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Free 8th grade resources for Microsoft Word and for GATE
Public Speaking Template, Tips, and Tricks for the 1-2 Minute Informative Speech
The common core wants effective speakers and 21st Century Learners!
Here is a template for the one to two minute informative speech in handy notecard-sized cutouts.
This document includes public speaking tips and tricks for all ages and ability levels.
Grades:
3rd - 12th
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Menu of Independent Reading Projects FREE Enrichment and GATE
Just say YES to the five C’s for gifted learners with CHALLENGES, CHOICES, COMPLEXITY, CONTROL over what and how they learn, and teachers who authentically CARE. Energize all readers with this project choice menu – FREE! Come back for over 200 lessons and units specifically designed for gifted learners.
Grades:
3rd - 10th
Animation and Critical Thinking for GATE and Generation Z -- The Piano FREE
4th Graders through adults find this video and activity fascinating. Let's try it FREE!Maybe your students will ask the same question mine did, "When can we do this again?"Using a short 2 minute video and an accompanying "Visual Inference Guide," students quickly become engaged in a critical analysis as they share insights with classmates--connecting video and literature.This format works for upper elementary through high school honors classes because students respond according to their abilit
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4th - 12th, Adult Education
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Affective Unit for Gifted Learners
Developing Self-Understanding and
Resilience in Gifted Students:
A Unit for Upper Elementary and Secondary Gifted Learners, provides a series of lessons, each with a variety of group and independent activities, to assist teachers and specialists in gifted education in meeting the social and emotional needs of this special population of learners. Each lesson is centered around a common question of gifted students, such as "What is giftedness and what is it not?" and "How do I advocate for myself
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4th - 12th
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FREE Greek Alphabet Wall Display Gifted Language Arts
FREE Greek Alphabet Wall Display Gifted Language ArtsIf they already know the alphabet, try posting this one above your whiteboard instead! It includes upper and lower case symbols, English (Latin) equivalences, and pronunciations. It prints in landscape format with two letters per page and fit just perfectly in a horizontal row over my board as traditional alphabet displays do--but with a real wow effect that makes everyone entering the room stop and actually look at the letters. Letters are
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Can You Pass the Ellis Island Immigrant Feature Profile Test?
The Feature Profile Test was a wooden block puzzle test administered to Ellis Island immigrants because IQ tests involved language translation issues. Instead, the Feature Profile Test became an instant nonverbal IQ assessment. The Feature Profile was made from wooden blocks that—if placed in the proper order—formed the profile of a human face.
According to the Smithsonian Magazine, this test was used at Ellis Island in the early 1900’s to keep out “feeble-minded” immigrants. The idea was th
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3rd - 12th, Adult Education
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Primary and Secondary Sources: Differentiated Assignment
This assignment requires students to define the differences between primary and secondary sources, analyze primary sources within a text, and research different kinds of bias that can be found in both primary and secondary sources. This assignment is organized into three sections. The first section employs the "Five Most Difficult" differentiation strategy, and students who master the five most difficult problems can quickly move on to more challenging sections of the assignment. This assignm
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5th - 9th
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Elements of a Short Story-Planning template for Students
This outline template can be used when planning a short story. It also includes a quick activity where you can teach the elements of a short story (conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution) prior to beginning the outline. The visual shows the students how a short story must include all of these elements in order to continually engage the reader. Teacher answer key included.
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5th - 8th
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Trundle Wheels -- Free! Hands-on Applied Math and Map Skills
Trundle wheels are a simplified version of a surveyor’s wheel. In this basic student edition of the trundle wheel, students roll their own version of trundle wheels across all sorts of things. They work especially well to measure curved surfaces or for applying a map’s scale of miles on highways.
A bonus to using trundle wheels in the classroom is that students must apply math skills to convert their measurements from the revolutions of the trundle wheel to yards, feet, inches, meters, centim
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3rd - 8th
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Monroe Doctrine Close Reading and Socratic Seminar
Advanced level and text-dependent questions for "The Monroe Doctrine." Ideal for US History classes. Basic level text-dependent questions are included, followed by a more advanced level Socratic Seminar.
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5th - 12th
CCSS:
Solving Real World Problems
This packet guides students through the process of discussing real world problems, researching them, and finding realistic solutions. The packet is directly aligned with the Florida standards for gifted learners.
keywords: group work, teamwork, real world, issues, controversy, elementary, gifted and talented.
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K - 12th
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Positive and Negative Integer Operations Menu
Give students choices about how personalize their learning and make it more meaningful. Students select options from the menu to help them master adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing positive and negative integers.
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5th - 8th
Learning Contract for Compacted Curriculum
This classroom form is designed to help differentiate instruction for gifted students. Once a student proves they've mastered the unit material currently being taught in class, they may opt to create a proposal for an individual enrichment study. The contract is signed by the teacher, the student, and a mentor. This form helps keep gifted students responsible for their own learning and set goals suitable to their intellectual proficiency.
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8th - 12th
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Writing Workshop: Peer Editing Checklist
1 page handout for your writing workshops. This checklist was created for senior honors students but can be differentiated for other levels. Checklist asks writing content, writing structure, and basic editing questions. Have your classes peer edit at least two times prior to turning in their final essay, and you will pleased with the results. Works well with my Time Saving Writing Content Editing Key offered in my storefront.
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Litteacher
Grades:
7th - 12th
Raft Activity: Conflict During Westward Expansion
This document explores Chief Joseph's Lincoln Hall Speech and challenges students to use creativity to explore the conflict from various points of view. A RAFT activity (Role, Audience, Format, Topic) allows students the opportunity to place themselves into historical context by personifying a character from Westward Expansion and creating their choice of document to reflect the issues of the time period.
Keywords: Nez Perce, Westward Expansion, Gifted Education, RAFT, Choice, Differentiation,
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6th - 11th
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Global warming and photosynthesis project based learning task
This resources is a complete project based learning task that requires students to learn about photosynthesis, global warming and the carbon cycle. The project helps students develop their own opinion about a real world 'wicked' problem (a problem where there are multiple perspectives about a 'right' solution). This is a rigorous task that empowers students to see how science concepts affect their every day lives.
Students are presented with the following: "To combat global warming, some indivi
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7th - 9th
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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
Industrial Revolution Invention Research Project
Students are asked to research an invention and think about the following: How have inventions changed our world? Why did some inventions earn fame while others are forgotten? How have early inventions changed through time? All students will be assigned an invention to research. They will need to find information about their invention and answer detailed questions.
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5th - 8th
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Magic Square
This is a logic puzzle similar to sodoku. Instructions for Magic Square:
Use the number cards to figure out the magic square solutions. Remember: ALL rows, columns, and diagonals need to add up to the “magic sum”. Once you’ve found the solution, glue your number cards in place.
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"The Tale of the Mountain Cat, A Native Story;" [*New Book Trailer]
Check out the New Book Trailer (+13 Rating): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SE7yE0KDIeo&t=4s
[All profits from this work go to the Homeless.] This is a story about a boastful Mountain Cat who comes into a meadow community and creates a confrontation. It is done in a "Native American" style of legend and story telling. This short story has been incorporated into the novel, "The Legend of Rail Wolf." ["Aids Orphans Remembered"]
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5th - 10th
Science Focus Wall/Mini Poster
"Think like a Scientist" This document includes thinking strategies for all ages. Talk about how scientists solve a problem. You may edit it if you like.
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PreK - 8th
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"Traipsing to Auschwitz, A Readers Theater Script" [*New Book Trailer]
Check out the New Book Trailer (+13 Rating): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SE7yE0KDIeo&t=4s[All profits from this work go to the Homeless.] This is a readers theater script that accommodates five participants. It is based upon a short story that delves into the unspeakable and heinous elements that surround the terrible events of Auschwitz. It is designed to vividly illustrate the plight that Jewish people have faced throughout their history, and to create many points of discussion. ["Aid
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Teacher Data Record Sheet - Itinerant
I designed this for myself. I am currently between three schools as a gifted resource teacher and do not have access to my districts electronic gradebook. This is how I keep track of my students work, attendance, and growth. I see each group twice a week so you can take notes on the side.
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PreK - 12th
Using Commercials for Critical Thinking in the Classroom -- FREE!
Think of commercials as little 30-60 second visual persuasive essays, and as such, they have great potential in the classroom.We teach to a visual generation. Let’s harness some of the power and appeal of screen time to generate discussion, examine new ideas, and spur interest in various topics!This guide offers tips for commercial analysis and sample lessons using commercials. It also contains suggestions for dozens of commercials and short videos to use in the classroom.
Grades:
2nd - 12th
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