Megan May

As a teacher of gifted students, I was always wishing for more time within lessons to have conversations that would help my students understand themselves, push them to grow, and give themselves grace when they fell short. I created this workbook as a way to hold myself accountable and to carve out a time and space to have these conversations. By having these conversations with students regularly and in a controlled environment, I found that I was able to reference back to these topics in the mo

As a teacher of gifted students, I always have multiple students each year wanting to learn to solve the cube! There are many YouTube tutorials out there, but it is impossible to vet them all and many schools have YouTube blocked by a firewall. I created a Google Slide tutorial so that my students could access the steps and learn at their own pace. The slides contain photos and detailed instructions. I will update the slides as needed with additional instructions as feedback is given. **I am c

Kick off the year with your gifted & talented students by creating a class puzzle! Each student will decorate their own puzzle piece according to the directions and cut it out. The pieces fit together to create one large class puzzle. The sections of the puzzle piece are a mix of "getting to know you" and social emotional topics for gifted learners: Hobbies/Interests Name/Favorite colors GT Strengths (Academic, Arts/Music, Leadership, Intellectual) GT Challenges (Perfectionism, Executive Functi

**This is for compliance with Texas Senate Bill 10 - if you are in Louisiana, please see my shop for LA compliant posters!!** These posters are designed to keep you in compliance with Texas SB 10. The required text is present in the Ten Commandments posters. The listing is for a downloadable file containing the images for printing, NOT for physical posters! Additional posters included for an inclusive classroom are: -The Five Pillars of Islam -The Yamas and Niyamas of Hinduism -and The Five Prec

**This is for compliance with Texas Senate Bill 10 - if you are in Louisiana, please see my shop for LA compliant posters!!** These posters are designed to keep you in compliance with Texas SB 10. The required text is present in the Ten Commandments posters. The listing is for a downloadable file containing the images for printing, NOT for physical posters! Additional posters included for an inclusive classroom are: -The Five Pillars of Islam -The Yamas and Niyamas of Hinduism -and The Five Prec

Build your students' vocabulary with these Word of the Week Vocabulary Slides designed for grades 4-8! There are 52 unique words to choose from to best meet the needs of your students throughout the year. Many of the words are sourced from the Scripps Spelling Bee Word Lists (Words of the Champions One & Two Bee). Each word slide includes: Part of Speech Student-Friendly Definition Word Origin Kid-Friendly Example Sentence I made these slides for my gifted enrichment classes, however you can

This listing is for a Google Slides Template intended to be used as an extension to Ian Byrd's "Greekymon" Greek and Latin roots lesson following the brainstorm of original Greekymon (whose names are made up of Greek & Latin roots) and before writing stories. My gifted & talented students love this lesson, and this is a fun way to include AI skills into your ELAR or gifted and talented enrichment class! My students absolutely love seeing their creatures come to life with the AI tool and then r

Support your gifted learners with two opportunities for enrichment! This bundle is two slide shows that are geared toward 3rd-6th grade gifted learners. Use as a part of your enrichment program, or share the slideshows with students to work through at their own pace. Great for early finishers or times in between lessons! Solve the Rubik's Cube:-A slide show with written steps and photos to help guide students to learn to solve the cube. -Linked slides to help find the correct next step based

Haiku poetry can be a lot of fun and encourage higher order thinking. This lesson includes Google Slides to introduce Haiku poetry, a brief review of counting syllables, and several examples of haiku poems that follow a 5-7-5 syllable structure. It concludes with several activities to encourage higher order thinking skills. The activities could be used for whole group instruction, or for gifted and talented students who are in need of differentiation for a syllables or poetry unit. Lesson hando

**This is for compliance with Texas Senate Bill 10 - if you are in Louisiana, please see my shop for LA compliant posters!!** These posters are designed to keep you in compliance with Texas SB 10. The required text is present in the Ten Commandments posters. The listing is for a downloadable file containing the images for printing, NOT for physical posters! Additional posters included for an inclusive classroom are: -The Five Pillars of Islam -The Yamas and Niyamas of Hinduism -and The Five Prec

