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4th grade literature resources for GATE
Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Literature Circles Book Clubs
Add some depth and complexity to traditional Literature Circles with this complete and ready-to-use resource!You will be amazed by the level of discussion and critical thinking that will take place among your students. Each Literature Circle role (listed below) is directly connected to 11 elements of critical thinking: Big Ideas, Rules, Trends, Patterns, Language of the Discipline, Ethics, Relationships Over Time, Details, Unanswered Questions, Across Disciplines, and Multiple Perspectives). Ju
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4th - 9th, Adult Education
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Also included in: Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Mega Bundle
Compare & Contrast 2 Stories - 10 Paired Passages - 4th & 5th Grade Folktales
Compare and contrast literature with ten paired passages. This set emphasizes identification and use of story elements to construct responses. Students read two folktales, organize elements in tables, transfer them to Venn diagrams, and explain in paragraphs. Open the preview to take a closer look.Five sets of folktales from around the world were carefully selected and adapted for fourth and fifth grade students.“Mani and Sol” (Norway) and “The Fire Dog” (Korea)“The Goose and the Golden Egg” (S
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4th - 5th
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Depth and Complexity Teaching Critical Thinking Using Fairytales
Teach your students how to explore content with depth and complexity.Here it is, a complete and ready-to-use resource for teaching all 11 elements (Big Ideas, Rules, Trends, Patterns, Language of the Discipline, Ethics, Relationships Over Time, Details, Unanswered Questions, Across Disciplines, and Multiple Perspectives) of critical thinking.! Your students will explore of these elements by applying them to familiar stories, such as “Cinderella”, “The Emperor’s New Clothes”, “Goldilocks and the
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4th - 10th
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Also included in: Depth and Complexity Critical Thinking Mega Bundle
Chicken Sunday Activities and Book Companion
This Chicken Sunday Literature Guide is filled with tons of activities to get your students thinking deeply about the text, responding to literature, and creating products! The kiddos especially love the Pysanky eggs activity and the character foldables. It's a perfect unit to teach in the spring and around Easter. Be sure to check out the preview!Activities in this unit include:** Vocabulary cards and matching definition cards** Vocabulary activity with word maps** Comprehension question
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2nd - 5th
Literary Elements Depth and Complexity Frames for Figurative Language ELA
Teaching Literary Elements/Literary Devices or story elements? These Depth and Complexity Frames for English Language Arts will make your life so easy! You'll get 25 frames about reading and language arts ready to print and go! Yep, they're all done for you! Simply choose the topic you want students to explore, print and go! There are 25 frames done for you and ready to use right now to build student skills with analyzing using literary elements.Two of the frames are teaching frames, meaning the
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3rd - 8th
Advanced Novel Study: Charlotte's Web with Depth and Complexity
This novel study was designed for use with gifted second through fourth graders, but could be modified and/or scaffolded to meet the needs to students in grades 2-5. The main focus of this unit was to guide students to analyze text on a deeper level, gaining rich understandings of theme and descriptive language. Students will need to think, infer, and cite text evidence to support their answers.Students will meet objectives for deep thinking using a combination of discussion, independent and/or
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2nd - 4th
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Comparing Cinderella Stories from Around the World with Picture Books
Comparing Cinderella stories? In these activities, the class reads fairy tales from around the world, as well as parodies. Then they analyze elements and discover similarities between folktales in different locales.Note: No stories are included in this resource. Activities use picture books from your library.Open the preview to take a closer look. Although lesson plans state that the teacher will read books aloud, materials may also be used for independent reading.First, the teacher reads severa
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3rd - 5th
The Smart Cookie Read Aloud Book Companion | Multiple Intelligences | Activities
The Smart Cookie by Jory John is a great book to teach students that everyone is smart in different ways and the importance of perseverance. It is also the perfect segue into a study of multiple intelligences. This The Smart Cookie Book Companion requires students to delve into analyzing and interpreting literature. This book companion is jam-packed with resources that provide opportunities for your students in grades 2-4 to think critically and creatively, analyze the author's craft, and make c
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2nd - 4th
Writing Pourquoi Tales with Just So Stories as Mentor Texts - 4th & 5th Grade
Kids explore pourquoi tale mentor texts from Just So Stories. Rudyard Kipling’s lively style encourages kids to experiment with word choice, repetition, and voices of the narrator and characters. After studying his work, fourth or fifth grade students plan and write their own. Open the preview to take a closer look at the writing project. First, kids read “How the Camel Got His Humps” and work on story elements.The class discusses elements of literature: characters with goals, obstacles, steps t
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4th - 5th
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A Wrinkle in Time Planet Creation Project
Let your students get their creative juices flowing as the delve into A Wrinkle in Time. After students have visited the planet Camazotz, let them create their own planet. This project includes questions for students to answer about their planet, a rubric, and information about the writing that they are expected to complete. Students are also responsible for creating a poster about their planet to share with the class. This project is sure to be a hit! It can be used as soon as the students reac
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4th - 7th
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The Lost Thing by Shaun Tan - Teacher's Guide and Activities GATE
The beauty in The Lost Thing is that it settles into one’s soul in a casual and poetic way. What starts as a sort of amusing but sad story finds its way deeper into your heart. You begin to wonder, to ask questions. Soon you find yourself wanting to stand up and defend all the lost things in the world—including that lost part of yourself.
