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Free 3rd grade science assessments
Nonfiction Text Features - Reading Passages Worksheet - Butterfly Life Cycle
⭐️ READING MEETS SCIENCE ⭐️ Are you looking for a resource to help you teach and assess text features? Do you want to tie in your literacy instruction with your current science content, the life cycle of a butterfly? Look no further! This download is a FREE SAMPLE of my Text Feature Identification and Nonfiction Comprehension product line. WHAT'S INSIDE THE FULL PRODUCT?12 Passage Topics:States of MatterRock CycleTypes of CloudsMoon PhasesEarth's WaterSharksFrog Life CycleButterfly Life CycleAn
Grades:
2nd - 4th
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Rocks and Minerals: Reading Comprehension Passage Preview FREEBIE
Looking for reading passages about rocks and minerals? Look no further! Enjoy this preview of my complete Rocks and Minerals Non-Fiction Passages set! Click HERE for the complete set of FIVE differentiated passages! This Preview includes: ★ 1 differentiated reading passage (an above level option & an on/below level option)Choice of passage + differentiated open-ended questionsChoice of passage + four OR six multiple choice questions (depending on level)1 Writing Prompt1 Grading Rubrics for
Grades:
3rd - 4th
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NGSS:
4-ESS1-1
Landform and Body of Water FREE Cut and Paste Match
Students cut and paste pictures of landforms and bodies of water with their name. Color coded by landforms (white pieces) and bodies of water (gray pieces). Answer key is included!
Landforms included:
-mountain
-valley
-plateau
-plain
-hill
-island
Bodies of Water
-ocean
-lake
-pond
-river
Answer Key Included
Clipart by:
Ashley Hughes and Scrappin Doodles
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Grades:
K - 3rd
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The Water Cycle-Cut and Paste
This fun cut and paste activity will really help you assess your child's knowledge on The Water Cycle! I have designed it to be on larger paper for easier labeling and coloring. The page size is legal landscape or 14 x 8.5 so please make sure you have that paper size before printing!
I have included the following stages in the activity:
evaporation
condensation
precipitation
accumulation/collection
surface run off
transpiration
You can see from the preview that the cycle starts on the far ri
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
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Winter Dangerous Weather Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Passages Activities
Looking for high-interest nonfiction reading passages to strengthen your students' reading comprehension? Students will learn and think critically about hazardous ice storms with this nonfiction article and reflection activities.These activities are perfect for close reading, test prep, or any time!Your students will practice gathering important information as they read science content as an informational text aligned with NGSS standards.This pack is part of the Weather and Climate Close Reading
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3rd - 5th
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Physical vs. Chemical Change {FREE cut & paste activity}
Are you looking for a quick way to assess your students understanding of chemical or physical changes? If so then this freebie might be just the thing you're looking for.
With this FREEBIE, you will receive a sheet with a total of 12 pictures that provide examples of both physical and chemical changes. Your students task will then be to cut out all 12 pictures and glue the examples of physical changes onto a recording sheet labeled "Physical Changes". They will then repeat the same procedure f
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Grades:
2nd - 4th
Potential and Kinetic Energy
This is a 14 page freebie to help you teach, review, and assess potential and kinetic energy.This packet contains the following:12 Question Assessment with Answer Key2 page Study GuidePlan Your Own Roller Coaster Activity6 Different PostersThis is a great supplement to any science textbook and provides that extra instruction needed to do well on the state assessment.
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2nd - 4th
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Exit Ticket EDITABLE TEMPLATE
Create your own exit ticket for ANY subject using this template! Add in your learning objective, question(s), and you're good to go! Have students check in with their level of understanding by circling one of the thumbs. I used this at the end of my math block and it really helped me to figure out if they got the concept or not, and to see their perspective on their own learning. Enjoy! Make sure to give feedback :)
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Grades:
K - 12th
{Free} Graphic Novel (Comic Book) Templates
This is a blank Graphic Novel (comic book) Template that can be used across all curriculum areas. Having students create a graphic novel page (or pages) is a great way to assess a student's understanding of a subject in a non-traditional way. All pages can be flipped upside down for a total of six different page layouts.
Students can illustrate a trip through the solar system, the track food takes through the digestive system, or many other topics. Using art is a great way to assess students
Grades:
3rd - 5th
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Force and Motion fill-in-the-blank
This is a summary of the 4th grade Science Unit 8 on Force and Motion in the Harcourt Series. I'm adding it to the Unit Test included in the textbook.
Vocabulary included:
force
motion
speed
acceleration
direction
velocity
gravity
reference point
position
Be sure to rate this activity and follow me for more activities.