This is a digital template in Google Slides for your welcome/introduction letter for Meet the Teacher and a weekly/monthly newsletter to match. The template is available pastel colors to match your pastel rainbow classroom theme or personality. All headings and text boxes are fully customizable. Current headers on the welcome back letter: Our Class About Me Favorite Things Class Schedule Contact Info Current headers on the newsletter: Going On This Week Class Needs Homework Reminders Class Sc

This is a bundle of four listings of original poetry written by Megan May for the elementary mathematics classroom. Each poem comes with handouts for use with the poem as well as extensions for further problem solving. Poems included: A Contest At Dinner - Multiplication Problem Solving Worm Topped Newt < Muskrat Cake - Comparing Numbers Eating Fractions - Problem Solving and Drawing Fractions Rainforest Party - Multiplication Problem Solving

**This is for compliance with Texas Senate Bill 10 - if you are in Louisiana, please see my shop for LA compliant posters!!** These posters are designed to keep you in compliance with Texas SB 10. The required text is present in the Ten Commandments posters. The listing is for a downloadable file containing the images for printing, NOT for physical posters! Additional posters included for an inclusive classroom are: -The Five Pillars of Islam -The Yamas and Niyamas of Hinduism -and The Five Prec

Do you like your math just a little bit silly? This is an original poem written by Megan May about a party in the rainforest. The crickets rode in on the monkeys, the anaconda brought the capybaras - but how many animals were there? This listing is for a copy of the poem "Rainforest Party" along with handouts for math lessons that go along with the poem. Here's a sample from the poem: "A sloth with fleas showed up to shake And said he’d brought twenty-nine. But he didn’t know he’d scraped by a

Intentionally teach the act of mindfulness with this fall themed op art activity. This Google slide show is intended for use with students in grades 3 and up. I use this with gifted and talented students, however it could be used with any classes or by counselors in small group lessons. During the lesson you will: -Discuss common stressors for middle grades students -Talk about ways that middle grades students can manage stress -Learn what mindfulness is -Practice mindfulness through a fall op a

**This is for compliance with Louisiana HB 71 - if you are in Texas please see my shop for TX compliant posters!!** These posters are designed to keep you in compliance with Louisiana HB 71. The required text is present in the Ten Commandments posters. The listing is for a downloadable file containing the images for printing, NOT for physical posters! Additional posters included are: The Five Pillars of Islam The Yamas and Niyamas of Hinduism and The Five Precepts and Noble Eightfold Path of Bud

Welcome students back to class and get to know each other with this “Selfie Slider” lesson! Students will design app icons to represent their gifts and interests, then learn about & practice active listening by sharing with a partner and presenting their partner’s “apps” to the class. I use this lesson as a precursor to introducing Depth & Complexity icons. What's Included: Google slides to introduce the idea of icons, give directions for the Selfie Sliders, and guide your class through the acti

This is a digital template in Google Slides for your sports themed welcome/introduction letter for Meet the Teacher and a weekly/monthly newsletter to match. The template is available in two colorways - calm pastel colors or bright neon colors to match your theme or personality. All headings and text boxes are fully customizable. Current headers on the welcome back letter: Our Class About Me Favorite Things Class Schedule Contact Info Current headers on the newsletter: Going On This Week Class

My gifted & talented students LOVE to learn about 'random' things. Semaphore is a system of flag signals used by the US Navy to communicate over long distances while underway at sea. In this slide show, I introduce semaphore, group the letters for ease of learning, and describe how a message is sent. The lesson concludes with two examples of semaphore used in pop culture and a creative activity where the students will use semaphore to create a symbol of their own. This slide show can be used

**This is for compliance with Louisiana HB 71 - if you are in Texas please see my shop for TX compliant posters!!** These posters are designed to keep you in compliance with Louisiana HB 71. The required text is present in the Ten Commandments posters. The listing is for a downloadable file containing the images for printing, NOT for physical posters! Additional posters included for an inclusive classroom are: The Five Pillars of Islam The Yamas and Niyamas of Hinduism and The Five Precepts and