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8th grade library skills resources for Gifted and Talented
Would You Rather Sampler - Fun Questions for Discussion, Writing Prompts, & More
Dive into writing prompts, classroom discussion, and more with our exclusive sampler from Would You Rather Questions!!These 18 digital or print Would You Rather questions are great for discussion, class polls, writing prompts, language building, facilitating higher-level thinking, brain breaks, building community, and more! This sampler gives you a taste of our comprehensive Would You Rather resource that promises to make learning engaging and effective.Try before you buy!Purchase this sampler f
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2nd - 9th
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Winter Holiday & Christmas Fun- Nine Logic Puzzles for Middle School
Winter Holiday Fun for Middle Schoolers!No prep except to print and copy, or assign on Easel!This packet of nine activities includes one reindeer games logic puzzle, one Christmas logic puzzle, one New Year’s logic puzzle, one temperature logic puzzle, one cryptogram with winter holiday words, one grid matching activity, one elf grid drawing sheet, one 9-piece square puzzle, and one leap words puzzle. They are ready to print, copy, and use- no other prep necessary! An answer key and a few tips
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Year Round Logic Puzzle Bundle for Middle School!
Following Directions Puzzles Beginning or End of Year Activity with Easel
Following directions puzzles are a fun way to teach critical thinking. Great for back to school at the beginning of the year or at the end of the year as standardized test preparation. Five challenging puzzles that gifted and talented students enjoy, too! In the first puzzle, cross words off a table according to the directions provided to reveal an inspirational quote about life. In the next puzzle, follow directions to travel the world to catch a thief. In the third puzzle, rearrange letters to
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6th - 8th
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Winter STEM Activities and Challenges with Paper ❄️ Snowflakes ❄️
**BEST SELLER!** Winter STEM / Snowflake STEM activities! Create a variety of snowflakes with these 3 STEM engaging challenges. For these challenges, the only material that is necessary is plain paper. This is a great companion activity if you are reading about Snowflake Bentley (Wilson Bentley).✅ What You'll Get ✅Teacher Instructions and sample imagesWarm up activities: How snowflakes form in nature (1 page informational text)Cutting practice page (if your students need it, recommended!)Which f
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3rd - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-PS2-2
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, MS-ETS1-1
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"Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?" Fun Trivia PowerPoint Game
MY MOST POPULAR PRODUCT! - This animated POWERPOINT and Fun Trivia Game includes over 150 questions and 14 rounds of questions. All of the answers are included too! This is a great game to play at the end of the year or around the holidays. If you use all of the questions it would take OVER AN HOUR to play, but you don't have to use all of the questions. (This is a great download if you need a fun, educational game to play on a Friday, at the end of the day, or a day your lesson plan finishe
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3rd - 12th, Staff
Avoiding Plagiarism: A Mini-Unit
FULLY UPDATED IN AUGUST 2023. The update now reflects APA 7 and MLA 9 styles!___________________________________________________________________________Most teachers have had to deal with plagiarism in some form or another, and many still haven’t quite figured out the best way to combat it. Some teachers give a stern warning and threaten serious consequences. Others use software to detect plagiarism.These methods work to some extent, but many students plagiarize because they don’t always know wh
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7th - 12th
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Digital Vision Board Template | GRADES 6-8 | Back to School | Google Slides
⭐ NO PREP DIGITAL ACTIVITY: Engage students in 6th, 7th, and 8th grades as they create vision boards that reflect their dreams, goals, and priorities and learn about a technique that can help them be successful in life.**DESIGNED FOR GRADES 6-8** This resource is not recommended for grades below 6th.Students will:learn about vision boards and their benefitsview examples of vision boardsthink about their dreams, goals, and priorities and record them on a chartlearn tips for creating, finding, a
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: BUNDLE 25 Interactive Google Apps LANGUAGE ARTS Lessons and Activities
Greek and Latin Roots Activity Pennant ✏️ 4th Grade 5th Grade Creative
Enhance your students' vocabulary with a creative and engaging Greek and Latin Roots Pennant Activity! In this hands-on morphology activity, students become active participants in their learning process. Students add words, definitions, or visuals to create their own unique representation of these 60 roots. Why learn root words?Root words are useful for strengthening vocabulary.They can help understand language (including when learning many foreign languages) and build reading skills.Roots are i
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3rd - 12th, Adult Education
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Media Literacy - Fake News and Media Bias - Digital Media Literacy Project
Are your students gullible or easily swayed by dubious sources and fake news? Looking for a media literacy project? This fifteen-lesson media literacy unit is designed to train middle and high school students to evaluate source credibility and recognize questionable content on the Internet. It is provided in both Google Slides and PDF.Topics are CURRENT and include Israel and Hamas, Trump and Biden, ChatGPT, and more.This unit is regularly updated to remain current. CONTENTS:◈Lesson 1: The Probl
