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Science Common Core RL.1.4 resources
Diary of a Worm Read Aloud - Reading Activities - Reading Comprehension
This "Diary of a Worm" printable or digital interactive read-aloud lesson plan pack includes rigorous text dependent questions, differentiated graphic organizers, response to text writing activities, a craftivity, and detailed lesson plans. These "Diary of a Worm" activities will help you meet several core standards while maintaining your tradition of reading aloud for pleasure. You will guide students to use evidence from the text to deepen their understanding of the story and respond in meanin
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1st - 2nd
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Also included in: Read Alouds Bundle - Reading Comprehension - A Year of Read Alouds
Crankenstein Read Aloud - Halloween STEM Activities - Reading Comprehension
These Crankenstein read aloud activities are perfect for teaching reading comprehension skills to young learners. These Crankenstein read aloud activities are print and go, FUN, cover tons of standards and include a STEM activity with a fun challenge. Students love Crankenstein's humorous experiences and these fun book companion activities will keep them super engaged.Our interactive read-aloud lesson plan is designed to be taught over multiple lessons. This allows students an opportunity to div
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K - 2nd
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STEAM Activities Piggie & Elephant STEM & Steam Challenges Makerspace Task Cards
Makerspace Task Cards are perfect If you are a fan of Mo Willems’s Elephant and Piggie books and you love Makerspace, STEM, and STEAM challenge task cards! These STEAM activities make perfect STEM Sub Plans, and you are going to love encouraging your students to work through the Engineering Design Process with these thought-provoking Makerspace Challenges in print and digital versions. Each challenge is based on a Mo Willems book (books not included) and focuses on the problem the character enc
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1st - 2nd
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K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
Rosie Revere Engineer Read Aloud - Growth Mindset - Reading Comprehension
This "Rosie Revere" printable or digital interactive read-aloud lesson plan pack includes rigorous text dependent questions, differentiated graphic organizers, response to text writing activities, a craftivity, and detailed lesson plans. These "Rosie Revere" activities will help you meet several core standards while maintaining your tradition of reading aloud for pleasure. You will guide students to use evidence from the text to deepen their understanding of the story and respond in meaningful w
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1st - 2nd
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Also included in: Read Alouds Bundle - Reading Comprehension - A Year of Read Alouds
Not Quite Narwhal Read Aloud - Reading Activities - Reading Comprehension
This "Not Quite Narwhal" printable or digital interactive read aloud lesson plan pack includes rigorous text dependent questions, differentiated graphic organizers, response to text writing activities including a craftivity, and detailed lesson plans to help you meet several core standards while maintaining your tradition of reading aloud for pleasure. You will guide students to use evidence from the text to deepen their understanding of the story and respond in meaningful ways. These lesson pla
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K - 1st
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STEM Story Station: Ricky the Rock That Couldn't Roll | Read Aloud and Challenge
Makerspace with STEM Moments in early elementary is filled with projects, designs, and ideas that inspire, motivate and challenge children in the classroom or library. This makerspace moment in literature takes an adorable book about a rock that cannot roll and allows students to analyze the characteristics of rocks and create a solution for helping rocks roll. Your kids will use critical thinking skills and problem-solving strategies to determine solutions. Ricky the Rock that Could Not Roll is
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1st - 2nd
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Hibernation Adaptation Migration Crafts
This resource contains 10 animal crafts to teach about winter animals that may adapt, hibernate, or migrate. Each craft contains a unique original poem with a fun 3D feature your students will love! Super-easy with visual directions for how to put them together (using the bear for an example). Great for science, poetry, speech therapy, or a fun craft after finishing a winter unit! Created in black and white, they are print and go for a fast, fun craft. DOWNLOAD the FREE SAMPLE in the PREVIE
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K - 3rd
Also included in: Winter Speech and Language BUNDLE
Papa, Please Get The Moon For Me by Carle Lesson Plan Moon Phases Activity
Papa, Please Get The Moon For Me Moon Phases & Changes Lesson Plan and Reading Comprehension Skills Activity Pack. Perfect for teaching science to primary grades. BESTSELLER This lesson includes: BenchmarksPre, during, and post reading activitiesStory Elements - Fairy TalesReading Comprehension QuestionsStory SequencingWord SortsMoon Chart ActivityCause & EffectRhyming ActivityThis resource is great for: Teaching elementary science Teaching moon phasesTeaching primary language arts Dista
