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8th grade independent work packets for Gifted and Talented
Following Directions Puzzles Beginning or End of Year Activity with Easel
Following directions puzzles are a fun way to teach critical thinking. Great for back to school at the beginning of the year or at the end of the year as standardized test preparation. Five challenging puzzles that gifted and talented students enjoy, too! In the first puzzle, cross words off a table according to the directions provided to reveal an inspirational quote about life. In the next puzzle, follow directions to travel the world to catch a thief. In the third puzzle, rearrange letters to
Grades:
6th - 8th
CCSS:
Geometric Brainteasers for the Gifted and Talented
20 printable or digital pages of geometric brainteasers to challenge your Gifted and Talented students. On each page, students identify how many circles, squares, triangles or cubes are in a design. Each page also has two secret messages on license plates, like: HURU (who are you), KWY IT (quiet), BRNSTRM (brainstorm), UAMZME (you amaze me), IMGRTFL (I am grateful), and more. PRINT: I created a PDF version that you can download on your computer and print for students to use in class or at ho
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Grades:
2nd - 8th
Also included in: Distance Learning for Curious Kids BUNDLE (Print + Digital Activities)
Rebus Puzzles 1 Brain Teasers Printable and Digital Easel Activity
Rebus Puzzles are a fun critical thinking activity. Students have to problem solve to figure out the word puzzles. Great logical reasoning puzzles to do with partners or use as a warm-up or bell ringer. Print or use the Easel Activity online. Works well for gifted and talented students who enjoy challenges, but these work with other student populations as well. Includes five 2-page worksheets with 20 puzzles each, so you get 100 brain teasers in total! Also includes a blank page for students to
Grades:
5th - 8th
GIFTED AND TALENTED PROBLEM SOLVING #1
TEACHERS-PARENTS are you having trouble finding gifted and talented teaching materials in mathematics, problem solving, and critical thinking? “GIFTED AND TALENTED PROBLEM SOLVING #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7 and #8 each have 42 pages of activities specially designed to motivate and challenge your gifted-talented students. All of the activities involve mathematics, critical thinking, and problem solving. Great for those high achieving students in your classes who need something extra to challenge
Grades:
5th - 12th, Staff
The Ecology of Avatar Choice Board Project (Paper & Digital)
UPDATED! This product now comes with a completely digital and highly interactive lesson or an updated print and go version. The project has been differentiated to allow you to assign points to your liking. The project has also been tweaked so that students DO NOT have to watch the movie to complete the project. Take the stress out of the end of the year with this fun culminating Ecology project. This project is great for students no matter their learning level (from self-contained to AP Environm
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Grades:
7th - 12th
Emergency Sub Plan! VERY Popular Theater Around the World Video Lessons Drama
Teach your students about theater arts around the world using this resource which is very popular with teachers everywhere. This Dramamommaspeaks resource contains enough materials for a week, giving students an opportunity to learn about various theater companies or styles of theater around the world--Mummenschanz, Kabuki, Shadow Puppetry, etc. Excellent for gifted learners or students who need independent study or an alternative assignment. How do I use this in my classroom? This is grea
Grades:
7th - 9th
Also included in: Theater Class Emergency Sub Plan Bundle One Month in Length
Brain Teasers for Teens | Logic Puzzle Worksheets Print or Digital High School
Make class time fun with seasonal logic puzzles or brain teasers for teens and improve critical thinking skills! This set includes 18 challenging brain teasers for teens which are perfect for brain game activities. Quick and easy setup makes this product usable for centers, early finishers, or even substitute teachers! #joycelogicBy purchasing this bundle, you save 20% off the price of individual resources.Click the preview button to see more!Each page contains a print or digital logic puzzle an
Grades:
8th - 11th
GIFTED AND TALENTED PROBLEM SOLVING #1 AND #2
PURCHASE “GIFTED AND TALENTED PROBLEM SOLVING #1 AND #2” AT A DISCOUNTED PRICE.Gifted and talented classes usually have an abundance of educational materials for English, the arts and social studies, but very little for mathematics, critical thinking, and problem solving. “GIFTED AND TALENTED PROBLEM SOLVING #1 AND #2” have 84 pages of activities specially designed to motivate and challenge your gifted-talented students. All of the activities involve mathematics, critical thinking and problem so
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5th - 12th, Staff
Emergency Sub Plan! Drama Technical Theatre Professions Video Class Discussion
Need something for a substitute to teach? Teach your students about theater professions. This lesson gives students an opportunity to learn about various theater professions--the costume designer of Wicked, stage properties from Hamilton, set design of Beetle Juice, lighting designer of War Horse and a sound designer. Excellent for gifted learners or students who need independent study or an alternative assignment. This is terrific for a substitute as well. How do I use this in my classroom?
