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3rd grade science Common Core RF.1.3a resources
Winter Life Science Units - Polar Bears, Penguins Worksheets Activities & Crafts
Do you need lesson ideas and activities to teach your students about winter, polar bears, and penguins? Make learning about these 3 topics exciting this winter with these engaging non-fiction ELA and science mini-lessons and activities for the entire winter season!This bundle of resources will help your first grade, second grade, or third grade students build writing skills, understand informational text and build reading comprehension, and learn interesting facts about important winter, penguin
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1st - 3rd
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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
Fall Life Science Units - Owls, Bats, and Spiders Worksheets Activities & Crafts
Do you need lesson ideas and activities to teach your students about fall, owls, bats and spiders? Make learning about these 4 topics exciting this fall with these engaging non-fiction ELA and science mini-lessons and activities for the entire autumn and fall season!This bundle of resources will help your first grade, second grade, or third grade students build writing skills, understand informational text and build reading comprehension, and learn interesting facts about important fall, owl, ba
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1st - 3rd
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Close Reading: INSECTS (Distance Learning)
This packet is all about close reading, writing, and learning about insects while meeting the ELA Common Core Standards.The packet focuses on original informational text and follow-up activities that are all designed to meet the ELA standards while making reading and learning about insects understandable, interesting, and fun.The packet begins with an overview of insects (14 pages), including their defining characteristics and body parts, comprehension questions, drawing, and writing. This is fo
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1st - 3rd
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Bald Eagles Digital and Printable Guided Reading Books Google Classroom
BALD EAGLE Digital & Printable non-fiction guided reading readers includes 3 LEVELS, one for emergent readers (advanced kindergarteners or lower first graders), one for average 1st graders, and one for advanced firsties, 2nd grade, or 3rd Grade. These google slides and print readers can be used as a whole group lesson, in small reading groups, or on individual computers for independent work and distance learning. This resource includes: Interactive Bald Eagle Vocabulary3 Digital & Printa
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K - 3rd
Earth day projects : Earth Day craft , EARTH DAY CRAFTIVITY , EARTH DAY GIVEAWAY
Earth day projects: Earth Day activities : Flip book craftIntroduce your first-grade students to Earth Day with this engaging and educational flip book craft! This resource is perfect for teaching young learners about the importance of caring for our planet while developing fine motor skills and creativity.Resource Features:Interactive Flip Book: This Earth Day craft includes a customizable flip book with pages on topics such as the importance of clean air and water, recycling, and small ways to
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1st - 3rd
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NGSS:
1-ESS1-1
, K-ESS3-1
, 2-ESS1-1
, K-ESS3-2
, 1-ESS1-2
Frog Butterfly Sunflower Life Cycles Reading Comprehension adapted books (Lvl 3)
These 3 interactive books (emergent readers) describe the life cycles of a frog, sunflower, and butterfly - perfect for spring-time or anytime! These easy readers are perfect for special education and regular classes, students with autism or developmental delays, guided reading, literacy centers, work tasks, and more!These adapted books are easy to assemble - Simply print pages (use cardstock and/or laminate for durability if desired). Bind each book using preferred binding method. Cut apart a
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1st - 3rd
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Animal Adaptations Reader's Theater: The Beaver; Wetland Habitat Level 2
Animal Adaptations: The Beaver Reader's Theater ScriptWetland HabitatLevel 2Bring your science standards to life with this engaging Reader's Theater play designed to help your students learn about animal adaptations within their habitat. This fun script reinforces reading skills, science standards, science vocabulary, fluency, and speaking and listening skills. Through this script, students will learn about beavers and their various physical adaptations that help them to survive in their Wetland
How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney? By Mac Barnett STEM and phonics activities
Need a fun STEM activity for winter? Here's a STEM AND phonics activity pack! Includes printable clip art, activities for practicing digraphs and ideas for STEM projects. Perfect for libraries, classrooms, or home schoolers. Based on Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen's new book "How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney?".
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1st - 3rd
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
Dinosaur Detectives STEM Breakout / Escape Game for Grades 1-4
This game is an educational “Escape Room” / Breakout game. If you are unfamiliar with the concept, here is how to play the game: a group of players has 45 minutes to use clues and solve puzzles in order to unlock a variety of locks that are secured onto a main lockbox (and, sometimes, additional smaller lockboxes.) The team has two hint cards they can use at any point if they are stuck, and the supervisor/teacher may then provide a small piece of guidance to help out. You can learn more about th
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1st - 4th
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327 the California Condor Penpal; Letter, Activity Sheet and How-to-Draw
Welcome to Santa Barbara Zoo Penpals!These printable activity pages and a letter from the animal are great for young animal lovers, homeschool activities or to read to your class. If you are interested in getting these special letters via mail MONTHLY which includes a collectable animal trading card and stickers, please visit the SB Zoo online store to order.Students can practice their writing and reply to the animal too! There are over 15 different animal letters to collect.
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K - 12th
NGSS:
4-LS1-1
, K-ESS3-1
, 5-ESS3-1
, 2-LS4-1
, 4-LS1-2
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Columbus's Ships with STEM, Emergent Reading, & Writing activities
This cross-curricular unit has activities designed for STEM exploration, reading, and writing practice as students learn more about Columbus's ships. Included is:
- An emergent reader book about Columbus's ships
- A sink & float recording sheet
- Build a Boat STEM activity with Powerpoint introduction (and PDF format), Columbus cut-out, and recording sheet.
- Label a boat activity
- Write about what to take on the ship
Graphics purchased from KPM Doodles www.kpmdoodles.com
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Close Reading: ELEPHANTS (Distance Learning)
Close Reading: ELEPHANTS is an original nonfictional close reading no prep product ready to meet your students' developing reading and science needs and the ELA Common Core Standards. Enjoy this product either at your home or school learning environment.Close reading, comprehension, vocabulary, word definitions, science and much more are all highlighted and integrated in this NO PREP packet of original informational text about the largest land animal on earth: the elephant.Activities included ar
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1st - 3rd
Flashcards For Seasons/Weather, In English & French.
This is a set of flashcards that will help students identify seasons and weather in English and French. These flashcards provide vibrant visuals that captivates students attention and helps to comprehend meaning in both English and French.Learners will use these basic sight words to encode and decode so they can further their reading comprehension strategies. Educators can also use this as the Daily 5s in their literacy management systems to enhance and reinforce meaningful reading and writing i
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PreK - 6th
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Also included in: Flashcard Bundle Pack In English & French, 5 Resources Included!
Frog Butterfly Sunflower Life Cycles Reading Comprehension Adapted Books (Lvl 2)
These 3 interactive books (emergent readers) describe the life cycles of a frog, sunflower, and butterfly - perfect for spring-time or anytime! Designed to help children develop reading comprehension skills, these easy read books are great for integrated science units, special education and regular classes, guided reading, literacy centers, work tasks, and more!These adapted books are easy to assemble - Simply print pages (use cardstock and/or laminate for durability if desired). Bind each boo
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1st - 3rd
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Frog Butterfly Sunflower Life Cycles Reading Comprehension adapted books (Lvl 1)
These 3 interactive books (emergent readers) describe the life cycles of a frog, sunflower, and butterfly - perfect for spring-time or anytime! Designed to help children develop reading comprehension skills & practice answering wh- questions, these easy read books are great for integrated science units, special education and regular classes, guided reading, literacy centers, work tasks, and more!Students read the sentence(s) on each page using the simple sight words & picture cues, read
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1st - 3rd
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Decodable School Garden No-Prep Activities with Digital Blending Drills Bundle
This is the bundle that includes all ten Decodable Garden Scavenger Hunts plus a digital blending drill for each hunt. Students only need a clipboard, crayons, and this activity to be ready to explore the school garden. Simply designed to allow ample space for student work and creativity. There is a line in each box for students to write more details about their observations and drawings.Students should be encouraged to read the words on the scavenger hunt independently after the skills needed
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1st - 3rd
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Spring Thematic Unit W/ Lesson on The Plant Life Cycle
This Spring Thematic Unit is perfect for any elementary grade 1st through 3rd.
What does this unit include?
1. Common and Proper Nouns
2. Writing Prompts with Writing Paper
3. Spelling/Vocabulary Words
4. ABC Order Practice
4. Vocabulary Assessment: Where does the word go?
5. Spelling Test Sheet
6. How many words can you make out of Spring Break?
7. Nouns or Verbs
8. Brainstorming about Spring
9. Contractions
10. Odd or Even Math Worksheets?
11. Science Lesson: Detai
Dinosaurs - Worksheets
This is a set of worksheets with activities that will help the kids learn about dinosaurs.You can print them in black and white and kids can color the dinosaurs and learn about the physical appearance of dinosaurs.The answer key to the worksheets is also provided here.The dinosaurs covered in the worksheet are1. Pterodactyl2. Tyrannosaurus3. Triceratops4. Stegosaurus5. ArgentinosaurusThis can be used for up to grade 3 as a way to introduce dinosaur name and concepts in a fun way
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
NGSS:
3-LS4-1
, 2-LS4-1
, K-LS1-1
, 1-LS3-1
Also included in: Dinosaur Bundle
Are Spiders Our Friends?
I have put together a free product that includes a KWLH activity, with the driving question in mind: Are spiders our friends? Other highlights of the product include
-K-3 Next Generation Science Standards
-Reading, writing, math and science extension suggestions
-Vocabulary list
-Additional resources, including fiction/non-fiction texts and websites
-Labeling and observing activity with answer sheet
This packet is meant to help teachers BEGIN to explore spiders. Please see ¨additional resource
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