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9th grade independent work pdfs for Gifted and Talented
Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Task Cards for Literature
Add depth and complexity to your instruction with these Critical Thinking Task Cards for Literature! These tasks cards allow students to deeply analyze any fiction reading material through 11 topics of critical thinking: Big Ideas, Rules, Trends, Patterns, Language of the Discipline, Ethics, Relationships Over Time, Details, Unanswered Questions, Across Disciplines, and Multiple Perspectives. You will appreciate the versatility of these task cards; they can be used with almost any text (novels,
Grades:
4th - 10th, Adult Education
Also included in: Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Task Cards Bundle
It's Not a Box! 25 Creative Drawing Prompts Your Kids Will Love
These 25 open-ended drawing prompts range from basic shapes to abstract lines to engage your students' creativity and critical thinking skills! Use them as a drawing warmup, mindfulness activity, or for early finishers. These are perfect for any art class, and can be paired with Antoinette Portis' book Not a Box for a literacy connection. My K-1 students loved these challenges, and they could easily be implemented up to high-school grades depending on the level of depth you encourage. As an art
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K - 10th
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Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Task Cards for History/Social Studies
Add depth and complexity to your instruction with these Critical Thinking Task Cards for History! These tasks cards allow students to deeply analyze any historical reading material through 11 topics of critical thinking: Big Ideas, Rules, Trends, Patterns, Language of the Discipline, Ethics, Relationships Over Time, Details, Unanswered Questions, Across Disciplines, and Multiple Perspectives). You will appreciate the versatility of these task cards; they can be used with almost any text and with
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4th - 10th, Adult Education
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Also included in: Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Task Cards Bundle
The Periodic Table of Elements Coloring Book
A coloring book to familiarize children with Primary elements in the Periodic Table. Elements have a data page bulleting information about its facts, uses and discovery. The following page are pictures to color pertaining to those facts.It covers the first 85 elements plus activities at the end.You can find a lot of craft and hands on projects using the book at my blog here:http://teresabondora.tumblr.com/tagged/periodic+table+postsThis book is also available in a bundle with the Science Rules C
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2nd - 12th
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Creative Thinking Task Cards Word Links 128 Lateral Critical Thinking Puzzles
Use these 126 critical thinking cards to help your students gain fluency with lateral thinking. Similar to the board game, TriBonds, each card requires students to come up with one word that links the three words on each card together. For example, the words, “camp,” “place,” and “wild,” are linked by the word “fire.” These cards can be used by students from grade four all the way to adults (try them yourself!).WHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:128 Task Cards (prints 6 to a page)Black-lineColorRecording
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2nd - 12th
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GIFTED AND TALENTED PROBLEM SOLVING #1
TEACHERS-PARENTS are you having trouble finding gifted and talented teaching materials in mathematics, problem solving, and critical thinking? “GIFTED AND TALENTED PROBLEM SOLVING #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7 and #8 each have 42 pages of activities specially designed to motivate and challenge your gifted-talented students. All of the activities involve mathematics, critical thinking, and problem solving. Great for those high achieving students in your classes who need something extra to challenge
Grades:
5th - 12th, Staff
Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Task Cards for Science
Add depth and complexity to your instruction with these Critical Thinking Task Cards for Science! These tasks cards allow students to deeply analyze any historical reading material through 11 topics of critical thinking: Big Ideas, Rules, Trends, Patterns, Language of the Discipline, Ethics, Relationships Over Time, Details, Unanswered Questions, Across Disciplines, and Multiple Perspectives). You will appreciate the versatility of these task cards; they can be used with almost any text and with
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4th - 10th, Adult Education
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Also included in: Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Task Cards Bundle
Upper Grades Learning Inventory Surveys
UPDATED August 2023We use Multiple Intelligence and Learning Style information all the time to make appropriate choices for student learning. Use these surveys at the beginning of the school year so you can be prepared to help your kids learn the way they are wired to learn.This product has received a major overhaul making it more streamlined and visually simplistic.Included you will find:Learning Styles Student SurveyMultiple Intelligences Student SurveyTeacher Recording Sheets (2 options per s
Grades:
5th - 9th
BLOOD on the RIVER by Elisa Carbone - Novel Study
Reading comprehension questions for every chapter are in this No Prep Novel Study unit for Blood on the River - addressing most Common Core standards - with ANSWER KEY. As students answer questions they are guided through creating good paragraphs by use of introductory and transitional phrases.Also included WITH ANSWER KEYS are three tests: Ch 1 to 7; Ch 8 - 18; Ch 19 to 27 . No all-novel test.Also in the file you will find:- Puzzles for names in the novel and vocabulary; - a glossary; - figu
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5th - 9th
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How to Differentiate a Lesson Reference Guide
Need a fast and easy way to create a differentiated lesson for your students? This handy one page "cheat sheet" or reference guide is all you need to create a lesson to meet the needs of your GATE students. This idea was developed by Sandra Kaplan who has worked in the field of Gifted Education for years. YOU MUST HAVE SOME BASIC KNOWLEDGE ON DEPTH AND COMPLEXITY AND HOW TO PLAN DIFFERENTIATED LESSONS IN ORDER TO USE THIS PRODUCT. It is a guide only. Here's how it works: You decide on the th
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PreK - 12th, Staff
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BRAIN TEASERS - FULL YEAR Pack of Daily RIDDLE CARDS
BACK TO SCHOOL BRAIN TEASERS - FULL YEAR Pack of Daily RIDDLE CARDS This full year pack of daily riddle cards will keep your students guessing all school year long! These are designed in task card form. I love to use these as a morning bell-ringer to get their minds thinking, or as brain breaks! Could also be used as a scoot, or small group activity with a few at a time! 132 total riddle cards included with answers! Are you following me? ALL items are 50% off for the first 24 hours AND FLASH 24
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3rd - 12th
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100+ SAT ACT Practice Worksheets Vocabulary Context Clues Answer Keys
SAT Vocabulary/Reading Worksheets that make great Reviews, Quizzes, or Bellringers.Answer keys are included. 8 multiple choice questions per worksheet. These are some of the most challenging SAT/ACT terms. No prep required - you just copy or project and go. There is enough material to support you for an entire school year or use daily for a full Semester!I created this and offer it so inexpensively to support my customers using my best-selling item: UPDATED***Full Year of Weekly SAT Vocabulary A
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8th - 11th
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PigPen Cipher: Crack the Code - Positive Quotes Edition!
I stumbled on the cutest code messaging...PigPen Cipher! So of course I had to get my hands on it, and create my very own! My kiddos absolutely adore it! I have created the "Pigpen Cipher" Key, that your kiddos can use to figure out secret messages! I have also created 6 different "positive" quote messages written in the PigPen Cipher code for your kiddos to solve! There is space under each code to write the actual word, and then a picture box where your kiddos can then draw a picture that
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K - 9th
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Also included in: BUNDLE: PigPen Cipher: Crack the Code (2 Products / Editions)
Solving Equations with Variables on Both Sides Notes & Practice
These Solving Equations with the Variable on Each Side notes and practice are differentiated based on some common needs found in the middle school math classroom. Modifications are considered for both struggling learners and high flyers. In these activities, students practice solving equations with the variable on each side, including cases involving the Distributive Property. There are also examples of word problems presented using the "5-Step Method." Students methodically work through the
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7th - 9th
Also included in: 8th Grade Math Curriculum Mega Bundle
Comparing Linear Functions Notes & Practice
In these activities, students practice comparing linear functions. Students will be able to compare rate of change of functions represented two different ways and will be able to compare the initial value of functions represented two different ways. Students will also differentiate between proportional and non-proportional functions represented as graphs, tables, equations, and verbal scenarios. These notes and practice worksheets are differentiated based on some common needs found in the mid
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7th - 9th
Also included in: 8th Grade Math Curriculum Mega Bundle
Stage Makeup Design Drama Fantasy Zombie Circus Application Design Character
SAVE 30%! This bundle contains 4 different lessons on stage makeup (Old age, neutral, circus, zombie and fantasy) and gives your students a chance to be makeup artists. They'll view, study, take notes on concepts, apply the knowledge, design and apply their own ideas. These are great for an upper middle school ( a little challenging) or through high school drama class. Each Stage Makeup Lesson includes:Warm-Up GamesThe History of Stage Makeup (separate file of PowerPoint slides & teacher
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7th - 10th
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Learning Styles, Multiple Intelligences & Your Brain: All About How You Learn
As teachers, one of the most important steps we can take is to find the best way to teach our students.In return, students need to know the best way they can learn.The old saying, "Know Thyself" is what this lesson is all about.This was created on the belief that if students knew their strengths and weaknesses in learning, they would be able to use those strengths to their advantage and improve their weaknesses. And as their teacher, by knowing my students, I am better equipped to help them le
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6th - 12th
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Emergency Sub Plan! VERY Popular Theater Around the World Video Lessons Drama
Teach your students about theater arts around the world using this resource which is very popular with teachers everywhere. This Dramamommaspeaks resource contains enough materials for a week, giving students an opportunity to learn about various theater companies or styles of theater around the world--Mummenschanz, Kabuki, Shadow Puppetry, etc. Excellent for gifted learners or students who need independent study or an alternative assignment. How do I use this in my classroom? This is grea
Grades:
7th - 9th
Also included in: Theater Class Emergency Sub Plan Bundle One Month in Length
GIFTED AND TALENTED PROBLEM SOLVING #1 AND #2
PURCHASE “GIFTED AND TALENTED PROBLEM SOLVING #1 AND #2” AT A DISCOUNTED PRICE.Gifted and talented classes usually have an abundance of educational materials for English, the arts and social studies, but very little for mathematics, critical thinking, and problem solving. “GIFTED AND TALENTED PROBLEM SOLVING #1 AND #2” have 84 pages of activities specially designed to motivate and challenge your gifted-talented students. All of the activities involve mathematics, critical thinking and problem so
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5th - 12th, Staff
Brain Teasers for Teens | Logic Puzzle Worksheets Print or Digital High School
Make class time fun with seasonal logic puzzles or brain teasers for teens and improve critical thinking skills! This set includes 18 challenging brain teasers for teens which are perfect for brain game activities. Quick and easy setup makes this product usable for centers, early finishers, or even substitute teachers! #joycelogicBy purchasing this bundle, you save 20% off the price of individual resources.Click the preview button to see more!Each page contains a print or digital logic puzzle an
Grades:
8th - 11th
Scatter Plots Notes & Practice
These Constructing and Interpreting Scatter Plots notes and practice are differentiated based on some common needs found in the middle school math classroom. Modifications are considered for both struggling learners and high flyers. In these activities students practice constructing scatter plots given a table, identifying correlation, and describing the relationship between the two variables. Students will also consider trends that are not linear and identify and justify outliers.Differentia
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7th - 9th
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Also included in: 8th Grade Math Curriculum Mega Bundle
Halloween Logic Puzzle or Brain Teaser for High School
Make learning fun while you challenge your gifted and talented or bright kids with this difficult Halloween logic puzzle for high school students. This brain teaser involves a circle logic puzzle with challenging clues to engage your brightest students through print or digital worksheets. Quick and easy setup with clear directions makes this activity perfect for Halloween enrichment activities for teens.Click here to save 20% off the price of individual resources with the bundle.Use in whole or
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8th - 11th
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BEST OF WOULD YOU RATHER | CONVERSATION STARTERS | CLASS MEETINGS
These are not silly Would You Rather questions. They are intended for more thought-provoking discussions to help your students gain more insight as they reflect and share with one another. And... it's fun!COMMENTS FROM BUYERS: • It's a great resource to have for morning meetings. A few days ago I asked, "Would you rather end hunger or end hatred?" Heard from another teacher today that the kids were still discussing the question when they arrived in her class later that day. It definitely had
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4th - 12th
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Logic Puzzles gifted critical thinking problem solving brain teaser
Make critical thinking fun with this pack of 5 logic puzzles. Puzzles progress from easy to challenging to help you scaffold for your students or differentiate for diverse skill levels. Great for gifted education classes, enrichment, morning work, or early finishers. Answer keys are included for all 5 puzzles.
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3rd - 9th
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