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Common Core RI.6.4 resources for GATE
Lesson Plan: This I Believe
"This I Believe" is a long-running program that began with Edward R. Murrow. This lesson plan, by exploring student's own beliefs, assists students in better understanding themselves in this complex and challenging world. The plan includes
* 7 required readings
* audio links
* teacher resources
* vocabulary, quiz, glossary, and key
* writing prompt
* rubric
* images
and more. See the preview table of contents for more details.
This plan should take two weeks to complete.
Grades:
6th - 12th
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WORD BIRDS ANALOGIES UNIT ... TASK CARDS plus DIGITAL VERSION Gr. 4-5 Vocabulary
Figurative Language: 40 ANALOGY Word Birds Task Cards Vocabulary Activities - “How to Solve Analogies.” Resources with eleven analogy types, examples, and tips on writing analogies. A MUST HAVE!!!! ... Easy to Use and Score BONUS *** DIGITAL VERSION Boom cards™ LINK to DOWNLOAD*** BONUS *** SYNONYMS and ANTONYMS FLIPS Interactive resource. ***"Always something EXTRA" to help TEACH / REVIEW skills in FUN ways. ⭐ Click to follow TEACHING STUFF PLACE for updates and FREEBIES. ⭐ Word Birds A
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Grades:
4th - 5th
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Halloween Depth and Complexity Frames and Print-and-Go Activities
This Depth and Complexity Halloween Activity Pack is chock-full of print-and-go activities to help you celebrate Halloween while addressing loads and loads of English Language Arts, Math, Science, and Social Studies standards. If you're looking for a way to celebrate Halloween while still learning, this activity pack is perfect!You'll find Depth and Complexity Halloween fiction, writing prompts, original non-fiction pieces to read, Depth and Complexity frames to complete, image analysis, three l
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Grades:
4th - 7th
Also included in: Fall Activities Depth and Complexity Print and Go Autumn BUNDLE
Informational Text for October and Halloween
Informational Text Halloween Theme
Informational Text for October begins with an article about Frankenstein’s monster. Not only is he one of Halloween’s most versatile characters, he is also a star of stage, screen, and TV. The strange thing is—he has never had a name and he owes everything to his strikingly ugly looks.
The second article takes students back to 1816, known as the Year Without a Summer when people in New England and a few states father south were shoveling out from under
Grades:
6th - 9th
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Harry Houdini Biography | Close Reading Passage | Depth and Complexity Activity
Get to know World Famous Illusionist and Magician, Harry Houdini!Did you know that Houdini passed away on Halloween, October 31, 1926? Many people still reflect on his achievements every year on that dayAs students read through the short biography, they will develop an appreciation for this intriguing man. They will learn about his early years all the way to his final days. Check out the preview for more detailed information.This workshop is 1 ½ + hours of enriching activities that can be comp
Grades:
4th - 6th
Also included in: Differentiation | Activities BUNDLE
Informational Text Bundle Seasonal and Holidays
Informational Text Bundle is a collection of 12 products from my store with a total of 32 no-prep lessons.
Title List:
Informational Text for September
Informational Text for September National Punctuation Day and Coffee
Informational Text for October
Informational Text for October--A Hollywood Monster and Strange Weather
Informational Text for November
Informational Text for November--Pumpkins and a Thanksgiving Parade
Informational Text for Thanksgiving
Informational Text--5 Things You Did
Grades:
5th - 8th
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Snowflake Reading Investigation and Art Activity
Have you ever noticed that MOST snowflakes have six sides? My students did too and wanted to investigate why. In this activity, you and your students will observe the same anchoring phenomenon as my students. As they watch snowflakes form, they will make observations in their observe, think and wonder chart. Then, they will read an informational passage about the reasoning behind why snowflakes form in this way. They will answer comprehension questions focused on content specific vocabulary and
STEAM STEM CATS, CATS, CATS Across the Curriculum for GATE
Shouldn’t your 21st Century classroom be just like today’s virtual world? In other words, shouldn’t it be full of cats?!
We’ve got reading cats. We’ve got writing cats. We’ve got poetry cats. We’ve got math cats. We’ve got science and engineering cats. We’ve got graphic design, art, critical thinking, and creativity cats. We’ve got all kinds of cats across the curriculum! There are 7 lessons in all here—representing 7 to 10 hours (maybe even more) of class time. They are appropriate fo
Grades:
3rd - 6th
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Nonfiction Reading Escape Room Elizabethan Times Research Game
Engage your students in reading nonfiction! Students will read about the fashions of Elizabethan Times as they read three nonfiction passages and answer comprehension questions to solve locks and escape. This escape room is perfect as a nonfiction companion to a unit on a Shakespeare play or as an introduction to reading nonfiction. Story: An evil wizard has sent you back in time. To come back to the present, solve three locks.1st: students read the back story2nd: students read 3 nonfiction "cl
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4th - 7th
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Multiple Intelligences: ARGUE IT! CHOICE CARDS® - SET 1
Power-Up your classroom with BYTES Power Smarts! These Choice Cards include 25 argumentative essay prompts that cover multiple standards for Common Core. See full packet contents listed below and click on Preview under the thumbnails above to see a sample of the packet contents.Choice Cards® are task cards, but we think the word CHOICE is more motivational. Students have lots of CHOICES with BYTES Power Smarts IT! Packs. Students can choose an IT! Pack and, within that pack, they can choose w
Grades:
4th - 6th
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Bonding with Friends: H2O & Helium (Two Rhyming STEM Nonfiction Stories, NGSS)
A perfect STEM book for kids in the classroom or at home! This covers reading, science, and poetry in one lesson that will keep students entertained while learning whether they are physically at school or remotely. This rhyming picture book has two stories in one! "Bonding with Friends: H2O & Helium" has a story about the water molecule and another story about helium. NGSS and Common Core standards identified. Virtual author reading with activity available too, visit www.STEMistryBooks.com.T
Informational Text for April Frogs and Kites
Informational Text
Informational Text for April
In the U.S., April is both National Frog Month and National Kite Month. Thus, the unlikely duo of frogs and kites is the subject of this Informational Text reading resource.
“Frog Background Check,” the first informational text, takes students into the world of frogs and highlights some of their most unusual talents and habits, such as shedding and eating their own skins. Though written to appeal to a student's sense of humor, this text's goal of
Grades:
6th - 9th
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Informational Text: The American Search for Utopia: Free (CCSS Aligned)
This free, original Informational Text reading resource is taken from my teaching pack for Gordon Korman's popular book SCHOOLED.
The selected informational text--"The American Search for Utopia"-- is designed to provide students with background information that will heighten their understanding, appreciation, and enjoyment for Mr. Korman’s story and its characters. However, the text can also stand alone as a independent reading resource with social studies connections. The ten quest
Grades:
6th - 9th
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Multiple Intelligences: EXPLORE IT! CHOICE CARDS®-RESEARCH-ANIMAL KINGDOM-SET 1
Power-Up your classroom with BYTES Power Smarts! This pack contains 26 Research Choice Cards about animals. See the full packet contents listed below and click on Preview under the thumbnails above to see a sample of the packet contents.Choice Cards® are task cards, but we think the word CHOICE is more motivational. Students have lots of CHOICES with BYTES Power Smarts IT! Packs. Students can choose an IT! Pack and, within that pack, they can choose which of the 25 activities they would enjo
Grades:
3rd - 6th
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Multiple Intelligences: WRITE IT! CHOICE CARDS® - SET 1
Power-Up your classroom with BYTES Power Smarts! These 25 Choice Cards are designed for Common Core and include Narratives (Science Fiction Short Story, Historical Fiction Short Story, Fantasy Short Story, Mini-Biography, Script), News Articles, Argumentative Essays, Opinion Pieces/Editorials, Speeches, Monologues, Research Papers, Persuasive Letters writing prompts that cover multiple standards for Common Core. See the full packet contents listed below and click on Preview under the thumbnail
Grades:
4th - 6th
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Understanding Euphemisms, Ambiguities, and Twisted Wording in Nonfiction
Spin-doctoring, the purposeful twisting of words to manipulate nonfiction readers, can create dangerous propaganda for minds unaccustomed to critical analysis of word choices. We must teach 6th- through 9th-grade students to read critically and be on the lookout for subtly injected points-of-view in nonfiction and misleading "facts."
This lesson, in the form of a ready-to-use handout, takes a humorous approach to verbal manipulation by first presenting a funny retelling of a criminal's history
Grades:
6th - 9th
Multiple Intelligences: DO IT! CHOICE CARDS® - SOCIAL CONCERNS - SET 1
Power-Up your classroom with BYTES Power Smarts! Activate your students' empathy for social causes with the Do It! Choice Cards. Students will choose a project to raise awareness, raise empathy, and raise resources for the social concern they choose while also working to meet Common Core Standards. See the full packet contents listed below and click on Preview under the thumbnails above to see a sample of the packet contents.Choice Cards® are task cards, but we think the word CHOICE is more mo
Grades:
4th - 8th
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CCSS Text Dependent Questions for Maya Angelou's I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
Start your students on the road of CCSS Text dependent questioning. This product has 10 questions that require students to use quotes and refer back to the text in order to support their answers. The questions are based on the excerpt of Maya Angelou's Autobiography from HOLT 6th grade. It also includes a brief list of academic vocabulary that you can introduce or review with your students.
Grades:
6th
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STEAM Through the Year: Mathematics – May Edition
STEAM Through the Year: Mathematics for May guides you through the month with STEAM lessons and projects. Students build mathematical proficiency with monthly-thematic lessons correlated to the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics standards. Here you will find easy-to-use lessons providing practical strategies and problem-solving activities. The math and poetry lessons are themed around May special days and holidays – Wildflower Month, May Day, Mother’s Day and Memorial Day. Students gain
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Grades:
1st - 6th, Not Grade Specific
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RI.5.6 RI.6.6 RI.7.6 POV, Perspective and Persuasion with Daylight Saving Time
Did you know Daylight Saving Time (DST) is a hot-button issue? I didn't, but when I found out, I knew I had to turn it into a perspective/point of view/persuasion lesson since it is a topic that is kid-appropriate! This series of lessons focuses on a writer's point of view, perspective and opinion. Students will learn how writers use strong, persuasive language to prove their point. They will also take a look at the difference between a strong argument, a weak argument and an unbiased view o
Grades:
5th - 8th
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Multiple Intelligences Challenge: Grow Your Word Power Smarts®
Power-Up your classroom with BYTES Power Smarts®! Challenge your students to strengthen their Word Power Smarts by choosing 5 or more activities to complete on the Grow Your Word Power Smarts activity sheet. BYTES Power Smarts® uses original art for its instructional materials – no clip art. We think your students will enjoy our unique characters. BYTES Power Smarts® instructional materials are designed by Kathy Hackett and Theresa Jackson who have over 55 years of combined teaching experien
Grades:
3rd - 6th
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