Kindergarten Halloween reading resources for GATE

Grades:

K - 5th

Types:

Activities, GATE

Fall STEM Bins® Teambuilders - Halloween, Thanksgiving, Autumn STEM Activities

Created by

Autumn, Engineering, Halloween

★ GRAB MY NEW STEM BINS TEAMBUILDERS GROWING BUNDLE!★ Fall STEM Bins® Teambuilders are a wonderful STEM Activities to foster student collaboration and build your classroom community during October and November!Both lower grade (K-1st Grade) and upper grade (2nd-5th Grade) versions are included!★ CLICK HERE FOR SUPPLY LISTThe following STEM Bins® Teambuilders are designed to accompany my STEM Bins®, found at the following link:★STEM BINS8 fall themed Challenges are provided for you to set up in s

Subjects:

Grades:

PreK - 5th

Types:

Also included in: STEM Bins® Teambuilders BUNDLE - End of the Year, Summer, Back to School, Fall

Pumpkin Catapult STEM Challenge & Games - Halloween STEM Activity

Created by

***SAVE BIG WITH THE HALLOWEEN STEM BUNDLE!***This low prep, Halloween themed STEM/STEAM activity is perfect to engage your elementary engineers in October! With a focus on force and motion, this activity is always a fun way to begin the school year.Includes the following components for PUMPKIN CATAPULT STEM ACTIVITY:Detailed Lesson Plan with Standards, Supply Checklist, and Suggested Read AloudsDigital Google Slides Notebook for Paperless Recording and Interactive DisplaysKey Visual Vocabulary

Subjects:

Grades:

K - 5th

Types:

NGSS:

K-2-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-3

, K-2-ETS1-1

, 3-PS2-1

, 3-5-ETS1-3

...

Also included in: Halloween STEM Challenges & Activities BUNDLE - Pumpkin Catapult, Candy Towers

Spider Web Bridge STEM Challenge - Halloween STEM Activity

Created by

***SAVE BIG WITH THE HALLOWEEN STEM BUNDLE!***This low prep, Halloween themed STEM/STEAM activity is perfect to engage your elementary engineers in October! With a focus on bridge engineering, this activity is always a fun way to begin the school year.Includes the following components for SPIDER WEB BRIDGE STEM ACTIVITY:Detailed Lesson Plan with Standards, Supply Checklist, and Suggested Read AloudsDigital Google Slides Notebook for Paperless Recording and Interactive DisplaysKey Visual Vocabula

Subjects:

Grades:

K - 5th

Types:

Gifted and Talented, Halloween, Other (Specialty)

NGSS:

K-2-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-3

, K-2-ETS1-1

, 3-5-ETS1-3

, 3-5-ETS1-1

...

Also included in: Halloween STEM Challenges & Activities BUNDLE - Pumpkin Catapult, Candy Towers

Halloween 4 Lesson STEM Bundle - STEAM

Created by

What's Kraken

This package includes directions, goals/targets, planning page and material list for the following Halloween STEAM lessons, a $8.00 value for only $5.89!1. Build a Bridge - $1.992. Five Little Pumpkins - $1.993. Build a Bone Tower - $1.994. Build a Haunted House - $1.99If you are interested in the editable word version for $7.99 visit the following link:Halloween STEM *Editable Word Documents* $7.99Feel free to contact us with any questions! whatskrakentpt@gmail.comFollow us on Social Media to s

Subjects:

Grades:

K - 6th

Types:

Activities, GATE, Printables

Candy Tower STEM Challenge - Halloween STEM Activity

Created by

***SAVE BIG WITH THE HALLOWEEN STEM BUNDLE!***This low prep, Halloween themed STEM/STEAM activity is perfect to engage your elementary engineers in October! With a focus on 3D solids and structures, this activity is always a fun way to begin the school year.Includes the following components for CANDY TOWER STEM ACTIVITY:Detailed Lesson Plan with Standards, Supply Checklist, and Suggested Read AloudsDigital Google Slides Notebook for Paperless Recording and Interactive DisplaysKey Visual Vocabula

Subjects:

Grades:

K - 5th

Types:

Critical Thinking, Gifted and Talented, Reading

NGSS:

K-2-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-3

, K-2-ETS1-1

, 3-5-ETS1-3

, 3-5-ETS1-1

...

