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Common Core W.4.1 activities for Gifted and Talented
Paul Klee Abstract Art Lesson: Portrait Dice Games Art Project - Nsw Visual Arts
Are you teaching an abstract art lesson on Paul Klee? Are they going to create an abstract portrait? Here's a fun lesson to brighten up your lesson plans! This is the perfect addition to your elementary art curriculum! Engaging abstract portrait art lesson with language (writing) activities. These no-prep abstract portrait art projects are perfect for your art sub tub. Super easy to implement for substitute teachers. Plus, the engagement will help with behavior! Perfect to start your art integra
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K - 12th
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Also included in: Art History Lesson - Famous Artists - Art Activities and Sub Plans
Project Based Learning Activity: Ancient Egypt Social Studies PBL
This interactive PBL activity puts your students in the shoes of a museum curator designing an authentic Ancient Egyptian museum experience!Ancient Egyptian Museum is a social studies project based learning activity (PBL) that results in a commercial to entice potential guests. Along the way, students will research, make real-life decisions, all while learning more about this ancient civilization, developing 21st-century skills, communicating, and designing. This PBL is self-differentiating, mea
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Project Based Learning Activities: Social Studies PBL BUNDLE
Project Based Learning Activity: Ancient Greece Social Studies PBL
These ancient civilization activities put your students in the shoes of a travel agent preparing to send their clients back in time to Ancient Greece!Time Travel to Ancient Greece is a social studies project based learning activity (PBL) that results in a sales pitch to potential clients. Along the way, students will research, make real-life decisions, all while learning more about this ancient civilization, developing 21st-century skills, communicating, designing, and working on financial skill
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Project Based Learning Activities: Social Studies PBL BUNDLE
Project Based Learning Activities: Social Studies PBL BUNDLE
Save 20% with this ancient civilizations bundle, which includes an Ancient Greece PBL, Ancient Egypt PBL, Ancient China PBL, and Ancient Rome PBL. These PBLS are a social studies project based learning activity (PBL) that results in a research and making real-life decisions, all while learning more about this ancient civilization, developing 21st-century skills, communicating, and designing. These PBLs are self-differentiating, meaning that students have the ability to work at their own pace and
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3rd - 5th
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The Smart Cookie Read Aloud Book Companion | Multiple Intelligences | Activities
The Smart Cookie by Jory John is a great book to teach students that everyone is smart in different ways and the importance of perseverance. It is also the perfect segue into a study of multiple intelligences. This The Smart Cookie Book Companion requires students to delve into analyzing and interpreting literature. This book companion is jam-packed with resources that provide opportunities for your students in grades 2-4 to think critically and creatively, analyze the author's craft, and make c
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Project Based Learning Activity: Ancient Rome Social Studies PBL
This PBL puts your students in the shoes of an Roman creating a product and advertising it in the Forum at Ancient Rome!Ancient Roman Forum is a social studies project based learning activity (PBL) that results in an oral speech advertising to other Ancient Romans. Along the way, students will research, make real-life decisions, all while learning more about this ancient civilization, developing 21st-century skills, communicating, and designing. This PBL is self-differentiating, meaning that stu
Grades:
3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Project Based Learning Activities: Social Studies PBL BUNDLE
Project Based Learning Activity: Ancient China Social Studies PBL
This PBL puts your students in the shoes of an Ancient Chinese newspaper creator!This Ancient China newspaper PBL is a social studies project based learning activity (PBL) that results in a newspaper that is engaging and intriguing to readers. Along the way, students will research, make real-life decisions, all while learning more about this ancient civilization, developing 21st-century skills, communicating, and designing. This PBL is self-differentiating, meaning that students have the ability
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Project Based Learning Activities: Social Studies PBL BUNDLE
Reading & Writing Pirate Unit Activities "Talk Like a Pirate Day" Grades 3 4 5 6
