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Basic principles Common Core RI.2.1 resources
Gail Gibbons STARGAZERS - Comprehension & Text Evidence (Answer Key Included)
Great activity for exploring non-fiction text features!This resource includes the following options:· Printable PDF· Answer boxes for students to complete the activity on a device in Google ClassroomI also have Discussion Cards available for this book. Perfect for group discussions!
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2nd - 4th
2nd Grade Life Science Unit on Plants and Seeds
This is a Unit designed on the Next Generation Science Performance Standards for 2nd grade Life Science. The lessons are literature-based and provide hands-on activities/ experiments for the students to engage in. Lessons can easily be adapted to use with 1st and 3rd grade students. There are 6 lessons that include the name of a non-fiction text (easily found in libraries) to read aloud, vocabulary cards with pictures to describe concepts, experiments/ activities for students to do, and follow-u
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1st - 3rd
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The States of Matter: Solids, Liquids and Gas
The States of Matter is the focus of this packet. First and second-grade students will be able to answer:
What is matter? What types of matter can change from one state to another? What is a solid? What is a liquid? What is a gas?
Grades:
1st - 2nd
Light Is All Around Us by Wendy Pfeffer Anticipation Guide & Game Bundle
This bundle contains both the paper/pencil anticipation guide for Light Is All Around Us by Wendy Pfeffer and interactive slides that you can use as students fill out the anticipation guide. The slides provide an opportunity for students to mark their guess and then share their guess with the class through movement. After the text is read aloud or read independently, students will show what they learned on the after reading section of the anticipation guide and through movements again. An answer
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1st - 5th
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Sounds All Around by Wendy Pfeffer Anticipation Guide & Game Bundle
This bundle contains both the paper/pencil anticipation guide for Sounds All Around by Wendy Pfeffer and interactive slides that you can use as students fill out the anticipation guide. The slides provide an opportunity for students to mark their guess and then share their guess with the class through movement. After the text is read aloud or read independently, students will show what they learned on the after reading section of the anticipation guide and through movements again. An answer key
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1st - 4th
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The Magic School Bus Takes Flight: No-Prep Companion Guide
#thirdgradetribeIn this lesson for first-third graders, students will either watch or read “The Magic School Bus Takes Flight” and complete this companion guide. Included are comprehension and scientific understanding prompts and a page of key vocabulary with an answer key.
Grades:
1st - 3rd
The Sun: Our Nearest Star by Franklyn Branley Anticipation Guide & Game Bundle
This bundle contains both the paper/pencil anticipation guide for The Sun: Our Nearest Star by Franklyn M. Branley and interactive slides that you can use as students fill out the anticipation guide. The slides provide an opportunity for students to mark their guess and then share their guess with the class through movement. After the text is read aloud or read independently, students will show what they learned on the after reading section of the anticipation guide and through movements again.
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1st - 5th
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Flood Warning by Katharine Kenah Anticipation Guide & Game Bundle
This bundle contains both the paper/pencil anticipation guide for Flood Warning by Katharine Kenah and interactive slides that you can use as students fill out the anticipation guide. The slides provide an opportunity for students to mark their guess and then share their guess with the class through movement. After the text is read aloud or read independently, students will show what they learned on the after reading section of the anticipation guide and through movements again. An answer key is
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1st - 5th
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Hurricane Watch by Melissa Stewart Anticipation Guide & Game Bundle
This bundle contains both the paper/pencil anticipation guide for Hurricane Watch by Melissa Stewart and interactive slides that you can use as students fill out the anticipation guide. The slides provide an opportunity for students to mark their guess and then share their guess with the class through movement. After the text is read aloud or read independently, students will show what they learned on the after reading section of the anticipation guide and through movements again. An answer key
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1st - 5th
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What Will the Weather Be? by Lynda DeWitt Anticipation Guide & Game Bundle
This bundle contains both the paper/pencil anticipation guide for What Will the Weather Be? by Lynda DeWitt and interactive slides that you can use as students fill out the anticipation guide. The slides provide an opportunity for students to mark their guess and then share their guess with the class through movement. After the text is read aloud or read independently, students will show what they learned on the after reading section of the anticipation guide and through movements again. An answ
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1st - 5th
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Animal Studies: Frogs Unit Plan
This unit plan contains ten lessons and activities that you can use during a Frog's Unit.
READING COMPREHENSION PAGES
- Compare and Contrast Frogs and Toads
EXPERIMENTS
- Light or Dark Fair Test
- Moist or Dry Fair Test
- Hot or Cold Fair Test
- What Do Frogs Eat?
ACTIVITIES
- Food Chain
- Life Cycle
35 VOCABULARY WORDS
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K - 3rd
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Hurricane Watch by Melissa Stewart Anticipation Game
I created The Anticipation Game to modify my in-person anticipation guides for distance learning, but the game was so much fun and so engaging that I continued using it when we returned to the classroom. It uses the same idea of a traditional anticipation guide of having students make guesses about whether or not statements about a topic are true or false before reading. Students then read the text and listen for clues and evidence to determine if the statements and their guesses were correct be
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1st - 5th
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Also included in: Hurricane Watch by Melissa Stewart Anticipation Guide & Game Bundle
Gail Gibbons THE HONEY MAKERS - Comprehension (Answer Key Included)
Great way for students to explore non-fiction text!This resource includes the following options:· Printable PDF· Answer boxes for students to complete the activity on a device in Google Classroom.I also have Discussion Cards available for this book. Perfect for group discussions!
