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Common Core W.5.1b resources for Easel Activities and for Gifted and Talented

Christmas Writing Activities Middle School Prompts Persuasive Letter to Santa

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Are your students on Santa's naughty list? This writing activity will keep your students engaged during the pre-holiday excitement as they write a persuasive friendly letter to Santa convincing him that they really don't belong on the naughty list! Creative and fun!What teachers are saying about this resource:"THE BEST UNIT I HAVE PURCHASED! So comprehensive, works students through editing, examples and just sets them up for a perfect end product if they try their best the whole way through th

Subjects:

Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa, Creative Writing, Gifted and Talented

Grades:

4th - 7th

Types:

Activities, Printables

CCSS:

W.5.1

, W.5.1a

, W.5.1b

, W.5.1c

, W.5.1d

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Also included in: Christmas No Prep Persuasive and Descriptive Writing Bundle

Designing Toys to Learn: Spin It! Tops and Twirlers

Created by

Rebecca Olien

Children make and design toys to practice inquiry STEM skills necessary to be inventive designers. Observation of action and reaction, cause and effect, and weight and motion turns toy tops and spinners into inventive fun.This STEM activity book provides directions for children to make 10 toy tops and twirlers. Step-by-step instructions, illustrations and photos support the building process. Art and creativity abound as students discover how colored patterns mix and twirl.Each activity uses the

Subjects:

Engineering, Gifted and Talented, Science

Grades:

3rd - 5th

Types:

Projects, Activities

CCSS:

W.3.2

, W.3.6

, W.4.2

, W.4.8

, W.5.1b