Free study skills printables for Gifted and Talented

Workbooks, Activities, Printables

Grades:

7th - 10th

Types:

FREE Printable Mazes for Early Finishers Activities | 18 Mazes

Created by

Pencils and Chalk

These 18 fun, FREE maze puzzles are perfect to keep on hand for early finishers, substitute plans, morning work, and more! 18 differentiated puzzles are included to give you multiple ways to differentiate!The mazes come with 6 levels of difficulty, and each level includes 3 mazes each. Simply print and let students choose the level that they want!Love These And Want More?I have multiple maze packs available! If you want more fun mazes, just like these, here are other maze packs I have available:

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Gifted and Talented, Problem Solving

Grades:

1st - 5th

Types:

GATE, Printables, Games

Halloween Logic Puzzles | Printable & Digital | Free

Created by

Erin's Classroom Creations

Students love logic grid puzzles! If you're looking for a free Halloween activity that students will enjoy, these are for you! This resource includes three free Halloween themed logic grid puzzles of three different levels. A printable format and digital format for Google Classroom also included. Logic grid puzzles encourage critical thinking, the use of deductive reasoning, and require students to determine the relationship between two things based on clues. Students will use the clues provided

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Gifted and Talented, Halloween

Grades:

3rd - 7th

Types:

Worksheets, Printables

CCSS:

MP1

Also included in: Logic Grid Puzzles Mega Bundle

Listening and Following Directions Activity With Lesson Plan

Created by

teachforteach

Listening and Following Directions An Activity That Challenges Students To Pay Attention To Details This activity is designed to challenge students to listen closely to directions and complete tasks in the correct locations on a grid. Interested in more following directions and reading comprehension activities? Check out: Listening and Following Directions Growing Bundle + Reading Comprehension Listening & Following Directions Back To School Edition +Reading Comprehension Listening & Fol

Subjects:

Close Reading, Gifted and Talented, Oral Communication

Grades:

3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education

Types:

Activities, GATE, Printables

Also included in: Following Directions and Listening Bundle Reading Comprehension

Thanksgiving Challenge Scavenger Hunt Type Activity Print or Easel FREEBIE

Created by

Gifted and Talented, Holidays/Seasonal, Thanksgiving

Here is a fun little Thanksgiving activity for you to use in class or to send home with your students for the long weekend. This activity combines creative and critical thinking, research, and even a little math! It's a challenge, so you'll students will feel accomplished after completing it!WHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:1 No-Prep Printable WorksheetAnswer KeyDIGITAL:Easel ActivityGreat for 3rd, 4th, 5th, or 6th grade! NOTE: This resource uses American English and is not editable. Here’s what teacher

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types:

Activities, Homework, Printables

Leap Day Challenge FREEBIE - Fun, Engaging, No-Prep Activities for February 29th

Created by

Critical Thinking, Gifted and Talented, Holidays/Seasonal

Here is a fun scavenger-hunt-type activity for your upper elementary/middle school students on Leap Day. Students will need to use their math, research, writing, and creative thinking skills to complete this Leap Year activity. Use it with the whole class, as enrichment, or even for homework.WHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:Leap Day Challenge WorksheetAnswer KeyGreat for 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, or 8th grade! NOTE: This resource uses American English and is not editable. Here’s what teachers are saying:✏️ "I

Subjects:

Grades:

4th - 8th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Printables

1st Grade Early Finishers Activities | Fast Finishers Activities for 1st Grade

Created by

Lucky Learning with Molly Lynch

** This is a sampler of my 1st grade B.A.T. Book Download it to see if you can use this resource in your room! ** First grade can be tricky - kids are finishing projects & assignments at all different times. What are early finishers to do while they wait? Pull out their B.A.T. Book!B.A.T. stands for Brain's Always Thinking! Using the book, your students can complete a variety of fun & appealing activities as they finish their work or can sneak in a few minutes of Free Time! You can read

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Gifted and Talented, Math

Grades:

K - 2nd

Types:

Activities, GATE, Printables

FREE No Prep Math and Literacy - Critical Thinking Skills

Created by

Cynthia Vautrot - My Kind of Teaching

Need a quick NO PREP math and literacy activities? This free unit includes three critical thinking activities that your students will LOVE! The activities in this resource are designed to give your students fun practice using critical thinking skills. I Spy Word Search: Students will use magnifying glasses to find the hidden words in the picture and make a list of the words. Students will then locate the words in the word search. Differentiation is included for three levels.Finish the Fishing D