Pirate-themed bundle of reading and writing activities for a pirate unit or to help celebrate International Talk Like a Pirate Day (every September 19th!).The bundle of pirate activities includes three products:>The Three Little Pigs becomes . . . THE THREE PIRATE PIGS (6-page fractured fairy tale readers' theater script for 5-8 readers plus extension activities)>PIRATES DON'T WEAR LIFE JACKETS (3 1/2-page readers' theater script for 6-9 readers plus extension activities) >THE TALK-LIKE
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3rd - 6th
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Debate | Persuasive Writing | Opinion Writing | Debate Template
Help your students develop and identify good methods for debate and persuasive speaking and writing skills.This resource contains a CLICKABLE Link for Google Classroom. Go completely paperless! Perfect for Distance Learning!These debate preparation exercises are meant to be used before students plan their own debates. They are the vehicle to take them through the language, elements, and planning of a successful debate. Age-appropriate Debate Topics are included and are intended to be debated qu
Grades:
4th - 6th
Also included in: Debate Graphic Organizers | Debate Template BUNDLE
Ancient Egypt PBL for Google Classroom
These digital activities put your students in the shoes of a museum curator designing an authentic Ancient Egyptian museum experience! These online resources will give your students a deeper understanding of Ancient Egypt. They are 100% online and can be used on Google Classroom and Google Drive. Ancient Egyptian Museum is a social studies project based learning activity (PBL) that results in a commercial to entice potential guests. Along the way, students will research, make real-life decisions
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: PBL Social Studies for Google Classroom
PBL Ancient Rome for Google Classroom
These digital activities put your students in the shoes of an Roman creating a product and advertising it in the Forum at Ancient Rome! These online resources will give your students a deeper understanding of Ancient Rome. They are 100% online and can be used on Google Classroom and Google Drive. Ancient Roman Forum is a social studies project based learning activity (PBL) that results in an oral speech advertising to other Ancient Romans. Along the way, students will research, make real-life de
Grades:
3rd - 5th
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Also included in: PBL Social Studies for Google Classroom
PBL Ancient Greece for Google Classroom
These digital activities puts your students in the shoes of a time travel agency owner looking to convince potential clients to take a trip to Ancient Greece. These online resources will give your students a deeper understanding of Ancient Greece. They are 100% online and can be used on Google Classroom and Google Drive. Time Travel to Ancient Greece is a social studies project based learning activity (PBL) that results in a sales pitch to sell the Ancient Greece time travel trip to potential cl
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: PBL Social Studies for Google Classroom
Create-Your-Own Mars Colony - Science and Writing PBL
In this multi-disciplinary unit, students will plan out a Martian Colony. They will research, write, plan, design, and create as they work toward their final project.This unit is comprised of 20 activities. You can do all or some of the activities in your classroom. Some activities may take one class period and others can be combined to fit into one class period.Suggested time frames are included with each activity.See the preview for a list of the included lessons.
Six Traits of Writing TASK CARDS/Ideas & Conventions/CCSS Writing Activity
The Six Traits of Writing are everywhere. While this rubric certainly gives writing teachers fantastic structure for teaching writing, it can be difficult to do all of your writing practice through writing pieces alone. I have designed 45 task cards so that students are able to practice independently and in groups. The first trait is "IDEAS". The next five, along are coming, and please check out my Six-Traits assessment packets! Your satisfaction is my highest priority. Please message with quest
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3rd - 5th
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Character Study Book Report (Includes Summary and "Wanted" Poster Assignment)
This Character Study book report includes instructions for students, a sample summary and sample project, as well as an optional grading rubric for the teacher to simply pick and choose from listed choices to grade the student on writing (effective expression), grammar (conventions), and drawing (visual arts).The assignment requires students to write a one-page summary broken down into a beginning, middle, and end. The students must also complete a "Wanted" poster project, focusing on the main c
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3rd - 12th
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STEM Kid Constructions MINI-GLIDER Upper Elementary GATE
Got a couple extra classroom hours? Kids bouncing off the walls eager for a vacation or a sunny day? . . . what to do? This!!!!
This STEM unit can go JUST A COUPLE HOURS OR SEVERAL HOURS—you choose.