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Grades:
6th - 8th
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Also included in: Theater Class Emergency Sub Plan Bundle One Month in Length
Intro to Cybersecurity Careers STEM Challenge (computer science project)
Each day over 2,000 cyber crimes are committed - learn what it takes to become a cybersecurity specialist and stop cyber criminals in their tracks! This Intro to Cybersecurity Careers STEM Challenge is a self-guided, self-paced distance learning career exploration mini course for teens to explore careers in cybersecurity through fun, hands-on, real world activities and projects. Delivered in interactive Google Slides and PDF formats including:1. 10 Types of cyber attacks analysis2. Cybersecurity
Grades:
7th - 10th
NGSS:
HS-PS4-2
, MS-PS4-3
Also included in: Intro to Computer Science Lesson Bundle (distance learning & in person)
PROBLEM SOLVING ACTIVITIES BOOKS (#1,#2,#3,#4) (1 - 100)
Problem solving activities for teachers, students and parents. Purchase PROBLEM SOLVING ACTIVITIES BOOKS #1, #2, #3 and #4 at a DISCOUNTED PRICE. "One hundred pages" of problems that are designed to support your schools objectives and curriculum. Use these for that special time in the classroom or at home when you need a little change of pace. Great when you need something a little different to challenge and motivate your students. Good for math resource centers, math clubs, problem of the day
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5th - 11th, Staff
Toothpick Problem-solving
33 printable pages for students to improve their problem solving. Each page has three toothpick problems in which students either add, remove or move toothpicks to create a new shape. Students have been solving these brain teasers for hundreds of years (in the old form of "matchstick" problems) and now you have 99 puzzles (and their solutions) to challenge your eager learners. Use at a math center, for homework, for the beginning of year, end of year, summer, or anytime. Take a look at the P
Grades:
3rd - 8th
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Also included in: September Back to School BUNDLE
Frequently Misspelled Words (6th grade - 8th grade)
40 printable or digital pages to help your students with 400 Frequently Misspelled Words: amateur, leisure, brilliance, fictitious, foreign, twelfth, courageous, tyranny, embarrass, hierarchy, niece, restaurant, courteous, maneuver, achieve, height, rhyme, whether, and many more. Twenty weeks of spelling activities:Write a question,Write a quotation, Write an exclamation,What is the shortest word?What is the longest word?Which seven words are most interesting?Which two words are easiest?Which
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Grades:
6th - 8th
Also included in: Middle School BUNDLE
Rebus Puzzles 2 Brain Teasers Printable and Digital Easel Activity
Rebus Puzzles - Set 2. Brain Teasers are a fun critical thinking activity. Students problem solve to figure out the word puzzles. Great logical reasoning puzzles for partners or use as a warm-up or bell ringer. These are also known as Plexers, Netbats, Wordies, Brainbats, Frame Games, and Punzzels. Print and go. Works well for gifted and talented and regular ed classes. Includes five 2-page worksheets with 20 puzzles each, so you get 100 brain teasers in total! Has a blank page for students to
Grades:
6th - 9th
Genius Hour Method for Self-Paced Passion Project Research
Increase student voice & choice through passion projects using the Genius Hour method. Students are highly engaged when exploring their passions. Teachers rest easy knowing this resource requires no prep & has everything needed to carry out passion projects in their classrooms.Genius Hour is a passion project movement founded by Google that has now moved into the world of Education. The movement allows students to explore their passions, have a choice over what they learn, and encourage
Grades:
6th - 8th
Coding Unplugged: SET 1│Offline Mini Puzzles for Middle School│The Original!
