8th grade study skills physical education resources for GATE

Classroom Management, Gifted and Talented, Study Skills

The 12 Steps to Being a Successful Scholar (Awesome Behav. Mgt. Tool)

Created by

Working 4 the Classroom

The 12 Steps to Being a Successful Scholar is a key management tool that when effectively implemented, guides students toward success. These steps explain basic study and life skills in kid friendly language. The steps allow students to get the big picture. Students are able to understand and act on these steps, allowing them to see that success is attainable. The goal is to create habits that students can carry on for years to come. These steps also incorporate several GATE strategies. Ov

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Grades:

3rd - 8th

Types:

GATE, Bulletin Board Ideas

Questions of the Week : A great "What do I do now?" activity

Created by

Michele Osinski

Here's a collection of 40 different "imponderables". Most of them have real answers, although most people don't really know WHY until they research them! For example: "Why is there no mouse-flavored cat food?" I plan on having these available (1 per week) for students to figure out. They'll earn some "money" for our classroom economy by doing some writing to convince me that their answer is correct. Just something fun....

Subjects:

For All Subjects, Gifted and Talented, Study Skills

Grades:

4th - 8th

Types:

Activities, GATE, Bulletin Board Ideas

Sports & Leisure Trivia Middle School Teambuilding Academic Team Quiz Bowl

Created by

Amanda of All Trades

✅ 20 Mind-Boggling Questions: This trivia worksheet features 20 unique and intriguing questions about sports and leisure activities that will challenge and inspire students in grades 6 and beyond.✅ Answer Key Included: You'll find a comprehensive answer key to effortlessly check the answers and provide quick feedback.✅ Versatile and Educational: Use this worksheet for classroom activities, as part of a quiz bowl or academic team, or to foster team-building skills with an advisory or club. The po

Subjects:

Classroom Community, Critical Thinking, Physical Education

Grades:

6th - 8th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, GATE

Personality Type Quiz-Sports | Get to Know You Inventory Test | Back to School

Created by

Megan Memories - Megan Meyers

Boost student relationships with this no-prep, easy-to-use Sports Personality Inventory! This personality survey, based on the long-standing four temperaments, turns this abstract concept into a lesson that is high-interest, easy to understand, and memorable! TWO LEVELS of the personality test are included, making it applicable for 3rd-12th grade students...and beyond! This personality quiz theme can be used in any school subject as a Get to Know You Activity at Back to School Time, or any other

Subjects:

Back to School, For All Subject Areas, Physical Education

Grades:

3rd - 12th, Adult Education, Staff

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, GATE

Also included in: PERSONALITY TYPES MEGA BUNDLE | 45 Themed Personality Inventories

Logic Puzzle and Claims Evidence Reasoning Writing Prompt

Created by

The Science Vault

This brain teaser is an engaging way for students to develop critical thinking skills. Great as an extension, warm-up, transition activity or as a part of emergency sub plans, this logic puzzle also asks students to use the C-E-R structure to answer two writing prompts once they have solved the puzzle.The "Easel Activity" has been created for you - NO PREP - just assign because all of the answer boxes have been created for you and your students! If you find that your students would rather do the

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, For All Subject Areas, Physical Education

Grades:

6th - 8th

Types:

Worksheets, Activities, GATE

Also included in: Logic Puzzle Bundle Sports Theme for Critical Thinking

Research Without Copying

Created by

English Language Arts, For All Subject Areas, Study Skills

The standard research paper encourages copying and data dumping. Using the strategies in Research Without Copying students * think critically about what they read and hear by seeking facts that support the data * use information in a variety of ways rather than to simply copy information * learn research skills and practices those skills * change the product so that they must locate, read, comprehend, analyze, and synthesize information * learn proven methods and models moving to analyzing and s

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Grades:

5th - 9th

Types:

Research, GATE

Habits of a Scholar Presentation Google Slides

Created by

Melanated Magic

Transform Learning with "Habits of a Scholar" Google Slides and Classroom Anchor Charts: Unleashing the Potential in Every Student! Are you ready to cultivate a culture of academic excellence and joy in your classroom? "Habits of a Scholar" Classroom Google Slides, meticulously crafted to inspire and challenge all students, with a special focus on meeting the unique needs of gifted learners. Grounded in the teachings of Dr. Sandra Kaplan and Dr. Gholdy Muhammad's pedagogy of joy, these slides a

Subjects:

Back to School, For All Subject Areas, Study Skills

Grades:

3rd - 12th

Types:

Projects, Activities, GATE

Also included in: Habits of a Scholar Google Slides Presentation and Poster Bundle

Becoming an Achiever

Created by

Character Education, Gifted and Talented, Study Skills

Texas Legacy Award Finalist 2005 This workbook for 4th – 12th grade students asks them to read a little, think a little, and write a little about topics that will help them become successful achievers. These skills will raise student achievement as well as motivate students because of the success they will experiences. Authored by Carolyn Coil. Topics include: • Developing Self-Confidence and how the student, the student’s family, teachers, and peers, influence success and failure. Students lear

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Grades:

4th - 12th

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Stop the Copying!- Inventors and Inventions

Created by

Social Studies - History, Study Skills, Writing-Essays

Research is essential in the Common Core Standards and that skill and its corresponding reporting out is a necessary skill for the 21st century workforce. Nancy Polette provides 25 ways to report on inventions (i.e. The Poetry Chant, Whose Tale is True, Mystery Report, Acrostic Report, Limericks, plus 20 more!). She then gives an example using an invention. Blank patterns are included for students to create their own reports.

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Grades:

3rd - 9th

Types:

Stop the Copying!- The Presidents

Created by

Social Studies - History, Study Skills, Writing-Essays

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Grades:

3rd - 9th

Types:

Stop the Copying!- Explorers

Created by

Social Studies - History, Study Skills, Writing-Essays

Research is essential in the Common Core Standards and that skill and its corresponding reporting out is a necessary skill for the 21st century workforce. Nancy Polette provides 25 ways to report on an explorer (i.e. The Poetry Chant, Whose Tale is True, Mystery Report, Acrostic Report, Limericks, plus 20 more!). She then gives an example using an explorer. Blank patterns are included for students to create their own reports.

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Grades:

3rd - 8th

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Perfect Patterns for reporting fact and fiction

Created by

Study Skills, Writing, Writing-Essays

Perfect Patterns for Reporting Fact and Fiction uses numerous creative patterns to write about real or fictional people, places, and events. Easy-to-use patterns include The excuse Report Fun with Alliteration What Do You See Report Character Report Cards A Backward ABC Report and many more Students who have difficulty in expressing themselves in writing find securing in using patterns. Students who han-dle written language well use the patterns as springboards to creative products. The mark of

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Grades:

3rd - 8th

Types:

Stop the Copying!- Disasters

Created by

Social Studies - History, Study Skills, World History

Research is essential in the Common Core Standards and that skill and its corresponding reporting out is a necessary skill for the 21st century workforce. Polette provides several examples (i.e. in Disasters – the Chicago Fire, the Great Blizzard of 1888, the Johnstown flood, the San Francisco Earthquake, the Titanic, the Molasses Disaster, and Hurricane Katrina) and them offers several reporting out strategies for each disaster and a completed model for each of those strategies. Blank patterns

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Grades:

3rd - 9th

Types:

English Language Arts, Gifted and Talented, Study Skills

Desk Name Cards with Bloom's Taxonomy Higher Thinking Verbs

Created by

Brenda's Bright Ideas

Depth, Complexity and Rigor - here is just one more tool in the toolbox! Whether you are teaching a general education classroom or a gifted class, it's important for students to understand Bloom's and the types of questions they are being expected to answer. By having the thinking levels and verbs in front of them, they can also self direct themselves to work at higher levels by asking and answering questions using some of the verbs on the cards. It's a beginning that any teacher can use as a

Subjects:

Grades:

K - 8th

Types:

GATE, Printables

Women's History Month Women Athletes Word Searches: 3 Versions with Keys

Created by

Amanda of All Trades

Celebrate Women's History Month with 3 different word searches. Each word search lists 8 female athletes. Keys included.

Subjects:

Classroom Community, Physical Education, Women's History Month

Grades:

5th - 8th

Types:

Life Skills, Physical Education, Problem Solving

Hands-on Minds on Organising the School Sports Day or School Olympics

Created by

Thinkabouts

These activities are self-explanatory. The aim is to help students to learn how to organise and carry out an event. The activities could be run as a whole class divided into groups or could be enrichment activities for a gifted group. Most of the activities have a maker/technology education component in that they require the students to create a tangible product or system. The activities are ideas that a teacher can build on.

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Grades:

5th - 8th

Types:

For All Subject Areas, Gifted and Talented, Study Skills

Floral Farmhouse Decor Levels of Understanding

Created by

Ruby School Geek

Check for understanding with these cute floral/greenery farmhouse decor posters. Levels of Understanding are an effective way to make students responsible and aware of their own learning. It also helps them build cognitive learning skills.Included:Style 1: Novice, Apprentice, Master, Expert (Floral and Greenery)Style 2: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 (Floral and Greenery)Bookmarks for each style and decor.If you like these posters, you may also likeLevels of Engagement, Math Strategy Posters, Writing Process Pos

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Grades:

2nd - 12th

Types:

GATE, Bulletin Board Ideas, Posters

"Running/Nutrition Log Worksheet" [*New Book Trailer]

Created by

The Usual Bohemian

Check out the New Book Trailer (+13 Rating): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SE7yE0KDIeo&t=4s[All profits from this work go to the Homeless.] This is a log that students can use to monitor an extracurricular running and nutrition program. They are required to run one mile a day, five days a week. They are also required to note healthy food(s)they eat each day. It can be used as an Honors Program, or in the regular program. ["Aids Orphans Remembered"]

Subjects:

Health, Other (Specialty), Physical Education

Grades:

4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education

Types:

Activities, GATE, Homework

School Sports Logic Puzzle Brain Teaser Critical Thinking Activity

Created by

Amanda of All Trades

This logic puzzle requires your students to think critically. Can they use the clues to determine which sports were most popular? Answer key included!

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Gifted and Talented, Physical Education

Grades:

6th - 8th

Types: