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3rd grade science literature circles for Google Apps
Reader's Theater: Frog's Life Cycle
Merging Science and Reading with this fun Reader's Theater passage. This story can be used to recreate the frog's life cycle from egg to adult while also entertaining the audience with a Sneaky Snake villain!This story is 6 pages long with large font for easy reading. There are 5 characters in the story- great for a small group activity!
Beauty and the Beak - Book Companion - 3rd through 4th- Printable / Digital
I loved the book! My students were also inspired by it as well! This product will go great with the book! Start your students off with a brainstorming map where they can recall what they know about eagles. By the end of your read aloud and the activities, students will be able to recall five new facts that they learned from the activities. Review author's purpose in a nonfiction story with a text evidence page. Students will be able to sequence the main events from the story with a drag and drop
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3rd - 5th
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Granny Smith was Not an Apple - Book Companion - Sequencing, Vocal, Writing etc.
Granny Smith was Not an Apple written by Sarah Fortson makes for a great read aloud for Women's History Month or for science and plant studies. I use many of the pages for a quick printed comprehension checks, but they can also be laminated and used for reading centers. This product includes: Before You Read Questionnaire - Helps students predict and activate background knowledge Describing Maria Ann Worksheet - Students describe the main character with prompted questionsTimeline Worksheet - Stu
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2nd - 4th
Aliens from Earth Read Aloud Activities | Google Slides | No Prep
Want to add high-interest non-fiction text into your reading block AND teach science concepts at the same time!? Grab your copy of the text (also seen on Epic!) and get to teaching! This activity pack includes everything you will need to keep your students learning and engaged.To use these activities you will need:Aliens from Earth: When Animals and Plants Invade other Ecosystems by Mary BattenThis activity pack includes activities for BEFORE, DURING, and AFTER reading. Including Vocabulary AND
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3rd - 7th
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The Three Little Tardigrades - Book Companion - Vocabulary, Research and More!
The Three Little Tardigrades written by Sandra Fay makes for a great read aloud for science or nonfiction read alouds! This would also go great with the Ready lesson in the workbook! My students are always so fascinated with tardigrades. I use many of the pages for a quick comprehension check, but they can also be laminated and used for reading centers. This product includes: Comprehension placement - Use this for teaching note-taking skills during the read aloud, but also to do a quick comprehe
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2nd - 4th
Gravity is Bringing Me Down - Book Companion - Perfect for Science!
This Is a great read aloud for science and explaining gravity. I just had to add it to my daily read aloud collection! This companion will offer quick and meaningful extension activities as well. I like to use them for morning work on the following days or in center rotations. Each slide is created to be printed and ran for your students, but could also be laminated for centers. Hope you enjoy this as well! This product includes:Before You Read Questionnaire - To Activate Background Knowledge S
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2nd - 3rd
Hurricane - John Rocco - Book Companion - Sequencing, Research and More!
This is a great story by John Rocco to introduce hurricanes in science. This companion will offer quick and meaningful extension activities as well. I like to use them for morning work on the following days or in center rotations. Each slide is created to be printed and ran for your students, but could also be laminated for centers. Hope you enjoy this as well! This product includes: Guided Extended Research on Hurricanes in History, with a teacher prep page for individual assignmentsHurricane P
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2nd - 4th
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Blackout - John Rocco - Book Companion - Sequencing, Settings and More!
