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1st grade lessons for Gifted and Talented
Paul Klee Abstract Art Lesson: Portrait Dice Games Art Project - Nsw Visual Arts
Are you teaching an abstract art lesson on Paul Klee? Are they going to create an abstract portrait? Here's a fun lesson to brighten up your lesson plans! This is the perfect addition to your elementary art curriculum! Engaging abstract portrait art lesson with language (writing) activities. These no-prep abstract portrait art projects are perfect for your art sub tub. Super easy to implement for substitute teachers. Plus, the engagement will help with behavior! Perfect to start your art integra
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K - 12th
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Also included in: Art History Lesson - Famous Artists - Art Activities and Sub Plans
Interactive Language Notebook - First Grade
Interactive notebooks and this task card journal is a place where students record their thinking process and will hold a chronological record of the student’s language thinking over the year. It is a tangible, authentic tool students can continually refer to. Using an interactive notebook allows students to think through a concept and make it their own. Each entry is a hands-on learning activity that will help solidify every language standard.
There are 23 First Grade Common Core Standards. The
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1st - 2nd
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Depth and Complexity THE BUNDLE
Are you using Depth and Complexity in your classroom? This bundle includes units for all eleven icons, and is perfect for introducing Kaplan's icons to primary learners.
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1st - 2nd
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Depth and Complexity Back to School Activities Kindergarten through 3rd Grade
This set of Depth and Complexity Back to School Activities for Kindergarten through 3rd grade will make back to school a time of learning and connection. You'll get 10 activities that are all ready to print and go! The activities actively teach three Depth & Complexity thinking prompts while providing engaging learning experiences. If you teach gifted (or even if you don't), this is a must-have back-to-school resource. If you don't know where to start using Depth and Complexity with little o
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K - 3rd
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How to Differentiate a Lesson Reference Guide
Need a fast and easy way to create a differentiated lesson for your students? This handy one page "cheat sheet" or reference guide is all you need to create a lesson to meet the needs of your GATE students. This idea was developed by Sandra Kaplan who has worked in the field of Gifted Education for years. YOU MUST HAVE SOME BASIC KNOWLEDGE ON DEPTH AND COMPLEXITY AND HOW TO PLAN DIFFERENTIATED LESSONS IN ORDER TO USE THIS PRODUCT. It is a guide only. Here's how it works: You decide on the th
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PreK - 12th, Staff
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7 Wonders of the Ancient World (The Ancient Olympics and More!)
#halfoffhalftimeGreat ideas for studying the Olympics, Ancient Greece, Ancient Egypt, and much, much more! 149 pages of learning fun and exploration! This resource pack was developed for use with my elementary students when studying ancient civilizations, cultures, and the 7 Ancient Wonders of the World. Join Cleo the Camel as we explore together!This unit also references other wonders of the world, and its approach is interdisciplinary in nature. Students will enjoy learning about history,
Grades:
1st - 8th
RainForest Critical Thinking Math Logic Puzzles Brain Teasers for Enrichment
Rain forest math logic puzzles will teach your students critical thinking including the process of elimination. There are 10 full color puzzles to solve as a class, and 10 b&w half sized puzzles to follow up. The clues incorporate science knowledge, such as identifying mammals / reptiles, plants / animals, ways of moving, and other attributes, but are written simply enough for many primary grade students to read the clues. Use them as exit tickets, morning work, for early finishers or during
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K - 2nd
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Also included in: Brain Teasers Math Logic Puzzles Critical Thinking Enrichment Activities
Poetry Writing Simile Poems Quick as a Cricket April Library Lessons
Looking for an easy way to write poetry with your elementary students? Use a great mentor text (like Quick as a Cricket by Audrey Wood), and you're off to a great start!In this poetry writing product, I include a template and a word bank for your students to use to create a simile poem after you read Quick as a Cricket together. I show you examples of the poems created by students in my first grade enrichment group. This lesson took an hour altogether, from blank page to finished poem and video.
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1st - 3rd
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Primary GATE with Caldecott -- "Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!" Mo Willems
Let’s have some fun along with the Pigeon and expand DOK along the way! This lesson will lead your primary GATE students through four challenging activities, culminating in an artistic response showing why they “never get to do anything!” either.
Gifted and talented learners carry similar characteristics throughout their lives—even as kindergarten and first graders. One common characteristic of gifted learners is a strong sense of justice. Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus gives us a good o
Grades:
K - 3rd
Kindergarten and 1st Grade GATE Bundle - Gifted and Talented and Advanced
I went about creating units for my youngest groups--KG and 1st grade--because I rarely saw any unit out there that was truly targeting these groups in a deliberate gifted and talented application. Here is the bundle! PLEASE SEE THE INDIVIDUAL PREVIEWSThese are hands-on, cross-curricular, and contain best practices for gifted education. There are even social-emotional lessons built inside. They are all kid-tested and come with great enthusiasm behind them from these little guys. You will get man
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K - 1st
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Depth and Complexity: Multiple Perspectives
This Depth and Complexity: Multiple Perspectives unit focuses on looking at things from different points of view.
This is part of a completed bundle that you can find here: Depth and Complexity Bundle
Whoever said that there are two sides to every story must have been thinking about the multiple perspectives icon. This icon takes into account that there may be even more than two sides. Looking at things from a different point of view is the main focus of this icon.
