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General science Common Core RL.3.4 resources for Gifted and Talented
St. Patrick's Day Escape Room ELA Skills Antonyms Synonyms Homophones & More
UPDATED-Answers go right in the escape room! No Google! Lucky the Leprechaun is having a party, and you are invited. Oh no! You lost your invitation! Luckily, there are some clues to help. Follow the clues and find the codes to find your way to the party. Students will need to use their language arts skills to find their way. The skills needed are:SynonymsAntonymsInference RiddlesContractionsHomophonesHomonyms (Multiple Meaning Words)This fun and engaging digital mystery is NO PREP and completel
Grades:
3rd - 5th
3rd Grade ELA Marzano Proficiency Scale Posters for Differentiation - EDITABLE
Learning Goals and Scales are the ultimate Standards Based Grading tool! They don't just motivate a Growth Mindset, they define how students can demonstrate mastery. Every learning standard is broken down into 4 levels of Differentiation. These Posters lead students up a progressive learning path that mirrors the way they develop concepts. Aligned to Bloom’s or Marzano’s Taxonomy of cognitive skills. From easiest-hardest: (Recall/Retrieval, Comprehension, Analysis/Application, and Knowledge Util
Grades:
3rd
3rd Grade Reading Projects, Weekly Enrichment All Year, PDF and Digital!
3rd Grade Reading Enrichment Research Projects for the Entire Year! Thirty-two weekly non-fiction reading enrichment projects in which students research topics and then answer the follow-up questions. The questions, not only check for comprehension of the topic researched, but review common reading text structures such as author's purpose, problem and solution, main idea, character traits, cause and effect, summary, theme and more. Aligned to most 3rd grade reading curriculum including STAAR/CCS
Grades:
3rd
The Smart Cookie Read Aloud Book Companion | Multiple Intelligences | Activities
The Smart Cookie by Jory John is a great book to teach students that everyone is smart in different ways and the importance of perseverance. It is also the perfect segue into a study of multiple intelligences. This The Smart Cookie Book Companion requires students to delve into analyzing and interpreting literature. This book companion is jam-packed with resources that provide opportunities for your students in grades 2-4 to think critically and creatively, analyze the author's craft, and make c
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Moonshot by Brian Floca Apollo 11 PRIMARY GATE Lessons -- Rocket Model
Astronauts, space ships, and the moon . . . what kid doesn’t like that kind of stuff, huh? We should build a space ship!
Here’s another collection of lessons and activities for your primary gifted and talented groups. It’s full of hands-on activities across the curriculum, critical thinking questions, participatory reading, and age-appropriate primary source lessons. As always, you’ll get ready-to-print activity sheets, explanations, pictures to lead you through, and Common Core State Standa
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1st - 3rd
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Little Island Primary Gifted and Talented Social-Emotional Values and Identity
We use this Caldecott Award Winning book to address social-emotional standards for primary gifted students. Not just a social-emotional unit, we answer critical thinking questions, explore literary theme and other ideas, and create a fun island adventure using a grid.
Great stuff for our youngest gifted learners: It’s hands-on, requires critical thinking, and good fun.
NAGC Learning and Development Standards
1.1 Self-Understanding. Students with gifts and talents demonstrate self-knowledge
Grades:
K - 3rd
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Winterborne Home for Vengeance and Valor Novel Study
This novel study of Winterborne Home for Vengeance and Valor by Ally Carter is divided into 8 sections. Each section covers 25 -35 pages. This allows students to improve comprehension and writing skills while developing a love for reading. The units are designed to help reach a variety of learning styles. You can have students complete all activities or assign specific skills to individual students or groups.Easel Activity!Easel activity is divided into 8 sections. Each section includes the foll
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Some Places More Than Others Novel Study
This novel study of Some Places More Than Ever by Renee Watson is divided into 6 sections. Each section covers 25 -35 pages. This allows students to improve comprehension and writing skills while developing a love for reading. The units are designed to help reach a variety of learning styles. You can have students complete all activities or assign specific skills to individual students or groups.Easel Activity!Easel activity is divided into 6 sections. Each section includes the following:10 Comp
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Flight School Book Companion - Perseverance Activities - Growth Mindset
Flight School is a great book to share with your students to talk about perseverance. It is the story of a persistent penguin who has the soul of an eagle and is determined to fly. This book companion is jam-packed with resources that provide opportunities for your students in grades 2-4 to think critically and creatively, analyze the author's craft, and make connections to self and the real world. This Flight School Book Companion aims to help students develop advanced readers' skills in analyz
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Locomotive by Brian Floca - Primary GATE Unit with Caldecott STEAM!
