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2nd grade science Common Core RL.5.2 resources
Hibernation Adaptation Migration Crafts
This resource contains 10 animal crafts to teach about winter animals that may adapt, hibernate, or migrate. Each craft contains a unique original poem with a fun 3D feature your students will love! Super-easy with visual directions for how to put them together (using the bear for an example). Great for science, poetry, speech therapy, or a fun craft after finishing a winter unit! Created in black and white, they are print and go for a fast, fun craft. DOWNLOAD the FREE SAMPLE in the PREVIE
Grades:
K - 3rd
Also included in: Winter Speech and Language BUNDLE
Wall-E Movie Guide and THREE DAYS Emergency Sub Lesson Printables K-5 Earth Day
This packet is "REEL FUN" and ready to go for the month of April for Earth Day!Sometimes you have to miss a day and you don't always know ahead of time. Sometimes, things just don't go as planned and you need some emergency lesson plans! This packet is for YOU friend!! EVERYTHING is NO PREP. All you need is the movie Wall-E and you are ready to go! The movie guide included in this set is separated over three days, so there are three total days of lesson plans included to go with those three
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Grades:
K - 5th
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-1
, 4-LS1-1
, 1-LS1-2
, 4-ESS1-1
, 3-LS4-1
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Force & Motion: Laws of Motion, Gravity, Friction, Energy, Simple Machines, MORE
Science teachers of the third, fourth, and fifth grades, take note! Are you trying to find a thorough unit on simple machines and force and motion? There's nowhere else to look! Everything you need to make teaching science easy is included in this comprehensive unit.Your students will be completely engaged and eager to learn about forces and motion with the help of our detailed lesson plans, printable and digital student activities, practical experiments, and centers.Since we know that teaching
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Grades:
2nd - 6th
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Also included in: Science Units Bundle for Science Centers | Comprehension | Activities
Bonding with Friends: H2O (STEM Rhyming Story + Activity Book w/ Answers, NGSS)
A rhyming STEM story and activity book about the water molecule. This has the science story explaining chemistry, is a coloring book with activity pages including an answer key all in one! A perfect STEM or STEAM activity for kids! This covers science, reading comprehension, art, and poetry all in one lesson that will keep students entertained while learning whether they are physically at school or doing distance learning. Meets NGSS and CCSS standards. Kids will enjoy "Bonding with Friends: H2O
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Grades:
PreK - 3rd
NGSS:
K-LS1-1
Stink and the Freaky Frog Freakout
Literature Study contains:- summary- point of view- fact and opinion- figurative language- cause and effect- vocabulary- vocabulary practice and test- answer key
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Grades:
1st - 5th
Science Units Bundle for Science Centers | Comprehension | Activities
Science teachers of the third, fourth, and fifth grades, take note! Are you trying to find a thorough Science bundle? There's nowhere else to look! Everything you need to make teaching science easy is included in this comprehensive unit.Your students will be completely engaged and eager to learn about science concepts with the help of our detailed lesson plans, printable and digital student activities, practical experiments, and centers.Since we know that teaching science can be difficult, we ha
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2nd - 5th
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Water Cycle BUNDLE: The Life Cycle of a Snowflake Leveled Reader's Theatre
The Life Cycle of a Snowflake Reader's Theatre leveled scripts and Vocabulary Cards BUNDLEIncluded in this BUNDLE: Three scripts Levels 1, 2 and 3 plus matching Vocabulary Cards covering the science terminology underlined throughout the scripts.Make your science standards come alive with these engaging Reader's Theatre plays designed to help your students learn about the water cycle, as well as solids, liquids, and gasses as they follow the journey of a few snowflakes through their water cycle.
Weathering, Erosion & Deposition: Constructive & Destructive Forces Activities
Science teachers of the third, fourth, and fifth grades, take note! Are you trying to find Constructive and destructive Forces: Weathering, Erosion & Deposition? There's nowhere else to look! Everything you need to make teaching science easy is included in this comprehensive unit.Your students will be completely engaged and eager to learn about science concepts of Weathering, Erosion and deposition with the help of our detailed lesson plans, printable and digital student activities, practica
Grades:
2nd - 5th
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NGSS:
3-LS4-1
, 5-ESS3-1
, 2-LS4-1
Bonding with Friends: Helium (STEM Nonfiction Story + Activity Book, NGSS, CCSS)
A rhyming chemistry story about helium and noble gases, a coloring book, and activity book with answer key all in one! A perfect STEM activity for kids in the classroom or at home! This covers reading, science, art, and poetry in one lesson that will keep students entertained while learning whether they are physically at school or doing distance learning. This not only has a science lesson but also an inclusive message which teaches kids that it is perfectly acceptable to be an introvert which i
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Grades:
PreK - 5th
NGSS:
K-LS1-1
Bonding with Friends: H2O & Helium (Two Rhyming STEM Nonfiction Stories, NGSS)
A perfect STEM book for kids in the classroom or at home! This covers reading, science, and poetry in one lesson that will keep students entertained while learning whether they are physically at school or remotely. This rhyming picture book has two stories in one! "Bonding with Friends: H2O & Helium" has a story about the water molecule and another story about helium. NGSS and Common Core standards identified. Virtual author reading with activity available too, visit www.STEMistryBooks.com.T
Autism Awareness The Girl Who Thought in Pictures Reading Response Activities
April is Autism Awareness Month. Using the book "The Girl Who Thought in Pictures" by Temple Grandin, you can introduce your students to a world changer. After reading the book, use these reading response activities to get your students writing about the book. This resource includes 4 reading response activities in 2 different levels. Plus, 2 bonus posters that feature quotes from Temple Grandin!Using the skills of connecting, analyzing, and evaluating your students will be writing about themes
Grades:
K - 6th
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Frankie Sparks and the Class Pet Novel Study Discussion Question Cards
This product includes 68 comprehension, literary instruction, reflection, critical thinking, discussion, and composition prompts on cards for studying the novel, Frankie Sparks and the Class Pet, written by Megan Frazer Blakemore and illustrated by Nadja Sarell. This book is a timely work of realistic fiction that is enjoyable and informational and has great connections for STEM learning. This novel opens the door to many important discussion opportunities for students within the classroom and b
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
Reader's Theatre: The Life Cycle of a Snowflake; Water Cycle Level 3
The Life Cycle of a Snowflake Reader's Theatre scriptLevel 3Make your science standards come alive with this engaging Reader's Theatre play designed to help your students learn about the water cycle, as well as solids, liquids, and gasses as they follow the journey of Sarah and Stanley Snowflake through their water cycle. This fun script reinforces reading skills, science standards, science vocabulary, fluency, and speaking and listening skills. Students will learn how snowflakes form as they tr
Human, Natural, Capital Resources Sort Quiz Slideshow Posters Windmill Activity
Teach students about the 3 types of resources: human, capital, and natural.This resource includes:Instructional slideshow - background building about the types of resourcesResources posters - print on colored paper for bright effect seen in the previewResources sort - cut and paste activity with answer keyWindmill craft - create a paper windmill and discuss the resources used to create itResources quiz - multiple choice with answer keyFor the windmill craft, you will need pushpins and new pencil
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
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NGSS:
5-ESS3-1
, 4-ESS3-2
, 4-ESS3-1
Honey Bee by Fleming pdf Google Slides™ book companion w web activities
This is a beautiful and informational resource about honeybees. It includes comprehension/discussion prompts, animal/insect study guidance, a mini webquest resource, and great activities for learning about bees with The Honeybee, written by Candace Fleming and illustrated by Eric Rohmann. It includes 45 comprehension/discussion/composition prompts and 15 extension activities using the book and outstanding web resources. This product may be used for classroom and distance learning, and the book i
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2nd - 6th
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Max Science Adventure Series Bundle by Jeffrey Bennett
Save BIG with this guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan bundle for a 4 week unit for the science fiction mentor text books Max Goes to the Moon, Max Goes to Mars, Max Goes To The Space Station, and Max Goes to Jupiter by Jeffrey Bennett, Nick Schneider, Erica Ellingson and Michael Carroll. These books can also be found in Spanish as Max viaja a la Luna, Max viaja a Marte, Max viaja a la estacion espacial, and Max viaja a Jupiter. Activities are in English and Spanish! A great
Growth Mindset Reader's Theater #1 of 4- Science Edition
Easy as 1-2-3!1. print out reader’s theater script2. hole punch the script3. put in a three-prong folder for students to grab-and-go during Daily 5 or any small group instructional timeThis is one of our Two.Teach.Wildly.Free-bies. This Reader’s Theater is one of four in a series about growth mindset in different academic subjects. We chose to make our science-relatedreader’s theater our freebie version because we find that both young girls and boys need more exposure to important women in STEM.
Filipino Folktales and Legends: Maria of the Mountain
Let this short story about Mariang Makiling help you teach using a classic Filipino folktale. It comes complete with a vocabulary builder, skill-based comprehension questions, and activities. The "Notes" give you a backgrounder on how to use this resource and the answer guide points out the skills targeted by each question.
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2nd - 5th
Musical to Teach Climate Change, Clean Energy, and Activism
Curious: Think Outside the Pipeline! is Ants on a Log’s award-winning musical.**Watch the trailer**“CURIOUS encourages listeners to learn more about problem solving, and the power of uniting one’s community to fight for social justice. CURIOUS is highly recommended, especially for school and public library collections.”— Midwest Book ReviewThis musical tells the story of Clio and her sibling Taylor as they organize their neighbors to fight for clean air. With the help of a songful community and
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Grades:
K - 8th
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NGSS:
5-ESS3-1
, MS-ESS3-5
, MS-ESS3-4
, MS-ESS3-3
, K-ESS3-3
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Story Seeds Activity Zine: Be a Plot Scientist with Dan Gutman
This activity zine is a companion to Episode 1 of The Story Seeds Podcast: The Magic Seed starring 11-year-old Hannah and Dan Gutman, author of the My Weird School series.Kids can use this activity kit to create their own stories using our graphic organizers for developing plot; learn more about seed science by reading a short feature about a scientist from Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University; conduct their own Indoor and outdoor science experiments; make art inspired by The
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Grades:
1st - 5th
TEXT BACK ASAP Graphic Organizer
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LESSON EXAMPLE USING "TEXT BACK ASAP"
With a partner, instruct students to analyze an image of Italian immigrants, contemplating what the individuals’ thoughts would be upon arrival to the United States. Encourage conversations revolving around possible dialogue between one of the individuals and a relative back home in Italy. Give students approximately 3 minutes to discuss.
Next, pass out the TEXT BACK ASAP graphic organizer.
Explain to stu
Grades:
1st - 12th
Theme and Point of View Lesson
This lesson is a great introduction or review lesson for theme and point of view. My Neighbor Below is a perfect read aloud for teaching and discussing these reading concepts, while also encouraging the appreciation of animals and the greater world around us. Great for Groundhog Day, Earth Day, or ANY DAY!
Relevant to the theme and point of view Common Core standards for 2nd-5th grade, but students of all ages will enjoy this book and activity!
Included is a 45 minute lesson plan, graphic org
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
Educator's guide for WOOD, WIRE, WINGS: Emma Lilian Todd Invents an Airplane
About the book: This riveting nonfiction picture book biography explores both the failures and successes of self-taught engineer Emma Lilian Todd as she tackles one of the greatest challenges of the early 1900s: designing an airplane.Emma Lilian Todd’s mind was always soaring–she loved to solve problems. Lilian tinkered and fiddled with all sorts of objects, turning dreams into useful inventions. As a child, she took apart and reassembled clocks to figure out how they worked. As an adult, typing
Grades:
1st - 5th
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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Maria of the Mountain, an excerpt
Do a quick reading check with this excerpt of a folktale from the Philippines. It includes a one-page story, a word check, and a reading check, complete with skills addressed in the answer key.
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2nd - 5th
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