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Science Common Core W.6.1a resources
Solar Eclipse 2024, Writing, Reading, Crafts, Research, Vocabulary, & Class Book
Study the 2024 Solar Eclipse with this unit full of exciting activities, research guides, page topper crafts, writing prompts, adorable crafts, class books, party ideas, editable parent letters, and so much more! This resource was designed for 3rd - 6th graders to celebrate and study Solar Eclipses. This is the perfect resource for a variety of grade levels! ***THIS is an updated version as requested by my followers for 3rd - 5th graders. I designed this resource with 3rd - 5th grade in mind - t
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3rd - 5th
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5-ESS1-2
, 4-ESS1-1
Text Dependent Opinion Writing Text Based Opinion Writing Graphic Organizer Mars
Get your students ready for state writing tests with these differentiated paired passages, mentor texts, and writing prompts that are perfect for opinion, persuasive, or argumentative essays. Both articles have been updated for 2024. One article is a first-person reflection on space flight by an author who grew up in Florida during the Space Shuttle era. The second article is informational, explaining what NASA is doing to get ready for a Mars mission. During close reading, your students pick
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5th - 7th
Also included in: Opinion or Persuasive Writing Bundle, Text Dependent Writing, Easel
Endangered Animals Brochure Research Project with Rubric
Endangered Animals Brochure Project with Rubric. Use as a research project for Life Science or to go with the book The White Giraffe by Lauren St. John. Includes research report assignment and rubric. Students must take on the role of an endangered African animal protection activist working to save endangered animals. Student task is to write and create a brochure for the public to inform them of the dire need to preserve the endangered species that he or she chose to advocate. The brochure mu
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5th - 8th
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Whale Evolution: Evidence of Common Ancestry & Diversity With Bonus CER Resource
Digital or Print - Choose Your Adventure! NOW WITH BONUS RESOURCE! ❤️Introduction to claim, evidence, reasoning - an easy to understand resource for you and your students to learn the how and why of argumentative writing in the science classroom! Uncover the amazing phenomena of whale evolution through this captivating two-part activity that seamlessly integrates science and ELA standards. Perfect for inquisitive minds, this exploration is designed to span two to three class periods.Part One -
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5th - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-LS4-1
, 3-LS4-3
, MS-LS4-2
Also included in: Evolution Bundle! {Covers NGSS MS-LS-2 & MS-LS-4}
Renewable and Nonrenewable Energy Activity
Your middle school students will love making real life data driven decisions about energy sources for a fictional city. After they analyze the renewable and nonrenewable energy sources they'll create a presentation to persuade a panel why their choices are right for the city. Sharpen your student’s critical thinking, persuasive writing, and presentation skills this with project on energy sources! This project will give your middle school students the chance to analyze the energy needs of a ci
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6th - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS3-1
, MS-ESS3-4
, MS-ESS3-3
Also included in: Renewable and Nonrenewable Energy Sources Project Bundle
Endangered Animals Infographic - Endangered Species Project with Google Slides
Are you looking for an endangered animal project that allows for creativity while teaching students how to research and organize information? This Low Prep endangered animal infographic includes a how-to video walking students through the process, a Google slide template with icons, and a rubric. There is also an example of an informative essay on an endangered species along with rubrics for the written essay and an oral presentation.Please click the PREVIEW to see what is included in this ready
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5th - 8th
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5-ESS3-1
, MS-LS2-4
, MS-LS2-1
Argumentative Essay Writing for Middle School - Opinion and Persuasive
Persuasive essays and opinion writing can be tough, but your students will be engaged with this no prep essay about dogs! These activities include an informational text, pre-writing activities, graphic organizers , and more to help your students with essay writing. Engage your students with this comprehensive persuasive writing assignment!⭐CLICK HERE TO SAVE 20% WITH THE BUNDLE!⭐This product comes in a PDF and digital version, which can be accessed in Google Drive.Students will read the passage
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4th - 7th
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Opinion Writing Graphic Organizer - Persuasive Essay Dog Themed
Captivate students with this persuasive writing unit! They will beg you to start as they read the passage (or research) about the Golden Retriever and the Labrador Retriever. They will then choose which breed they would rather own, and write an opinion essay to convince the reader which dog is better! No prep for you and easy to implement in your classroom.⭐CLICK HERE TO SAVE 20% WITH THE BUNDLE!⭐This product comes in a PDF and digital version, which can be accessed in Google Drive.Check out the
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4th - 7th
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Esperanza Rising Novel Study Supplement - Nonfiction Close Reading Passages
Increase the rigor of any Esperanza Rising Novel Study Unit with this Close Reading Supplement!The Close Reading Passages let students dive deep into a close read, make annotations, and practice comprehension skills like using text evidence, identifying main idea and details, developing inferences, and using context clues to determine the meaning of vocabulary. Plus, students practice citing evidence from multiple sources while making text-to-text connections with the Literature Connection essa
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4th - 6th
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Digital Animal Adaptations "Who Would Win" Opinion Writing Google Slides
Use these incredibly entertaining and engaging Google Slides to integrate your animal adaptations unit with opinion writing. Students will spin interactive wheels to first determine the habitat. After the habitat is randomly selected, the student will spin to find their two animals that will be placed in that habitat. Students will then have to think about the two different animals and their features to determine which of those two animals would best survive in that habitat (focusing on adaptat
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2nd - 6th
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NGSS:
3-LS4-3
, 2-LS4-1
, 3-LS4-4
, MS-LS4-4
Number the Stars Novel Study Supplement - Nonfiction Close Reading Passages
Increase the rigor of any Number the Stars Novel Study Unit with this Close Reading Supplement!The Close Reading Passages let students dive deep into a close read, make annotations, and practice comprehension skills like using text evidence, identifying main idea and details, developing inferences, and using context clues to determine the meaning of vocabulary. Plus, students practice citing evidence from multiple sources while making text-to-text connections with the Literature Connection essa
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4th - 6th
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Outline Template - Blank
Outline Template Blank. 2 formats. A place to write the thesis statement at the top of outline format to follow to help students format an outline of an expository essay, persuasive argument, or research paper. Helps students organize writing in a logical manner and provide evidence for each topic. Good guide for students to use as a scaffold when prewriting. Useful also to use as a summarizer of informational text by outlining what has been read. Outlining is a great skill which can help studen
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6th - 9th
Dog Breed Opinion Writing and Graphic Organizers with Reading Passages BUNDLE
Persuasive writing and opinion writing can be tough, but your students will be engaged with this no prep essay about dogs! These activities include an informational text, pre-writing activities, graphic organizers , and more to help your students with essay writing. Engage your students with this comprehensive persuasive writing assignment!This product comes in a PDF and digital version, which can be accessed in Google Drive.Students will read the passage (or research) about the dog breeds. They
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4th - 7th
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Science CER Writing Templates
Need a simple, ready to use, easy to understand CER template for your middle or high school students to use during their next lab or investigation? Look no further! This set includes 8 different templates which are scaffolded in a variety of ways. Like some parts but want to make them your own? Editable pieces are included!This includes multiple non-editable PDFs that can be printed, or used with a PDF tool to add text boxes and make digital if needed. This also includes an editable Word Documen
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Grades:
6th - 9th
Research and Writing Animal Reports Zoology Upper Elementary
Leverage students' love of animals to get them excited to research and write! The lesson is made up of three activities that will lead students through the research process. Two things set this lesson plan apart: first, to get kids excited to research, they'll play a game. Next, there are three different animal report templates to choose from, so students feel some autonomy in their reports. If you're a Language Arts teacher, adding in the science component is powerful. If you're a science teac
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4th - 6th
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Research Simulation Task- Science Related Task
Using CommonLit as a source, the two articles use evidence to support how the sun is responsible for the existence of life on Earth. Due to the fact that NJSLA uses 3 sources, one of which is a multi-media source for essay writing, students will review two texts and a short video which is linked onto the document to analyze and compose a 4 paragraph essay. In this purchase, you will receive: 1. Essay Prompt and deconstruction of that prompt2. Detailed outline as a scaffold for students3. Graphic
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4th - 7th
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The Elephant's Girl by Celesta Rimington NO Prep Novel Guide
The Elephant's Girl by Rimington Novel Guide is perfect for teaching about zoos, sanctuaries, tornadoes, elephants and animals in captivity, as well as character analysis, themes, new vocabulary, main idea and details, plus much MORE! This resource includes: Pre - Reading ActivityKLW ChartChapter-by-Chapter Reading Comprehension QuestionsAnswer Key New VocabularyTornadoes ReadingElephants in Captivity ReadingExtension Resource Text-to-Self Questions Compare & Contrast ActivitiesCharacter Ana
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5th - 8th
Hidden Figures Young Readers' Edition Reading Notes (Vocab. & comprehension)
This reading notes packet has everything your students need to help them practice vocabulary and comprehension for each chapter of Hidden Figures: Young Readers' Edition! There are vocabulary activities for every chapter in the novel, as well as comprehension questions. All vocabulary and questions are aligned to common core standards, as well as EL Education's module on the novel "Hidden Figures". Perfect for grade 6 curriculum! This novel is a class favorite - the students will love reading it
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5th - 8th
A Linked Novel Study for Joan Bauer's Soar I Print & Digital Versions
Engage your students in reading, writing, history, and science with Joan Bauer's Soar! This unit provides vocabulary and comprehension activities, along with project directions, printable lessons, and printable quotations from the book. Baseball fans and other students alike will enjoy studying the wisdom of Jeremiah as they cheer for his Muskrats.This novel study includes differentiated activities that target a variety of learning styles. The projects can be done individually or cooperatively
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5th - 7th
Also included in: ELA Resources to Accompany Joan Bauer's Soar I Print & Digital Versions
Elements 89-118 of the Periodic Table: Articles w/ Questions & Answer Key 6-12gr
One reading comprehension for each element! This package contains these elements, including all Lanthanides and Actinides:89 - Actinium ( Ac )90 - Thorium ( Th )91 - Protactinium ( Pa )92 - Uranium ( U )93 - Neptunium ( Np )94 - Plutonium ( Pu )95 - Americium ( Am )96 - Curium ( Cm )97 - Berkelium ( Bk )98 - Californium ( Cf )99 - Einsteinium ( Es )100 - Fermium ( Fm )101 - Mendelevium ( Md )102 - Nobelium ( No )103 - Lawrencium ( Lr )104 - Rutherfordium ( Rf )105 - Dubnium ( Db )106 - Seaborgiu
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Platypus PowerPoint with Activity and Study Guide
Get ready to explore the world of the Duck-billed platypus, one of the most bizarre and mysterious mammals in the world from eastern Australia and Tasmania. Platypus facts include that they sport a tail like a beaver, bill and feet like a duck, and lay eggs like a bird! Platypuses give birth to furless babies called puggles. What's Included:One Quick Start GuideOne 23-slide animated PowerPoint (both PPTX and PDF file types)One 20-page fillable student activity and study guideOne 26-page EDITABLE
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3rd - 8th
NGSS:
4-LS1-1
, MS-LS1-4
, 4-LS1-2
Salmon School - Class Book Project - Animal Science Research and Report Writing
Salmon School - Class Book Project - Animal Science Research and Report Writing* Includes a zip file with 2 documents: a PDF version and an editable Microsoft Word doc version *This printable packet includes 29 topics/questions to engage your 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th grade, or homeschool students in the exploration of salmon. Students can work together to each complete 1 page to complete a class book or each student could work on completing this project individually for a larger-scale assignment. Each
Total solar eclipse Reading Comprehension - RACE Writing practice worksheets
Eclipse 2024 Reading Comprehension - RACE Writing practice worksheets.RACE Strategy is a structure to answer passage-based, restating the question in a complete sentence, answering all parts of the question, citing text evidence and fully explaining.R: Re-state the questionA: Answer all parts of the questionC: Cite the text to provide evidenceE: Explain your citationPassages are 4th-6th grade reading level for independent work,lesson planshomework,substitute,test prep and review stations.
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4th - 6th
Elements 1-10 of the Periodic Table: Articles w/ Questions & Answer Key, 6-12gr
One reading comprehension for each element! This package contains these elements:1 - Hydrogen ( H )2 - Helium ( He )3 - Lithium ( Li )4 - Beryllium ( Be )5 - Boron ( B )6 - Carbon ( C )7 - Nitrogen ( N )8 - Oxygen ( O )9 - Fluorine ( F )10 - Neon ( Ne )Each element has a story about its discovery and offers something unique to the scientific world. Who discovered it? How did it get its name? How did we study it? Is it dangerous? What's unique about it? These passages answer these questions and c
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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