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Free 5th grade critical thinking science literature circles
Making Inferences Role Play Activity
Students with language difficulties struggle to make inferences and draw conclusions when faced with text in the classroom and on tests. Teach them that these skills are actually things that they do everyday! Help them master the art of making inferences and drawing conclusions - exclusive of text - then they can grow from there! Take out your cell phone in language therapy, and role play (or have them role play) the phone conversations in this fun and funtional activity. Even do the different
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2nd - 7th
Your Fantastic Elastic Brain Activities- Pennants
This growth mindset activity pairs with the growth mindset book and is a cute classroom decoration!
Your Fantastic Elastic Brain is written by JoAnn Deak, Ph.D. This book teaches the reader about how our brains work. Also, this book teaches the reader about how to have a growth mindset. By going into the science behind how the brain works and processes new information, the reader is able to see that goals are attainable if you train your brain!
Activities include:
1. Your brain controls what
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3rd - 5th
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Book Tasting Menu Brochure
How do you choose a book to read? How will you remember what you thought about which book? With so many choices and things to filter through, a simple way to remember is to write it down.A easy to use record of student thoughts and ideas on their choice for Literature Circles or their own reading.
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Cooperative Group Role Cards
The individual group role cards help students remember their specific task when working in Cooperative Groups. There are 8 cards to choose from. You can choose to leave some out, or use them all depending on what you want to see from your students!
- Conversation Captain
- Time Keeper
- Materials Manager
- Presenter
- Checker
- Volume Manager
- Encourager
- Scribe
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3rd - 10th
FREE Student Small Business Plan-Google Slides Distance Learning Resource
Thank you for checking this product! This resource is a fun and engaging way to introduce students to the process of writing a small business plan. It not only meets ELA and math Common Core standards, but also meets many Personal Financial Literacy (PFL) standards.I updated this resource to make it useful for your distance learning classroom. It includes a five-part small business plan, teacher and student tutorial, as well as a link to a read aloud of the book, One Hen: How One Small Loan M
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3rd - 5th
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Elementary ELA AVID Academic Language Scripts Classroom Discussion Printables
*** New Seller please follow, comment, and review if you like these! <3*** These Academic Language Scripts are perfect in an AVID classroom setting. It is used to build classroom discussion and improve how students respond to each other during discussion. These are used as questions stems to add to discussion during socratic seminar or philosophical chairs. *Available in two colors brights and primary colors Socratic SeminarPhilosophical ChairsClassroom Discussion Literature Circles Promotin
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2nd - 12th
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Skeleton Talk Poem: Rhyming Poem About Bones
This poem is a freebie and positive feedback is greatly appreciated! Thank you so much!
This poem is a rhyming poem designed to provide short facts about bones while building fluency. Kids love poetry and learning about new things using a variety of tools. I use poems during our literacy and apple academic centers. I also made a large one on chart paper for students to read and practice. I hope you enjoy this fun poem, perfect to use during the fall or nutrition/bones unit.
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K - 5th
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Community - Road Signs!
GREAT activity for social studies/community unit, safety, reasoning, reading, verbal expression, & vocabulary development! Signs presented are ones that the students can commonly see in their environment.4 Slides. Students move the phrases to the box beside the associated sign. Each slide has one answer that is not a match.
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2nd - 6th, Staff
WEATHER FORECASTING - FREE INFORMATION, MAPS, REPORTS, RESOURCES & PRINTABLES
WEATHER FORECASTING - FREE RESOURCES (VOL 3-6) includes excerpts from the four weather forecasting booklets described below.
WEATHER FORECASTING – INFORMATION VOLUME 3 by Jeanette Vuuren explains how meteorologists use their knowledge and skills - focusing on aspects in nature, as well as information provided by weather instruments - to help them predict the weather. It also explains how different industries are affected by weather and why they heavily rely on weather forecasts for their safet
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2nd - 5th
Sarah Plain and Tall Novel Study with Vocabulary and Comprehension Questions
This is a novel study for the book Sarah Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan. This comes with the study for the entire novel, which can be used in class, remotely or in a hybrid setting. An instruction guide is provided and can be modified to suite your teaching style and students. Study includes questions and vocabulary for each chapter. Questions promote higher-order thinking as the novel progresses. The included questions provide opportunities for students to relate to the novel throug
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3rd - 6th
Native American Star Myths
My Native American unit is usually a long one, and in it, I like to incorporate the study of legends. Two hit two birds with one stone; I also add constellations when we study the sky in science, and voila – this Native American Star Legends Unit! It can be completed in one to two weeks, depending on what else you want to add. This file includes:An intro to constellations PowerPoint3 different Native American myths about the Big DipperA constellation creation sheetA Venn diagramI begin by introd
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3rd - 5th
FREE Sample DAZE / MAZE / CLOZE Passage with a Science Emphasis
This sample passage is designed to enhance fluency and comprehension skills in students. This is the first passage in a collection that features 25 engaging DAZE / MAZE/ CLOZE passages covering a range of topics aligned with the Common Core standards for science. The passages encompass a mix of nonfiction and narrative content, ensuring students' exposure to various genres. To facilitate assessment and progress tracking, an answer key is included, offering educators a valuable resource for effec
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3rd - 6th
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Talking the Talk - Accountable Talk Stems for Literacy Discussions
This poster set provides prompts for classroom discussions in the form of sentence stems. There are 12 different discussion stem posters. A student card with all 12 stems is also included (4 cards to a page). The student page is provided in color and black and white so it can be printed on colored paper to save ink.
