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Common Core RL.2.7 resources for Gifted and Talented
FAIRY TALE STEM Activity Challenges BUNDLE Family STEM Night and Homeschool STEM
These fairy tale STEM activities bring a classic story alive in a hands-on way, exploring force and motion, sound, measurement, kinetic and potential energy, and more using the engineering design process to creatively problem solve. ⭐ Students will join characters like Goldilocks, Rapunzel, and Jack and the Beanstalk on 12 engineering adventures, with 48 STEM activities included. They will be challenged to use their problem-solving skills to help the characters solve an engineering dilemma! ⭐Stu
Grades:
K - 3rd
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
CALDECOTT BOOK ACTIVITIES BUNDLE Literature Extensions Critical Thinking GATE
Story Sleuths I, II, and III Bundle delivers 3 products at 20% savings. You will receive 12 weeks of clues for the Story Sleuth challenge; an enrichment unit using Caldecott Award winning books to cultivate critical thinking. Your students will use text features, illustrations, and context to determine which book is described by the set of clues. By involving your students in this project, you will exercise their deductive reasoning, analysis, evaluation, and problem solving skills. This unit is
Grades:
K - 4th
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Thanksgiving Garden Science and Engineering STEM Unit
Garden clubs and classroom teachers alike enjoy this three-lesson unit! Teach your students about the science behind the first Thanksgiving harvest.
Learn what the Wampanoag taught the pilgrims about the Three Sisters planting method--prevalent throughout North America in pre-Columbian times and featured on the reverse of the 2009 Native American U.S. $1 coin.
Students will learn about:
☀ ☀ The Iroquois Indian Legend of the Three Sisters ☀ ☀
• Discover what it taught their children about co
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Grades:
K - 8th
CALDECOTT BOOK ACTIVITIES Story Sleuths I Literature Extention Critical Thinking
STORY SLEUTHS I is a 4 week, critical thinking project based on Caldecott Award winning books. Your students will use text features, illustrations, and context to determine which Caldecott Award winning book is described by the set of clues. By involving your students in this project, you will exercise their deductive reasoning, analysis, evaluation, and problem solving skills. This unit is CCSS aligned. Students also enjoy great literature, learn about artistic media, and participate in col
Grades:
K - 4th
Little Island Primary Gifted and Talented Social-Emotional Values and Identity
We use this Caldecott Award Winning book to address social-emotional standards for primary gifted students. Not just a social-emotional unit, we answer critical thinking questions, explore literary theme and other ideas, and create a fun island adventure using a grid.
Great stuff for our youngest gifted learners: It’s hands-on, requires critical thinking, and good fun.
NAGC Learning and Development Standards
1.1 Self-Understanding. Students with gifts and talents demonstrate self-knowledge
Grades:
K - 3rd
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STEAM Read Alouds With STEM Challenge Cards Makerspace Task Cards Bundle
Motivating reluctant readers can feel like a HUGE hurdle to overcome, especially around books and reading. That's why Makerspace STEAM Read Aloud Challenges are so powerful. They take literature and stories and bring them to life through innovation, creativity, community, collaboration, and critical thinking!This Makerspace STEM Read Aloud & Challenges YEAR-LONG BUNDLE is for you! This bundle is specifically designed for busy teachers who want to engage their students and instill a love of r
Grades:
1st - 2nd
Gifted Book Club or Novel Unit: Top Secret by John Gardiner
This book club or novel study unit on the book, Top Secret by John Reynolds Gardiner is suitable for highly able or gifted readers in grades K-2. The journal questions require thinking and responding at Bloom’s higher levels (evaluation, synthesis and evaluation) The questions and activities focus on plot, character analysis, comprehension, sequencing, real vs. make-believe. The reading level of the text is about 4.5 grade level but the activities have been designed for the very young student.
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Grades:
K - 3rd
Flight School Book Companion - Perseverance Activities - Growth Mindset
Flight School is a great book to share with your students to talk about perseverance. It is the story of a persistent penguin who has the soul of an eagle and is determined to fly. 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 connections to self and the real world. This Flight School Book Companion aims to help students develop advanced readers' skills in analyz
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Locomotive by Brian Floca - Primary GATE Unit with Caldecott STEAM!