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Gifted and Talented, Math

Grades:

2nd - 4th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, Printables

Also included in: Following Directions Drawings Written and Verbal Listening Comprehension Skills

2nd Grade Math Centers - Math Sorts - Math Games for Review

Created by

Math Tech Connections

Math Sorts are engaging math activities that encourage math talk. Students explain how they sort their cards and build strong math concepts as they create cards of their own. Ways to use: whole group lesson, small group lesson, independent math center, assessment, exit tickets, or homeworkDownload this resource and try 5 free math sorts!The Bundle Includes the Following- Set 1: Operations & Algebraic Thinking - 12 sorts- Set 2: Number & Operations in Base 10 - 27 sorts- Set 3: Measuremen

Subjects:

Gifted and Talented, Math, Tools for Common Core

Grades:

2nd

Types:

Printables, Interactive Notebooks, Centers

CCSS:

...

Executive Functioning Skills We Are Building Free Poster

Created by

Use this free executive functioning skills poster to highlight each specific executive functioning skill. Skills highlighted include: planning, organization, time management, task initiation, working memory, metacognition, self-control, attention, flexibility, and perseverance. Post this page up as a reminder for adults and kids about the importance of executive functioning skills. Note that both black/white and color options are included! Note that you can use the black/white version as a color

Subjects:

Handouts, Printables, Posters

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Executive Functioning Skills Poster - Classroom Decor

Created by

Use this free executive functioning poster to highlight each specific executive functioning skill. Skills highlighted include: planning, organization, time management, task initiation, working memory, metacognition, self-control, attention, flexibility, and perseverance. Post this page up as a reminder for adults and kids about the importance of executive functioning skills. Note that both black/white and color options are included!A version for Google Slides is now included!Why Teach Executive

Subjects:

Character Education, Gifted and Talented, Life Skills

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Printables, Posters

Multiple Intelligence Test for Kids (Free)

Created by

Laura Candler

Learning about multiple intelligence theory can be very empowering for students, especially when you administer a survey to help them discover their own strengths and growth areas. Because most online survey tools are too long and complex for kids, I created this quick and easy classroom version for my students. I included an example of a completed survey on page 4 so you can see how it works.How to Use this Survey to Foster a Growth MindsetBefore you use this survey, please watch my free MI Sur

Subjects:

Grades:

4th - 7th

Types:

Assessment, GATE, Printables

Following Directions Activities {Sneaky FREEBIE}

Created by

Easy Teaching Tools

I don't know what it is, but my kiddos have the hardest time reading directions and following them. Most of the time, they don't read the directions and end up doing the activity wrong. Tell me I'm not the only one?!?! I remember a teacher I had in 4th grade gave us a "test." If you followed directions, you read the entire thing before starting some of the hilarious activities. Did I follow the directions? Of course not. I was "following directions," or so I thought. Until I reached the

Subjects:

Life Skills, Reading, Study Skills

Grades:

1st - 12th

Types:

Activities, Printables

Testing: Motivational Letters for Students

Created by

More Time 2 Teach

3/19/15 Newly Updated graphics and an EDITABLE parent letter and parent notes for 8 days of testing... Happy Testing!!!!! ************************************************************************** I have witnessed first hand the level of anxiety that can result from state testing or any other "Big Test"! For this reason, I have created this TOP SECRET downloadable that not only motivates students but involves parents as well. This resource basically asks parents or loved ones to write and/or dec

Subjects:

For All Subjects, Other (Specialty), Study Skills

Grades:

2nd - 5th

Types:

Assessment, Printables

STEM Engineering Starter Kit for Teachers {elementary level}

Created by

Ivy Taul

Is your elementary school starting the Engineering Design Process? Does thinking about STEM make you want to pull your hair out? Do you feel confused about what STEM looks like in an elementary classroom setting? If so, this free STEM starter kit is for you! The packet includes everything I wish I had known about STEM when my school started implementing STEM in 2011. I hope it is helpful to you! I am in the process of going through all of the STEM activities I created over the past couple of yea

Subjects:

Engineering, Gifted and Talented, Problem Solving

Grades:

K - 4th

Types:

Teacher Manuals, Projects, Printables

FREEBIE! Fall Fun for Fast Finishers: 20 Open-Ended Task Cards - Print & Digital

Created by

Autumn, English Language Arts, Gifted and Talented

Here are 20 autumn-themed task cards that will work perfectly at a center or for any student who finishes his or her work early. Each card features a different fall-related, open-ended challenge; perfect for working on those creative and critical thinking skills!WHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:20 Task Cards (prints 4 to a page)Black-lineColorRecording SheetsDIGITAL:Google SlidesEasel ActivityDIFFERENTIATION OPTIONS:Digital or PrintChallenge Card to extend the lessonMultiple versions of the recording sh

Subjects:

Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types:

Printables, Task Cards, Centers

Also included in: Fall ELA Activities BUNDLE - Task Cards and Close Reading Comprehension Passages

Free STEM Challenge: Basketball Tower

Created by

More Than a Worksheet

This is a STEM Challenge perfect for the basketball madness of March, but it can also be used all year! Students must use only newspaper and masking tape to create a tower than will support a basketball. Excellent science inquiry lesson. Get your students building things! My goal with this resource is to make STEM as easy to implement as possible!Included:Graphic Organizer (with and without guiding questions)Rubric Picture ExamplesExtension MenuDetailed Notes to TeacherMaterials Required:newspap

Subjects:

Engineering, Gifted and Talented, Holidays/Seasonal

Grades:

3rd - 5th

Types:

GATE, Printables

Fun with Tangrams - Freebie

Created by

Being Inspired

This week's freebie - Fun with Tangrams pack. Contains templates to make your tangram puzzle pieces, directions for use, extra brain teasers and a booklet with 12 tangram puzzles and solutions. Great activity for early finishers or as a maths center, building problem solving skills in a fun way! Hope you like it! Do let me know if there's any way I can improve it for you. And if you love it then let me know! :)

Subjects:

Gifted and Talented, Math, Problem Solving

Grades:

3rd - 6th

Types:

Printables, Centers

Bright Dots GOOD LISTENER Poster Set

Created by

First Grade Fever by Christie

Ready to sit crisscross applesauce? This set of posters helps to remind students of the characteristics of a good listener. Posters are printed on "Bright Dots" backgrounds to coordinate with my "Bright Dots Classroom Kit." Hope you love the FREEBIE! :)

Subjects:

Back to School, Study Skills

Grades:

PreK - 3rd

Types:

Printables, Bulletin Board Ideas, Posters

Nouns and Verbs FREEBIE | Parts of Speech Fun Worksheet | NO PREP | + Easel

Created by

English Language Arts, Gifted and Talented, Grammar

Chore Confusion - Fun verb and noun activity: FREEYour students will love this fun printable so much, that they won't even realize they are practicing working with nouns and verbs! Great for bell work, extra enrichment, or homework.Answer Key included.Other products you'll enjoy!Nouns Task CardsVerb Tense Task CardsParts of Speech BUNDLEHappy Teaching!This product is brought to you happily by Rachel Lynette & Cassi Noack of Minds in Bloom. :)SKU: 194850

Subjects:

Grades:

2nd - 5th

Types:

Worksheets, Printables

Motivation Workbook Free Sample

Created by

Use this free workbook to help kids and young adults learn skills for staying motivated in school. These are great materials to use with middle and high school students. This free workbook discusses what motivation is, effects of lack of motivation, strategies to increase your motivation, and a journal reflection page. It is a sample of my Motivation Workbook.Table of Contents• Educator Guide• What is Motivation?• Lack of Motivation• Strategies for Motivation• Motivation JournalHow to UseThis wo

Subjects:

Activities, Printables, Lesson

Grades:

7th - 10th

Types:

Three Branches of Government Foldable FREEBIE

Created by

Teacher's Lounge

This Interactive Foldable includes a 4 page template for students to create a flip book AND a Fact Sheet containing information about the Three Branches of Gov't that students can refer to when completing their foldable. Enjoy! Terms & Conditions Copyright ©Teacher’s Lounge. All rights reserved by author. This product is to be used by the original downloader only. Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited. This product may not be distr

Subjects:

Government, Study Skills, U.S. History

Grades:

3rd - 7th

Types:

Activities, Printables

Study Skills Checklist

Created by

Use this free study skills checklist to help you and your learners keep track of critical academic skills that they need. Skills include keeping binders organized, using a homework planner, prioritizing work, creating a designated study space, taking notes during lectures, checking work and correcting mistakes, using time management skills, and a lot more.Strong study skills are a critical element to academic success. This is especially true for kids heading to middle and high school, where the

Subjects:

Worksheets, Activities, Printables

Grades:

5th - 9th

Types:

Free Progress Monitoring Forms

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