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Common Core W.2.8 resources for Gifted and Talented
Genius Hour Pack for Elementary
Are you looking to do Genius Hour in elementary? This packet has all of the teaching materials and plans, student worksheets, and caregiver letters to make sure that your Genius Hour is one of the best things you do all year in second, third, or fourth grade. Genius Hour in the lower grades can be a lot of work if you are unprepared, but this packet makes it simple! What's included in this Genius Hour planning pack? For Teachers: What is Genius Hour? A brief overview of Genius Hour and its pur
Grades:
2nd - 4th
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Back to School STEM Activities Intro Booklet What is STEAM First Day of School
Are you looking for a way to introduce STEM to your class? This STEM introduction booklet is the perfect resource! Discuss the importance of science, technology, engineering, art, math, and the design process. The booklet is available in both English and Spanish, and it can be used in Google Slides or as a printable PDF.This booklet is a great way to start an open discussion with your students about STEM. It can help them to understand the different components of STEM and how they all work toget
Grades:
2nd - 5th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-1
Seed Dispersal and Pollinator STEM Plant STEAM
Ecosystem interdependence with animal STEM, challenges students to use engineering design process! Model will show how insects help pollination or seed dispersal. Bees and pollination reading passage and writing prompts included with this Life Science project. Next Generation Science Standard Alignment: 2-LS2-2, K-2ETS1-2☝ Click HERE to Save over 25% on the Money Savings ALL STEM and STEAM BUNDLE! ☝ (Currently: 16 NGSS aligned Projects) ❤ All STEM Projects are OPEN ENDED, allowing student flexib
Grades:
1st - 3rd
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 2-LS2-2
Also included in: STEM Activities STEM Challenges
Depth & Complexity Primary Math Word Problems Bundle
This Depth and Complexity Primary Math Word Problem Bundle includes problems about counting money, addition and subtraction, and the foundations for multiplication. ***Now includes a digital layer! Students get the opportunity to solve real world math problems using the depth and complexity icons and content imperatives to help break down each word problem while also speaking, listening, and writing!Can Anyone Use Depth & Complexity Frames?Although these lessons are designed for GATE studen
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2nd - 3rd
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Magnet STEM & STEAM Force and Motion
Are your students learning about magnetic repel and attraction? This hands-on magnetic station helps students understand magnetism! Students use the engineering design process to modify a product using magnets to help make a task easier in this invention magnet lab. Also included: a leveled text, submission report, a classroom showcase, and writing prompts! ☝ Click HERE to Save over 25% on the Money Savings ALL STEM and STEAM BUNDLE! ☝(Currently: 16 NGSS Aligned Projects) ❤ All STEM Projects are
Grades:
2nd - 4th
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NGSS:
3-PS2-3
, 3-PS2-4
Also included in: STEM Activities STEM Challenges
Genius Hour Interactive Notebook Printable and Digital
Are you looking for a way to have your students participate in genius hour? This student interactive journal is the answer! It comes in two formats: printable and digital Google Slides. Students will use the Engineering Design Process to research a topic they are interested in. This can be used to guide whole class lessons or early finishers can work through the journal independently. Genius hour is a perfect way to offer engaging extensions in your classroom.What’s Included?Digital Student
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
Christmas Literacy Activities | 20 Creative Activities | PRINT & DIGITAL
Christmas Literacy ActivitiesBring the Christmas Spirit with these 20 creative thinking Christmas Literacy activities! Differentiated for all learners, These language rich creative thinking Christmas Literacy activities foster creative thinking to increase learning in all areas. See below for a description of these unique Christmas activities! Perfect for Christmas morning work, Christmas writing activities and Christmas early finishers.This is the PRINT & DIGITAL. It is provided in both pri
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Not Grade Specific
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Also included in: Christmas Activities for 3rd Grade Bundle | Math & Literacy
Thanksgiving Writing Activities | Thanksgiving Creative Thinking | PRINT
Thanksgiving Creative Thinking ActivitiesThese Thanksgiving Writing Activities ask students to think about Thanksgiving in a different way. These creative thinking Thanksgiving activities are great for gifted learners and community building activities. Perfect for Thanksgiving morning work, Thanksgiving centers, for Thanksgiving writing activities or for early finishers! This packet is geared towards 3-8th grade and is provided in full color. This is the PRINT VERSION only.Also Available in DIGI
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2nd - 5th
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Insect Research Report Writing Project
Insect research posters for informative writingStudents research an assigned insect When research is complete, students fill in the poster and you have a great hallway display! A second option is to use the poster as a guide while taking notes, then write a report on included paper. Either take notes on the posters for reports writing or use them for hallway display! Also includes :•Lined paper for note taking •Lined paper for report writing (2 versions) •Report paper with an area to draw a pi
Grades:
1st - 4th
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Writing Choice Boards FREEBIE
These FREE writing choice boards (menus) for second grade are perfect for distance learning, early finishers, homework, or enrichment. These choice boards cover opinion, narrative, informative, writing about literature, writing about non-fiction, letter writing, and finishing a topic starter.This is part of a ultimate second grade bundle that you can find here.You can find November choice boards here. Click to find funny animal story choice boards here.In this unit you will find 7 choice boards.
Grades:
1st - 3rd
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Earth Day STEM STEAM Challenge
In April learn how to reduce, reuse, and recycle! In this Spring STEM and STEAM project, students design and invent a product using reusable/recyclable materials. Students use the engineering design cycle to develop a model to solve a problem, then use observations to write a report. A leveled text and writing prompts round out this set! Next Generation Science Standard Alignment: K-ESS3-3, K-2-ETS1-1☝ Click HERE to Save over 25% on the Money Savings ALL STEM and STEAM BUNDLE! ☝ (Currently: 16 N
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-1
, K-ESS3-3
Also included in: STEM Activities STEM Challenges
Winter Literacy Activities | 20 Creative Writing Activities | PRINT & DIGITAL
Winter Creative Writing ActivitiesEnjoy a winter wonderland with these 20 creative thinking Winter Literacy activities! Differentiated for all learners, These creative thinking Winter Literacy activities foster creative thinking to increase learning in all areas. See below for a description of these unique Winter activities! Perfect for Winter morning work, Winter writing activities, winter literacy centers and for winter early finishers.This is the PRINT & DIGITAL version. It is in full col
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2nd - 5th
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Also included in: Winter Math & Writing Activities for 3rd Grade | PRINT & DIGITAL
Fall Activity Pack: 20 Fall Themed Creative Thinking Activities!
Fall Creative Thinking Packet
This is a packet of 20 creative thinking Fall activities for Fall. Get your students thinking creatively right from the start of the year!
These language rich creative thinking fall activities may be used individually or stapled together to create a fall activity packet (black line cover included). Fostering creative thinking has been shown to increase learning in all areas. This Fall Activity Packet will do just that!
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*Student Cover-
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2nd - 5th
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Also included in: Halloween Activities Sheets
Summer Activities Pack: 20 Summer Activities for Literacy and Creativity
Summer Creative Thinking Packet
This is a packet of 20 creative thinking Summer activities for Summer. Keep your students thinking and writing right up until the last day of the school! This Summer Creative Thinking Pack is also part of my End of the Year BUNDLE
These language rich creative thinking Summer activities may be used individually or stapled together to create a Summer activity packet (black line cover included). Fostering creative thinking has been shown to increase learning in al
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2nd - 5th
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Matter Interaction STEM and STEAM
Studying matter properties? This matter project challenges students to create objects from the same set of pieces by taking them apart and putting together in a new way. Students show how solid matter changes. The engineering design process helps students investigate, plan, create, improve, and evaluate designs. Students observe and write a report on findings. A leveled text and writing prompts round out this jammed packed physical science set! Next Generation Science Standard Alignment: 2-PS1-3
Grades:
1st - 3rd
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, 2-PS1-3
Also included in: STEM Activities STEM Challenges
Depth & Complexity Foundations of Multiplication Word Problem Frame
Get your students to think like mathematicians! In this multiplication/addition word problem, students will need to use multiplication or addition to figure out how many vegetables two kids in a garden have planted using vocabulary like rows and columns. Students will also be asked to find the important details needed to solve, the language a mathematician would use to discuss the problem, and figure out the answer when the garden changes over time. Finally, students will be asked to solve the p
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2nd - 4th
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STEM PBL Civil Engineering- Traffic Jam! Pine City Measurement Math Project
STEM PROJECT BASED LEARNING - CIVIL ENGINEERING FOR KIDSTraffic Jam! Pine City Math Measurement ProjectOh no! There is a major traffic jam in Pine City and it's even causing problems for the Fire Department! You have just been hired as a traffic engineer by the City to perform a traffic study to get to the bottom of this traffic nightmare. Your traffic study will evaluate all-important Fire Department Response times for the existing traffic conditions and for (2) options to improve the traffic.
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2nd - 5th
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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
Magic Tree House Activities Pirates Past Noon
Are you looking for help in teaching Pirates Past Noon from The Magic Tree House series? This comprehensive bundle will make teaching the book easy for you and fun for your students. Don't travel a swashbuckling adventure without this colorful literary unit to guide you with questions and activities to go along with Mary Pope Osborne's The Magic Treehouse adventure, Pirates Past Noon. I've even included enough fun transitions to keep attention without losing class time with too much splash. So c
Grades:
K - 2nd
Building Good Habits! SEL Skills (Grades 1-2)
Are you looking for a way to build habits that stick around? You've found the method! Change Cards are a simple and sure way to understand how habits are formed and why Change Cards work. Four lessons use a metaphor of software coding to explain the importance of creating positive self-images. You will have a stellar year when you notice your classroom running smoother, children treating each other kindly, and substitutes complimenting your class!Use these no- or low-prep lessons as the hook on
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1st - 2nd
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2nd/3rd-grade Name Origin Project - Guided Research
Hi! I created this Name Origin Project with the 2nd-grade and 3rd-grade learners in mind (but it would work for your curious/gifted first-graders!) This includes 3 pages with prompts/questions about their name. 4 questions require guided research, the rest can be completed independently.If you like this product, feel free to check out my other listings! I am a PreK-2nd gifted specialist who creates resources for many subjects.
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1st - 3rd
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Adventures With Jules Verne
This curriculum is designed as a companion to the Jules Verne classics, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and Around the World in 80 Days. Each Unit will have assignments for all three subjects: Language Arts, Social Studies, and Science. You can help your student by adapting the assignments to meet their abilities. If you follow the Recommended Timeline, you should have five Learning Periods (5 months) worth of work in Language Arts, Science, and Social Studies!This curriculum was designed to be fu
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Be A Perfect Person in Just Three Days! Literary Unit
Are you looking for a book unit to go along with your novel study of Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days? If so, here is just the lesson bundle to engage and challenge your students with this complete literacy unit in PowerPoint for Be A Perfect Person in Just Three Days! I have used this unit with my third and fourth grade gifted classes and with fifth graders, too. Many kids struggle with perfectionism, so this book sends a great message for kids.Inside you'll find:Introduction to the Novel
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4th
Brain Growers Cycles in Nature: Aligned with CKLA Grade 2 Domain 6
Brain Growers are designed to get your students thinking critically, ethically, and creatively. This download includes 14 engaging printable activities that can be used many ways in your classroom, such as:early finisher activitiesindependent work during small group rotationshomework projectswhole class assignmentssmall group assignmentssubstitute workenrichment for gifted and talented studentsand more!All of the printable activities in this download are aligned to Cycles in Nature, CKLA Grade 2
Grades:
2nd
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