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K - 2nd
Common Core & NGSS Student-Friendly I Can Statements for Kindergarten
This huge bundle of EDITABLE student-friendly "I can" statements is aligned to the Common Core & NGSS Standards. In this resource you will find every ELA, Science, & MATH standard for kindergarten rewritten as an I Can statement. As an experienced evaluator, I know the importance of having standards written in kid-friendly terms that allow students to focus on the intended learning. Some of the standards are divided up into various I can statements to allow students to reach mastery.*TIP
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K
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K-2-ETS1-2
, K-PS3-1
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, K-ESS3-1
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Women in History The Girl Who Thought in Pictures The Story of Temple Grandin
The Girl Who Thought in Pictures: The Story of Temple Grandin made the National Teacher's Science Association's list of top STEM books for 2017! Included in this resource are extensions for the story. This includes a story map, character traits sheets on two levels, a biography of Temple Grandin with accompanying questions, four task cards with information about cattle, and note-taking sheet for a farm animal report, and an invention writing sheet.❤️Click Here to Follow Us!Related Resources⭐
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2nd - 4th
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Also included in: Women in History STEM Stories Extensions Bundle
Common Core & NGSS Objectives - Student-Friendly I Can Statements Bundle
This huge bundle of EDITABLE student-friendly "I can" statements is aligned to the Common Core & NGSS Standards. In this resource you will find every ELA, Science, & MATH standard for first grade rewritten as an I Can statement. As an experienced evaluator, I know the importance of having standards written in kid-friendly terms that allow students to focus on the intended learning. Some of the standards are divided up into various I can statements to allow students to reach mastery.*TIP
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1st
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K-2-ETS1-2
, 1-ESS1-1
, K-2-ETS1-3
, 1-LS1-1
, K-2-ETS1-1
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I'm a Little Penguin - Artic Animals Poem for Kids
**Disclosure: This poem, along with the link to the read aloud on YouTube, is included in the POEM OF THE DAY resource.I'm a Little Penguin is a catchy poem and song for kids. Use in a poetry notebook, as the poem of the week, to anchor artic animal lessons, or let the kids color to present their poems on a bulletin board display. After I introduce the poem, my kids LOVE going to the Build a Poem: I'm a Little Penguin pocket chart center. YOU WILL GET:Printable black/white "I'm a Little Pengu
Life Cycles of Frogs, Chickens, and Fish for K to 2nd
Need teaching materials and visuals for studying life cycles of frogs, chickens, and fish? Here are learning materials that are tailored for grades K-2. There are non-fiction and fiction links for students to glean information, templates to record learned information, plus life cycle sequencing cards in three forms—one for teacher use in color, and two for student use. Also, included are labeling pictures of body parts of a frog, chicken, and fish. You’ll get visuals and directions for examining
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K - 2nd
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POETRY UNIT Animal Poetry Activities Poetry Elements Writing Science
POETRY POSSIBILITIES for ANIMAL POEMS is a unit incorporating multiple subjects through poetry. This collection of animal poems provides teaching points, skill lessons, and activities custom designed for each poem. It masterfully combines language arts with science. The range of reading levels in these poems makes them appropriate to both primary and intermediate classrooms. This should allow the teacher to accommodate students reading above or below grade level. The skill lessons and activ
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Not Grade Specific
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Also included in: POETRY UNITS MEGA BUNDLE Poems Teaching Points Writing Differentiation
STEM Read Aloud Books & Activities With Makerspace Activities and Read Aloud
Motivating reluctant readers can feel like a HUGE hurdle to overcome, especially around books and reading. That's why Makerspace STEAM Read Aloud Challenges are so powerful. They take literature and stories and bring them to life through innovation, creativity, community, collaboration, and critical thinking!This Makerspace STEM Read Aloud & Challenges YEAR-LONG BUNDLE is for you! This bundle is specifically designed for busy teachers who want to engage their students and instill a love of r
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1st - 2nd
The Life Cycle of a Sunflower Seed to Plant, Reader's Theater Script; Level 1
The Life Cycle of a Seed Reader's Theater script Level 1Bring your science standards to life with this engaging Reader's Theater play designed to help your students learn about the life cycle of a sunflower seed. This fun script reinforces reading skills, science standards, science vocabulary, fluency, and speaking and listening skills. Students will learn how a sunflower seed needs water, sunlight, and soil to grow and what each stage of the plant life cycle looks like, starting and ending with
