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Free literature circles for Gifted and Talented
The Tale of Despereaux ~ A Novel Study
"Come closer, dear reader. I am telling you a story..." This product is a complete novel study over the beloved book "The Tale of Despereaux". Complete with comprehensive questions over each chapter, reader's responses to go along with your Reading Workshop, and numerous enrichment activities to enhance your student's reading. Perfect for grades 3-6. Created by Marsha Templeton.
Activities include:
Create you own Coat of Arms
Character Cards
Inference Cards
Make a Tapestry
Dungeon Research
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
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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
Olympic Reading Challenge
GREAT FOR GIFTED AND TALENTED STUDENTS AND/OR STUDENTS WHO NEED MOTIVATION!!!
PURPOSE:
The purpose of the Reading Olympics is to motivate students to read different genres and increase the number of pages they read.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE:
The Olympic Reading Challenge can be used anytime during the year, however, it is most fun when used in connection with the actual Olympics. This year (2014) the Winter Olympics will be held in Sochi, Russia. During the 17-day span of the Olympics, I am off
Grades:
4th - 8th
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Literature Circles Rubric and Reflection With Depth and Complexity
This Literature Circle Rubric and Reflection With Depth and Complexity will be a great resource when implementing literature circles in your classroom. A literature circle is a small group instructional approach with structure, high expectations, and rigor. I recommending implementing Literature Circles with Depth and Complexity. Depth and Complexity will help your students dig deeper in their learning and think in more complex ways. The 11 elements of Depth and Complexity were developed by Sa
Grades:
3rd - 8th
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Radio Drama Play Script Bow Wow Blues A Comedy for Grades 7 to 9 Free Sample!
Hey new teacher! Are you looking for something fun, engaging and...funny? Check out my original radio theater script, Bow Wow Blues. This sample gives you a taste of the resource--the script has roles for 17 + students plus a sound effects and music crew. Students strengthen their reading, writing, listening and speaking skills while performing this play. This resources is formatted as a PDF and also as Google slides. HOW DO I USE THIS PRODUCT IN MY CLASSROOM? If I were you, (depending upon
Grades:
7th - 9th
Death By Scrabble: By Charlie Fish
Looking for a short story for your literature circle?
Charlie Fish has written a short story that will have readers talking! Who knew Scrabble could be a deadly game?
This story can be used to teach many literary elements.
Don't take my word for it.
Take the time to get familiar with Charlie Fish's "Death By Scrabble". You are sure to love it.
Grades:
3rd - 12th
Dr. Maya Angelou-Life Doesn't Frighten Me lesson plan
Based around Dr. Angelou's famous poem, LIFE DOESN'T FRIGHTEN ME, students will read the poem, dissect it and write their own renditions.
Grades:
1st - 5th
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Digital Book Projects for any Fiction Book- Linked to an Editable Google Doc
Free for a limited amount of time!This is a list of digital book projects for students to use when they finish reading a fiction book. The document is in a pdf format that contains a link to an editable Google Doc so you can enter your own classroom information or change out projects to meet the needs of your classroom.Enjoy!
Grades:
3rd - 8th
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GT Extension Menus for Novel Response
These extension menus help your GT students to choose their own learning paths. They help students to analyze characters, setting, theme and figurative language in their novels. The students will move at their own pace and have several options to choose from. Hopefully your students will enjoy them as much as mine!
Grades:
3rd - 6th
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Academic Conversations Posters
I created 8 1/2 x 11 posters each representing one conversational move described in Jeff Zweir's Academic Conversations. Because these are PDF images, I am able to shrink for small prompt cards and enlarge to make posters.
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Grades:
2nd - 10th, Higher Education
The Last Lecture, A Non-Fiction Lesson Plan/Unit
The lesson enlists a non-fiction text to supply grammar, syntax, refelction, analysis, and synthesis for students in high school. This lesson may be supplemented with current events and fiction, as well as Mythology, History, and the Social Sciences. An aspect for an artistic outlet for students to create a media project reflecting the lesson and the entries within their journals and blogs, offering a multi-faceted learnign experience teaching compassion, critical thinking, and thought expressio
Grades:
9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Cup/Cupcake Riddles!
