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Challenge your gifted and talented to play the “game of life” and survive financially during their first year in college. This concept-based unit allows students to “earn” an inheritance from a distant relative by repurposing items from a barn. With this “money,” students find affordable housing, transportation, furnishings, and other essentials. Then the “game of life begins with monthly reoccurring expenses, opportunities to buy additional necessities and/or wants, as well as challenges or o

Many pull-out gifted and talented programs are ungraded. However students still need accountability for their growth, and parents need a good understanding of their child’s strengths and weaknesses. These progress-monitoring forms are designed to help teachers document student progress and share their observations with students and parents. *Revised July 2022 - Forms are now editable to add names for ease of use. I hope you will find these forms useful! This product includes:> Teacher Instruc

Technology using visuals and audio are strong persuasive tools. They have the power to inform us about issues, inspire us to learn more, and incite us to take action. In this project based unit, students will experience this power as they research, write, film, and edit their own Public Service Announcements. This product includes: *Unit Summary *Essential Question *Essential Understanding *Outcomes *Cognitive Standards Covered *Affective Standards Covered *Materials & Resource List *Complete I

Create your own hybrid animal species? Why, yes, we can do that! In this unit, which utilizes the Talents Unlimited Model based on the work of Calvin Taylor and adapted by Carol Schlichter, students will do just that. While it's all good fun, they will be using creative and critical thinking skills that will help them be successful in all areas of life. Those include: productive thinking, decision-making, planning, communication, and forecasting. Come...take a walk on the wild side.... This

WHAT is a hero? WHO is your hero? In this concept based unit, students will learn about the men and women whose achievements have made a direct or indirect influence in the lives of others. Students will explore the distinction between a hero and a celebrity. They will develop a personal definition of heroism and characteristics of heroes. Students will then select, research, and develop a product on a hero and compare them to a hero from a book they have read. As a follow-up, students will re

Provide your gifted and high-achieving students the opportunity to learn the power of infographics to communicate information in a visually appealing and concise way. Students will conduct research on a career of interest and their research data will be used to create an infographic. This product will provide you with: *Mini-unit with 8-10 hours of learning *Technology tutorials *Student handouts and printables *Assessments The infographic portion of the mini-unit could be used with any researc

How do you learn? This gifted and talented unit challenges students to be introspective and create a product to metaphorically represent the way they learn. The unit explores metaphors and symbolism in photography. Students then go on a photo shoot to take pictures that symbolize them metaphorically. These photos are then editing using free web 2.0 photo editing software to create a final presentation with text and visuals. This unit not only addresses critical thinking skills, but affectiv

This spoof on the Myers-Briggs Assessment is a great beginning of the year activity. Use as an ice-breaker with your classes or for a faculty meeting. Presented as a PDF SlideShow, participants will use only pencil and paper to complete the assessment. The pig they draw serves as a “test” of the personality traits of the drawer. Although this is an un-validated assessment, sometimes the accuracy of the results will make you go, “Hmmmmm.” Have fun! Did you like this SlideShow? It's a f

Start the year off with a novel way for students to get to know one another. The Talking Rocks provide communication prompts that encourage students to critically think and talk about themselves. This activity is even suitable for adults and could be used at a grade level, department, or staff/faculty meeting. This product includes:*Materials list *Step-by-step construction instructions with pictures *Templates of communication prompts *Ideas on how to use the activity with students or adults ==

“I’m finished. What now?” How often do you hear that from your gifted and advanced students? Keep them engaged in thinking and creating in a purposeful way by using independent learning activities. This bundle includes TEN “money themed” activities that are “traveling centers” that a student takes to their desk to complete independently. Each activity has four pages: a cover, directions, activity, and materials page. The four pages are glued to a file folder, laminated, and stored in a contain

No two students enter your classroom with the same abilities, experiences, and needs. Because your students have differences in their readiness to learn, background knowledge, English proficiency, and learning styles, it is important that we meet them where they are…instead of adopting a “one size fits all” method of teaching. Use this chart to effectively differentiate your lessons to meet the varying needs of your students. ======================================================================

“Triplets” is a task card set that provides a fun way for students to practice vocabulary, critical thinking, analysis, and deductive thinking by finding commonalities in a group of words. “Triplets” is perfect for an anchor activity, station work, bell ringers, or large group work. This product includes: >Teacher Guide >40 Task Cards >Student Answer Document >Answer Key Helpful Tips for Purchasers: Get TPT credit to use on future purchases! Log in to your TpT account and go

Looking for a great anchor activity for your early finishers or a differentiated station activity for your advanced learners? Connect 4 is a categories game that encourages students to use their critical thinking skills to find patterns and connections in a puzzle grid of 16 pictures. The puzzles can be done independently, in pairs, small groups, or as a whole group activity. Students will find the puzzles with only pictures to be more challenging, however identical puzzles with labels are provi

Looking for a fun, creative, and critical thinking end of the year activities? This is the bundle for you. This product includes a duo of activities that will not only end your year, but help you get a head start on the beginning of next year. Students will plan and create a Welcome to Our Class mini poster with PowerPoint that will give advice to students who will be in your class in the fall. Additionally, students will complete an End of Year Survey that will help you know the students' opini

Gifted students, despite their intelligence, often lack the "Executive Skills" needed to be productive in the classroom. This freebie contains mini-posters with the major "Executive Skills" they need to be successful. Post these skills in your classroom and/or give a copy to each child. This product includes: *color mini poster with white background *color mini poster with green background *color mini poster with buff background *grayscale mini poster with white background ================

This task card set is a great way to practice or assess your students’ proficiency on ratio and proportions word problems. It is designed to be used with 6th graders, but can be used for uppervention for grades 4 and 5 or intervention for grades 7 and 8. Task cards can be used in a variety of ways in your classroom: ¥ one-on-one assessment ¥ learning station activity ¥ small group intervention ¥ whole group practice   This product includes: >Teacher Guide >40 Task Cards >Student An

High stakes standardized testing is a stressful time for students and teachers. Preparing students for standardized testing is a challenging task. Unfortunately, even if students have the skills or knowledge to score well on an assessment, they may struggle with the verbiage in questions. Rather than teach the test, prepare students to recognize important words in the questions to help them successfully answer assessment questions. Introduce these important words throughout the school year. Us

“I’m finished. What now?” How often do you hear that from your gifted and advanced students? Keep them engaged in thinking and creating in a purposeful way by using independent learning activities. This FREEBIE is from a bundle of TEN “money themed” Early Finisher Activities that are “traveling centers” that a student takes to their desk to complete independently. To see the full product click on this link: Early Finisher Activities – Money ThemedThe paid product includes pictures with instruct

Silent auctions are a great way for schools to fund raise, especially if they are done in conduction with a school event like a Halloween Carnival or Fall Festival. People love silent auctions because everyone loves a good deal.! Silent auctions are a good deal for schools, too, because all the items are donated and almost 100% of the funds generated are profit. This manual will guide you through the preparation and production of a silent auction event for your school. =======================