Algorithmic thinking skills are put to the test with these pencil-and-paper Coding Unplugged puzzles! Students will translate the directional code using the Programming Key to produce the secret image on a grid. This resource includes eight unique coding puzzles for students to decode and is a great no-prep activity for substitutes!Enjoy this STEM activity anytime! - As a self-contained sub activity, an engaging supplement to any technology lesson, or a quiet & independent challenge activit
Grades:
5th - 9th
Also included in: Coding Unplugged YEAR-LONG CODING PUZZLE BUNDLE for Middle School
Theater Arts Set Design| Drama| Fairy Tale Setting |Set Templates Grades 6 to 8
Looking for an 8 day unit? Trying to reach your reluctant students? Teach set design to them! This Set Design unit bundle, is suitable for gifted middle through ninth grade students. Set Design Unit ProductThis eight-day unit on set design was created for upper elementary gifted and middle grade students through ninth grade. Students learn about the history of set design, study famous set designers and develop a critical eye about what makes up an award winning set design. Using fairy tales as
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Grades:
6th - 9th
Morse Code Secret Codes and Poster Bundle
This Bundle includes the following:Morse Code to English Codes Famous QuotesThese Morse Secret Codes are perfect to help students learn how to encrypt and decrypt Morse Code messages. They are great at engaging your students with problem solving and help support your stem teaching.Included in this resource are- Writing your name in Morse Code- Five secret messages- Answers have been includedMorse Code PosterThis Morse Code Poster is perfect to put on your wall or print off for individual student
Grades:
3rd - 12th
Coding Unplugged YEAR-LONG CODING PUZZLE BUNDLE for Middle School
*An ENTIRE YEAR of offline coding puzzle worksheets for each holiday season!* A set for every season, and then some! These engaging pencil-and-paper coding puzzles are a fun (and no-prep!) way to introduce or sharpen students' coding skills.Students will act as the computer by translating the arrow code using the Programming Key to create/output the secret image. Perfect as a self-contained sub activity or warmup activity for any class, or as a review of coded logic integrated into any Computer
Grades:
5th - 12th
GIFTED AND TALENTED PROBLEM SOLVING #2
Gifted and talented classes usually have an abundance of educational materials for English, the arts and social studies, but very little for mathematics, critical thinking, and problem solving. “GIFTED AND TALENTED PROBLEM SOLVING #2” has 42 pages of activities specially designed to motivate and challenge your gifted-talented students. All of the activities involve mathematics, critical thinking and problem solving. This material can also be used in the regular classroom. Our students need to be
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Grades:
5th - 12th, Staff
PROBLEM SOLVING ACTIVITIES - BOOK #1 (1 - 25)
Problem solving activities for teachers, students and parents. A total of 25 pages of challenging activities for your students. These problems are designed to support your schools objectives and curriculum. Use the problems for that special time in the classroom or at home when you need a little change of pace. Great when you need something a little different to challenge and motivate your students. Good for math resource centers, math clubs, problem of the day, gifted and talented students.
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Grades:
5th - 11th, Staff
Middle School BUNDLE
This bundle contains 557 printable activities for 6th grade, 7th grade and 8th grade students: frequently misspelled words, internet research activities, quotations, villains and heroes, ASL fingerspelling, taking selfies, discrimination and stereotypes, blindness, stealing, how to make people laugh, the purpose of school, Helen Keller, Albert Einstein, Stephen Hawking, Martin Luther King Jr., Native Americans, Spanish missions, rock-climbing, geometry, adjectives and nouns, divergent thinking,
Grades:
6th - 8th
Phobias Informational Text W/worksheets Psychology & Health, Emergency Sub Plans
This two page reading is about phobias. It covers what they are, types and how they are treated. It comes with three worksheets to check for understanding and a key. See the preview for more information. Note: The Font is Lexend which is designed for students with dyslexia and can be noted as an accommodation. For more interesting activities to help your students and save you time, check out the Awesome Shop!
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Grades:
8th - 12th
Also included in: Phobia Resource Bundle for Psychology or Health Halloween
End of Year Science Passport Project - Perfect for ANY Grade!
Take the stress out of the end of the year with this fun culminating science project. This project is great for students no matter their learning level (from self-contained to AP Physics).You determine the level of technology the students use. They can do the assignment digitally or complete a printed packet. Use your standards to determine which topics you want the students to create passport pages for or if you are mentally done with the year, use my suggestions which are included. ===========
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Grades:
1st - 12th
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