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8th grade informational text resources for Microsoft Word and for GATE
California Gold Rush Digital Interactive Activity
California Gold Rush Digital Interactive ActivityExamine the California Gold Rush using this digital interactive activity!The file link is provided and will ask you to make a copy of it into your google drive!Students are asked to explore websites, listen to audio, examine photos, etc. about various aspects of the gold rush such as mining tools, diseases of the time, routes to CA, and MUCH MORESkills covered: analyze, compare, infer, critical thinking, listening, explore and MOREStudents are als
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4th - 8th, Adult Education
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Also included in: Distance Learning California History Hyperdoc Bundle
Young Traveler's Gift--Information Text Analysis
Informational Text Task Guide for Young Traveler's Gift
Grades:
6th - 8th
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Human Body Corporation Debates
Fantastic constructivist curriculum unit integrating reading, research, oral communication, peer collaboration, technology, and debate with the content of the human body systems. Sure to be a motivating, memorable learning experience for elementary intermediate aged students on up through high school. CCSS's are only referenced for 4th grade - however, the amount of reading and oral communication standards addressed in this project is extremely comprehensive.
Grades:
4th - 11th
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Reading Response Journal Instructions and Questions
This is a two-page item that students can keep or glue into their reading response journal. It gives instructions at the top of the first page, and then lists dozens of reading response questions that students can choose from to write about their reading. It is great for homework or classwork. Great for common core incorporation of students making text connections and being able to ask and answer questions about the text. Includes questions for nonfiction and fiction text.
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2nd - 8th
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Art History Exam and Study Notes (Humanities-Literature class)
Here is a 100-question Art History Exam from the Renaissance to Contemporary periods. The test includes matching and multiple choice, covering a wide array of specific artists, art works, and artistic eras. Also included is an Art Notes handout for student study.
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Grades:
8th - 12th, Adult Education
HISTORY MYSTERY
This is a list of questions based on the what has happened on that particular month and day. While most of the questions are historical, there are some geographical questions. For each question, there are five possible choices. The way it works in my class is that students research the question at home and come to class in the morning and make their guess on a small piece of paper and put it in the History Mystery box. At the end of the day, we discuss the question and the History Mystery manage
Grades:
4th - 12th
GATE Forms:Parent Appeal, HOPE Scale,Characteristic Behavior Scale-Editable doc.
Editable and fillable GATE Forms:HOPE ScaleThe HOPE Scale is designed to measure two very broad categories: Social and Academic components of giftedness and talent. It is meant to serve as a tool with which to focus a classroom teacher's nomination and perceptions of his/her students onto behaviors that are often observable by a classroom teacher.GATE PARENT APPEAL FORMThis is form is used in order for your child to be considered for alternate identification. This information along with test sco
Grades:
K - 12th, Staff
Also included in: Gifted and Talented editable forms, presentations & PD
Earthquakes: Disaster Relief Project
This project takes your average earthquake research project to the next level! Your students will research an assigned earthquake, discussing the area's seismic activity and geography, in addition to the details of the specified earthquake. They will also report about the disaster relief aid available and create their own organization to help! Rubric, common core standards, and entrepreneurial standards are included!
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Grades:
6th - 10th
Excellent Transcontinental Railroad Reader w/ ?s-Great Add to a Civil War Unit!
Excellent Transcontinental Railroad Reader with Questions is a great addition to a Civil War or Post Civil War Unit- This 2 page reader with accompanying check for understanding includes information about the following:The journey out West before completion of the Transcontinental railroad (challenges)Early advocates of the Transcontinental railroadReasoning for a transcontinental railroadBuilding of the transcontinental railroad and challengesThe Chinese and other workers who built the transcon
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
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Problem Based Learning Modules
Four Problem-Based Learning Modules guide student cross-curricular learning. Students have the opportunity to create upper level questions, research, reference, and present solutions. Student guidelines, checklists, and grading rubrics are included.
Grades:
5th - 9th
Current Events/Analysis
Do you want to help students engage in analyzing multiple articles based on the same theme? This project/assignment is an excellent way of monitoring their abilities to infer, compare, contrast across the same theme. It is also a great project to help students work together with a common interest and produce information using a variety of technology. It's very much related to how to do research appropriately as well as forming their own conclusions based on what they chose research.
Cesar Chavez Report directions and Rubric
These easy-to-follow direction and rubric sheets are ideal for a report about Cesar Chavez. Both are rigorous and ideal for a week-long report/project. Cesar Chavez is an important figure in American history, and his story can be used in a variety of subjects: Social Studies, union history, farm worker/agricultural studies, famous Hispanics, diversity reports, history of California, Mexican history; worker disputes, etc.
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Grades:
4th - 8th
Veteran's Day Reading & Activities
This free resource includes two different sets of activities for students regarding Veteran's Day. The two documents each have links to websites with readings for the students and then a series of in-depth questions and activities for the students to engage in. This resource is designed for students in grades 5-8 and integrates icons of Depth and Complexity in the questions.
Grades:
5th - 8th
One Page Non-fiction Response for Reluctant Writers 3rd-8th
I generated this form a couple years ago as a way for students to think critically about non-fiction topics in a non-threatening, brief format. It was developed with reluctant readers and writers in mind.
As a gifted and talented resource teacher, I always have some students who are identified gifted and talented yet avoid writing. These students might be full of information and eager to contribute to class discussions with proclamations of “I saw on the History Channel . . .” Left to their
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3rd - 8th
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A Recycling Initiative - A Scoring Rubric
Do you want your students to engage in a project that is real-word based and can create positive change? Consider having them write recycling proposals they can present to local organizations to persuade them to incorporate recycling to reduce waste.This is a rubric that can be used to assess a student recycling proposal. It can be used as a formative and summative assessment, although its intent is as a summative assessment.Items in the rubric include: quality of ideas, scientific feasibility,
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7th - 12th
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Rachel Carson Biography Study
This study includes higher-level comprehension questions, a photo analysis, and a persuasive essay all on the environmentalist, Rachel Carson. This study was made to accompany a popular children’s book that can be found at any local library or done on its own.
Grades:
6th - 9th
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