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8th - 10th
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Geography Adventure: Amazing Race Project for Middle School (End-of-Year)
**Embark on an Exciting Journey Around the World with "The Amazing Race Geography Project"!** Are you ready for the ultimate adventure? Step into the shoes of a globe-trotting explorer and dive into the rich tapestry of our planet's geography, culture, and diversity! In this engaging end-of-the-year project, students will embark on a thrilling journey to explore fascinating locations from every corner of the globe. **Research, Discover, Create!** Students will choose captivating locations on
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5th - 9th
Also included in: Middle School World Cultures & Geography Course
Full Year of Weekly Rebus Brainteaser Puzzles! Bell-Ringer Warm Ups! (Gr. 6-12)
This is a full year of weekly brainteaser puzzles for your English Language Arts classes! Use them once a week for an entire year! 36 pages of puzzles, 216 puzzles altogether!I've included answer keys for all puzzles!Rebus Puzzles are word puzzles such as:EYE EC EXCEPT(Answer - "I" before "E" except after "C")Your students will have fun trying to solve the puzzles!Download the preview for the first 3 weeks free!Please note - By purchasing this resource, you have a license to use the materi
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6th - 12th
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Reading Genre Personality Test - Library Genre Activity - Middle School Library
Remember all those magazine quizzes we took as teens? This reading personality test is styled after those quizzes. Students LOVE this library genre activity! This version is designed to help secondary library students identify which reading genres are best for them. Click here to see a video demo of this product on YouTube. It's about 10 minutes long, but I show all parts of the product and talk about how I use it in my library.June 29, 2023: The 2023 Genre Personality Quiz update is ready!Bundl
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6th - 12th
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200 Engaging Writing Prompts Slides - for discussion, journals, and more!
This product contains 200 writing prompts that can be used in four unique ways! Each prompt features a different kid-friendly, open-ended question or prompt.WHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:200 Task Cards (prints 4 to a page)Black-lineColor200 Journal Pages (1 prompt per page)Black-lineColorList of 200 Prompts20 Tic-Tac-Toe BoardsGeneric Response SheetDIGITAL:Google Slides - Slideshow to project to the classGoogle Slides - Student ActivityYoutube - Prompt Randomizer VideoDIFFERENTIATION OPTIONS:Digital
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2nd - 8th
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Classroom Library + Book Scavenger Hunt Activity - Help students find books!
Help your students explore your classroom library with this engaging library/book scavenger hunt activity. This activity is a great way for your students to explore the features of your classroom library, practice using checkout/return systems, and find new books to add to their "to-read" list. It is a much more engaging, interactive, and student-centered way of introducing the classroom library. Instead of you walking around the room and explaining the features of the library, this gives studen
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5th - 12th
Depth and Complexity Novel Study for The Giver
Reading and Responding to The Giver and Complexity!Bring your students’ thinking and discussion to a whole new level while reading Lois Lowry’s The Giver. This critical thinking companion resource is designed to “dig deeper” when compared to traditional novel worksheets available. Each chapter has a unique graphic organizer that contains 4 critical thinking questions questions and 1 related "Core Question". All questions within the graphic organizers are open-ended, can be answered in multiple
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6th - 8th
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School Library Labels Signs Guides Poster Nonfiction Dewey Decimal System Order
Do you have library shelf labels, guides, and posters to help your patrons independently find the library books they are looking for? With these essentials for library organization and management, your nonfiction area will be more accessible with MATCHING colorful graphics for nonfiction subjects your patrons want to find.This resource will SAVE YOU TIME. Many librarians are providing the planning period for classroom teachers without any additional staff. That means that you have classes to d
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1st - 8th
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Coding with ROBOTS ⭐ Mazes Tracks STEM Robotics Hour of Code Dash Sphero Finch
"This is my absolute favorite robot resource. Students loved to make their own maze and try to get their Sphero through it. It was wonderful for kids to work on teamwork and problem-solving skills.""In one word, "WOW!" My students are obsessed with this product!"Tired of taping mazes all over your floors? Not sure what to do with your class set of robots? Save the tape for STEM challenges and use these coding maze cards instead. Use your robots like Dash, Cue, Sphero, BeeBot, Finch, and Code and
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K - 8th
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Also included in: STEM Teacher ❤️ Favorites ❤️ Bundle Best Sellers in One Place
End of the Year Math Geometry Project with Real World Math Using Transformations
This Transformation Geometry Project is a project based learning (PBL) lesson designed to get students engaged in a real world collaborative activity. Students get to be architects and apply the math they are learning!This activity is designed for a group project. It will take about 2-3 class periods to complete. You will need large tracing paper and graph paper for this activity. Students work as teams to design an apartment and then use transformations to create an entire floor of apartments.
