Critical thinking astronomy resources for SMART Notebook

The Solar System Science SmartBoard Lesson Primary Grades

Created by

Lisa Rombach

My Solar System SmartBoard Lesson is a great way to introduce your primary students to the solar system! The file includes a teacher's notes page, interactive pages identifying the items in the solar system, a variety of links to videos, charts to guess the size the sun/moon/earth and to guess which items move in space, and a printable student response sheet. Your students will have fun learning about the Solar System! Open the preview to see all the pages in this .notebook file.Lisa Rombach

Subjects:

Activities, Interactive Whiteboard, Lesson

Grades:

K - 2nd

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SMARTboard A Solar Eclipse Fact Vs Fiction Adventure: Space Station Dectectives

Created by

Leigh Majer

Everything you need to get your kids excited about the upcoming solar eclipse! And BONUS for YOU! Buy this product and enjoy no printing, no prep, no photocopies! Just open this Smartboard file and off you go! Pique student curiosity, build knowledge, focus on literacy skill of fact vs fiction, ask reflective questions, watch engaging videos, visit a variety of websites...and then at the end of it all...turn off your computer and call it a day!I am here to help make your life easier - one learni

Subjects:

Astronomy, Other (Science), Science

Grades:

PreK - 4th

Types:

Unit Plans, Interactive Whiteboard

Living Systems SMARTboard Lesson - Animals/Ecosystems VA SOL 4.5

Created by

Virginia Kiddies

This lesson is a 13 page instructional SMARTboard lesson about Living Systems. It contains tons of video clips and internet links as well as interactive parts for the SMARTboard. It covers all of the 4th grade Virginia SOLs for the Living Systems Unit (VA SOL 4.5) Topics include: 1 - Defining: Ecosystems, Populations, Communities, Habitats 2 - How Organisms interact with their habitats 3 - How Organisms ADAPT - including Structural Adaptations & Behavioral Adaptations 4 - Producers, Con

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Grades:

3rd - 8th

Types:

Critical Thinking, English Language Arts, Reading Strategies

Reading Strategies and Independent Reading Response Unit, SB & PDF

Created by

Launching Learning

A best selling unit! This unit is designed to set up your independent reading program, and to specifically teach each reading strategy through a series of 15 lessons. This download includes the Smartboard file (50+) and all pdf handouts (70+ pages) The unit is divided into 2 parts, the first 6 lessons are dedicated to setting up an effective independent reading program. The second part of the unit is dedicated to teaching reading strategies through a variety of mini lessons, read-a-louds

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Grades:

4th - 6th

Types:

Unit Plans, Interactive Whiteboard, Printables

CCSS:

RL.4.10

, RL.5.10

, RL.6.10

, RI.4.1

, RI.4.9

...

NO PREP Main Idea Reading Response Unit, Smartboard and PDF

Created by

Launching Learning

Just print and start teaching! This is a NO PREP resource! Students will learn to determine the main idea of a variety of high interest texts. Test their reading comprehension of a variety of non-fiction texts with a series of reading responses. Your students will be engaged and ready to rock their standardized test! * A great unit to prep for standardized testing!* What's Included: Smartboard File (65 + pages) Main Idea Unit PDF handouts (50+ pages). All unit instructions and Assessme

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Reading, Writing

Grades:

4th - 6th

Types:

Interactive Whiteboard, Printables

CCSS:

RI.4.1

, RI.4.2

, RI.4.8

, RI.5.1

, RI.5.2

...

All About the Letter Oo {Letter of the Week SMARTboard Activities}

Created by

Critical Thinking, Early Intervention, English Language Arts

All About the Letter Oo {Letter of the Week SMARTboard Activities} Directions: To view the Notebook file choose: VIEW> 100%. It is recommended NOT to save the file once you have downloaded and extracted. This way the game does not have to be re-set. Vocabulary Words Where is the Letter Oo: Circle the upper and lowercase letter O. Circle the Letter Oo: Circle the letter O in the nursery rhyme, “One, Two Buckle My Shoe.” Let’s Write the Letter – Oo Write the Missing Letter: Look at the pi

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Grades:

PreK - 2nd

Types:

Critical Thinking, Reading, Writing

NO PREP! Inferencing Author's Message Unit, Diversity, Smartboard & PDF

Created by

Launching Learning

UPDATED: *Clarity has been fixed on this unit!* I also added name/date headers to handouts and links to each handout on SB lesson page for easy access* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ABOUT THE UNIT: Teach and challenge your students to use inferencing skills! This is a reading for meaning unit where students learn the basics of inferencing and are challenged to infer the author’s message of a variety of high interest texts. The commo

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Grades:

4th - 6th

Types:

Interactive Whiteboard, Printables

CCSS:

RL.4.1

, RL.4.4

, RL.4.10

, RL.5.1

, RL.5.4

...

All About the Letter Qq {Letter of the Week SMARTboard Activities}

Created by

Critical Thinking, Early Intervention, English Language Arts

All About the Letter Qq {Letter of the Week SMARTboard Activities} Directions: To view the Notebook file choose: VIEW> 100%. It is recommended NOT to save the file once you have downloaded and extracted. This way the games do not have to be re-set. Vocabulary Words Where is the Letter Qq: Circle the upper and lowercase letter Q. Circle the Letter Qq: Circle the letter Q in the nursery rhyme, “Five Little Ducks.” Let’s Write the Letter – Qq Write the Missing Letter: Look at the picture a

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Grades:

PreK - 1st

Types:

Activities, Interactive Whiteboard, Centers

All About the Letter Mm {Letter of the Week SMARTboard Activities}

Created by

Critical Thinking, Early Intervention, English Language Arts

All About the Letter Mm {Letter of the Week SMARTboard Activities} Directions: To view the Notebook file choose: VIEW> 100%. It is recommended NOT to save the file once you have downloaded and extracted. This way the game does not have to be re-se Vocabulary Words Where is the Letter Mm: Circle the upper and lowercase letter M. Circle the Letter Mm: Circle the letter M in the nursery rhyme, “Muffin Man.” Let’s Write the Letter – Mm Write the Missing Letter: Look at the picture and write

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Grades:

PreK - 2nd

Types:

Worksheets, Interactive Whiteboard, Printables

Space Coordinate Grid

Created by

BeachyTeach

Students discover how to read and plot space objects on a coordinate grid. Students learn the easy way to remember the clue of "dribbling and shooting" to plot or read the graph. There is a student sheet embedded in the attachments file section of this SmartBoard lesson.

Subjects:

Astronomy, Graphing

Grades:

1st - 4th

Types:

All About the Letter Pp {Letter of the Week SMARTboard Activities}

Created by

Critical Thinking, Early Intervention, English Language Arts

All About the Letter Pp {Letter of the Week SMARTboard Activities} Directions: To view the Notebook file choose: VIEW> 100%. It is recommended NOT to save the file once you have downloaded and extracted. This way the games do not have to be re-set. Vocabulary Words Where is the Letter Pp: Circle the upper and lowercase letter P. Circle the Letter Pp: Circle the letter P in the nursery rhyme, “Peter Piper.” Let’s Write the Letter – Pp Write the Missing Letter: Look at the picture and wri

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Grades:

PreK - 1st

Types:

Activities, Interactive Whiteboard, Literature Circles

Visual Word Puzzles -- 10 Fun verbal brainteasers for Smartboard

Created by

La Maestra Mariposa

Are you m1llion (one in a million)? Do you have timing ti ming (split second timing)? Then you will love these puzzles. Try these ten verbal brain teasers with your class, and they will definitely ask for more! The hidden answer is revealed by moving the blue circle around the page.

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, For All Subject Areas, Problem Solving

Grades:

3rd - 12th

Types:

Critical Thinking, Spelling, Vocabulary

Smartboard Color Word Mix Up - 3 Levels

Created by

Leigh Majer

*Updated October 2019 for a fresh new look with the same great activities:) * 3 differentiated and interactive levels with self checking pull tabs *new fonts*updated clip art Looking for students to learn their color words on the Smart Board? This activity can be used Whole Group, Small Group or individually and is a GREAT addition to your literacy stations. My kids LOVE building these words! Differentiation is key to meeting our students' varied needs and this activity will allow for your child

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Grades:

PreK - 3rd

Types:

CCSS:

RF.K.3c

, RF.1.3

, RF.2.3

, RF.2.3e

All About the Letter Nn {Letter of the Week SMARTboard Activities}

Created by

Critical Thinking, Early Intervention, English Language Arts

All About the Letter Nn {Letter of the Week SMARTboard Activities} Directions: To view the Notebook file choose: VIEW> 100%. It is recommended NOT to save the file once you have downloaded and extracted. This way the game does not have to be re-set. Vocabulary Words Where is the Letter Nn: Circle the upper and lowercase letter N. Circle the Letter Nn: Circle the letter N in the nursery rhyme, “Nose, Nose, Jolly Red Nose.” Let’s Write the Letter – Nn Write the Missing Letter: Look at the

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Grades:

PreK - 2nd

Types:

Critical Thinking, Halloween, Numbers

HALLOWEEN COUNTING NUMBERS 0-10 SMARTboard Activity

Created by

Apple Adventures

WOW! Halloween Counting 0-10 SMARTboard Activity is now available!The "Halloween Counting 0-10" SMARTboard presentation is a SEASONAL, FUN, EXCITING, and CREATIVE way to reinforce counting strategies with your young students during Halloween.Utilizing this SMARTboard Activity, your primary students will explore COUNTING and NUMERAL RECOGNITION.Students will look at visual representations of each number 0-10 on TEN FRAMES. What are ten frames?Ten frames are visual tools. This tool is a great way

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Grades:

PreK - 1st

Types:

Critical Thinking, Gifted and Talented, Tools for Common Core

Multiple Intelligence (MI) SMARTboard (Primary/Elementary) by Jennifer A. Gates

Created by

Education Evangelist

Teaching gifted, talent development or preparing students for Common Core by teaching them to identify their strengths? This is the perfect way to introduce Multiple Intelligence: 8 characteristics that students can use to best identify ways in which they can make positive growth. They are: nature smart, logic smart, self smart, people smart, word smart, picture smart, body smart, and music smart. Introduce and explore Multiple Intelligence in depth with students the elementary or primary and

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Grades:

K - 5th, Staff

Types:

GATE, Interactive Whiteboard

Everyday Objects Shape Sort

Created by

Consider it Done

This is a simple but effective way to discuss and sort the shapes of everyday objects. Students learn about 3D shapes as they sort everyday objects into four categories... - cube - cylinder - sphere - cone This can be used during input or left open as an independent activity.

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Life Skills, Measurement

Grades:

PreK - 2nd

Types:

Activities, Interactive Whiteboard, Interactive Notebooks

Gravity Smartboard Lesson

Created by

The Middle School Classroom

This Smartboard presentation can be used to teach gravity to students in grades 4-8. The lesson includes the following: 1) A KWL chart about gravity 2) An explanation about the difference between mass and weight 3) A 10 question quiz 4) A mass and weight comparison activity 5) Notes on the difference between mass and weight 6) Pictures of instruments that measure mass and weight 7) How to calculate surface gravity on other planets 8) An activity requiring students to put the surface gravity of

Subjects:

Astronomy, Basic Principles, Science

Grades:

4th - 8th

Types:

Activities, Interactive Whiteboard, Lesson

Earth's Rotation and Revolution

Created by

Student Centered Learning Time

Lesson with notes and videos to help students understand Earth's rotation and revolution. Help students define orbit, rotation, revolution, ellipse, and axis. Teaches how to diagram a planets orbit. Explains which words determine year and day. Lesson has a mix of videos, notes, and exit slip.

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Grades:

4th - 8th

Types:

Introduction to our Solar System Smartboard

Created by

Beg - Borrow - Steal

This 42 slide smartboard lesson gives an overview of all the planets in our solar system, as well as the sun and the moon. This lesson also includes review and discussion questions at the end!

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