Another amazing Caldecott book and another load of opportunities across the curriculum for our primary GATE kids: hands-on and participatory activities, critical thinking, creativity, art and graphic design, and always best practices in gifted education. I’ve used this unit with 2nd graders, and it will definitely stretch to 3rd grade GATE.
You get 35+ pages of instructions, critical thinking questions and activities, and ready-to-print student activity sheets—assuredly more than you’ll ever
Grades:
2nd - 4th
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Primary GATE with Caldecott -- Owl Moon Pop-up and Critical Thinking
Now with a more kid-friendly pop-up option:
Owl Moon is incredibly rich in critical thinking potential, rich in artwork, and rich in the feelings words evoke.
Come along for a challenging lesson and a fun extension activity with the poetic 1988 Caldecott Award winner Owl Moon. Critical thinking about poetry, participatory reading, and figurative language along with a project in which we create an owl to “pop up” and spread its wings poetically will energize your students.
Caldecott books a
Bonding with Friends: H2O (STEM Rhyming Story + Activity Book w/ Answers, NGSS)
A rhyming STEM story and activity book about the water molecule. This has the science story explaining chemistry, is a coloring book with activity pages including an answer key all in one! A perfect STEM or STEAM activity for kids! This covers science, reading comprehension, art, and poetry all in one lesson that will keep students entertained while learning whether they are physically at school or doing distance learning. Meets NGSS and CCSS standards. Kids will enjoy "Bonding with Friends: H2O
Subjects:
Grades:
PreK - 3rd
NGSS:
K-LS1-1
The Invisible Boy Book Companion - Empathy | Belonging | Friendship Activities
The Invisible Boy is a great book to share with your students to build classroom community and to explore the themes of Empathy, Belonging, Friendship and Kindness. This is the story of Brian, a shy boy who feels like he is invisible and has no friends. He doesn’t call attention to himself and isn’t picked for teams or invited to parties. But when a new boy Justin joins the class, Brian discovers a friend and doesn’t feel so invisible anymore. This book companion is jam-packed with resources tha
Grades:
2nd - 4th
David Weisner's THE THREE PIGS - Primary GATE with Caldecott Books
Not sure if I had more fun with this or the kids did! Huh? This must be another Primary GATE with Caldecott lesson from Portable Gifted and Talented. Woo hoo!
• Students make a wolf that actually huffs, puffs, and blows down a straw house while they learn about physical science.
• Students create a cool, creative, and witty POP-up story extension which saves the life of one of the three pigs.
• Students learn to orient themselves to cardinal directions, about the position of the sun in the
Grades:
1st - 5th
CALDECOTT BOOK ACTIVITIES Set II Literature Extension Critical Thinking GATE
Continue the fun from STORY SLEUTHS I with 4 more weeks of critical thinking fun. STORY SLEUTHS II is a 1 month, critical thinking project based on Caldecott Award winning books. Your students will use text features, illustrations, and context to determine which Caldecott Award winning book is described by the set of clues. By involving your students in this project, you will exercise their deductive reasoning, analysis, evaluation, and problem solving skills. This unit is CCSS aligned. Students
Grades:
K - 4th
Curious George Gets a Medal for Primary GATE and Advanced Groups
Another classic picture book lesson bundle from Portable Gifted and Talented:
Hands-on literacy, critical thinking, cross-curricular, creative and visual – best practices for your 21st Century primary advanced and gifted groups and Common Core State Standards referenced. This lesson bundle is great for kindergarten and 1st grade and would be a great extension activity for larger groups in 2nd grade.
Level: KG and 1st advanced or gifted; 2nd whole group
Time: four hours and more
Critical Th
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K - 2nd
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Also included in: Gifted and Talented SURVIVAL KIT Bundle -- 235 pages, big discount!
Green Mean One Holiday Literacy Unit Common Core FIRST GRADE SECOND GRADE!
The Green Mean One is at it Again!
This is super fun Unit that I LOVE doing with my class each year. It allows them to do some creative thinking and meet those common core standards. I teach first grade gifted, but have used this with second grade as well!