Also included in: Halloween STEM Challenges & Activities BUNDLE - Pumpkin Catapult, Candy Towers

Depth and Complexity Primary Extension Literature Units BUNDLE (Gate)

Created by

Gifted with Goldens

Depth & Complexity Primary Literature Units (4 Included)4 Units Included: Details, Big Idea, Unanswered Questions and RulesEACH UNIT CONTAINS: 1 Week Long Unit - 5 LessonsThis weeklong unit was designed to introduce primary aged students to the one depth and complexity icon through mentor texts. It is great for whole group lessons, small group extensions, and independent practice.Each unit has:One full week of lesson plansActivities and extensionsSuggested mentor texts (fiction and non-ficti

Subjects:

Grades:

K - 5th

Types:

Unit Plans, GATE, Literature Circles

Robot Mazes for use with Ozobots - October Coding Activities for Fall

Created by

Meredith Anderson - Momgineer STEM Activities

Print and go mazes for coding your favorite little robot! Ozobot™ robots are the perfect robot to get started with coding because all you need are paper and markers. This set of mazes is perfect for your October STEM centers. The mazes can be solved in multiple ways, which means that students can come up with their own solutions to each maze. What's Included5 coding mazes (choose from either autumn-themed or Halloween-themed for each maze)Start to finish mazes (2)Mazes where students need to "co

Subjects:

Autumn, Computer Science - Technology, Halloween

Grades:

K - 5th

Types:

Activities, GATE, Centers

Also included in: Robot Mazes and Activities for Ozobots - BUNDLE Robotics 45 Printable Mazes

More Than A Scribble: A Creative Drawing Activity for Gifted & Talented Students

Created by

Gifted State Of Mind

This activity promotes creative thinking as students transform scribble lines into ART! There are four pages of scribbles (24 total). In addition, there are ideas for extension activities in Reading, Science, and Social Studies!This is a great task for centers or early finishers!

Subjects:

Creative Writing, Gifted and Talented, Reading

Grades:

PreK - 6th

Types:

Activities, GATE

CCSS:

RL.1.2

, RL.1.3

, RL.1.7

, RL.2.3

, RL.2.5

...

Halloween Activity / STEM Challenge - Witch's Brew

Created by

Meredith Anderson - Momgineer STEM Activities

Design a witch's brew potion that bubbles! Students will need to mix various ingredients until they find two that create a chemical reaction to make the potion bubble. This is a very fun activity even your youngest scientists will love! ContentsGetting StartedSuggested Material List (you will need baking soda, vinegar, and various other baking supplies)Teacher NotesPrintable Challenge Poster: Hang at your STEM center or near where the STEM creations are, especially if they will be on display for

Subjects:

Engineering, Gifted and Talented, Halloween

Grades:

K - 4th

Types:

GATE, Centers

Also included in: STEM Activities and Challenges for K-2 - Whole Year Bundle

Reading Comprehension: Using Higher Order Thinking Skills

Created by

Amy Padgett Creations

It is important to attain higher order thinking skills for our students as we tackle the new common core standards. This packet includes different types of activities that will engage your students and challenge their thinking and understanding. The activities are good for large group, small group, partner work, independent, or at centers. This packet includes: Comprehension Cards for any story Foldable Dice for Pre and Post Reading Tic Tac Toe Activity boards to allow for differentiated inst

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

Grades:

K - 12th

Types:

Activities, GATE, Centers

Signs of Fall Using My Five Senses In the Fall eBook Activity for Google Slides™

Created by

Elementary Inquiry

Digital and Printable! Use the 5 senses to observe signs of fall or autumn and illustrate a book. Students insert a photo or drawing to show what they see, hear, taste, smell, and touch and feel in the fall. 10 pages include text with common seasonal changes, and 5 slides are editable to add custom text. 3 interactive slides ask students to drag objects on the screen to show the cycle of all four seasons, match body parts to each of the five senses, and show their favorite parts of fall. Use as

