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Common Core CCRA.R.4 resources for Gifted and Talented
Reading Logic Puzzles Activities for Enrichment | BUNDLE
Are you looking for the BEST way to enrich and extend your reading lessons? Need to build reading comprehension in a way that also uses critical thinking skills? These reading logic puzzles are the resource you need in your classroom! These logic puzzle sets are a great way to build critical thinking in 3rd, 4th and 5th grades. Help your students increase their logical reasoning in a way that’s so much fun!Which sets of Reading Logic Puzzles are included in this bundle?Reading Logic Puzzles (no
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3rd - 5th
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5th Grade Reading Projects, Enrichment For the Entire Year! PDF and Digital!
5th Grade Reading Enrichment Research Projects for the Entire Year! Thirty-two weekly non-fiction reading enrichment projects in which students research topics and then answer the follow-up questions. The questions, not only check for comprehension of the topic researched, but review common reading text structures such as author's purpose, tone, mood, theme, compare/contrast, plot, cause and effect and more. Aligned to most 5th grade reading curriculum including STAAR/CCSS. Great for early fini
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5th
Complete Mystery Unit for The Eleventh Hour by Graeme Base
The Eleventh Hour: A Curious MysteryThis unit for The Eleventh Hour: A Curious Mystery by Graeme Base was developed with gifted students in mind. The puzzles presented are challenging, engaging, and varied. Along with visual puzzles, there is plentiful word play, including puns, idioms, and ambiguity of language which requires students to make leaps of inference and hone deductive reasoning skills. Included in this resource, you will find:A detailed unit planStudent detective pages, including
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3rd - 6th
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YOU TEACH THE CLASS STUDENT PRESENTATION Any Topic Independent Project NO PREP
This easy-to-follow, NO PREP, FULLY-EDITABLE resource gives you everything you need to have your students do a TEACH THE CLASS LESSON PLAN AND PRESENTATION! Simply print out the Student Packet, post the PowerPoint with directions, and GO! This is an excellent presentation option for Genius Hour, Passion Projects, Independent Projects...or any other research project! It includes the following 5 FULLY EDITABLE pages and EDITABLE PowerPoint:Page 1: Student Information PagePage 2: Lesson Plan Planni
Grades:
3rd - 12th
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
3rd Grade ELA Marzano Proficiency Scale Posters for Differentiation - EDITABLE
Learning Goals and Scales are the ultimate Standards Based Grading tool! They don't just motivate a Growth Mindset, they define how students can demonstrate mastery. Every learning standard is broken down into 4 levels of Differentiation. These Posters lead students up a progressive learning path that mirrors the way they develop concepts. Aligned to Bloom’s or Marzano’s Taxonomy of cognitive skills. From easiest-hardest: (Recall/Retrieval, Comprehension, Analysis/Application, and Knowledge Util
Grades:
3rd
CogAT Practice Test - Verbal Battery - Grade 5 Level 11 - Gifted and Talented
This bundle of my individual listings includes three practice tests that target the CogAT Verbal Battery.1. CogAT Sentence CompletionSentence Completion question type; includes 20 questions similar to the Grade 5 Level 11 testCogAT Practice Test - Sentence Completion - Grade 5 Level 11 Gifted and Talented (teacherspayteachers.com)2. CogAT Verbal AnalogiesVerbal Analogies question type; includes 24 questions similar to the Grade 5 Level 11 testCogAT Practice Test - Verbal Analogies - Grade 5 Leve
Grades:
5th - 6th
3rd Grade Reading Projects, Weekly Enrichment All Year, PDF and Digital!