For as long as I can rem
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1st - 3rd
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Also included in: Depth and Complexity THE BUNDLE
Gifted and Talented SURVIVAL KIT Bundle -- 235 pages, big discount!
Let’s get ready for the second semester, you rock star gifted and talented teacher, you . . .By now the students can’t wait for their next group with you, so let’s not disappoint!Priced at more than 44% off individual purchases, I put this collection together with several things in mind:1. Best practices in gifted education.2. Engaging, hands-on, and critical thinking.3. Materials are easy to find and/or inexpensive.4. Common Core and/or Next Generation Science referenced.5. Variety to span the
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K - 6th
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Teaching Depth and Complexity to Primary Students
This product is designed to teach both teachers and students how to think using the Depth and Complexity icons/prompts. These were originally created by Sandra Kaplan. This product includes posters, discussion questions, keys, and an activity for each prompt. Many of these icons are utilized in my Depth and Complexity products. The activities have a school or friend prompt. This product includes the following...Big IdeaDetailsLanguage of the DisciplineUnanswered QuestionsPatternsIn purchasin
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K - 2nd
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Heidelberg House Collage Art Lesson
Young students will be fascinated by seeing some of the brightly decorated Heidelberg Houses in inner-city Detroit created by artist, Tyree Guyton. Students will make their own house collage using wood shapes, paint, and other easy-to-find materials. Step-by-step instructions make this lesson simple for students to understand and easy for the teacher to prepare for. This is also a great lesson for Black History Month!Additional elementary art lessons geared for kindergarten through second grade
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PreK - 2nd
S.C.A.M.P.E.R. Numbers and Math - Critical Thinking Mini-Unit
Designed for use with gifted and advanced K-2 students, the activities in this mini-unit are all about creativity with numbers and the power of the S.C.A.M.P.E.R. strategy in innovation and design. The lessons include problem-solving and puzzles that involve substituting and rearranging numbers, a discussion of why number symbols were invented and why, and opportunities for students to practice the S.C.A.M.P.E.R. technique.Included in the MINI-UNIT:21-page STUDENT BOOKLET ready to reproduce for
Grades:
K - 2nd
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
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K - 4th
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Summer Logic Critical Thinking Puzzles Brain Teasers for Math Enrichment
These summer beach critical thinking math logic puzzles are great for enrichment, brain teasers, early finishers, and teaching the process of elimination! There are 15 color puzzles to project and solve as a class, plus 10 half size b&w puzzles for students to solve independently. Perfect for busy teachers: no preparation required, simply print and teach!Here's what other educators are saying about this resource:"Makes critical thinking and process of elimination skills accessible even for
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K - 3rd
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Also included in: Brain Teasers Math Logic Puzzles Critical Thinking Enrichment Activities
Parts of Speech Menu Project
Bring parts of speech to life by having your students complete this project! Students will create a menu for a restaurant using various parts of speech to describe the food on the menu.
Includes project directions, planning pages, grading rubric and sample project.
Perfect for the whole class OR as an enrichment project.
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1st - 3rd
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Lego STEM Challenges perfect for a Maker Space!
In this bundle there are 20 Lego challenges perfect for a Maker Space or STEM Center. In the challenges students will be tasked with using Lego’s or building bricks to create cars, plants, rockets, robots, and much more! The activities are designed for students in grades K-8, with varying activities per grade level. If you like these challenges check out my other STEM and Maker Challenges in my Teachers Pay Teachers store!Be the first to know about my new products, discounts, and freebies: Look
Grades:
K - 8th
Depth and Complexity: Details
Depth and Complexity: Details focuses on the who, what, why, where, when, and how of a topic. Every topic or subject has its own details.
This is part of a completed bundle that you can find here: Depth and Complexity Bundle
The Depth and Complexity icons were created by Sandra Kaplan and Bette Gould. The implementation of these icons allows differentiated learning where students can delve deeper and think more complexly about topics. Through the use of these icons, students can master topics
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1st - 3rd
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Also included in: Depth and Complexity THE BUNDLE
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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K - 8th
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
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1st - 3rd
2019-2020 Gifted and Talented GATE Program for the Year - Elementary
Hours and hours and hundreds and hundreds of pages. Renew, refresh, and re-energize with engaging, challenging hands-on products!THESE PROGRAMS FOR THE YEAR ARE MY MOST POPULAR PRODUCTS.Inspire your students with FLOATING ON HOPE. Your youngest KG kids and 1st graders will love MAKING TRACKS. The JELLYFISH FLYER is so cool and combines economics, graphic design, challenging math, and flying stuff! Do you have the courage to challenge your kids with the GLITTER CLEAN-UP TOOL PBL? Break out t
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K - 7th
Depth and Complexity: Language of the Discipline
Depth and Complexity: Language of the Discipline focuses on content specific vocabulary. Every topic or subject has its own vocabulary. If you are talking about plants, you may use words such as botanist, stamen, and petals. If you are talking about dinosaurs, you may use words such as fossil, paleontologist, and pterodactyl. The words that we use with specific topics or subjects are referred to as the Language of the Discipline.This is part of a completed bundle that you can find here: Depth an
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1st - 3rd
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Also included in: Depth and Complexity THE BUNDLE
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