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Common Core RI.3.3 resources for GATE
Project Based Learning Activity: Ancient Egypt Social Studies PBL
This interactive PBL activity puts your students in the shoes of a museum curator designing an authentic Ancient Egyptian museum experience!Ancient Egyptian Museum is a social studies project based learning activity (PBL) that results in a commercial to entice potential guests. Along the way, students will research, make real-life decisions, all while learning more about this ancient civilization, developing 21st-century skills, communicating, and designing. This PBL is self-differentiating, mea
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in:Â Project Based Learning Activities: Social Studies PBL BUNDLE
Project Based Learning Activities: Social Studies PBL BUNDLE
Save 20% with this ancient civilizations bundle, which includes an Ancient Greece PBL, Ancient Egypt PBL, Ancient China PBL, and Ancient Rome PBL. These PBLS are a social studies project based learning activity (PBL) that results in a research and making real-life decisions, all while learning more about this ancient civilization, developing 21st-century skills, communicating, and designing. These PBLs are self-differentiating, meaning that students have the ability to work at their own pace and
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3rd - 5th
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Project Based Learning Activity: Ancient Rome Social Studies PBL
This PBL puts your students in the shoes of an Roman creating a product and advertising it in the Forum at Ancient Rome!Ancient Roman Forum is a social studies project based learning activity (PBL) that results in an oral speech advertising to other Ancient Romans. Along the way, students will research, make real-life decisions, all while learning more about this ancient civilization, developing 21st-century skills, communicating, and designing. This PBL is self-differentiating, meaning that stu
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in:Â Project Based Learning Activities: Social Studies PBL BUNDLE
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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Also included in:Â Kindergarten and 1st Grade GATE Bundle - Gifted and Talented and Advanced
Project Based Learning Activity: Ancient China Social Studies PBL
This PBL puts your students in the shoes of an Ancient Chinese newspaper creator!This Ancient China newspaper PBL is a social studies project based learning activity (PBL) that results in a newspaper that is engaging and intriguing to readers. Along the way, students will research, make real-life decisions, all while learning more about this ancient civilization, developing 21st-century skills, communicating, and designing. This PBL is self-differentiating, meaning that students have the ability
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in:Â Project Based Learning Activities: Social Studies PBL BUNDLE
Biography Research Writing Reports to use with any book
Do you need a fun and engaging biography or inspirational people unit? I have been using this unit for a few years and it is a favorite! I currently use the WHO WAS series biographies. 2 Options are provided - Google slides project or print and go project.Check out the Preview for samples. This makes an EXCELLENT Open House project. Families LOVE to walk around and read about all the inspirational people!What is included?*Biography notes pages for during reading*Biography Notes Pages for during
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3rd - 5th
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Rube Goldberg Machines - 11 day Cross-Curricular Unit
Rube Goldberg was an engineer-turned-cartoonist who is best known for his comics with ridiculous inventions. This action-packed, engaging, and rigorous unit includes 11 days worth of lessons where students learn about Rube Goldberg, create a comic, design and build a machine, and then create a video summary of their learning. These lessons are great for gifted/talented students!This download includes: 11 detailed lessonsDifferentiated student worksheetsDesign Brief TemplateAn video alternative f
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
October Extension Choice Menu
October Extension Menu—Extension menus provide opportunities to extend learning. They are a great extension for when students are finished with their regular class work by providing engaging activities that support learning. Extension menus have proved highly successful with Gifted Students. The Extension Menu guides students in their learning while providing students with choice and the chance to explore various learning styles. This menu includes two activities for each of the following hea
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3rd - 5th
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1st Week Literacy Enrichment - Hands-on and Challenging Fun
We reach all students, no matter their ability!
In this lesson, we work with primary source photos to develop strong reading skills—citing key details, making inferences, determining message or theme, and establishing historical context. Your students will be engaged and invited to be creative as they make origami book marks and write empowering messages about reading.
Hands-on and highly participatory enrichment!
This school year we’re working on filling up the portable with whole-class
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in:Â Creativity Bundle for GATE Gifted and Talented and ALL
Finding the Titanic Close Reading and Writing Prompt Multiple Perspectives
This is a Close Reading activity to be used with Finding the Titanic, by Robert Ballard. There is also a writing lesson using Multiple Perspectives. Included is a page of text-evidence close reading questions, Multiple Perspective cards, a graphic organizer for writing and a "newspaper" type paper for publishing.
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3rd - 5th
Who Was/Is...? Editable Reading Response Packet
I love using the Who Was/Is…? books in small reading groups and I wanted a way to hold students accountable for their reading, so I created this reading response packet to go with any book in the series. This resource contains six graphic organizers made to go with the book series Who Was...? or Who Is...? You decide how you want to break up the chapters in the book by either editing the Google Slides provided or by printing out the pdf of the student packet and writing the chapters you choose.
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Island of the Blue Dolphins Summative Project Choice Boards
This is a summative project based learning choice board. With 9 different student choice options, students are able to create a project that showcases their reading comprehension, creativity, and interests. Projects include writing, filming, presenting, creating diorama and 3d models. Each project has a google slide page that describes the expectations. My 3rd and 4th GATE students love this project, and it is wonderful to provide them authentic opportunities to showcase their unique talents as
Grades:
3rd - 6th
November/December Extension Choice Menu
November/December Extension Menu—Extension menus provide opportunities to extend learning. They are a great extension for when students are finished with their regular class work by providing engaging activities that support learning. Extension menus have proved highly successful with Gifted Students. The Extension Menu guides students in their learning while providing students with choice and the chance to explore various learning styles. This menu includes two activities for each of the fol
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3rd - 5th
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Ruby Bridges Biography Interactive Activity - Learning About Black History
This Ruby Bridges Interactive Activity introduces your students to this great leader of the civil rights movement in a fun and engaging way. This fully interactive biography has students read (or listen to) an animated biography, watch a short video, read some famous quotes, read some fun facts, and then take a quiz to check for understanding. This is a perfect activity for a 35-45 minute class period, leaving time for students to open computers, link, and learn about a person from history.Assig
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in:Â Black History Biographies Bundle Interactive Learning Upper Grades
Enrichment/Extension Esperanza Rising - Human Rights Padlet
After a novel study or reading of Esperanza Rising, this is a padlet of extension/enrichment activities. It is a great project for early finishers. (It is not a novel study for chapters, it is activities after completing the novel.) The file is the link to the padlet with simple directions to use with Google Classroom and TinkerCad--both free resources that are great technology additions to any classroom! This resource is intended for classrooms already utilizing the Google Classroom platform.St
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3rd - 6th
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Art History: Seurat's Dots (Dot Day Extention Acitivies)
Extend your Dot Day activities to include a little art history. Include the artists Georges Seurat and show what he did with dots. Encourage your students to try Pointallism as a style of painting.Includes: Biography, Word Wall Academic Vocabulary Signs, Coloring Page, and Art on a Cart Protips
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3rd - 5th
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All Access Class Enrichment - Summary Writing w Primary Sources + GATE Metaphors
Success in summary writing can come with a bit more fun, visual challenge, and a bit of mystery in primary sources.
All good students—from 1st grade to graduate school--must master summary writing. Let’s add critical thinking skills, creativity, and a bit of history mystery to this whole class enrichment opportunity! A metaphor-building summary and 3D design lesson for advanced and gifted learners (or everyone!) is included in this bundle as well. A few other extension tasks are offered as w
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3rd - 6th
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Daylight Savings Time Mini Book
Ready, Set, Go! Spring Forward, Fall Back: Daylight Savings Time Mini Book, K/W/L, Coloring Page, One Page Essay, Making Connections Graphic Organizer, Timeline of Sequence of Events, Anchor Charts, and Build a Clock Color & Cut Craftivity! November 4th set your clocks back!
Artist Study: Vincent Van Gogh
Take your students on an exclusive tour of Van Gogh's life and works. Powerpoint includes his life timeline and details about each work. Students will replicate Van Gogh's work through a look at his themes in nature and get a chance to present and display their work!
If you like this: View my study of Leonardo Da Vinci and Georgia O'Keeffe
Copyright Carmen Mares 2015
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3rd - 6th
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