8th Grade Gifted and Talented Resources

Engage the leaders in your classroom by empowering them to make change! Elevate your students' leadership skills with this comprehensive 8-day unit designed for grades 7, 8, and 9. Each 75-minute lesson is meticulously crafted to engage and inspire, providing a robust framework for developing essential leadership qualities. Perfect for middle and early high school students, this unit integrates a variety of interactive and thought-provoking activities.

What’s Included:

✔️ 8-Day Unit of 75-Minute Lessons: Structured and detailed, covering all essential aspects of leadership including communication and team building.

✔️ Comprehensive Lesson Plans: Step-by-step instructions for each day, ensuring smooth and effective delivery.

✔️ Engaging Slides: Visually appealing and informative slides for each lesson to enhance learning and retention using Canva.

Engaging Strategies:

✔️ Discourse: Foster meaningful conversations and critical thinking through structured discussions.

✔️ Writing: Develop students’ reflective and analytical writing skills with targeted prompts and activities.

✔️ Reading & Annotating: Enhance comprehension and critical thinking with guided reading and annotation exercises.

✔️ Research: Teach students how to gather, analyze, and interpret data effectively. ✔️ Data Collection & Analysis: Practical exercises to help students understand and apply data-driven decision-making.

✔️ Presentation Building: Step-by-step guidance on creating impactful presentations using Google Slides or Canva.

✔️ Peer Feedback: Encourage constructive criticism and collaborative improvement with structured feedback sessions.

Perfect For:

• Grades 7, 8, and 9: Tailored to meet the developmental and educational needs of middle and early high school students.
• Project-Based Learning: Integrates seamlessly into PBL frameworks, promoting hands-on and experiential learning.
• Leadership Development: Ideal for leadership courses, advisory periods, or any class focused on personal growth and community involvement.

Bring leadership to life in your classroom with this dynamic and interactive unit. Prepare your students to guide, influence, and inspire others with confidence and integrity. Purchase now and transform your students into the leaders of tomorrow!

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This Writer's Bill of Rights was created by a group of teachers of 5th-grade highly-gifted students but can be used for middle school and high school students at all levels. A poster that can be used in language arts or other classrooms.

This is a jpg file. The file size is 2.4 megabytes at 300 dpi.

It can be enlarged to a poster size for the classroom.

Disclaimer:

One purchase is good for one teacher. If additional teachers would like to use this, please purchase additional licenses.

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A fun and engaging March Madness, end-of-year, or anytime project for your history class!

Students work together to find the Historical "Signif-Events" of 100 major events in human history and then narrow it down to one final champion through debate, presentations, writing, and a tournament bracket!

Students will create presentations to argue why their event is the most significant, debate and vote as a class in each tournament matchup, and write about the world if their event had never happened!

Project includes:

- Overview and instructions to 4 main parts of the project

- List of 100 Significant Events from human history

- A 100 team bracket to be used during the project

- Teacher's Notes

Interactive individual or group activity that uses symbols and inferencing to answer the Top Ten Kids' Movies. Colorful images with answer sheet. Movies included: Bambi Cars Ice Age Monsters, Inc. Pinocchio Princess Bride Shrek Tinkerbell Toy Story Wall-E

Looking for a thoughtful and creative gift for your teacher? This Fingerprint Art Keepsake Printable is the perfect way to show your gratitude! Easy to use and filled with sentimental value, this keepsake makes a wonderful gift for Teacher Appreciation Week, end-of-year celebrations, Christmas, Valentine’s Day, or any occasion throughout the school year.

What’s Included:

• A beautifully designed printable template (ready to download and print).
• Space to add children’s fingerprints to create a unique and personalized gift.
• Optional: Add the students’ names and the teacher’s name to make it even more special!

Why Teachers Will Love It:

This keepsake captures the love and appreciation of the entire class. The fingerprints symbolize the lasting impact a teacher has on their students, making it a cherished memento they’ll treasure for years.

