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Kindergarten science Common Core RI.2.1 resources
Solar Eclipse 2024 Kindergarten Activities, Craft Headbands Worksheets & Writing
Celebrate the 2024 Solar Eclipse with this updated, easy-to-use, and high-interest unit! This engaging unit includes exciting activities, writing prompts, adorable crafts, viewer instructions, party ideas, and so much more! You will even receive a bonus file with directed drawing and a foldable!This resource is jam-packed with everything you need to celebrate a solar eclipse near you or conduct an in-depth study about them. Due to the scientific nature of this product, the activities will work f
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PreK - 1st
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1-ESS1-1
Human Body Systems Reading Comprehension Passages
These passages are perfect to use during your guided reading sessions or as a whole group lesson, or homework. The body parts included are the brain, muscles, skeleton, stomach, skin, heart, ears, lungs, nose, eyes and muscles.These passages are great for close reads or homework. Facebook:Motivated LearnersPinterest:Motivated LearnersInstagram: Motivated LearnersSimilar Resources: My Human Body BookHuman Body Systems ProjectCustomer Tips: How to get TPT credit to use on future purchases: • Plea
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PreK - 2nd
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Patterns in Nature - sun, moon, stars, seasons
The unit is 40+ pages and includes information about the patterns of the moon, sun, stars and seasons. We created this unit with the new Common Core science standards in mind. There are resources here that are designed to be used in a first grade classroom as well as resources for second and third grade classrooms. In this there are many “parts” included (non-fiction texts, follow-up activities, and more.) Pages can be mixed and matched to meet the needs of your classroom!
Patterns in Na
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K - 3rd
Farm Animals Research Reports Horses Pigs Cows Rooster Expository Real Pictures
Your kindergarten, first grade and second grade students will have so much fun reading, writing, making books and crafts about five different farm animals: horse, pig, cow, rooster and goat. These nonfiction materials provide the perfect amount of scaffolding so your students can be successful: reading passages with factsgraphic organizerssentence starterswriting papersmini books5 animal craft templatesThis download has everything you need to teach your students through the entire process or re
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K - 2nd
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Insects - Animal Reports - Butterflies Caterpillars Science Expository Writing
Your kindergarten, first grade and second grade students will have so much fun reading, writing, making books and crafts about five different insects: caterpillar, Monarch Butterfly, praying mantis, bumblebee and grasshopper. These nonfiction materials provide the perfect amount of scaffolding so your students can be successful: reading passages with factsgraphic organizerssentence starterswriting papersmini books5 insect craft templatesThis download has everything you need to teach your student
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K - 2nd
Animal Facts Reading Comprehension - Habitats, Classification Science Riddles
Are you teaching about animals? Your students will love building their reading comprehension skills, vocabulary, and collection of science facts with these unique animal fact riddles about habitats, classification, characteristics, and more! You'll love the way this cross-curricular resource reinforces early reading strategies like identifying key details, making inferences, and drawing conclusions!Get riddles for the science topics you love to teach! Click to see this discounted bundle: Scienc
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K - 2nd
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Also included in: Animals Science, Literacy, and Math Cross-Curricular Bundle
OCEAN ANIMALS Comprehension Pack {K, 1st, 2nd & 3rd Grade}
Reading Comprehension Passages & QuestionsFUN INFORMATIONAL TEXT!Close Reading is my favorite thing! Students need explicit instruction and practice with finding evidence in text in order to answer text-dependent questions. These mini lessons teach students to go back to the text in a thoughtful, careful and precise way. The text dependent questions are directly under the text passage. This reinforces students going back to the text for their answer. Colorful posters are also included for wh
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K - 3rd
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Human Body Systems/ Organs Read the Room and Language Arts Activities
This unit includes all you need for a two week study. Informational text covers human body systems, major organs and the names of specific types of doctors. Flip book, vocabulary word wall, three-part cards and activities teach major organs. Printables are appropriate for pre-K, Kindergarten, and First and Second Grade students. Many printables now have two levels to better meet classroom needs. There is a Muscle Movement Lab as well as the Pin The Organ on the Body Game where students can cr
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PreK - 2nd
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Butterflies: A Research and Writing Project
Make learning about butterflies fun and meaningful with these engaging, language-building activities! This research project includes low-prep graphic organizers, labeling, and writing activities to discuss and learn about butterflies while meeting science standards!Lead your students to discuss butterflies while meeting science standards with this science of reading-aligned resource.Here's what you'll get:7 days of suggested lesson plansGraphic organizersRecording sheetsWriting and drawing acti
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PreK - 2nd
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Also included in: Research Project Bundle: SPRING Research and Writing Curriculum
All About Koalas
Are you learning all about Koalas? This 103 page non-fiction information pack is perfect for your Pre-K - Grade 4 students. Included in the pack are a variety of non-fiction information texts, real photographs, graphic organisers, differentiated comprehensions, activities and worksheets. Included in All About Koalas:· Koala Introduction· Where Do Koalas Live· Habitats· What Do Koalas Eat?· What Do Koalas Look Like· Lazy Koalas· Adaptions· Joeys· Life Cycle · Arboreal Animals· Interesting FactsRe
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PreK - 5th
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NGSS:
K-ESS3-1
, 3-LS4-3
, 2-LS4-1
K-2 Science Curriculum & Activities - 10 Next Generation Science Standards Units
Are you looking for engaging science units to help address the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) in kindergarten, first grade, and second grade? This K-2 science curriculum includes hands on science labs, STEM connections, literacy connections and more for each of the themes in the NGSS K-2 standards.Stop worrying about what science lessons to teach each week! I've got you covered. These units are well thought out, planned and ready to go for you. Just follow the plans, print the mate
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K - 2nd
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K-2-ETS1-2
, K-PS3-1
, 1-ESS1-1
, K-2-ETS1-3
, 1-LS1-1
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HURRICANE Close Read {Early Elementary}
FUN with Nonfiction text!Close Reading in the Early Elementary Grades!Close Reading is one of my favorite things! Students need explicit instruction and practice with finding evidence in text in order to answer text-dependent questions. This mini lesson teaches students to go back to the text in a thoughtful, careful and precise way. The text dependent questions are directly under the text passage. This reinforces students going back to the text for their answer. A colorful poster is also includ
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K - 4th
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The Four Seasons PowerPoint Presentations for K-1 and special education
Teach all about the four seasons with four PowerPoint presentations, one on each of the seasons: Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer. Learn about the weather, holidays, activities to do and clothing. This resource ONLY includes the presentations without any additional resources that are included in the full unit. Included with your purchase: *FALL PowerPoint: 19 slides*WINTER PowerPoint: 18 slides*SPRING PowerPoint: 20 slides*SUMMER PowerPoint: 16 slidesInterested in more than just the PowerPoint prese
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K - 2nd
Farm Animals Posters
These farm animal themed posters /anchor charts have been created to assist in building basic vocabulary for animals that would fit into a farmyard theme. They are great for science centres and give focus to your discussion rings. Included in this product are the followingA “Farm Animals” classroom display heading poster.A “Farm Animals” booklet coverA general poster with all 10 farm animals from this setChicken posterCow posterDonkey PosterDuck PosterGoat posterGoose posterHorse posterPig pos
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K
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NGSS:
K-LS1-1
, 1-LS3-1
, 3-LS1-1
Also included in: Farm Animals Theme Posters and cards Bundle
Bubbles! An Inquiry Based Science Unit CCSS Aligned Reading & Writing
***UPDATED JULY 2014***
Bubbles! is an inquiry based science unit for first grade covering the "Practice of Science" focused around hands on experiments, informational/non-fiction reading and writing (aligned to Common Core standard).
My students adored these lessons! They constantly asked if we were doing "bubble stuff". The experiments, reading and writing are wonderfully engaging through inquiry, questioning, observations and discussions.
The Practice of Science teaches students to que
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K - 2nd
Caves & Caverns Facts and Opinions
Students will enjoy learning about caves and caverns, one of nature’s grandest landforms, with these fact and opinions. This unit is perfect for landform lessons and field trips.This unit includes full color and B&W versions.* Fact and Opinion Activity: Facts Sorting Header Page, Opinions Sorting Header Page, 28 sorting cards, Facts Recording Sheet and Opinions Recording Sheet* Graphic Organizers: can/have/are chart, KWL chart, bubble map, and circle map* Common Noun or Proper Noun?: so
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K - 2nd
Weather Activities - Science Riddles - Vocabulary, Inferring, Draw Conclusions
This set of 20 weather and climate riddle cards is an engaging addition to your science teaching. Your students will practice weather vocabulary and build comprehension skills - inferring and drawing conclusions!* To reinforce and extend your science teaching of weather vocabulary * As a whole class or small group activity, to demonstrate how to integrate the information in the clues, draw conclusions, and use information to eliminate incorrect choices* As a pocket chart center matching activity
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K - 2nd
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Also included in: Science Vocabulary Riddle Activities - Animals, Weather, Plants, Ocean
Polar Bears
Polar Bears: This set of 16 PRINT AND GO Polar Bears Talking Picture Cards are filled with real-life pictures and facts. These Polar Bear picture fact cards can be used as writing prompts, to encourage language skills, or to learn about science and nature. Place them on a key ring or index card box for easy storage. Look for more of these real-life "Talking Pictures Series" cards!Talking Picture Series BROWN BEAR / GRIZZLY BEARTalking Picture Series TURKEYSTalking Pictures PENGUINSTalking Pic
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PreK - 6th
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NGSS:
1-LS1-1
, 3-LS4-3
, 2-LS4-1
, K-LS1-1
Arthropods Research and Reports Insects - Scorpions Dragonfly Prawns Beetles
Your kindergarten, first grade and second grade students will have so much fun reading, writing, making books and crafts about five different arthropods: scorpions, prawns, dragonflies, stag beetles and katydids. These nonfiction materials provide the perfect amount of scaffolding so your students can be successful:reading passages with factsgraphic organizerssentence starterswriting papersmini books5 animal craft templatesThis download has everything you need to teach your students through the
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K - 2nd
Animals in Winter | Hibernation, Migration, Adaptation
Animals in Winter (A Non-Fiction Unit)
Hibernation, Migration, and Staying active
This is the ultimate unit to teach your students about what happens to animals in the winter. This unit includes a variety of different activities that are aligned to the Common Core standards. Teach your students about hibernation, migration, and animals that stay active and adapt.
In this unit you will find an informational Animals in Winter mini-book for students, vocabulary activities, fact and opinion,
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K - 2nd
Arctic Habitat Non-Fiction Resources | Close Reads & Informational Text
As I was on the hunt for resources to teach my students about habitats, I realized that there aren't very many out there that include REAL pictures of animals and their environments. To help my students reach the rigorous Common Core State Standards, I want to provide them with non-fiction resources that will connect them to the world around them. This is why I created this Arctic Habitat Non-Fiction pack loaded with real pictures of animals that live in the arctic habitat and true information a
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K - 3rd
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Also included in: Habitat Non-Fiction Resources | Close Reads & Informational Text BUNDLE
Solar Eclipse 2024 Free Worksheets with Editable Color by Code Activity
Make differentiation easy with the editable color by code to celebrate the 2024 Solar Eclipse! Practice missing addends and unscrambling words with the options included in this freebie!***Celebrate the 2024 Solar Eclipse with our engaging unit including exciting math and ELA activities, decodable books, interactive teaching slides, writing prompts, adorable crafts, viewer instructions, party ideas, and so much more!2024 Solar Eclipse UnitClick on the ✮ beside my store name to add me to your favo
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PreK - 1st
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1-ESS1-1
Ocean Habitat Non-Fiction Resources | Close Reads & Informational Text
As I was on the hunt for resources to teach my students about habitats, I realized that there aren't very many out there that include REAL pictures of animals and their environments. To help my students reach the rigorous Common Core State Standards, I want to provide them with non-fiction resources that will connect them to the world around them. This is why I created this Ocean Habitat Non-Fiction pack loaded with real pictures of animals that live in the ocean habitat and true information abo
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K - 3rd
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Also included in: Habitat Non-Fiction Resources | Close Reads & Informational Text BUNDLE
Habitat Non-Fiction Resources | Close Reads & Informational Text BUNDLE
The bundle has finally arrived and is jam packed with over 240 pages of non-fiction resources for teaching about habitats. I struggled to find resources for teaching about the arctic, desert, ocean, and forest habitats that included REAL pictures and information for my students, so I made my own! Here's what's included in this bundle:Each habitat pack in this bundle includes:Vocabulary cards includes a word card, a definition card, and a picture cardLarge posters featuring real pictures of each
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K - 3rd
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