3rd Grade Reading Enrichment Research Projects for the Entire Year! Thirty-two weekly non-fiction reading enrichment projects in which students research topics and then answer the follow-up questions. The questions, not only check for comprehension of the topic researched, but review common reading text structures such as author's purpose, problem and solution, main idea, character traits, cause and effect, summary, theme and more. Aligned to most 3rd grade reading curriculum including STAAR/CCS
Grades:
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
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Thinking Outside the Box- Using Creative and Critical Thinking Skills
“I cannot teach anyone anything. I can only make them think.” ~SocratesUtilizing this unit, your students will learn higher-order thinking skills including both creative thinking and critical thinking skills. Students will go beyond basic observation of facts and memorization. Through explicit instruction students to become more evaluative, creative and innovative in their thinking. This unit includes multiple teaching methodologies with variations on each for extended application. Through this
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1st - 5th
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Advanced Novel Study for The City of Ember
This is an advanced novel study for The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau.Included in this resource:— Teacher Guide with ideas for implementation— Chapter-by-chapter Thinking Frameworks— Supplemental related texts to build background knowledge and enhance understanding— Analysis Rubric— Pre- and Post-Reading Thinking Frameworks based on a universal theme (STRUCTURE)— Additional research/writing prompts— Rigorous Analysis Guides for: Vocabulary, Character, Plot Structure, Symbolism, Setting, and The
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3rd - 6th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Advanced Novel Study: The Mysterious Benedict Society + Digital Student Journal
This bundle includes both the complete Advanced Novel Study for The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart as well as the Digital Student Journal, allowing you to take this novel study paperless! 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 stude
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3rd - 6th
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Logic Puzzle Brain Teaser Worksheets for Gifted and Talented in Print or Digital
Improve critical thinking skills with these fun logic puzzles and brain teasers which are perfect for gifted and talented students! This product contains NINE multi-subject, fun, standards based resources with a variety of puzzles and challenges to keep your students happy and motivated. Plus, the printables may be used digitally with Google Docs and Easel worksheets. #joycelogicBy purchasing this bundle, you are saving about 25% off the price of individual resources.Use these gifted activities
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4th - 6th
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Bink and Gollie by Kate DiCamillo/CCSS Aligned Novel Study
Bink and Gollie, by Kate DiCamillo and Alison McGhee, have to be the most appealing characters in children's literature. While total opposites, they can teach our children so much about friendship. In the first book, Bink and Gollie, children read three short stories: Don't You Need a New Pair of Socks, P.S. I'll Be Back Soon, and Give a Fish a Home. With this novel study, your students will learn to answer concrete and inferential questions, summarize short stories, and write better paragraphs.
Grades:
1st - 4th
Also included in: Bink and Gollie: THE BUNDLE by Kate DiCamillo/CCSS Aligned Novel Studies
The One and Only Ivan + Views from the Zoo
This bundle contains both our advanced novel study for The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate (soon to be a major motion picture!) as well as our depth and complexity deep thinking unit evaluating Views from the Zoo. Using both together helps take students even deeper with the context of the novel, and gives them perspective using depth and complexity tools. The advanced novel study goes way beyond simple comprehension skills and includes: Teacher Guide with ideas for implementationCharact
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3rd - 6th
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Fact and Opinion PowerPoint Lesson Plan for Teacher Evaluation
Teach fact and opinion to your young students with this engaging, no prep PowerPoint lesson plan which will challenge your students and is perfect for your teacher evaluation! With this standards based PowerPoint your kids will distinguish fact vs. opinion. Like many of my products, it is evaluation ready and uses the gradual release method Use this lesson for a directed lesson to teach fact and opinion either initially or as a review with primary students. May be used in whole or small group le
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Delightful Deep Dive into The Search for Delicious (GATE Novel Study)
