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Free 2nd grade science worksheets
All About Plants Freebie - Parts of a Plant, Plant Life Cycle, What Plants Need
Learning about plants? Use these handouts to learn, label, sort, and discover the basics about plants!
The freebie includes three different activities focused on the following:
Parts of a Plant
Life Cycle of a Plant
What Plants Need
Each activity has been differentiated and includes a higher level and lower level version.
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PreK - 2nd
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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
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2nd - 4th
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Solar Eclipse 2024 Word Search Activity | Secret Message | FREEBIE
Teach your students about the Solar Eclipse 2024 event this April with this fun and easy solar eclipse word search activity! Engage your students by challenging them to find the secret hidden message! The hidden message will be formed using the remaining letters to fill in the blanks after finding all the words.This NO-PREP April word search covers 15 common vocabulary words related to the solar eclipse and is great for introducing students to this special event, as a follow-up activity centre,
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K - 6th
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Matter ~ Solids, Liquids, & Gases Sorting Worksheet
A matter sorting activity where your students will be able to identify a solid, liquid, or gas. This is a great activity to use with verbal and nonverbal students at
all levels.
This was created as a supportive and/or independent sorting activity to go along with this book. Matter~Solids, Liquids, & Gases Adapted Book
Check out other products in my Matter Unit:
~Matter~Solids, Liquids, & Gases Emergent Reader
~Matter~Solids, Liquids, & Gases Sorting Activity
~Matter~Solids, L
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PreK - 5th
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Back to School Activities | FREEBIE | STEAM Activities | Saving Fred
This is a great back-to-school activity for team building in the classroom! Fred, the worm, was riding in the boat when it tipped over! He is stuck on top of the boat and doesn’t know how to swim. Lucky for him, he brought a life preserver. Your students will help Fred get the life preserver by only using the four paper clips given to you. They cannot touch the worm, the boat, or the life preserver.
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2nd - 4th
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Also included in: Back to School Activities BUNDLE | 8 Classroom Activities
Spring Science Writing Activities - Caterpillar, Butterfly, Frog Life Cycle
This FREE Spring Science Pack Sampler is perfect for your spring life science study on chickens, butterflies, frogs, and flowers. It has 8-pages of sample activities from the Spring Life Science Bundle!Teach students about spring topics with flower, chicken, frog, and butterfly posters and activities. Discuss what you know and want to know about flowers before doing your research. Students can complete the ‘are, can, have’ sort about chickens, label the parts of a caterpillar, and complete a fro
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1st - 4th
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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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K - 3rd
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FREE Zoo Animals Research Report - Tiger Reports - Nonfiction Read and Writing
This nonfiction unit about tigers will guide your students through reading, taking notes, writing and even making a book and craft! Whether you are having students write animal reports, or your class is getting ready for a trip to the zoo, this FREE animal report kit will have them excited to learn all about tigers.This easy to use format is predictable for students and has them focus on the keywords: are, have, can, eat, live and like. The coordinating note-taking and writing forms are geared
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K - 2nd, Adult Education
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Life Cycle of a Frog - FREE
Life Cycle of a FrogThis freebie includes:1. One cut and paste practice page for students to sequence the Life Cycle of a Frog.2. The Life Cycle of a Frog half-page book (6 pages).*************************************************************************Thank you so much for stopping by my store and looking. Please don't forget to follow my store for the latest updates on new products and sales. ☺ I truly appreciate your support and love hearing your feedback. ***********************************
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PreK - 2nd
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Alphabet Nature Walk (Freebie) Scavenger Hunt / Outdoor ABC's
Get your learners outside for some outdoor education with an Alphabet ABC's Nature Walk Scavenger Hunt!A “nature walk” is essentially a scavenger hunt outside in nature, where your children/students will go outside, walk through nature, and look for these ABC items on a walk! These NO PREP pdf file Alphabet Nature Walk sheets are a great way to get young learners introduced to different animals, plants, and aspects of nature, and also reinforcing science and nature terms in older learners. This
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PreK - 5th
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Also included in: Nature Walk BUNDLE / Four Seasons + ABC + Nature Scavenger Hunt
Plant Life Cycle In Order
This is a worksheet where children will put the life cycle of a plant in order. Color and black & white version.
