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3rd grade science Common Core 2.OA.B.2 resources
Nocturnal Animals Thematic Unit Integrated Unit
This Nocturnal Animals Integrated Unit will teacher your students all about things that go bump in the night. This unit contains activities for the following nocturnal animals: spider, bat, raccoon, firefly, moth, porcupine, mouse, owl, opossum, fox, mole, and badger.This is a fabulous unit for October or any time of year.Included in this unit you will find:Vocabulary CardsNocturnal Animal Photo CardsNonfiction Reading Passagesbatsfirefliesmice spidersmothsowlsporcupines raccoonsopossumsbadgers
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1st - 3rd
Fall/ Halloween STEM Challenge - Rescue the Witch
Rescue the Witch Halloween STEM ChallengeThis engaging STEM challenge is a fun way to incorporate the engineering design process and related math word problems into your class with a festive theme. A storyline is provided. Your students will be excited to work in teams to rescue the kind witch!This packet includes:Storyline with a Halloween themeEditable Teacher Slides & Student HandoutsDesign Challenge and introduction to the Engineering Design ProcessStudent worksheets to complete the chal
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1st - 4th
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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: Fall & Halloween STEM Challenges Activity Bundle
Apple Activities STEM Challenge Fall STEAM October Johnny Appleseed November
Celebrate Apple Johnny Appleseed Day with this fun fall STEM Challenge. In this engaging Fall STEM challenge students will design their own tower to balance apples. Use any materials you have!! Includes a digital & printable version! They will even incorporate math skills to answer questions. LOW PREP so set up is easy for you!This activity is included in my FALL BUNDLE. Use STEM all month long with the FALL BUNDLE! Click here to Save 30% with 5 activities!MaterialsI bought fake plastic app
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K - 3rd
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End of the Year Activities: Beach Theme & Beach STEM for End of Year Makerspace
Do you dread the end of the year hustle and bustle? There is just so much to do and so little time! Not anymore, my friend. End-of-the-year activities have never been more engaging, time-producing for teachers, and just plain AWESOME than with this End of Year Beach Themed Week Long Unit BUNDLE with Beach STEM included! Keep teaching until the end WHILE giving yourself TIME to get everything done at SCHOOL. This BUNDLE includes both the Digital and Print beach unit PLUS Beach STEM Challenges all
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1st - 3rd
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
Camping in the Classroom: ELA, Math, Science, and STEAM
Camping in the Classroom is a great way to keep your students engaged and busy during the last weeks of school. Here are several standards-based ELA, Math, and Science STEM activities to help review key standards. My class set up sheet tents and had a blast. (We were able to do most of the activities during distance learning as well.) The merit badge board was a hit with my students! They earned a merit badge as they completed tasks so they were motivated to work on meaningful activities and re
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1st - 3rd
Also included in: Camping Week with Mr. Magee's Camping Spree Book Activities
Outer Space Math and ELA Review No Prep Worksheets Grades 1-3
Get your students ready for the upcoming solar eclipse while reviewing second grade standards-based Math and ELA skills. This 14-page outer space-themed print-and-go resource is designed to keep your students engaged and can be completed independently.PERFECT resource to leave for a sub!GREAT option for early finishers!INCLUDED IN THIS RESOURCE:Solar System Scrambled SentencesOuter Space ABC OrderGalaxy Scramble Space Age SyllablesLet’s Make Words – SpacecraftOuter Space List It!Super Space Word
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1st - 3rd
A Bad Case of Stripes Substitute Plans - Emergency Sub Plans for Sick Days
It's 4 AM and you haven't slept a wink. Cold-sweats set in hours ago. Maybe it's just a passing cold, but what really has you worried is missing a day of work. But don't worry, because these emergency sub plans have you totally covered!Aligned to A Bad Case by Stripes by David Shannon, these emergency substitute plans and resources for 1st, 2nd, & 3rd grade include an entire day of preplanned activities! The included reading, writing, phonics, math, and science plans and resources all center
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1st - 3rd
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Solar Eclipse 2024 Math Game | Solar Eclipse Activities | Solar Eclipse Math
Make math spiral review fun with this no prep, solar eclipse 2024 math activity that provides you and your students instant feedback! Students will enjoy this second grade solar eclipse “Crack the Code” Math game (while also applying their Language Arts skills!). This CCSS standards aligned and differentiated activity is interactive and has multiple versions. Quick and easy set up plus clear student directions make these activities perfect for group math collaboration or independent practice.
