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2nd grade science resources for special education
Morning Adapted Work Binder® (for Special Needs) | Adapted Morning Work
NUMBER 1 BEST SELLER ON TPT * Functional, differentiated skill work that is the perfect addition to your morning routine and calendar time. This adapted binder will help your students start their day off right, and once mastered, can be a set of skills they complete successfully and independently. Please watch the video preview for a look at some of the workpages included in this resource.Watch a video preview here.See it in action here and here. What is included?• 8 editable covers (add student
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PreK - 4th
Also included in: BUNDLE Morning Adapted Work Binder® ( English and Spanish )
STEM Bins® / STEAM Bins® Elementary STEM Activities: Morning Work,Fast Finishers
The original STEM Bins® and STEAM Bins®STEM Bins® and STEAM Bins for K-5th Grade are the ideal hands-on, play-based solution for:Early Finishers / Fast FinishersMorning Work / Soft StartsCentersWriting ExtensionsFine Motor PracticeMakerspaceIncentivesCalm Down Corner***TOP 5 ALL TIME BEST-SELLING RESOURCE ON TPT!***INCLUDES A FULL STEAM VERSION, SPANISH VERSION, AND FRENCH VERSION!!!★SUPPLY LIST FOR STEM BINSWant to see my STEM Bins® up close and personal?! Watch my STEM Bins 101 video series o
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PreK - 6th
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Life Cycle of Plants Unit, Investigations & Plant Life Cycle PowerPoint NGSS
This complete, hands-on science unit for teaching about the life cycle of plants centers around an engaging 9-lesson teaching Power Point using “real life” pictures your students will love. Ideal for first, second and third grade, students learning the stages of the life cycle, plant needs, parts of a plant and seed, germination, chlorophyll, photosynthesis, pollination, plant adaptations, and seed dispersal. Content-rich, this unit is loaded with over 20 activities and science experiments, writ
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1st - 3rd
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K-2-ETS1-2
, 2-LS4-1
, 2-LS2-1
, 2-LS2-2
First Then Board & Visual Schedule Flipbooks (EDITABLE) for Special Education
If you are looking for an individual schedule book, visual schedules, or a first then board, this Positive Behavior Support resource has it all! Please note: All editable files are compatible with Microsoft PowerPoint. Some pages may now be edited using Google Slides.Included in this download: - 6-tabbed and 2-tabbed flip book options- 200+ visual schedule icons (these are not editable)- First then board (separate from flip book)- First next then board (separate from flip book)- Token boards (wi
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PreK - 2nd
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Reading Intervention Binder for Beginning Readers No Prep ELA SOR Aligned
This is a no-prep reading intervention binder that is aligned to the science of reading and explicitly teaches and reinforces letter identification, letter sounds, phonemic awareness, handwriting, CVC words, blends, digraphs, nonsense words, phoneme segmentation, sentence fluency, and more! When and where should I use this binder?The No-Prep Reading Intervention Binder is ideal for one-on-one instruction, small reading groups, paraprofessional groups, Tier 2 and Tier 3 intervention groups, pract
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K - 2nd
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Also included in: No Prep Intervention Binder BUNDLE ELA and MATH
STEM Bins® Teambuilders for Back to School and End of the Year - STEM Activities
★ GRAB MY NEW STEM BINS TEAMBUILDERS GROWING BUNDLE!★ STEM Bins® Teambuilders are a wonderful way to build your classroom community and allow students to practice and reflect on essential character skills. They are ideal for use at the beginning of the school year as you are introducing STEM Bins to your class, and are also perfect for collaborative STEM activities at the end of the school year. The following STEM Bins® Teambuilders are designed to accompany my STEM Bins® ,found at the following
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PreK - 5th
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Phonics Reading Comprehension Passages Phonics Worksheets With Digital Resources
Are you looking to save time planning to teach your students phonics? These reading comprehension passages cover multiple skills at once to help you meet the needs of ALL your learners who are on different reading levels. They are phonics-based and have been proven to boost children's reading scores, all while having fun where they don't even know they are learning! The phonics reading comprehension passages provide children with the practice of multiple skills all in one time period. These litt
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1st - 2nd
Animal Report Research Project Template Informational Writing Graphic Organizers
These Animals Report Pennant Banners come with over 100 fun pennants for displaying your animal research project on the amazing animals of our world. Perfect for any time of the year, these pennants are a great way to supplement your science instruction as well as help your students organize their research. Save time by integrating your science and ELA instruction! In addition to being excellent informational organizers for your students, these animal pennant banners are great to use for bulle
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2nd - 5th
STEM CHALLENGES for ENTIRE YEAR: Spring, End of the Year, Summer STEM Activities
***SAVE BIG WHEN YOU PURCHASE THIS DISCOUNTED ALL YEAR BUNDLE!***This best-selling bundle contains 9 months of engaging STEM & STEAM Activities for your little engineers, with 3 STEM Challenges and 1 Bonus Brainbuilder per month for a total of 36 NGSS Aligned STEM Activities!*INCLUDES BACK TO SCHOOL, FALL, HALLOWEEN, THANKSGIVING, CHRISTMAS, WINTER, VALENTINE'S DAY, ST.PATRICK'S DAY, EASTER, SPRING, END OF THE YEAR, and SUMMER STEM ACTIVITIES AND CHALLENGES!***TOP 20 ALL TIME BEST SELLING PR
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K - 5th
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K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
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Build A Tiny House! Project Based Learning for Geometry and Math
If you’ve been watching TV or reading magazines, chances are you've seen a tiny house. These little homes are everywhere...and now, we're asking students to make their own 3D version! Build A Tiny House is a project based learning (PBL) activity that'll put the designing into the hands of the students. Students will dive deep to show they understand the how (and why) math concepts such as area, perimeter, and geometry are used in building a home. This project integrates multiple elements such a
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2nd - 7th
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Also included in: Project Based Learning MEGA Bundle: 14 Full-Scale Hands-On Projects!
The Life-Changing Special Education Bundle (visual schedules, handouts, visuals)
Before you download please note that this download includes:Visual SchedulesHelpful HandoutsVisuals & Positive Behavior SupportsData SheetsAlong with the stress of teaching, Special Educators often spend countless hours making icons, visuals, schedules, positive behavior supports, data sheets, etc. Make your school year a bit easier with this Life-Changing Special Education Bundle:- token board templates- positive behavior supports- first/then charts- reinforcement icons- visual schedules- s
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PreK - 4th
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Butterfly Life Cycle Complete Science Unit
Make learning about the butterfly life cycle even more fun with butterfly activities that combine science, reading and writing with hands on experiments. Students learn the stages of the butterfly life cycle, explore pollination, the compound eye, metamorphosis, adaptations, and so much more! Whether or not you raise live butterflies, this quality science resource is the perfect addition to your life cycle of butterflies activities. This complete science unit is packed with over 25 highly engagi
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1st - 3rd
Social Skills Printables for Students with Autism & Similar Special Needs
Over 3,000 positive reviews!!! See the preview for examples. Thanks in advance for the feedback on these social skills activities.Social Skills Printables for Students with Autism & Similar Special Needs. (Teen edition also available!) Great as a send home packet for distance learning! These social skills printables will work well for any students whose special needs include developmental delays or it may work for younger students in primary grades learning to develop social skills. The prin
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PreK - 8th
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Also included in: Social Skills Bundle (Behavior Skills, Play Skills, Social Skills)
Inferencing and Predicting Using Real Pictures | Speech Language Therapy
Target perspective taking and making inferences and predictions using real pictures with this resource! This resource includes 100 real life picture cards that allow you to provide effective, direct teaching on how to make inferences from picture scenes.Each card includes a visual across the top outlining the "Look", "Think", "Infer", "Predict" strategy (along with sentence starters for students to provide increased support). Next to the photo, there are four questions that require your students
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K - 6th
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Calm Down Kit- Social Emotional Learning Strategies and Visual Supports
Calm Down Strategies for your classroom! This huge pack is filled of different supports for students with behavioral needs. All of the products can be printed, assembled and placed in a "Calm Down Kit" box for students to pull out when feeling overwhelmed or anxious. This calm down kit is full of visuals to help non-readers and emerging readers learn to cope with their emotions on their own!These visuals can be sent home to families on your caseload to help with distance learning and virtual
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Also included in: Classroom Starter Kit- Discounted Bundle
Budget Worksheets - Do you have Enough Money? Life Skill Math for Special Ed
This budgeting resource contains 130+ pages to help teach basic budgeting skills for special education classrooms. Includes differentiated worksheets and various levels to challenge each student individually. A teaching poster is included, as well as individual student sized cards to help them practice this skill, and 3 different types of leveled worksheets as well!Worksheets include:Determining what's in your budget using a number line (0-5, 0-10, 0-20, and 0-100)Is this price in your budget? G
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PreK - 12th
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WH Question Flip Cards
Targeting WH questions is easier than ever with these bestselling WH question flip cards. This set includes over 100 flip cards in 3 differentiated levels to get your special education students working on simple WH questions! Click here to save 20% off by purchasing this resource as part of the popular WH Questions Bundle.WHAT ARE THE LEVELS?- picture- picture and word- just wordWHAT'S INCLUDED?- What- Who- When- Where- WhyTEACHER REVIEWS"This is such a great, convenient resource! It makes on-th
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PreK - 6th
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Also included in: WH Questions Bundle | Special Education
Grab N' Go Basic Concepts {Temporal,Spatial,Qualitative,Quantitative}
This GRAB N' GO PACK is perfect for students working on BASIC CONCEPTS and FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS with embedded basic concepts including: TEMPORAL, SPATIAL, QUALITATIVE, & QUANTITATIVE.Each set of cards can be used for on-the-go therapy, RTI, centers, and in-class therapy sessions. Students can use magnetic chips, bingo daubers, play-doh, or dry-erase markers to choose the correct answers.Each basic concept card set is color-coded and clearly labeled for easy assembly.Basic concepts posters (4
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PreK - 3rd
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Addition & Subtraction to within 20 Worksheets Math Fact Fluency Practice: Sp Ed
Help students develop fluency with math facts, including skills such as adding/subtracting doubles! Ideal for instruction, review, morning work and/or assessment. The addition practice sheets are designed to help students develop confidence and fluency with addition facts. This pack can be used in sequence, or to support students needing additional practice with specific facts/skills. Two addition worksheets are included for each of the following sets of facts:★ Adding zero★ Adding one★ Adding
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1st - 2nd
Decoding Drills | Real and Nonsense Word Fluency Practice and Decodable Passages
These No Prep I CAN READ phonics based decoding activities are aligned with Science of Reading and perfect for students who are learning to read and write various phonics patterns. Each decodable reader worksheet includes decodable words, nonsense words, sentences, and a short story. These phonics decodables are designed to move students from slowly blending words to a level where decoding is habitual and automatic. Science of Reading AlignedThe ResearchI created these decodable sheets to improv
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1st - 3rd
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WH QUESTIONS Speech Therapy - Who, What, When, Where Task Cards Print + Digital
WH Questions for Speech Therapy! Are you looking for engaging, real-life everyday scenarios for teaching and reviewing WH questions - who, what, when, where. 52 task cards in a printable or digital (Boom Cards) format. WH Questions Task Cards are ideal for speech therapy, small group centers, or home review.What's included in WH Questions Task Cards:WHO QUESTIONS - 12 cardsWHAT QUESTIONS - 12 cardsWHEN QUESTIONS - 12 cardsWHERE QUESTIONS - 12 cards+ 4 teaching review cards: WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHER
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PreK - 2nd
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Water Cycle Experiments Activities Craft Project Worksheets Vocabulary Cards
Save time planning for your water cycle unit with these hands-on experiments, craft project, vocabulary cards, and activities.You receive:• step by step instructions for 3 water cycle experiments• coordinating pages for each experiment that test students' understanding• links to digital Seesaw recording pages for easy tech integration• 2 sets of vocabulary cards (hand-drawn pictures & real photographs) for the following water cycle words - evaporation, collection, precipitation, condensation
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K - 3rd
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Plant Investigation Unit: All About Plants, Life Cycle and Needs
Come explore the world of plants with this investigative science unit! Your students will have the opportunity to explore this topic using: arts and crafts, printables, mini books, science explorations and so much more! This non-fiction pack includes:1. Recommended Book List2. Life Cycle of a Plant Poster3. Life Cycle Cards (clipart set and real photo set)4. Plant Life Cycle Mini Flip Book5. Finish the Plant Life Cycle Student Worksheet6. KWL Chart7. "Can, Have, Are" Graphic Organizer 8. Venn D
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K - 2nd
Also included in: Plants: Plant Life Cycle Print & Digital Activities BUNDLE
50% Off - First Grade Emergency Sub Plans
Whether you need Emergency Sub Plans or Plans for a Scheduled Day Off, this set of First Grade Sub Plans has everything you need for 5 Days / 11 subject areas. From Morning Work to Science Class and Early Finishers! Well organized, with a separate, Editable, programmable "Letter to Substitute" for every activity.Check out the preview for a better look! What teachers are saying:Here's what Anne said about these 1st Grade Substitute Plans: "Students loved the activities that are included in the
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1st - 2nd
Also included in: Half Price First & Second Grade Emergency Sub Plans - 5 Days - Low Prep
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Importance of learning science
Learning science is particularly important for students as it equips them with the essential knowledge and skills to make sense of the world around them. Science education is not just about memorizing facts. It fosters critical thinking, inquiry, and problem-solving abilities. These skills are not only useful in school but also in everyday life beyond the classroom.
Benefits of learning science
Learning science offers many benefits to students both in school and beyond. In fact, it helps students:
- Question the world around them and seek evidence-based explanations
- Cultivate their ability to observe, experiment, and analyze data
- Nurture a sense of curiosity, awe, and wonder about the natural world
- Understand natural phenomena and the laws that govern the universe
With a solid foundation in science, teachers can help empower students to think critically, solve problems, make informed decisions, and engage with the world around them in meaningful ways.
Teaching with science resources
One of the best parts about science class is all of the possibilities for hands-on, collaborative learning! Think: labs, experiments, inquiry-based activities, and design challenges. These activities encourage students to explore scientific concepts by observing, asking questions, and conducting investigations. Additionally, with small group centers, students can engage in group experiments, discussions, and projects that require them to collaborate, share ideas, and solve problems together.
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If you’re a teacher or parent looking for printable or digital science resources, TPT has an extensive array of instructional materials for every learning need, topic, or grade level. Whether you're learning about plant parts or butterfly life cycles, or exploring advanced topics like the anatomy of a cell or Newton’s laws of motion, we've got you covered.
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Students learn best when they're engaged! Sprinkle a little fun into your science lessons and make them feel like real scientists by investigating everyday objects, exploring the world outside the classroom, and doing hands-on and collaborative experiments and design challenges.
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