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3rd grade homeschool curricula for Gifted and Talented
Primary GATE Gifted and Talented Program for the Year -- 410 Pages, 50%+ off!
You will be a rock star! This collection is highly interactive, creative, and rich in age-appropriate critical thinking.
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This collection takes me through an entire year of lessons with my advanced groups of kindergarteners, 1st, and 2nd graders . . . but many of these lessons can also be used for middle and upper elementary kids, especially if you come into the regular classroom to teach whole-class enrichment lessons.
19 units and 419 pages of lessons!
Grades:
K - 3rd
Math Themed Logic Puzzles for GT/ and Early Finishers - 2nd or 3rd Grade
Logic puzzles are a great challenge for your G/T students or early finishers!
These math themed puzzles use odd, even, addition, subtraction and attributes of polygons to solve puzzles. Which student has which number? Which student has which shape?
A sample puzzle with step by directions on how to solve logic puzzles are included to introduce your students to the world of logic!
5 Puzzles with answer keys included.
Grades:
2nd - 3rd
Math Project-Create Own Dream Home-Blueprints and Floor Plan (perimeter & area)
Create blueprints and/or floor plans for your own dream home!!
Your little architects will love dreaming big with this project. Using their imaginations and graph paper, they will create their own blueprints.They will be learning area, measurement and perfecting those problem solving and critical thinking skills. The bonus is they won't even know it because they will be having fun.
This project is very "real life" oriented.
For the younger grades this would be better for the GT students. Or
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Grades:
3rd - 9th
Realistic Fiction Genre Book Report Suitcase Project & Rubric
Realistic Fiction Genre Suitcase Book Report ProjectAfter reading a realistic fiction book, students pack a "suitcase" for the main character. The students' suitcases will include information on the:Main CharacterSettingConflictResolutionStudent's Choice - an item related to the characterBook ReviewInside this ResourceThis resource includes all student pages for the project, including an explanation of the project:Suggested Lesson PlanProject Introduction & Lesson Student HandoutsSuitcase Su
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
Also included in: Nonfiction and Fiction Genre Book Report BUNDLE - 9 Different Projects
COMPLETE PROGRAM Bundle Gifted and Talented GATE 2016-2017 School Year 50% off!
All of it fresh and new and tried and kid-tested during the past school year—you are ready to rock and roll for 2016-17!Here you have over 350 pages and 75 hours of material—all with best practices in gifted and talented education.One stop. Huge discount over individual purchases: you save 47%. See the reviews of my other GATE programs!It’s a little bit of everything, and all of it strong in critical thinking skills, challenge, creativity, and hands-on learning.You get STEM units, math units,
Grades:
2nd - 6th
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Historical Fiction Genre Minibook Book Report Project & Rubric
Historical Fiction Minibook Book ReportYour students take a trip in time by selecting a historical fiction book to read, then creating a minibook that showcases the novel. The students' minibooks will include information on the:Main CharacterSupporting CharacterSettingConflictExposition/BeginningClimaxResolutionBook ReviewInside this ResourceThis resource includes all student pages for the project, including an explanation of the project:Suggested Lesson PlanProject Introduction & Lesson Stu
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
Also included in: Nonfiction and Fiction Genre Book Report BUNDLE - 9 Different Projects
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
Biography & Autobiography Genre Fiction Book Report Project & Rubric
Biography & Autobiography Genre Memory Book ProjectAfter reading a book of their choice, students create a memory book for their selected person. The finished projects can be displayed to inspire students to read about other people. The memory books will include the following information on the person:Interesting FactChildhoodEducationAdult LifeAchievementBook ReviewInside this ResourceThis resource includes all student pages for the project, including an explanation of the project:Suggested
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
Also included in: Nonfiction and Fiction Genre Book Report BUNDLE - 9 Different Projects
Doodle Write - Literacy Centers or Morning Bell Work for 30 Days!
For use for 2nd, 3rd, 4th or 5th Grade
Great Literacy Center! May also be used for morning bell work or GT students.
Students complete the doodle and then write a short story about their completed picture.
Download includes: 30 pages for students, example page for students, suggestions for use.
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Charlotte's Web Character Anaylsis Exploding Box Foldable Project
Have you started a novel study on Charlotte's Web and are you looking for a different approach to book reports that will engage all of your students in your class? Then this interactive foldable project is the perfect culminating project for your students. In this resource you will find a lesson that will explain how to identify character traits and provide students with a list of traits that would describe the characters in the story. Students will then be able to create an independent project
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
Easter Egg Spring Coloring Page
This is a fun coloring page to use across grade levels and homeschool. Perfect for an Art Project as well as to give in Easter Baskets, as Mother's Day Gifts and framed finished products. Detailed coloring pages provide practice for fine motor skills as well as Artistic abilities. This is the perfect "calm down" activity for children AND adults.
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Grades:
2nd - 12th
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
Math Project- Create your own vacation
This math project has the students plan a vacation for their family or friends. They budget gas, food, entertainment, etc.
* You do need to plan ahead and collect restaurant "to go" menus, maps, and travel brochures. (Teacher directions are given with the lesson along with a rubric).
I used with my 3rd grade gifted and talented students. Other years I used it for a long term fast finisher project. Great for an end of the year activity...plan a vacation.
It covers: map skills, mileage, estimat
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
Five Minute Phonics - How to spell the 1/2 the English Dictionary
Improve your student’s spelling and reading fluency with this fast, easy, and fun new curriculum. This program has THREE major components which all add immeasurably to a child’s literacy in spelling and decoding.
This curriculum has now been updated with a script to make it easy to print a week's lesson and go with very little planning.
