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Common Core CCRA.R.8 resources for Gifted and Talented
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
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
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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
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
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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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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Beginning of Year Fun Activity Packet | GRADES 3-5 | Math ELA Teasers Puzzles
If you are anything like me, the back to school season is definitely the most stressful time of the year. It always feels like I am looking for a moment to get myself and my thoughts together, but I have 30 students who are in a new place with new people staring at me, looking for direction, instruction, and entertainment. If you are looking for activity worksheets that combine fun independent and partner activities, brain teasers, and engaging games and puzzles- look no further. I created this
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3rd - 5th
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
Views From the Zoo: Examining Zoos with Depth and Complexity
This no-prep unit on the evolution of zoos over time was designed to integrate reading, writing, and higher-order critical thinking with science content. Using the thinking tools of Depth and Complexity, scaffolded questioning, and visible thinking strategies, students will read and respond to content in rigorous and authentic contexts, and will be able to connect and apply their understandings in new ways. This unit is comprised of three Central Concepts which each build upon the previous. Each
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Also included in: The One and Only Ivan + Views from the Zoo
March Book One: John Lewis Student Response Prompts
Are you looking for some scaffolded notes to support your readers while reading the graphic novel March by John Lewis?Well, look no further! The resource is meant to have students track their thinking (metacognition) while reading John Lewis's incredible story. It also supports teachers with helping students synthesize being an activist!Best of all? There is a digital version (Google Slides) to edit questions as you see necessary! Post the questions in Google Classroom, print them as quick rea
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4th - 8th
Ten Poems from The Wild Iris by Louise Gluck, Three Google Forms, 216 Questions
Poetry Study Unit of Ten Poems from The Wild Iris by Louise Gluck. Three different Google Form Questions. 216 four-question choices of multiple-choice questions about The Wild Iris by Louise Gluck. Covers information about 10 specific poems in the book, symbolism, poetry terms (metaphor, simile, etc.), theme, interpretation of meaning, and the author herself (Pulitzer Poetry Prize).Poems include: The Wild IrisMatins (1)Matins (2)Matins (3)The Red PoppySpring SnowThe GardensAprilEarly DarknessRe
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6th - 12th
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Empathy and Compassion Reading Comprehension Passage and Questions
When your bright student behaves rudely to struggling students, here's the activity to teach them empathy. This reading passage and questions will open a few eyes while invoking powerful discussions about learning disabilities. Its quick and easy setup will provide a needed lesson to build compassion for others.Click HERE to save 25% with the Reading Passages bundle.Click HERE to save 30% off the price of individual resources with the Character Education bundle.This activity is effective as brig
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Historical Fiction Passages for Reading Comprehension Questions
D&C Icons Note Taking Cards - Common Core, GATE, Depth of Knowledge
Depth and Complexity Prompts Note Taking Cards for teaching Common Core State Standards and/or GATE!
Use D&C Prompts to guide students to think critically about everything they are learning about in the classroom. Use them in Literature Units, Guided Reading, Literature Circles, Mathematics Groups, Social Studies, and Science! Aligned with Common Core State Standards!
Students fill in the note-taking card with a specific example to fit the Icon represented and there is a space for reco
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K - 6th
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Writing Fluency: 110 Creative Writing Prompts, Graphic Organizers, Rubrics
Creative Writing PromptsWriting fluency! The 110 Creative Writing Prompt Unit arms teachers with a writing tool that will increase how much students can write during a timed writing assessment. It also gives students a lifetime skill of improved writing fluency that will help them meet future writing goals. 110 Creative Writing Prompts can also be used in shared classroom timed writing notebooks to improve fluency and allow students to have fun writing.Students should write in active voice and s
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8th - 12th
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Hexagonal Thinking & Mystery Reading Activity - Critical Thinking - GATE
Do your students enjoy mysteries? Do you want them to think more critically and work collaboratively while reading? Engage your students and raise the bar on the thinking required with this Hexagonal Mystery resource. Hexagonal Thinking is a critical thinking strategy designed to help students retrieve information and make connections between concepts being studied. It challenges students to make novel connections, debate, and provide evidence to support their reasoning. Students visually organ
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3rd - 5th
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6th Grade ELA Bilingual Leveled Proficiency Scale Posters - Differentiation
Fill your bilingual word wall with learning objectives! Whether you teach ELL, ESL, Spanish Immersion, or just want to communicate better with your Spanish-Speaking students; these bilingual posters will give you the exact language you need to keep your students engaged in content while they master English. These poster pages present Learning Goals and Scales aligned to a growth mindset and the Common Core Math standards, as well as Florida and most states. Inspired by Marzano's research in “The
Grades:
6th
Ready to Print! Passion Project Bundle! CCGPS Aligned! CCRPI Ready!