Pigeon and Piggie & Elephant Makerspace Task Cards STEM Challenges Bundle
Makerspace Task Cards are perfect If you are a fan of Mo Willems’s Pigeon and Piggle and Elephant books and you love Makerspace and STEM challenge task cards! You are going to love encouraging your students to work through the Engineering Design Process with these thought-provoking Makerspace Challenges in print and digital versions.Each challenge is based on a Mo Willems book (books not included) and focuses on the problem the character/s encounters. Students are given a challenge that the char
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K - 2nd
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K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
I Need My Monster STEM Halloween Makerspace Story Stations STEAM Activities
Halloween reading and engineering activities bring fun and academics to I Need My Monster. Students start off with close reading activity around the story. The focus is on characters, vocabulary, asking and answering questions, and story structure. Next, a Makerspace extension takes students through the engineering design process to solve the problem in the story. So much fun! MakerSpace Activity: STEAM takes the E for engineering and the A for arts from STEAM and you get Maker Space Moments in
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1st - 2nd
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Halloween Read Aloud and Makerspace: A Skeleton for Dinner Activity & Challenge
Halloween Reading Activity brings fun Skeleton For Dinner book and makerspace/STEM extension to life! Students start off with close reading activity around the story. The focus is on asking and answering questions, vocabulary, and story elements. Next, a Makerspace extension takes students through the engineering design process to solve the problem in the story. So much fun!MakerSpace Activity: STEAM takes the E for engineering and the A for arts from STEAM and you get Maker Space Moments in Lit
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1st - 2nd
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Little Tree & A Tree Grows Up Read Aloud Activities - Reading Comprehension
This "A Tree Grows Up" & "Little Tree" printable or digital interactive read-aloud lesson plan pack includes rigorous text dependent questions, differentiated graphic organizers, response to text writing activities, a craftivity, and detailed lesson plans. These "A Tree Grows Up" & "Little Tree" activities will help you meet several core standards while maintaining your tradition of reading aloud for pleasure. You will guide students to use evidence from the text to deepen their understa
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K - 1st
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Black History Month: The Girl With a Mind for Math: The Story of Raye Montague
The Girl With a Mind for Math: The Story of Raye Montague, written by Julia Finley, made the National Teacher's Science Association's list of top STEM books for 2019! Included in this resource are extensions for the story. This includes a story map, two-level character traits sheets, a biography of Raye Montague with accompanying questions, a simple STEM challenge, and suggestions for even more follow-up activities.❤️Click Here to Follow Us!Related Resources⭐ Women in STEM Bundle - STEM Stori
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2nd - 4th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: Women in History STEM Stories Extensions Bundle
All About the Ocean Unit
All About the Ocean UnitThese 89 pages are packed with great, fun, engaging, common core aligned activities, vocabulary puzzles, ready-made anchor charts, student response sheet, and much more for the perfect All About the Ocean Unit!This All About the Ocean Unit packet includes:* Vocabulary Puzzles + Frayer model graphic organizer for vocabulary development about ocean vocabulary.* The Ocean Floor Anchor chart, close read "The Ocean Floor" in full color (to use with a projector), black and whit
The Giving Tree by Silverstein Lesson on Responsible Use of Natural Resources
The Giving Tree by S. Silverstein Lesson Plan on Environment and Responsible use of Natural Resources. This all time favorite classroom is ideal for teaching about the role of trees in the environment, reading comprehension skills, story elements, rhyming and word study, story elements and sequencing. PRINT and GO! The lesson packet includes:Lesson objectivesTrees - ReadingReading Comprehension QuestionsKLW ChartSequencing ActivityStory Elements ActivityRhyming ActivityComparison Activity Text t
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K - 2nd
Explore Pumpkin Time with STEM and STEAM Activities
Get your students excited about learning with our Pumpkin Time book companion unit! Encourage literacy, math and STEM skills with hands-on activities, brace maps, handwriting pages, pattern cards, pumpkin investigation, pumpkin measuring, comparing, and more. Perfect for any multi-age classroom and individual book to illustrate the pumpkin theme. Get your printable resources today!This unit includes the following:Language arts:•Lesson Plan • 5 Dolch File Folder High Frequency Word File Folder Ga
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K - 2nd
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