Subjects:

Autumn, Reading, Science

Grades:

K - 2nd

Types:

GATE

Also included in: 5 Senses in the 4 Seasons Google Slides™ eBook Templates for K-2 BUNDLE

Halloween STEM Activities for October with Building Bricks like LEGO®

Created by

Meredith Anderson - Momgineer STEM Activities

Want to set up a STEM center without burning through consumables? Building brick STEM challenges are fun, engaging, and full of endless possibilities. For these activities you can use generic building bricks or legos.If you were thinking of trying STEM Fridays or Maker Mondays, or you need something more engaging for your early finishers than worksheets or reading, this is the resource for you. Not only will your students be working creatively to solve problems, they will be reading, writing, an

Subjects:

Engineering, Gifted and Talented, Halloween

Grades:

K - 4th

Types:

GATE, Centers

NGSS:

K-2-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-1

Also included in: STEM Activities and Makerspace Tasks for the Whole Year

A Deep and Complex Look at Patterns- Mega Unit

Created by

Critical Thinking, Math, Reading

“I cannot teach anyone anything. I can only make them think.” ~SocratesUsing this resource, students will critically analyze the universal theme of patterns in the world around them. Patterns help students make sense of the world. Our brains naturally look for patterns to create order in our world. This multi-disciplinary unit focuses on developing complex thinking about patterns in literature, mathematics, science, music, and the arts.Included in this resource:Full implementation guides Lessons

Subjects:

Grades:

K - 2nd

Types:

Unit Plans, GATE, Printables

CCSS:

...

Prepositions & Pronouns in Halloween Town

Created by

TLC Talk Shop - Tamatha Cauckwell

Pronouns! Prepositions! Kids in Halloween Costumes! Work on Prepositions and Pronouns while playing Bingo, Dice games, or through the use of hands on manipulatives! Dauber Pages allow for No Prep practice in therapy and out as handy homework pages!*******************************************************************Contents:PREPOSITIONS in HALLOWEEN TOWN: *BINGO Selection Cards (p.4-7) *BINGO CARDS- 6 cards focusing on: Beside, In Front, Behind, Next to (p.8-13) *DAUBER PAGES (p.14-16) *

Subjects:

Halloween, Special Education, Speech Therapy

Grades:

PreK - 5th

Types:

Activities, GATE

Amazing Race Printable Templates

Created by

Start a Spark

This file is a PowerPoint file with Amazing Race templates to create challenges, detours and roadblocks in any content area. These templates can be used digitally or as printables. Just click inside the editable text boxes to add your content.Template includes: planning pageschallenge folderroute information carddetour cardroadblock cardplayer name tagsPowerPoint slides template

Subjects:

Geography, Math, Reading

Grades:

K - 12th, Staff

Types:

GATE, Games

Test Prep to support the format of GATES vocab and STAR Early Literacy

Created by

Everyday Play in Pre-K by Three Monkey Mama

These three practice tests will help familiarize your students with the format and question answer technique found in both the First Grade GATES vocabulary test and the STAR Early Literacy tests. The tests have pictures that the students have to choose the correct word with the correct spelling. I use these practice tests to help alleviate test stress on the actual test. My kids know they can do well, because they have already done something similar.

Subjects:

Reading, Spelling, Vocabulary

Grades:

K - 3rd

Types:

Handouts, GATE

Order 1: Patterns Create Order

Created by

Gifted and Talented, Math, Reading

Using this resource, students will critically analyze the universal thems of patterns and order in the world around them. Patterns help students make sense of the world. Our brains naturally look for patterns to create order in our world. This multi-disciplinary unit focusses on developing complex thinking about patterns in literature, mathematics, science, music, and the arts.

