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Critical thinking Common Core RL.K.2 resources
Goldilocks STEM Activity - Goldilocks and the Three Bears STEM Design a Bed
Goldilocks and the Three Bears STEM: Design a New Bed for Goldilocks! 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 Activity ⚙️Your students will help Baby Bear build Goldilocks a new bed of her own! In this story, there is a
Grades:
K - 3rd
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-PS2-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
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
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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
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
Little Red Riding Hood Fairy Tale STEM Activity
Can your students help save Grandmother from the hungry wolf? They can and they will, by coding a message. This is the perfect STEM activity when you are learning about sound and waves. Using the information provided and simple materials, students will construct a way to create an auditory message and send out a distress signal.The StoryGrandma is ill and Little Red Riding Hood is on her way through the woods for a visit. She meets the wolf and he decides he will eat well today. Not so fast! Gra
Grades:
1st - 4th
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 1-PS4-4
, 3-5-ETS1-1
...
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz STEM Activity - The Yellow Brick Road Gets Upcycled
Fairy tales and STEM are the perfect pair. Get your students hooked on STEM with a fairy tale story problem! This story and activity includes a building challenge called The Yellow Brick Road Get Upcycled. STEM tales are a series of STEM challenges that are accessible for your youngest budding engineers; they use a fairy tale that your students are likely already familiar with. By adding in a story element, those students that might typically shy away from STEM activities may find joy in transp
Grades:
K - 3rd
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
The Fabulous Friend Machine Book Study- Literacy & Online Safety Activities
The Fabulous Friend Machine English Language Arts Activities (ELA) and Digital Safety ActivitiesThis packet includes ready to go story companion activities for a variety of levels from Pre-K to early elementary so you can use one wonderful storybook across many classes! Use this book companion after reading the wonderful The Fabulous Friend Machine by Nick Bland. I am not affiliated with the author, and the book is not included. Not only will your students LOVE this thought-provoking story, the
Grades:
K - 3rd
Bloom's Taxonomy Questions, Task Cards and Activities For Kids
Want an easy way to ask questions while teaching?Check out my:Bloom's Taxonomy Task Cards and Activities For Kids / Elementary School !Included are task cards for you to laminate, cut, and place on popsicle sticks or keep in a small container to have right at your finger tips to ask those higher level questions! In grades where the children can read they can also pick their own cards and have to answer the question.I have also included worksheets for you to use with many different lessons. They
Grades:
K - 5th
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Escape Room Break Out Game, Christmas Nativity Preschool/Kinder Edition (Mini)
Get ready to dive into an exciting escape-room style adventure with this break-out game designed to review the Christmas Nativity story with your preschoolers or kindergartners. From the most reluctant to the most advanced, all of your students will be 100% engaged in solving the clues in this interactive lock box game. Student Experience: In this mini escape game with a flexible three-ways-to-play format, students will race against the clock to save the true meaning of Christmas! Throughout
Grades:
PreK - 1st
Types:
Magic Tree House #2 Knight at Dawn Text Dependent Comprehension Questions
Magic Tree House #2 Knight at Dawn Text Dependent Comprehension Questions
I created this packet of reading response comprehension questions to use with my “independent” readers who are ready to dig deeper into what they are reading. This Magic Tree House The Knight at Dawn is a 2.9 reading level.
Students will: write responses to text dependent questions about key details in the text, apply their knowledge to new situations, make inferences and draw conclusions, participate in collaborative co
Grades:
K - 3rd
Comprehension and Response Pack
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Grades:
K - 2nd
If I Built a School by Dusen Growth Mindset Design and STEM Lesson Plan
If I Built a School by Chris Van Duesen Language Arts, Spatial Reasoning Lesson Plan and STEM; This lesson includes language arts, architectural design, & mapping skills. In addition to studying "If I Built a School" story, students learn about the architectural design of Bjarke Ingles Group and emerging building concepts and elements. ⭐️ Bundle & Save ⭐️Purchase If I Built Series Bundle to get this lesson PLUS If I Built A Car and If I Built A House Lesson Plan. This pack includes: Pre,
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Also included in: If I Built Series by Chris Van Dusen STEM Bundle
Touch Blue by Cynthia Lord Novel Guide
Touch Blue by Cynthia Lord for grades 3-5. Tess is coming of age and starting to understand and appreciate her life a lot more once her family home becomes a foster home for Aaron, a 13-year-old boy. As the story develops, both Tess and Aaron learn to make their own luck in a way by letting go of trying to control life and holding on to the idea of what life should be like, and embracing their life while making the best out of it. This novel unit includes:Learning ObjectivesPre-reading activityC
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Also included in: Elementary Novel Guides
Interactive Read Aloud Lesson Plan Activities for Hedgie's Surprise
This file contains a Common Core interactive read aloud lesson plan for a Jan Brett's, Hedgie's Surprise, a great story to go with your eggs and life cycle units this spring. The activities in this resource can be used across ability levels and can be used for repeated readings as you focus on different comprehension skills. This lesson includes -pre-reading discussions including -vocabulary development; -during reading prompts including making predictions; -post-reading comprehension including
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Grades:
K - 2nd
Chicken Little: The Original Fake News Story
We read students traditional stories and folktales but do we every stop to challenge them to really THINK about what they're reading and hearing?Chicken Little is THE original fake news story. The birds never stop to think about what they're being told. They never ask any questions. They just accept the statement that the sky is falling is fact.In Chicken Little: Making and Evaluating Difficult Decisions students will:Scrutinize an imaginary story that a classmate tells them. Is it true? Ho
Grades:
K - 2nd
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Creative Curriculum - Tree Unit Weeks 1 - 7
This product are lesson plans for Creative Curriculum - Tree Unit lessons . The lesson plans includes question of the day, interest areas, story, group discussion information. Most objectives are included in each area. The information is written out to follow. Additional areas on lesson plans includes an area for notes, literacy activities, and some additional ideas that could be used to add more rigor.The lessons are editable so you can adjust as necessary to fit your needs.These are plans t
Grades:
PreK
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3 Little Pigs - Engineering Design Project - FULL UNIT
In this unit, you will teach your students the steps of the design process using the 3 Little Pigs. The challenge: Can you build a house that the Big Bad Wolf can't blow down? The students will use recycled materials to build their house and the wolf is a fan. Watch as your students learn and exhibit 21st century learning skills and the 4 Cs: Creativity, Communication, Collaboration, and Creativity!Click here to see a video slideshow of my students during this unit! It's so fun!This .zip files c
Grades:
PreK - 2nd
Escape Room Break Out Game, Valentine's Day Preschool/Kinder Edition (Mini)
Get ready to dive into an exciting escape-room style adventure with this break-out game designed to review the greatest love story of all times (Christ's selfless act of love, John 3:16) with your preschoolers or kindergartners. From the most reluctant to the most advanced, all of your students will be 100% engaged in solving the clues in this interactive lock box game. Student Experience: In this mini escape game with a flexible three-ways-to-play format, students will race against the clock
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Grades:
PreK - 1st
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Goal Setting for Kids: Book, Interactive Read Aloud, Lesson Plan, Activities
With this Red Bunny and Blue Bunny (Don't) Build a Treehouse (A Goal-Setting Lesson on Starting with Why) set, you get:Complete Red Bunny and Blue Bunny (Don't) Build a Treehouse (A Goal-Setting Lesson on Starting with Why) Book.Interactive Read Aloud, Lesson Plan, and Activities.Already own Red Bunny and Blue Bunny (Don't) Build a Treehouse (A Goal-Setting Lesson on Starting with Why)? Check out the free Interactive Read Aloud, Lesson Plan, and Activities!With this .zip file, you get the full p
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Grades:
K - 2nd
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Three Little Pigs Fractured Fairytale Retelling, Social Skills, STEM Activities
I've got you covered for story retelling, social skills reading comprehension, opinion writing, compare and contrast fairytales, and even STEM activities with this fractured fairytale BUNDLE for the Three Little Pigs! This bundle has 14 detailed lesson plans which translates into an entire month's worth of instruction! Kindergarten, Grade One and Grade Two students will have the opportunity to engage in class discussions, complete opinion writing worksheets, and do hands-on activities to practic
Grades:
K - 2nd
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
Virtual Scavenger Hunt Distance Learning GOOGLE SLIDES
What's this resource and where can I use it?NO PREP Picture book scavenger hunt series comes in PowerPoint and good slide versions for super easy screen sharing on Microsoft teams, ZOOM, and/or Google Meet platforms.Through this scavenger hunt, students can practice the sequence of events from the story and anticipate what to find next.How can you use this resource?All you need to do is to present the slideshow on your screen, when you start your virtual meeting, click on the screen share button
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Grades:
PreK - 2nd
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Ocean Biome Activity Kit (Pre-K and K, NGSS & CC)
This product from Explore Science and the Santa Barbara Zoo is a collection of 10 short stories, 5 crafts, 2 experiments, and 12 recommended children's books themed around the world's oceans. All content is organized and written for Pre-K and K, and all activities are aligned to NGSS* and CC at Kindergarten level. Download includes master materials list, activity-specific standards lists, activity procedures, craft templates, activity tips and variations, and online resources.
*Includes Phase II
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PreK - K
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Kindergarten and Preschool STEM Activity
You'll captivate your young learners attention in Kindergarten and Preschool with this STEM lesson inspired by "Elmer and Wilbur." Using linking cubes, they'll explore the Engineering Design Process and build fine motor skills. Choose from a 30-minute or 60-minute lesson plan to tailor the STEM activity to fit your time constraints and student needs. This is a fun way to get little ones understanding the engineering design process, problem solving, and thinking critically without overwhelming
Grades:
PreK - 1st
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
CHILDREN'S BOOK HALL OF FAME MEGA BUNDLE: 30 PPTs, Handouts, Family Feuds & more
***The Children’s Book Hall of Fame Series is a MUST-HAVE for any teacher looking to encourage discussion and critical thinking while reading some of the greatest children’s books of all time. 30 unique, original resources for 10 of the greatest children's books of all timeFor each book, this download includes 34 rich, engaging PowerPoint slides, complete with author background, book background, age range analysis, themes of the book, “did you know” fun-facts, and 10 unique questions (recall
Grades:
K - 5th
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