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Spring literature resources for GATE
Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Literature Circles Book Clubs
Add some depth and complexity to traditional Literature Circles with this complete and ready-to-use resource!You will be amazed by the level of discussion and critical thinking that will take place among your students. Each Literature Circle role (listed below) is directly connected to 11 elements of critical thinking: Big Ideas, Rules, Trends, Patterns, Language of the Discipline, Ethics, Relationships Over Time, Details, Unanswered Questions, Across Disciplines, and Multiple Perspectives). Ju
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4th - 9th, Adult Education
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Also included in: Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Mega Bundle
Compare & Contrast 2 Stories - 10 Paired Passages - 4th & 5th Grade Folktales
Compare and contrast literature with ten paired passages. This set emphasizes identification and use of story elements to construct responses. Students read two folktales, organize elements in tables, transfer them to Venn diagrams, and explain in paragraphs. Open the preview to take a closer look.Five sets of folktales from around the world were carefully selected and adapted for fourth and fifth grade students.“Mani and Sol” (Norway) and “The Fire Dog” (Korea)“The Goose and the Golden Egg” (S
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4th - 5th
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STEM Bins® Teambuilders BUNDLE - End of the Year, Summer, Back to School, Fall
This discounted BUNDLE includes ALL FIVE of my STEM Bins® Teambuilder challenge packs with seasonal STEM Activities for the entire year!Includes the following:12 Back to School / End of the Year Teambuilders8 Fall Teambuilders8 Winter Teambuilders 6 Valentine's Day Teambuilders8 Spring Teambuilders***CLICK HERE FOR SUPPLY LIST***Teambuilders are a wonderful way to foster student collaboration and build your classroom community all year long!Both lower grade (K-1st Grade) and upper grade (2nd-5th
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PreK - 5th
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Depth and Complexity Teaching Critical Thinking Using Fairytales
Teach your students how to explore content with depth and complexity.Here it is, a complete and ready-to-use resource for teaching all 11 elements (Big Ideas, Rules, Trends, Patterns, Language of the Discipline, Ethics, Relationships Over Time, Details, Unanswered Questions, Across Disciplines, and Multiple Perspectives) of critical thinking.! Your students will explore of these elements by applying them to familiar stories, such as “Cinderella”, “The Emperor’s New Clothes”, “Goldilocks and the
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4th - 10th
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Also included in: Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Mega Bundle
ELA Escape Room Template Kit - Create Your Own Fun, Unforgettable Escape Room
Want to create your own escape room perfectly aligned to your content and geared towards your specific learners? This ELA escape room template kit was created just for you! Even if you’re a total beginner, these resources will help you make an escape room in a fraction of the time.⭐️ At a glance: ⭐️Find out how escape rooms can boost collaboration and critical thinking AND hit standardsFollow these puzzle principles to MYSTIFY even your most skeptical studentsDiscover the secret sauce for secret
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Not Grade Specific
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Spring Logic Puzzles Critical Thinking Gr 1 & 2 Math Enrichment Activities
Get your 1st and 2nd grade math students excited to develop their skills in logical thinking, problem-solving, making inferences, drawing conclusions, recognizing similarities and differences, AND comparing and contrasting with these spring logic puzzles. Three different types of critical thinking puzzles including Sudoku, matrix, and magic square, make it easy for you to differentiate and focus on the critical thinking skills you want your students to target. Use the included Google Slides vers
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1st - 2nd
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Bird Beak Stations and STEM Connections
Learning about birds can be so much fun! To see how bird beaks are different in order to survive is a great learning tool for all students. Students use the 7 stations to understand adaptations and survival as they become your little birds finding food for the first time. Let them spread their wings and soar using the STEM connections sheet as they build their own bird beak to pick up food! This pack includes:-book connections list-pictures and materials list for all stations-7 station cards wit
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K - 3rd
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Reading Genres Mini-Unit | Genre Posters, Activities, Worksheets, & Quiz
Looking to spice up your review of the different reading genres? Look no further! This engaging bundle packs a punch with genre posters, doodle notes, and genre activities like riddles, book sorts, scavenger hunts, and more! From dull to delightful, this mini-unit will make learning about book genres both engaging and effective!✔ Check out the preview for more information!Unveil a world of possibilities for your students this year by developing their understanding of literary genres. It's the cr