How to Use:

1. Download the template after purchase.
2. Print it on high-quality paper or cardstock.
3. Have each student add their fingerprint with non-toxic ink.
4. Add names (optional), frame it, or gift it as is!

This simple yet heartfelt gift is ideal for students, parents, or room moms looking to give something memorable and meaningful to their teacher.

Perfect for:

• Teacher Appreciation Week
• Christmas or holiday gifts
• End-of-year gifts
• Valentine’s Day surprises

This pdf + PNG files thanksgiving themed cut and paste Activity pages,

• 8 pages

Celebrate Your halloween with your kids (students) and these Printables scissor skills worksheets.

Do you need some fun and engaging activities for your classroom parties? Do you want to motivate students to get everyone involved? Do you struggle to find fun activities? Then download this Bundle Back to School First Day of School Community Building Activities! This fun party pack is perfect for End of Year, Back to School, classroom parties, free time, or warm-up activities! Fully online, you don't need to spend time cutting, copying, etc.

• All the "Truths" and "Dares" are appropriate for students ages 7-adult. No supplies needed!

• The Scategories game is great for vocabulary building, memory, brainstorming, and creativity.

• Two Things in Common - finding the connection between two random items -will keep your creative kids challenged for hours!

• All games can be played for 5 minutes or an hour AND can be played over and over again.

✔CATEGORIES GAME (examples):

• Name a sport that starts with the letter "S".
• What is something you can do on vacation that starts with the letter "H"?

✔TRUTH or CHALLENGE (examples):

• TRUTH: "If you had to eat a worm, how would you eat it?", "What animal would be really fun to have if it was the size of a horse?", "If you could ask your pet any 3 questions, what would you ask them?", and many more!
• DARE: "Sing “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” but every word starts with the letter ‘W’ (“winkle, winkle, whittle war….”)", "Try to say your full name while holding your tongue between your fingers!", "For the next minute, do NOT smile, while everyone tries to make you smiles!", and many more!

✔TWO THINGS IN COMMON (examples):

• What does CORN and INSTRUMENTS have in common?
• Actual student response: “What does corn have in common with an instrument? Corn sounds like horn. And horns are instruments!"

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• Digital Online GAME Two Things in Common (This2That)
• VIRTUAL Grammar Scategories - Making Grammar FUN! by A World to Explore Store
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• KaBOOM! Virtual GRAMMAR Game #1 - Irregular Past Tense Verbs
• KaBOOM! Virtual GRAMMAR Game #2 - Irregular Past Tense Verbs
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• 50 FlipGrid Discussion Questions Posting Tips & Rubric

Linear Relationships Art #1 - Graphing Straight Lines - PBL, Project Based Learning

This math art project embodies the principles of project-based learning, merging mathematics with artistic expression to engage students in a multifaceted educational experience. Students will graph 18 linear equations, meticulously tracing each line then creating intricate oblong shapes within spaces created by the lines.

The project culminates in a vibrant display of color as students fill in each unique shape, applying their understanding of mathematical concepts through a creative lens. This approach not only reinforces skills in graphing and geometry but also encourages artistic creativity and attention to detail. Ideal for fostering a deeper appreciation for the intersection of math and art, this project makes learning both interactive and visually compelling.

2 Versions Included

This math art project comes in two versions:

1. Equations are provided - this allows students to begin graph pre-determined equations, all projects will have the same outline. This will still allow for student artistic expression within their shape creation and color choices.

2. The second version is where students craft their own, adhering to specific criteria. The latter challenges gifted and talented learners, promoting higher-order thinking as they develop equations. This self-generated approach deepens understanding, fostering analytical skills and creative problem-solving in a mathematically artistic context.

Looking for more math and art? Try one of these!

Line Art: created by plotting specific points and connecting them with straight lines to create an illusion.

Line Art #1 - Coordinate Plane - Plotting Points

Line Art #1 - Coordinate Plane - Rotations Points - Transformations: Rotations

Line Art #1 - Coordinate Plane - Reflecting Points - Transformations: Reflection

Scale Factor Projects: Given an image, students must enlarge using the grid method. This skill can then be translated to images of their choice and larger projects.

Scale Factor Drawing - Grid Method - Dilating/Enlarging with a Grid - Lesson

Scale Factor Drawing - Grid Method - Dilating/Enlarging with a Grid - Set #1

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This resource is a part of my 7th grade skills based curriculum that I am building, this is a work in progress and I will be focusing on 7th grade TEKS this year with hopes to expand to 6th and 8th grade. While I am based in Texas and most of the resources will be aligned with the TEKS, everything I am creating is skill based meaning they are not specific to Texas and can be used by anyone! Take a look through the Resource List linked below to see all that is available, it is a live document and will be updated as I go.

7th Grade Math Resource List

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Students need to understand the role that world governments play in cultures and ways of life and how it affects the economy, civil rights, natural rights, and freedoms -- or lack of freedoms. This Types of World Government Bundle will provide students with various activities to motivate and engage them. These learning activities range from problem-solving, cooperative group reading activities, PowerPoint presentations, games, comparison charts, and more.

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Challenge and excite your students with this comprehensive and engaging Prehistory and Early Civilizations Mega Bundle! This exclusive bundle combines in-depth reading comprehension with a wide variety of interactive activities, providing everything you need to explore prehistory and early civilizations in your classroom. Designed for middle and high school students, this mega bundle covers key topics including prehistory, the Neolithic Revolution, and the River Valley Civilizations of Mesopotamia, China, Egypt, and India.

Product Features:

• Comprehensive Reading Passages: Each worksheet includes detailed, content-rich reading passages with bolded key terms, subtitles, and definitions to aid student understanding.
• Engaging Interactive Activities: From foldables and graphic organizers to crossword puzzles and hands-on projects, students will stay engaged as they learn about early human history.
• PowerPoints and Visual Aids: Use visually appealing PowerPoints and other visual tools to bring history to life and make complex topics accessible to all students.
• Assessment Tools: Unit quiz and answer keys are included to easily assess student progress and understanding of key concepts.
• Lesson Objectives: Each worksheet and activity includes clear learning objectives to guide instruction and focus on essential historical concepts.
• Creative Projects and Games: Recap topics with best-selling projects and games that your students are sure to love!

Topics Covered:

• Prehistory
• The Neolithic Revolution
• River Valley Civilizations: Mesopotamia, China, Egypt, and India

Ideal For:

• Comprehensive study of prehistory and early human civilizations
• Engaging classroom activities, projects, and homework assignments
• Enriching homeschooling curriculum
• Preparation for exams and unit reviews

Introduce the history of April Fool's Day then enjoy fun, educational activities that include:

Includes:

History & Timeline Symbolism activity

Awards

Class Debate

Charades

Crossword with answer sheet

Maze

Polls

Prank Reflection

Visual Prank Drawing

Writing Activities

Word Search with answer sheet

Easy to implement and use with students. Uses higher level and critical thinking skills that are great for Pre-Ap/AP. Differentiated lessons for centers or groups.

Celebrate the magic of the Winter Solstice with this beautifully designed printable art piece! Perfect as a thoughtful gift for teachers or anyone who cherishes the warmth and light of the season. Featuring inspiring words and elegant winter-themed artwork, this digital download is a heartfelt way to mark the season of new beginnings.

This versatile piece is ideal for decorating a winter bulletin board, incorporating into winter activities, or simply adding a seasonal touch to any space. Celebrate the beauty of the solstice and the themes of renewal and light that define the winter solstice, making it a meaningful addition to your winter décor.

Whether you're looking for a special seasonal gift or a way to embrace the essence of winter, this printable is the perfect choice for anyone who appreciates the magic of this time of year.

It's Thanksgiving!! It's Time for little kids to enjoy the festival and bring new out of their creativity, imagination, thinking, and artistic skills.

Give your little ones’ minds a workout with this Thanksgiving-themed sudoku pages.