Another amazing Caldecott book and another load of opportunities across the curriculum for our primary GATE kids: hands-on and participatory activities, critical thinking, creativity, art and graphic design, and always best practices in gifted education. I’ve used this unit with 2nd graders, and it will definitely stretch to 3rd grade GATE.
You get 35+ pages of instructions, critical thinking questions and activities, and ready-to-print student activity sheets—assuredly more than you’ll ever
Grades:
2nd - 4th
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Reader's Theater Script, Lab Safety Rules, Scientific Method Booklet, Activities
Reading And Science Integration: First Time Lab Time
(Lab Safety Rules)
Reader’s Theater
Scripts with Content for Intermediate Readers
by The RT Shop
This Reader’s Theater Package it’s a great resource to use in your classroom in many ways: literature circles, small group activities, partner’s activities, centers, or teacher table.
Reader’s Theater is one of the best tools in the classroom to have students gain fluency, accuracy and c
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2nd - 4th
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Stories With Loopholes: Vocabulary Practice for Gifted & Talented Students
This activity promotes critical and divergent thinking as students dive deeper into homonyms/multiple meaning words.Students are given a story/riddle that has a multiple meaning word embedded into the text. They must use inferencing skills to draw a conclusion and solve the riddle.The riddles were adapted from Nathan Levy’s, “Story With Holes”. You can implement this engaging activity in a whole group setting or as an early finisher task.Answer key is included!
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2nd - 6th
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Earthquakes and Volcanoes: Earth Changes and Natural Disasters Boom Cards
Help your students learn about natural disasters, earth changes, earthquakes, and volcanoes while having some learning fun by using these Boom Learning Digital Task Cards!Why use Facts About Earthquakes and Volcanoes Boom Learning Digital Task Cards? Children are drawn to scientific concepts such as weather and storms. These Boom Learning Digital Task Cards will give the children an opportunity to practice their reading and thinking skills, while thinking about earthquakes and volcanoes as wel
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2nd - 4th
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Also included in: Earth Changes Bundle Boom Learning Digital Task Cards
The Chocolate Touch Novel Study {Common Core Standards Assessments}
This Chocolate Touch novel study is based on Common Core Standards. Standards assessments include question stems that will be seen on state assessments. Each assessment covers three to four chapters and include selected response and constructed response.The assessment questions can be used as comprehension checks, guided reading discussion questions, center activities, homework, use during reading to take notes, teach close reading and writing constructed response answers. Unit also includes the
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3rd - 4th
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Mirette on the High Wire CALDECOTT for Primary GATE Hands-on with STEM
Bring Emily Arnold McCully’s Caldecott Winning book, Mirette on the High Wire, alive with this active unit! We combine a rich exploration—primary grades appropriate—of language and science to produce a meaningful learning experience.
Materials: Activity Sheets (included), string, and other common classroom supplies
Time: About 3 hours total if all the parts are included
Level: GATE 1st or 2nd and 3rd
Primary Source Analysis and Inferences: Let’s set the stage by seeing what students ca
Grades:
1st - 3rd
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The Invisible Boy Book Companion - Empathy | Belonging | Friendship Activities
The Invisible Boy is a great book to share with your students to build classroom community and to explore the themes of Empathy, Belonging, Friendship and Kindness. This is the story of Brian, a shy boy who feels like he is invisible and has no friends. He doesn’t call attention to himself and isn’t picked for teams or invited to parties. But when a new boy Justin joins the class, Brian discovers a friend and doesn’t feel so invisible anymore. This book companion is jam-packed with resources tha
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Book Club Elementary Grades Starter Set
Book Club is an ELA activity that combines reading and discussion of at level books in an organized manner. Reading groups are determined by the student’s current reading levels and no more than six students are placed in each reading group to allow full participation by each member of the group. Modifications and adaptations can be made to make Book Club work in any classroom setting. Book Club was created to be used in grades 3rd-5th classrooms and was developedwith the help of a Read
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
Building Vocabulary Science and Social Studies BoomCard Bundle!
