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8th grade resources for Microsoft PowerPoint and for GATE
STEM Bell Ringers Discussion Questions Warm-Ups Middle School High School
Science bell ringer discussion questions, technology bell ringers, as well as some engineering and math topics. This resource includes 70 editable slides with questions to get your students thinking about STEM topics. Display these at the start of class one day a week so that as students walk into your classroom they can begin forming opinions and ideas about these thought-provoking questions! CONTENTS70 Slides (each with a main question and some with a follow-up question) Questions range in top
Grades:
5th - 12th
Logic Puzzles for Spring
Logic problems are fun for bell-ringers, time-fillers, and challenge. This set of ready-to-use 6 Spring-themed problems are great for your middle school math and secondary math students. Keep even your brightest students challenged. Included in this resource:- 6 Spring-themed logic problems of medium level- Answer Key- Great for math centers, time fillers, or bell-ringers.- Note: the logic puzzles may require more than one review of the clues. Love Logic Puzzles? MUST have logic puzzles sets
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: Logic Puzzles Bundle of seasonal logic puzzles for middle school math
180 Middle School Math Warm-Ups: Full Year of Daily Bell Ringers & Starters
First five minutes? Planned! With this set of daily bellringers, you'll engage your students and get them thinking! Made for 5th, 6th, 7th, or 8th grade math, these open-ended and challenging starters will have your students ready for your lesson. This resource is truly print-and-go, no-prep for the whole school year. Either print the provided student answer sheet for a weekly grade or have students respond on a dry-erase board or paper. Help your students make connections by using this resourc
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5th - 8th
Cesar Chavez Day Power Point Presentation
Power Point Presentation, Cesar Chavez Day, Civil Rights, Human Rights, Pesticides, Fair Wages, Farms, Migrant Farmworkers, Mexican Americans, Chicano Studies, Ethnic Studies, Heroes, Social Justice, Multicultural Education, Holidays and Celebrations, Birthday, California, Arizona, Politics, US Government, Farm Workers, United Farmworkers Union, Latino, Dolores Huerta, Robert Kennedy, Spanish Language, Cultural studies
26 Slide Power Point Presentation on the Legacy of Cesar Chavez. This prese
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2nd - 12th
Political Parties: Notes,Quiz, and Make your Own Party
I love teaching about political parties! I especially love this lesson because students learn about the political spectrum and even take a quiz to find where they are on the spectrum.Students also create their own political party!This products includesPowerPoint presentationMake your own political party activity Democrats vs republican cut out worksheet Where are you on the spectrum quizPolitical Party notes Political Party notes for interactive notebookWant access to ALL of my civics resources?
Grades:
6th - 12th
Math Brain Teasers- Google Edition
PAPERLESS BRAIN TEASERS FOR GOOGLE DRIVE
Wanting to move towards a paperless classroom? Imagine using your time to plan effective lessons instead of printing, cutting, laminating, and organizing activities for early finishers! With this file you will be able to share directly with your students through your Google Classroom without ever having to hand out any paper!