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Grades:
2nd - 4th
From Seed to Plant Activities and Vocabulary Development
This is a lesson from a unit on Life Science for 2nd grade. It can easily be adapted to fit the needs of 1st and 3rd graders. The lesson includes a read aloud on From Seed to Plant by Gail Gibbons, vocabulary cards with pictures for the story, and two wrap-up activities. This lesson can be taught over the course of 2 days.
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1st - 3rd
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The Sun: Our Nearest Star by Franklyn M. Branley Anticipation Guide
This anticipation guide goes with the book The Sun: Our Nearest Star by Franklyn M. Branley. If you've never used an anticipation guide before, the purpose is to get students thinking about a topic before reading and help them focus on important details as they read or listen to the text. This activity is a half sheet that is meant to be copied double sided so the before activity is on the front and the after activity is on the back. Copy double sided and cut in half. Before reading, pass out th
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1st - 5th
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Light Is All Around Us by Wendy Pfeffer Anticipation Guide
This anticipation guide goes with the book Light Is All Around Us by Wendy Pfeffer. If you've never used an anticipation guide before, the purpose is to get students thinking about a topic before reading and help them focus on important details as they read or listen to the text. This activity is a half sheet that is meant to be copied double sided so the before activity is on the front and the after activity is on the back. Copy double sided and cut in half. Before reading, pass out the half sh
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1st - 5th
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Also included in: Light Is All Around Us by Wendy Pfeffer Anticipation Guide & Game Bundle
Light Is All Around Us by Wendy Pfeffer Anticipation Game
I created The Anticipation Game to modify my in-person anticipation guides for distance learning, but the game was so much fun and so engaging that I continued using it when we returned to the classroom. It uses the same idea of a traditional anticipation guide of having students make guesses about whether or not statements about a topic are true or false before reading. Students then read the text and listen for clues and evidence to determine if the statements and their guesses were correct be
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1st - 5th
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Also included in: Light Is All Around Us by Wendy Pfeffer Anticipation Guide & Game Bundle
The Sun: Our Nearest Star by Franklyn M. Branley Anticipation Game
I created The Anticipation Game to modify my in-person anticipation guides for distance learning, but the game was so much fun and so engaging that I continued using it when we returned to the classroom. It uses the same idea of a traditional anticipation guide of having students make guesses about whether or not statements about a topic are true or false before reading. Students then read the text and listen for clues and evidence to determine if the statements and their guesses were correct be
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Grades:
1st - 5th
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Flood Warning by Katharine Kenah Anticipation Game
I created The Anticipation Game to modify my in-person anticipation guides for distance learning, but the game was so much fun and so engaging that I continued using it when we returned to the classroom. It uses the same idea of a traditional anticipation guide of having students make guesses about whether or not statements about a topic are true or false before reading. Students then read the text and listen for clues and evidence to determine if the statements and their guesses were correct be
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1st - 5th
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Also included in: Flood Warning by Katharine Kenah Anticipation Guide & Game Bundle
Magic School Bus EXPEDITION DOWN UNDER Discussion Cards PRINTABLE & SHAREABLE
Rationale for using Discussion Cards:This strategy is powerful in giving students opportunities to work together in mixed-ability, student-led groups. Lower level students benefit from listening to higher level students respond to questions. Higher level students are challenged to express their thinking in a way that helps lower level students comprehend the material.Discussions are guided by students’ responses to what they have read. This approach provides a way for students to engage in criti
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2nd - 4th
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Sounds All Around by Wendy Pfeffer Anticipation Game
To modify my in-person anticipation guides for distance learning, I created The Anticipation Game. It uses the same idea of a traditional anticipation guide of having students make guesses about whether or not statements about a topic are true or false before reading. Students then read the text and listen for clues and evidence to determine if the statements and their guesses were correct before completing the after reading evaluation of each statement. For distance learning, I created these in
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1st - 5th
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Also included in: Sounds All Around by Wendy Pfeffer Anticipation Guide & Game Bundle
Magic School Bus Plants Seeds Activities and Vocabulary Development
This is a lesson from a unit on Life Science for 2nd grade. It can easily be adapted to fit the needs of 1st and 3rd graders. The lesson includes a read aloud on Magic School Bus Plants Seeds, vocabulary cards with pictures for the story, a craft activity, and a wrap-up activity. This lesson can be taught over the course of 2 days.
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1st - 3rd
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Magic School Bus THE GIANT GERM Discussion Cards (Answer Key Included)
Rationale for using Discussion Cards:This strategy is powerful in giving students opportunities to work together in mixed-ability, student-led groups. Lower level students benefit from listening to higher level students respond to questions. Higher level students are challenged to express their thinking in a way that helps lower level students comprehend the material.Discussions are guided by students’ responses to what they have read. This approach provides a way for students to engage in criti
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2nd - 4th
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States of Matter: Liquid Density and Viscosity Experiments
Two thorough experiments with activity sheets to teach students about density and viscosity of different liquids.
Common Core aligned.
Grade 1-3.
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1st - 3rd
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