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Earth sciences Common Core W.7.2 resources for Gifted and Talented
Middle Grades ELA Common Core Toolbox: Printables for Nearly Every Standard
The Middle Grades ELA Common Core Toolbox contains 77 learning activities aligned to the CCSS for grades 6-8. It includes printables that can be used multiple times throughout the year to address nearly all of the standards in reading literature and informational texts, and many of the speaking and listening, writing, and language standards. It also has two pages of writing prompts and warm-ups. The Standards Guide at the end details the CCSS that correspond to each printable.
Three grade level
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6th - 8th
Tsunami Activity Reading Comprehension Worksheets
Teach students about the natural disaster, tsunami, using this science text and digital activity. Students will learn the word origin of a tsunami, how this natural disaster forms, where it occurs, and safety and preventative measures. This activity will give students a thorough understanding of a tsunami, Like this activity? Check out the tsunami unit and save 20% by clicking here! Students will learn:Word origin of tsunamiWhat a tsunami isHow it formsWhere it is likely to occurSafety and preve
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5th - 7th
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Depth and Complexity Icons Sentence Stems (distance learning)
These depth and complexity icons sentence stems can be used in any classroom to help students think, talk, and write about various subjects using Depth and Complexity with ease! Use the stems during distance learning discussions, to keep conversations rich and engaging. The adaptations are endless for discussion, questioning, and writing purposes. All 11 Depth and Complexity Icons are included, each with 5 sentence stems to get teachers and students started! Use the depth and complexity stems i
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Depth and Complexity Icons Getting Started BUNDLE
Arbor Day Differentiated Reading Passages
Arbor Day Differentiated Reading Passages for Upper Elementary and Middle Grades! This 18-page packet is full of great resources to make it easy for you to plan meaningful academic discussions about the history behind why Arbor Day exists. Students will love learning about planting trees, memories, and the tradition behind why we observe this day.This packet includes the following:Differentiated Reading Passages and Writing Prompts:Labeled with one star (grades 4 & 5) or two stars (grades 6
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4th - 6th
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Ancient Egypt Project Based Learning with Easel Activity Digital and Printable
This Ancient Egypt project allows students to choose from a list of 21 different choices to research! Includes teacher directions, student directions, Egypt Project Requirements (one hundred point checklist), project idea list, project choice sheet (students choose their top four choices), topic assignment sheet (teacher assigns project to student from their choices), bibliography example sheet, and a peer review sheet for the research paper and for an oral presentation. Students can research to
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4th - 7th
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October Daily Writing Warm Up Bell Ringer Journal Prompt Print or Digital
Print and Digital Versions! No matter what your year looks like, this is an easy way to keep your students writing! Engage them with daily journal writing with 31 October prompts that focus on quirky holidays, important days in history, funny/inspirational quotes, and research.Did you know that October 4 is National Cinnamon Bun Day and that October 14 is National Chocolate Covered Insect Day? (Neither did I!!) Those are two of the over thirty prompts you'll find in this resource. Topics in
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Bundle Monthly Warm up Bell Ringer Writing Journal Prompts
Social Issue Project for Gifted or Language Arts
This social issue project weaves in so many Common Core writing, listening, and speaking standards! Great to keep a language arts or gifted class highly engaged.
What you will love about this is that student directions, handouts, graphic organizers, and the grading rubric are already made for you. They are blank and ready to be printed, copied, and given to students. Virtually no ahead of time prep! There is also an "example/model essay" to use as a teaching tool and very specific
Depth and Complexity Icons Question Stem Reference Rings
Help students ask high level questions about Depth and Complexity Icons with question stem reference rings. They can be used in any classroom to help students think, talk, and write about various subjects using Depth and Complexity Icons with ease! The use of the depth and complexity icons will help to keep conversations rich and engaging. The adaptations are endless for discussion, questioning, and writing purposes. All 11 Depth and Complexity icons are included, each with 5 sentence stems to g
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5th - 8th
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November Daily Journal Print or Digital Google Drive OneDrive
Print and Digital Versions! No matter what your year looks like, this is an easy way to keep your students writing! Engage them with daily journal writing with 30 November prompts that focus on quirky holidays, important days in history, funny/inspirational quotes, and research.Did you know that November 10 is National Vanilla Cupcake Day and that November 20 is National Absurdity Day? (Neither did I!!) Those are two of the thirty prompts you'll find in this resource. Topics include trivia,
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Bundle Monthly Warm up Bell Ringer Writing Journal Prompts
August Daily Warm Up Bell Ringer Writing Monthly Journal Print and Digital
Print & Digital! No matter what the year looks like, this is an easy way to keep your students writing! Engage them with daily journal writing with 31 August prompts that focus on quirky holidays, important days in history, funny/inspirational quotes, and research.Did you know that August 21 is National Spumoni Day? That's one of the over thirty prompts you'll find in this resource. Topics include trivia, historical events, silly/serious holidays, research prompts, and thoughtful quotes
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Bundle Monthly Warm up Bell Ringer Writing Journal Prompts
Space BUNDLE
This BUNDLE has 219 writing and research activities on space exploration: NASA, space suits, accidents in space, animals in space (dog, monkey, rabbits, mice, spiders, flies…), people in space, rockets, the Apollo space program, shuttles, SpaceX, going to the Moon, going to Mars, Luna 1, Sputnik 1, Explorer 1, Voyager 1, Messenger, the lunar rover, Sojourner, Chang’e 4, Hubble telescope, Chandra, satellites, the International Space Station, fuel, and the earth. And, projects on the planets Mercu
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3rd - 10th
Wind Power BUNDLE (Global Warming and Climate Change)
84 printable or digital pages exploring wind power and global warming: internet activities (WebQuest and Google) - 12 pagesanalyze global warming charts and graphs - 17 pagescompare and contrast - 10 pageswriting prompts - 20 pagesbrainteasers and word puzzles - 25 pagesUse in a computer lab or at home (as homework or distance learning). Take a look at the Preview to see the five packets in this bundle:Global Warming and Wind Power - Analyzing Charts and GraphsGlobal Warming and Wind Power - B
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4th - 10th
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MS-ESS3-2
, MS-ESS3-5
Earth Day Activities |Vocab| Critical Thinking | Writing |Print PDF or Digital!
Teach your students about the importance of Earth Day! Students will be able to do the following with this engaging print or digital activity: 1. Define 5 vocabulary terms related to Earth Day, use them in a sentence, and draw a picture. 2. Use critical thinking and real-world skills to create and list things we can do on Earth to reuse, reduce and recycle.3. Respond to an Earth Day writing prompt in paragraph or short-answer form.
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3rd - 9th
Greek Mythology Living Art Exhibit Activity - Great Paired with The Odyssey!
Teaching The Odyssey? Dabbling in Greek mythology? Engage your students in a week-long, skill-building activity they will remember for years! "The day we got to dress up like Greek statues was my favorite." "I really like how we got to research Medusa. I learned much more about mythology than just reading about it in a book." "I had another teacher at my last school teach us about Greek mythology. All he did was show a long documentary that put everyone to sleep. This is actually something that
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5th - 12th
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Depth and Complexity Icons Sentence Stems Reference Rings
These sentence stem reference rings can be used in any classroom to help students think, talk, and write about various subjects using Depth and Complexity Icons with ease! The use of the depth and complexity icons will help to keep conversations rich and engaging. The adaptations are endless for discussion, questioning, and writing purposes. All 11 Depth and Complexity icons are included, each with 5 sentence stems to get teachers and students started! Make copies of the depth and complexity ico
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5th - 8th
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Free Will and Freedom of Choice - Using Google, Wikipedia and YouTube