Contents of this set include:
-125 slides
-Problems vary in difficulty
-Sudoku
-Logic puzzles
-NRICH word problems
-Picture/visua
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3rd - 8th
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Literature Circles Bundle With Depth and Complexity
This Literature Circles Bundle With Depth and Complexity will be a great resource when implementing literature circles in your classroom. A literature circle is a small group instructional approach with structure, high expectations, and rigor. ****This file comes with editable products! (Need PowerPoint to edit)**** Depth and Complexity will help your students dig deeper in their learning and think in more complex ways. This product encompasses the 11 elements of Depth and Complexity that were
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3rd - 8th
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Shakespeare in 30 - All Plays & Guides (abridged Shakespeare plays)
This is my Shakespeare in 30 collection. Each abridged Shakespeare play in this series has been adapted for teens to tackle in a half an hour. These Shakespeare adaptations are perfect for ELA, ESL, and Shakespeare camps. These abridged Shakespeare plays has been used with:✅ Reader’s Theatre (1-2 class periods)✅ Staged Readings (1 week)✅ Full production (3-4 weeks) The Shakespeare in 30 collection is perfect for students in grades 6-12 studying William Shakespeare. Each Shakespeare play has been
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6th - 12th
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A Greek or Latin Root is Worth 1,000 Words
This is my absolute favorite way to introduce a year-long study of Greek and Latin roots! Students need to know your why and "buy in." What better way than to get them hooked into solving a puzzle! Present the incredibly LONG word in this slide show, and students will be competing to figure it out! With clear motivation and a game-like presentation, your students will be much more motivated to study etymology! You can find out more about how I used this in my class, HERE.If you're looking for re
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3rd - 8th
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Editable Monthly Newsletter Templates with Gifted Support Tips
Are you a gifted intervention specialist or classroom teacher with a large population of gifted students? I teach the gifted cluster classroom for my grade level and find that a monthly newsletter is a great way to provide support tips for parents of gifted students.
This resource is a Power Point file with space for you to input your own information in the areas of curriculum updates, student birthdays, and upcoming events. You can change the titles of those boxes if you'd like. Gifted support
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3rd - 8th
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Levels of Government
Federal, State, and Local Governments are made simple for your students with this PowerPoint. I use the first part of the power point after the students learn about the constitution in the fall, and then show the whole thing in the spring when students campaign and are elected for the Leadership Class the following year.Add your own state, local, and school governments to the slides.This aligns with the Common Core State Standards:3.SL.33.SL.43.SL.63.W.45.SL.35.SL.45.SL.65.W.48.SL.38.SL.48.SL.68
Grades:
3rd - 9th
DNA Extraction from Strawberries
This Power Point slide show provides a visual for my 5th grade gifted students as they follow the procedures for extracting DNA from strawberries. The entire DNA Extraction lesson, created by Irene Salter, is available at My Science Box: http://www.mysciencebox.org/DNAextraction. I took photographs of each step and have found that it has greatly helped my students and me as we work through each step of the experiment. Every year, I am amazed by the results!If you're looking for resources to u
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5th - 8th
Amazing Race Printable Templates
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
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K - 12th, Staff
FREEBIE: 180 Middle School Math Warm-Ups: No-Prep Daily Bellringers & Starters
First five minutes? Planned! With this set of daily bellringers, you'll engage your students and get them thinking!Made for 5th, 6th, 7th, or 8th grade math, these interesting and challenging starters will have your students ready for your lesson.With a pre-made student response sheet, this resource is truly print-and-go, no-prep for the whole school year.Help your students make connections by using this resource at the beginning of class each day!Want all 180 No-Prep 5-Minute Math Warm-Ups? Cli
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5th - 8th
Multiple Intelligence (MI) PowerPoint (Secondary Version) by Jennifer A. Gates
Teaching gifted, talent development or preparing students for Common Core by teaching them to identify their strengths?
This is the perfect way to introduce Multiple Intelligence: 8 characteristics that students can use to best identify ways in which they can make positive growth. They are: nature smart, logic smart, self smart, people smart, word smart, picture smart, body smart, and music smart.
Introduce and explore Multiple Intelligence in depth with students the elementary or primary and
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Science Bell Ringers Middle School Year Bundle
Be ready for the ENTIRE YEAR with Science Bell Ringers for Middle School Students! Also great for STEM lesson warm ups! These innovative technologies PowerPoint slides (BUNDLE), are set up and ready to go, and encourage creative thinking, with a focus on engaging class discussions. Includes 10 weeks worth of topics!~~ The perfect way to hook your students into learning and start your lesson off the right way! ~~BY BUYING THIS BUNDLE YOU SAVE 20% OFF THE INDIVIDUAL LIST PRICE OF EACH RESOURCEPlea
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Grades:
6th - 9th
NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
*Best Seller*Nice & Easy Composer Study- Grading Rubric Included, Music History
**Best Seller!!**
This simple, non-themed composer study is very versatile. It can be used with various grade level work, used as a GATE project, a homeschool project, an extra credit project, or a myriad of other uses.