There are 15 activities in this unit. It includes writing activities, reading responses, reader's theater, and ideas on how to implement a "Green Mean One on the Shelf" in your classroom. I love having my stuffed "Green Mean One" play tri
Grades:
1st - 2nd
Exploring Visual Clues for Gifted Readers - Differentiated Learning Activities
Have you got a fluent, gifted reader in a class full of students learning to read? What do you do with them while you're teaching important decoding strategies such as looking at the pictures for visual clues or Eagle Eye? These thoughtful, differentiated, flexible and extended learning activities allow your gifted readers to explore visual clues, extending their comprehension skills while other students develop their decoding skills.While these activities were created for gifted/fluent readers
Grades:
1st - 2nd
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Martha Speaks - Classic Picture Books for Primary GATE
In this bundle of lessons for Jane Meddaugh’s classic, students will actually have Martha speaking with their paper bag puppets. Like all the Primary GATE literacy units at Portable Gifted and Talented, this is fun, hands-on, participatory, and full of critical thinking challenges for your younger thinkers. Of course, you get the Common Core State Standards references, too. We’re not just barking into the wind here!
Critical Thinking Questions: more than you’ll ever need with a focus on exp
Grades:
1st - 3rd
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The One and Only Ivan Novel Study
Save time with this book study of the novel, The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate. It was a success in my classroom and could be in yours, too, if you take the first step to downloading this colorful PowerPoint that is great for distance learning or in-class instruction. This lesson will engage students, spark creativity, and get them ready for reading this wonderful novel.Click HERE to save about 30% off the price of individual resources with a bundle.Inside this ready to use resource,
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Also included in: The One and Only Ivan Novel Study Activities
The One and Only Ivan Character Traits and Setting
Are you looking for standards based lessons to accompany your study of The One and Only Ivan? This lesson explores the characters and setting from Katherine Applegate's novel. Plus, lesson includes a fun activity for the final project.Click HERE to save about 30% of the price of individual resources with the bundle.Inside you'll find:I can statementListing of Core StandardsQuestions about Character3-2-1 Bridge ActivityRepetition of ObjectiveInference QuestionsGroup ActivityStudents Find Textual
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Also included in: The One and Only Ivan Novel Study Activities
Andy Shane and the Pumpkin Trick Literacy Pack!
This literacy packet gives an assortment of reading, grammar, and writing activities related to Andy Shane and the Pumpkin Trick by Jennifer Richard Jacobson. (The story is not mine, so it is not included. It can be found in many libraries and bookstores.)This resource includes the following: Copyright Pages Related Common Core & FL standards for the comprehension test Comprehension test 2 choices: 1st choice gives a point value for each question 2nd c
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
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Also included in: Fall and Halloween Bundle of Comprehension and Literacy Items
Primary GATE with Caldecott -- The House in the Night
The House in the Night gives us a wonderful opportunity to challenge primary level gifted learners—in language and poetry, critical and metaphorical thinking, visually, and artistically.
In this lesson, students will:
a.) discover the pattern of the poem and discuss critical thinking questions about the book,
b.) think critically about symbols, metaphors and language using a graphic organizer and class discussion,
c.) construct a personalized cumulative pattern poem,
d.) And thoughtfully i
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
Bonding with Friends: H2O & Helium (Two Rhyming STEM Nonfiction Stories, NGSS)
A perfect STEM book for kids in the classroom or at home! This covers reading, science, and poetry in one lesson that will keep students entertained while learning whether they are physically at school or remotely. This rhyming picture book has two stories in one! "Bonding with Friends: H2O & Helium" has a story about the water molecule and another story about helium. NGSS and Common Core standards identified. Virtual author reading with activity available too, visit www.STEMistryBooks.com.T
CALDECOTT BOOK ACTIVITIES Set III Literature Extension Critical Thinking GATE
STORY SLEUTHS III provides 4 more weeks of critical thinking fun in a project based on Caldecott Award winning books. Your students will use text features, illustrations, and context to determine which Caldecott Award winning book is described by the set of clues. By involving your students in this project, you will exercise their deductive reasoning, analysis, evaluation, and problem solving skills. This unit is CCSS aligned. Students also enjoy great literature, learn about artistic media, and
Grades:
K - 4th
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