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Earth Day literature circles for Gifted and Talented
Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Task Cards for Literature
Add depth and complexity to your instruction with these Critical Thinking Task Cards for Literature! These tasks cards allow students to deeply analyze any fiction reading material through 11 topics of critical thinking: Big Ideas, Rules, Trends, Patterns, Language of the Discipline, Ethics, Relationships Over Time, Details, Unanswered Questions, Across Disciplines, and Multiple Perspectives. You will appreciate the versatility of these task cards; they can be used with almost any text (novels,
Grades:
4th - 10th, Adult Education
Also included in: Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Task Cards Bundle
Book Report Foldable Project: Pop-Up Picture Book with Editable Rubrics
Are you tired of the same extension projects for independent novel studies or literature circles? Then look no further! This 3D Pop-Up Picture Book Report comes with everything your students will need to create this foldable project. Even the not-so crafty teacher will love making this project! You will only need plain white paper, scissors, glue and coloring tools to create this engaging project. That’s all! Included in this resource:Step by step instructions that will be easy enough for your s
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3rd - 7th
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Thanksgiving Logic Puzzles, Word Puzzles, Brain Teasers and & More
"Thanksgiving Word Puzzles, Brain Teasers and Logic Puzzles!" This resource is a great way to celebrate Thanksgiving and challenge your students critical thinking skills at the same time! The activities range from hidden word puzzles to logic puzzles, a trivia quiz and much more! Excellent and challenging Thanksgiving brain food for the holidays! Use a puzzle a day before the holidays. Print and go Thanksgiving fun!
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Grades:
4th - 6th
Also included in: Thanksgiving Math, Reading Writing Bundle For Upper Elementary Students
Earth Day Activities We Are Water Protectors Read Aloud Native American History
Engage your students in a rigorous interactive read aloud with the book We Are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom. Students will love the read aloud and be able to apply their knowledge in the extension activities and writing prompts centered around the book's theme of water conservation.Get all current interactive read alouds H A L F off with the Interactive Read Aloud ENDLESS Bundle! All future IRAs will be added for F R E E ! The We Are Water Protectors Interactive Read Aloud and Activi
Grades:
K - 2nd
Enrichment Book Club Pages (literature circle) Depth and Complexity Icons
A set of student response pages based on Dr. Sandra Kaplan's 11 icons of Depth and Complexity. Perfect for Gifted or Talented students, or students in need of enrichment activities. The pages are open ended enough to work with any book or story (even movies or plays!) but detailed enough to give students a clear expectation. I used it in my grade 2/3 gifted class as well as for gifted students in my regular grade 6 class, successfully! 11 pages included (1 for each icon!) Fun "Hashtag" Style tit
Grades:
5th - 6th
Text Dependent Question Stems
My text-dependent question stems are the perfect way to get your students back into the text to find answers to higher-level questions. There are 84 different stems that fit key ideas and details, craft and structure, and integration of knowledge and ideas. There are also examples given for each question and ideas on how to use them in your guided reading groups and reading lessons. Help Your Students Find Evidence From the TextWhen reading, students are expected to use evidence from different t
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Also included in: Guided Reading Mega Bundle Lower Elementary
Socratic Seminars and Philosophical Chairs
Teaching kids to be more philosophic helps them acquire new ways of expressing themselves and innovative ways of thinking. It pushes students to be more logical, think critically, connect ideas, and to be more accepting of opposing views.Through the use of Socractic Seminars and Philosophical Chairs, you can bring philosophy into your classroom and give your students the opportunity to formulate questions, reason with peers, develop arguments, and contribute to constructive conversations.I trie
Grades:
1st - 5th
Advanced Novel Study for the Westing Game with Depth and Complexity
This novel study was written for gifted fifth graders, and would be most appropriate for children ages 10 and older. 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. They will also need to be organized in their reading approach to keep track of details and clues and solve the mystery.Students will meet objectives f
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4th - 7th
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Miss Rumphius Activities and Book Companion For Spring and Earth Day
Miss Rumphius is one of my favorite picture books to read to my class during the spring months. It’s also a wonderful book to use in our Earth Day activities. This Miss Rumphius Literature Guide and included activities are a great way to get your students excited about critical thinking while exploring story details. With sequencing activities, sorting facts vs opinions, a character map, vocabulary activities, and more, your students will dig deep into the story of Miss Rumphius and her beautifu
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2nd - 4th
Advanced Novel Study: The Mysterious Benedict Society with Depth and Complexity
This novel study guide is designed to use with high level 4th and/or 5th grade students, and was specifically designed with gifted students in mind. It could also be used with middle school grades. The level of depth in questioning and discussions will be at teacher discretion based on student readiness.In designing this unit, a main focus was guiding students to think deeply about underlying themes, ethical issues, and connections to the real world. Specifically, I want my students to use this
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4th - 6th
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Socratic Seminars for Elementary Students
Contains: an explanation of Socratic Seminars, PLUS a pdf of the norms to post on your wall (or digitally), as well as questions to discuss that apply to multiple topics, a reflection activity and "compliment cards." Socratic Seminars are conversations between students where there are questions to be discussed after reading a fiction or nonfiction text, and students are “safe” to share thoughts and ideas without the fear of getting the “wrong answer.” It will help students to increase oral
Grades:
1st - 6th
