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5th grade algebra tools for common cores for GATE
Compare & Contrast 2 Stories - 10 Paired Passages - 4th & 5th Grade Folktales
Compare and contrast literature with ten paired passages. This set emphasizes identification and use of story elements to construct responses. Students read two folktales, organize elements in tables, transfer them to Venn diagrams, and explain in paragraphs. Open the preview to take a closer look.Five sets of folktales from around the world were carefully selected and adapted for fourth and fifth grade students.“Mani and Sol” (Norway) and “The Fire Dog” (Korea)“The Goose and the Golden Egg” (S
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4th - 5th
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Laws of Exponents - Tiered Worksheets - For Interactive Notebooks & More
★ Do your students need more practice and to learn all the Exponent Laws? These worksheets are perfect to teach, review, or reinforce Exponent skills! ★ These worksheets cover all 9 laws of Exponents and may be used to glue in interactive notebooks, used as classwork, homework, quizzes, etc. Tips, Instructions, & More are included. See below what is included and feel free to view the preview file.
Perfect for teaching & reviewing the laws and operations of Exponents. For 5th Grade &am
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5th - 11th
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Depth of Knowledge and Learning Icons - Digging Deep - Critical Thinking Skills
These focus wall resources are designed to be engaging and meaningful. Help your kiddos reach for deep knowledge and content mastery using a variety of critical, complex thinking skills.Digging Deep Learning Practices assist students in engaging in critical thinking and developing meaningful understanding of concepts.This resource contains both large and small posters as well as “quick cards” that can be displayed on focus walls, resource walls, or simply during specific lessons.Encourage your s
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K - 6th
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Summer Puzzles Fast Finishers 4th Gr Math Task Cards After Test Activities
Tired of hearing, "I'm done! Now, what?" You will never hear that again with these early finishers 4th grade math task cards that challenge and engage early fast finishers and gifted and talented students. Great after state testing activities!These brain teasers encourage mathematical reasoning and using computation skills in unique and flexible ways that deepen understanding!⭐ During math test preparation, while reviewing and practicing with the rest of your class, your early fast finishers and
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3rd - 5th
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Converting Roman Numerals CSI Math Mystery Detective The Roman Invasion
This CSI themed Roman Numeral Conversion activity will engage students by taking them on a journey to solve problems and puzzles. Students narrow down the suspects by completing the activities and marking them off from the suspect list until one person is left. Who is the Roman General?This case includes Roman Numeral Conversion. Answers are includedEnjoy and please remember to follow me by clicking the following link to easily find my latest resources and receive discounts.Click to follow meKiw
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4th - 8th
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5th and 6th Grade Pre-Algebra Math Task Cards (prealgebra, algebraic thinking)
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*Looking for something to challenge your students before summer break? Here's a great end of the year activity. This product is a PDF file download that includes 32 pre-algebra puzzle task cards, a student recording sheet, answer key, and teacher's guide.
*The purpose of this product is for students to build flexibility with algebraic thinking by solving puzzles. It is designed primarily for 6th grade students, but can be used with advanced 5th graders. Once students get the ha
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5th - 6th
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Essay Template aligned with Lucy Calkins Boxes and Bullets
Students can use this template to plan and organize their essays for Informative, Persuasive, and Expository essays.
It includes Sentence Starters and Language Frames and lined paper to start their essays on.
The C_ O_ P_ S_ S_ is a checklist for students to check their writing for Capitalization, Organization, Punctuation, Spelling, and Sentence structure.
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4th - 8th
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A Literature Unit for Patricia Polacco's Junkyard Wonders
This unit was made to go Patricia Polacco's book The Junkyard Wonders. Included are 18 pages of activities to challenges your students to think more deeply about the story. The unit was created with the 4th and 5th grade Common Core Standards in mind. Topics explored are theme, setting, character traits, visualizing, and many more. Writing assignments and a project idea are also included. The themes in this book would also be perfect to explore with a gifted class. Email me at ideabackpack@
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3rd - 6th
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Social Media, Digital Citizenship, & the Internet Depth & Complexity Bundle
Teach your students how to be digital citizens using the prompts of Depth and Complexity and Content Imperatives! This bundle offers Depth & Complexity frames, thought provoking games, and engaging activities all about social media, digital citizenship, and the internet! Students will have the chance to write, collaborate with others, share opinions, create a website and blog about it (on paper), and participate in many other activities.
