1st grade informational text Common Core 4.MD.A.1 resources

Penguin Research Project

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This document includes an introduction to penguins, penguin habitats, information with web links and research writing pages for the following penguins: ~adelie ~african ~chistrap ~emperor ~erect-crested ~fiordland ~galapagos ~gentoo ~humboldt ~king ~little (or blue) ~macaroni ~magellanic ~rockhopper ~royal ~snares ~yellow-eyed. I used this as a research-based project. I have attached a matrix that you can use or you can use as a sample for students to gain information about their penguin. If

Subjects:

Informational Text, Science, Writing-Expository

Grades:

K - 5th

Types:

Research, Projects, Printables

CCSS:

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Going Bananas With Measuring

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Julie Klettke

Let's go bananas with measuring length and mass using standard and non-standard units. Bananas are easy to purchase and make excellent objects to measure and compare. Reading selections provide background information about bananas. Follow up question pages are differentiated for two levels of learners. Experiments range from easy counting to using calculators to find averages and percent. Compare mass of banana with other objects on balance scales, use non-standard units to determine length

Subjects:

Informational Text, Measurement, Physical Science

Grades:

1st - 5th

Types:

Activities, Laboratory, Printables

CCSS: