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8th grade Women's History Month professional development resources for GATE
Women in the Civil War: Station Rotations (Primary Sources & Informational Text)
Diversify your syllabus. Get your secondary students up and moving using these Women in the Civil War Station Rotations. This adaption of a DBQ gets students into exploring authentic female sources and perspectives. Students will take an inquiry stance-- all stations help students answer the essential question, "How did the Civil War Challenge and Change the Role of Women & Notion of 'Womanhood' in American Society?”(Looking for "Women in the Civil War" for grades 4-7? Click here)One wom
Grades:
8th - 12th
Gifted and Talented Activities | GATE Program Support | For Teachers or Parents
Do you have a GIFTED and TALENTED program in place?Are you looking to get started with teaching a GATE Program?This informational resource is the WHY of having a GATE Program for gifted learners.Browse a wide range of GIFTED RESOURCES and ACTIVITIES. Click the link belowGATER Educator's GIFTED Resources• Gifted learners exhibit many of the same academic needs and social and emotional characteristics. • Gifted students thrive with activities that provide novelty and opportunities to solve problem
Grades:
3rd - 8th
8 Amazing Female Inventors
Bet you didn't know that windshield wipers were invented by a WOMAN! Mary Anderson came up with the idea in the early 1900s -- a time when women were often not viewed as capable of scientific ideas. Let's hear it for those women who were pioneers in their fields!!! Read more about women inventors in this packet that contains 8 high-interest passages with coordinating activity sheets. The activity sheets address analytical thinking, vocabulary, language formulation and text-dependent comprehensio
Grades:
6th - 12th
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Increasing Student Engagement: Tools to Diversify Your Lesson Plans!
Student Engagement | Engaging Middle School | Middle School Engagement Ideas | Middle School Lesson Plans | Middle School Teaching Tools
Engaging our students is often our most challenging task as teachers. Yet we know how vital this engagement is for our students’ learning processes and motivation. The purpose of this product is to provide you with new ideas to add to your teacher toolbox.
Over 50 strategies are included!
These are all ideas that you can take directly to your class and try
Grades:
5th - 9th
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Learning Contracts with examples(Editable resource)
Learning Contracts are written agreements between students and teachers that grant the student certain freedoms and choices about completing tasks yet require the student to meet certain specifications. They outline what the students will learn, how they will learn it, how long they will have to learn it, and how they will be graded or evaluated.This 11 pages resource includes:Detailed explanation of learning contracts, and 3 different examples of learning contracts and templates
Grades:
2nd - 12th, Staff
Also included in: Gifted and Talented editable forms, presentations & PD
Women's History Month - Female Astronauts
30 investigations of female astronauts: Christina Koch, Sally Ride, Mae Jemison, Valentina Tereshkova, Stephanie Wilson, Eileen Collins, Joan Higginbotham, Kathryn Sullivan, Shannon Lucid, Judith Resnik, Anna Lee Fisher, Margaret Rhea Seddon, Peggy Whitson, Svetlana Savitskaya, Ellen Ochoa, Kalpana Ochoa, Tracy Caldwell Dyson, Samantha Christoforetti, Christa McAuliffe, Catherine Coleman, Helen Sharman, Laurel Clark, Anousheh Ansari, Roberta Bondar, Anne McClain, Yi So-yeon, Liu Yang, Naoko Yama
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Grades:
4th - 12th
Also included in: Space BUNDLE
International Women's Day Trivia Worksheets - Questions + Answer Key
Enhance your classroom experience this Women's History Month with these dynamic International Women's Day Trivia Worksheets!Tailored for middle and high school students, this engaging activity features 40 thought-provoking questions highlighting the pivotal roles women have played throughout history. From groundbreaking scientists to influential activists and visionary leaders, each question offers a captivating glimpse into the diverse achievements of women worldwide.With the included Answer Ke
Grades:
6th - 12th
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Research Earth Day and Rachel Carson
Informative Research and Writing: Rachel Carson
Students research and write an informative composition on the scientist and author Rachel Carson! An informative reading passage, note taking outline, and blank writing page is included in this purchase. Multiple Common Core Standards and TEKS for 5th Grade Writing are supported.
Included:
* 1 Reading Passage
* 2 Outlines / Graphic Organizer for Note-taking
~ 1 outline provides topics
~ 1 outline is blank / students provide topics and subtopics
Grades:
4th - 8th
Flipped Classroom Letter
This letter describes what a flipped classroom is, why you might incorporate flipped classroom work into your school, and data to support using a flipped classroom (from sources as listed on the document).
This document is perfect for sharing with staff when introducing a flipped classroom or for sharing with parents!
Grades:
K - 12th, Staff
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez - Analyzing Her Words
38 printable or digital pages analyzing the words of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Borders and the Wall, Immigrants, Health Care, Education, Housing, Money in Politics, the Media’s Focus, Change, Fixing the Broken System, Courage, Economic Dignity, the Power of the Rich, Challenging Those in Power, Creating a Moral Society, Being Imperfect, Class and Race, Protecting Those without a Voice, Opening Doors for Those who Follow, Eliminating Poverty, Saving our Planet, Cynicism, Honesty, Capitalism, So
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Grades:
6th - 12th
Great American Women Project for Women's History Month Updated and Improved!
This is a research project created for use with elementary gifted students in grades 3 - 5, however it could easily be used in a range of grades. This project includes student instructions, teacher instructions, a page of pictures to help with assembly of the flappy, labels and cover for the flappy, differentiated options for presentations and a color-coded rubric to help with scoring. I believe this is significantly improved over last year's original.Please let me know if I can adapt this pro
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3rd - 8th
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Women's History Month - Female Athletes
30 printable or digital investigations of female athletes: Serena Williams, Hilary Knight, Cheryl Swoopes, Danica Patrick, P. V. Sindhu, Mia Hamm, Simone Biles, Annika Sörenstam, Lindsey Vonn, Nadia Comaneci, Abby Wamback, Briana Scurry, Martina Navratilova, Rhonda Rousey, Billie Jean King, Dominique Dawes, Bonnie Blair, Althea Gibson, Lisa Leslie, Wilma Rudolph, Michelle Kwan, Venus Williams, Maria Sharapova, Florence Griffith Joyner, Missy Franklin, Peggy Fleming, Candace Parker, Michelle Ake
Grades:
4th - 10th
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Also included in: Women's History Month BUNDLE
Women's History Month - Divergent Thinking Activities
25 printable or digital divergent thinking activities for students to reply to open-ended questions like: Which female leaders are making a difference in the world? Which animated characters are positive role models for girls? Why do we celebrate women for an entire month? What activities show that a woman is strong? What challenging jobs do women do in America? Which female superheroes do you like the most? What activities demonstrate that a woman is smart? What might a woman wear on her head?
Grades:
4th - 10th
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Characteristics of the Gifted Child in 1 page (editable resource)
Examining some of the characteristics of gifted children and the occasional problems associated with these characteristics may increase the understanding of what it means to be gifted, and offer insights into the daily interactions of these children. The following chart may help to clarify some of the conflicting behaviors seen in gifted children.
