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Problem solving science Common Core L.3.1 resources
Solar Eclipse 2024 STEM Activity with Craft and Reading Passage
Witness the awe of the Solar Eclipse 2024 with a STEM activity that's out of this world! This all-in-one pack makes teaching about the solar eclipse simple! It's filled with crafts, comprehensive reading passages, and hands-on activities that link directly to their world.If you've ever felt like you're navigating a spaceship through an asteroid belt while teaching about astronomical events, then this resource is for you! Introducing an interactive approach to teaching the Solar Eclipse 2024. Wat
Grades:
2nd - 3rd
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NGSS:
1-ESS1-1
, 2-ESS1-1
Also included in: Solar System and Planets Bundle
Emergency Third Grade Sub Plans Entire Year BUNDLE | 3rd Grade Substitute Plans
Third Grade Emergency Substitute Lesson Plans! This substitute bundle includes 21 DETAILED third grade sub plans. These third grade sub plans are perfect for any emergency sub day or a day packed with engaging themed activities! These plans are no prep - just print and leave for your sub! Students and substitutes will love the activities included in each sub pack! These sub plans include reading, math, writing, social studies and science activities. These plans also include an editable PowerPoin
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2nd - 4th
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Social Stories Problem Solving Strategies Scenarios & Social Skills Activities
Do you have students who struggle with determining whether their problems are big or small? Does EVERY problem, and decision-making situation, regardless of the size, seem to result in a BIG reaction? If the answer is yes, then this Problem Solving Social Skills Story & Emotional Regulation Activities Set is just what you need. This set includes an engaging and informative social skills story and multiple high-interest activities. Perfect for strengthening social emotional learning in your
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K - 4th
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Also included in: Social Stories Social Skills Activities Expected vs Unexpected Behaviors
Animal Research BUNDLE - Lapbook + Worksheets - Common Core Aligned Grades 3-5
Animal Research Reports Made Easy!The BUNDLED Edition is perfect for hands-on research that will engage ALL learners!It includes BOTH the original printable worksheets AND the hands-on lapbook edition for 25% OFF. Your students will love the differentiated supports for writing, and you will love the success they experience when a resource is truly differentiated to meet a range of needs. This bundle will give you the most flexibility for options that will best meet your students' needs across t
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
Planets Research Report: Multi-Draft Informative Writing for Grades 3-5 (CCSS)
“I have done planet research writing for several years. This was a helpful resource to have everything ready to go.”“This made research so much easier for my students! Everything was scaffolded and easy to follow. Their reports came out great!”“I used this with ELL students as a research project. It was well laid out and I could adapt it easily to my students' needs. It did a good job walking students through the writing process.”Instead of doing several Informative Essays, I like to focus on j
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3rd - 5th
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3rd Grade Objective Posters
This pack includes an objective poster for each common core math and reading standard, as well as science and social studies standards for the state of Tennessee!
Ways to use posters:
- Hole punch and put on binder rings by subject and hang on thumb tacks on a bulletin board (as pictured). This makes for an easy way to flip standards each day or week!
- Put page protectors on a bulletin board and switch out the standards each day/week.
- Hang posters up with magnets on the white board.