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2nd - 5th
Weather/Natural Disaster Auditory or Reading Comprehension!
INTRIGUING facts about natural disasters/weather related events! 4 stories for auditory or reading comprehension focusing on recall of detailed information, definitions, and inferencing. Enjoy!
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3rd - 5th
Reading Comprehension Thinking Stems FREEBIE
These thinking stems help guide ALL learners in thinking about what they are reading and responding to reading.Students can use for:-academic conversations about reading with partners or literature circles-responding to reading through writing-guiding thinking while reading-stop and jot note taking while readingTeaching Simply for Significance suggestions:-Enlarge for class poster-print one for each student reading journal-cut into cards to be focus on just one comprehension area at a time-use i
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2nd - 6th
IT'S ALIIIIIVE - Living vs. Non-living Free Engaging Reading
Great for Elementary and Middle School as an intro to new material. How to we decide what is alive? Some of the criteria we have is that they must develop, reproduce and use energy. Each of the living things we've found on earth is made of cells and we can call an organism.
Vocab words covered: living, non-living, organism, cell
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4th - 9th
Solar System ADAPTED BOOK Level 1, level 2 and level 3 with matching activity
Thank you for viewing this adapted book sentence building for special needs students. This is on our Solar System and identifying the planets. Please note that according to NASA, Pluto is no longer our ninth planet since 2006. So there are now 8 planets in our Solar System not 9 planets.*Now with Assessment Recording Sheet* - Just hi-light or circle each of the vocab that your student got correctly on the recording sheet, you can also write comments such as type of support, behaviours/behaviors
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PreK - 12th
Solar System Reader's Theatre- two reading levels
This Reader's Theater is about the Solar System with 10 parts- Narrator and each of the planets. Students will learn the basic information about each planet while expanding their vocabulary and oral language skills.Example text: " Jupiter: Greetings, stargazers! I am Jupiter, the mighty gas giant, the largest of all planets. My swirling storms and enormous size make me a true king of the cosmos. Far beyond me, there's a realm of icy giants - Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune." Simpler version: "Jupit
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3rd - 7th
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MS-ESS1-3
Cross Curricular Activites with the novel City of Ember
Are you a self-contained teacher and need to find a way to bring reading, science, and math together? Do you enjoy reading novels to your students? Do you want a quick reading novel with a few activities to complete? Then this is the resource for you! City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau is an amazing novel, and now a movie has been made. I highly recommend the book, however it would be fun to complete a compare and contrast over the book and movie. This novel allows self-contained teachers to meet
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4th - 6th
Literature Circles Rubric and Reflection With Depth and Complexity
This Literature Circle Rubric and Reflection With Depth and Complexity will be a great resource when implementing literature circles in your classroom. A literature circle is a small group instructional approach with structure, high expectations, and rigor. I recommending implementing Literature Circles with Depth and Complexity. Depth and Complexity will help your students dig deeper in their learning and think in more complex ways. The 11 elements of Depth and Complexity were developed by Sa
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3rd - 8th
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Also included in:Â Literature Circles Bundle With Depth and Complexity
Structure of DNA Close Read and Questions in English and Spanish
Word doc. English and Spanish versions. This article reviews the structure of DNA, nitrogen base pairs, and enzymes of DNA replication. Close reads help students dissect and break down informational text.
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5th - 11th
Intro to Multicellular Organisms - Free Engaging Science Reading
Great for Elementary and Middle School as an intro to new material. Living things come in many different shapes and sizes. Some (like you) are made of many cells, but other are just one single cell. You may not be able to see each of these organisms, or the small parts that you're composed of without a microscope.
Vocab words covered: unicellular, multicellular, composed, microscopic
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4th - 8th
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Small Group Roles / Bookmarks
Use these small group roles to help students become familiar and accountable for their designated role within a small group. Six (6) total roles include Materials ManagerGroup SpeakerReporterTime KeeperGroup LeaderEncourager
Grades:
5th - 12th
Introduction Activities for Jake Drake Know It All Chapter Book
Use the prediction and word highlight activities included in this activity packet before reading Jake Drake Know It All by Andrew Clements. Students connect with, and gain interest in, the story through the prediction activity. They can then become familiar with words from each chapter that they may not know how to pronounce, as well as their meanings, through the diction activities.
This introductory activity is a wonderful complement to the printable literature guide that can also be found at
Grades:
3rd - 5th
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Benefits of learning science
Learning science offers many benefits to students both in school and beyond. In fact, it helps students:
- Question the world around them and seek evidence-based explanations
- Cultivate their ability to observe, experiment, and analyze data
- Nurture a sense of curiosity, awe, and wonder about the natural world
- Understand natural phenomena and the laws that govern the universe
With a solid foundation in science, teachers can help empower students to think critically, solve problems, make informed decisions, and engage with the world around them in meaningful ways.
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