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5th - 7th
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Weather STEM Activity | Spring STEM | Natural Disasters STEM Challenge Activity
If you’re looking to apply learning in weather, climate, natural disasters, natural resources & more, this STEM / STEAM challenge is a perfectly engaging way to get the job done joyfully!The basic idea: Students work individually or in partners/groups against a list of criteria and constraints to create a shelter to defend against 3+ types of weather and/or disasters.This challenge was developed as part of the Planetopia Project, but it can be used as a stand-alone challenge as well.Note: Th
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2nd - 8th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
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Create-ure Spring STEM Challenge Activity with Life Science Extensions
If you’re looking to apply learning in adaptations, habitats, food chains and food webs, life cycles, genetics & heredity, evolution, and/or human body systems, this STEM or STEAM challenge is a perfectly engaging way to get the job done joyfully! It’s the perfect Halloween or spring STEM activity, but it works any time of the year to connect to your life science standards! The basic idea: Students work in individually or in partners or groups against a list of criteria and constraints to c
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2nd - 8th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 4-LS1-1
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Spring STEM Bins® Teambuilders - St. Patrick's Day, Easter STEM Activities
★ GRAB MY NEW STEM BINS TEAMBUILDERS BUNDLE!★ Spring STEM Bins® Teambuilders are low prep STEM Activities that are designed to foster student collaboration and build your classroom community during March, April, and May.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 spring themed Challenges are provided for you to
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PreK - 5th
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Peep Nest STEM Challenge (Easter & Spring STEM Activity) - Bird Nest
***SAVE BIG WITH THE EASTER & SPRING STEM BUNDLE!***This low prep, Easter and Spring themed STEM/STEAM activity is perfect to engage your elementary engineers in April! With a focus on animal behavior and bird nest building, this activity is always a hit.Includes the following components for PEEP NEST STEM ACTIVITY:Detailed Lesson Plan with Standards, Supply Checklist, and Suggested Read AloudsDigital Google Slides Notebook for Paperless Recording and Interactive DisplaysKey Visual Vocabular
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K - 5th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 1-LS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-3
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Spring Activities | March April May Kite STEM Challenge | Gravity & Wind Energy
Spring is here and your teacher life just got a little busier with Spring activities you need to plan. Use Spring STEM activities to cover standards and give your students super fun Spring STEM activities they will love. This ready to go Spring Activities | March April May Kite STEM Challenge | Gravity and Wind Energy is just what you need to keep your 2nd through 5th grade students engaged and excited for learning during the month of April. Challenge your students to design and build a kite tha
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Spring STEM Activities and Challenges BUNDLE | March April May Projects
Medusa Mythology Activities | Character Description and Point of View
Who has hair of snakes and eyes that can turn you to stone? Medusa, of course! You can spice up your mythology unit or novel study with these engaging literature activities. Grab students’ attention with two different views of this alluring mythical creature.“Medusa,” a humorous poem told in first person, characterizes the Gorgon as a frustrated woman who just can’t do a thing with her hair. Conversely, a brief narrative entitled “The Dreadful Gorgons” provides a third-person account of Perseus’
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5th - 6th
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APRIL Early Finisher/Challenger Packet {Grades 3-6}
This independent work packet is a bundle of fun, engaging, and challenging activities designed for Grades 3-6 as an answer to the age-old question:"I'm Done, Now What?"It includes math, history, writing, reading, trivia, brain teasers, logic puzzles and more!This product can also be purchased at a discount as part of the SPRING BUNDLE, or you can buy the FULL SCHOOL YEAR for even more savings!SPRING Early Finisher Bundle!The FULL School Year Early Finisher Bundle***Now includes QR Codes for two
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
1st Grade Early Finishers March 20 Activities for Fast Finishers in 1st Grade
The words every teacher dreads…"I’m done! Now what?” Are you looking for March learning tasks for your 1st grade early finishers?! This Language Arts and Math Early Finisher resource has 20 activities aligned to the Common Core Standards for March! Spring, St. Patrick's Day, & March Madness are some of the themes included in the March B.A.T. Book!This printable pack will allow your students to continue to work on important skills with monthly themes for March! This pack includes tasks that
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1st
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Chicken Sunday Activities and Book Companion
This Chicken Sunday Literature Guide is filled with tons of activities to get your students thinking deeply about the text, responding to literature, and creating products! The kiddos especially love the Pysanky eggs activity and the character foldables. It's a perfect unit to teach in the spring and around Easter. Be sure to check out the preview!Activities in this unit include:** Vocabulary cards and matching definition cards** Vocabulary activity with word maps** Comprehension question
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2nd - 5th
A Midsummer Night's Dream Unit - Drama and Analysis Activities for AMND
Are you ready to make your A Midsummer Night’s Dream unit truly magical? Immerse your students in the world of this William Shakespeare play with an interactive drama unit, an abridged version of AMND to perform, and two escape room games to introduce and review key concepts. Your A Midsummer Night’s Dream teaching unit is:✅ Interactive✅ Adaptable✅ EngagingYour A Midsummer Night's Dream Unit includes:Drama Unit for Interactive NotebooksAnalyzing dramaActing mini-lessons and activitiesIntroducti
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7th - 10th
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April Early Finishers | April Enrichment | Morning Work | Brainteasers
Challenge your students with a puzzle to solve each school day in April! These can be used for early finishers, morning work, centers, or to engage students during a whole group lesson. Use Puzzle of the Day as an enrichment activity. Give your students the opportunity to practice the critical skill of problem solving.There are 22 {April themed} puzzles/brainteasers included in this resource that will help your students practice logical thinking and deductive reasoning skills, plus perseverance!
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Puzzle of the Day Full Year BUNDLE | Brainteasers | Early Finishers
Literary Elements Depth and Complexity Frames for Figurative Language ELA
Teaching Literary Elements/Literary Devices or story elements? These Depth and Complexity Frames for English Language Arts will make your life so easy! You'll get 25 frames about reading and language arts ready to print and go! Yep, they're all done for you! Simply choose the topic you want students to explore, print and go! There are 25 frames done for you and ready to use right now to build student skills with analyzing using literary elements.Two of the frames are teaching frames, meaning the
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3rd - 8th
1st Grade Early Finishers April | Fast Finisher Activities | BAT Book
The words every teacher dreads…"I’m done! Now what?” Are you looking for April learning tasks for your 1st grade fast finishers?! This Language Arts and Math Early Finisher resource has 20 activities aligned to the Common Core Standards for April! Spring, Baseball, Spring Animals & Earth Day are some of the themes included in the April B.A.T. Book!This printable pack will allow your students to continue to work on important skills with monthly themes for April! Tasks that they can do indepe
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1st
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Choice Boards Choice Menus Second Grade Literature Early Finishers Fast Finisher
In this unit you will find 12 choice boards. These boards have 9 mini choice boards, one for each second grade literature standard and 3 choice boards sorted by the different domains.This is part of a bundle that you can find here.On each mini choice board, you will find 8 activities for your students to use with their independent reading books. Some of the activities will require books from a specific genre. These activities work well to broaden students’ understanding of literature elements
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1st - 3rd
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1st Grade Early Finishers May | Fast Finishers BAT Book for 1st Graders
The words every teacher dreads…"I’m done! Now what?” Are you looking for May learning tasks for your 1st grade fast finishers?! This Language Arts and Math Early Finisher resource has 20 activities aligned to the Common Core Standards for May! Spring, Memorial Day, Derby, and Special Lady's Day are some of the themes included in the May B.A.T. Book!This printable pack will allow your students to continue to work on important skills with monthly themes for May! Tasks that they can do independent
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1st
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Advanced Novel Study: Charlotte's Web with Depth and Complexity
This novel study was designed for use with gifted second through fourth graders, but could be modified and/or scaffolded to meet the needs to students in grades 2-5. The main focus of this unit was to guide students to analyze text on a deeper level, gaining rich understandings of theme and descriptive language. Students will need to think, infer, and cite text evidence to support their answers.Students will meet objectives for deep thinking using a combination of discussion, independent and/or
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2nd - 4th
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