A unit for gifted (or any students, really) students to explore their minds and their passions! Their creativity comes first with this new product! Students are given the freedom to navigate through their own minds and focus and research on one particular area for the duration of a semester. Students select a passion, research it, create something based on that passion, and then put that product in use! Excellent product for gifted education! This product includes instructions, rubrics, sel
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4th - 12th, Higher Education
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Thinking Like a Lawyer: She Pushed Me! Four Corners Game
This critical thinking activity is a huge hit in my Gifted and Talented classroom! The model for this activity is from Colin Seale's book Thinking Like a Lawyer: A Framework for Teaching Critical Thinking to All Students. Students will use critical thinking, problem solving, communication, and collaboration skills to analyze the facts from a real court case. After careful consideration of the facts, students will be able to make a judgement on the guilt or innocence, and select an appropriate
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4th - 8th
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5th Grade ELA Bilingual Leveled Proficiency Scale Posters - Differentiation
Fill your bilingual word wall with learning objectives! Whether you teach ELL, ESL, Spanish Immersion, or just want to communicate better with your Spanish-Speaking students; these bilingual posters will give you the exact language you need to keep your students engaged in content while they master English. These poster pages present Learning Goals and Scales aligned to a growth mindset and the Common Core Math standards, as well as Florida and most states. Inspired by Marzano's research in “The
Grades:
4th - 5th
AP Lang SPACE CAT Rhetorical Analysis Essay (FRQ #2) Presentation
As the end of the year approaches, so too, does AP exam season! Help your students get ready with some serious test prep. Teach your AP Lang students the hardest of the three essays, the Rhetorical Analysis, with the easy to remember acronym SPACE CAT. Even though it is the second essay they will encounter on the exam, it is always the first essay I teach my students and we spend the most time on it. On this exam, everything is an argument and this essay, in particular, can really help students
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10th - 12th
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Also included in: AP Lang Free Response Question Essay Writing Bundle
Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora Bundle - Test plus Study Questions
20-Question novel test, multiple choice, plus plus complete Study Questions. Keys included. This charming novel tells the story of Arturo, whose Cuban-born family owns a neighborhood restaurant in Miami full of wonderful food, laughter, and love. When a coldhearted developer threatens to take over the land lease and tear down the restaurant to build a huge apartment complex, Arturo and his family use both civic protest and poetry to save their family livelihood. Print plus Digital.
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6th - 8th
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3rd Grade ELA Leveled Reading Assessment 3RL1 Differentiation Proficiency Scale
If your school requires Proficiency Scales, Standards Based Grading, or evaluates based on Marzano Framework, this product will save you weeks of work! These pages present Learning Goals and Scales with concrete problems to prove mastery at every level. These Leveled Assessments create a clear goal for you and your students. They perfectly support a growth mindset model, and make differentiation planning easy! Download the FREE PREVIEW to try for yourself! Help students by allowing them to REV
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3rd
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Gifted Fast Finishers: ELA Figurative Language, book:Menu,Club,Podcast Ad,&more!
Looking for some activities for those fast finishers? Don't give them MORE of the same work, let's Differentiate and give them some challenging Gifted work. Developed by a 15 year Gifted Educator, this is exactly what every teacher needs.Let's Begin the ELA Themed Gifted Enrichment! This fast finisher product will bring some modern digital- style fun in your classroom and help challenge your students. Great for Whole group enrichment or just for your fast finishers. Great for any time of the yea
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2nd - 6th
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Mammals According to AI Activity Pack
This Activity is a companion to the Amazon ebook entitled, “Mammals According to AI”.Artificial Intelligence has become increasingly accessible throughout the internet. One of the problems with AI is that it can look and sound very real. I created an ebook series called, ”Animals According to AI” available exclusively on Amazon. The purpose of these books is to present a humorous approach to teaching kids to be skeptical of AI rendered images. The books provide real animal facts as well as AI ge
Grades:
3rd - 5th
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