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Middle school other (art) tools for common cores for GATE
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
Grades:
K - 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
Grades:
2nd - 8th
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A Recipe for Writing a Sonnet (like Shakespeare)
This is a graphic organizer that allows your students to write sonnets that are amazing. I have used this in both a Gifted 4th and 5th grade, and a regular 5th grade and the results were amazing in both. This clearly lays everything out...topic and structure. It can be used all the way up to high school!
Grades:
4th - 12th
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@
Grades:
3rd - 6th
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Fall Into STEAM! 10 hands-on, fall-themed STEM challenges for your makerspace
This pack includes everything you need for a fun-filled, STEM-tastic fall! Makerspaces are the perfect environment for allowing your students to explore, create, and engineer. If you don't have one in your school or classroom yet, start collecting now!Included in this pack are:--The 5 W's of a MakerSpace-- A printable MakerSpace Supply Request form for families-- 10 different fall-related tasks/ STEAM challengesEach task is provided in 2 sizes (full page to display weekly, or as a set of cards
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Grades:
1st - 8th
INDEPENDENT PROJECT CHOICE BOARD MEGA BUNDLE Genius Hour Creative Design Process
40%+ OFF WITH THE BUNDLE...This easy-to-follow, NO PREP, FULLY-EDITABLE resource gives you everything you need to provide your students with an INDEPENDENT PROJECT CHOICE BOARD! Students can complete projects using the provided Choice Board, or you separate the activities so that you have 20 separate project units with this resource!Simply print out or post the Student Directions, Student Answer Sheets, and Student Tracker and GO! Students will follow the Design Process/Creative Problem-Solving
Grades:
4th - 12th
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
Grades:
K - 8th
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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
Grades:
4th - 7th
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INDEPENDENT PROJECT CHOICE BOARD BIG BUNDLE Genius Hour Creative Design Process
30% OFF WITH THE BUNDLE...This easy-to-follow, NO PREP, FULLY-EDITABLE resource gives you everything you need to provide your students with an INDEPENDENT PROJECT CHOICE BOARD! Students can complete projects using the provided Choice Board, or you separate the activities so that you have 9 separate project units with this resource!Simply print out or post the Student Directions, Student Answer Sheets, and Student Tracker and GO! Students will follow the Design Process/Creative Problem-Solving Cy
Grades:
4th - 12th
Multiple Intelligence (MI) PowerPoint (Secondary Version) by Jennifer A. Gates
Teaching gifted, talent development or preparing students for Common Core by teaching them to identify their strengths?
This is the perfect way to introduce Multiple Intelligence: 8 characteristics that students can use to best identify ways in which they can make positive growth. They are: nature smart, logic smart, self smart, people smart, word smart, picture smart, body smart, and music smart.
Introduce and explore Multiple Intelligence in depth with students the elementary or primary and
Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
INDEPENDENT PROJECT CHOICE BOARD BUNDLE Genius Hour PBL Creative Design Process
30% OFF WITH THE BUNDLE...This easy-to-follow, NO PREP, FULLY-EDITABLE resource gives you everything you need to provide your students with an INDEPENDENT PROJECT CHOICE BOARD! Students can complete projects using the provided Choice Board, or you separate the activities so that you have 6 separate project units with this resource!Simply print out or post the Student Directions, Student Answer Sheets, and Student Tracker and GO! Students will follow the Design Process/Creative Problem-Solving Cy
Grades:
4th - 12th
Common Core Text-Dependent Writing Prompt Argumentative Grade 8
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, charts, quotations, environmental print, fiction, or poetry. In line with PARCC demands.
