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Study skills science Common Core RL.2.1 resources
Goldilocks STEM Activity - Goldilocks and the Three Bears STEM Challenges
What do you get when you combine fairy tales and STEM? A fun, hands-on STEM Tale! This fairy tale with a twist guides students through the engineering design process to create a new bed for Goldilocks. The storybook can be read aloud together. Students will complete it as they work through the STEM activity.The STEM ActivityYour students will help Baby Bear build Goldilocks a new bed of her own! In this story, there is a bit of a twist that will tap into SEL topics like empathy.What You'll Get:T
Grades:
K - 3rd
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-PS2-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
Dinosaurs Literacy and Science Unit
Dinosaurs Literacy and Science UnitThis huge dinosaur unit will surely be a hit with your students. This dinosaur unit is over 164 pages and includes everything you need for a wonderful science and literacy unit. Dinosaur Activities-A dinosaur nonfiction book, with pictures of realistic dinosaurs, filled with facts and vocabulary words on dinosaurs. This book would be great to display on your smartboard and read together with the class. -A true
Grades:
1st - 4th
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FAIRY TALE STEM Activity Challenges BUNDLE Family STEM Night and Homeschool STEM
These fairy tale STEM activities bring a classic story alive in a hands-on way, exploring force and motion, sound, measurement, kinetic and potential energy, and more using the engineering design process to creatively problem solve. ⭐ Students will join characters like Goldilocks, Rapunzel, and Jack and the Beanstalk on 12 engineering adventures, with 48 STEM activities included. They will be challenged to use their problem-solving skills to help the characters solve an engineering dilemma! ⭐Stu
Grades:
K - 3rd
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
SPIDERS Reading, Writing, Science, Nonfiction Activities | Halloween
This spider unit is FULL of Creepy Crawly FUN and perfect for October and the weeks leading up to Halloween! It is print and go and includes EVERYTHING you need to to engage your students in a hands-on learning experience. The unit includes science, literacy, art, math, and writing connections. Inside you will find reading response sheets, interactive notebook pages, informative writing, science activities (structures and functions, defenses, life cycle, habitat, offspring), google slide informa
Subjects:
Grades:
1st - 2nd
NGSS:
1-LS1-1
, 1-LS1-2
, 2-LS4-1
Diary of a Worm Read Aloud - Reading Activities - Reading Comprehension
This "Diary of a Worm" printable or digital interactive read-aloud lesson plan pack includes rigorous text dependent questions, differentiated graphic organizers, response to text writing activities, a craftivity, and detailed lesson plans. These "Diary of a Worm" activities will help you meet several core standards while maintaining your tradition of reading aloud for pleasure. You will guide students to use evidence from the text to deepen their understanding of the story and respond in meanin
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Grades:
1st - 2nd
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Also included in: Read Alouds Bundle - Reading Comprehension - A Year of Read Alouds
Crankenstein Read Aloud - Halloween STEM Activities - Reading Comprehension
These Crankenstein read aloud activities are perfect for teaching reading comprehension skills to young learners. These Crankenstein read aloud activities are print and go, FUN, cover tons of standards and include a STEM activity with a fun challenge. Students love Crankenstein's humorous experiences and these fun book companion activities will keep them super engaged.Our interactive read-aloud lesson plan is designed to be taught over multiple lessons. This allows students an opportunity to div
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Grades:
K - 2nd
Types:
Rapunzel Fairy Tale STEM Activity ⚙️ Engineering ⚙️ Rapunzel Escapes the Tower
Once upon a time...Rapunzel decided she could rescue herself! Your students will work collaboratively while following the engineering design process in this fairy tale STEM activity. They will help Rapunzel build an escape path so she can get out of her tower and see the world. She can do it herself (with your students' help)!✅ What You'll Get ✅Instructions and sample images8-page story book that guides students through the engineering design process (Ask - Imagine - Plan - Create - Improve). Th
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
...
All About Worms | Reading Comprehension, Writing, Science, Spring Activities
Use this week long worm unit to ENGAGE your students as you learn about structures and functions of living things, habitats, behavior of offspring, and much more. This lesson incorporates reading comprehension, writing, and science. This unit is full of hands-on fun and is perfect for spring, Earth Day, or a fun Worm Theme Day for the end of the school year countdown. Included in this unit:Lesson Plans Book Ideas: Diary of a Worm and Wiggling Worms at WorkWorms have/are/need Worm hatsWorm obser
Subjects:
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Types:
NGSS:
1-LS3-1
Also included in: Thematic Units for the YEAR | Literacy and Math Activities
Rainforest| Rainforest Animals, Layers of the Rainforest | Reading and Writing
This unit is jam packed with rainforest fun!! It includes everything you need to engage your students as they explore and experience life in the rainforest. Learn about the rainforest layers, macaw, toucan, sloth, red-eyed tree frog, poison dart frog and so much more. I have included lesson plans, hats, activities, worksheets, informative writing, reading comprehension guides (Afternoon on The Amazon by Mary Pope Osborne & Flashy Fantastic Rainforest Frogs by Dorthy Hinshaw Patent), math a
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Types:
Also included in: Thematic Units for the YEAR | Literacy and Math Activities
Balloons Over Broadway STEM and Thanksgiving Parade Read Aloud Activities
This Thanksgiving Day Parade unit is perfect for the weeks leading up to Thanksgiving Break. It starts off with a lesson, classroom game, and partner activity to learn problem and solution. During the read aloud of Balloons Over Broadway students focus on problem and solution. After the read aloud they complete a problem/solution reading response activity. Next, you will move on to a character traits mini-lesson. Students will determine traits for the main character, Tony Sarg.After students lea
Subjects:
Grades:
1st - 2nd
The Three Little Pigs Activity ⭐ Fairy Tale STEM Challenge ⭐
Spark curiosity, imagination, and fun with fairy tale STEM! STEM tales use a fairy tale that your students are likely already familiar with - a twist is added into the story that introduces an engineering problem. Can your students help the three little pigs solve the problem in the story? By adding in a story element, those students that might typically shy away from STEM activities may find joy in transporting themselves into a story to solve a problem. All students will follow the engineerin
Grades:
K - 3rd
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
...
Scientist and Inventor Research Project Template Brochure & Poster Styles
Research 25 different scientists and inventors - assign one to each student, or follow a group study format where everyone studies the same person. If you keep interactive journals, the flip-flap tri-fold booklets are a good option. If you would prefer a poster format, I have included that as well. This would also work well as an initial activity leading up to a wax museum night.What You'll GetFlip flap /trifold book (brochure style) Poster template25 Black and white images of scientists and Inv
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Types:
How to Catch a Snowman STEM STEAM and Reading Comprehension
Engage your students with this snowman trap STEM STEAM activity, book companion with reading comprehension activities and art. This STEAM unit pairs with the book "How to Catch a Snowman" by Adam Wallace and Andy Elkerton. Help catch the snowman with an engaging STEM trap challenge, create unique snowman art, or teach a fun, winter themed guided reading unit featuring multiple comprehension skills and worksheets as well as writing extensions in multiple genres. This book companion unit for How t
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Types:
Rosie Revere Engineer Read Aloud - Growth Mindset - Reading Comprehension
This "Rosie Revere" printable or digital interactive read-aloud lesson plan pack includes rigorous text dependent questions, differentiated graphic organizers, response to text writing activities, a craftivity, and detailed lesson plans. These "Rosie Revere" activities will help you meet several core standards while maintaining your tradition of reading aloud for pleasure. You will guide students to use evidence from the text to deepen their understanding of the story and respond in meaningful w
Grades:
1st - 2nd
Types:
Also included in: Read Alouds Bundle - Reading Comprehension - A Year of Read Alouds
Fairy Tale STEM Activity for The Three Billy Goats Gruff - Design a Bridge
Can YOUR students outsmart the troll? In this hands-on STEM activity based on The Three Billy Goats Gruff, students will construct a bridge. This isn't just another bridge STEM challenge, but one that will bring out creativity in your budding engineers!What's this story about?Your students will help the goats by designing a bridge that the troll is too afraid to traverse. The story will guide them through this process. You will need STEM building materials such as card stock, tape, and recyclabl
Grades:
K - 3rd
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
Sub Plans - The Pigeon Needs a Bath
Sub Plans: Sub Plans Pack The Pigeon Needs a Bath! A Complete Sub Plan & Thematic Unit for Grades 1-2 CCSSLooking for sub plans that will keep your class actively engaged in learning all day long? How about a fun engaging unit for those days in between testing or before/after a break? Need a cross-curricular unit that uses one picture book for grades 1-2? Welcome to One Book Wonders! One Book Wonders is everything you need for a day (or a couple of days) for your classroom using one boo
Subjects:
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs STEM Activity - Fairy Tale STEM
What's better than a fairy tale? A fairy tale with a STEM twist! Dive into the world of Snow White and help sort out logic problems with the seven dwarfs through an introductory computer science STEM activity. ⭐ The Story: Breakfast for Eight ⭐The dwarfs are grumpy in the morning when they wake up and often bicker at breakfast! Fear not, as Doc has developed a computer program to help with the seating arrangement! Use the conditional statements so the dwarfs can eat in peace. Along the way, desi
Grades:
1st - 4th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
#SizzlingSTEM1 STEAM Activities Piggie & Elephant Steam Makerspace
Makerspace Task Cards are perfect If you are a fan of Mo Willems’s Elephant and Piggie books and you love Makerspace, STEM, and STEAM challenge task cards! These STEAM activities make perfect STEM Sub Plans, and you are going to love encouraging your students to work through the Engineering Design Process with these thought-provoking Makerspace Challenges in print and digital versions. Each challenge is based on a Mo Willems book (books not included) and focuses on the problem the character enc
Subjects:
Grades:
1st - 2nd
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
How to Catch a Turkey Thanksgiving STEM and Reading Comprehension
Engage students with STEM catapult challenge for How to Catch a Turkey. In this thorough Thanksgiving STEM resource students can create unique turkey art, work on fall themed guided reading comprehension skills and extensions, and complete a guided STEM challenge. This book companion unit for How to Catch a Turkey by Adam Wallace and Andy Elkerton is packed full of enriching activities for your students. This unit is perfect for fall in the classroom or an exciting Thanksgiving or Fall themed le
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
The Great Kapok Tree Rainforest Unit Resources with Easel Activities
The Great Kapok Tree Rainforest Unit and Resources. Rainforest activities go with the book The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry. Includes: features of the rainforest, useful websites, art projects, vocabulary with a fun crossword puzzle, main idea and summarizing activity, graphic organizer, story elements and plot diagram, fun facts about the kapok tree, rainforest animals, how can I save the rainforest, chocolate cocoa recipe, math activity, science activity making a terrarium, geography sheet
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Also included in: Earth Day Activities Bundle
Stellaluna Activities Halloween Book Companion Fall Sequencing Story Elements
You will download a bundle of Stellaluna activities to supplement your 2nd or 3rd grade fall, Halloween, or bats unit. This book companion includes vocabulary, reading comprehension questions, quiz, label the parts of a bat, graphic organizer, onomatopoeia, echolocation, writing a friendly letter, Venn Diagram compare and contrast bats vs. birds, coloring pages, story elements, sequencing, and more!For your convenience, you will download both TPT digital EASEL (when appropriate) and printable PD
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
Types:
The Ugly Duckling Fairy Tale STEM Activity
How do you make a fairy tale EVEN better? Include a STEM activity as a twist, by adding problem-solving with purpose! In this story, based on The Ugly Duckling, your students will need to construct a convincing camouflage for swan.The StoryYour students will help the ducklings escort swan back to his swan family. To do it, they will need to camouflage themselves to avoid getting eaten by predators. They will need to use basic map skills for this project. You will need STEM building materials suc
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
2nd Grade Full Day Sub Plans - ELA, Math, Science, SS, Art, P.E., & more - KIT 2
These full-day, cross-curricular sub plans offer everything your substitute will need to have a successful day of teaching and learning in first grade! Our favorite part? All activities and lessons are themed to be based on the book, "The Day the Crayons Quit."Teachers can breathe easy when they need to take a sick day with these no-stress, print and go lesson plans that are perfect to cover every subject with 2nd graders! These sub plans are jam-packed to include printables, graphic organizers
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Grades:
2nd
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#SizzlingSTEM1 Summer Camp STEM Challenge Cards Camping Activities
Summer Camping-Themed STEM Activities: Engaging Challenges and Makerspace Task Cards! These summer activities for kids are camp-themed STEAM challenges that are more than a summer craft but are thought-provoking and engaging for summer. Unlock your students' adventurous spirit with these captivating Camping-themed STEM Activities! Designed specifically for teachers like you, these 10-pack STEM challenges and Makerspace task cards are the perfect addition to summer, your back-to-school or end-of-
Subjects:
Grades:
1st - 2nd
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
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