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Phonemic Awareness BUNDLE Kindergarten Preschool Pre-K Phonological Awareness
This literacy curriculum teaches preschool, pre-k and kindergarten students phonemic awareness, which is the number one predictor of a student's ability to become a fluent reader. Building this foundation means explicitly teaching children how our language works, and understanding the relationship between sounds and spoken words. Phonemic awareness is 100% auditory and does not involve printed letters or words.➜ Special Sale PriceSave 30% off for a limited time only!⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "I cannot tell yo
PreK - 1st
Alphabet, Balanced Literacy, Phonics & Phonological Awareness
CCSS
RF.K.1a
, RF.K.2
, RF.K.2a
+4
Parts of the Brain Activities, Centers, and Worksheets | Human Body Science
Teaching a human body or nervous system unit in elementary science? These brain activities help students understand brain structure and function through hands-on science worksheets, centers, and discussion-based lessons. Designed for grades 3–5, this unit makes complex brain concepts accessible while helping students understand how their thoughts, emotions, and behaviors impact learning. PERFECT FOR:Human body & nervous system science units Parts of the brain lessons (grades 3–5) Science c
3rd - 5th
Science, Social Emotional Learning
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!
K - 3rd
English Language Arts, Science
The Arrival by Shaun Tan -- 100+ Page Unit and Teacher's Guide GATE
Yes, we can teach reading, writing, speaking and listening, and critical thinking skills using this amazing graphic novel which has no “words!” It’s a journey about who we are, where we have come from, and the humanity we share. It’s about hope and love and understanding. At times powerful, at times breathtakingly beautiful . . . Shaun Tan’s The Arrival should be on every bookshelf in every classroom. This 100+ page teaching guide and unit has been developed over the past three years in my a
5th - 12th
English Language Arts, Social Studies
CCSS
RL.5.3
, RL.5.7
, RL.5.9
+18
Table-top Mini Golf: STEAM Engineering and Design for Elementary GATE
In From Putt-putt to Pebble Beach--Table-top Mini Golf, students will design and construct a playable table-top sized miniature golf course using the engineering design process. With these lessons, the teacher defines the problem, helps students gather background research, and specifies the requirements. The students do the rest: creating alternative solutions, choosing the best solution, doing development work, building a prototype, and testing and redesigning. The result is a classroom filled
4th - 7th
Engineering, Physical Science
Also included in: STEAM Class Bundle - Engineering Focus - 115+ Hours 374 pp Gifted GATE
Gifted and Talented COMPLETE 3rd 4th Grade Introductory Program - 45+ Hours
Every other teacher in your building probably has a handy curriculum to follow, a set of textbooks as resources . . . so why not you, the Gifted and Talented Teacher? Here is a complete first year GATE program adaptable to 3rd or 4th grades--all tried and tested, Common Core Standards based, and successfully implemented using best practices in gifted education. SEE THE BIG PREVIEW FOR MORE -- 33% off Individual Purchase Prices You get 263 pages of materials guaranteed to produce 45+ hours of con
3rd - 4th
Engineering, English Language Arts
STEM Kid Engineering for GATE -- FERRIS WHEELS plus Primary Sources
In this GATE engineering journey, students will each construct a very cool Ferris wheel prototype as a final product. Along the way, they will examine primary source images, read primary source history, and integrate math, engineering, and economics in a learning process which incorporates best practices in gifted and talented education for 21st Century Learners.
This is a challenging engineering project—teacher guided. I used it for GATE 4th grade; however, my kids are experienced builders.
4th - 8th
Applied Math, Engineering, Social Studies
CCSS
5.NBT.B.7
, RI.4.1
, RI.4.3
+2
Also included in: STEAM Class Bundle - Engineering Focus - 115+ Hours 374 pp Gifted GATE
SPIES! A GATE Adventure 18+ Contact Hours - Challenging and Engaging!