Subjects:

Grades:

K - 2nd

Types:

Activities, GATE, Printables

Advanced Book Study: The Day the Crayons Quit

Created by

Creative Writing, English Language Arts, Reading

Using this resource, students will critically analyze the story The Day the Crayons Quit. The questions on the Thinking Frameworks move students from lower level thinking to higher order thinking. Students will analyze and explore the literature in order to become critical thinkers. A creative thinking activity is included to further develop the students’ critical and creative thinking. Included in this resource:Leveled Graphic Organizers for Story ElementsReader's Response QuestionsGuided Close

Subjects:

Grades:

K - 3rd

Types:

Activities, GATE, Graphic Organizers

My Father's Dragon Advanced Book Study PLUS Thinking Skills and Math Tasks

Created by

Applied Math, Critical Thinking, Reading

This is an advanced book study unit for My Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett. This book is soon to be an animated feature film on Netflix! (Release: October 2022)As my father and the dragon passed over the Ocean Rocks they heard a tiny excited voice scream, ‘Bum cack Bum cack! We dreed our nagon! I mean, we need our dragon!’~My Father’s Dragon, by Ruth Stiles GannettThis novel study guide is designed to use with high-level 1st and 2nd-grade students and was specifically designed with gifted

Subjects:

Grades:

K - 3rd

Types:

Unit Plans, GATE, Guided Reading Books

The Oldest Student Picture Book Biography Companion and Activities

Created by

Keep 'em Thinking with Susan Morrow

Teach your kiddos the story of Mary Walker, the oldest student in the U.S., who learned to read at 116 years old. This Print and Go Book Companion for The Oldest Student, is a favorite to share with your students at the beginning of the year.WHY YOU NEED THIS THE OLDEST STUDENT BOOK COMPANION: ⭐This comprehensive book companion promotes critical and creative thinking. Best of all, it illustrates the values of perseverance, resilience, and lifelong learning.This The Oldest Student Picture Book

Subjects:

Art History, Literature, Reading

Grades:

K - 5th

Types:

Homeschool Curricula, Activities, GATE

CCSS:

RL.2.1

, RL.2.2

, RL.2.3

, RL.2.4

, RL.2.5

...

Also included in: Biography Picture Book Companion Bundle - Lit Guides

Halloween 4-in-1 Critical and Creative Thinking Bundle for Gifted and Enrichment

Created by

Enrichment with Class

Fly into critical and creative thinking in your science and math/ logic curriculum! Your students' higher-order thinking skills will SOAR during the Halloween season with this HUGE 4-in-1 bundle! Bundle Includes these 4 products: (click links for details and previews)1) Goin’ Batty! Research Activity Menu for Gifted or Enrichment 2) Spider Sleuth! Creepy Crawly Research Activity Menu for Gifted and Enrichment 3)Halloween Logic Puzzle for Young and Gifted Thinkers!4) Halloween Headlines Mystery!

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Gifted and Talented, Halloween

Grades:

PreK - 6th

Types:

Research, Projects, GATE

5 Senses in the 4 Seasons Google Slides™ eBook Templates for K-2 BUNDLE

Created by

Elementary Inquiry

Digital and Printable! Use the 5 senses to observe signs of fall/autumn, winter, spring, and summer and illustrate a book. Students insert a photo or drawing to show what they see, hear, taste, smell, and touch and feel in each season. 10 pages include text with common seasonal changes, and 5 slides are editable to add custom text. 3 interactive slides ask students to drag objects on the screen to show the cycle of all four seasons, match body parts to each of the five senses, and show their fav

Subjects:

Holidays/Seasonal, Reading, Science

Grades:

K - 2nd

Types:

GATE

Investigating Decomposing Pumpkins-Experimental Design

Created by

Jenny Sue Flannagan

Are you tired of doing the same old pumpkin activity year after year? Looking for something to jazz up October? This is the lesson for you! Students work with you to design an experiment to see if carving a pumpkin decomposes faster than not carving!The lesson begins with students using the strategy See, Think, Wonder in order to generate words, phrases, and ideas to describe a really gross picture! Students will later learn the picture was really a rotting pumpkin!Students then read the book Ro

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Halloween, Science

Grades:

K - 3rd

Types: