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6th grade science Common Core W.5.2b resources
Rocks and Minerals, Types of Rocks, The Rock Cycle Worksheets & Reading Passages
Are you looking for rocks and minerals worksheets that cover igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks with no additional prep? This rock cycle introduction practice set of activities and non-fiction reading comprehension passages are easy to use and your students will love the variety. Learn the types of rocks and minerals through observations, writing prompts, non-fiction rocks and minerals reading comprehension passages (print & Google Forms options), and more. Including the rock cycle.
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Rocks and Minerals Unit
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Planet Research Project [Print & Go]
Students love to learn about our solar system! This research is perfect to teach students to research a topic and write a five-paragraph paper. Students will love that they are given choice in this project. You will love that you can just print and go and be ready to conduct research and fact-based writing with your students.What's Included in this Resource? Teaching Notes/ Pacing GuidePlanet Research Pages Writing Graphic Organizers For Introductory and Closing Paragraphs Paragraph Outlines (T-
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3rd - 6th
Types of Volcanoes Activity
Students will erupt with excitement when they work on this fun and flashy circlebook activity that examines three types of volcanoes! Fifteen mix-n-match templates feature ready-to-color illustrations of a Cinder Cone, a Composite Cone, and a Shield Volcano, complete with keys. For longer circle books, students can fill in additional templates with vocabulary words, create pages of volcano facts, research types of lava or the formation of volcanoes, or write a creative story about exploring a vo
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3rd - 8th
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Weathering and Erosion Worksheets Activities Reading Passages and Assessments
Struggling to find age-appropriate weathering and erosion worksheets for upper elementary students? These reading comprehension passages and activities are perfect for your weathering and erosion unit. With these no-prep activities, just print, and use in class. What’s the difference between weathering and erosion? Your students will know by the time they complete this set of activities. Learn erosion vs weathering through compare and contrast, cut and paste activity, flip book, writing prompts
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Weathering and Erosion Worksheets Bundle
Animal Research Report Templates Project
Need to assign your students an animal research report project? These print and digital (google slides) animal research report templates will scaffold the research writing process. This pack features both U.S. Spellings and British English in Flipbook Templates, Rubrics, Checklists, and Vocabulary Flashcards included. Resource OverviewScaffold the writing of an Informational Report on an animal of choice or one from 10 animal groups with this bundled pack both in print and digital format (google
Endangered Animals Infographic - Endangered Species Project with Google Slides
Are you looking for an endangered animal project that allows for creativity while teaching students how to research and organize information? This Low Prep endangered animal infographic includes a how-to video walking students through the process, a Google slide template with icons, and a rubric. There is also an example of an informative essay on an endangered species along with rubrics for the written essay and an oral presentation.Please click the PREVIEW to see what is included in this ready
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5th - 8th
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5-ESS3-1
, MS-LS2-4
, MS-LS2-1
Snow Day Packet for Upper Grades (Digital & Print Versions)
The Upper-Grade Snow Day Digital & Print Packet is the answer to your prayers on an unexpected snow day! Everything your students will need to have an education-filled day from the comfort of their own home all assigned digitally or physically!You will get:3 different Language Arts lesson plans with accompanying worksheets tailored to each grade level (prefixes & suffixes, similes, and parts of speech)3 expertly leveled reading passages with comprehension questions to get your students w
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3rd - 6th
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Citing Evidence: Informational Text Dependent Questions "Plant Reproduction"
Are you looking for a text resource that requires students to state a claim and use TWO details to support their answer in short response questions? This is the resource for you! This informational text on plant reproduction is written at two Lexile ranges (900-990 range and 670-770 range) for differentiation. The text is accompanied by six multiple choice questions and two short response questions that require stating a claim and using two text details to support the claim.Click Here to save on
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Citing Evidence: Informational Text Dependent Questions Season Bundle
Inventions STEM Activities Bundle
Inventors and Inventions are so fun to learn about! Are you looking for fun STEM activities that your students will enjoy as they learn about inventions that changed our world? These STEM Activities connect to history, economics, research, and design challenges. Connecting fun children's literature and researching inventions gives students an insight to how and why different things were invented. Many economics concepts can be connected with these challenges. Students will compare entrepreneur
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3rd - 6th
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3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Force and Motion Reading Comprehension & Writing | Science ELA 4th 5th Grade
Let's teach reading comprehension and writing skills while building knowledge about how we used magnets, friction in sports, and how turbines work with this SciencELA unit designed for 4th and 5th grade students.What will I love?12 original complex grade-level textsEye-catching designOptional Google Slides provided with editable pages for recording informationQuality use of direct instruction and modelingExamples and Daily Guide providedUseful in-class or through synchronous virtual instructionW
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4th - 6th
Snow Day Packet for Upper Grades (Print Version)
The Upper-Grade Snow Day Packet is the answer to your prayers on an unexpected snow day! Everything your students will need to have an education-filled day from the comfort of their own home!You will get:3 different Language Arts lesson plans with accompanying worksheets tailored to each grade level (prefixes & suffixes, similes, and parts of speech)3 expertly leveled reading passages with comprehension questions to get your students working on their reading skillsHands-on science experiment
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Snow Day Packet for Upper Grades (Digital & Print Versions)
Wacky Animals Informative Writing Mini-Unit
One thing that I love about the new Common Core Standards is that they ask for students to writing regular short pieces of writing throughout the year in the three main writing disciplines: narrative, argument/opinion and informative.
The mini-unit I have created here asks for students to write an in-depth profile or report about a wacky animal. Kids love animals and bring some great background knowledge about them. This allows them to focus on the research and the writing, rather than deciph
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4th - 7th
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Endangered Species Research & Informative Writing | Project BUNDLE
☆ Includes GOOGLE SLIDES + PRINTABLE versions! ☆ Do your students enjoy learning about endangered species? Are you getting ready for Earth Day? Teaching young learners about conservation has never been more essential!With these resources, students will research and prepare an expository/informative report on an endangered species of their choice! This BUNDLE includes: 1. Endangered Species & Conservation ResearchResearch templates for 30 threatened species from the IUCN Red ListBlank researc
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4th - 7th
Mixtures Six Ways of Separation Notes | Activity Pack | Scenarios
Ready to learn about the different ways to separate mixtures? Help enhance student learning of centrifugation, distillation, filtration, evaporation, chromatography, and magnetism with mixtures. This 30-page packet contains no prep reading worksheets, activities, interactive notes, posters, and a color-by-number. Plus, every activity (and the notes) has digital compatibility. You can use it online in Google Slides™, Google Sheets™, and Google Jamboard™.This packet includes:• color by number acti
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5th - 7th
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5-PS1-2
DESERT ANIMALS REPORT: INFORMATIVE WRITING: RESEARCH TEMPLATES PRINT & DIGITAL
⭐ 22 Boom Cards now included: Identifying desert animals (pre-research)⭐⭐Print and Digital Desert Animal Report File (Google Slides) included. Link in Pdf.⭐⭐⭐Separate sheets featuring U.S. Spellings and British English in Flipbook Templates, Rubrics, Checklists, and Vocabulary Flashcards included.***********************************************************************Scaffold the writing of an Informational Report on 30 desert animals with this bundled pack of templates both in print and digital
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2nd - 6th
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Also included in: Animal Research Templates Animal Reports Bundle Print & Digital
Ocean Animals Reading Passages & Writing | Science ELA Adaptations 4th 5th Grade
Let's teach reading comprehension and writing skills while building knowledge about ocean exploration, deep sea animal adaptations, and ocean migration with this SciencELA unit designed for 4th and 5th grade students.What will I love?12 original complex grade-level textsEye-catching designOptional Google Slides provided with editable pages for recording informationQuality use of direct instruction and modelingExamples and Daily Guide providedUseful in-class or through synchronous virtual instruc
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4th - 6th
BUNDLE A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel & Film Study Unit (editable)
About this Unit & NovelThis is a Common Core-aligned literature study unit for use with the graphic novel, A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel, adapted from Madeleine L’Engle’s 1963 Newberry-winner by Hope Larson. The lessons and activities here span the curriculum, from vocabulary building and literary analysis, to creative writing and argument building to side trips into some of the STEM concepts that surface in the novel. Prompts appear in order of complexity, and simplified language app
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4th - 7th
Podcast on Social Responsibility & Activism - STEAM Research Project + Checklist
A great introduction to podcasting (podcast creation), for both upper elementary and middle school students! This resource helps students (and their partners) create a podcast project, guiding them step-by-step through their research, creation, and reflection processes.What's included in this purchase:4-page teacher guide NEW! - digital & printable9-page Google Slides™ student document - digital & fillable1 printable version of the student document - printable pdfExtra evaluation rubrics
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4th - 9th
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Animal Research Project Writing Report Activity Template Google Slides Resource
Let students present their animal research projects in a polished presentation with this fun digital resource that includes both Google Slides and PowerPoint formats. This includes both slides for when they are gathering information and for presenting their published work. I will list the slide types below or you can view the preview. There are many slides to choose, and simply delete the ones not wanted.Students will add text and insert images in the slides. If students are not familiar with i
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2nd - 6th
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Dream Vacation - Travel Projects & PBL
Driving Question:How can you plan the perfect dream vacation?Description:Using a budget of $15,000, students create their dream vacation in this real world cross-curricular project. This project will require them to do internet research, allocate resources, calculate the cost of the trip, convert currencies, and learn the geography and climate of a new area. Core areas of reading, writing, and speaking and listening are covered, as well as calculations and presenting information in graphs and ma
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: PBL Bundle (Grade 5) - In Collaboration with A.J. Juliani - 26 Projects!
Symbiosis Reading Passages & Writing | Science 4th Grade 5th Grade
Let's teach reading comprehension and writing skills while building knowledge about species interactions through competition. mutualism, and parasitism with this SciencELA unit designed for 4th and 5th grade students.What will I love?12 original complex grade-level textsEye-catching designOptional Google Slides provided with editable pages for recording informationQuality use of direct instruction and modelingExamples and Daily Guide providedWhat does this resource come with?This resource includ
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4th - 6th
Esperanza Rising Novel Study Supplement - Nonfiction Close Reading Passages
Increase the rigor of any Esperanza Rising Novel Study Unit with this Close Reading Supplement!The Close Reading Passages let students dive deep into a close read, make annotations, and practice comprehension skills like using text evidence, identifying main idea and details, developing inferences, and using context clues to determine the meaning of vocabulary. Plus, students practice citing evidence from multiple sources while making text-to-text connections with the Literature Connection essa
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4th - 6th
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Science Morning Work Prompts
This set includes 10 weeks of daily thought-provoking science journal prompts. These prompts are a great way to integrate science, math, research skills, and writing. Your download will include a PowerPoint presentation of prompts and an answer key. Try out 1 week free! The preview includes all of week #1!I like using these prompts as "welcome work" when students first come in to class, but there are many other ways you could incorporate these prompts: science centers, homework, early finishers,
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4th - 8th
Number the Stars Novel Study Supplement - Nonfiction Close Reading Passages
Increase the rigor of any Number the Stars Novel Study Unit with this Close Reading Supplement!The Close Reading Passages let students dive deep into a close read, make annotations, and practice comprehension skills like using text evidence, identifying main idea and details, developing inferences, and using context clues to determine the meaning of vocabulary. Plus, students practice citing evidence from multiple sources while making text-to-text connections with the Literature Connection essa
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4th - 6th
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