387 results
Kindergarten critical thinking other (science) thematic unit plans
Shadow Detectives: A Great Experiment for Groundhog Day
This activity is the PERFECT hands-on, activity for Groundhog Day. It provides a fun, hands-on opportunity for discovery learning. This is a lesson that your students will LOVE and one that they will never forget!! That's the BEST kind of learning!!!
This packet includes:
~A Detective Hat Template
~A repsonse sheet for the activity
~Shadow Detective Badges
~Certificates
~templates to make your groundhog puppets
This experiment involves making predictions about what kind of day is needed to mak
Subjects:
Grades:
K - 2nd
ZOO ANIMALS Math Literacy Centers and Activities Theme Unit Preschool 132 pages
ZOO ANIMALS Theme Unit Pack for Preschool - This is a comprehensive set of activities with a ZOO ANIMALS theme - make hands-on, interactive centers and learning games for your preschool and pre-K classroom. 132 pagesClick on the PREVIEW link to see most pages, and to decide if this is the educational level you are looking for. Contents:Large zoo animal cut outs for small group recognition, description, bulletin board, flannel board, stick puppets etc. (16 zoo animals)Word/picture strips plus hea
Grades:
PreK - K
Also included in: HUGE BUNDLE 23 Big Theme Packs for Year Preschool PreK All Subjects
Science of September BUNDLE
**** FIVE SENSES, FARM, APPLES, & FALL ****
Are you looking for a science resource that includes 4 weeks full of lesson plans and activities as well as cross-curricular content? Well you're in luck!! The Science of September is here to help you!!!
In this JAM-PACKED resource, you will find four weeks worth of science lesson plans including cross-curricular activities for ELA and math. The Science of SEPTEMBER covers FIVE SENSES, FARM, APPLES, & FALL and includes lesson plans, experimen
Subjects:
Grades:
K - 2nd
Also included in: Science of the...YEARLONG BUNDLE
Community Helpers and Their Tools
Community Helpers - What tools do they use? This is a collection of activities about Community Helpers and the tools that they use in their work, for preschool and Pre-K.45 pagesThis resource has been updated.The primary emphasisis the social studies aspect of furthering the understanding our community, and the fact that most adults have jobs in order to make money to support themselves and their family.The secondary emphasis with these activities is on oral language and discussion; vocabulary e
Grades:
PreK - K
Hibernation Migration Adaptation Winter Animals Kindergarten Science
Hibernation, Migration, and Adaptation of winter animals is the focus of this 10 day inquiry-based kindergarten science unit!
Also includes a shelter design challenge full of critical thinking and hands-on problem solving!
Next Generation Science Standards* aligned!
Literacy skills are embedded into the lessons: Non-fiction text, speaking/listening, writing response, and technology
A compelling question guides the unit and supporting questions help students to focus their knowledge and build
Subjects:
Grades:
PreK - 1st
Ocean Animals BUNDLE (250 pages!!)
Dive in to this fun Ocean Animals Lesson filled with fascinating information about the oceans, whales, star fish, sharks, and more amazing creatures. You will find engaging text, science experiments, printable worksheets, life cycles, printable crafts, label the anatomy, report templates, creative writing prompts, beautiful color flashcards, and so much more!This huge, 250+ page Ocean Animals Lesson will allow you to learn about the ocean and aquatic animals. There are 7 units to allow you to mo
Subjects:
Grades:
K - 8th
Weather Station Dramatic Play
What's the weather today? This FUN and ENGAGING weather station dramatic play center is a perfect addition to teaching all about the weather. Preschoolers and kindergartners will love acting as meteorologists and camera operators to share the weather report using weather charts, picture cards, weather maps in this science inspired dramatic play center. This weather dramatic play is great to use any time of year: winter, spring, summer or fall. With these dramatic play weather printables and a fe
Subjects:
Grades:
PreK - K
Also included in: Weather Report Activities for Preschool Prek and Kindergarten
Santa's Sleigh: A Science Unit on Force and Motion
We visited Santa’s top secret reindeer-training facility and discovered the secrets of Santa’s sleigh. It’s not all magic...some of Santa’s sleigh driving know-how is based on science. Teach your Santa fans about force and motion with this hands-on unit about Santa’s sleigh and the reindeer’s work. Based on the disciplinary core ideas of the Next Generation Science Standards: K-PS2 Motion and Stability. For more information, go to: http://www.nextgenscience.org.Note from Jayne…Friends, I'm so pr
Grades:
PreK - 2nd
Also included in: Seasonal Science Units: Force and Motion AND Rocks and Dirt
Growth Mindset lessons using The Dot, Ish, and Sky Color by Peter H. Reynolds
When you are teaching students about growth mindset, I believe it is vital to use stories they can relate to. If they are seeing other characters showing both a growth mindset and a fixed mindset, they will be more likely to understand what each look like.
This is a packet of Growth Mindset lessons which use the three books from Peter H. Reynolds collectively called the Creatrilogy. You will need to purchase these books or be able to borrow them to teach these lessons. Each book has wonderful
Grades:
K - 5th
Types:
1st Grade Science Curriculum
SAVE 40% when you buy the bundle! Wow! 9 units over 150 pages all brought together in 1 bundle to create an entire year of Science for 1st grade! Hands on fun included in every pack.**UPDATED 8/2021**Lots of additions to make this unit complete! I have added Unit 5: Space. This bonus unit includes a student book, interactive notebook pieces, posters, and a science station or center. I have added PowerPoints to several units here and updates the clipart and fonts. Enjoy!Topics Include: Force and
Subjects:
Grades:
K - 1st
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, 1-ESS1-1
, K-2-ETS1-3
, 1-LS1-1
, K-2-ETS1-1
...
Project Based Learning - Animals in Winter | PBL | plans | rubric | assessment
Animals in winter is a perfect resource for project-based learning. Let your students explore the wonders of how animals use different strategies to survive changes in their environment.This project based learning unit focuses on the animals chosen by the students, two animals that hibernate (bear and hedgehog), two animals that migrate (monarch butterfly and duck), and two animals that adapt (rabbit and deer) during the season of winter. This PBL was “piloted” on a preK class and they had a GRE
Subjects:
Grades:
PreK - K
Fun With the 5 Senses~ A Mini-Unit!
This is a mini-unit about the 5 senses. Included in this unit is:
* Non-fiction easy reader.
* Booklet to be made to reinforce each sense. This includes labeling sheets & cut and paste sorting activities.
* Writing pages for each of the senses
* Cute, simple songs to introduce each sense
This unit is very simple & easy to use! Your kinders will love it! Please contact me with any questions you may have.
jenskinderkids@yahoo.com
Thanks!
Jen
Jen's Kinder Kids
Grades:
PreK - 1st
Bat Cave Dramatic Play
Are you teaching all about bats? This FUN and ENGAGING bat cave dramatic play center is a perfect addition to a study of bats, nocturnal animals or Halloween activities. Preschool and kindergarten children will love buying and selling bat tour tickets, exploring and searching for the different bats and playing in this science inspired dramatic play center. Imaginations will sore with these dramatic play printables and a few extra items. Children will have hours of creative play and learning in t
Subjects:
Grades:
PreK - 1st
Types:
Also included in: Bats Center Activities Bundle
Dinosaur Unit Study
This Dinosaur Unit Study will help teach your students about dinosaurs! In this dinosaur unit of study there is a presentation, vocabulary with real dinosaur pictures, vocabulary/sight word printables, and dinosaur fact cards included on the back. You can measure how long a dinosaur is in your hallway, gym, or outside and much more in this dinosaur unit study.Dinosaur Unit Study includes:-Cover-Terms of Use-Standards-Suggestions1. Introduction: Show presentation with interactive board or print
Subjects:
Grades:
K - 3rd
CCSS:
Transportation Math and Literacy Activities Preschool, PreK, Kindergarten
Engage your little learners with this transportation-themed unit and activities! Perfect for toddlers, preschoolers, kindergarteners. Loaded with fun, hands on transportation themed activities to help your students build math and literacy concepts! Here is what’s inside:Letters A-Z tracing activityMatching capital and lowercase lettersColor sorting activityTransportation sorting by land, air, and waterChoo-choo name activity Finish the patternsNumber tracingSorting shapesTens frame counting clip
Grades:
PreK - K
Five Senses Pack {Bundled}
Five Senses Packs Bundled!I have bundled both my five senses packs so you can save big! Here is what is included:• Vocabulary Cards: Introduce vocabulary at the beginning of the unit and refer to throughout learning. Print and place in a pocket chart or around the room.• Five Senses Lotto Game: Game boards for each of the senses and pictures to go with each sense. Students pick a card and place on the correct card.• My Five Senses Emergent Reader: A simple reader that teaches about the fiv
Subjects:
Grades:
PreK - 1st
All About Jellyfish, Star Fish, Coral, & Anemone Lesson
Did you know that sea stars can make a clone of themselves with only a foot to start with? How about that most of the coral reef is made up of dead shells of once living coral? We have lots of fun and interesting facts about echinoderms and cnidarians in this lesson for kids from K-8th grade. The engaging lesson will teach kids how in the ocean, sand dollars are vibrant colors and tend to live in groups or that the Portuguese Man of War is a actually a colony of many jelly like animals functioni
Subjects:
Grades:
K - 8th
Also included in: Ocean Animals BUNDLE (250 pages!!)
All About Crustaceans, Mollusks & Cephalopods
This interesting and engaging lesson will help your student learn all about Crustaceans, Mollusks, and Cephalopods. You will learn about various aquatic animals that fit in this classification including: crabs, lobsters, barnacles, bivalves, clams, octopus, squid, and more. Learn which of them can go a whole year without eating in cold water, which grow their own shells, what beautiful seashells come from which ocean animals, how some can change colors within seconds, who produced die, and so mu
Subjects:
Grades:
K - 8th
Also included in: Ocean Animals BUNDLE (250 pages!!)
Apples: An Inquiry Based Unit of Study
Increase student engagement and deepen understanding!
Do you want your students to explore, investigate, research, study, and pursue topics based on curiosity to increase their understanding of the world?
This Apples: Inquiry Based Unit of Study will help you do create a more engaged, self motivated, and collaborative group of little learners. Go beyond the “cute” apple activities and delve into answering the questions that students really are interested in. Students will work collaborativel
Grades:
PreK - 2nd
Types:
Winter SEASONAL CHANGES Activities and Centers for Preschool and Pre-K
Winter seasonal changes numbers, literacy and science activities and centers for preschool and pre-K.This pack is developmentally appropriate for preschool and pre-K children and would work well in a Winter or January seasonal curriculum plan. IMPORTANT: Be sure to click on the PREVIEW link to see some more pages, and to make sure this is the educational level you are looking for.33 pagesBesides the activities, songs, stories and games listed for the day, this pack includes these centers and pr
Grades:
PreK - K
Also included in: JANUARY Themes Curriculum BUNDLE for PreK and Preschool 15 Packs
September Themes BUNDLE of 16- All About Me, Back to School, Health Lesson Plans
This BIG 637 page September bundle includes 16 packs, all related to the theme of All About Me. This MEGA bundle would be perfect to use as a back to school theme in September. With all the ideas, activities and centers that I provide in these Themes packs, this bundle could definitely extend for the full month of September, and have enough left over for next year!Be sure to click on the PREVIEW link to see some more pages, and to make sure this is the educational level you are looking for.Packs
Grades:
PreK - K
Insects: Science, Literacy, & Math An Integrated Unit
Are you looking for something to wow first graders and parents alike? Are you looking for something that will cover Common Core Standards in an exciting, interactive way?
Get into insects and metacognition with this science and language arts unit. This interactive unit is great for community events such as Open House, Back to School Night, or Science Night.
This insect unit includes:
An Insect Exploration Book lined & Cloze frames with Home Letter
A Student-made Insect Book, including
Grades:
K - 2nd
HOMES Rooms and Furniture Centers and Activities for Preschool and Pre-K
The teaching theme focus for this packet is homes and houses, with the emphasis on Rooms and Furniture.. This is third of 3 units about homes.This pack is developmentally appropriate for preschool and pre-K children, and would be especially helpful as part of a "Families" early childhood curriculum, or taught in November with other units about family and neighborhood.41 pages IMPORTANT: Be sure to click on the PREVIEW link to see some more pages, and to make sure this is the educational level y
Grades:
PreK - K
Also included in: Homes Theme BUNDLE - Activities, Centers and Printables for Preschool
Editable Thematic Unit Planning Template
This is an editable template pdf that allows teachers to plan for thematic units. It includes options for teaching a chosen topic for either 10 days or 10 weeks. This planner features various prompts to support teacher planning including key concepts to be taught, vocabulary, student outcomes and activity planners. There is space to record lists of books/websites needed during the unit as well as an assessment rubric and student evaluation.
This 18 page pdf includes everything you will nee
Grades:
K - 8th
Showing 1-24 of 387 results
TPT is the largest marketplace for PreK-12 resources, powered by a community of educators.
IXL family of brands