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Phonics simulations for Gifted and Talented
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 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
Grades:
5th - 8th
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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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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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!!!!
***UPDATED!!!!***
More creatively designed!
More rubric options!
Teacher information page included
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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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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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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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
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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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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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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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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Kinder Kitchen: 26 Alphabet Recipes for Snacktime with Extension Activities
✨ Welcome to the Kinder Kitchen – Where Alphabet Meets Snacktime Fun!✨ ✨ Make sure to check out the preview for photos of the recipes! ✨Get ready to whip up some delicious treats while exploring the wonderful world of letters with this engaging Kinder Kitchen resource! It's all about combining the joy of cooking with learning, making snacktime an awesome adventure.Let's "Cook" Through the Alphabet: You'll receive 26 super easy, step-by-step alphabet recipes, each one tied to a different letter.
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PreK - 1st
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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
Grades:
7th - 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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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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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
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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Gifted Education Unit- Medical Interns
Medical Interns is an excellent student extension for students who are learning about human body systems.Working as an intern students will diagnose patients with varied medical conditions. Armed with prescription cards in their white lab coats, they will determine staff members ailments. If faced with an unknown disease, students will research plausible possibilities, return to the patient with a prescription and present various treatment options.
This is a great unit for gifted education cla
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4th - 8th
Spy: Going Undercover. A Problem Solving, Critical Thinking Spy Simulation!
Problem Solving and Critical Thinking come alive in this engaging espionage simulation! This simulation models real-world problem solving and critical thinking through the eyes and actions of spies. Why Spy?Covert operations. Dead drops. Secret messages. Clandestine missions. Undercover agents. Is the principal really a principal or is she perhaps, part of a spy ring? Turn your classroom and school into a world of mystery and intrigue. When students participate in SPY Going Undercover th
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Codes, Ciphers, Critical Thinking and a Spy Simulation: Spy Bundle #3
Severe Weather Public Service Announcement PBL
In this fun, interactive PBL students choose a destination somewhere around the world to "travel to." The learners research the location's climate and weather data and then focus on what types of severe weather (hurricanes, blizzards, tornadoes, etc.) are encountered in that area. Students then create a PSA (Public Service Announcement) to help inform citizens of their location on how to prepare for this type of severe weather. Students choose from a menu of delivery options on how to present th
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2nd - 5th
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Mars Mission Chaos Breakout
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Your students will have 45 minutes to escape your room in this immersive learning escape game about Mars. You are the commander and as you read the scenario, build up the suspense for your students to crack the codes for 6 locks and several challenging clues! They will learn facts about Mars and complete a math problem to breakout of this chaos! This Breakout does use real locks and boxes to add to the real feel of escaping!
Goals of a Breakout Room:
• Teamwork and collabo
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3rd - 6th
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Wetlands Ecosystem Simulation
Welcome, young ecologists, to an immersive exploration into the intricate web of life within various ecosystems! In this engaging activity, students will assume the roles of key organisms within diverse habitats, unraveling the complexities of their interactions and dependencies. Through hands-on simulations and critical thinking scenarios, participants will not only play the part of different ecosystem inhabitants but also ponder the profound impacts that the absence of each species could have
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3rd - 6th
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You’ve probably heard that phonics is essential for students who are learning to read (and it is!), but you might be asking yourself: “What is it, exactly?” Phonics is a method for teaching children how to read and write in an alphabetic language. The goal is to help kids connect phonemes (the sounds in words) and graphemes (the symbols used to represent them). Ultimately, once students understand which sounds in spoken language correspond to which symbols (e.g., letters in the alphabet), they’ll be well on their way to learning how to read books and other written materials.
If you’re a teacher or parent looking for printable and digital resources to help your student learn phonics, but you’re not sure where to start, TPT has got you covered. We have a comprehensive collection of phonics resources, created by other teachers, that are designed to help with any learning need. With plenty of TPT resources at your fingertips, you can teach phonics to your students in no time at all.
Phonics resources to try
You can teach phonics and engage your students at the same time, with a variety of activities that cater to different learning styles and preferences. Here are a few examples of the different types of resources that you can find on TPT to help teach students about the relationships between letters and sounds.
Alphabet Scavenger Hunt
Hide letter cards around the room, say a sound aloud, and then have students search for the card that represents the sound.
Phonics Hopscotch
Take learning out onto the playground or at home with this easy-to-organize activity to help students build sound and letter recognition. Draw a hopscotch grid with letters in each square. Students jump on the letters while saying the corresponding sounds.
Silly Sentences
Have students create silly sentences using words that start with the same sound. An example could be: “Sally sells seashells by the shore.”
Anchor Charts
Post anchor charts around the room to help kids remember important rules or sounds being taught. (It could cover phonics concepts like the silent “e,” the long “o,” or a particular diphthong.)
Guess the Missing Letter or Sound
Use task cards or write a set of words on the board that share either a letter or sound. For example, at, ug, __ig. Ask students to find the missing letter or sound. Fill it in to show them the words bat, bug, and big.
These (and other!) activities can make learning phonics enjoyable and memorable for every student. Remember to adjust the activities based on the age and skill level of your students.
Frequently asked questions about teaching phonics
What types of phonics resources are available on TPT?
There are many different types of phonics resources sold by Sellers on TPT — from worksheets to interactive notebooks to units. Resources like these make great activities for students to practice their phonics skills.
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