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Basic principles tools for common cores for GATE under $5
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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Push and Pull STEM
This Pushes and Pulls engineering STEM activity engages students' problem solving skills, engineering thinking, and math skills for Force and Motion. They will love creating a way to successfully move the rocks! This STEM activity targets the NGSS Standards for Force and Motion.
In this Pushes and Pulls Engineering challenge the truck broke down, but the rocks still need moved! Students will build a way to move the rocks using the available supplies, but be sure to stay on budget!
Please
Grades:
K - 3rd
Also included in: STEM Activities Bundle
Marble Maze STEM
Balls and Ramps STEM - The toy company wants to sell a marble maze. They need designers to come up creative ideas for a new marble maze. Your students need to design a marble maze on a cardboard box lid using the available supplies while sticking to a budget. They will use their creative thinking, engineering design and math skills for the STEM challenge. This STEM challenge meets several NGSS standards.
Suggested Plan of Implementation:
Prior Week: Send home the parent letter requesting
Grades:
K - 5th
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Also included in: STEM Activities Bundle
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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Grades:
4th - 8th
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Makerspace Project Ideas
Over 50 STEM Project Ideas!52 open-ended STEM project ideas that are perfect for your Makerspace, STEM Center, or STEM Lab! With so many ideas to choose from, students will always have motivation to keep making throughout the year!Simply print the light bulbs on colored paper, cut out, laminate, hole punch, and attach to a ring for easy student access. Blank light bulbs are included as well for students to contribute their own STEM project ideas! *Please note that this resource is NOT editable!*
Subjects:
Grades:
1st - 5th
Also included in: Setting up your MakerSpace Bundle
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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Force and Motion STEM: Sled Building
Sled Building STEM - Oh no! School is out for a snow day. The stores are closed, but the children want to sled. Help them by building a sled that will slide down the hill. Use your creative thinking because you can only choose from the available supplies and you must stick to the budget.
Your students will love learning about force and motion with this sled building challenge! This STEM covers several NGSS standards and promotes engineering thinking.
Suggested Plan of Implementat
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Grades:
K - 5th
Also included in: Winter STEM Bundle
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
Grades:
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
Grades:
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
Assessment Compare and Contrast Informational Text
This is the Common Core Assessment addressing the standard 2.RI.9 Compare and Contrast the most important points presented by two texts on the same topic. A science piece on ladybugs (two articles) and two articles on Jackie Robinson (a timeline and narrative). Two different compare and contrast graphic organizers are used as well as multiple choice and short and essay answers.
Grades:
2nd - 3rd
Lunar Landers: An NGSS-Aligned Engineering Challenge
Help students explore gravitational forces through this hands-on engineering challenge. Students can complete this project individually, in pairs, or in teams. We have done this project with materials in class and also as an at-home project. Both work great!The mission is to create a lunar lander that will protect the cargo onboard (an egg) and keep it crack-free. Students will put their lander through numerous trials (recording sheets included) as well as spend time reflecting and addressin
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
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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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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Function, Feature, Class Task Cards
Use these 24 FFC task cards to help children identify items given either their function, their features, or their class. Perfect for children with autism and other developmental disabilities.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.K.5.a
Grades:
PreK - 2nd
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Light Signals STEM
Light STEM Challenge - Oh no! The new boat route has boats traveling close to the shallow water. In this STEM challenge, students will learn some of the practical uses for light signals. Build a tall light signal to warn the boaters of the dangerous area. They will use their creative thinking to solve the challenge of building a light house that is at least 18" tall using the available supplies. Students must stick to a budget. This STEM meets NGSS standards.
Suggested Implementation Pl
Grades:
1st - 5th
Also included in: STEM Activities Bundle
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
Depth and Complexity Icons Posters
These classroom posters with Depth and Complexity Icons will enhance the thinking, learning, and discourse in your classroom! Depth and Complexity Icons come from the work of Dr. Sandra Kaplan. These icons were developed to help gifted learners to think more deeply about various content topics and can be used in multiple subjects areas. Using depth and complexity in the classroom can benefit all learners and add rigor to your existing content. This product includes:3 sets of color posters (all 1
Grades:
Not Grade Specific
Also included in: Depth and Complexity Icons Getting Started BUNDLE
Grade 4 math DOK: FRACTIONS-4 DIfferentiated tasks, MINI PROJECT+Math Monster!
Math Mania!
(Rubric Included for EACH TASK) Total of 17 pages!!
** NEW COMPONENTS
1) COMMON CORE ALIGNED PERFORMANCE TASK (MINI- PROJECT)
2) THE Math Monster!! He munches his way through your math work and just loves hanging around! See if you can find him on each page!!
3) 5 total tasks, each task is aligned to CCS and includes: word problems, and short response!
CCS: 4.NF (Numbers and operations in fractions)
a) making fractions based on shaded/unshaded parts
b) comparing fractions
c) order
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Grades:
4th, Staff
Oobleck (Non-Newtonion Fluid) Experiment Record Sheet
If you are looking for a record sheet for your class Oobleck experiment (Or any other non-newtonian fluid), look no further! Save time by using this record sheet that follows the scientific process. Feedback on this product is appreciated!Enjoy!
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Grades:
1st - 5th
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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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Multiple Intelligence (MI) PowerPoint (Elementary/Primary) 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:
1st - 5th, Adult Education, Staff
Spring STEM Project Ideas
Spring STEM Project Ideas!
Included in this pack are 32 open-ended STEM project ideas that are perfect for your Makerspace, STEM Center, or STEM Lab! With so many ideas to choose from students will always have motivation to keep making throughout the spring season!
Simply print the light bulbs on colored paper, cut out, laminate, hole punch, and attach to a ring for easy student access. Blank light bulbs are included as well for students to contribute their own STEM project ideas! *Please not
Subjects:
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Scientific Method with Depth and Complexity Icons
In this resource, you can use the Depth and Complexity icons to help students understand the Scientific Method!
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Not Grade Specific
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