These cup/cupcake riddles are an effective, engaging tool in which to encourage the use of inference skills, context clues, and logic! Used daily, they can also be utilized as hooks to transition into mini-lessons on vocabulary, parts of speech, and problem solving. Most importantly, "fun" learning is motivating, and these riddles most definitely will infuse "fun" into the school day!
Grades:
4th - 9th
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We Celebrate her 100th Years
Beverly Cleary (born April 12, 1916) is an American writer of fiction for children and young adults. One of America's most successful writers of children's literature,[1] she has sold 91 million copies of her books worldwide.[2] Some of her best-known characters are Henry Huggins, Ribsy, Beatrice ("Beezus") Quimby, her sister Ramona Quimby, and Ralph S. Mouse. She won the 1981 National Book Award for Ramona and Her Mother[3][a] and the 1984 Newbery Medal for Dear Mr. Henshaw.
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Grades:
4th - 6th, Staff
Book Club or Literature Circle Vocabulary Bookmark
Students will use this bookmark to keep a list of words that are unfamiliar to them during a literature circle. This will allow the students to generate their own vocabulary list that they will later select choice words to learn by creating word maps.
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Grades:
1st - 8th
Discussion questions book marks
Do you have students get together to talk about a book, only to have them stare at each other or talk about anything but the book? These book marks will provide students with support to help them ask other people questions. Students don't know how to participate in educational dialogue, they must be taught! Enjoy!
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Robinson Crusoe Depth and Complexity Questions
This 4-page document contains 9 Depth and Complexity questions to go along with the novel Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe.Challenge your students to think from different perspectives and engage them in group conversations using these questions as a springboard for deeper thought and discussion.
Grades:
5th - 10th
Biography Literature Circle Unit - Middle School
A nonfiction unit on biographies can sometimes be a drag for students. By letting students choose their own biographies and giving them guidelines for a book on their reading level (i.e. Lexile) you can use this 6-week unit plan and still meet many ELA goals! It can be used for general classrooms with easy accommodations for the needs of diverse learners and can even be used with gifted pull-out. The "facilitator's checklist" highlights the ELA objectives students are working towards. This a
Grades:
7th - 8th
Character Subplots Graphic Organizer
Use this tool when reading or pre-writing a novel or story that contains multiple subplots. Students can track up to four characters through exposition, climax, and resolution of their individual stories.
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Grades:
7th - 10th
Using Depth and Complexity to Introduce When You Trap a Tiger
Introduce this Newbery-Award winning book to your gifted learners using Depth and Complexity to examine the first four chapters.This frame, designed for use by a language arts small group of 4-6 students, provides an excellent way to differentiate for gifted learners within a general education classroom.
Grades:
5th - 6th
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Reading Choice Boards (fiction and nonfiction)
Prep free choice boards. These are great for early finishers, gifted and talented students, literature circles, etc.
Grades:
2nd - 6th
Book Club or Literature Circle Schedule Bookmark
Students use this bookmark to record their reading schedule for their book club or literature circle.
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Grades:
1st - 8th
Listening and Literacy: Critical Audiobook Analysis
Level 3 – Advanced Listening Log
Advanced audiobook listeners will benefit from Advanced Listening Log Level 3 activities, which guide students to deepen their listening comprehension and critical analysis. As in our FREE TpT "Audiobook Listening Log" Level 2, these activities are designed to be used all together or broken out and used individually to focus on specific objectives. Additionally, instructors may find that some students benefit from incorporating one or two of these more advanced a
Grades:
3rd - 12th
Alice Through the Looking Glass Video by Spike Lit (video only)
Let Miss Reegi and Spike Literature help your students (LITERALLY) 'walk through' Lewis Carroll’s classic. Visual and engaging, a perfect fit for the Common Core classroom with an entertaining look at author, characters, story and plot. Pair with Spike Lit's "Alice Through the Looking Glass Study Guide"
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Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education
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Louis Braille
Studying France? Biographies? Lessons on perseverance? Inventors? Differently abled people? Louis Braille is a unique historical person that students might not know anything about. Using the graphic organizer, combined with great texts and/or online databases, students can start to analyze this person and synthesize how Braille became the person he was.
Grades:
2nd - 5th
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