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Balanced literacy simulations for Gifted and Talented
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Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart Reader's Theater Play
Originally published in the October 2008 issue of Scholastic's Storyworks magazine (and later reprinted in Scope, Scholastic News, and my book, Read Aloud Plays: Classic Short Stories), this newly-revised script is true to the original text but is cleverly structured to be more appropriate for middle grade and young adult audiences. It includes the original text, a comprehension worksheet, a "mock trial" activity, as well as teacher notes and a key--fourteen pages in all. Parts for 9 students, s
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5th - 9th
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Gifted and Talented - Living on Your Own: Lessons in Financial Responsibility
Challenge your gifted and talented to play the “game of life” and survive financially during their first year in college. This concept-based unit allows students to “earn” an inheritance from a distant relative by repurposing items from a barn. With this “money,” students find affordable housing, transportation, furnishings, and other essentials. Then the “game of life begins with monthly reoccurring expenses, opportunities to buy additional necessities and/or wants, as well as challenges or o
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5th - 8th
Zombie Task Force Simulation for Model United Nations BUNDLE
Get students debating and engaged in Model UN with this fun Zombie Task Force simulation! This bundle includes everything you will need to host an effective Model UN simulation. The comprehensive Zombie Task Force Simulation Slides presentation will walk your students through the process from learning what it means to be a delegate to successfully writing a resolution. Resources and graphic organizers are provided for each step of the process. This is a great way to kick off your club or unit! S
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6th - 12th
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Gifted Crime Scene Investigation Activity The Case of the Missing Cash
This highly engaging crime scene investigation activity will have your students using their critical thinking skills as they critically read and analyze witness testimonies, view and evaluate evidence, and draw inferences to determine the motive and identity of the person guilty of robbing a bank. Higher-level thinking skills will be practiced while investigating the crime scene, as students form a hypothesis about who committed the crime, establish a motive, and then justify their hypothesis b
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5th - 8th
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Project Based Learning Starting a School Newscast
Are you wanting to start a school newscast? How to Start a School Newscast is a guide to help teachers or administrator start a school newscast. Materials lists, steps, hints, and printable guides will help you get started. This project helped get my students engage in learning and increased their communication skills. Students become so excited about finding news stories they don't even realize that they are writing and reading. Their fluency increases while enjoying the project! Students
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Project Based Learning Bundle
Create your own civilization based off of 'Weslandia'
Create your own civilization based off of the book 'Weslandia'. Students will use their social studies knowledge to create their own utopian society. Your students will have a blast taking knowledge that they have previously learned about and applying it to their new civilization! Their creativity will amaze you!!!!
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Curriculum:
CCSS Writing: W.2, W.4, W.5, W.6, W.8, W.10
Social Studies: geog
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4th - 12th
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Goods and Services Producers and Consumers Economics Activity Second Grade
Looking for an engaging early elementary economics lesson? Your students will gain a deep understanding of buyers and sellers (producers and consumers) in a community with this fun simulation activity. Your second or third grade social studies students will love creating their own good or service. This resource is suprisingly low-prep for how interactive it is. Simply print, cut, and go! You'll get teacher instructions, classroom procedures, printable student sheets, a student reflection sheet,
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2nd - 3rd
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Reader's Theater: Native American Myths & Legends
With this differentiated reader’s theater set, students will engage in 4 traditional Native American legends and myths that helped to explain the natural world to our early ancestors!! √ Click HERE to SAVE 25% on this resource with my Reader’s Theater Bundle of Myths, Legends, and Traditional Tales!ABOUT THIS PRODUCTEach play is based on 4 traditional myths and legends that students will be able to compare and contrast; helping to meet the CCSS: RL.4.9. Compare and contrast the treatment of s
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Reader's Theater Bundle of Myths, Legends, and Traditional Tales!
Class Escape Problem Solving Game
Modeled after the popular "Escape" games in many cities around the country, this classroom version prompts students to work together as a class to solve puzzles, connect the clues, and crack the code! This is a great activity for the first week of school to encourage teamwork and help students get to know each other and the classroom. Your students will be totally engaged in this hands-on challenge!
You will need the following tools:
- tape
- color printer
- scissors or paper cutter
- white c
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7th - 12th
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Class Escape: Halloween Edition
My students loved my original Class Escape, so I created the HALLOWEEN EDITION when they begged me to make another! Modeled after the popular "Escape" games in many cities around the country, this classroom version prompts students to work together as a class to solve puzzles, connect the clues, and crack the code! Your students will be totally engaged in this hands-on, Halloween-themed challenge!
You will need the following tools:
- tape
- color printer (preferred) or regular printer
- scisso
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6th - 12th, Adult Education, Staff
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Choose Your Adventure: Dystopia
Immerse your students in the world of Dystopian literature with this "Choose Your Adventure" activity! Students are inserted into the story as the protagonist and are given a series of choices that will determine their fate. There are 74 choices and 28 possible endings! They must navigate through social classes, a rebellion, totalitarian rule, and a dubious government. Use as a hook activity for a novel, a genre study, or to accompany another dystopian text!
