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Writing Craftivities Endless Bundle | Crafts & Prompts for the Whole Year
This is the ultimate set of writing crafts! With over 200 different craftivities your students will have plenty of topics to write about all year long! These craftivities are super low-prep, and make darling displays for your bulletin boards and hallways.This bundle includes all of my current writing craftivities resources, and any future writing craftivities sets that I add to my store will also be included in this bundle. The price of this bundle will increase as more sets are added. By pu
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K - 3rd
Genius Hour
Genius Hour Template for Elementary - This Genius Hour (Passion Project) is designed especially for primary grades and beginners. These Genius Hour templates are simple enough for beginning readers and most pages can be adapted for even non-readers by completing the pages with drawings. You can implement Genius Hour with even the youngest learners with the help of this resource. These pages would also work to implement Genius Hour for Special needs students. This Genius Hour Plan is designed
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K - 2nd
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Project Based Learning - Animals in Winter | PBL | plans | rubric | assessment
Animals in winter is a perfect resource for project-based learning. Let your students explore the wonders of how animals use different strategies to survive changes in their environment.This project based learning unit focuses on the animals chosen by the students, two animals that hibernate (bear and hedgehog), two animals that migrate (monarch butterfly and duck), and two animals that adapt (rabbit and deer) during the season of winter. This PBL was “piloted” on a preK class and they had a GRE
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PreK - K
Apples: An Inquiry Based Unit of Study
Increase student engagement and deepen understanding!
Do you want your students to explore, investigate, research, study, and pursue topics based on curiosity to increase their understanding of the world?
This Apples: Inquiry Based Unit of Study will help you do create a more engaged, self motivated, and collaborative group of little learners. Go beyond the “cute” apple activities and delve into answering the questions that students really are interested in. Students will work collaborativel
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PreK - 2nd
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Family Heritage Book Project
This is a set of worksheets to help students in grades K-5 complete a research project on their family and native country. I use them with my K-5 ESL classes to publish a book about their heritage. It contains worksheets for Kinders, 1st-2nd grade, and 3rd-5th grade.
Contents include:
Instructions for Teachers (2 pages)
Instructions for Kinders
Kinder Family Worksheet
Kinder Family Picture page
Instructions for 1st-2nd Graders
1st-2nd Graders Family Worksheet
1st-2nd Graders Country Research Wo
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K - 5th
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Reptiles
Reptiles
This unit covers ELA and Science standards. Students will collect data about reptiles and then make educated opinions about what reptile they like the most. I completed this unit with my kindergarteners, however I feel like this unit is more geared towards 1st-3rd
Fact sheets are included in this unit. However, the teacher may want to provide some additional resources for this project.
Unit Includes:
Reptile Facts
Bubble Maps for Snakes and Turtles
A Lizard's Day Circle Chart
Life
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Grades:
K - 2nd
STEAM and PBL EVERYTHING WATER BUNDLE
STEAM and Inquiry all in one package. This fantastic bundle has all you need to teach a comprehensive unit of study about WATER. Are you interested in Inquiry Project Based Learning? Are you interested in STEAM projects to dress up your bulletin boards and impress your parents and principal? Do you need leveled mini-books and reading passages for individual research? Are you interested in teaching some critical thinking skills along the way? They are all included in this thorough bundle.
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K - 3rd
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Writing
Writing
Kindergarten Writing
Opinion Writing
This unit covers ELA and Science standards. Students will collect data about sharks and whales and make educated opinions about which they think is better the shark or the whale. I completed this unit with my kindergarteners, however I feel like this unit is more geared towards 1st-3rd
See the blog post about this unit.
