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Problem solving Common Core W.3.2 resources
After the Fall READ ALOUD STEMâ„¢ Activity with TpT Easel
Integrate STEM and Literacy in your classroom!In this STEM Lesson, students learn about gravity and complete an Egg Drop Challenge using simple materials. Connect to a Read Aloud: After the Fall by Dan SantatThis STEM Project is a companion activity to After the Fall by Dan Santat. The Engineering Design Process:Students plan, design, and execute their own ideas. After they have completed their activity, there is time for reflection on what worked and what didn't. They follow the six step Engine
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
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The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind READ ALOUD SCIENCEâ„¢ Activity
Integrate Real World STEM in your classroom and engage kids by learning about Wind Power!Teach about Green Energy with this Earth Day Science Activity! Students learn about the how wind power works. They design, build, and test their own windmill using the Scientific Method.Connect to a Read Aloud: The Boy Who Harnessed the WindThis STEM Project is a companion activity to The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by Bryan Mealer and William Kamkwamba. The book explores the true story of a boy who built a
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 4-PS3-4
, 3-5-ETS1-3
 ...
Jane Goodall The Watcher READ ALOUD STEMâ„¢ Activity
Integrate Real-World STEM in your classroom and learn about conservation!In this STEM Lesson, students learn about Jane Goodall and how chimpanzees use tools to capture termites to eat! Students design and build a bug grabber to capture their own bugs.Connect to a Read Aloud: The WatcherThis STEM Project is a companion activity to The Watcher: Jane Goodall's Life of Chimps by Jeanette Winter. The book explores the life and discoveries of Jane Goodall.The Engineering Design Process:Students plan,
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
 ...
Latino Heritage Month Pelé: King of Soccer READ ALOUD STEM™ Activity
Integrate STEM and celebrate Hispanic and Latino Heritage Month!In this STEM Lesson, students learn about Soccer / Fútbol Legend Pelé. They design, build, and create their own soccer game to play!Connect to a Read Aloud - Pelé: King of Soccer / El Rey de Fútbol by Monica BrownThis STEM Project is a companion activity to Pelé: King of Soccer by Monica Brown. The book explores the legacy of Pelé in both English and Spanish. The Engineering Design Process:Students plan, design, and execute their ow
Grades:
1st - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
 ...
Sonia Sotomayor Turning Pages READ ALOUD STEMâ„¢ Activity
Integrate STEM and celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month!In this STEM Lesson, students learn about Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor and how books influenced her career. Design, build, and test your own Tower of Knowledge made from Index Cards and Books!Connect to a Read Aloud: Turning Pages - My Life Story by Sonia SotomayorThis STEM Project is a companion activity to Turning Pages: My Life Story by Sonia Sotomayor. The book is an autobiography about how books influenced Sonia Sotomayor.The Eng
Grades:
1st - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
 ...
100th Day of School Activity Booklet | 100th Day of School Activities
Looking for a fun activity for students to do during the 100th day of school celebration? This 100th day activity booklet has a variety of activities to keep your students engaged and involved in critical thinking. This 100th day activity booklet includes creative writing prompts, a coloring page, an I Spy activity, and is fun and easy for students to assemble.Click on the PREVIEW above to get a closer look at the contents of this resource.This high-interest resource includes the following activ
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
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Leap Year Escape Room ELA Reading Informational Text Grades 3 -4 - 5
Your students are going to love learning the history, science, and math about Leap Year and February 29th with this engaging escape room, Who Hacked Leap Year? After watching the video hook, they'll be ready for close reading the informational text to find all the clues and decode the final mystery phrase.The Escape Room Premise: â–º February 29th has disappeared from all the calendars! How did this happen? Students will:â–º Read the textâ–º Answer the questionsâ–º Use the codes in the answersâ–º Discover
Grades:
3rd - 5th
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Communities Activity PBL Rural Urban Suburban STEM
Looking for a engaging PBL to help teach communities in your classroom? Check out this fully loaded Communities PBL! This product includes 48 pages of materials needed to have an amazing PBL on Rural, Urban, and Suburban Communities! Along with the tips, notes, and examples of the communities project, this product also includes teacher tips, note pages, pre-assessment, post assessment, interactive notebook pages, compare and contrast pages, writing pages, plus so much more!This includes:•8 Pages
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Creative Thinking Digital Writing for Google Drive® | Distance Learning
Go paperless with our Google Slides-ready creative thinking and explanatory writing resource! This Google Resource includes 30 interactive creative thinking scenarios for students to solve. Once three items have been chosen (independent thinking + choice!), the student can type a creative explanation of how they solved the problem. These activities are great for your thinking and exposition writing program in both a traditional classroom with some access to mobile learning through to a full 1:1
Grades:
3rd - 6th
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Also included in:Â Digital ELA Google Classroom Mega Bundle for Distance Learning
Braille Escape Room ELA Close Reading Helen Keller Louis Braille Biographies
Your students are going to love learning about the braille system, Louis Braille and Helen Keller with this engaging escape room, The World of Braille. After watching the video hook, they'll be ready for close reading the informational text to find all the clues and decode the final mystery phrase. Their completion certificate is a message from a friend, written in braille!The Escape Room Premise: â–º Students have received a message from a friend. But they can't read it because it's in braille. I
Grades:
3rd - 5th
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Memorial Day Activity Escape Room History Tomb of Unknown Soldier Decoration Day
Your students are going to love learning about Memorial Day, Decoration Day, and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier with this engaging yet respectful escape room. After watching the video hook, they'll be inspired to learn more.They'll use close reading of the informational text to find all the clues and decode the final mystery word. Their completion certificate is a reminder to remember and honor all those who served.The Escape Room Premise: â–º Learn about the history and origins of this important
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Types:
Also included in:Â ELA Escape Room Bundle Year of Holidays Grades 3rd 4th 5th
Morse Code Escape Room ELA Social Studies Reading Comprehension
Introduce a STEM and Social Studies lesson about Morse Code with this engaging and rigorous escape room, The Dits and Dahs of Morse Code. After watching the video hook, they'll be ready for close reading the informational text to find all the clues and decode the final mystery phrase. Using Morse Code they'll discover where a friend hid a present.Students will also learn that they can send messages in Morse Code using a flashlight.The Escape Room Premise: â–º Students have a hidden gift from a fri
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
4-PS4-3
FREE STEM At Home Learning Menus
Integrate STEM at Home!Help students integrate STEM subjects at home with these 3 FREE STEM learning menus. Includes Spanish version for ESL families!Integrate Writing, Reading, Math, Science, and Geography!These activities are interdisciplinary and help students make connections between STEM subjects as well as writing and reading.Material List:To complete these STEM menus students will need common household items like paper and tape.Includes:This resource includes three menus that can be used
Grades:
1st - 5th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
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Also included in:Â Entire Year of Read Aloud STEM Activity Menus Bundle
Racing Marbles: Discover, Think & Write
Marbles! Discover, Think and Write: A STEM activity that will get your kids rolling marbles up and down pipes and tunnels that they make on their own.
Marbles and noodles have been around for awhile! But the fun doesn't go out of style!
This is a popular activity that's been around for a long time. In fact, you have probably seen those pins on Pinterest. I had planned on an activity like this for my summer camp. But I did not have a lesson plan or follow up writing activities to go with this f
Lewis and Clark Unit
Students will learn the value of exploring through the examples set forth by Lewis and Clark. This unit is mapped out for a 2 week unit for 3rd grade, but can be utilized in many flexible ways to cater to several, if not all, elementary grades. Students will look into map making, travel preparation, journal writing, performance skills, and visual thinking strategies. Students will develop a better understanding of America in the early 19th century and receiving explorer badges for their accompli
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Informational Letter Writing– Bullying
This product provides very useful information to students about bullying. The informational text explains to students what bullying is and what they can do to help stop others from being bullied. In addition, it explains to students what they can do if they feel as though someone is being a bully towards them. At the conclusion of the text, students are asked to write an informative letter to parents explaining to them what bullying is and how their students can help stop bullying. Space is prov
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Types:
Math | Fairytale STEM | Measuring & Problem Solving | Rapunzel
STEM Activity Challenge. Easy to Prepare! Rulers staring as Rapunzel. Appropriate for your youngest engineers; they use a fairy tale that your students are likely already familiar with. Adding in a story element, those students that might typically shy away from STEM activities may find joy in transporting themselves into a story to solve a problem and design. Your students will help everyday rulers transform into Rapunzel and grow her hair to lift classroom staples- Prince Stapleton. Content
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Not Grade Specific
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Also included in:Â Fairytale STEM | Engineering | Bundle
Problem Solving & Creativity: Solving a Real Problem - Informational Text
REAL PROBLEM SOLVING
******MANY USABLE FORMS******
INCLUDES: step by step directions for problem solving, RUBRICS, SUMMARY & REFLECTION pages, evaluation FORMS, evaluation MATRIX for idea generation
Bears in Our Neighborhood->--> CAN BE ADAPTED TO OTHER REAL "LOCAL" PROBLEMS
Valdez, Alaska is a rural town located in Prince William Sound. Every year, the summer population nearly doubles in size due to tourism and the fishing season. People - from many different parts of the globe, - v
Grades:
3rd - 5th
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Puzzle Power: Developing Early Literacy Skills in a Puzzle Center
PUZZLE POWER
Developing Early Literacy Skills in a Puzzle Center
Designed for Grades 1-3, CCSS Aligned
I have always believed in the power of puzzles in the classroom. As a classroom teacher, I found the hands-on approach provided students with significant benefits physically, cognitively and emotionally. It was always a popular choice by students. Puzzle Power was redesigned from my original hand-written puzzle center directions to incorporate Common Core State Standards in Literacy.
PUZZLE
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
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Think Sheets - A Classroom Management Tool
Think Sheets - A Classroom Management tool meant to promote ownership and accountability of classroom expectations. A great way to communicate quickly and effectively with guardians while collecting data!
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Not Grade Specific
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