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Middle school statistics 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 āquick cardsā 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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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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4 Pi Day Math Activities | Math & Art Projects | Coloring Circles | Pie Chart
4 Math & Art Projects to celebrate Pi Day that include circles and Pi exploration! Your students will love these Pi Day activities! Let your students express themselves using these hands-on Math & Art resources during the exploration of Pi.Content:- Your version of a piece of Ļ (pie). The first 100 digits of Pi. Frequency Pie Chart.- Pi Bar Graph - the circular version.- The spiral of a piece of Pi.- Cut the Pi pie.This resource includes:- The editable PowerPointā¢ version.- The printable
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Grades:
4th - 8th
Math Enrichment Choice Board Sixth Grade for Ratios Statistics Number System
This resource includes math enrichment choice boards, rubrics, and instructions for every single 6th grade math Common Core State Standard for ratios, proportional relationships, expressions and equations, statistics and probability, geometry, and the number system. These are great for early finishers and students who need enrichment in math. Included in this pack are the math enrichment boards I use for my sixth grade learners who have mastered any of our math concepts and are now ready for a c
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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12 Days of Christmas: A Computer Spreadsheet Activity
This great holiday activity shows students how to use a computer spreadsheet to calculate the cost of their true love's gifts in today's dollars.The simple step-by-step procedure will allow both beginning and computer-savvy students to experience success as they learn how to use spreadsheet software. Students will enjoy the engaging and entertaining activity. No computer? No problem! Use the activity master so students can calculate the costs themselves.
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5th - 9th
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What's the Verdict: Sharks vs. Lightning? Modes of Center, Spread, and More!
Put it to the test! Use the age-old expression: "You are more likely to get struck by lightning than to be bitten by a shark!" to learn and practice Measures of Center, Measures of Spread, Measures of Shape, and Statistical Graphing including:MEANMEDIANMODERANGEOUTLIERS [Using IQR +/- 1.5(IQR)]QUARTILES [lower quartile (IQ-1) and upper quartile (IQ-3)]INTERQUARTILE RANGE (IQR)MEAN ABSOLUTE DEVIATION/ M.A.D. ft. ABSOLUTE VALUESYMMETRY/ASYMMETRY OF DISTRIBUTIONCLUSTERS AND GAPSBELL SHAPED CURVE AN
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Statistics Survey Project - Project Based Learning (PBL) with Math
Watch your students dive into the world of math as they create, execute, and analyze their own survey! Students will demonstrate mastery of data gathering, survey sampling, developing appropriate survey questions, data tables, Direct Variation, discrete graphs, dot plots, box and whisker graphs, and calculating the inter-quartile range.The Unique Survey ProjectĀ is highly engaging, capitalizing on the innate curiosity of the adolescent mind. You will love the low-prep instructional guide. Your st
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6th - 10th
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Also included in:Ā Fun with Ratios Activities Bundle - 7th Grade PBL with Math
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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Mean, Median, Mode, Range "I Have Who Has" Game
A GREAT, FUN WAY FOR KIDS TO PRACTICE AND REINFORCE THEIR SKILLS IN THIS TRICKY TO REMEMBER AREA!3 DIFFERENT LEVELS! This pack includes 36 cards for the game "I Have Who Has" with a focus on Mean, Median, Mode and Range. The cards are split into three levels to be played in small groupsBeginner (green cards)Intermediate (orange cards)Advanced (purple cards)The aim of the game is to quickly work out the problem on your card so that when some one asks "who has...." if it is you then you can answe
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Grades:
4th - 7th
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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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
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
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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
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5th - 7th
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Fun with Ratios Activities Bundle - 7th Grade PBL with Math
The purpose of the Fun with Ratios Activities Bundle is to give students the opportunity to use creativity to apply ratios, proportions, and percentages in real-world settings. This bundle includes three unique tasks: Black Friday Mastery Task, Direct Variation Poster Mastery Task, and the Unique Survey Project. These activities and their accompanying materials are suited for students in grades 7 through 9. These lessons make excellent sub plans. Each project takes approximately two 60-minute bl
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7th - 9th
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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:Ā Dodecahedron - Book Study Bundle - Upper Grades
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.
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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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
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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
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3rd - 6th
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Multiple Intelligences: ARGUE IT! CHOICE CARDSĀ® - SET 1
Power-Up your classroom with BYTES Power Smarts! These Choice Cards include 25 argumentative essay prompts that cover multiple standards for Common Core. See full packet contents listed below and click on Preview under the thumbnails above to see a sample of the packet contents.Choice CardsĀ® are task cards, but we think the word CHOICE is more motivational. Students have lots of CHOICES with BYTES Power Smarts IT! Packs. Students can choose an IT! Pack and, within that pack, they can choose w
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4th - 6th
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Level Out the Stacks - Finding Mean Using Visuals - Google Slides Activity
This Google Slides Activity includes 25 unique slides that help students to find the mean of a set of data using visuals first (stacks of blocks of varying heights), then eventually proving their answer by performing the actual calculations.
The slides become moderately more difficult as students progress through the activity, ending with several decimal problems where the cubes they're working with are split into fourths and the calculated mean is a decimal.
The slides are easy to duplicate
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5th - 7th
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Probability Independent and Dependent Events Activity Paper Chain
Engage students at centers or in partners with this Probability Independent and Dependent Events Paper Chain Activity. Students solve probability questions involving tables, word problems, and diagrams. One link which leads to the answer on the next link. My students LOVE this activity. This resource includes:- Paper chain links with Probability problems- Answer key- Teacher's guide.A great addition to your middle school math curriculum and for differentiation.Also available in money-saving
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7th - 9th
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Also included in:Ā 7th Grade Math Activities Paper Chains Bundle
Common Core: Phrases & Figures of Speech Derived from Greek Myths PART I
The attached worksheets can augment your instruction of sophisticated figures of speech. Herculean effort, Trojan horse, and Achilles' heel are the phrases incorporated in these sheets, which tie directly into the Common Core's requirement for students to become knowledgeable on phrases and figurative language that was derived from Greek mythology.
The sheets provide context reading for the students to make their own inferences regarding of the Greek phrase meaning, antonym identification, rea
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3rd - 6th
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