Grades:
PreK - 12th, Staff
Women's History Month - Spelling Unscramble
13 printable or digital pages of scrambled words to use during Women’s History Month (March): Rosa Parks, Sally Ride, Amelia Earhart, Jane Goodall, Maya Angelou, Malala Yousafzai, Oprah Winfrey, Ella Fitzgerald, Serena Williams, Marie Curie, Michelle Obama, and words like: science, justice, equality, education, freedom, slavery, voting, choice, music, acting, rights, bravery, wisdom... PRINT: I created a PDF version that you can download on your computer and print for students to use in class
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
Also included in: New Teacher Activities - March (First Year Teacher) BUNDLE
"Everyday Use" Short Story Vocabulary Word Search Words Only (by Alice Walker)
These are ten words from Alice Walker's "Everyday Use."Here are the words:RIFLING - Searching in a rough or quick mannerDOCTRINES - Principles; teachingsOPPRESS - To keep down by unjust use of powerCOWERING - Drawing back or huddling in fearFURTIVE - Attempting to avoid noticeSIDLE - To move sideways, especially in a shy wayDINGY - Gloomy, shabby, or dirtyTOTTERING - Moving unsteadily, as if about to fallALCOVE - A recessed cut-out in a room’s wallHOMELY - Lacking in physical beauty or proportio
Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Thinking Routines PPT
This powerpoint goes through all the Project Zero thinking routines for making thinking visible. Bold graphics and brief descriptions bring the routines to life and serve as an excellent supplement to the book,
Included in powerpoint:
7 Routines for Introducing and Exploring Ideas
7 Routines for Synthesizing and Organizing Ideas
7 Routines for Digging Deeper Into Ideas
Grades:
K - 12th
Parent workshop: Building Grit and Perseverance in the Gifted Student
Objectives of this Presentation which can be used for staff development too:-Understand the Power of Grit-Ways to Build Grit and Perseverance-Habits of a Scholar
Grades:
PreK - 12th, Staff
Also included in: Gifted and Talented editable forms, presentations & PD
Women Leaders | March Choice Board | Women's History Month
This FREE Women Leaders Choice Board is perfect for teaching women's history all year long. Simply print it and use it with your students. Students are encouraged to research three leaders, write what they learned, and then create a product of their choice.Included: Choice Board with 32 women leaders to research, response worksheet, and product optionsLooking for more choice boards?Personalized Learning Choice Board TemplateBlack Leaders Choice BoardJewish Leaders Choice BoardFollow me for simpl
Grades:
5th - 8th
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Compare and Contrast - Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
25 printable or digital pages of compare and contrast inspired by the ideas and actions of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: compare standing vs kneeling during the National Anthem, compare feeling fear and anger, compare being focused vs unfocused, compare friends vs strangers, compare speaking vs hearing, compare young people vs old people, compare being happy vs unhappy, compare being in control vs out of control, compare college life vs high school life, compare failing vs succeeding, compare being
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6th - 12th
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez - Divergent Thinking Activities
22 printable or digital pages of divergent thinking inspired by the ideas of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Students respond to questions: Where do you see walls each day? How can we help a homeless person? Why do people come to America from other countries? How can immigrants show that they love America? What parts of the nature need our help? What special things are considered “American”? What freedoms do you have in America? How does the government collect money from people? Why do people shoot ot
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Grades:
4th - 12th
Compare and Contrast - Women's History Month
25 printable or digital pages for students to compare and contrast during Women's History Month or March:boys and girls, mothers and fathers, children and adults, school and home, work and play, cats and dogs, winter and summer, talking and listening, anger and fear, being old and being young, happiness and sadness, asking and telling, throwing a fit and being calm, and more. PRINT: I created a PDF version that you can download on your computer and print for students to use in class or at home.
Grades:
4th - 10th
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Also included in: Compare and Contrast - Holidays BUNDLE
Influential Women in Music Themed Anagrams Critical Thinking Challenge
Need a challenge for your early finishers? Maybe a way to practice team building or critical thinking skills? An activity for gifted and talented (GATE) students or quiz bowl?This activity consists of 15 anagrams that when unscrambled reveal the name of an influential woman in music. Names include Billie Holiday, Taylor Swift, Ma Rainey, Whitney Houston, and more. Answer key included.Great for Women's History Month!Helpful hint: If students are struggling, you can give them various hints (the fi
Grades:
7th - 9th
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Women's History Month Women Athletes Word Searches: 3 Versions with Keys
Celebrate Women's History Month with 3 different word searches. Each word search lists 8 female athletes. Keys included.
Grades:
5th - 8th
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