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8th grade other (ELA) resources for GATE under $5
Bell-Ringers and Start-ups: Back-to-School/September Brain Teasers
Welcome your students back to school with WE'RE BACK, two sets (4 pages) of cross-curricula trivia questions about natural and man-made cycles. When Labor Day rolls around, treat your kids to HELP WANTED, four fun pages about unusual and interesting jobs. Appropriate for many grade levels and abilities, including gifted programs. Full answer keys included. Download the free sample pages for a closer look.
Grades:
4th - 10th
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Thanksgiving Activities
Thanksgiving Activities
Thanksgiving Brain Teaser Stuffed Words
Keep your students focused during those wound-up days before Thanksgiving break with STUFFED WORDS, five sets (35 items each) of vocabulary fun that challenges students to identify a small word "stuffed" inside a larger word--the KEY in turKEY, for example.
Thanksgiving Activities Stuffed Words is appropriate for many grade levels and abilities, including gifted programs.
Thanksgiving Activities Stuffed Words comes with full
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5th - 8th
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Digital Media Vocabulary, Create a Billboard Activity, and Rubric
Teaching Digital Media can be fun! My students just completed this activity and LOVED it. I was highly impressed with the creative, final products. I had my students complete this activity during their WORD WORK STATION, but it could be completed during a WRITING STATION or WHOLE TEACH TIME.This download includes the following:** Digital Media Vocabulary Words (can be used for assessment and perfect for student binders, notebooks, or folders). ** "Create a Billboard" Activity (Presented to stud
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Grades:
3rd - 9th
Also included in:Â Vocabulary Bundle Task Cards and Activities: SAVE 25%
Spring & Summer S.C.A.M.P.E.R
This product contains 12 different S.C.A.M.P.E.R templates for the following:Pot-of-GoldEaster egg huntEaster basketWagonUmbrellaRain bootsBird feederKiteBicycleSunglassesSurfboardPopsicle+ Create your ownEACH template comes with 4 different creative thinking questions to spark creative/critical thinking and unique answers around the specific topic that is being scampered!
Grades:
K - 12th
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Also included in:Â S.C.A.M.P.E.R The School Year BUNDLE
Posters - New Icons of Depth and Complexity GATE
Are you using the new Icons of Depth and Complexity to foster critical thinking in your classroom? This product contains color and black & white posters describing and defining the new icons of depth and complexity. Each poster has the icon, a brief description, and an example. They are based on the new Depth and Complexity Icons developed by Sandra Kaplan from USC. These can be printed smaller (multiple to a page) to include in student notebooks as well. These posters are a visual cue I ca
Grades:
3rd - 12th
October/Halloween Brain Teasers
Give your students a different perspective on the English language with BODY PARTS, a series of four activities (33 items each) based on phrases (mostly hyperboles) with the name of a human body part, such as "laughed my head off." Appropriate for many grade levels and abilities, including gifted programs.
Full answer keys included.
Download the free sample pages for a closer look.
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5th - 8th
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Gettysburg Address Memory Activities
Help your students memorize the Gettysburg Address with these activities:Study Cards (19 cards)Parent Info SheetRecitation Assessment Record SheetOral Presentation Rubric2 Fill in Practice Sheets with Answer KeysWord Search with Answer KeyWordle Word BankClose Read using the Icons of Depth and Complexity Study FrameClose Read with Student Samples
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6th - 10th
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TED Talks Comprehension (Adora Svitak: What Adults Can Learn From Kids)
TED Talks are highly engaging and provide great opportunity for listening comprehension. This TED Talk, by Adora Svitak, challenges students to debate the concept of whether or not students should be heard. After viewing and discussing the TED Talk, Adora Svitak: What Kids Can Learn From Adults, students answer 10 comprehension questions.
** Note**
This is part of a larger product which includes Depth and Complexity tasks as designed by Dr. Sandra Kaplan. If interested, follow this link.
TED
Grades:
4th - 8th
End of the Year Depth and Complexity Frame | GATE Depth and Complexity Questions
Depth and Complexity is a framework for teaching and learning developed by Sandra Kaplan. It is designed to help students develop critical thinking skills by encouraging them to explore the deeper meaning and how seemingly different ideas are actually related. The framework includes a set of "icons" that represent different ways of thinking about a topic. This resource utilizes 5 elements of the depth and complexity framework for students to think in more deep and complex ways about the end of t
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Grades:
4th - 9th
Winter Depth and Complexity Frame | GATE Depth and Complexity Questions
Depth and Complexity is a framework for teaching and learning developed by Sandra Kaplan. It is designed to help students develop critical thinking skills by encouraging them to explore the deeper meaning and how seemingly different ideas are actually related. The framework includes a set of "icons" that represent different ways of thinking about a topic. This resource utilizes 5 elements of the depth and complexity framework for students to think in more deep and complex ways about winter.
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Grades:
4th - 9th
Barbie Themed Decor Alphabet Banner Colorful/AllAbout Me Pennant
You're beautiful! I know you need this Barbie themed Alphabet Banner Decor Set! Hang them in your classroom, bulletin boards, white boards, word wall and more! Includes: Classroom Barbie Themed "All About Me Banner" Entire Alphabet Pennant Style Banner with Barbie characters, Barbie Themed high quality Objects to print in color and laminate. PDF downloadable document.You might like these other amazing GATE products:Barbie Themed Decor-Positive Affirmations Colorful posters, jar, and colorWizard
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Grades:
PreK - 8th
Also included in:Â BarbieDecor Bundle-5 Products-Affirmations,Alphabet,ClockLabels,Organization
distance learning - GOOGLE CLASSROOM - reading SUMMARY digital lesson /worksheet
DO you need a way to teach or review SUMMARY writing? This packet has just that:This PURCHASE is perfect for DIGITAL LEARNING and GOOGLE CLASSROOM1. slideshow with review slides on how to write a SUMMARY2. Digital SUMMARY worksheet for students to fill-out after they have read a book (assigned or free choice)***the best part is, once this DISTANCE LEARNING time is over you can use these slides in your own class by sending them out to your students during summer breaks or holiday break time....
Grades:
1st - 8th, Staff
Radio Drama Unit Mark Twain's The Invalid's Story| Comedy
Here's a twenty minute humorous radio play adapted from Mark Twain's classic short story, The Invalid's Story. This script has 20 + roles (plus crew) and was written especially for the classroom! Strengthen your students' listening, speaking, and reading skills all at once. It's a one stop shop! #fallingfordealsseasonal "The Invalid's Story" by Mark Twain is a story about the power of imagination. The narrator of the story made a promise to his friend. In keeping with his promise, the narrator
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Grades:
8th - 10th
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Also included in:Â Scary Halloween Scripts and Radio Drama Unit Grades 9 and 11
Comprehensive Thanksgiving Hink Pinks
Comprehensive list of all of the Thanksgiving-themed hink pinks, hinky pinkies and hinkity pinkities I've came across over the years.
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
Board Game Project Instructions Checklist and Sample
This is a companion to my Board Game Project. Many students struggle with writing the instructions for their board games, and leave them missing crucial elements. This is a checklist to help them formulate their instructions, with examples for each element, as well as a "final product" sample from my class. Students can use this product to make sure their instructions are well-thought-out and complete before handing them in!
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3rd - 10th
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Also included in:Â Board Game Project Bundle
Short Interview Quiz
This is a 6 question (mix of short answer, multiple choice, and fill in the blank) that helps assess a student's knowledge of formal job interview:
1. protocol
2. questions to ask the interviewer
3. also allows kids to think about how they can benefit a company and bring that to the table during an interview
This is great for any age student getting ready to interview for a job. Or, it can be used with younger grades to practice.
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Grades:
6th - 12th, Adult Education
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Mystery Party Character Analysis
This is a student activity that I made to accompany any Mystery Party lesson. Students use his resource to organize their character analysis prior to the investigation. It helps students focus on close reading and analyzing important information. It can be used with any published Mystery or Murder Mystery materials.
Grades:
5th - 9th
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30 Riddles/ Jokes
Here are 30 Riddles!Each riddles has its own slide followed by a slide after it with the answer.It is a total of 61 slides because I did add a customizable cover slide that you can type your name on. I found all these riddles on my own and it took over an hour to do so!My kids love this as a Fun Friday activity! Can take from 30 mins- 60!
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Grades:
2nd - 12th
I Have, Who Has?- Greek Mythology Cards
This product is great for reviewing units on Greek Mythology or just to enrich your students by exploring the subject. Answer key included.Print, laminate and play!
Grades:
3rd - 8th
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"Of Mice and Men" Section 2/3 Chapters 3-4 Vocab Word Search (WITH Definitions)
These are 20 words from Chapters 3 & 4 of John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men. The words are as follows: aloof / distant physically or emotionallyappraised / looked over; made a judgment aboutaverted / to turn away (usu. eyes or thoughts)bleated / cried like a sheep, cow, or goatcrestfallen / disappointed or humiliatedderision / mocking scorn; ridiculedisarming / charming in a way that tends to ease suspicion or hostilityentranced / in a state of fascination or wondereuchre / a two to four play
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Language Arts Independent Project Handout
This is an independent project handout for middle school language arts. I've used it for early finishers and gifted students. Students are to come up with their own project that relates to the topic of study.
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Grades:
6th - 8th
Interactive Notebook Insert- Graphic Organizer ABCs of a Good Reader
Students can use this graphic organizer to document all the different strategies that they learn throughout the year. Students can also document different language features: figurative language, text features, etc.
Enjoy!
Grades:
1st - 12th
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"Lamb to the Slaughter" Roal Dahl Vocabulary Word Search (NO Definitions)
These are the fifteen words taken from Roald Dahl's "Lamb to the Slaughter":business / an immediate task or objective; personal concern; enterprisecommit / to entrust; to carry into action deliberatelycongealed / changed to a fluid or a solid; made rigid or immobileconnoisseur / an expertexasperate / to irritate or enragegelatinous / viscous or jelly-likeluxuriate / to thrive or revel innausea / extreme disgust; a stomach distress with the urge to vomitnip / a small quantity of liquorpunctual /
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Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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