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8th grade Common Core RI.6.1 resources for GATE
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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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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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
Grades:
4th - 8th
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Also included in: Fall Activities Depth and Complexity Print and Go Autumn BUNDLE
Gifted and Talented Escape Room | Color by Code | Reading Comprehension BUNDLE
Get your GIFTED and TALENTED students engaged with this awesome BUNDLE of easy-prep reading comprehension activities.Featuring escape rooms, color-by-code activities, close readings, and more! Perfect for gifted and talented learners seeking to learn more about social-emotional learning. Save 30% off each individual resource when you purchase the bundle today!Close Reading ESCAPE ROOM CHALLENGES include:Informational Text- 2 Pages in Each ResourceBreakout Task 1- Plot an Escape: Vocabulary Word
Grades:
4th - 8th
Halloween Mystery Activities | CSI Reading Comprehension | Art History
Unlock the mystery of a stolen painting with GATER Educator's Fall-Themed Crime Scene Investigation and Engaging Color by Code Reading Comprehension Activities. Learn all about Edvard Munch and his famous Expressionism painting while reinforcing reading comprehension skills.By purchasing this BUNDLE you are saving 20% off of each individual resource!This bundle includes two resources to help students draw conclusions, make inferences, use deductive logic, and practice reading comprehension using
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5th - 8th
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Informational Text Bundle Seasonal and Holidays
Informational Text Bundle is a collection of 12 products from my store with a total of 32 no-prep lessons.
Title List:
Informational Text for September
Informational Text for September National Punctuation Day and Coffee
Informational Text for October
Informational Text for October--A Hollywood Monster and Strange Weather
Informational Text for November
Informational Text for November--Pumpkins and a Thanksgiving Parade
Informational Text for Thanksgiving
Informational Text--5 Things You Did
Grades:
5th - 8th
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Non-Fiction Reading Skills ELA Question Loop and Middle School Trail Game
Elevate your classroom experience with this captivating Interactive ELA skills lesson that puts students at the center of their learning journey. This engaging activity offers a unique twist on traditional instruction, seamlessly blending rigorous questioning, collaborative problem-solving, and active movement. Ideal for middle school and high school students, this lesson provides a dynamic way to grasp essential non-fiction reading concepts while fostering teamwork and critical thinking.I belie
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: Dynamic ELA Question Trails Bundle - Engaging Middle School Activities
DAY OF THE DEAD Reading Writing & Art Integration Unit | Hispanic Sugar Skulls
Easily incorporate THEMATICALLY RIGOROUS LEARNING into your classroom routine with this no-prep,30-page Day of the Dead Sugar Skull Reading, Writing, Research, and Art Unit! It includes everything you need to celebrate and understand the tradition of Sugar Skulls as it relates to Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos). It also allows students to compare/contrast Halloween and Day of the Dead through online research.The following resources are included:•Sugar Skull nonfiction passage, CCSS-aligned
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Grades:
3rd - 12th
THANKSGIVING ART BUNDLE | Thankfulness Choice Board Rockwell Totem Pole
Easily incorporate ART INTEGRATION into your classroom routine with these four Thanksgiving Art Activities! The following Thanksgiving Art Integration Activities Resources are included:•Thankfulness Choice Board Art Activity: Students will brainstorm Who, What, Where, When, and Why they are thankful. After choosing one from their brainstorm list, they will use the Choice Board to select an art form to create that represents their selection. •Create a Totem Pole that represents your family Rubric
Grades:
3rd - 12th
PBL Introduction to Architecture: Build Your Own Dream Treehouse
No planning required! This PBL comes with a 32-slide presentation introducing the major concepts, elements, and procedures of architecture. Students will then use the elements and process to answer research questions (resources provided), plan, sketch, build, present, and reflect on their dream treehouse! This bundle comes with a 12-page paced guide for students, with teacher signoffs on every step.
Grades:
4th - 8th
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-ETS1-4
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
SUGAR SKULLS ART INTEGRATION Self Others Book Character Hispanic Day of the Dead
Easily incorporate ART INTEGRATION into your classroom routine with this no-prep,18-page Day of the Dead Sugar Skull Reading and Art Unit! It includes everything you need to celebrate and understand the tradition of Sugar Skulls as it relates to Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos). The following resources are included:•Sugar Skull nonfiction passage, CCSS-aligned questions, & answer key•Create a Sugar Skull •Choose whether to create it with paper or clay•Choose whether to create it about yo
Grades:
3rd - 12th
Gifted and Talented Color by Code Activity | Close Reading Comprehension
Are you looking to support the social and emotional well-being of your gifted learners? Check out this engaging informational text about giftedness and time management!Unlock the secrets of time management with this fun, colorful activity that combines close reading and comprehension skills. Perfect for gifted learners' enrichment or any gifted program! Students will read a non-fiction passage, answer questions, mark evidence from the text, color the picture according to their answers, and compl
Grades:
4th - 8th
Reading Response Activities for Gifted, Advanced, and Fast-Finishing Learners
What if you had a resource that your gifted and advanced learners thought was super cool and interesting? What if your kids who were always finished with their work early had something to do that they wanted to work on?This product gives students the opportunity for just that! Using the book or website by Randall Munroe, "What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions", your students can complete 8 different reading response activities to explore these out-of-the-box res
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5th - 8th
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Informational Text for April Frogs and Kites
Informational Text
Informational Text for April
In the U.S., April is both National Frog Month and National Kite Month. Thus, the unlikely duo of frogs and kites is the subject of this Informational Text reading resource.