KINDERGARTEN 5 PARAGRAPH ESSAYS
Fact sheets are included in this unit. I have also linked to a freebie below that has links to e
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Grades:
K - 3rd
Picture of the Day...Writing About Animals! {Narrative and Informational}
Picture of the day…Writing About Animals! This 250-paged teaching packet contains 26 pictures of animals to prompt daily writing of narrative and informational pieces.The picture prompts can be used whole group or individually in a center. Each picture has a matching narrative and informational story prompt ticket along with final copy pages for publishing.The pictures in this packet can be used with the provided writing prompts or students can create their own story ideas. This is an easy way
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K - 5th
Ocean Animal Writing Paper - Primary and Secondary Lined
If you're looking for ocean animal themed writing paper for your classroom, this is it! There are 36 total pages for your animal research project, class book, or just to hang on the wall after a writing assignment! This resource includes:* 12 half writing pages with primary lines* 12 full writing pages with primary lines* 12 full writing pages with secondary linesAnimals included in this resource:CrabDolphinJellyfishOctopusOrcaOysterFishWalrusWhaleUrchinSharkPuffer fish-- Other resources from T
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PreK - 3rd
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Also included in: Writing Paper *GROWING* Bundle
How to write Introduction and Conclusion Paragraphs
Use this resource as a way to guide students in their writing. This is perfect for writing introduction and conclusions paragraphs for nonfiction informational writing pieces.
Grades:
K - 5th
Inquiry Based Research Project (Writing Motivation for Primary Grades)
Do you have trouble motivating your students to write? Have I got a method for you!! Have you ever wanted to learn about inquiry based learning? Did you ever want to have your students complete a simple, motivating inquiry based project of their own!! Believe me, they will LOVE this project!! I have been doing this project for 7 years and my students AMAZE me every year!! This packet will provide you with the basics for inquiry based learning and hopefully inspire you to do more!!
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K - 3rd
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IB PYP Picture Analysis Provocation Pack for Lower Grades
This ready-made bumper pack of concept-based provocation materials for IB PYP earlier years will save you a ton of time and have instant high engagement PYP teaching tools ready to go! No more hunting the internet for suitable images! This resource brings OVER 50 high engagement images, some with 3D and animation, for each IB PYP transdisciplinary theme, covering many of the related concepts. * SUPPORTS A CONCEPT-BASED APPROACH TO STUDENT-LED INQUIRY*The art of the provocation in any inquiry bas
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K - 2nd
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Moon ~ Mr. Moon, Are You Shrinking?
Moon ~ Mr. Moon, Are You Shrinking?* NEW PAGES ADDED!!This Moon Common Core research project addresses Common Core Standards for Research Writing.Through guided and supported research, the students will resolve any misconceptions that the Moon is changing its shape. They will learn that the moon doesn't shrink or grow!-Learn the Moon Phases and other Moon Facts-A pre-research page to assess students' current understanding or misconceptions about why the moon's shape seems to change-2 options fo
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K - 4th
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Website Research Skills | Text Features | K-1 | Input Output Computer Tools
Our K-1 students need to be taught a few online research skills to stay afloat in this fast-paced world of digital learning! This is a great lesson to help them grasp some basic computer concepts quickly. Within this lesson, they'll learn about:- Sorting tools into categories- What IS the Internet anyway?- Input and output devices- Online text features (Includes a drawing, photograph, map, chart, table, and diagram as well as the definitions for video and audio as it relates to resources.) T
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K - 1st
NonFiction Research & STEM Animal/Engineering Bundle | K-2 {Digital & Print}
Do you need to add additional activities to your animal units? If the answer is yes, you need to give your students the chance to explore and research about animals with these Low Prep STEM activities. Students can research, plan, and create their own shelters to explore how animals survive. These Resources are updated for distance/virtual learning. The digital resources are included as a link to Google Classroom inside the downloaded PDF.As the product grows, prices will increase. Get the bundl
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PreK - 2nd
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, K-ESS3-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
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Insects
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Insects
This unit covers ELA and Science standards. Students will collect data about insects and then make educated opinions about what insect they like the most. I completed this unit with my kindergarteners, however I feel like this unit is more geared towards 1st-3rd
Fact sheets are included in this unit. However, the te
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K - 3rd
Habitat Writing- Notes, Planning, and Publishing Paper
Learning about different habitats is a fun and engaging way for your students to practice their research skills and informational writing. This is one of the first informational writing piece my students do when we are learning how to research and note take for an informational writing piece. Students work through five stages of writing: Research, Plan, Draft, Revise, and Publish. Includes:•Note Taking Sheets•Organization Pages•Rough Draft Paper•Publishing Pages- 46 Different Options•11 Differen
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K - 5th
NGSS:
2-LS4-1
Halloween 4-in-1 Critical and Creative Thinking Bundle for Gifted and Enrichment
Fly into critical and creative thinking in your science and math/ logic curriculum! Your students' higher-order thinking skills will SOAR during the Halloween season with this HUGE 4-in-1 bundle! Bundle Includes these 4 products: (click links for details and previews)1) Goin’ Batty! Research Activity Menu for Gifted or Enrichment 2) Spider Sleuth! Creepy Crawly Research Activity Menu for Gifted and Enrichment 3)Halloween Logic Puzzle for Young and Gifted Thinkers!4) Halloween Headlines Mystery!
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PreK - 6th
Rainforest Research Companion
Are you ready to practice research and writing all about the Rain forest? Your kindergarten, first, or second graders will love informational reading and writers with the included graphic organizers and writing pages all about different Rainforest life. Extension writing activities, response to The Great Kapok Tree and Welcome to the Green House. Other assorted literacy activities will help extend your students learning.Research companion materials are designed to be used with any book, video,
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K - 2nd
Also included in: Animal Report Research Project Bundle
Mini Reading Projects Unit (10 Projects)
This Unit was created to showcase a variety of ways you can assess student's reading comprehension skills, critical thinking skills and creative processing for grades 1st-6th. You can easily print these forms and use them OR you can alter/recreate to meet your specific classroom needs.
In this unit you will get these 10 Mini Reading Projects:
Book Review Bookmark, Flower Book Report, Imaginative Line Art, Character Bio-Poem, Hero Poster, WANTED POSTER, Word Splash, History Flash Cards, Pictu
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K - 7th
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Mammals
Mammals
Mammals ELA and SCIENCE
This unit covers ELA and Science standards. Students will collect data about mammals and then make educated opinions about what reptile they like the most. I chose to concentrate on three mammals: Tigers, Gorillas, and Elephants. I completed this unit with my kindergarteners, however I feel like this unit is more geared towards 1st-3rd
Fact sheets are included in this unit. However, the teacher may want to provide some additional resources for this project.
Do
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Grades:
K - 3rd
Indigenous Peoples Research Menu for Gifted, Enrichment and Differentiation
Enhance your social studies and language arts curriculum with critical and creative thinking! Your students' higher-order thinking skills will bloom as they research various Indigenous Peoples to complete their choice of 8 motivating research activities. Social Studies and Language Arts integrated, including research websites and categories. Perfect for Thanksgiving or anytime! This 17 page menu packet includes 3 levels of difficulty (coded), diverse multiple intelligences/learning styles, and 5
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K - 8th
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Also included in: Holiday Menu Bundle for Critical & Creative Thinking!
Flurry of Winter Research Gifted/Enrichment Menu: Sled Dogs, Inuits, MLK & More!
Want differentiation made easy? Try an activity menu! This 19 page menu packet includes 3 levels of difficulty and multiple intelligences/learning styles. SAVE $$$ by buying my bundle of 3 Winter Enrichment Menus here (includes this one)! http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Sensational-Set-of-3-Winter-Enrichment-Menus-966786All the forms you need are included for all 8 activities! Ready-to-go including: Terms of UseTeacher information and hintsWinter Activity MenuWebsites for researchMart
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K - 8th
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Also included in: Multitude of Menus! Enrichment Bundle
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