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 "argumentative" because the student will be forced to establi
Grades:
7th - 9th
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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
Grades:
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
Grades:
4th - 7th
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Also included in: Dodecahedron - Book Study Bundle - Upper Grades
Titanic Digital STEM Activities Stop Motion Titanic Menu Computer Activities
Titanic Digital STEM activities includes three activities for students to complete digitally! NO prep for teachers and no need for STEM materials. These activities are perfect to add to your Titanic unit. Students will complete one or all of these activities which include a Stop Motion activity of the Titanic’s Route, Recreate the Titanic First Class Dinner Menu, and create a digital model of the Titanic. The Stop Motion includes a How-To-Create a Stop Motion Video, the Titanic Menu includes 100
Grades:
4th - 8th
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Sewing Up Math's String Art Design for a "BOO" Halloween card
Follow directions to sew 1, 2 or all 3 circles to create Halloween BOO string art cards that look complex, but are easy enough for primary grades. Supply your own materials. Use to enrich a variety of lessons (not included) on circles, such as angles, secants and tangents. Directions include two sizes of sewing pattern templates, one of which can be used to create a snail mail greeting card.
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Grades:
3rd - 7th, Not Grade Specific
Series 2: EVEN MORE Fall Into STEAM! 10 STEM challenges for your makerspace
In this companion pack to the original Fall Into Steam, you will find 10 more, ALL NEW, fall-themed tasks for your Makerspace.Makerspaces are the perfect environment for allowing your students to explore, create, and engineer. If you don't have one in your school or classroom yet, start collecting now!Included in this pack are:--The 5 W's of a Maker Space-- A printable Maker Space Supply Request form for families-- 10 different fall-related tasks/ STEAM challengesEach task is provided in 2 size
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Grades:
1st - 8th
Also included in: Series 2: EVEN MORE STEAM All Year - 40 All New Makerspace STEM Bundle
Argumentative Essay Brainstorm Outline - College Prep
Many students have difficulty writing an argumentative essay... and this document is the perfect solution!
It doubles as a brainstorming/outline worksheet, and requires students to provide both evidence to support their claim as well as analysis of the evidence they choose.
Furthermore, it requires one of the most important components of an argumentative essay that students often forget or ignore... counter-argument.
Grades:
8th - 12th, Higher Education
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ORIGAMI LESSONS MINI COURSE
Stretch your thinking with these origami folding lessonsStudents access the teaching videos using QR codes. Take your learning a step further by learning about how origami has evolved and is saving lives!Snap a pic of each finished design, create a folder in photos to store each one, and create a slide show as a final project.
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Grades:
3rd - 7th
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Text Dependent Explanatory Prompt Bundle
The new common core standards and PARCC assessments will require students to relate their story and essay writing to two-three passages of text. The text may be nonfiction, fiction, reference materials, quotes, environmental print, or poetry.
These writing prompts contain three texts each 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
Grades:
1st - 6th
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December Essay Writing (Opinion, Informative, and Narrative Prompts)
This packet includes 45 pages of essay writing practice for students for the month of December. There is an essay menu for the month with 20 prompts total (4 informative, 4 opinion, 4 narrative, and 4 research prompts). For December, the topics focus on Christmas, the holidays, and winter. There are some non-Christmas topics for your students who do not celebrate Christmas. The menu gives students the element of choice and allows for student engagement.
Post the menu in your classroom or in a
Grades:
3rd - 6th
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Draw Starts (10 Sets) for Creative Thinking
Draw starts are great creative thinking warm-ups. Students add to the drawing to create something unique. Have students think of things that no none else will think of. Let your students get creative with their drawings.
There are 10 sets of 4. They work great as morning work.
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Grades:
K - 12th
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GT Enrichment - Learning Semaphore
My GT kids LOVE to learn about 'random' things. Semaphore is a system of flag signals used by the US Navy to communicate over long distances while underway at sea. In this slideshow, I introduce semaphore, group the letters for ease of learning, and describe how a message is sent.The lesson concludes with two examples of semaphore used in pop culture and a creative activity where the students will use semaphore to create a symbol of their own. This slide show can be used as a whole group lesson
Grades:
3rd - 6th
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