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6th - 10th
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Jury Selection Simulation: Overview of Legal System and Justice
Students will be introduced to a case about college student Amy in a case of drunk driving with damage to property. Overviews of the legal system include this simulation of jury selection, understanding of key terms in court proceedings, and an argument of innocence vs. guilt. Students will read descriptions of 30 potential jury members and create a list of favorable versus unfavorable qualities about each. They will then evaluate the pros and cons of this potential jury member, considering pote
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9th - 12th
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Stock Market Game - Interactive Activity to Purchase, Trade and Track Stocks
Economics by itself? Boring. Economics with a competition and prize involved? Now we're talking!I created this activity to enrich my Sixth Grade Social Studies unit on Economics. I begin by teaching about the stock market, going over vocab and practicing calculating stocks/broker's commision. If your students have a basic understanding of the stock market, then this is the perfect next step. The object is to have your students purchase stocks (while paying you - their broker - a 5% commiss
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6th - 8th
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Defining Leadership & Creating Tomorrow's Leaders Today
In a democratic society, choosing effected leaders is an essential criterion for citizens. In this activity, students will explore leadership qualities that are essential for a strong leader, not only in the government, but also in all facets of life. Through understanding what makes a leader, students are then able to model those traits and become leaders themselves. Students will explore leadership through analyzing ambiguous information about major leaders throughout history. Using that limit
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6th - 12th
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How a Bill Becomes a Law - Full Lesson/Simulation
This is a full lesson plan for how a bill becomes a law. I have the full written out lesson plan (objective, student will, teacher will, etc) as well as all the materials needed for the lesson. This includes: role/task cards, mock congress sheet, powerpoint, exit ticket and lesson plan.
My students really loved this, as it was a real-life simulation. It was important to explain the expectations beforehand and it ran smoothly. The kids had so much fun coming up with their own laws to "pass" in
Grades:
4th - 6th
Learning Disabilities Simulations- Social Emotional Learning for Students
Every classroom in the world is comprised of students who learn differently. Our students are surrounded by peers who have learning disabilities, speech disorders, attention deficits, and more! Are we teaching our kids about these differences? Are we equipping them to help their peers and show empathy towards them? Have we empowered those who learn differently?In this 4-part simulation, students will gain an understanding of how some kids learn, struggle, and feel during parts of their learni
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1st - 12th, Staff
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Money Matters: A Real-World Simulation for Upper Elementary Students
A creative problem-solving unit that simulates real life. Students are faced with real-world decisions related to money management, budgeting, jobs, taxes and bills.Students are randomly assigned families and jobs. They then are presented with real-life situations and decisions that they must make (just as their parents do).Creative problem-solving, decision-making, Socratic seminar, and real-world dilemmas are incorporated into this unit.Printables: Everything you need is in this unit. It h
Grades:
4th - 6th
Florida 7th Grade Civics Simulations Bundle 11 Total -SS.7.CG.1.1-SS.7.CG.1.11
Welcome to our series of simulations designed to deepen your understanding of the origins and purposes of government, law, and the American political system. Throughout history, these fundamental concepts have shaped societies, influenced governance structures, and defined the rights and responsibilities of citizens. In each simulation, you will explore different aspects of government and law, delving into historical events, constitutional principles, and political ideologies that have shaped th
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5th - 8th
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Halloween Writing Activity Ghost Haunt Dice Simulation
Other Halloween ActivitiesGhosts Say What: Quotation PracticeSpooky Parts of SpeechSpooky Compound SentencesSpooky Idiom MatchSpooky Writing PromptsHalloween Literacy Based TicTacToe Choice BoardsHalloween TicTacToe Choice BoardThis product is an interactive simulation using dice that follows the story of a ghost out to have some fun on Halloween.Included in this product:- Directions for the simulation-Signs to mark locations of events in classroom-Event directions-Recording sheet-Sample recordi
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2nd - 6th
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Ice Breaker- Deserted Island
This activity is used as a collaboration, critical thinking, get-to-know-you, and/or problem solving activity.
For the activity students are deserted on an island left only with the given list of items. The students must follow the listed perimeters and use only the listed items (and their byproducts) to survive and escape using reasonable means.
Your students will impress you with their critical thinking skills and ability to find a way to survive under purposefully complex and difficult ci
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7th - 12th
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Dealing with the Shark Tank: Entrepreneurship Project
This project was recently completed with two all gifted classes as a part of an economics unit (a 4th grade class and a 5th grade class). The students absolutely loved the unit, and they all retained the important information as proven by their assessments. This could be modified and used in the middle school classroom as well. This project includes a simulation where students are involved in inventing a better product (such as making gym shoes better by adding springs in them). They use
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4th - 8th
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Gifted Education Unit- Design Your Own App
As of 2017, 77% of Americans own a smartphone or tablet. It is estimated that in 2020, people will spend $189 billion on apps. Design Your Own App is an excellent extension for students to use critical thinking and problem solving skills to develop a new innovative app. Their new app can be used to entertain, connect people, educate, or make everyday living easier. Students will create a thorough description of how to app works and a visual design of the app. Finally, students will have the opp
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6th - 12th
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7 Ancient World Wonders - Complete Unit: Travel Guides & Activities
$30 Value - Buy Complete Unit for $20 and SAVE $10!World Travel Guide Unit Format ($3.50/17 pages):Use as is or easy to modify!**Tour Team Folders—create team names, design folder to hold independent activities being worked on**Ancient Wonder Timeline—students graph the span of existence for each wonder as each Destination is introduced or concluded; note short span of overlap of all 7 ancient wonders **Introduce the “Secret Mystery” - at the completion of independent activity, award a letter cl
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2nd - 5th
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Food Truck Project Simulation - STEM Economics and Design
Food Truck Project may be used alternately as an independent study, for small groups, or engage the entire class in a cross-curricular simulation. All instructions are written so that students working independently may take direction on their own with minimal teacher support. Teacher notes are provided to support teachers in guiding students when needed. The Food Truck Project is presented as a series of sub-units, best used in the order they appear, but adjustable to time available by selective
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4th - 7th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-PS2-2
Also included in: SIMULATIONS Real-World Projects GATE Bundle Gifted
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