⭐️THIS UNIT INCLUDES A LINK TO COPY 166 TEACHING SLIDES. Read more HERE. This is a different kind of novel study unit, created with gifted/ advanced 3rd graders in mind and incorporating deeper reading strategies, depth and complexity, and cross-curricular connections. Before the book is even revealed, students are enticed by (1) an introductory poem to ponder (with a surprise hidden word); (2) a simple cryptogram puzzle to uncover specific elements of fantasy stories; and (3) a hidden-message p
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2nd - 5th
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Advanced Novel Study for Walk Two Moons
This is an advanced novel study for Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech.Included in this resource:— Teacher Guide with ideas for implementation— Chapter-by-chapter Thinking Frameworks— Supplemental related texts to build background knowledge and enhance understanding— Suggested Answer Key and Analysis Rubric— Pre- and Post-Reading Thinking Frameworks based on universal theme (CHANGE)— Additional research/writing prompts— Rigorous Analysis Guides for: Vocabulary, Character, Symbolism, Plot Structure,
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4th - 7th
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Comparing Poetry for Gifted & Talented Students with Any Poems - Guided Practice
Use this PowerPoint and modelling worksheets with any poems!Aimed at middle and high school gifted and talented students, this is a full lesson guide for comparing several areas of poetry for two or more poems chosen by the teacher. This product is also included in my Middle School Combo BUNDLE and my High School Combo BUNDLE.The slideshow includes built-in discussion prompts and a quick 'language of comparison' starter task to draw students in. The sheets can be used as a cloze activity with st
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: Gifted and Talented ELA BUNDLE | Ambitious Reading, Writing and Analysis
Teaching Depth and Complexity with Crayons (distance learning)
Teaching Depth and Complexity Icons can be fun and easy for your elementary or early middle school aged students by using picture books! Students will analyze text, dive deep into the content, and practice using all 11 depth and complexity icons (big ideas, details, patterns, multiple perspectives, rules, across the disciplines, trends, ethics, unanswered questions, over time, and language of the discipline) with this lesson! Using the book, "The Day the Crayons Quit" by Drew Daywalt, your stude
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Also included in: Teaching Depth and Complexity Icons with Picture Books GROWING BUNDLE
Advanced Novel Study for The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
This is an advanced novel study for The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo.Included in this resource:— Teacher Guide with ideas for implementation— Chapter-by-chapter Thinking Frameworks— Section Round Ups focusing on developing Affective Skills— Analysis Rubric— Pre- and Post-Reading Thinking Frameworks based on universal theme (CHANGE)— Additional research/writing prompts— Rigorous Analysis Guides for: Vocabulary, Character, Plot Structure, and Theme This novel study guide i
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2nd - 4th
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Close Reading with Icons of Depth and Complexity
Close Reading Frames with the Icons of Depth and Complexity with a Constructed Response Template
Simple Directions
Student Samples
Constructed Response ppt template
Frames for:
Gettysburg Address
Preamble
Declaration of Independence Parts 1-7
Road Less Taken
To Any Reader
Star Spangled Banner
Pledge of Allegiance
Yankee Doodle
Join or Die/Don't Tread on Me
Boston Massacre
For more detailed directions, visit my blog.
http://imsbove.blogspot.com/2016/07/close-reading-with-icons-of-depth-and.htm
Grades:
3rd - 7th
The Tell-Tale Heart — Guilty or Not Guilty Trial Activity using Textual Evidence
Guilty or not guilty?! Let your students decide the fate of the narrator from The Tell-Tale Heart!This activity requires research, critical thinking, close reading, literary analysis, and finding textual evidence to justify responses. Students will research the different degrees of murder in the United States. Then they will take on the role of the judge for the trial against the narrator in the story "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe. Students will use both critical thinking skills and e
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7th - 11th
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Also included in: The Tell-Tale Heart Reading Comprehension Activities BUNDLE
INDEPENDENT PROJECT CHOICE BOARD MEGA BUNDLE Genius Hour Creative Design Process
40%+ OFF WITH THE BUNDLE...This easy-to-follow, NO PREP, FULLY-EDITABLE resource gives you everything you need to provide your students with an INDEPENDENT PROJECT CHOICE BOARD! Students can complete projects using the provided Choice Board, or you separate the activities so that you have 20 separate project units with this resource!Simply print out or post the Student Directions, Student Answer Sheets, and Student Tracker and GO! Students will follow the Design Process/Creative Problem-Solving
Grades:
4th - 12th
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