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Winter close reading Common Core RST.6-8.1 resources
Winter Solstice Activity Worksheets for the First Day of Winter
Looking for an informative, no prep activity to teach your students about the winter solstice? This print AND digital lesson includes 3 worksheets teaching students about the winter solstice. Comprehension science worksheets assess understanding of the December 21 solstice in the northern and southern hemispheres. This winter activity gives student-friendly information about what a solstice is and how it differs in the northern and southern hemispheres. Also included is an engaging activity for
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Full Year Science Curriculum
Snow Winter Weather Activity
Students and teachers love snow days, but do your students understand what snow is, how it forms, and what snowflakes look like? This lesson is perfect before holiday breaks, as science sub plans, or to complement a weather unit to teach students to use specific digital links to research and learn about the winter weather and snow. In addition, they will learn about 8 different types of snowflakes and how they form, different types of winter storms, and how to stay safe in the snow. Like this ac
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Winter Activities and Experiments
December Activities for Science
Incorporate the winter holidays into your December science units using these 5 engaging PRINT and DIGITAL science activities. Students will learn about peppermint, gumdrops, reindeer, famous scientist Ada Lovelace, and the winter solstice by reading articles and completing STEM challenges. These December activities work great as sub plans, to tie Christmas to science, or as a fun way to incorporate science before the holiday recess. Students will learn about:What a peppermint isHow a gumdrop was
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4th - 6th
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3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
Also included in: Monthly Science Activities
Winter Science Experiments
Integrate the winter season into your science curriculum as your students test three real-life problems. Students will use materials to test which substance melts ice the fastest, which substance dissolves peppermint the fastest, and which temperature is best for hot cocoa. These cold weather inspired activities will engage and motivate your students all winter long or before and after holiday breaks or snow days! Like this resource? Check out this lesson on mittens and gloves. Students will: te
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Winter Activities and Experiments
The Seasons and What Causes Them - Science Reading Article - Grades 5-7
The Seasons and What Causes Them - This fully editable Science Comprehension Reading Activity for Grades 5-7 (ages 10-12) is perfect for distance learning, substitute plans, an activity to supplement your lesson, or for scientific literacy practice. Each page highlights and explains key terms for student reference. Questions include knowledge (direct from the paper), thinking, connecting, and open-ended varieties.The Reading Looks at:- What is a season?- Why do seasons occur? - What DOES NOT cre
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5th - 7th
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Also included in: Space Digital Science Reading Article Bundle - Grade 5-7
Nonfiction Reading Passages and Inference Questions - Inventors and Inventions
Use these brief illustrated reading passages to support the Common Core ELA standard for making inferences from informational text (CCSS RI.6-8.1). They are perfect for use as bell work activities in science classes, but can be used by any teacher who needs scientifically accurate reading passages to help students practice making inferences.
The reading level is intended for middle school. You can see excerpts in the preview that will help you determine if the reading level is appropriate for
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: Nonfiction Reading Passages Bundle for Science, Social Studies, and ELA
Restart Novel Study Informational Texts & Activities
The informational texts will build your students’ knowledge about memory, the brain, amnesia, and the processes involved in memory formation. Students will learn about the brain’s structures, brain plasticity, and the different types of memories that shape our everyday lives. When synthesized with a reading of Restart by Gordon Korman, the information will prompt critical thinking and analysis about the significance of memory in day-to-day life. By the end of this unit of study, students will ha
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6th - 8th
Also included in: Restart by Gordon Korman Novel Study
Winter Activities and Experiments
Integrate the winter weather into your classroom this holiday season with these engaging activities and experiments that will have students research snow, solve real-life problems, and design and create prototypes. This bundle of lessons can be used as sub plans, in small group stations, or as whole class projects. This winter activities and experiments bundle includes: Winter Weather: Snow WebQuest Mittens vs Gloves Activity and ProjectSeasonal Experiments: Which temperature is best for hot co
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4th - 6th
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3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
February Activities for Science
Need engaging science activities for February? These print and digital science activities include seasonal concepts, a STEM activity, several hands-on activities, classroom demonstrations, and reading articles for students to learn more about the world around them. February science topics cover Groundhog's Day, Super Bowl Sunday, Presidents' Day, Heart Health Day, and Valentine's Day. Science topics cover measurement, engineering, hibernation and groundhogs, surface tension, changes in matter, a
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4th - 6th
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3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
Also included in: Monthly Science Activities
Why Leaves Change Color In The Fall - Science Reading Article – Grades 5-7
Why Leaves Change Color In The Fall - This fully editable Science Comprehension Reading Activity for Grades 5-7 (ages 10-12) is perfect for distance learning, substitute plans, an activity to supplement your lesson, or for scientific literacy practice. Each page highlights and explains key terms for student reference. Questions include knowledge (direct from the paper), thinking, connecting, and open-ended varieties.The Reading Looks at:- Green leaves- Photosynthesis- Changes in Weather and Leng
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5th - 7th
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Invasive Species - Science Reading Article – Grades 5-7
Invasive Species - This fully editable Science Comprehension Reading Activity for Grades 5-7 (ages 10-12) is perfect for distance learning, substitute plans, an activity to supplement your lesson, or for scientific literacy practice. Each page highlights and explains key terms for student reference. Questions include knowledge (direct from the paper), thinking, connecting, and open-ended varieties.The Reading Looks at:- What is an invasive species?- How does a species become invasive?- What dama
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5th - 7th
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Animal Adaptations - Science Reading Article – Grades 5-7
Animal Adaptations - This fully editable Science Comprehension Reading Activity for Grades 5-7 (ages 10-12) is perfect for distance learning, substitute plans, an activity to supplement your lesson, or for scientific literacy practice. Each page highlights and explains key terms for student reference. Questions include knowledge (direct from the paper), thinking, connecting, and open-ended varieties.The Reading Looks at:- What are adaptations- The different types of adaptations- Structural adapt
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5th - 7th
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Endangered Species - Scientific Reading Comprehension Article – Grades 5-7
Endangered Species - This fully editable Science Comprehension Reading Activity for Grades 5-7 (ages 10-12) is perfect for distance learning, substitute plans, an activity to supplement your lesson, or for scientific literacy practice. Each page highlights and explains key terms for student reference. Questions include knowledge (direct from the paper), thinking, connecting, and open-ended varieties.The Reading Looks at:- Why Do Species Become Endangered?- Examples of endangered species- Former
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5th - 7th
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Conduction Convection Radiation Heat Transfer Activity MS-PS3-3 MS-PS3-4
This product will WOW your students and challenge them! This integrated week long activity has real life applications and is engaging, rigorous, fun and easy prep! Your students will master energy transfer after this activity!It’s NGSS aligned, it’s integrated, it’s a rigorous week long 5E and relatively easy prep! I also include 12 pages of very detailed notes, a key and my email if you have any questions. Read below for the details. The following concepts are included:-Energy -Kinetic Energy-P
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6th - 9th
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Forces Motion & Energy MS-PS2-2: 5E NGSS Activity Close Reading & Notes CER
This product will WOW your students and challenge them! It’s NGSS aligned, it’s a rigorous 2 day block period 5E and relatively easy prep! I also include 8 pages of very detailed notes, a key and my email if you have any questions. Read below for the details. The following concepts are included:-Energy -Kinetic Energy-Potential Energy-Energy Transfer-Momentum-Friction-Heat-Sound- Gravitational Potential Energy- Energy of Position and Motion-Chemical Potential Energy-Elastic EnergyNGSS Standards:
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6th - 10th
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MS-PS2-4
, MS-PS3-2
, MS-PS2-2
, MS-PS3-1
Avalanches Wild Weather Activity
Teach your students about the natural disaster, avalanches, with this engaging nonfiction read, comprehension questions, and doodle sketch note activity. Students will learn about what an avalanche is, where and how it happens, as well as precautions to take to stay safe. Like this activity? Check out the bundle and save 20% by clicking here. Students will learn:What is an avalancheTypes of avalanches; slab and loose snowHow often they happenCauses Where they happenRisk and measurement scalesPre
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4th - 6th
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5th-6th Grade Reading Sidekick Office- Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Characters
5th-6th Grade Reading SidekickEDITABLE FILE INCLUDEDCLICK HERE for more from The Type-Bee Teacher CLICK HERE to join my Facebook groupIf you're anything like me, you find yourself begging your students to apply the skills they have learned in your mini-lessons. No matter how many times you remind them, they always seem to forget the skills you are trying to get them to practice independently!Sidekicks have been a huge help in my classroom over the past couple of years. When implemented correctly
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5th - 8th
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Climate Change - Science Reading Article - Grades 5-7
Climate Change - This fully editable Science Comprehension Reading Activity for Grades 5-7 (ages 10-12) is perfect for distance learning, substitute plans, an activity to supplement your lesson, or for scientific literacy practice. Each page highlights and explains key terms for student reference. Questions include knowledge (direct from the paper), thinking, connecting, and open-ended varieties.The Reading Looks at:- What is Climate?- What’s the big deal?- The Greenhouse Effect- What’s causing
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5th - 8th
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MS-ESS3-2
, MS-LS2-2
, MS-LS2-3
, MS-LS2-4
, MS-LS2-1
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Also included in: Climate Change Mega Bundle - Lessons, Activities, Assessments
Food Webs & Energy Flow in Ecosystems Reading Comprehension
Looking for a great introduction, review, or sub plans to cover energy flow in ecosystems? Look no further! Our literacy articles are a one-stop shop for building your students' scientific reading and comprehension skills. In a day and age where textbooks are on their way out, Strankles Science believes that informational texts still have an important place in science when used in moderation. To accomplish this delicate balance, this literacy article has 3 pages of reading content with a dedicat
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5th - 8th
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MS-LS2-3
, MS-LS2-4
Oil Spills and Their Consequences - Digital Science Reading Article - Grades 5-7
Oil Spills and Their Consequences - This fully editable Science Comprehension Reading Activity for Grades 5-7 (ages 10-12) is perfect for distance learning, substitute plans, an activity to supplement your lesson, or for scientific literacy practice. Each page highlights and explains key terms for student reference. Questions include knowledge (direct from the paper), thinking, connecting, and open-ended varieties. The Reading Looks at:- a case study of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig.- why oil an
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Mega Biology Resource Collection - Fully editable and growing bundle
Reading and Study Guide for "Tracking Trash":Scientist in the Field series
This reading and study guide will help an individual student or group of readers understand the non-fiction title "Tracking Trash: Flotsam, Jetsam, and the Science of Ocean Motion" by Loree Griffin Burns. Designed to be read as part of a weather/climate unit in middle school science class, the guide encourages close reading, but also emphasizes the science of ocean currents, measurements of latitude and longitude, and the computer technology scientists use to monitor and predict ocean events. St
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5th - 8th
The Water Cycle - Science Reading Article - Grades 5-7
The Water Cycle - This fully editable Science Comprehension Reading Activity for Grades 5-7 (ages 10-12) is perfect for distance learning, substitute plans, an activity to supplement your lesson, or for scientific literacy practice. Each page highlights and explains key terms for student reference. Questions include knowledge (direct from the paper), thinking, connecting, and open-ended varieties.The Reading Looks at:- What is the water cycle?- Why Does Water On Earth Move In A Cycle?- Parts of
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5th - 7th
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Also included in: Water Complete Unit Bundle - Middle School Comprehensive Bundle
Winter Science Fact or Fiction? CER Toolkit Middle School Winter Myths Activity
❄️ Set the Record Straight About Winter's Scientific Mysteries! ❄️ Our Winter Science - Fact or Fiction? CER Pack is your essential companion for middle school science educators during the winter season. It's designed to help your students debunk common scientific misconceptions that often circulate during the colder months - a perfect fit for January through March!From unraveling the truth about body heat myths to shedding light on the mysteries of animal hibernation, from investigating freezin
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6th - 9th
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MS-LS1-3
, MS-LS2-1
Earthquakes - Digital Science Reading Article – Grades 5-7
Earthquakes - This fully editable Science Comprehension Reading Activity for Grades 5-7 (ages 10-12) is perfect for distance learning, substitute plans, an activity to supplement your lesson, or for scientific literacy practice. Each page highlights and explains key terms for student reference. Questions include knowledge (direct from the paper), thinking, connecting, and open-ended varieties.The Reading Looks at:- How earthquakes work- The dangers of earthquakes- How to prepare for an earthquak
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5th - 7th
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