This was based on a worksheet found at http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GXuoZgJqPTw/T-FOyorbE2I/AAAAAAAABfY/0HJpobCEGU0/s1600/Plant+in+order.jpg. I recreated it to correct a typo. Some images are from said Web site and some are from Google Images.
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PreK - 2nd
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FREE Plant Life Cycle Reading Passage with Comprehension Questions
This file is a short reading passage about the life cycle of a plant, complete with graphics of a seed going through the steps in the life cycle. There is a short five question true or false quiz at the bottom of the passage.
This product goes along well with my plants unit plan:
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Plants-Unit-Plan-for-Primary-Grades
Learn what's going on in my classroom:
http://thefirstgradescoop.blogspot.com/
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K - 2nd
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Earth Day Activities | Free Earth Day Printables
Are you hoping to help students understand realistic ways that they can help care for Earth? These free Earth Day Activities are the perfect way to get your students talking about concepts such as reduce, reuse, and recycle. The activities are ready to print and go so it's easy prep for you! Earth Day Activities include:Short reading selection about Earth Day (Lexile-700)Comprehension question sheet to accompany reading passageEarth Day poster for students to completeYou can also find other scie
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1st - 4th
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Butterfly Life Cycle Reading Comprehension Worksheet and Cut and Paste
This product has a passage explaining the butterfly life cycle, 5 multiple choice questions, and a cut and paste activity of the life cycle. I've included a color and black and white version, as well as a key. INCLUDES:Passage (500-600 Lexile)5 multiple choice questionsCut and Paste ActivityIncludes BW and Color VersionKey IncludedPart of my Animal Life Cycles BundleYOU MAY ALSO LIKE:Rabbit Life CycleGroundhog Life CycleReindeer Life CyclePenguin Life CycleTurkey Life CycleSpider Life CycleBat L
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2nd - 4th
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FREE Science Sorting Activities: Science Tools
Have students learn the basics of science tools with this freebie!
Includes:
- Table Tent Prediction Cards
- Picture Card Sort (guided practice)
- KWL Chart
- Can-Have-Are Chart
-ABC Order: Key Terms
- Vocabulary Graphic Organizers
- Science Safety Tools Writing Activity
- Assessment
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PreK - 2nd
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Geography Packet: Continents, Oceans, & Hemispheres
GEOGRAPHY PACKET: Choose from eight OCEANS and CONTINENTS practice sheets - all ready made for you. NOTE: The packet is updated to include the FIVE main oceans: Arctic, Atlantic, Indian, Pacific, Southern), and an ANSWER KEY to the Geography Packet (excluding the poetry pages). Currently the GEOGRAPHY PACKET Consists of:* the seven continents* the five main oceans * directions - N, S, E, W* hemispheres - northern, southern, eastern, western * labeling maps* answer keys (excludes two poetry page
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2nd - 4th
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{Freebie!} Butterfly Life Cycle (cut & paste)
Here's a cute freebie to use with your butterfly life cycle unit! There's no reading involved, so it's suitable for a variety of grades/abilities. Simply cut the pictures and paste in order to sequence the butterfly's life cycle.
This will be part of a larger butterfly life cycle packet. Check it out!
Butterfly Life Cycle Packet
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K - 3rd
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Life Cycle of a Bean Plant Reading Comprehension Worksheet
This passage briefly describes the life cycle of a bean plant. 3 multiple choice questions assess students' understanding. I've included a color and black and white version, as well as a key. Part of my Life Cycle BundleINCLUDES:Informational text 500-600 Lexile3 questions- multiple choiceColor and B/W versionsKey YOU MAY ALSO LIKE:Bean Plant Cut and PasteRabbit Life CycleGroundhog Life CycleReindeer Life CyclePenguin Life CycleTurkey Life CycleSpider Life CycleBat Life CycleLife Cycle of a Sea
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2nd - 4th
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Free Solar System Activity Packet | Planet Labeling, Writing Activity, Matching
If you’re looking for a free collection of space coloring pages and worksheets, I’ve got some printable space freebies here for you to download and enjoy. This is a great way to teach kids about outer space. Add this to your solar system or space lesson plans. Perfect for preschool and Kindergarten ages all the way through 5th grade.This free Solar System Mini Activity Packet will keep your kids entertained for hours. It includes pages for naming and coloring in the planets, a fun astronaut maze
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1st - 4th
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Also included in: Space Learning Bundle of Activities
FREEBIE PENGUINS Passage for Close Reading with Comprehension Questions
Kids love learning about animals. This non-fiction reading passage on PENGUINS includes vocabulary work, comprehension, notetaking, and expository or informational writing! Use during guided reading or whole class instruction. This could be used for first, second, or third grade. Perfect for a BIRDS unit or WINTER ANIMALS unit. This includes: 1-page passagevocabulary cards vocabulary worksheetcomprehension questionspenguin life cyclemap of penguin habitatswebeat/can/have graphic organizerinforma
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1st - 3rd
FREE 101 ANIMAL VOCABULARY Word Search Puzzle Worksheet Activity
Kids always love finding something. Let's challenge your students to look for 101 animals hidden in this word search puzzle. The 101 animal vocabulary words are: Alligator, ant, badger, bat, bear, bee, beetle, butterfly, camel, centipede, chicken, chimpanzee, clams, cockroach, coral, cormorant, cow, coyote, crab, crow, deer, dog, dolphin, dove, dragonfly, ducks, eagle, elephant, elk, fish, flamingo, fly, fox, frog, giraffe, goat, goldfish, goose, gorilla, grasshopper, hamster, hare, hawk, hedgeh
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2nd - 9th
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October FREEBIE: Bats Closed Reading Leveled Passage: Google Slides™ & PDF
THIS FREEBIE IS A SAMPLE OF OUR 5 STAR OCTOBER CLOSE READING UNIT 20 Leveled Passages with activities. Digital Resource: Google Slides™ & PDF Ready!OCTOBER UNIT, NATIONAL PIZZA MONTH, HALLOWEEN SAFETY, SPIDERS, PUMPKIN PIE, AND MORE!This FREEBIE has a full week of activities along with differentiated reading. The passage is written at four levels that range from high first to mid fifth grade. This gift to you can be used for standards based grading, weekly homework, guided reading, or quic
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2nd - 4th
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PUMPKIN LIFE CYCLE
This activity sheet will take you through the life cycle of a pumpkin. It is a great way to teach sequence and life cycles. Just label the steps of the pumpkin life cycle and color. It's easy for students to complete and a great assessment for you! The Goal:To be able to identify the stages of the life cycle of a pumpkin. Who will like Pumpkin Life Cycle?Students will love putting the life cycle of a pumpkin in order with this activity sheet. Goes with any lesson about the life cycle of a p
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K - 2nd
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FREE Ocean Animals Activities | Ocean Animals Kindergarten | Ocean Animal Unit
Freebie ~ Ocean Animals! This is a sea turtle sample taken from my Ocean Unit. If you like this, the entire unit can be found at the green link below:Ocean Animals Unit!This freebie includes:* A sea turtle addition game* Sea turtle dot to dot* Sea turtle journal page* Sea turtle factsThe entire unit includes:Ocean Animals Word Wall Cards p. 2-6 * definitions ~ reptile, mammal, invertebrate, fish* ocean animal pictures ~ jellyfish, octopus, sea turtle, dolphin, whale, shark* Key as to which categ
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K - 2nd
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