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3rd grade science literature circles for Microsoft Word
Kate Shelley and the Midnight Express READING + STEM Elementary GATE
If you’ve come to know my units, you’ll find the same sort of critical thinking and hands-on exploration and creativity here . . .
Come all the way across the curriculum from READING to STEM activities in this hands-on unit. My advanced group 2nd graders loved this! I would use this for advanced 1st graders in their second semester or 3rd grade as well. I don’t think it would be a stretch to say 4th graders would enjoy it as well.
“Kate Shelley and the Midnight Express” is a Reading Rainbow
Grades:
1st - 4th
Curiosity the Rover and the Long Trip to Mars
This is an original Reader's Theater script for elementary grades.
It imagines Curiosity the Rover's trip to Mars and what it encounters...
It includes 5 characters and includes a vocabulary list as well.
A fun story based on a relevant event that every student is interested in!
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Grades:
2nd - 6th
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Skeleton Talk Poem: Rhyming Poem About Bones
This poem is a freebie and positive feedback is greatly appreciated! Thank you so much!
This poem is a rhyming poem designed to provide short facts about bones while building fluency. Kids love poetry and learning about new things using a variety of tools. I use poems during our literacy and apple academic centers. I also made a large one on chart paper for students to read and practice. I hope you enjoy this fun poem, perfect to use during the fall or nutrition/bones unit.
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K - 5th
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Thirteen Moons on Turtle's Back Poetry Packet
This poetry packet was created to go along with Thirteen Moons on Turtle's Back by Joseph Bruchac. Thirteen Moons on Turtle's Back is a recommended text for Module 1A, Grade 4 ELA on EngageNY.org. Students will be able to meet many of the CCSS while learning more about the history of Native Americans and poetry.
This can be printed out as a poetry packet for each student or handed out daily, as you study each of the thirteen moon poems in the book.
After studying each poem, students are asked
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
Will We Miss Them? Endangered Species Comprehension Questions
Here are some questions based on the Will We Miss Them? Endangered Species book written by: Alexandra Wright.
There are multiple choice questions, short answer, and an essay where they have to explain which animal they would want to save and 3 reasons why.
Great for small group, literature circles, whole class, and individual work.
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
The Nocturnals: The Mysterious Abductions - Comprehension Questions and Vocab
This resource includes comprehension questions and vocabulary study for Book 1 of The Nocturnals series, The Mysterious Abduction. It's a great book for a class of animal lovers! Also included is a final assessment and research questions regarding rare animals from around the world.
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Grades:
3rd - 8th, Higher Education
Science in the News
This product is an easy to use hand-out for students to fill out while they are reading the what's up in cool science in the news. I use the Science in the News for Students and Science Daily websites because they know how to perfectly target middle school students. I'd also highly recommend them for upper elementary, as well.
Identify the main idea and supporting details (i.e. evidence) of popular research.
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Grades:
3rd - 9th
How Things Move (130L, 190L, 210) - Science Informational Leveled Text Set
This set of 3 leveled readers covers the concept of how things move in both direction and fast and slow. There are also questions included.Covers Standard:SC.K.P.12.1 Investigate that things move in different ways, such as fast, slow, etc.TEKS K.4 Scientific investigation and reasoning. The student uses age-appropriate tools and models to investigate the natural world. The student is expected to:(B) use the senses as a tool of observation to identify properties and patterns of organisms, objects
Grades:
K - 3rd
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NGSS:
K-PS2-2
Guided Reading/Read Aloud Plan THUNDER AND LIGHTNING by Wendy Pfeffer Level K
Guided Reading/Read Aloud Plan for Thunder and Lightningby Wendy PfefferGuided Reading Level K -vocabulary picture word wall cards organized by chapter (perfect for ESL ELL students) -vocabulary worksheet for students -comprehension questions for each chapter
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Grades:
PreK - 8th
Learning Log Weekly Template
Writing across the content areas is a valuable piece of learning and deepening student learning. This template provides a space for students to respond to daily learning prompts for a week at a time. Teachers can collect the reflections at the end of the week, or check daily.
This template can be used in any content area.
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
Going Green Unit! A Unit on Recycling!
Quick and easy recycling activities your students will love! This unit contains activities to go along with Michael Recycle by Ellie Bethel, We Are Extremely Very Good Recyclers by Lauren Child and The Lorax by Dr. Seuss! Please leave feed back!
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Grades:
PreK - 5th
Who Would Win - Rattlesnake vs. Secretary Bird
This file contains a graphic organizer to fill in the information from the book Who Would Win - Rattlesnake vs. Secretary Bird. On the last page is a checklist to assist in choosing the champion.
Grades:
2nd - 4th
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Also included in: Who Would Win Bundle of 18
Marie Curie Reading Guide (Common Core Aligned)
This is a 22 page reading guide of 98 reading comprehension questions.
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Pushes and Pulls - Energy Change (130L, 170L, 210L) - Science Leveled Text Set
The set of leveled (3) text supports the concepts of pushes and pulls through energy changes. Questions are included. SC.K.P.13.1 Observe that a push or a pull can change the way an object is moving. 3-PS2-1 Each force acts on one particular object and has both strength and a direction. An object at rest typically has multiple forces acting on it, but they add to give zero net force on the object. Forces that do not sum to zero can cause changes in the object’s speed or direction of motion.Reada
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Grades:
K - 3rd
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NGSS:
K-PS2-1
Integrated Literacy and Environment Unit
This is an integrated Literacy and Environment Unit that focuses on books with an environmental theme. Books include; 'The Hidden Forest' by Jeannie Baker, ‘Where the Forest meets the Sea’ by Jeannie Baker, ‘Bamboozled’ by David Legge, ‘Mirror’ by Jeannie Baker, ‘Fire’ by Jackie French & Bruce Whatley and ‘Ben & Gracie’s Art Adventure’ by Mark Wilson. Each of the books and lessons come with outcomes and all content descriptors as well as a focus such as reading, grammar writing, speaking
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
Solar System Reader's Theatre- two reading levels
This Reader's Theater is about the Solar System with 10 parts- Narrator and each of the planets. Students will learn the basic information about each planet while expanding their vocabulary and oral language skills.Example text: " Jupiter: Greetings, stargazers! I am Jupiter, the mighty gas giant, the largest of all planets. My swirling storms and enormous size make me a true king of the cosmos. Far beyond me, there's a realm of icy giants - Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune." Simpler version: "Jupit
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Grades:
3rd - 7th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS1-3
Famous & Not So Famous Inventors
This theme unit introduces students to the amazing world of inventions — they'll learn about famous inventors, explore every day inventions, discuss the "Top 10" inventions of all time, and even imagine a new invention for the 21st century. Each mini-lesson provides a step-by-step activity with links to the best online resources for kids with primary source documents.
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3rd - 5th
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Nonfiction Literature Circle Jobs
This file includes the following 3 nonfiction literature circle jobs: Fact Finder, Discussion Director, and Word Wizard. The Fact Finder is responsible for finding 5 interesting facts from the section of the book they read along with an example of an animal adaptation. I used the nonfiction literature circles to go along with our Animal Unit in Science, but they came be adapted to fit any nonfiction book.
Grades:
3rd - 5th
African Friends Nonfiction Book Grades 1-2
Students will read this book all about six different animals from the African plains. It includes information about lions, white rhinos, african elephants, plains zebras, giraffes, and common hippopotomus. Students can use this book to learn about animal babies, habitats, and fun facts. This book would be appropriate for advanced kindergarteners, first grade, or second graders that need some review of first grade skills. All facts from this book are accurate and come from legitimate websites
Grades:
K - 3rd
NGSS:
1-LS1-2
Integrated Choice Board Activities
This is a choice board which integrates Reading, Language Arts, Math, Science, and Social Studies into one activity. The 3rd Grade Common Core Standards that it includes are as follows: Figurative Language, Recounting Stories (Summarizing), Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs, Multiplication, Georgia Habitats, and Government. It plays on many of the Multiple Intelligences. It would take about a week for the children to complete each choice and the grouping with these choices could be very flex
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3rd
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Grade 2 Language Arts Leveled Lesson Plan: Inspiring Women and the Environment
This cross-curricular lesson compares two texts that have similar, inspiring protagonists: "The Tree Lady: The True Story of How One Tree-Loving Woman Changed a City Forever" by H. Joseph Hopkins and "Wangari Maathai: The Woman Who Planted a Million Trees" by Franck Prévot. Students will learn about reading informational texts and comparing two texts. As a tie-in to science, the lesson discusses environmental issues including ecosystems and the importance of trees in our environment. Components
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Grades:
2nd - 3rd
The Jacket: What are you made of?
This is the second book of The Jacket series where students learn about the most basic unit of life; cells. Students learn about magnification and the difference between plant and animal cells. They get to become Carbon and Oxygen atoms as they infiltrate different cells to learn about cell organelles and their functions.
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Grades:
3rd - 7th
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The Jacket
This book introduces students to Geology through an adventure with a mysterious scientist and three elementary school students. This book is written at a 5th grade level, but one of the elementary school characters is in third grade so many of the scientific concepts are broken down into their basic roots in order to be explained to the younger student. After an earthquake hits their town the third grade student finds a lab coat and when he puts it on and asks about earthquakes the scientist mag
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Grades:
3rd - 7th
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FACTS ABOUT GRASSHOPPERS WORD SEARCH
THIS IS GOOD FOR A SCIENCE CENTER ACTIVITY, A SCIENCE LITERACY PROJECT, OR A REVIEW OF KEY VOCABULARY ON THIS INSECT! THIS CAN ALSO BE USED AS AN ACTIVITY IN A LITERATURE CIRCLE WHEN DISCUSSING A NOVEL OR STORY ABOUT LOCUSTS! IT IS GOOD TO KNOW ABOUT THE TRAITS OF LOCUSTS.
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
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