Never used Depth and Complexity icons or frames in
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2nd - 8th
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Biography Activities - Task Cards & Choice Boards for Any Book
Dozens of biography activities come in two formats: task cards or choice boards. Each focuses on one informational text standard, as well as a higher order thinking skill (applying, analyzing, evaluating, or creating).Open the preview to take a closer look.They can be used with any biography: picture or chapter book, read-aloud or independently. You may pick and choose, ask students to specific tasks, or allow them to choose their own activities using the tic-tac-toe menus.All materials come in
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4th - 5th
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Also included in: Biography Unit - Genre Study for Fourth and Fifth Grade Students
Hands-on Equations Level 1: Mystery Pictures Bundle
Ideally used while or after teaching Level 1 of the Hands-on Equations program, these enrichment activities will provide your students with a fun way to practice and demonstrate their knowledge of solving balanced equations and expressions as well as using the order of operations, and practicing other grade-level concepts. Each of these self-assessing activities will reveal a mystery picture with correct answers.Products Included:Hands-On Equations Pumpkin Mystery PictureHands-On Equations Sant
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4th - 8th
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Early Finishers 4th Grade Fast Finishers Brain Teasers Task Cards Activities
Tired of hearing, "Done! Now, what?" from the "speedsters" in your math class? You will never hear that again with these challenging and engaging problem solving task cards for early finishers and gifted students! They are perfect after state testing activities!While you're reviewing and practicing with the rest of your class, your early finishers will continue to learn and be challenged with these math task cards as they problem-solve, think, and analyze number relationships and computation fro
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3rd - 5th
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Two Step Rules in Function Tables - Input Output Tables Task Cards
These input/output task cards give students the opportunity to identify two step rules or patterns using any operation. In these task cards, students don't have to complete any missing values - just identify the rule or pattern that fits the data table. But, the challenge is in the two step rules students need to identify!Input/Output tables help students work with patterns and relationships between numbers. With these task cards, students should start by identifying what they think the rule is
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3rd - 6th
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Differentiated Instruction CCSS STEM Choice Boards & Extension Menus K-8
Teachers, meeting the needs of all learners through differentiated instruction is more important now than it ever was. With the transition to the Common Core, more English language learners, and differing learning styles and abilities makes it pertinent for teachers to offer activities that appeal to each and every student. This is a collection of choice boards, extension menus, and Think-Tac-Toe boards for all grade levels and content areas. These will allow you to reach all students, ensure th
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K - 8th
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Function Fun, Unit 1: Patterns, T-tables, and Graphs
OVER 50 PAGES! These are the best strategies for teaching linear functions to all students. Tested in grades 4 through high school, this unit helps students develop competency with both the concepts and computations involved in functions. The multi-representational activities cover slope, y-intercept, t-tables, graphs, formulas, and visual representations of linear functions.This unit is part 1 of a four-part series and includes 17 patterns in both color and black and white versions to provide t
A Literature Unit for Drew Daywalt's The Day The Crayons Quit
This unit was made to go with Drew Daywalt's The Day The Crayons Quit. Included are 17 pages of activities to challenge your students to think more deeply about the story. The unit was created with the 4th and 5th grade Common Core Standards in mind. Topics explored are point of view, theme, character traits, visualizing, text structure, plot, letter writing, comparing/contrasting, responding to quotes, and more. Writing assignments are also included. Email me at ideabackpack@gmail.com with
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3rd - 5th
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Error Analysis: Multiplication
Higher Order Thinking Task Cards
Newly update with new graphics: This is a set of critical thinking task cards. Students are required to analyze a traditional algorithm multiplication problem to find the single error. Students are then required to use their math knowledge and vocabulary to describe the problem. Then students write an extended response to help fix the error.
The task cards in this packet can be used in a variety of ways in the classroom: individual work stations, partner/ gro
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4th - 7th
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Balance Algebra Tiles Addition/Multiplication Equations Google Slides Activity
This Google Slides Activity includes 15 unique slides that involve maintaining the balance on the scale in order to solve for a variable, x. The students will start first by taking away tiles that represent a value of "1" each on both sides in order to isolate x and solve for its value. They then will be presented with more than one x and will need to find what balances one x in order to solve. Finally, they will be required to remove several "1" tiles and then also remove multiple x tiles in
Simple and Very Easy Algebra Scoot! Game - Gate, Review, Activity, One Variable
This Scoot game will get your upper elementary and lower middle school students moving and doing easy algebra all at the same time!
Each equation involves one variable and simple addition, subtraction, or multiplication with sums and products equal to less than 20.
*Use for GATE students who need a challenge!
*Use for older students and shorten the time for each problem to help them think on their feet!
*Use for indoor activity on a rainy or snowy day!
*Use for a review day or filler activity!
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4th - 8th
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Applying Two Step Rules in Function Tables - Input Output Tables Task Cards
These input/output task cards give students the opportunity to apply rules or patterns using any operation. Students apply the given two step rule to complete the function table. Variables are included in the given equations to help build the connection between dependent and independent variables in linear equations. These task cards are a great connection between applying rules in elementary school and linear equations in middle school. By integrating algebraic concepts in elementary classrooms
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3rd - 6th
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Common Core Text-Dependent Writing Prompt Explanatory Grade 6
The new common core standards will require students to relate their story and essay writing to two-three passages of text. The text may be nonfiction, fiction, quotes, environmental print, or poetry.
This writing prompt contains three texts for the student to read (very short) and specific writing prompt directions. The type of writing the students will be composing will fall under the category "explanatory" because the student will be forced to respond to a question by making a definitive answ
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5th - 7th
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Dodecahedron - A 3-D - Novel Study - Book Project - to Fit Any Novel!
This is a student all time favorite of mine over the past 10 years. It is fun, engaging, and makes an absolutely beautiful final project to display.Typically, I do this while reading a class novel to enhance our study of the book (click here to find book specific projects) But this particular project is meant to fit any novel and can be done independently while students read their novel or as a book project after they finish reading.The project is easily differentiated and adapts to all learners
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Dodecahedron - Book Study Bundle - Upper Grades
Order of Operations Activities for Gifted Students AIG Enrichment
Are you looking for a project on order of operations for your gifted and AIG students? This choice board is perfect for your high-achieving students who have already mastered algebraic expressions and need a challenge.What is included?Choice BoardActivities: Color by solving (using decimals), create a board game, missing operations worksheet, create order of operations equations with your age, create a teaching poster, create new sayings for PEMDAS or GEMDAS, create your own color by solving art
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5th
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Also included in: 5th Grade Math Projects for Gifted Students AIG Enrichment
Writing & Solving Two Step Equations - Balancing Equations Task Cards
Do your students struggle with understanding two step equations? These Balance the Equation task cards help students see the mathematical operations through models. Each balance models both multiplication and addition for a two step equation.Students build their algebraic thinking with equivalence by working through balance the equation activities. By integrating algebraic concepts in elementary classrooms, students develop math reasoning and computation skills while applying number sense, logic
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3rd - 5th
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