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2nd grade unit plans for Gifted and Talented
Growth Mindset, Perseverance, Passion Projects, Becoming An Achiever, and More
Empower your students with the necessary skills and a growth mindset to achieve their goals and make a positive impact on the world! This Growth Mindset Bundle for grades 2-5 teaches students what achievement is and what it means to be an achiever through examining topics such as mistakes and failure, perseverance, discovering passions, and more. PRODUCTS INCLUDED IN THE BUNDLE: Growth Mindset: What is An Achiever? Passion Projects 101: Genius Hour for Elementary Students Perseverance Toolkit Y
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2nd - 5th
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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
Archaeology for Kids: "Dig Deep" Interdisciplinary Unit
This resource pack was developed for use with my elementary students when studying ancient civilizations, cultures, paleontology, and archaeology. Students will also learn more about the Aztecs, Incas, and Mayas with meaningful, cross-curricular activities! Join in as we explore together!
This unit's approach is interdisciplinary in nature. Students will enjoy learning about history, cultures, art, archaeology, and architecture in combination with traditional math and literacy activities.
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1st - 6th
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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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Thinking Outside the Box- Using Creative and Critical Thinking Skills
“I cannot teach anyone anything. I can only make them think.” ~SocratesUtilizing this unit, your students will learn higher-order thinking skills including both creative thinking and critical thinking skills. Students will go beyond basic observation of facts and memorization. Through explicit instruction students to become more evaluative, creative and innovative in their thinking. This unit includes multiple teaching methodologies with variations on each for extended application. Through this
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1st - 5th
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Moonshot by Brian Floca Apollo 11 PRIMARY GATE Lessons -- Rocket Model
Astronauts, space ships, and the moon . . . what kid doesn’t like that kind of stuff, huh? We should build a space ship!
Here’s another collection of lessons and activities for your primary gifted and talented groups. It’s full of hands-on activities across the curriculum, critical thinking questions, participatory reading, and age-appropriate primary source lessons. As always, you’ll get ready-to-print activity sheets, explanations, pictures to lead you through, and Common Core State Standa
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1st - 3rd
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Depth and Complexity Primary Extension Literature Units BUNDLE (Gate)
Depth & Complexity Primary Literature Units (4 Included)4 Units Included: Details, Big Idea, Unanswered Questions and RulesEACH UNIT CONTAINS: 1 Week Long Unit - 5 LessonsThis weeklong unit was designed to introduce primary aged students to the one depth and complexity icon through mentor texts. It is great for whole group lessons, small group extensions, and independent practice.Each unit has:One full week of lesson plansActivities and extensionsSuggested mentor texts (fiction and non-ficti
Grades:
K - 5th
Perseverance And The Power of Yet - SEL Growth Mindset
Are you looking for ways to help your students not give up and persevere when they get stuck or work becomes hard? Are you looking for easy-to-follow lessons to teach perseverance and grit? Do you need lessons that provide everything you need without having to look elsewhere? Look no further, I’ve done all the work for you with this Print and Go easy-to-follow Perseverance Toolkit!Designed for grades 2-4, this Perseverance product addresses Social Emotional Learning and includes lessons that can
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2nd - 4th
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Primary GATE with Caldecott COLLECTION - 180 pages - 7 Books!
Your primary kids will love these lessons! You save a bundle: 33% off individual purchases!
I teach 30-45 minute groups once a week of 1st and 2nd graders all year, and this collection is more than enough to get me through an entire school year of groups. I can’t absolutely guarantee it will do the same for you, but it’s going to be very close if it doesn’t . . .
You’ll see best practices in gifted education throughout. You’ll see many graphic organizers, age-appropriate and challenging cr
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K - 3rd
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Violet the Pilot
This product will get your students thinking deeper. Violet the Pilot is an extraordinary child and will take your students on a fun learning adventure focusing on vocabulary, comprehension, writing, nonfiction connections, and depth and complexity. Included in this unit you will find:Vocabularytake-home study pagePowerPoint slides with discussion questionsclassroom/pocket chart display cardsdictionary with critical thinking questionsblank template cardsmatching word to definition puzzlesspin-it
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2nd - 3rd
Just So Stories Depth and Complexity + Math Problem Solving BUNDLE
Immerse your students in rich literature with Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling, and take learning further with questions based on Depth and Complexity thinking tools and differentiated math problem-solving tasks related to the story! STORIES INCLUDED IN THIS BUNDLE:How the Whale Got His Throat Thinking Focus: Multiple Perspectives Math Strand Focus: Measurement (Length) How the Camel Got His Hump Thinking Focus: Ethics Math Strand Focus: Operations How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin Thinking Focu
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2nd - 5th
Delightful Deep Dive into The Search for Delicious (GATE Novel Study)
⭐️THIS UNIT INCLUDES A LINK TO COPY 166 TEACHING SLIDES. Read more HERE. This is a different kind of novel study unit, created with gifted/ advanced 3rd graders in mind and incorporating deeper reading strategies, depth and complexity, and cross-curricular connections. Before the book is even revealed, students are enticed by (1) an introductory poem to ponder (with a surprise hidden word); (2) a simple cryptogram puzzle to uncover specific elements of fantasy stories; and (3) a hidden-message p
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2nd - 5th
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NGSS Physical Science: "Light Wave Point" STEM Unit |1-PS4-2,-3,-4
Explore Light Wave Point and discover the science behind light using this three-week unit!.Three weeks’ worth of lesson plans are aligned to the first-grade Next Generation Science Standards for light waves and are appropriate for K-5.DEMOView demo (with intro screens and a few sample interactions only) here.☀ Lesson One: Do We Need Light to See?Through class presentations, interactive multimedia explorers and hands-on labs, students will discover that light is required for objects to be seen.Th
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K - 5th
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NGSS:
1-PS4-4
, 1-PS4-2
, 1-PS4-3
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
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K - 3rd
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Back to School Gifted and Talented (Introduction to Gifted Class)
This comprehensive unit is designed as an introduction to the gifted program. It is geared towardsintellectually gifted 2nd graders. It would be appropriate to anystudent grade 2-6 as an introduction to their gifted class. it includes activities for research about the brain, 3 learning style inventories, parent information, teacher information, do's and don'ts for teachers, and letters for each. This is the new design that is hopefully improved and streamlined for a better product.Please check
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2nd - 5th
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Computer Coding with Scratch 3.0 Computer Coding | Unit 1
THIS IS A LIVING BUNDLE! This bundle is starting at 5 products but will grow to be a total of 12 PRODUCTS + BONUS MATERIAL! Buy it for a discounted price now!Future items will be placed in the bundle and available for you to download FOR FREE once you purchase. This Scratch 3.0 Computer Coding bundle include my first unit of Scratch 3.0 coding lessons. In the future there will be more available units covering more advanced coding and programming concepts such as controlling the LEGO EV3 platfor
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1st - 8th
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STEM Roller Coaster Challenge and Elementary Physics Unit
Engage your students in this hands-on learning experience! Explore the concepts of gravity, momentum, friction, acceleration, and speed with five no-prep lessons (all you'll need are a few household materials!) Each lesson comes with all your students need to conduct an exploration of each concept. Students will then apply what they have learned throughout the unit to design and build their very own roller coaster in the STEM Roller Coaster Challenge!
This STEM Roller Coaster Challenge and Ele
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2nd - 5th
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Creative IB Water Unit
Creative Water UnitThis six week, fully integrated, unit is designed to meet the International Baccalaureate (IB) Framework although it will work great for anyone looking for a creative unit focused on water. This unit includes literacy, math, science, action projects, etc.It is designed to emphasize global awareness, arts integration, the multiple intelligences, and 21st century learning and innovation skills.Lessons are project based and are primarily taught through the arts; visual arts, poet
Grades:
1st - 3rd
2023-24 Gifted and Talented GATE Program for the Year with Best Sellers
Provide a fantastic experience for your students from KG through 6th grade with these new products combined with greatest hits/all-time best sellers from Portable Gifted and Talented.Please see individual descriptions and teacher reviews for more details.
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K - 6th
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Building Strong Vocabulary: Sensory Detail MEGA Unit- Digital Resource!!
This is a 6-day CCSS aligned, 130 slides PowerPoint unit plan to teach students how to identify sensory words in the text, and how to use sensory details in their writing. The main purpose of this unit is to teach students why sensory details are important and how to include them in their writing, using a Write From the Beginning model.Each day's lesson includes:standards, objectives, daily agendasdaily reflection questions and discussionshigher-level thinking worksheets and activitiescolorful
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K - 8th
deBono's Six Thinking Hats and Fairytales
This unit is a differentiated instruction unit that is NYS CCSS aligned (standards are listed both in the unit outline and in each lesson) which provides students with the opportunity to think both critically and creatively. Students explore deBono's Six Thinking Hats while reading different fairytales and apply what they have learned through mini projects and one final project. This unit is both culturally diverse (students learn about different points of view and their world while reading the
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
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2nd - 4th
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Natural Disasters Unit
This unit includes the following:Posters/slides for the definitions of the following:HurricaneTornadoEarthquakeTsunamiFlash FloodAvalancheBlizzardMudslideWildfire4 page research packet1 page research sheetMeteorologist Report ScriptNatural Disaster Opinion Writing Planning PageNatural Disaster Opinion Writing PageHurricane STEM ChallengeEarthquake STEM ChallengeWe ended this fun unit by filming weather reports for these natural disasters using a Green Screen app!
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1st - 3rd
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Math Projects for High Ability Students
This is a series of math projects for high ability students in second grade. The projects give your students enrichment in number sense, computation, data, patterns, money, time, and problem solving. Your students also have the option to create a project of their own design on other math skills. The projects involve integration with writing, art, technology, research, and communication. I copy the pages and put them in a math binder or folder. These are projects that the high ability studen
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1st - 2nd
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