As the end of the year approaches, it's time to review the science and social studies vocabulary that your students have been learning. Engaging with digital tools is a great way to help your students remember and practice their new words. These Boom Learning digital task cards are engaging and fun for the students, and easy for the teacher to assign and asses!Why use Distant Learning Science and Social Studies Vocabulary Building Bundle? The brain automatically sorts information into categorie
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2nd - 4th
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Fun Facts About Leap Year! Boom Learning Digital Task Cards for Grades 2-4
Here's a chance to get the children thinking about Leap Year Day, practicing their reading skills, and having a little fun in the process!Why use Fun Facts About Leap Year! Boom Learning Digital Task Cards for Grades 2-4? Research tells us engagement is essential to learning. The Boom Learning Digital Task Cards are fun for the children, which is what keeps them coming back! They provide immediate feedback to the children, so learning is guaranteed to happen!How it works: The children are to
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2nd - 4th
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DNA and Chromosomes | Intro to Heredity| Reading passages | Assessments
Looking for fun and engaging DNA and chromosome-related activities? This DNA and Chromosomes resource has everything you need for an interactive science unit in your classroom. It includes posters, word cards, a nonfiction unit booklet, the DNA and chromosomes activities, a workbook, an answer key, graphic organizers, and writing activities. Ideal for homework assignments, simple subplans, independent study units, and in-class activities.This comprehensive DNA and Chromosomes packet includes a p
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3rd - 6th
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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE & OTHER LITERARY DEVICES, Grades 3 to 6
Authors use literary techniques to convey meaning and to make the story more interesting to the reader. The understanding of these devices will help students get more enjoyment from the fiction they read—both in and out of the classroom situation. This comprehensive unit uses examples from classic and modern literature to introduce and reinforce literary devices. (Figurative Language & Other Literary Devices is also available for Grades 5 through 8,)Each term is defined. One or more example
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Also included in: ELA Bundle for Grades 3 to 6
Martha Speaks - Classic Picture Books for Primary GATE
In this bundle of lessons for Jane Meddaugh’s classic, students will actually have Martha speaking with their paper bag puppets. Like all the Primary GATE literacy units at Portable Gifted and Talented, this is fun, hands-on, participatory, and full of critical thinking challenges for your younger thinkers. Of course, you get the Common Core State Standards references, too. We’re not just barking into the wind here!
Critical Thinking Questions: more than you’ll ever need with a focus on exp
Grades:
1st - 3rd
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The Tale of Despereaux Common Core Novel Study
This literature unit was created using Common Core Standards.
Chapter quizzes cover three to four chapters with 8-10 questions per quiz. Questions include multiple choice and constructed response questions. These are designed to help students with spring assessment questions.
The unit also contains a final 10 questions assessment. This includes multiple choice and constructed response.
Additional activities are designed for interactive notebooks.
Character Analysis
Compare/Contrast
Storyb
Grades:
3rd - 5th
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All About Hemostasis | Reading passages | Activities | poster
Looking for fun and engaging Hemostasis-related activities? This All About the Hemostasis resource has everything you need for an interactive science unit in your classroom. It includes posters, word cards, a nonfiction unit booklet, lap book guide, the Hemostasis activities, a workbook, an answer key, graphic organizers, and writing activities. Ideal for homework assignments, simple subplans, independent study units, and in-class activities.This comprehensive Hemostasis packet includes pdf file
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3rd - 6th
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