Apple Letter and Number Clips-Fine Motor
Work on those fine motor skills, letters and numbers with these Apple themed clips. Grab your clips or cover with pom poms when you say a letter or number.This includes:*Capital and lower-case letter clips*Beginning letter sound clips*0-9 number clips*In ABC order and number order and mixed up*Beginning sounds are in ABC order and mixed up*Comes in color and black and whitePlease let me know if you have any questions, I am always here to help. Thank you for your support and I would love it if yo
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PreK - 1st
Also included in: Letter and Number Clip Bundle-Fine Motor
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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April Read Alouds Interactive Read Aloud Activities Earth Day Spring Crafts
Engage your students in rigorous interactive read alouds throughout the month of April with the books The Bad Seed, Too Many Carrots, Wolfie the Bunny, Tidy, Yoko, Miss Nelson is Missing, We Are Water Protectors, You Will Be My Friend!, and The Sour Grape. Students will love the interactive format of the read alouds and be able to apply their knowledge in the extension activities and writing prompts centered around each book's unique theme. Get all current interactive read alouds H A L F off
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Grades:
K - 2nd
Novel Study/ Book Report "Exploding Box" Project (For Any Book)
Creative Book Reports are always a hit with teachers, students, and parents. That's why I created this interactive foldable book report to use in your classroom or with your homeschool children. This Exploding Box Project can be used as an extension menu activity for a novel study, picture book, or literature circle. Your students will be so excited to present what they learned from the book with this hands-on activity. All you will need to create this easy project is scrapbook paper, scissors,
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2nd - 6th
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There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Worm: No-Prep Book Companion
Love the Old Lady books but don’t have time to prep accompanying activities? Look no further than the There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Worm Printables Pack. Celebrate Earth Day with our favorite old lady! This pack targets a variety of literacy, language and listening skills. Simply, print the black and white pages, and you’re ready to go! Activities include:1. Sequencing- Cut and paste pictures in story order2. Comprehension- Circle the items the old lady swallowed in the book3. Ret
Grades:
K - 3rd
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
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2nd - 4th
Earth Day NO PREP Speech and Language Activities for Engaging Therapy Sessions
This NO PREP download includes 42 pages of fun activities to use in your therapy room for Earth Day...OR MAKE EVERYDAY Earth Day! Use this download to teach about being green/recycling AND to work on articulation and phonological awareness etc. throughout the year! WHAT DO I GET? ♻️ 3 coloring/art pages that coordinate with the teaching materials/lessons.♻️ 2 pages of teaching materials to use for teaching about the 3 Rs (reduce, reuse, and recycle) containing child-friendly language and practic
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K - 6th
Earth Day Emergent Reader
Your students will enjoy reading this Earth Day Themed emergent reader. Every page starts with "We love the..."You could have your students circle or highlight their sight words.This reader is intended to be printed two per books page and double sized.
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PreK - 1st
The Westing Game Novel Study: Activities & Questions to Improve Comprehension
Support comprehension of The Westing Game (and have some fun!) A detective's journal helps kids keep track of tenants, the obituary, paired heirs, and clues. Additional activities and discussion questions foster understanding of this complex puzzle-piece mystery novel. These resources were created to address a specific need in my classroom. Although I taught a class of high ability students, some just didn't get the outcome of this book. When, however, they analyzed specific details and discusse
Grades:
4th - 6th
The Tale of Despereaux ~ A Novel Study
"Come closer, dear reader. I am telling you a story..." This product is a complete novel study over the beloved book "The Tale of Despereaux". Complete with comprehensive questions over each chapter, reader's responses to go along with your Reading Workshop, and numerous enrichment activities to enhance your student's reading. Perfect for grades 3-6. Created by Marsha Templeton.
Activities include:
Create you own Coat of Arms
Character Cards
Inference Cards
Make a Tapestry
Dungeon Researc
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3rd - 6th
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Storm Boy ~ Colin Thiele ~ Higher Order Thinking NOVEL STUDY
This novel study contains 14 pages of questions (41 questions in total) plus 8 final activities to do at the end of the story. The questions ALL involve higher order thinking, and most questions involve multiple parts. All questions are purposeful- none are there to just fill time!! As such, the novel study is perfect for gifted and talented students/classes, though can still be used effectively in mainstream classes as well.The questions are based on Bloom's Taxonomy, First Steps Reading Str
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Grades:
3rd - 7th
In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson by Bette Bao Lord/CCSS Novel Study
This is a close reading guide to the book In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson. In Bette Bao Lord's beautiful story of immigration and assimilation, Shirley Temple Wong must learn to make friends and find her way in a country that, at first, does not make much sense to her. Once she finds the perfect role model, life gets a little easier.As close reading is such an important part of the Common Core, students need to be taught to be analytic as they read texts. This unit includes close rea
Grades:
3rd - 7th
Depth and Complexity Primary Extension Literature Units BUNDLE (Gate)
Depth & Complexity Primary Literature Units (4 Included)4 Units Included: Details, Big Idea, Unanswered Questions and RulesEACH UNIT CONTAINS: 1 Week Long Unit - 5 LessonsThis weeklong unit was designed to introduce primary aged students to the one depth and complexity icon through mentor texts. It is great for whole group lessons, small group extensions, and independent practice.Each unit has:One full week of lesson plansActivities and extensionsSuggested mentor texts (fiction and non-ficti
Grades:
K - 5th
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