Are you somehow guilty too, you wonder? Quite unexpectedly, you begin to really feel the world Shaun Tan creates. It is a wonderful experience in mindf
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4th - 12th
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Also included in: 2019-2020 Gifted and Talented GATE Program for the Year - Elementary
Esperanza Rising Lapbook Interactive Activity
This is our most popular project! Students love creating these interactive lapbooks during and after reading Esperanza Rising. Activities include:VocabularyCharactersChapter SummariesDialogueLiterary TermsResearch Includes two cover choices: a pre-printed coloring page and the same image as a directed drawing.www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/thank-a-teacher
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4th - 8th
Fairy Tale Lesson Plan Bundle
This lesson plan bundle—one of my all-time favorite ELA units to teach—contains activities designed to generate enthusiasm and skills in reading, writing, speaking, listening, and performing. Read on for notes regarding grade level usage. And see the Preview for Table of Contents, Standards correlations, and sample materials.
Questions? Please contact me.
Email: love2teach2day@gmail.com
I hope you enjoy my favorite unit!
Cynthia
The unit bundle includes the following, totaling over 100 pages
Character Traits ELA Project-Based Learning Activity Using Wonder PRINT&DIGITAL
This ELA project-based learning activity is a fantastic way to teach students about internal and external character traits using the novel Wonder by R.J. Palacio! Your students will also learn about and apply writing skills, collaboration, and more during this PBL. It includes text about character traits, teacher directions, and student pages to walk your students through each part of the project. A pacing calendar is included, but it's flexible in order to be easily molded to your classroom and
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3rd - 8th
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The Fun They Had: Short Story Study Guide CCSS
Isaac Asimov’s short story, THE FUN THEY HAD, is a compelling snapshot of school in the year 2157. An excellent read-aloud selection any time of the year, this science fiction tale is especially appropriate as a back-to-school study.
This teaching resource for Mr. Asimov’s science fiction classic has
an internet link to a copy of the story
vocabulary activities
10 short answer comprehension questions
16 interpretive thinking and writing prompts
a graphic organizer for wri
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4th - 8th
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STEM Activities for The Wild Robot Escapes
Explore this enjoyable sequel with STEAM activities. Complete 4 STEM challenges, and then dive into unplugged technology activities with Roz!CONTENTS4 STEM ActivitiesTool Belt STEM challengeCabin STEM activityRowboat for ROZCozy Bed for Brightbill Two BONUS ActivitiesAssemble ROZ! Students need to decode binary part numbers, then cut and paste ROZ back together (excluding the transmitter, of course, so she can make her escape!)Unplugged coding - Help ROZ navigate the underground with directional
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2nd - 5th
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Also included in: STEM Bundle of Activities and Challenges Read Aloud Books and Novels
A Literature Unit for Patricia Polacco's Junkyard Wonders
This unit was made to go Patricia Polacco's book The Junkyard Wonders. Included are 18 pages of activities to challenges your students to think more deeply about the story. The unit was created with the 4th and 5th grade Common Core Standards in mind. Topics explored are theme, setting, character traits, visualizing, and many more. Writing assignments and a project idea are also included. The themes in this book would also be perfect to explore with a gifted class. Email me at ideabackpack@
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3rd - 6th
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - Common Core Unit
Everything you need to teach the Wizard of Oz. It can be adapted for multiple grade levels and encompasses all aspects of common core. This unit is designed around the book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz written by L. Frank Baum. It includes a months worth of ELA lessons.
This unit includes:
- teacher lesson plans
- vocabulary words for each chapter
- reading response pages for each chapter
- prediction worksheets
- social studies connection - creating a map
- analyzing the setting
- character ana
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1st - 6th
CALDECOTT BOOK ACTIVITIES BUNDLE Literature Extensions Critical Thinking GATE
Story Sleuths I, II, and III Bundle delivers 3 products at 20% savings. You will receive 12 weeks of clues for the Story Sleuth challenge; an enrichment unit using Caldecott Award winning books to cultivate critical thinking. Your students will use text features, illustrations, and context to determine which book is described by the set of clues. By involving your students in this project, you will exercise their deductive reasoning, analysis, evaluation, and problem solving skills. This unit is
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K - 4th
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Charlotte's Web Brain Teasers and Creative Thinking Activities
Thank you for viewing Literacy Enrichment Series : Charlotte's Web from BrainWorks Academy! Experience a new twist on a beloved classic as your students stretch their thinking and see the tale in a whole new way!
There are so many resources out there that have students recall basic facts from this book, or that review story elements from the book. But what about those students who complete these activities in no time and are ready for more? All of the answers to these brain teaser puzzles and
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2nd - 5th
The Secret Garden Advanced Novel Study
This novel study was written for gifted second and third graders, and would be most appropriate for children ages 8 and older.
The main focus of this unit was to guide students to analyze text on a deeper level, gaining rich understandings of theme and descriptive language. Students will need to think, infer, and cite text evidence to support their answers.
Students will meet objectives for deep thinking using a combination of discussion, independent and/or group readings (including close rea
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2nd - 5th
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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 storie
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4th - 7th
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Shrek Themed Escape Room Traditional Literature
This resource is great to use during your Traditional Literature unit. The escape room includes four puzzles for students to solve while putting their knowledge of fairytales, fables, tall tales, myths, and legends to the test. This activity can be done in teams, individually, or as a class!
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3rd - 8th
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Also included in: Traditional Literature Unit Bundle
Character Traits Choice Board
Since describing a character in depth is one of the CCSS, I created this product to use in my classroom to assess student mastery of this concept. Brain-based teaching supports the use of choice boards as a motivational instructional strategy to increase student learning because students love choices. They feel empowered when they have a say in how they demonstrate what they know.
The choice board can be used in many ways:
- Laminate the choice board and use as a center activity
- Use in lite
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3rd - 8th
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