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Science Common Core RI.1.5 resources
The Human Body and Five Senses - Anatomy - Kindergarten and First Grade Science
This primary science unit has everything you need to teach the standards in a fun, hands-on way. We learn about bones, muscles, organs, the human brain, and our five senses. Students can dive deeper with beautiful slideshows, reading passages, writing prompts, vocabulary activities, hands-on experiments, crafts and more! Lesson plans and outlines are included for your convenience.This unit works well for a pre-k, kindergarten or first grade classroom.------------------------------------------
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PreK - 1st
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Hibernation Lesson Plans - Print & Digital Hibernation Animals Winter Activities
These digital Hibernation activities are easy to use in winter as traditional classroom lesson plans, centers, homework, independent work, or they’re great for fast finishers in first and second grades. Busy teachers love these low-prep hibernation animal lessons and activities that are sure to engage their students! With print & digital options, Learning Quests provide a balance of face to face and device-based learning styles for your modern classroom.Why do teachers and students love our
All About Spiders Nonfiction Unit with Literacy, Math, Science and Crafts
Are you looking for a nonfiction unit to teach your students all about spiders? This spider unit is packed with engaging math, literacy, science, craft activities for a spider theme in your kindergarten, first or second grade classroom. Spiders are so intriguing and fun to learn about! This spider unit includes:Links to spider videosSpider body parts songSpider graphic organizersTemplates for an All About Spiders bookSpiders Mixed up sentences Spider headband craftSpider Science ExperimentSpi
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K - 2nd
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Light and Sound Science Experiments and Activities for First Grade - NGSS
This LIGHT AND SOUND SCIENCE set for 1st grade students is packed with engaging, hands-on activities and experiments designed to teach children how light and sound behave. The resource is aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for first grade and includes:EIGHT (8) SCIENCE INVESTIGATIONS:A Fish Out of WaterLet the Light ShineReady, Aim, PopThe Broken StrawMaking WavesSinging SpoonsBuzzing BeesSwitch the PitchSEVEN (7) ORIGINAL NONFICTION TEXTS:Book: What Is Light?Book: What Is
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1st
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1-PS4-4
, 1-PS4-2
, 1-PS4-3
, 1-PS4-1
Patterns in Nature - sun, moon, stars, seasons
The unit is 40+ pages and includes information about the patterns of the moon, sun, stars and seasons. We created this unit with the new Common Core science standards in mind. There are resources here that are designed to be used in a first grade classroom as well as resources for second and third grade classrooms. In this there are many “parts” included (non-fiction texts, follow-up activities, and more.) Pages can be mixed and matched to meet the needs of your classroom!
Patterns in Na
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K - 3rd
Prove IT Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions FOR THE YEAR
If you're looking for a way to help your students develop reading comprehension skills, look no further than these informational close reading passages. The passages are designed to be engaging and fun while also teaching key reading comprehension skills. The focus is on text features, main idea/details, making inferences, drawing conclusions, and vocabulary. And to top it off, the passages cover some of kids' favorite topics - like spiders, bats, apples, amphibians, insects, weather, popcorn, i
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1st - 2nd
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Phases of the Moon Cut and Paste, Moon Calendar, Experiment, Moon Facts Book
Are you looking for an easy way to explain facts about the moon and the moon phases? Students are naturally curious about the moon. These high-interest, low prep activities will explain the moon and the moon phases in a way in which students can easily make connections and understand. You can also use this as a digital resource for your students in Google Classroom for remote learning. As students learn about the phases of the moon they can follow up with this wide variety of differentiated act
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1st - 4th
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1-ESS1-1
, 2-ESS1-1
, 3-ESS2-2
Fall Season Science Unit - Reading & Writing Activities - Pumpkins Leaves Apples
Do you need lesson ideas and activities for your fall unit? Make learning all about fall fun with these engaging hands-on non-fiction ELA and science mini-lessons and activities! This resource will help your first grade, second grade, or third grade students build writing skills, understand informational text and build reading comprehension, and learn interesting facts about pumpkins, apples, and leaves this fall season. ⭐ Create anchor charts to lead your lessons and use the low-prep activitie
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1st - 3rd
Moon Phases
The unit is 80 pages and includes information about the phases of the moon, as well as day/night (sun/moon patterns). We created this unit with the new Common Core science standards in mind. There are resources here that are designed to be used in a first grade classroom as well as resources for second and third grade classrooms. In this there are many “parts” included (non-fiction texts, class posters, follow-up activities, and more.) Pages can be mixed and matched to meet the needs of your
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1st - 3rd
Shark Week in the Classroom | End of the Year Activity | Shark Themed Unit
This Shark Week resource is a week long themed unit, packed with shark week activities, all about sharks! This resource includes 250 pages of everything you need to have an entire week filled with SHARK WEEK lessons and activities in your classroom. Shark Week is a great end of the year activity. Everything you need to host a Shark Week in your classroom! Your ENTIRE WEEK PLANNED with Shark Week Activities that cover reading, writing, word work, math, science, STEM, and more! Look Below to see
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K - 2nd
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K-2-ETS1-2
Owl Bird Science Unit - Reading & Writing Activities - Fall Fact Project & Craft
Do you need engaging lesson ideas and activities to teach your students all about owls? Make learning about owls fun with these hands-on non-fiction ELA and science mini-lessons and activities! This resource will help your first grade, second grade, or third grade students build writing skills, understand informational text, and build reading comprehension while they learn interesting facts about barn owls and true owls. ⭐ Create anchor charts to lead your lessons and use the low-prep activiti
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1st - 3rd
States of Matter Digital Activities - Solid, Liquid, and Gas Science Activities
These digital States of Matter activities are easy to use as traditional classroom lesson plans, centers, homework, independent work, or they’re great for fast finishers in first and second grades. Busy teachers love these low-prep lessons and activities that are sure to engage their students! With print & digital options, Learning Quests provide a balance of face to face and device-based learning styles for your modern classroom.Why do teachers and students love our Learning Quests?We all k
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1st - 2nd
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Earth Day Activities Unit - Craft, Writing, Bulletin Board, Project, Art, & Hat
Make learning about Earth Day this spring exciting with engaging earth day activities and mini-lessons about the Earth, pollution, and recycling. Kids will love the Earth Day craft crown, Earth Day Reading Comprehension, Earth Day poem and writing prompts, and so much more! This resource will help your first grade, second grade, or third grade students build writing skills, understand informational text and build reading comprehension, while learning interesting facts about important Earth Day c
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1st - 3rd
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Owls Unit - Owl Activities - Pellet Dissection - Owl Reading Passages - Projects
This 158 page Owl unit provides upper elementary students with all of the owl activities they need to complete a rigorous owl unit. These no prep owl activities include owl reading passages, owl pellet dissection activity, owl research activities, and more.COMMON CORE ALIGNED!!!✅Be sure to check out the thumbnails and preview for detailed images and information about some of the engaging activities included in this resource.This engaging resource contains the following:⭐Vocabulary Resources!-Owl
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1st - 4th
Penguin Activities Winter Craft, Writing, Drawing, Bulletin Board, Science Unit
Make learning all about penguins and the penguin life cycle engaging with this non-fiction ELA and science unit of mini-lessons and activities! This low-prep resource includes fun penguin writing, a hands-on penguin craft, directed drawing, and more activities for a classroom penguin theme. These activities will help your first grade, second grade, or third grade students build writing skills, understand informational text and build reading comprehension while they learn interesting facts abou
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1st - 3rd
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2-LS4-1
, 3-LS4-2
, 1-LS3-1
Sea Turtle Reptile Science Unit - Life Cycle Craft & Ocean Animal Activities
Engage and excite kids as they learn all about sea turtles with life science, reading, and writing activities! This nonfiction summer science unit makes learning about these ocean animal reptiles fun. It includes a sea turtle craft, reading comprehension passages, vocabulary, directed drawing, and more!This resource will help your first grade, second grade, or third grade students build writing skills, understand informational text, and build reading comprehension while they learn interesting fa
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1st - 3rd
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Butterfly Life Cycle Craft Spring Science Unit - Reading & Writing Activities
Teaching students all about butterflies this spring? This engaging nonfiction and spring science unit makes learning about the caterpillar to butterfly transformation, the life cycle of a butterfly, and the parts of a butterfly fun. It includes a butterfly life cycle craft, activities, observation journal, writing, and more! This resource will help your first grade, second grade, or third grade students build writing skills, understand informational text, and build reading comprehension while th
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1st - 3rd
Mammals - Science - Nonfiction Informational Reading and Writing - Research
Your kindergarten, first grade and second grade students will have so much fun reading, writing, making books and crafts about five different mammals: the polar bear, sea lion, cat, dog and rabbit. These nonfiction materials provide the perfect amount of scaffolding so your students can be successful: reading passages with factsgraphic organizerssentence starterswriting papersmini books5 animal craft templatesThis download has everything you need to teach your students through the entire process
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K - 2nd
Ocean Habitat CCSS Unit
This ocean unit comes with printable student books (facts, note taking pages, common core response questions), printable teacher notes, and follow-up student writing papers (rough draft and final copy)! It’s everything you need to teach about the ocean while meeting common core standards. Please see the list below and our preview for more information!Ocean Unit Includes:(58 Pages Total)Student Book CoverStudent Book:Our Blue PlanetThe Sunlight ZoneCoral ReefsThe Twilight ZoneThe Midnight ZoneKel
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K - 3rd
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Extreme Weather & Natural Disasters [MEGA] Unit bundle with 6 PowerPoints
Save 30% off with this bundle! A comprehensive mega unit on Extreme Weather and Natural Disasters provides students with multiple opportunities to demonstrate their knowledge of Tornadoes, Blizzards, Hurricanes, Tsunamis, Wildfires and Earthquakes across 6 separate unit plans. It provides all the materials students will need for a systematic, organized method to produce an interactive pocket book, which is an interactive student portfolio containing all the work they have created, serving as an
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1st - 3rd
Whale Life Science Unit Lessons, Activities, Craft, Project - Orca & Beluga
Engage and excite kids as they learn all about whales with life science, reading, and writing activities! This nonfiction and spring or summer science unit makes learning about baleen whales and toothed whales fun. It includes a whale craft, reading comprehension passages, vocabulary, directed drawing, and more! This resource will help your first grade, second grade, or third grade students build writing skills, understand informational text, and improve their reading comprehension while they le
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1st - 3rd
Winter Seasonal Science Unit - Reading & Writing Activities - Snowflakes Snowman
Do you need lesson ideas and activities for your winter unit? Make learning about winter fun with these engaging non-fiction ELA and science mini-lessons and activities about snowmen, snowflakes, and evergreen trees! This resource will help your first grade, second grade, or third grade students build writing skills, understand informational text and build reading comprehension, and learn interesting facts about important winter themes and concepts this winter season. ⭐ Create anchor charts to
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1st - 3rd
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2-LS4-1
, 1-ESS1-2
Polar Bear Science Unit - Reading & Writing Activities - Winter Project & Craft
Do you need engaging lesson ideas and activities to teach your students about polar bears? These non-fiction ELA and science mini-lessons and activities are a fun way for your learners to discover more about the polar bear and the polar bear life cycle. This resource will help your first grade, second grade, or third grade students build writing skills, understand informational text, and build reading comprehension while they learn interesting facts about how and where polar bears live. ⭐ Cre
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1st - 3rd
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3-ESS3-1
, 1-LS1-2
, 2-LS4-1
, 3-LS3-1
, 1-LS3-1
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The Solar System: The Sun, Moon and Earth Research Unit BUNDLE with PowerPoints
Integrate Science and ELA and get your students engaged with informational text by teaching 3 units on the Sun, Moon and the Earth! The materials in this unit are interactive and utilize multimodal strategies to increase student engagement and outcomes. Each of the 3 week-long units integrate technology, vocabulary, writing, art, reading strategies and more! Students will respond to informational text by answering questions in a student booklet in a variety of formats. Students will learn vocabu
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