It also comes with a simple and easy to use grading rubric, as well as a student self-assessment.
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2nd - 8th
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Multiple Perspectives on Public or Current Issues Guided Notes and Activity
Teaching multiple Perspectives in social studies? For years I struggled with teaching multiple perspectives in an engaging way. I created this resource as a way for students to understand multiple perspectives on current issues. When doing this lesson you will have to find an issue with multiple perspectives. In class I start off with showing a video of 2 perspectives and we complete the worksheet as a class. SS.7.C.2.13This resource includes: -Lesson Plan - Multiple Perspectives Worksheet- Pers
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6th - 12th
Simple and Very Easy Algebra Scoot! Game - Gate, Review, Activity, One Variable
This Scoot game will get your upper elementary and lower middle school students moving and doing easy algebra all at the same time!
Each equation involves one variable and simple addition, subtraction, or multiplication with sums and products equal to less than 20.
*Use for GATE students who need a challenge!
*Use for older students and shorten the time for each problem to help them think on their feet!
*Use for indoor activity on a rainy or snowy day!
*Use for a review day or filler activity!
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4th - 8th
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Number the Stars Visual Novel Study with Comprehension Questions and Answers
No Prep Unit! View before, during or after each chapter for students to gain a deeper understanding the novel, Number the Stars.· A chapter-by-chapter, page-by-page Visual Novel Study slide show that gives students all the scaffolding they need to read the novel successfully.· Historical, Cultural and Literary Focus· Targeted Vocabulary· Relevant Literary devices· Comprehension questions and answers for each chapter· Engaging Visuals encourage interaction with the text· Linked Index and Answer K
Grades:
5th - 8th
Also included in: Number the Stars Visual Novel Study Bundle
How to Draw a 3D House (2-Point Perspective)
This lesson is designed for students who have learned how to draw basic boxes using 2-point perspective.
This is a two-part lesson that is designed to show students that their quality of their artwork can be improved by applying what they know about linear perspective. The lesson will reveal successful "before and after" pictures.
Part #1: Students (who have been taught the principles of 2-point perspective) will be challenged to draw a house. Most students will revert to old drawing habits
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4th - 12th
My Keys to a Growth Mindset
Growth Mindset....Let's keep the conversation going and engage our students in fun and creative ways to learn all about it!Let's make a Growth Mindset Keychain! Included in this product are 9 keys with Growth Mindset statements printed on them. There is also a brain shaped key fob to color and attach the keys onto. Also included is a blank brain shaped key fob, and blank keys if you’d like to customize them differently.Students pick the keys they want and then write about how they are currently
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1st - 8th
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Science Bell Ringers Middle School | STEM Warm Ups Innovative Tech 1
Are you looking for a fun Science Bell Ringers for Middle School Students? Also great for STEM lesson warm ups! These innovative technologies PowerPoint slides (Set 1), are set up and ready to go, and encourage creative thinking, with a focus on engaging class discussions. Includes 10 weeks worth of topics!~~ The perfect way to hook your students into learning and start your lesson off the right way! ~~Please click the PREVIEW button above to view this resource in more detail.In this pack (SET 1
Grades:
5th - 8th
NGSS:
MS-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: Science Bell Ringers Middle School Year Bundle
Genius Hour Bibliography Resource
Genius Hour: BibliographyGenius Hour is a time set aside during the school day for students to research something they are passionate about. Genius Hour is sure to be a hit in your classroom.Included in this resource are directions for your students on how to cite the sources that they use for their projects. There is a bib tips handout that can be cut into 1/4s and handed out to each student. There are also 2 blank pages where students can record in bibliography format: books, websites, newspap
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Grades:
4th - 8th
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