Sudoku is a fun and challenging activity that helps people of all ages develop their logic and problem-solving skills. It's great way for kids to express themselves and relax.

WHAT YOU WILL RECEIVE

• 15 + Bonus (PDF)

• Large 8.5'' x 11'' designs that can easily be printed on regular sized paper

• High-resolution images

• Unlimited prints

• Great for kids, boys, girls, and teens

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• This item comes as a high-resolution PDF file that you can download straight after purchasing.

• You can print as many copies as you want.

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• This is a digital item.

• No physical product or printed material will be shipped.

• No refunds as this is a digital product.

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Need an activity to challenge your gifted students? Do you struggle to find engaging activities to motivate your students? Then download this Gifted and Talented Activity The Spelling and Vocabulary Game! Well suited for the ELA or gifted classroom, this game will get your students brainstorming all the words they know AND learning new words....all while having FUN! Fully online/digital (but writing scorecards can also be used in class) and no prep!

Each slide contains a common letter combination, which students will use to brainstorm words that contain the combination.

• The letter pairs, triplets, and diphthongs used are those most frequently found in the English language!
• This game can be played repeatedly as students learn more and more vocabulary. 

✔ This resource contains:

• The digital (Google Apps) game with 57 different letter pairs, triplets, and diphthongs.

• With a timer on each slide!

• An additional game (The Spelling Game - Pro!) with 24 cards

• 2 types of scorecards (digital and printable)

• Instructions

• Terms of Use

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KaBOOM! Virtual GRAMMAR Game #2 - Irregular Past Tense Verbs

Rock, Paper, Scissors - Grammar Games! Irregular Past Tense Verbs

Rock, Paper, Scissors Grammar Games Irregular Plural Nouns 

Homophones Choice Board 

SIMILES Choice Board, Student Checklist, Rubric, 48 Similes w/ definitions

Digital Grammar Practice - ALL ABOUT ANIMALS - Walruses

Digital Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary Practice - ALL ABOUT ANIMALS - Gorillas

FUN:

Truth or Dare...the Classroom Party Game You Didn't Know You Needed!

Truth or Dare 2nd Edition

BUNDLE Truth or Dare Versions 1 & 2

Virtual Scategories & Truth or Dare (All Ages!)

Digital Online GAME Two Things in Common (This2That)

Happiness Quiz & Reflection Questions (Great for SEL, Self-Esteem, Well-Being!)

50 FlipGrid Discussion Questions Posting Tips & Rubric

30 Digital Borders/Frames on Lined Paper for Writing Prompts

POSTERS & POSTER SETS

Useful posters to decorate your geography classroom. These are not simply to look pretty but to be implemented in your lessons. Includes a free Depth & Complexity sticker and poster.

World History Ultimate Bundle! Yearlong Activities, Worksheets, Lessons, Games & Projects for Your Classroom

Bring world history to life and save time with this ultimate yearlong bundle! This comprehensive collection includes over 125 engaging activities covering major historical periods, from Prehistory, Ancient Civilizations, and the Middle Ages to World War II and the 21st Century. Designed for middle school, high school, and homeschool students, this bundle provides an extensive range of resources to enhance your world history curriculum, making history interactive, fun, and memorable.

What’s Included:

• Reading Comprehension Worksheets: This is a new product line, currently covering key historical periods from Prehistory to Ancient Greece, with more added throughout the year!
• Interactive Reading Lessons: Explore historical events and figures with guided questions and in-depth analysis.
• Worksheets & Notes: Perfect for classwork, homework, and review.
• Projects & Research Assignments: Encourage deep dives into specific historical topics, fostering critical thinking.
• Crossword Puzzles & Word Searches: Fun ways to reinforce vocabulary and key historical concepts.
• Classroom Games: Make history fun with interactive activities that engage all learners.
• Teacher Guides & Answer Keys: Detailed guides, rubrics, and answer keys for easy lesson planning and grading.

This Bundle is Ideal For:

• New teachers building a robust collection of classroom activities.
• Experienced teachers seeking fresh, creative resources.
• Homeschool families wanting structured, engaging lessons.

Stay tuned for even more resources added throughout the year as the reading comprehension series continues to expand. Check out the previews to see how these activities can enrich your classroom today!

Everything you need to for students to make their own game boards based on concepts from unit lesson plans:

Student examples

Templates for squares, objects, and more...

Images for game pieces (male/female of different ages, modes of transportation)

Images for pitfalls and rewards (bridges, buildings, desert, mountains trees, etc...)

Directions

Suggestions for using/playing

Scoring Rubrics

Many items for students to make their own game boards! A great assessment tool for project based classrooms! Use as chapter/novel comprehension, reinforcing skills, main ideas/supporting details, historical events, and more... Fun for students and teachers! Be sure to have a game day to play the board games!

Do you need an engaging activity to support your classroom community? Are you struggling to find an activity that isn't boring?? Do you want your students to have fun? Then download this Gifted and Talented Back to School Getting to Know You Activity WebQuest!

This fun and engaging WebQuest is a unique twist on the typical getting to know you activity. It combines the two things teenagers love, using technology and talking about themselves! Students are provided with 15 prompts that they must first quickly research. Then based on what they find, they share something about themself with their partner. It's fun, interactive, and will get all kids feeling comfortable to share about themself. This WebQuest can be completed in pairs or in small groups.

➟ Examples:

• Students go to a history website (URL provided) and choose an era in which they would love to live. Then, they share this information with their partner.
• Students go to a website about names and choose their favorite name. Then, they share something about their own name.
• & 13 more fun, engaging, and unique prompts

➟ How this resource helps you:

• Students will be engaged
• NO PREP and very few resources needed (just a computer!)

➟ How you can use this resource:

• This can be completed in one full 45-minute class OR
• Students answer 1-2 questions daily for the first week or so of class to get to know one another OR
• Students answer 1-2 daily at the end of class

➟ This resource includes:

• 15 multi-part question WebQuest/scavenger hunt with relevant questions (The URLs provided in this WebQuest are not 'live.' They are kept very simple so that students can easily type the URLs in the search bar to hunt for their answers). Text boxes are all set, and ready to go!

• Instructions & Answer Key

• Live links are provided on the last page of the resource

• Terms of Use

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Take your World History students on a comprehensive journey from Prehistory to Classical Civilizations with this mega bundle of interactive resources. Perfect for both teaching and reviewing key concepts in early human history, this bundle is packed with a variety of engaging activities.

Topics covered in this bundle:

1. Prehistory
2. Ancient Egypt, China, India, and Mesopotamia
3. Classical Greece
4. The Roman Empire
5. Vocabulary Review
6. Projects and Activities for any unit!

Product Overview: This bundle includes a wide variety of activities to suit different learning styles and classroom needs:

• Interactive Reading Lessons: Explore historical texts and topics with guided questions and activities.
• Reading Comprehension Activities: This is a new product line, currently covering key historical periods from Prehistory to Ancient Greece, with more added throughout the year!
• Worksheets & Notes: Comprehensive resources for classwork and homework.
• Projects & Research Assignments: Encourage deeper investigation into historical topics.
• Crossword Puzzles & Word Searches: Reinforce vocabulary and key concepts in a fun, engaging way.
• Classroom Games: Interactive games that make learning history exciting.
• Detailed Teacher Guides: Easy-to-follow guides for smooth lesson implementation.
• Answer Keys & Rubrics: Simplify grading and provide clear expectations for students.
• ..and so much more!

This bundle is perfect for:

• New teachers wanting to build a solid collection of activities!
• Experienced teachers looking for new ways of teaching a concept!
• Homeschooling Families

Be sure to check out the previews for all activities to see how they are perfect for your classroom!

Creative writing prompts that focus on 1800s history, issues and life. Includes 16 slides to help students think about life as an explorer or pioneer during the 1800s. Visually pleasing graphics with great journal starters. Excellent for history or language arts courses. Use for on-demand writing assessment.