Reading Comprehension STEM - August and September Back To School

UPDATE - Now with a DECODABLE READER version of the stories included. Want to save time and teach reading comprehension and STEM together? Each week revolves around a guided reading story. This bundle is for August STEM and September STEM. I developed this program to simplify my planning. With Reading Comprehension STEM, you'll have a full year of lessons that'll keep your students engaged and inspire them to learn more. Easy to prep, and developmentally sequential, this bundle provides reading, writing, and STEM lessons for grades 1-3. Connecting STEM and ELA lessons increases student interest and deepens understanding. This is perfect for Back to School season.

This is a FOUR-WEEK plan for teaching Reading Comprehension and STEM. We know you're a busy teacher, who has a lot of prep already, and you don't have the time to create a fancy makerspace or purchase expensive supplies. That's one of the best parts of Reading Comprehension STEM. Once you have assembled the little readers, the prep is easy and quick. You can complete all the STEM challenges using recyclables and other odds and ends from home. There’s even an editable letter to parents that you can send home, asking for supplies. Here's a link to a blog post I did on how I set them up in my classroom. STEAM STORIES set up.

Every year when I teach this I find my students get attached to each weekly character. Every week they are excited to find out who the story is about and how they get to read, write, problem-solve, and create art about these characters. This is highly motivating for young children and makes reading comprehension easier to teach.

STEM and ELA are sometimes difficult to combine. This package has it all. This comprehensive package will help you teach Reading, Writing, and Speaking skills as well as Science Technology, Engineering, and Math. Many people claim they are selling a STEM package when in fact they are simply selling a Science Lesson. This package has my personal guarantee that it not only contains all parts of the STEAM acronym, (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) but that there is an emphasis on the problem-solving part.

Check out my blog posts on how I used STEAM STORIES in my own class. Go to the link here to follow along. SavvyTeachingTips.com

PLEASE WATCH THE VIDEO PREVIEW FOR DETAILED INFORMATION.

You can also buy the full year, 28 WEEK plan.

BONUS - if you buy the 28 week bundle you will get the editable evaluations file, not available in the smaller bundles or the individual weeks.

It’s engaging for the kids, and easy for the teacher to plan and prep. The leveled readers increase in difficulty each week. In week one the levels are DRA levels 6, 12, and 18 They go up gradually. Week six has DRA levels 10, 16, and 22. Week 28 has DRA levels 20, 28, and 30.

Here’s what’s is included

• Leveled Mini Books – 3 levels for Below Grade Level, At Grade Level, and Above Grade Level for each weekly unit. Perfect for teaching guided reading and reading comprehension.
• Each Mini Book comes in a full-color version, and an ink-saving black and white version.
• Tips on how to get started.
• Tips on how to prep your first week.
• Step-by-step detailed plans for each day.
• Vocabulary cards to front-load difficult words and concepts.
• Worksheets to accompany most lessons.
• Guided Reading Schematic to help you plan that awkward Guided Reading block.
• Slideshow to help introduce the STEAM component and challenge.
• Inquiry Process Slides to further learn about PBL or to use as a parent slideshow.
• My Steam Journal for the kids to complete the STEAM component step-by-step.
• Poster for teaching Partner Reading
• Worksheets for higher-level thinking skills like opinion and sequence.
• The all-important Self Evaluation.
• Answer Keys for most worksheets.
• Quick grid planning overview of the week.
• Editable planning grid if you want to add changes.
• Letter to parents and an editable version too.
• My personal guarantee that this includes all the parts of the STEAM acronym.
• Common Core Standards
• British Columbia Standards