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3rd
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Snow Day Packet for Upper Grades (Digital & Print Versions)
The Upper-Grade Snow Day Digital & Print Packet is the answer to your prayers on an unexpected snow day! Everything your students will need to have an education-filled day from the comfort of their own home all assigned digitally or physically!You will get:3 different Language Arts lesson plans with accompanying worksheets tailored to each grade level (prefixes & suffixes, similes, and parts of speech)3 expertly leveled reading passages with comprehension questions to get your students w
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3rd - 6th
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Snow Day Packet for Upper Grades (Print Version)
The Upper-Grade Snow Day Packet is the answer to your prayers on an unexpected snow day! Everything your students will need to have an education-filled day from the comfort of their own home!You will get:3 different Language Arts lesson plans with accompanying worksheets tailored to each grade level (prefixes & suffixes, similes, and parts of speech)3 expertly leveled reading passages with comprehension questions to get your students working on their reading skillsHands-on science experiment
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Snow Day Packet for Upper Grades (Digital & Print Versions)
OWLS: Common Core Nonfiction Unit for Grades 3-4
OwlsThis fun nonfiction common core aligned unit is perfect for a 3rd or 4th grade classroom! I created this unit with intention of using the books Owls by Gail Gibbons and White Owl, Barn Owl by Nicola Davies, but all but one of the activities in this unit can be done with any book about owls! (There is one activity that should be used with the book White Owl, Barn Owl.)This unit includes:-pre-reading activity to give students a focus-main ideas and details organizer-illustrate and caption acti
Grades:
3rd - 4th
Gifted and Talented Curriculum Thanksgiving Unit Grades 3 4 5
Find our Gifted and Talented Bundle HERE!This unit contains both a printable packet version AND individual JPEG files for each document so that you can easily upload to Google Classroom. Since they are in JPEG format, students should be able to write on the documents in Google Classroom.Additionally, this unit now includes a PARENT INSTRUCTIONS edition that you can easily pass on to parents when students are out of school. The instructions are easy to follow and allow parents to work with studen
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Grades:
2nd - 6th
Also included in: Gifted and Talented Curriculum BUNDLE - Third, Fourth, and Fifth Grade
STEM: Building Prosthetic Limbs CCSS/NGSS
This is a great hands on unit for 3-5 students that is aligned with ELA & Math CCSS, and Next Generation Science Standards for Engineering & Design. Students will put themselves into the perspective of a Biomedical Engineer.
For further details, sample photos, and examples of student work, please visit my blog:
http://completelykindergarten.blogspot.com/2015/02/stem-building-prosthetic-limbs.html
***Please note additional materials are needed for this activity***
Duct tape, large pops
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
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Gifted and Talented Curriculum - Nanotechnology Unit Third Fourth Fifth Grade
This unit contains both a printable packet version AND individual JPEG files for each document so that you can easily upload to Google Classroom. Since they are in JPEG format, students should be able to write on the documents in Google Classroom.Additionally, this unit now includes a PARENT INSTRUCTIONS edition that you can easily pass on to parents when students are out of school. The instructions are easy to follow and allow parents to work with students just as you would in the classroom! Th
Grades:
2nd - 6th
Also included in: Gifted and Talented Curriculum BUNDLE - Third, Fourth, and Fifth Grade
ixl Checklist - Third Grade BUNDLE
Introducing the perfect tool for 3rd-grade teachers who want to ensure that their students are mastering essential math skills: the 3rd Grade IXL.com Checklist. This comprehensive checklist is designed to help teachers keep track of their student's progress and ensure that they are meeting grade-level expectations.Using this checklist, teachers can assign specific skills for students to work on, track their progress over time, and identify areas where additional instruction may be needed. The ch
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3rd
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CKLA Grade 3 Unit 3 Human Body Quiz and Journal BUNDLE (1st edition)
This CKLA Grade 3 Unit 3: Human Body Reading Quiz and Journal BUNDLE provides all you need to supplement your Human Body student readers! All comprehension activities in this bundle are pulled from the comprehension questions and worksheets in the CKLA Skills Teacher's Guides and Skills Student Workbooks and are Common Core aligned. This Bundle includes:✓ Unit 3 Human Body Reading Journal: Written comprehension questions and activities for each student reader chapter in an engaging journal forma
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Grades:
3rd
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The Magic School Bus Lost in the Solar System Science Read Aloud Book Companion
The Magic School Bus Lost in Solar System Book Study Companion Reading Comprehension Literacy Unit : A Literacy Book Companion Unit with Comprehension & Fun Activities, based on the book The Magic School Bus : Lost in Solar System . (Book not included). Reading Level 3.1.This 47-page packet provides a variety of levels to reach each individual student. Please see preview pages and descriptions below . Worksheets include lined paper for easy handwriting practice: 48 Pages Total Include:1. TA
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Grades:
2nd - 4th
Earth Day Virtual Field Trip - 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th Grade
Join me on a virtual field trip! On this field trip, students will use their critical thinking, reading, writing, and listening skills to explore and learn about our incredible Earth. Students will learn about recycling, climate change, composting, national parks, wildlife, and more! They will also get to explore the world using Google Maps and other websites with virtual tour capabilities! ⭐Check out the quick preview video for a taste of what this field trip has to offer. This resource includ
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2nd - 5th
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Student Run Newscast PBL (5 lesson plans, 5 news segments, 23 student jobs)
Student Run Newscast Project Based Learning This resource is a bundle of my 5 New Segment Project Based Learning Enrichment Packets, complete with job descriptions, graphic organizers and the writing process. Each one is centered around completing a news segment that when put altogether, creates a complete classroom news broadcast. Each segment includes engaging tasks, graphic organizers, informative writing lessons and research strategies that give students a voice and choice in their i
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Grades:
2nd - 8th
Grammar Paragraph Editing and Animal Research | Capitalization and Punctuation
Do you want to fit in science & geography while your students work on a differentiated NO-PREP literacy activity? Here's a reading, editing, rewriting, and online research packet all about koalas. Students read a passage, edit it for paragraph breaks, capitalization and punctuation, and then rewrite it correctly. Extension activities include map work and easy online research about koalas.⚫ This resource is in US English. Click HERE for AUS/UK English. ⚫ Literacy Skills Addressed:✅ Capitaliz
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Grades:
2nd - 3rd
Animals Mentor Sentences & Interactive Activities Mini-Unit (3-5)
Mentor sentences are the perfect way to teach grammar and author's craft through examples of excellent sentences from your favorite read-aloud books! This unit will be a great way to integrate science in with your mentor sentences during your study of animals and/or adaptations! It does not include explicit directions of how to implement mentor sentences in your room- these directions are in the Volume 1, FIRST Ten Weeks: Mentor Sentence Unit, Volume 2, FIRST Ten Weeks: Mentor Sentence Unit, or
CKLA Grade 3 Unit 11 Ecology Reading Journal (1st & 2nd edition)
This CKLA Ecology Reading Journal is aligned to the Grade 3 Reader for Skills Unit 11. This journal includes a Common Core aligned comprehension activity for each chapter. It also includes a page in the back for students to complete their own main idea chart to match the unit standard suggested by the CKLA Teacher's Guide. The comprehension activities in this journal are pulled from the comprehension questions and worksheets in the Skills Unit 11 Teacher's Guide and Skills Unit 11 Student Workbo
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Grades:
3rd
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Also included in: CKLA Grade 3 Reading Journal BUNDLE (1st edition)
3rd Grade Common Core Standards Based Gradebook *NEWLY UPDATED with NGSS*
3rd Grade standards based gradebook aligned to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics as well as Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Includes enough room for a class or grade-level wide gradebook. Includes page for tracking school and home independent reading. Standards Based Grading format for scoring from 1 to 4. Cells change colors when scores are entered: 1 - red, 2 - yellow, 3 - green, 4 - blue.
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Grades:
3rd
Types:
NGSS:
3-PS2-1
, 3-ESS3-1
, 3-LS4-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-ESS2-1
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CKLA Grade 3 Unit 2 Animal Classification Reading Journal (1st edition)
This CKLA Animal Classification Reading Journal is aligned to the Grade 3 Reader for Skills Unit 2. This journal includes a Common Core-aligned comprehension activity for each chapter. The comprehension activities in this journal are pulled from the comprehension questions and worksheets in the Skills Unit 2 Teacher's Guide and Skills Unit 2 Student Workbook. This reading journal is an easy, minimal prep way to review your Animal Classification Reader with your students and assess comprehension!
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Grades:
3rd
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Also included in: CKLA Grade 3 Reading Journal BUNDLE (1st edition)
THE GREAT PUMPKIN PROJECT- Pumpkin Life Cycle Observation Journal
What do plants need to grow? What would happen if you planted a pumpkin's seeds while they were still inside the pumpkin? Conduct a classroom scientific observation to find out! Introducing...THE GREAT PUMPKIN PROJECT!Learn about the life cycle of a pumpkin in an engaging way! Teach your students what plants need to grow by seeing it in action. Use the directions to conduct this fall science experiment as a class and track the daily results using your Pumpkin Observation Journals. This works gre
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
Also included in: Second Grade Halloween Activity Bundle
Animal Research Project | Tropical Rainforest Report
This animal research project is all about tropical rainforest animals. It makes animal reports in grade 2, grade 3, and grade 4 a breeze. It has an animal research graphic organizer to use with the easy to read informational text fact sheets. Differentiation for the needs of your students is built in to the writing pages. This 55 page packet includes information on these animals that live in the tropical rainforest habitat: ChameleonsGreen anacondasHowler monkeysJaguarsMacaws and parrotsRed eyed
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Grades:
2nd - 4th
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