A: BASIC SPELLING
Most children at the age of emerging literacy (i.e. second graders) struggle to spell basic words. Each year there are the same ex
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Interactive Foldable Research Project Bundle: Book Report, 50 States & Planets
This foldable bundle has been put together for those teachers looking for a new and engaging approach to research projects.These 3D Pop-Up Picture Book Reports come with everything your students will need to create the foldable project. Even the not-so crafty teacher will love making this project! You will only need: plain white paper scissorsglue coloring That’s all! Each resource contains:Step by step instructions that will be easy enough for your students to understand on their own. Detail
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Grades:
3rd - 7th
Nonfiction Genre Book Report Layered Flap Book Project & Rubric
Nonfiction Genre Layered Flipbook Book Report ProjectAllow your student to study a topic of their choice by reading a nonfiction book. After reading their book, students create a flipbook on their chosen topic. The students' flipbooks will include information on the:Summary of Topic2 Important Facts2 Interesting FactsAuthor’s PurposeBook ReviewInside this ResourceThis resource includes all student pages for the project, including an explanation of the project:Suggested Lesson PlanProject Introdu
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Also included in: Nonfiction and Fiction Genre Book Report BUNDLE - 9 Different Projects
4th 5th +more COMPLETE PROGRAM Bundle Gifted and Talented GATE 400 pages 46% off
Proven to be among my most popular products, these Programs for the Year cover Gifted and Talented topics from primary to social-emotional, from STEAM to math challenges, and from literature to engineering.They are edited, kid-tested, and ready for success. I taught each of them in my classroom this past school year.PLEASE SEE INDIVIDUAL PREVIEWS FOR MORE DETAILS.These lessons and units are hands-on, very challenging, and full of critical thinking as well as engineering and literacy. They soar
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Grades:
1st - 7th
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Easy Biography Research Project: Notable Hispanic Contributors
Have you started a unit on biographies and are looking for an easy to implement research project? Then look no further. This mini research printable can be used as an independent study activity or even as a learning center. You will have two formats to choose from, one is full size (8.5 x 11). The smaller version can be glued into an interactive notebook OR all student projects can be placed on a ring and placed in a classroom library for display throughout the year. 10 Different Notable Hispa
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Also included in: Hispanic Heritage Month: Interactive Research Projects with Rubrics
Fantasy Genre Fiction Book Report Scrapbook Project & Rubric
Fantasy Genre Scrapbook Fiction Book ReportEveryone needs a little fantasy sometimes! After reading a fantasy book, students create a scrapbook of their novel to share with other people. The students' scrapbooks will include information on the:Main CharacterAntagonistSettingPlotElements of FantasyBook ReviewInside this ResourceThis resource includes all student pages for the project, including an explanation of the project:Suggested Lesson PlanProject Introduction & Lesson Student HandoutsSc
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
Also included in: Nonfiction and Fiction Genre Book Report BUNDLE - 9 Different Projects
NGSS Life Science "Trait Mountain" STEM Unit (Traits|Heredity|Biomimicry) |1-LS
Traits, heredity, survival and biomimicry: flora and fauna abound in Trait Mountain. Follow Trait Mountain Trail and discover the life science behind traits, survival and biomimicry on your way to the summit in this three-week unit!DEMOView demo (with intro screens and a few sample interactions only) here.★ For a quick peek at part of Lesson 3, check out myBiomimicry Discovery Cards Demo.★Three weeks’ worth of lesson plans are aligned to the first-grade Next Generation Science Standards for life
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Grades:
K - 3rd
NGSS:
1-LS1-1
, 1-LS1-2
, 1-LS3-1
Also included in: NGSS Grade 1 Bundle: All 5 STEM Units
Hispanic Heritage Month: Interactive Research Projects with Rubrics
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with this Exploding Box Research Project. Students will research and learn about 24 different Hispanic Contributors with this exciting and engaging project. You will have a choice to print in color and black and white. Two sets of research cards are included in the set, one with guiding questions for older students and a blank set that can be used with younger students who can draw pictures or write simple sentences. When you download this resource I will
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Money Wheel- Coin Math with Montessori Bead Bars: Pennies to Half Dollars
This unique "wheel" material is one that you will not find anywhere else. I developed it during a Montessori conference when I found that there was little available from the vendors for teaching money concepts in a truly hands-on and conceptual way. I commissioned a wood prototype, which I used in my classroom for many years. It was one of the most popular materials in my classroom, and it has been amazing to see the speed at which students gain not only comfort with coins, but also skills in
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Grades:
K - 4th
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STEM Kid Engineering and Construction - Roman Polyspastos Crane
It’s kid-built with some guidance in a couple hours and the envy of friends—the ancient Roman polyspastos crane with treadwheel.
Do you have a young engineer who needs an independent study project, a talented builder in home school, or need an engaging summer project for your nonverbally gifted child? If you have an engineering classroom and understand the value of hands-on exploration, the Roman Polyspastos Crane project is right for you. While building with kits or Legos or K’Nex is good, n
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Critical Thinking and Creativity Pack (NO PREP and INDEPENDENT WORK!)
Do you have a student that needs some independent work that will challenge his/her brain or get him/her thinking in ways they don't normally get to think? Then this packet is for them! It includes 10 independent activities that will get them thinking creatively and in critical ways.
The activity pack includes:
-Memory Game
-The Terrific Threes (Flexible thinking)
-T Shirt Time (Creative thinking)
-Create Your Own Emoji System
-Game Time! (Create your own board game)
-Rad Road Signs
-Car Dash
Grades:
K - 4th
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