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Science Common Core RI.4.6 resources
Solar System and Planets Reading Passages | The Solar System Worksheets
This Solar System and Planets Close Reading Packet has everything you need for a complete reading and science unit in your classroom. Differentiated reading passages, writing activities, no prep worksheets, and coloring pages are at the heart of this one-stop resource for learning about each planet!Please click the PREVIEW above for an idea of everything included in this loaded resource!If you have never used Close Reading or even if you are already a pro, this 110+ page packet truly is for you!
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4th - 7th
Also included in: Solar System and Planets Activities Bundle | Solar System Project
Weather Unit and Reading Passages | Print and Digital
Looking for hands-on activities to teach your students about weather? This cross curricular unit will keep your students ENGAGED while teaching them all they need to know about weather. There are multiple interactive activities that allow you to make lapbooks or to use in interactive notebooks. Along with reading passages, there are also graphing activities, chart activities, and even a map activity. NOTE: This resource now has Google Classroom activities, making it ideal for digital distance l
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Grades:
1st - 4th
Weather and Climate Reading Passages Activities Worksheets 3rd 4th 5th Grade
Getting ready to study weather and climate? These high-interest informative nonfiction close reading passages and activities will help your 3rd 4th and 5th grade students understand this science concept.Students will learn and think critically about the different types of climate and hazardous weather conditions with these nonfiction articles and reflection activities. Included are 4, two-page articles to help your students understand our planet's weather and climate.Your students will practice
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3rd - 4th
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NGSS:
3-ESS3-1
Food and Nutrition Reading Passages Healthy Eating Project - Food Groups
Ready for National Nutrition Month this March? Help students understand food groups, healthy eating habits, and how to live an active lifestyle with engaging activities that they love to complete!Combine science concepts with important close reading strategies and nonfiction articles to save class time and present real-world reading opportunities for your students.Students will learn and think critically about the different food groups, how to get active and live healthily, and the latest inform
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Reading Comprehension Passages Nonfiction 3rd 4th 5th Science
Distance Learning, Shark Research Project, Shark Week, Sharks Google Classroom
Distance Learning - This Google Classroom resource is all you need to cover sharks. It can be used during shark week or as shark research project. Each slide contains a formative task that the student must complete. Once they have completed the task they may move on to the next task or slide. This shark project can be completed as a student paced, group, or whole class activity.Each slide contains instructions on what the students are to complete and accomplish before moving forward. Also,
Who Would Win? Graphic Organizers | Any WWW? Book | Printable & Digital Formats
Updated1/27/21: This file includes ready to use graphic organizers and writing prompts that are designed to be used with any or all of the Who Would Win? books by Jerry Palotta. The resource includes both printable and digital files. The digital files are made for Seesaw and Google Slides and can then be used in Google Classroom. These high interest books compare two animals or insects to determine who would win if they were to battle one another. Use these materials in small groups, for ind
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2nd - 5th
4th Grade Science-Based Reading Comprehension Passages, Lessons, & Activities
Are you a 4th Grade Reading teacher looking to INTEGRATE science standards into your guided reading block? Look no further! These HIGH-QUALITY informational and fiction science-based texts and activities are for you! Reading Through Science™ allows you to SAVE TIME by having LOW-PREP science-based reading lessons & activities at your fingertips!! All nonfiction AND fiction texts were professionally written and are HIGH-INTEREST!! Plus, you'll get tons of research-based TEACHING STRATEGIES t
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Grades:
4th - 5th
NGSS:
4-PS4-2
, 4-LS1-1
, 4-PS3-4
, 4-ESS1-1
, 4-PS3-3
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Space Passages Reading Comprehension Escape Room
Are you looking for space nonfiction reading comprehension passages and questions? A Comprehension Quest® is a FUN escape room style activity and is a unique way to get students excited about practicing reading comprehension! ☄️Here's how it works:☄️Starting off with the hook video, students learn they have a quest to complete. In this edition, students must find an astronaut who is lost in space. Students will read 6 passages and complete standards-aligned reader response activities. Afte
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2nd - 5th
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Inventors and Inventions BUNDLE | Print and Digital
Looking to teach your students about inventors and their inventions? This best-selling cross-curricular unit allows you to teach your students about inventors in a fun and interactive way! This now has a link on page 2 of the PDF allowing use in Google Classroom. Students can complete different activities online. This makes it ideal for distance learningThe no-prep unit covers the following 20 inventors:- Mary Anderson- Alexander Graham Bell- Louis Braille- George Washington Carver- Leonardo da
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1st - 5th
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4th Grade NGSS Earth Science Unit
This NGSS-aligned unit includes science, literacy, and math activities to teach systems on Earth's surface. The topics include plate tectonics, weathering, erosion, natural hazards, and changes to the Earth that are visible in formations and the fossil record. Included in this packet:Resources for Input: - Unit essential question- Inquiry chart printable- Observation chart photos- Printable Cognitive Content Dictionary and teacher samples- I Just Thought You'd Like to Know About Patterns in Eart
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4th
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NGSS:
4-ESS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
, 4-ESS2-2
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Also included in: 4th Grade NGSS Science Unit Bundle
4th Grade NGSS Science Unit Bundle
Save 25% by buying the bundle! This bundle includes all 4 units for fourth grade: Energy, Earth Science, Waves, and Plant and Animal Structures.In this bundle you will find:Resources for InputInquiry ChartObservation ChartsBig Book (PPT or printable)Pictorial and Comparative Input Chart templates (20 total)Parts of a Flowering PlantThe Human BodySpecialized Sensory Receptors: Cheetah vs SharkEarth's LayersTopographyStratigraphyWeatheringErosionPlate TectonicsAnatomy of a WaveHow Light Helps Us S
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Grades:
4th
NGSS:
4-PS4-2
, 4-LS1-1
, 4-PS3-4
, 4-ESS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
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Compare Contrast Text Structure Passages Reindeer Informational Text Passages
Reading Informational Text Unit on Reindeer- Compare and Contrast Two Texts on Reindeer: Students will enjoy these reindeer reading passages and reindeer reading comprehension pages. Students will love learning all about reindeer. Students will compare two nonfiction passages on reindeer and will integrate ideas to write about the topic of reindeer. Reindeer are interesting animals with special adaptations. Great holiday reading and writing activity. Students will learn that reindeer or caribou
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
Also included in: Reading Two Text Passages on Reindeer Bundle
Nonfiction Close Reading Passages Anchor Chart 3rd 4th 5th Grade ELA Test Prep
3rd, 4th, & 5th grade reading passages with comprehension questions are ready to go in this nonfiction close reading pack! These high-interest science reading comprehension passages and questions are perfect for engaging students and helping them learn a variety of science topics as they practice important reading strategies.Included are 30 articles to help your students understand these science topics through close reading activities. These nonfiction reading articles will help your student
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3rd - 5th
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NGSS:
3-ESS3-1
, 3-LS4-1
, 5-ESS3-1
, 3-ESS2-2
, 4-ESS3-2
4th Grade Science NGSS PLUS Reading Informational Text Passages CCSS
This fourth-grade NGSS science bundle includes all of my resources for 4th-grade NGSS. It also includes fourth-grade resources for reading informational text. Teachers and school districts will love this Huge fourth-grade NGSS Bundle with a wide variety of labs, centers, nonfiction articles, and more. This Bundle Includes the following Science Units:Structure and FunctionSpeed, Energy, and Colliding ObjectsFossils UnitWaves UnitEnergy and ObjectsUsing Patterns to CommunicatePangeaFossil FuelsEar
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Grades:
4th
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NGSS:
3-PS2-1
, 3-ESS3-1
, 3-LS4-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-ESS2-1
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4th Grade I Can Statement Bundle - Kid Friendly Language, CCSS aligned
This is a collection of I can statements created directly from the common core ela and math standards as well as the next generation science standards. The following areas are covered:Reading LiteratureReading Informational TextReading Foundational SkillsWritingSpeaking and ListeningLanguageOperations and Algebraic ThinkingNumbers and Operations in Base 10Measurement and DataGeometryFractionsPhysical ScienceEarth ScienceLife ScienceEngineering DesignAll of the I can statements come in two styles
Nonfiction Close Reading Passages Paired Text 3rd 4th 5th Grade ELA Test Prep
Looking for nonfiction close reading passages and activities with science topics to engage and challenge your students? These nonfiction reading articles will help your students learn important topics and tie together reading and science.Help your students understand different science topics like understanding animal adaptations, endangered species, food chains, and hibernation with these engaging and critical thinking nonfiction articles. Close reading anchor charts are also included to help yo
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3rd - 5th
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NGSS:
3-LS4-3
, 3-LS4-2
States of Matter Reading Comprehension Questions and Activities
Help your students understand all about matter with these engaging and critical thinking nonfiction articles focused on the different states of matter. Included are 2, two-page articles to help your students understand how molecules make up matter and how matter changes. This set now includes a digital version to use with Google Classroom™.Close reading anchor charts are also included to help your students understand the text more deeply. Your students will practice gathering important informati
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Nonfiction Reading Passages Comprehension Questions Science Solar Energy
4th Grade NGSS Plant and Animal Structures Unit
This structures and functions unit has everything you need to teach 4th grade NGSS life science standards.Included in this packet:Resources for Input- Unit essential question- Inquiry chart printable- Observation chart photos- Printable CCD and teacher samples- The Important Thing about Structures Big Book- Powerpoint version of the big book- Super Scientist Awards- 2 pictorial input charts to project and trace- 2 comparative input chart to project and trace- Structures chant- Biologist Bugaloo
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Grades:
4th
NGSS:
4-LS1-1
, 4-LS1-2
Also included in: 4th Grade NGSS Science Unit Bundle
4th Grade NGSS Energy Unit
This unit integrates science, reading, writing, and math to teach the 4th grade NGSS energy standards, including topics such as types of energy, energy transfer, energy conversion, and renewable/non-renewable energy sources.Here's what's included:Resources for Input:- Unit EQ- Inquiry chart printable- Observation chart photos- Big Book: The Important Thing about Energy (available in a printable format or PPT format)- Sample CCD and blank printable student copy- 7 pictorial and/or comparative inp
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Grades:
4th
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NGSS:
4-PS3-4
, 4-PS3-3
, 4-PS3-1
, 4-PS3-2
, 4-ESS3-1
Also included in: 4th Grade NGSS Science Unit Bundle
Water Cycle Bundle NGSS Aligned With Interactive Notebook Inserts
Water Cycle Unit: Students will learn about the water cycle, transpiration, evaporation, condensation and precipitation. with these 4 hands-on labs. In addition to the experiments, students will read a nonfiction passage, participate in CLOSE reading activities, complete interesting interactive notebook flaps, complete response pages, view a slide show and play learning games. The labs are hands-on and they use easy to find household materials. This water cycle unit is aligned with NGSSNGSS 4-
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Grades:
4th - 8th
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MS-ESS2-1
, MS-ESS2-4
Santa's Sleigh STEM Challenge | Google Classroom
Sleigh STEM Challenge will engage all your students during the holiday season or during the winter season. Digital Google Slides are great for remote learning or in your elementary classroom. Students research, plan, design, and engineer a sleigh that can carry toy presents. This STEM Challenge connects great with the book The 12 Sleighs of Christmas by Sherri Duskey Rinker. Your students will love going through the design process as they cover the Next Generation Science 3-5-ETS1-1 & 2.⭐Go
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3rd - 5th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: STEM December Bundle | Christmas STEM Activities
Editable Venn Diagrams
Editable Venn Diagrams: These SEVEN templates work with any language, grade level, or subject to compare and contrast. Use to review science, social studies, and even literary topics throughout the year.These seven editable diagrams also allow you to easily differentiate activities. Lined venn diagrams are best to reinforce handwriting in lower grades. All text is editable and fonts are embedded.This product will download as PowerPoint. To find the Google Slides version, CLICK HERE!
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1st - 4th
Also included in: Editable Classroom Templates
Ocean Animals Reading Comprehension Passages Bundle
This Ocean Animals Reading Packet has everything you need for a complete Close Reading unit in your classroom. Students will love the passages about Blue Whales, Seahorses, Hammerhead Sharks, Jellyfish, and the Octopus. Differentiated Reading Passages are at the heart of this one-stop resource!By purchasing this bundle, you are saving 30% off the price of the individual packets.Please see the PREVIEW above for an idea of everything included!*** Click HERE to see the complete CLOSE READING TOOLKI
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
Winter Dangerous Weather Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Passages Activities
Looking for high-interest nonfiction reading passages to strengthen your students' reading comprehension? Students will learn and think critically about hazardous ice storms with this nonfiction article and reflection activities.These activities are perfect for close reading, test prep, or any time!Your students will practice gathering important information as they read science content as an informational text aligned with NGSS standards.This pack is part of the Weather and Climate Close Reading
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3rd - 5th
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- Question the world around them and seek evidence-based explanations
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- Understand natural phenomena and the laws that govern the universe
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