Your students will ask to stay in from recess for this. It is the most popular unit I've taught in 32 years, and it is packed with challenging critical thinking. We imagine students are training at the school for spies: mini survivor challenges, mini crossbows, a jewel heist, footprint mysteries, memory games, cipher disks, case files, messages hidden in gel caps. This unit is STEM and critical thinking at its coolest and finest, and we’ve thrown in reading, speaking and listening, and a social
4th - 7th
Applied Math, Engineering
Also included in: SIMULATIONS Real-World Projects GATE Bundle Gifted
STEAM Kid Engineering -- The Playable Golf Course Design Unit for GATE
In this unit, students will build a contraption to hit a small, wooden golf ball through a scaled version of a golf course which they and their classmates have designed. They’ll make a trundle wheel for measuring and marking the course, write down their scores on a scorecard, design putters, and learn background in physics through their work in the engineering and design process.
The Playable Golf Course is not just fun. It’s a challenging engineering, design, and construction unit including
4th - 8th
Applied Math, Engineering
Also included in: STEAM Class Bundle - Engineering Focus - 115+ Hours 374 pp Gifted GATE
SHARK TANK Economics Pitches Prototypes PROJECT BASED PBL GATE
Welcome to the shark tank project-based learning unit. Let’s begin our entrepreneurial careers today!
Build critical thinking skills, public speaking success, and bring creativity, language arts, and economics into your classroom in a purposeful and authentic way.
Students will work in collaborative teams to solve a complex, ongoing, inquiry-based problem with a physical product for an authentic audience:
• Brainstorm a product, citing a need that will be fulfilled.
• Construct a prototyp
4th - 8th
Economics , English Language Arts
CCSS
SL.4.1
, SL.4.4
, SL.4.5
+3
Also included in: Creativity Bundle for GATE Gifted and Talented and ALL
Christmas Scattergories no prep morning work phonics activity 8th 9th 10th 11th
Christmas challenging game- these Scattergories activities, bell ringers game for students in 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th grades, early finishers, middle schoolers, high schoolers, junior high school, upper elementary, elementary school, GATE, gifted and talented, homeschool, upper elementary, middle school, or high school- these printable puzzles are a versatile resource for low prep ELA, Crossword Worksheets, science, history, and seasonal lessons, challenging advis
4th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Poetry, Writing
STEAM DaVinci Renaissance Style: A Unit for Elementary GATE
In STEM Renaissance Style, students will follow the engineering process as they return to the 16th Century. With these lessons, the teacher defines the problem, helps students gather background research, and specifies the requirements. The students do the rest: creating alternative solutions, choosing the best solution, doing development work, building a prototype, and testing and redesigning.
Students construct a prototype of Da Vinci’s parachute while learning about falling objects, gravity,
4th - 8th
Engineering
Also included in: STEAM Class Bundle - Engineering Focus - 115+ Hours 374 pp Gifted GATE
1st Grade Digital Science of Reading Word Work Phonics Game PowerPoint Activity
Are you looking for some hands-on phonics activities for your students, but you don't have hours to laminate and cut it out? These ready-to-use phonics word work cards will save you time and provide students with so many hands-on activities! This innovative, digital resource provides differentiated levels! It actually includes, get this, 121 files! I am serious! That is 121 phonics centers that are ready-to-use with no cutting and laminating! It adds up to 3,400 organized slides (pages) that cov
K - 2nd
Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading, Science of Reading
CCSS
RF.K.1b
, RF.K.2
, RF.K.2c
+17
Print and Go Sub Plans 5th Grade ELA Math Sub Plans 4th Grade Emergency Folder
These 3-day emergency sub plans allow you to print and go while leaving 4th and 5th grade lessons in an emergency folder. These emergency sub plans follow thematic units for 4th and 5th-grade ELA and math classes. This fun bundle includes an editable substitute folder template that will save you so much time. The themed pages require no prep - including print and go directions for your substitute teacher. They are perfect for 4th and 5th-grade classes who want to be engaged in an exploration! ⭐
4th - 5th
For All Subjects
CCSS
4.MD.A.1
, 4.MD.A.2
, 4.MD.A.3
+21
NGSS 5-PS1-1 States of Matter NGSS Aligned Lesson – Modeling Matter
NGSS 5-PS1-1 States of Matter NGSS Aligned Lesson – Modeling Matter Made of Particles Too Small to be seen is a 5E phenomena based lesson plan. The lesson starts with a PowerPoint and short video to engage your students. Their involvement deepens with three explore activities, two of which are hands on lab exercises. Also included is a detailed explanation PowerPoint with linked video on the states of matter. Three elaboration activities and an evaluation activity complete the lesson. Thi
4th - 7th
General Science, Physical Science, Science
CCSS, NGSS
MP2
, 5-PS1-1
Also included in: NGSS Fifth Grade Science Curriculum Bundle | Phenomena-Based Lessons!