Easily built inside two hours, these cool little mini-gliders fly very well. They’re about 100 steps up from any paper glider plans you might see, but you won’t have to break your piggy bank to purchase materials even for a large class.
Not just fun and games here: this little unit addresses
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4th - 8th
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Science Fiction Unit Project: Create a Planet
Do you want to spark enthusiasm and creativity with your students, while still focusing on writing standards? One of my hard-to-please fourth grade boys said this project was "my favorite thing I've ever worked on in school!" - quite the compliment!I use this project while reading the novel A Wrinkle in Time, but it can be done in conjunction with any Science Fiction genre study. By the end of this project, each student will have created their own planet, along with different writing samples,
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4th - 5th
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Movie Advertisement Book Report (Includes Essay and Movie Poster Assignment)
This Movie Advertisement book report has students analyze any novel or chapter book by writing a multi-paragraph informational essay and creating a movie advertisement poster, imagining how the book would be advertised if it were a movie. The instructions include student-friendly language with paragraph-by-paragraph guidance for the informational essay and sample topic sentences. The instructions also tell specific requirements for the movie poster (including a tag line, movie critic reviews, wh
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2nd - 12th
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Six Traits of Writing TASK CARDS/Word Choice & Conventions/CCSS Writing Activity
The Six Traits of Writing are everywhere. While this rubric certainly gives writing teachers fantastic structure for teaching writing, it can be difficult to do all of your writing practice through writing pieces alone. I have designed 36 task cards so that students are able to practice independently and in groups. The third trait is "WORD CHOICE". The next three, are coming, and please check out my Six-Traits assessment packets, my first two sets of task cards for ideas and conventions and orga
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3rd - 5th
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Writing for Common Core # 1 (state test preparation)
Writing for Common Core is fantastic practice for state test preparation. The students must read a nonfiction passage and use the information within the passage in their composition. This product contains writing prompts with a specific passage for each prompt for the students to reference. A brainstorming page is also included in the package to assist students in guiding their writing towards the prompt. All of the writing prompts give students a specific task and require the students to use at
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Six Traits of Writing Task Cards/Organization & Conventions/CCSS Writing
The Six Traits of Writing are everywhere. While this rubric certainly gives writing teachers fantastic structure for teaching writing, it can be difficult to do all of your writing practice through writing pieces alone. I have designed 48 task cards so that students are able to practice independently and in groups. The second trait is "ORGANIZATION". The next four, are coming, and please check out my Six-Traits assessment packets and my first set of task cards for ideas and conventions! Your sat
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3rd - 5th
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Tuck Everlasting Opinion Writing Final Project
"In Tuck Everlasting, the man in the yellow suit tries to gain control of the spring in Treegap in order to sell the water to the world. While the novel shows the negatives of this, what if it had worked? In order to sell a product, he would have needed to create an advertising campaign. He hints at this when he explains his plan and Jesse says, “Freak. You want us to be freaks. In a patent-medicine show” (98). Most readers agree that it would have been terrible for not just the Tuck famil
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3rd - 4th
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Greedy King Midas Activities
Teaching Greek Mythology to your elementary students? This resource has activities for before, during, and after reading the story of King Midas. I use it with the book A Child’s Introduction to Greek Mythology by Heather Alexander but it can be used with any version of the King Midas story. What’s included: Prereading activityCharacter comparison with answersDiscussion Questions – teacher and student versionMidas Touch ActivityCrossword puzzle with key The discussion questions are linked to the
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3rd - 7th
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Bicycle Research Project
21 printable pages exploring the bicycle, unicycle, tricycle, tuk-tuk, and go-kart. Students search online to find information about pedaled vehicles, compare and contrast, list safety rules for riding a bike, describe how each moves forward, investigate wind-propelled and solar-powered pedaled vehicles, and more. Use this packet for enrichment, extra credit, or vacation work. Challenge your gifted students. Rubric: spelling, clarity, neatness, research and completeness. If you want to see samp
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4th - 10th
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