This is a great story by John Rocco to introduce energy/blackouts in science. This companion will offer quick and meaningful extension activities as well. I like to use them for morning work on the following days or in center rotations. Each slide is created to be printed and ran for your students, but could also be laminated for centers. Hope you enjoy this as well! This product includes: Sequencing Sort - Students cut and sort the events in the story Comprehension Placemat - Quick Comprehensio
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2nd - 3rd
Song For A Whale Novel Study
This dynamic novel takes readers on a wonderful journey to get a song to a whale that cannot speak to any other whales! This story is written by a sign-language interpreter who incorporates American Sign Language and its culture in a story many students will enjoy! SummaryFrom fixing class computers to repairing old radios, twelve-year-old Iris is a tech genius. She is the only deaf person in her school, so many often treat her like she is not very smart. Is anyone listening to Iris? When she le
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3rd - 12th
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3rd Grade Autumn READING Learning League Adventure *GROWING BUNDLE*
The Learning League has mysteries to solve that require the use of your students' reading skills!! These reading problems have been tailored specifically for 3rd graders in the fall, so give your classroom explorers a chance to review their knowledge and simultaneously go on an adventure!You get the added bonus of incorporating cross-curricular elements into your class when you purchase these resources! This bundle includes mysteries with SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES themes, but if you want to foc
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2nd - 3rd
Think. Pair. Share. plus more!
Inspired by my popular Glow and Grow form, I have created sheets to go with activities like think, pair, share, and others. This is another way for students to collaborate and also have accountability for their collaboration. All forms are meant for partner or small group work. Activities include: Think. Pair. Share.Mingle. Pair. Share.Think. Pair. Scribe.Sticky-note. Storm!Think. Pair. Square.Team Huddle
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3rd - 6th
Shark Lady: True Adventures of Eugenie Clark - Guided Reading Comprehension
This listing is for comprehension questions for the first three chapters of the book "Shark Lady: True Adventures of Eugenie Clark" by Anne McGovern. This book is an easy read and high interest for students that struggle with reading. There are two versions of each chapter. Version B has sentence starters and version A doesn't. The questions give scaffolding for comprehension and address skills like context clues, supporting answers with evidence, writing about opinions, looking back in the text
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3rd - 6th
SAVANNA #1: Giraffe/Hyena/Zebra + Virtual Library & Music/Media Room
This fun room is all about residents of the SAVANNA: Giraffes, Hyenas, Zebras, and more! The Virtual Library includes 33 books read aloud (now via YouTube!) about giraffes, hyenas, zebras, warthogs, wildebeest, and meerkats. There are also 19 SAVANNA-themed songs and/or informational videos in the Music/Media Room, including an Animal Species Quiz, courtesy of the San Diego Zoo!.Topics cover the animals' behaviors, offspring, and interactions, as well as some stories included for pure entertai
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PreK - 3rd
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Also included in: SAVANNA 1, 2, 3! Virtual Library and Music/Media Room BUNDLE
Non-Fiction Reading Strategies in Science
This visual 1 pager of 6 different nonfiction reading strategies that can be used in science classes when reading through informational text. It can be glued into students' notebooks and used a reference page for when students are doing annotations in their reading. Making the strategies clear and visible to students help them with their ownership of them and will help them in beginning to use them while they read. Many students struggle with seeing reading as an active instead of a passive proc
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3rd - 9th
Ocean Adventure Ebook: Comprehension, Voc. and Activities for Distance Learning
Ocean adventure story about a seal who learns to be kind. Lots of Comprehension and Vocabulary Questions included as well as Activities and Discussion Prompts that foster Critical Thinking. Story themes in the book have entertaining examples of Character Building, Courage, Tolerance, Kindness, Equality, Diversity, Respect, Friendship, Doing What’s Right Even if It's not Popular, Being Yourself, Humility, Acceptance and Anti-Bullying. Caring for our Oceans and the Animals in them is woven into
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3rd - 6th
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Firefly Night
Firefly Night follows the adventures of A.J. and his sister as they set out to catch fireflies on a warm summer evening. Young readers will delight in the beautiful and whimsical hand-painted illustrations of the fireflies, and will enjoy counting the sequenced sets of fireflies on each delightful page. When A.J. and Sidney decide to release their fireflies to the night sky, they learn, as young readers will learn, that ultimately nature should be returned to nature. They also receive a special
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PreK - 4th
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Scaredy Squirrel Visits the Doctor - Book Companion - 2nd through 4th!
This product has so much to offer! This book by Melanie Watt could work in the regular classroom and even in P.E! I hope you love the engaging activities this product has to offer! Vocabulary Cards and quick activities to learn the key words directly from the story. Description Match the tools Scaredy used in the story, students will have to read the text features and infer each description in this activity! A poster and recording sheet can be used to teach students how to check their own pulse
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2nd - 4th
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I am Neil Armstrong - Printable and Digital Book Study - You will LOVE it!
Teacher’s Guide: (all pages are designed to be either online, or printable) Before you Read Worksheet: Activate background knowledge with simple questions that will hint to the story’s elements. Character Trait Worksheet – After reading the stories pull Neil Armstrong’s great traits or qualities. Sequencing Drag and Drop/ Worksheet: Students will put the events from Armstrong’s life in the correct order. Apollo 11 Research Page – Have students find their own facts from the mission! Apollo 11/
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3rd - 4th
Also included in: Brad Meltzer's "I am" Mega Bundle and Growing - Comprehension and more
Mushroom Unit
This unit includes: An infographic poster describing the parts of the mushroom and their functions, along with a color/cut/glue worksheet for children to label the parts of a mushroom.
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K - 3rd
Ada Twist Scientist Read Aloud Activities
Ada Twist, Scientist is a story about a curious girl who uses science to explore her world.Engage and support your students in the joy of reading literature with these 12 digital and no prep book study companion activities. Activities include:Lesson set and preview of activitiesDigital read aloudSequencing the beginning, middle and endPlay on wordsStory elementsCharacter close up Close readingTrue or FalseMain ideas and supporting detailsSummarizing paragraph with a graphic organizer and word ba
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1st - 5th
Structure of a Story: English & Spanish Graphic Organizer
This is a graphic organizer activity that helps students fill in the structure of a story. (Beginning, middle and end). It is also an editable resource, and it is in both English and Spanish. It has an area to draw in, and write in, and is geared towards students in K-3. If you have any questions feel free to message me!
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1st - 3rd
Marine Life | Ocean | Graphic Organizers | Literature Circles
Marine Life | Ocean | Graphic Organizers | Literature Circles - These marine life - themed reading strategy graphic organizers can be used with any ocean text to give your students opportunities to read, write, and discuss text with their classmates and improve their comprehension! These organizers may be used with or without the Literature Circles format and are a great way to get students reading, writing and discussing text! Available in color and black and white! Print and digital!Included a
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K - 4th
Also included in: Reading Strategy Graphic Organizers | Literature Circles | BUNDLE
SAVANNA #3: Elephant/Hippo/Crocodile/Ostrich Virtual Library & Music/Media Room
This fun room is all about residents of the SAVANNA: Elephants, Hippos, Crocodiles, and Ostriches! The Virtual Library includes 32 books read aloud (now via YouTube!) about elephants, hippos, crocodiles, and ostriches. There are also 21 SAVANNA-themed songs and/or informational videos in the Music/Media Room, including a Savanna Animals Guessing Game!Topics cover the animals' behaviors, offspring, and interactions, as well as several stories included for pure entertainment value.This is the thi
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PreK - 3rd
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Also included in: SAVANNA 1, 2, 3! Virtual Library and Music/Media Room BUNDLE
SAVANNA #2: Cheetah/Baboon/Rhino/Lion Virtual Library & Music/Media Room
This fun room is all about residents of the SAVANNA: Cheetahs, Baboons, Rhinos, & Lions! The Virtual Library includes 33 books read aloud (now via YouTube!) about cheetahs, baboons, rhinos, & lions. There are also 18 SAVANNA-themed songs and/or informational videos in the Music/Media Room.Topics cover the animals' behaviors, offspring, and interactions, as well as several stories included for pure entertainment value.This is the second in a series of SAVANNA-themed Virtual Libraries a
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PreK - 3rd
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Also included in: SAVANNA 1, 2, 3! Virtual Library and Music/Media Room BUNDLE
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