11 pages for students to explore the free will and freedom of choice: What is free will?Is free will just an illusion?What is moral responsibility?What is determinism?What is a false dilemma?What choices did I make today?What is choice overload?Is “freedom of choice” a right?What tough choice did you make recently?Can I escape fate?Who is Jean-Paul Sartre? Students search for answers online using Google or Wikipedia or YouTube, learning about free will, determinism, choices, rights, the fates (g
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7th - 12th
Enrichment - Think Outside the Box
20 printable or digital pages of unique and interesting writing activities like:How to get your dog to do your homework, What if you were a… Numbers Challenge, How many… Asking Questions, What is missing? Tic-Tac-Toe Writing, Funny Sentences, Dialogue, Compare and Contrast, A to Z. PRINT: I created a PDF version that you can download on your computer and print for students to use in class or at home. Click on "Add one to cart" and download your copy. DIGITAL ACTIVITY: I created a digital version
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2nd - 8th
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Also included in: Fall Activities BUNDLE
Ocean Pollution STEM Writing Challenge for Middle School Technical Report
This Ocean Pollution STEM Writing Challenge will get your students thinking creatively while learning about water pollution. This activity has students follow steps in the engineering design process in order to learn about and propose a solution for the problem of plastics in the ocean. Students will work in groups to research, brainstorm, survey, and design a solution or product that will help the environment. This activity works well for Earth Day or any time you want to introduce technical wr
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7th - 8th
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Birthstone Brochure Research Project
DESCRIPTION: Ready to turn your students into young mineral experts? Look no further then the Birthstone Brochure Project- a dynamic and engaging activity that will bring students on an exciting journey of discovery. Students will delve into the enchanting properties of their specific birthstones, exploring their color, hardness, luster, breakage, and streak. They'll uncover the mystical and mythical aspects linked to each stone, discovering intriguing properties steeped in lore and legends.Ven
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6th - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS2-3
, MS-ESS2-2
, MS-ESS2-1
Jonathan Livingston Seagull: A Quick Literature Study
This literature study is short and sweet, just like the novel. It asks students to extend the metaphorical story of Jonathan into real world aspects. There are questions for Part One, Part Two and Part Three that can be differentiated based on student ability - these differentiation strategies are outlined in the lesson plans. As a final project, students are asked to find parallels between the novel and ideas, other documents or biographies. To do this, students must conduct outside research
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6th - 9th
Ecosystems Report Printable and Google Slides Bundle
This blended resource is great for distance learning and in person learning. It contains materials for your students to complete an Ecosystems Research Report. Combine resources to easily BLEND your classroom! This resource contains both a printable and digital - Google Slides Ecosystems research report.Engage your students with this fun and comprehensive Ecosystems Research Report resource. It helps has make report writing easy! It contains questions, organizers, tools and forms to use for your
Strategic Reading to Write - Rock Layers and Folds - Middle School Science
This Strategic Reading to Write unit asks students to analyze three science informational articles to write a short essay. The articles are broken down through strategies encouraging deeper thinking about what the author says. A great cross-curriculum assignment that helps students use reading strategies to understand difficult scientific concepts. The activities are on a student packet that should be printed. Links are provided for the articles. Lesson plan for 5-6 days.Included:Suggested Instr
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6th - 9th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS2-2
Volcanoes | Volcano Activity Report | Google Classroom | Google Slides
Students LOVE studying volcanoes and using TECHNOLOGY! This Google Classroom resource makes producing a volcanoes research report fun and easy! These colorful Google Slides contain a complete paperless report perfect for Chromebooks, HP Streams, and other devices in a 1:1 classroom. Use these activities to engage students in a whole class, small group, or independent environment. This resource is also perfect for home school students.Templates are included to create, develop, write, edit, presen
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3rd - 7th
Also included in: Volcanoes Report Printable and Google Slides Bundle
Gifted and Advanced ELA End of the Year Choice Projects
I really like to challenge my advanced students. However, they worked so hard preparing for the state test that I wanted to provide them with engaging activities and allow them to be in control of what they are learning, while having fun and learning about things that interest them. The majority of my class is made up of students who are gifted. I discovered that they have rather poor time management skills. They work linearly, and cannot meet multiple deadlines at the same time. This projec
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6th - 8th
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