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
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Landforms Foldable Activity Freebie
Make learning landforms fun and interactive! This science activity will help your elementary students during instruction while they decorate your classroom.Included:• 4 different coloring pages that include: mountains, hills, valley, volcano, beach, dune, plateau, canyon, and a cliff.If you enjoy this activity, you might also like:The United States and Capitals Geography Review Activities and Assessment BundleThe United States and Capitals Geography Review ActivitiesThe United States and Capita
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3rd - 6th
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An Introduction to Science 2nd Grade Reading Comprehension Passages & Questions
The practice of science nonfiction reading passages allows integration of the content area of science into reading! Your students will learn what science is, all about science tools, how scientists think, all about scientific inquiry, and they will participate in a bonus science experiment. Print Version.Getting to EVERYTHING can be so difficult. Short informational passages can help a busy teacher cover informational text standards as well as cover important science concepts. This packet can be
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Grades:
2nd - 3rd
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Frog Life Cycle FREEBIE
Frog Life Cycle Freebie: Have your students practice describing, labeling, illustrating, and ordering the frog life cycle with this fun freebie!
Included:
-Life cycle cut and paste
-Procedural writing about the frog life cycle
Enjoy!
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Grades:
PreK - 3rd
Acquired and Inherited Traits Packet *Quiz, Activity, & Study Guide*
This is a 12 page packet on acquired and inherited traits.
This packet contains the following:
Study Guide
A Sort Activity
9 Question Quiz
Answer Key for Quiz
Foldable *3 Different Versions*
This is a great supplement to any science textbook and provides that extra instruction needed to do well on the state assessment.
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
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Potential vs. Kinetic Energy {Free cut & paste activity}
Are you looking for a quick way to assess your students understanding of potential or kinetic energy? If so then this freebie might be just the thing you're looking for.
With this FREEBIE, you will receive a sheet with a total of 12 pictures that provide examples of both potential and kinetic energy. Your students task will then be to cut out all 12 pictures and glue the examples of potential energy onto a recording sheet labeled "Potential Energy". They will then repeat the same procedure for
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Weather and Climate Vocabulary Activities
Students will enjoy engaging weather and climate vocabulary practice while using this resource. Includes a word search, word scramble, and vocabulary matching about key vocabulary I will teach during this unit. No prep is perfect for last minute sub plans, homework, centers, or review! Vocabulary included:air pressurecloudshumidityspringvaneaxisforecastorbitsummersnowatmosphereequatorprecipitationwinterrainclimatewarm frontautumnweathersatelliteanemometerdroughtmeteorologisttemperaturethermomete
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
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Graduated Cylinders - Measuring the Volume of a Liquid {FREEBIE}
Having a hard time finding assessments for measuring the volume of a liquid? I always pair this assessment with real, hands-on practice in the classroom. I’ve also used it to introduce this topic with the assessment first so the students know how to read the graduated cylinders before you give them one with water in it. There are 6 questions on this one page assessment and an answer document that goes with it. You can use them as exit tickets, homework, class practice, final assessments or in a
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Grades:
3rd - 9th
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Fossils and Rock Layers Worksheet (also formatted for Digital)
Students will analyze fossils in rock layers and draw conclusions. No-prep needed.
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS1-4
, 4-ESS1-1
, 3-LS4-1
, MS-LS4-1
Also included in: Fossils and Rock Layers Mega-Bundle! (4-ESS1-1)
Animal Adaptation Adventure
This project is both a writing and science project geared for 3rd and 4th graders. It can be used as a final assessment after an ecosystem, habitat, animal adaptation, or life science unit. Is nice to have the support of your school librarian for research time slots, but can easily be done in the classroom by collecting sources for students to research in their homeroom.Even if you are in a hybrid or online setting, a variety of options are available to use this activity in your classroom.
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Grades:
3rd - 4th
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Independent and Dependent Variable Practice Worksheet with KEY
This engaging worksheet will help students develop an understanding of independent and dependent variables with relevant, clear examples such as "If students spend more time using TikTok, then they will read fewer books" and "Taking a nap in the afternoon makes people more focused for the rest of the day." This worksheet can serve as an introduction to variables or as a study guide/practice worksheet. In my experience, this worksheet even prompted some fun debate/conversations from my classes ov
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Grades:
3rd - 11th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
Exit Tickets - blank - EDITABLE
Exit tickets are great for assessing if students understood the lesson! Take 3-5 minutes at the end of every class and see whether you students got it. I usually use just 1-2 questions, projected on the smart board, and the students answer to their best ability.
Here is a page with 4 blank Exit Ticket forms. Edit in Powerpoint to make it your own!
Great for any grade level, any subject!
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Grades:
PreK - 12th
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Seed Observation Journal - Free
Hello Teaching Friends
Here is a great resource for you to use during your plant unit! Students will write and draw observations from their plants. They will also have a space where they will record how long or big their plant is.
Enjoy!
Grades:
K - 4th
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Magnet Mini-book Template
Magnet Unit Mini-book. Small fold and cut book to go along with a magnet unit. Students fill in the answers on each page, and label the book with their name. Talks about how magnets attract, repel, what kinds of objects attract and do not attract magnets, and magnetic poles. Answer key is included. Instructions for how to fold and cut a mini-book can be found on Google or YouTube. No stapling or gluing required!
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
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Exit Tickets for Any Subject
Exit slips are a fantastic way to have students reflect after learning. They are also a quick way to assess students' knowledge and understanding.Have students complete the exit slip at the end of class. This file includes many different types to choose from, so that you can choose the one that best suits your classroom.
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Grades:
1st - 6th
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