebook

Partner Pairing Cards and Grouping Cards Pick a Partner

Created by

Back to School, Classroom Management, Engineering

Pick a partner or do small group pairing with these fun cards!With a variety of fun ways to pair or group students, students each choose (or receive) one card and then seek out their pair or group. Forming groups for projects or STEM challenges can elicit groans from students, but by making it fun and engaging for students, this will become your go-to way for no-argue partnerships.Pick a Partner Cards may be printed at full size or at 2 pages per sheet to save paper.✅ What You'll Get ✅✅ Partneri

Subjects:

Grades:

K - 12th

Types:

Projects, Activities, GATE

Also included in: STEM Teacher ❤️ Favorites ❤️ Bundle Best Sellers in One Place

Interactive Reading Comprehension | Triangles, Posters, Organizers |

Created by

Joanne Miller

This interactive reading resource has to be one of my favorite creations! This is a tool that can be used ALL YEAR LONG! Students will interact with the text by marking their thinking with their manipulatives (triangles from key rings). Students use triangles to "point" to their answers/thinking. Reinforce or introduce reading skills & strategies with this reading comprehension pack. Key ring manipulatives color coordinate with the posters so students can reference them during reading. Colo

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Tools for Common Core

Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types:

Graphic Organizers, Posters, Centers

Also included in: Reading Kit Bundle | Interactive Reading Comprehension

Speech Therapy Self-Advocacy Role Play Activity for High School Students

Created by

Speech Therapy

Self-Advocacy Role Play Activity for High School StudentsUse this activity to explain what it means to self-advocate and use the practice scenarios to teach your students how to advocate at school, college, or on the job. This packet includes:-What the word Self-Advocacy Means-Why we need to Self-Advocate-Steps to Advocate-Example of Role-Play to Self-Advocate-10 scenarios with a script to Advocate at School-10 scenarios with a script to Advocate at Work (Added 9/2018)-Self Rating Form-Teacher R

Subjects:

Special Education, Speech Therapy, Vocational Education

Grades:

6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education

Types:

Graphic Organizers, Lesson

Team Building Escape Room with Logic Puzzles Critical Thinking Escape Room

Created by

Teach With all Your Heart

Engage your students with this Team Building Escape Room! This is great as a back to school escape room! This escape room is perfect for both the end of the year and beginning of the year. Students will be engaged and challenged with logic puzzles, codes to decipher, and more. There is both a full easy prep printable version as well as a Google(TM) form digital version for virtual or distance learning.This resource includes everything you need to implement a challenging and fun escape room fo

Subjects:

Classroom Community, Critical Thinking, End of Year

Grades:

4th - 9th

Types:

Activities, GATE, Games

Also included in: Team Building Escape Room with Logic Puzzles BUNDLE - Critical Thinking Escape

Non-Fiction Texts for Comprehension | Language Strategies, Main Idea | Speech

Created by

Speechy Musings

Easily target non-fiction comprehension with these printables! They are perfect for teaching and practicing several language-based reading comprehension strategies including previewing the text for important information prior to reading, answering comprehension questions, identifying the main idea (in a scaffolded, supported way!), and summarizing/paraphrasing the information. In addition, each page includes 4 key vocabulary words from the text so you can practice this skill as well!This packet

Subjects:

Reading Strategies, Speech Therapy, Writing-Expository

Grades:

1st - 7th

Types:

Informational Text, Reading, Tools for Common Core

Also included in: Middle School Starter Kit for Speech and Language Therapy

Short Text for Teaching Text Structure {Vol.1} 21st Century Informational Text

Created by

Hello Literacy

Are you looking to expand your collection of short informational text perfect for close reading? Text that you and your students can read and reread in one session? If so, then I think you will love this first volume of articles in a new Informational Text series of mine called Hello 411. I wrote and designed these informational text articles for my students because I was looking for text that was short, interesting, looked like a real article with real photographs and were good examples of dif

Subjects:

Grades:

K - 9th

Types:

CCSS:

RI.3.1

, RI.3.10

, RI.4.1

, RI.4.10

, RI.5.1

...

