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3rd grade balanced literacy research microsofts
Titanic Passengers and Crew PowerPoint & comprehension lesson
Students will love this fun and engaging lesson in which they learn about the Passengers and Crew of the RMS Titanic. This lesson is common core aligned to first and second grade standards. Included in this pack is a PowerPoint presentation and a two page Printable document with questions related to the Power Point. Students will love learning through this multimodal activity and demonstrate their knowledge through the follow up activity.
Included: Two options for handwriting lines.
Grades:
1st - 4th
Adapations
This animated power point introduces students to the world of animal adaptations, including what adaptations are, why some adaptations benefit an animal, and which animals typify certain adaptations. The students will be able to understand and investigate adaptations that allow animals to satisfy life needs and respond to the environment. The power point includes concept development, graphic organizers, lab activities, research activity and an assessment. Activities utilize individual and grou
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Grades:
2nd - 6th
Christmas Around the World Germany
This power point contains real pictures for students to see what Christmas in Germany looks like.
Slides include:
-Pictures of Germany
-Germany's Flag
-Children of Germany
-Traditions
-Food
-What originated from Germany
-How to say Merry Christmas in German
Please check out my other PPT for other countries around the world! Happy Shopping! :)
Grades:
K - 5th
Creative Composer Study (Brown Bag Style)
This is a brown bag project designed to introduce young students to a musical composer. It is cross-curricular, in that complete sentences are required for all the parts of the project. Some of the information that is required for them to research is:
*Birth place and date, as well as death place and date
*A quote of the composer
*A name of one of the composer's pieces of music.
*How the music makes the student feel.
All these parts are then cut out, placed in a decorated brown bag and turn
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Grades:
1st - 5th
Maybe... a story by Chris Haughton - activities, research and more!
Maybe by Chris Haughton is part of the Sunshine State Young Reader Award Jr. list for 2023-2024. Here are some ideas for how to use it in your library or classroom. Created by a certified Florida school librarian, this packet includes *ideas for mini lessons *printables to use right away *a compound word game *two different story maps * a research project about tigers *genre/lesson learned *links to videos
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
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CCSS:
Fourth Grade Research Project, Library
Short research project for 3rd or 4th graders. Create a class informational book based on student research and writing about topics they are excited about. Perfect for a classroom literacy center activity or library project that does not require lengthy class periods to complete. Students choose topics based on their interest, research and write a informational piece, draw or insert and picture. All pages are gathered and bound in a book for students to read.
Grades:
2nd - 4th
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Weather Performance Task: El Nino PSA
This performance task was created for grade five for the culmination of a study on Weather, but can be used with any intermediate grade. Students use a website to find out the effects of El Nino on any state of their choosing. Then they use that information to create a 1 minutes public service announcement (PSA) to inform the residents of their chosen state and recommend what they should do. The project includes all materials (including the rubric) and website URLs. The rubric assesses Speak
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Introduction to Research and Presentation - Animal Research Project
This project is designed to give students hands-on practice with the research and development of an informational presentation, the preparation of note cards, and presentation techniques. It also allows for practice with note-taking from an auditory source. It is structured around animal research, so information will likely be abundant. There is also a creative writing piece that helps reinforce literary elements. This is often used in the lower grades to introduce students to the idea of resear
Grades:
3rd - 10th
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Texas Symbols
Texas Symbols power point is a twenty eight page display of Texas culture. Real pictures are used to explain the history about when and why the symbols were adopted in the Texas Legislature. The dates will go with a great unit about the Timeline of Texas.Topics and symbols include:BluebonnetTexas CapitalTexas SealTexas MottoArmadilloPecan TreePrickly Pear CactusChiliMockingbirdLonghornMonarch ButterflyMexican free tail batTexas gem, blue topazTexas Sport; RodeoTexas Snack; Chips and SalsaFlag a
Grades:
K - 4th
Easy Animal Report to go with Common Core (CCSS) nonfiction writing
This is an easy to use format for kids to write their own animal report. This begins with a pre-write or word web, then asks kids to answer basic questions about the animal. Next kids can illustrate their animal and write an overall summary about the animal on easy to use paper. Finally, kids start to learn about a bibliography by writing the name of the book they got the information from and the author of that book. I use this for my Kindergarten special education students with great succes
Grades:
PreK - 5th
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Challenging Learning Packet
How can all of our students stay engaged? Allowing choices and setting timelines and goals will motivate individuals, challenge their interests and create a positive learning environment. With this learning packet, students grades K-5 will brainstorm topics of study and after research, hands-on creations and designs, present their project to friends, classmates or parents. Allowing our student to utilize his or her individual strengths in the research and study of a topic or book of their cho
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Grades:
1st - 12th
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The Insect World Presentation
This is an introduction on how scientist classify insects and why insects are so special.What exactly is an insect?What do all insects have in common?How do scientist classify insects?What is so special about insects?Lots of information about insects.This is fun, thought provoking and interesting lesson on insects. Have fun learning!!
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Grades:
2nd - 4th
Also included in: All about Insects Bundled lessons, games, tutorials, worksheets
Zookeeper's Mission Collaborative Group Web Quest
This WebQuest brings children into worldwide animal exploration! It will inform the children about the different animals and their nature habitats around the world. Kids will be excited to know where the animals in local, American zoos come from! It will educate the students about the animals they will be seeing in an upcoming zoo field trip, since the real time spent at the zoo will be rather fast-paced.
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Grades:
1st - 7th
Adverbs Complete Lesson. Fully differentiated. Engaging
Three Presentations differentiated for 3 ability groups.Presentation slides;1. What is a verb? (Recap and enforce)2. Moving images;What is Superboy doing? - FlyingWhat is the man doing? – Eating, watching or looking.What’s happening on the football pitch?How was that goal scored? Running/Ran, kicked and diving (goalkeeper)What is the crowd doing? Jumping, shouting and cheering3. What is an adverb? – go back to previous slides and ask ‘Are these people just flying? Eating? Running?’ Could any oth
Grades:
2nd - 8th
YPAR Rubric
Have your students create a differentiated Youth Participatory Action Research project using this rubric.
Grades:
2nd - 12th
Research Note-taking Graphic Organizer
This graphic organizer can help students take efficient notes on historical and other non-fiction topics. The format includes: topic question(s), key dates and events, big ideas (gists), key people, vocabulary, resources and questions/confusions.
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
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Accelerated Reading (AR) Kinder-3rd grade as a response to intervention
1.Teacher guide to how Accelerated Reading can work with students at any reading level including those that are reading at RR 2 and 3. Follows these tips. I will explain how to use AR as an intervention not just as an assessment.
2. Parent letter
3. Tracking card for incentives, motivation or assessment
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Grades:
PreK - 3rd
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My Rain Forest Friends Book Grades 1-2
Come learn about rain forest animals in this non fiction book. While reading this book students will learn about jaguars, ocelots, okapis, anteaters, tapirs, capybaras, and sloths. Students will learn information about the animal babies, adaptations, fun facts, and more. This book includes comprehension questions and activities for later. This book is perfect for first grade, advanced kindergarten, or 2nd graders that need a little review.
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Grades:
K - 3rd
NGSS:
1-LS1-2
, 2-LS4-1
, K-LS1-1
Birds Friends Book Grades 1-2
Come read about a flock of birds. In this book students will use nonfiction facts as well as realistic pictures to learn about flamingos, macaws, penguins, puffins, and toucans. Students will learn fun facts, adaptations, habitats, diets, and facts about baby animals. This book would be perfect for 1st graders, kindergarteners that are advanced, or 2nd graders that might need a little review.
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Grades:
K - 3rd
NGSS:
K-ESS3-1
, 2-LS4-1
, 1-LS3-1
Text Features: The Picture Walk: Non Fiction Close Reading
Students familiarize themselves with a non-fiction article or text before close reading. By taking a picture walk and paying attention to various text features, it encourages students to use visual clues such as: photographs, captions, headings, diagrams, a glossary, etc. to gain a general understanding of the main idea of the text. This activity has been used independently, in centers either with partners or working within small groups before close reading a non-fiction article. It is very ef
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Weather and Cli
This multi-page document gives the scoring guide and assignment details for a culminating task. Students will be assigned and/or choose a city to research weather and climate. For 14 days, students will collect daily weather and create a graph. Students will then research the city's climate and create a travel brochure and focus on the city's tourism and natural resources, related to climate. Please see my data collection chart and my scoring guide for this project!
Grades:
3rd - 6th
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The Monarch Butterfly
An introduction to the Monarch Butterfly.Editable PPT presentation that may be modified for your specific needs.Includes links and videos that I found most beneficial and engaging for students.It's a fun option to add a voice over for your students, or even better, have them create the voice overs. Another idea is to add a video of yourself narrating the slides for your students using screen recording program similar to "Screencastify" or "Loom."Lastly, I have used this Powerpoint Presentation w
Grades:
2nd - 8th
Write a Persuasive Letter using A Mr. Rubbish Mood
After reading the chapter, A Mr. Rubbish Mood, in Judy Moody Saves the World, use this rubric/check-off. This activity has students write a persuasive letter from the point of view of Judy Moody. Students must research an endangered animal and write a letter to persuade Stink to change his ways.
Grades:
3rd - 4th
Informational Writing Dog power Point
This is a power point meant to be used with my dog anticipation guide. Students are given information about five dog breeds
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Grades:
K - 6th
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