“Frog Background Check,” the first informational text, takes students into the world of frogs and highlights some of their most unusual talents and habits, such as shedding and eating their own skins. Though written to appeal to a student's sense of humor, this text's goal of
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6th - 9th
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Integration of Knowledge using Online Reading Passages
Explore Reading:Informational Common Core Standards using this resource! Three sets of articles and videos have students explore bias, structure, compare/contrast, how authors prove their point, and MORE! Articles can be found online (websites inserted in the file) and are all FREE! The articles are also high-interest as their topics include the Mayan "Doomsday" Prediction, Minecraft and Artificial Intelligence!
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Lesson Plans
Test Prep Questions
Article and Video Links
Discussion Ca
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5th - 8th
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Genius Hour Project
Genius Hour (passion project or 20% time)
Get your students excited about learning and problem solving by introducing Genius Hour. Genius Hour is one hour of your day or week designated for students to work on a project. In their project, they will be creating a product to solve a problem. Students can either come up with their own topic or be guided by giving a category. They will follow the 8 steps of Genius Hour. Genius Hour, not only supports 21st century learning, but can easily be lin
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Grades:
4th - 8th
Informational Text: The American Search for Utopia: Free (CCSS Aligned)
This free, original Informational Text reading resource is taken from my teaching pack for Gordon Korman's popular book SCHOOLED.
The selected informational text--"The American Search for Utopia"-- is designed to provide students with background information that will heighten their understanding, appreciation, and enjoyment for Mr. Korman’s story and its characters. However, the text can also stand alone as a independent reading resource with social studies connections. The ten quest
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6th - 9th
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Understanding Euphemisms, Ambiguities, and Twisted Wording in Nonfiction
Spin-doctoring, the purposeful twisting of words to manipulate nonfiction readers, can create dangerous propaganda for minds unaccustomed to critical analysis of word choices. We must teach 6th- through 9th-grade students to read critically and be on the lookout for subtly injected points-of-view in nonfiction and misleading "facts."
This lesson, in the form of a ready-to-use handout, takes a humorous approach to verbal manipulation by first presenting a funny retelling of a criminal's history
Grades:
6th - 9th
Who Owns the Zebra? (with manipulatives page and possible answer)
This is a highly challenging, well-known logic problem, said to have possibly been created by Albert Einstein or Lewis Carroll. This version comes with a manipulatives page to help students solve the problem. Students will engage in critical thinking and employ several mathematical practices to solve the problem.There is supposedly more than one answer, to check your answer reread through each statement in the problem to determine if it works in your solution. This printable can easily be made i
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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RAD Discussion Classroom Packet
You need to do this!! Seriously. I was introduced to RAD discussions by my mentor teacher when I a first-year teacher. I remember feeling so nervous to have my students do a RAD discussion because I feared that my classroom management would fly out the window. WRONG. The first time I did this with my inaugural 6th grade class, I felt SO proud of those kids. This discussion is the perfect way to involve EVERY student in a class discussion. Your kids will be begging to do RAD discussions once they
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5th - 8th
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Rivalry Project (Debate & Research)
This project was designed for a 6th grade humanities class, but can be adapted to elementary and older middle school students as well. This document is a starting point to get you inspired.In pairs, students take on roles in famous rivalries throughout history and present day. Using biographical research and argumentative writing/speaking, students must convince their class that their person in the rivalry is truly the GOAT (greatest of all time... as the kids say) compared to their rival. Stud
Grades:
4th - 8th
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Counting by 7s & Rain Reign: A Comparison
Two great novels, two talented authors, two best-selling books, two strong characters with diagnoses... Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan and Rain Reign by Ann M. Martin have A LOT in common! Created as an independent study, this guide can be used for single students or for an entire class!In this comparison study, students will compare and contrast the plots of the novels, the two main characters, the two diagnoses of the main characters, and perspectives on current research involving gif
Grades:
5th - 8th
RI.5.6 RI.6.6 RI.7.6 POV, Perspective and Persuasion with Daylight Saving Time
Did you know Daylight Saving Time (DST) is a hot-button issue? I didn't, but when I found out, I knew I had to turn it into a perspective/point of view/persuasion lesson since it is a topic that is kid-appropriate! This series of lessons focuses on a writer's point of view, perspective and opinion. Students will learn how writers use strong, persuasive language to prove their point. They will also take a look at the difference between a strong argument, a weak argument and an unbiased view o
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5th - 8th
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Biography Series: Differentiated Lin Manuel-Miranda Choice Board
Reach all learners in your classroom with this Differentiated Biography Choice Board on Lin Maneul-Miranda! This Choice Board is differentiated in 3 ways! First, choose the level of text each student reads from online versions (text not included). Also, each task on the board is given a point value that denotes level of difficulty. Further differentiate by adjusting number of points students need to earn before completion. Best of all, since all studnets focus on the same topic, every learn
Grades:
6th - 8th
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