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8th - 10th
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Also included in: 8th Grade Geometry Unit Activities and Lessons
Back to School Science Activities for Middle School
This product has some great activities for the first day or first week of school! For many middle school science students, this will be their first year of having science as a stand-alone class. Additionally, many middle schools are comprised of students coming from several different elementary schools. You can use these Back-to-School activities to help students practice the expectations of a science class, plus learn about each other. While they do these activities, you as a teacher can ge
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: Back to School Bundle for Middle School ELA, Math, and Science
All About Me Activities - Learning Styles, Multiple Intelligences+ Quizzes
Do you want to get to know your students and help them work on their Growth Mindset? Use the All About Me Flipbook with a Learning Styles Inventory, Personality Test (Introvert vs. Extrovert), & Multiple Intelligences Survey! These quizzes are perfect for Back to School, Open House, or metacognition unit.These completed flipbook activities are a perfect resource to use when discussing metacognition to help students analyze and reflect on their thinking. Students take the quizzes and mark the
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4th - 8th
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Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Task Cards for Literature
Add depth and complexity to your instruction with these Critical Thinking Task Cards for Literature! These tasks cards allow students to deeply analyze any fiction reading material through 11 topics of critical thinking: Big Ideas, Rules, Trends, Patterns, Language of the Discipline, Ethics, Relationships Over Time, Details, Unanswered Questions, Across Disciplines, and Multiple Perspectives. You will appreciate the versatility of these task cards; they can be used with almost any text (novels,
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4th - 10th, Adult Education
Also included in: Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Task Cards Bundle
Rebus Puzzles 1 Brain Teasers Printable and Digital Easel Activity
Rebus Puzzles are a fun critical thinking activity. Students have to problem solve to figure out the word puzzles. Great logical reasoning puzzles to do with partners or use as a warm-up or bell ringer. Print or use the Easel Activity online. Works well for gifted and talented students who enjoy challenges, but these work with other student populations as well. Includes five 2-page worksheets with 20 puzzles each, so you get 100 brain teasers in total! Also includes a blank page for students to
Grades:
5th - 8th
Starbooks Cafe Book Tasting Activity Event Set (now get new version new logo!)
Hold a "BOOK TASTING" in your classroom and have your students choose their next novel! Media Specialists and Librarians make it an evening event for parents and children to get a taste of some new books. It also a great way to set up book clubs and have students make their next choice! In my school we do the Battle of the Books and it works great with that!Now includes 2 versions : new starbucks inspired logo and older logo...see thumbnails above!This Product Includes:book tasting foldable doub
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2nd - 8th, Staff
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Also included in: Coffee Cafe Classroom Themes Decor Premium "Grande" Bundle Starbooks
Creative and Critical Thinking Task Cards - 7 Set Bundle (over 400 cards!)
This discounted bundle includes seven sets of creative and critical thinking task cards that will keep your students on their toes all year long. Kids love them and they are perfect for centers, fast finishers, or any time you have a few spare moments Save money by purchasing them as a bundle!The 6 sets listed on TpT include Easel and Google Slides, so they can be used digitally! The bonus set is for print only.This bundle includes 7 resources:Kangaroo Words Task Cards: Challenge your students'
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2nd - 8th
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