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1st - 3rd
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NGSS:
1-ESS1-1
Camping End of the Year for End of School Activities End of the Year Camp Bundle
Do you dread the end of the year hustle and bustle? There is just so much to do and so little time! Not anymore, my friend. End of the year activities have never been more engaging, time-producing, and just plain AWESOME than with this End of the Year Camp Themed Week Long Unit! Keep teaching until the end WHILE giving yourself TIME to get everything done at SCHOOL. This BUNDLE includes both the Digital and Print version.Be sure to open up the preview to see what is inside.BUNDLE includes the Di
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1st - 3rd
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Interactive Math Game (Subtraction) We're Going to the Zoo!
We're Going to the Zoo is an interactive Adobe PDF game that helps students practice subtraction facts and provide teachers an opportunity to assess students in the process. Linked to Common Core Mathematics. Students also learn about various Zoo animals in the process. Students must click on an empty cage to get subtraction facts to practice. When they get it correct, they meet one animal and learn an interesting fact about it. There are three full versions of the game included so that each
Grades:
K - 4th
Also included in: Interactive Subtraction Games Mega Bundle!! - distance learning
Tide Pool Animal Trading Cards, Games, Activities and Projects
These Tide Pool Animal Trading Cards make a fun supplement to your tide pool, sea life, or ocean unit. The 14 tide pool animals included in this set are the: Barnacle, Brittle Star, Chiton, Clown Fish, Hermit Crab, Kelp Crab, Limpet, Mussels, Nudibranch (sea slug), Periwinkle (snail), Sculpin (small fish), Sea Anemone, Sea Star, and the Sea Urchin. This product includes:14 Filled out cards: The front of each card features clipart of the tide pool animal along with its “Fast Stats” which are t
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2nd - 5th
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NGSS:
4-LS1-1
, 2-LS4-1
Also included in: Ocean Animal Trading Cards and Games Bundle
Fishing for Math Fact Fluency STEM Challenge for Summer Math Review
Integrate STEM in your classroom with this super fun Fishing STEM Activity and Math Fact Fluency Fishing Game!Keep students engaged during summer school and help get them ready for the next grade! Engage students in a fun and creative way with this Math Fact Fluency STEM challenge! This activity would work great for Math Test Prep or Math Fact Summer Review. Students build a fishing pole to use in a Math Fact Fluency Fishing Game. They must use money to budget how much of each item to purchase b
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Grades:
1st - 4th
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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: Elementary STEM Activities and Challenges MEGA BUNDLE
Mini Golf STEM Challenge Cardboard Properties of Matter
How can you use different properties of materials to change the way a ball rolls? Mini Golf courses have many different elements that will speed up, slow down and even stop the ball. How can you design a mini golf game that uses different materials that change the direction of the ball? By going through the Engineering Design Process, you’ll research about properties of materials and mini golf inspiration. With this information, you’ll plan, build, modify and test a mini golf design. ===========
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2nd - 3rd
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 2-PS1-1
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Also included in: STEM Challenges for 2nd Grade | Growing Year Long Bundle
Oreo Stacking S.T.E.M. Project
This packet includes everything you need for an OREO stacking challenge. What’s Included:OREO Stem Booklet:Oreo challenge class recording sheet Cover Page/Back Page OREO Challenge Instructions/Prediction Page Student Planning PageCreate Planner How to Improve PageRecording Sheet Cookie Count Reflect (2 pgs.) OREO Math (2 pgs.) Extension PagesWriting:How to Eat an OREO Cookie (3pgs.)OREO Comic New Oreo Flavor Writing PageMore Math:Survey Graph Builder pages New Addition: "Don't Eat Me" Persuasiv
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K - 3rd
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CCSS:
Earth Day 2024 2nd Grade BIG Bundle, 2024 Math Games, Earth Day Scavenger Hunt
Make learning about Earth Day 2024 exciting with this Big (out of this world!) Earth Day Bundle! This CCSS standards aligned bundle includes:→ Earth Day themed mini unit packed with learning activities→ Our Earth Day “Crack the Code” math game → Our Mystery Tree- Hazel “Crack the Code” math game → Our Mystery Plant- Zamia “Crack the Code” math game → Earth Day 2024 Scavenger Hunt activity inspires critical thinking about what should and should not be in nature (natural vs pollutants)Each of thes
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2nd - 4th
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2-LS4-1
, 2-PS1-1
Big Bundle of Math Progress Monitoring Intervention Assessments! MTSS ready!
Looking for math intervention assessments? Grab this growing bundle now! I will be adding all of my future math intervention assessments to it as I create them and the price will go up! This big bundle includes 8 digital or printable weekly assessments that cover these topics:Subtraction RegroupingAddition RegroupingIdentifying fractions (2,3,4,6,8)Equivalent FractionsPlace Value (standard form)The intervention process can be confusing and it is hard to stay organized. I want to make it easier f
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3rd - 5th
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CCSS:
2nd Grade Earth Day 2024 Bundle, 2024 Math Activities, Earth Day Scavenger Hunt
Make learning about Earth Day 2024 exciting with this high interest and thought provoking Earth Day Bundle! This CCSS standards aligned bundle includes:→ Earth Day themed mini unit packed with learning activities→ Our Earth Day “Crack the Code” math game → Earth Day 2024 Scavenger Hunt activity inspires critical thinking about what should and should not be in nature (natural vs pollutants)***I'm part of a Bundle!***The BIG out of this world Earth Day BundleEach of these resources integrate multi
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2nd - 4th
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2-LS4-1
, 2-PS1-1
Crack the Code Math | 2nd Grade Activity Bundle | Earth Day + Plant Needs Game
Make math spiral review fun with this no prep, Earth Day and plant life math activity bundle that provides you and your students instant feedback! Students will enjoy practicing their 2 and 3 digit addition and subtraction, and word problems within 20 and word problems within 100 in this “Crack the Code” Math game. While also reinforcing Language Arts, Science and Social Studies concepts, like plant needs, habitats and ecosystems! These CCSS standards aligned and differentiated activities are i
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2nd - 4th
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2-LS4-1
Tree Unit (ELA and Math Common Core Aligned)
*Please note that this product contains my close reading activity for Tell Me Tree by Gail Gibbons. If you buy this product do not buy the close reading activity as well.
This 65 page unit is everything you need to teach about trees, the parts of a tree, and how the seasons effect a tree. The entire unit is common core aligned. It includes a three day close reading activity using the book Tell Me Tree by Gail Gibbons. It also includes writing prompts and organizers for narrative, opinion and i
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1st - 3rd
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A Spin on Holidays Around the World: Save Rudolph's Light!
Want a new spin on teaching about holidays around the world? This is your product! A mystery always brings out the engagement and fun in learning. This unit combines both! Learn about Hanukkah, Winter Solstice, and Three Kings Day while rescuing Rufus the Elf and the light of Rudolph's nose!This unit is a fun way to teach and assess fiction retells, informational main idea and key details, comparing fiction and nonfiction, subtraction and addition, and the science of light! With student's so exc
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1st - 3rd
NGSS:
1-PS4-4
, 1-PS4-2
, 1-PS4-3
What is a mathematician? - Integrated STEM/STEAM Unit
What is a mathematician? What is mathematics? Do your students know how to think like a mathematician? What do they notice? What questions do they ask themselves? How do they see the world? In this integrated unit, All About Mathematicians, students will explore this STEAM career field. Students will enjoy learning about this fascinating career field and its variety. ELA and Math Common Core standards, as well as, NGSS standards are all integrated into Mathematicians. The activities are fun and
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Grades:
2nd - 3rd
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-ESS2-1
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Earth Day Math Activity | Multi digit Crack the Code | Math Earth Day 2024
Make math spiral review fun with this no prep, Earth Day math activity that provides you and your students instant feedback! Students will enjoy this second grade Earth Day “Crack the Code” Math game (while also reinforcing Language Arts, Science AND Social Studies concepts!). This CCSS standards aligned and differentiated activity is interactive and has multiple versions. Quick and easy set up plus clear student directions make these activities perfect for group math collaboration or indepen
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2nd - 4th
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NGSS:
2-LS4-1
Crack the Code Math | Word Problems within 20 | Plant Needs Earth Day
Make math spiral review fun with this no prep, mystery tree math activity that provides you and your students instant feedback! Students will enjoy word problems within 20 and word problems within 100 in this second grade “Crack the Code” Math game. While also reinforcing Language Arts and Science concepts, like plant needs, habitats and ecosystems! This CCSS standards aligned and differentiated activity is interactive and has multiple versions. Quick and easy set up plus clear student direct
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Grades:
2nd - 4th
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NGSS:
2-LS4-1
Crack the Code Math | No Prep Multi Digit Subtraction Game | Science Plant Needs
Make math review fun with this no prep, digital math facts subtraction activity that provides you and your student instant feedback! Students will enjoy this “Crack the Code” gamified Math game with Science facts while applying their Language Arts skills. This CCSS standards aligned and differentiated activity is interactive and has multiple versions. Quick and easy set up plus clear student directions make these activities perfect for group math collaboration or independent practice. ***I'm
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1st - 3rd
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