Greek and Latin Roots Activity Pennant ✏️ 4th Grade 5th Grade Creative

Created by

Gifted and Talented, Reading, Vocabulary

Enhance your students' vocabulary with a creative and engaging Greek and Latin Roots Pennant Activity! In this hands-on morphology activity, students become active participants in their learning process. Students add words, definitions, or visuals to create their own unique representation of these 60 roots. Please read These pennant pieces have the root, meaning, and one graphic to start. Students will add their own touches to make them unique and then color in as desired.✅ What You'll Get ✅60+

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 12th, Adult Education

Types:

Catherine Reed - The Brown Bag Teacher

CCSS:

L.3.4c

, L.4.4b

, L.5.4b

, L.6.4b

, L.7.4b

...

Also included in: Greek and Latin Roots Pennant Activity Games BUNDLE Display Vocabulary Test Prep

Greek and Latin Roots, Affixes of the Week: Daily Morphology Root Word Practice

Created by

Morphology and building vocabulary are important parts of our intermediate classrooms. RI.4 and RL.4 are all about determining the meaning of unknown words and phrases. Deep knowledge of a variety of Greek and Latin Roots helps provide students the skills to attack and break-apart these unknown words. But the study of Greek and Latin Roots cannot be contained to a single week or even month. Intentional daily instruction (even a few minutes a day) makes the difference. Teaching 5th grade, I wante

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Tools for Common Core, Vocabulary

Grades:

4th - 6th

Types:

Activities, Graphic Organizers, Lesson

CCSS:

L.4.4b

, L.5.4b

, L.6.5b

Halloween STEM Activity - Bone Bridge® - Halloween STEM Challenge

Created by

Kerry Tracy Feel-Good Teaching

The Bone Bridge® Halloween STEM activity is collaborative, brain-busting work disguised as fun! This STEM challenge goes beyond Halloween. Connect it to your science lessons on skeletal system, bridges/transportation, and/or forces (specific ideas provided in the resource). The basic idea: Students work in partners or groups against a list of criteria and constraints to build a bridge for length, strength, or capacity using simple materials. This is the first resource from Bone Bridge® STEM Ch

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Engineering, Halloween

Grades:

2nd - 8th

Types:

Activities, GATE, Centers

NGSS:

K-2-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-3

, MS-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-1

, 3-5-ETS1-3

...

Also included in: Halloween STEM Activities - 6 STEM Challenges - Print & Paperless

Inside Out Movie Worksheets | Movie Day Activities | Social Emotional Learning

Created by

GATER Educator - Kris Prince

Looking to support your student's social-emotional needs?What better way to engage students than with a MOVIE TIME? ... INSIDE, OUT is certainly a fun childhood favorite!Check out these LEARNING ACTIVITIES created just for the movie!Personality Islands Digital PBLPersonality Islands Printable PBLHow to Make Broccoli Pizza - A Fun and Engaging Reading and Math ActivityThis resource includes a printable AND digital version to use with Google Classroom™Looking for more MOVIE GUIDES? Click HERE-Movi

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Gifted and Talented, Life Skills

Grades:

4th - 7th

Types:

GATE, Movie Guides, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.5.2

, RL.5.3

, SL.4.1d

, SL.4.3

, SL.5.1

...

Also included in: Independent Projects | Gifted and Talented Students | Early Finishers | BUNDLE 1

Back to School STEM Activities Team Builders and Icebreakers Elementary & Up

Created by

Back to School, Engineering, Gifted and Talented

Team building activities and icebreakers are perfect for the first week of school in STEM! Not only will your students instantly engage in these hands-on challenges, they will begin to build your classroom community. Your students will need to work in teams throughout the year, and the best way to set the foundation for that is with fun, engaging, and brain-stretching STEM challenges.✅ What You'll Get ✅This resource includes ice breaker challenges / activities: ✨✨✨ 3 STEM team building activitie

Subjects:

Grades:

2nd - 7th

Types: