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3rd grade Back to School science activities
Back to School Activities | First Week of School | Beginning of the Year BUNDLE
Heading back to school is such an exciting time for our students. Spend those first days back with a collection of activities that help your students get to know you and their classmates. This BUNDLE includes over 30 printable activities and 20 digital activities that are perfect for the first weeks of school.The DIGITAL pages are available in Google Classroom. However, they can also be downloaded from there as PowerPoint files. Aside from the main titles, you can edit almost all of the directio
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2nd - 6th
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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
Cursive Handwriting Practice Pages
Cursive writing is an important part of a student's writing journey! These cursive handwriting practice activities will not only have your students improving their handwriting skills, they’ll also be learning creative expression and having tons of fun.✏️If you're looking for cursive practice pages, look no further. This pack has over 120 pages full of fun and engaging activities to help your students print cursive beautifully! It's been used by over 12,000+ teachers all over the world and will
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2nd - 5th
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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 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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Planets of the Solar System Worksheets and Activities Unit with Craft Project
This massive BEST-SELLING Solar System Activities Pack gives you a wealth of fun, informational and engaging materials to help you study our corner of the universe with your students! Use these reading passages, hands on activities, graphic organizers, interactive notebook activities, task cards, writing activities posters and projects and more to build excitement about space science and our amazing solar system! Included in this MASSIVE solar system unit: Teacher Suggested Lesson Plans4 pages o
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3rd - 6th
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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Editable Morning Meeting Daily Slides Activities Digital Resources Morning Work
Are you ready to turn your morning meeting into the best part of your daily routine? Unlock the power of morning meetings with this Editable Morning Meeting Daily Slides & Activity Pages Yearlong Set, designed for K-6 grade. These NO PREP INTERACTIVE EDITABLE morning meeting slides will revive your morning routine in a fun and engaging way. These Editable Morning Meeting Daily Slides are an easy-to-use, time-saving way for you to build a consistent morning routine and a strong classroom co
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K - 6th
Science Interactive Notebook | 3rd 4th 5th Grade 6th Grade TEKS NGSS Templates
Let's journal! The Science Interactive Notebook All in One Bundle is perfect for teachers who are looking to incorporate Interactive Science Notebooks in 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, or 6th grade.There are SO many topics: safety and science practices, matter, mixtures, ecosystems, adaptations, life cycles, energy, light, force and motion, human body, earth, space, and MUCH more!Take a closer look! Check out the preview!This file includes 260 foldable activities, cut and paste, sorts, and gra
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3rd - 6th
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
Water Bottle Flip STEM Challenge + STEM Activity
The ORIGINAL water bottle flip STEM activity and lab! Water bottle flip at school? Absolutely! Students will love this on-trend STEM challenge inspired by the popular YouTube water bottle flipping challenge where students toss a water bottle and attempt to land it straight up. Practice scientific method with some probability, fractions and data collection in the mix while having fun!This self-paced, low-prep, project based learning water bottle flip STEM challenge is print-and-go. Each activit
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3rd - 6th
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K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, MS-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
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Math Logic Puzzles | Early Finishers Activities Enrichment Digital Resources
In the hustle and bustle of a new school year, enrichment activities are just one more thing on your plate. These Back to School Math Logic Puzzles are ready-to-go brain teasers just perfect for use as early finisher activities, enrichment activities, or morning work. Designed to give students the opportunity to solve real-world, first-week teacher problems, these logic games push students to practice both their reasoning and key math skills. Students will be so engaged as they solve missing bus
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3rd - 6th
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All About Me Rainbows Back to School Activities
All About Me Rainbows are a back to school beginning of the year activity perfect for getting to know your students! This beginning of the school year activity will help you {and the class} learn about your new students and make your room bright and colorful.You will find out:how old your students aretheir birthday if they have siblings and their namesif they have pets and their namesfavorite colorfavorite foodwhat they want to be when they grow upfavorite animalfavorite bookfavorite subjectwh
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K - 3rd
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Also included in: Back to School Activities BUNDLE
You're Finally Here! Back to School & First Day of School Activities
Inside this resource are high-engagement print and digital back-to-school activities for the first day of school and the entire first week. Based on the most perfect back-to-school book ever, You’re Finally Here! by Melanie Watt, this unit includes 5 days of creative and fun activities to easily use with Google Classroom or Seesaw. July 2023 update: The book is now available on Amazon in paperback!Filled with fresh ideas for getting to know you, icebreakers, manners, partner games, and an adora
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1st - 3rd
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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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STEM Bins® Speed Builds STEM Activities (Morning Work, Early Finishers, Centers)
STEM Bins Speed Builds Activities are ideal for hands-on morning work, early finishers, enrichment, and team building. They are designed to supplement my original STEM Bins pack. Challenge cards are compatible with the following 6 building materials:Pattern BlocksMini CupsLinking Cubes / Snap CubesBase Ten BlocksBuilding Bricks / LEGO bricksDominoesTwo different difficulty levels are provided: “Build it Flat” and “Build it Up” to accommodate a range of learning levels. "Build it Flat” cards are
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PreK - 6th
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Back to School Activities | First Day of School All About Me Team Building
Back to school is SO busy - but it’s so important to take the time to build relationships with students, and between students! With Volume 1 of these Back to School Activities, you’ll have getting-to-know-you activities, ice breakers, team building activities, and more prepped and ready to go as you begin to build your classroom culture. In the hustle and bustle of getting new students in the door, you can breathe a sigh of relief knowing you have endless activities that will help you build the
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3rd - 6th
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All About Me Pennant
Have students create this pennant at the beginning of the year as a great get to know me activity. I plan to laminate them and hang them up in a banner style in the front of my class. The pennant is made to be printed on 8 1/2" x 11" paper.For an online version to use with Google Classroom follow this link: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/All-About-Me-Pennant-Google-Slides-Version-for-Distance-Learning-5645304
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K - 6th
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Plants, Plant Activities, Parts of a Plant, Plant Life Cycle, Spring
This pack is jam-packed with lots of fun and interactive spring plant activities to make learning about plants a blast in your classroom! What's Included:-Tops and Bottoms Carrot craftivity flip book: students create a flip book carrot and sort the vegetable pictures by tops or bottoms of a plant-Plants Need Craftivity: students identify the needs of a plant and create a flower craftivity-My Greenhouse: students create their very own greenhouse and plant a seed to watch it grow -Plant Journal: s
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K - 3rd
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4th Grade Beginning of the Year Activity - Back to School Math Mystery Game
Back to School Math Mystery: the Case of The School Invaders - 4th Grade Edition.Students must review math skills from the previous grade to help get rid of the stinky, slimy Geometron aliens invading Mathhattan Elementary School! Easy prep!Printable PDF - print, copy, solve!Digital worksheets with Google Slides or EASEL⭐Optional video hook included for introducing the case!CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO HOOK! or check out in the preview section.⭐Due to several requests, now there is the option to use a
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: 4th Grade Math Mysteries Holiday Bundle: Fun Math Review Activities
"We Are All Connected" All About Me Tessellation | Community Building Activity
This Art with Jenny K. original tessellation project is the perfect "All About Me" community-building activity for your class. It is a great activity for that first week back to school or for any team-building lessons. Works great for Harmony Day!It connects the individual with the group through tessellations where everyone is connected. It has a ton of "wow factor" and presents a powerful message for your bulletin board, wall, or hallway when complete!It's fun for kids and easy for you as the t
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3rd - 8th
Also included in: Tessellation Bundle | Use one every month!
Landforms & Map Skills Unit BUNDLE
Make learning about geography come to life with this landforms and map skills bundle unit for young learners! Your students will have the opportunity to explore the landforms that shape our Earth, as well as beginning map skills. This bundle contains a variety of printables, projects, crafts, and much more. Also available in...Landforms and Map Skills DIGITAL BundleLandforms and Map Skills PRINT & DIGITAL Mega BundleLANDFORMS pack includes:Recommended book list Landforms posters (landform, b
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1st - 3rd
Human Body Systems Unit - Skeletal, Muscular, Nervous, Digestive, Circulatory
Is your science textbook outdated and lacking? Make learning about the human body and the body systems engaging! This unit contains reading passages with comprehension questions, activities, science labs, task cards, and vocabulary reference posters that you can use to enhance your unit on the human body.These reading passages with comprehension questions are the perfect way to quickly check for understanding while providing the students with background information on each topic. It is also the
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Science Bundle
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