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
K - 3rd
Literature
2nd Grade Lucy Calkins writing unit 4: POETRY: SLIDES
This huge document includes slides (Microsoft PowerPoint Version) that go along with every writing lesson in Unit 4 for 2nd grade: Poetry: Big Thoughts Come in Small Packages. Each slide has catchy pictures, anchor charts, and teaching points named so you can keep yourself on track through each lesson! I use these with a PowerPoint clicker to keep my pace through the lessons and make sure I don't forget any parts!
1st - 3rd
English Language Arts, Poetry, Writing
CCSS
RL.2.4
, SL.2.1
, CCRA.W.2
+7
Also included in: 2nd Grade Lucy units: Writers Workshop SLIDES - BUNDLED
Solar Energy - Energy Transformation – How We Use Energy From The Sun
This Solar Energy package shows how solar energy is transformed to heat and electricity. The package includes an editable, interactive PowerPoint presentation, a solar energy lab, Solar energy reading comprehension articles, and an Illustrated solar energy vocabulary and crossword puzzle. This package covers what solar energy is, how solar energy is used, and its environmental benefits and challenges. These materials are aligned with Common Core, and Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) a
4th - 6th
Earth Sciences, General Science, Physical Science
CCSS, NGSS
RI.5.1
, W.4.7
, W.4.8
+8
Also included in: NGSS Renewable Energy Bundle Grades 4 - 6
Halloween Scattergories no prep morning work phonics activity 8th 9th 10th 11th
Halloween challenging game- these Scattergories activities, bell ringers game for students in 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th grades, early finishers, middle schoolers, high schoolers, junior high school, upper elementary, elementary school, GATE, gifted and talented, homeschool, upper elementary, middle school, or high school- these printable puzzles are a versatile resource for low prep ELA, Crossword Worksheets, science, history, and seasonal lessons, challenging adviso
4th - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education
Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Poetry, Writing
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
1st - 3rd
Close Reading, Informational Text
CCSS
2.MD.D.10
, RL.3.4
, RI.1.3
+6
Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick Unit Critical Thinking GATE Hands-on!
Students reluctant to read? They’ll read this one! These lessons will keep them interested and keep them thinking along the way … You’ll be free to pick and choose the best activities to suit your students, because in this collection, there is much, much more than you’ll ever need for one graphic novel unit. Open Brian Selznick’s graphic novel Wonderstruck, and you will quickly see why readers of all ages are wonderstruck—captivated by the interplay of text and pictures, drawn into two stories
4th - 7th
Literature, Reading
AIR -- An Incredibly Cool STEAM Unit for Upper Elementary!
Balloon cars, hovercrafts, gliders, prototypes, zip-lines and air rockets, helicopters and more . . .
Here is a full unit with more than 20 hours of critical thinking and hands-on activities designed specifically for all 21st Century Learners and nonverbally gifted learners. STEM teachers: this unit guides students through the engineering process time and time again—elementary style!
Not only is this unit packed with critical thinking opportunities and rich in deeper understanding of physica
3rd - 6th
Engineering, Physical Science
Also included in: Gifted and Talented SURVIVAL KIT Bundle -- 235 pages, big discount!
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
K - 3rd
English Language Arts, Literature
CCSS
RL.2.1
, RL.2.2
, RL.2.7
+1
Road Trip Adventure PROJECT BASED LEARNING Writing for GATE and 3rd - 8th
Come along on a fun project-based adventure as students practice different forms of writing, geography skills, computer and internet technology skills, engineering and design skills, math skills, public speaking, creativity, and art. Here is your Gold Medal Standard project based learning unit ready to go. Because this project-based unit relies heavily on student creativity and invention, the key knowledge, understanding, and success skills can be scaffolded across many grade levels. This unit
3rd - 8th
English Language Arts, Geography
CCSS
5.NBT.B.7
, 4.NF.B.4
, 5.NF.A.2
+5
Also included in: SIMULATIONS Real-World Projects GATE Bundle Gifted
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