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Environment Common Core W.8.2 resources
Writing about Wildlife and Nature
50 printable or digital writing activities for your students to describe wildlife and nature: lynx spider, katydid, common blue damselfly, house fly, western fence lizard, painted lady butterfly, robber fly, garden snail, green darner dragonfly, stink bug, Japanese beetle, millipede, pill bug (roly-poly), millipede, black carpenter ant, yellow jacket wasp, orchard spider, blue jay, whiptail lizard, grasshopper, assassin bug, wolf spider, praying mantis, wren, tarantula, millipede, Johnson jumpi
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2nd - 8th
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Global Warming BUNDLE
158 printable or digital pages for students to explore global warming. Students learn about:the food we eat and where it comes from, how we produce electricity, the effects of buildings on the climate, the increasing magnitude and frequency of storms, how changing weather harms plants and the animals that consume them,questions and writing prompts inspired by Greta Thunberg, and more.PRINT: I created PDF versions that you can download on your computer and print for students to use in class or a
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4th - 10th
Conversation Starters Package on Bad Habits- Middle/High School
Generate inspiring class discussions with these thought-provoking conversation questions on bad habits.What's included:A list of 15 thought-provoking questions for middle/high school students on the subject of bad habitsActivities to fill in before and after discussion (Ensuring students know what is expected of them and what constitutes an effective and productive discussion) Useful expressions and transitions pages (Encouraging students to use and record a variety of useful expressions and tra
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Conversation Starters Package on Sitcoms- Middle/High School
Generate inspiring class discussions with these thought-provoking conversation questions on Netflix.What's included:A list of 15 thought-provoking questions for middle/high school students on the subject of NetflixActivities to fill in before and after discussion (Ensuring students know what is expected of them and what constitutes an effective and productive discussion) Useful expressions and transitions pages (Encouraging students to use and record a variety of useful expressions and transitio
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Conversation Starters Package on Sitcoms- Middle/High School
Generate inspiring class discussions with these thought-provoking conversation questions on sitcoms.What's included:A list of 15 thought-provoking questions for middle/high school students on the subject of sitcomsActivities to fill in before and after discussion (Ensuring students know what is expected of them and what constitutes an effective and productive discussion) Useful expressions and transitions pages (Encouraging students to use and record a variety of useful expressions and transitio
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Conversation Starters Package on Global Warming- Middle/High School
Generate inspiring class discussions with these thought-provoking conversation questions on global warming.What's included:A list of 14 thought-provoking questions for middle/high school students on the subject of global warmingActivities to fill in before and after discussion (Ensuring students know what is expected of them and what constitutes an effective and productive discussion) Useful expressions and transitions pages (Encouraging students to use and record a variety of useful expressions
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Debating Topics for Middle/High School: Environmental Issues
Get your middle/high school students thinking and speaking with our newest thought-provoking no prep debates on the topic of environmental issues.Our debate packages encourage critical thinking and allow students to discuss topics that are both relevant and important to them. Students will be encouraged to develop their communication and debating skills, while opening their minds to different viewpoints. Each debate package covers and reinforces the five basic steps of the debating process: gat
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Debating Topics- Middle/High School: Growing Bundle- Grades 8-12
The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan - Infographic Background Brief
Students need background knowledge to comprehend the novels of the EngageNY modules. Infographic Background Briefs are 1-page documents that serve as an anchor text. In visuals, they present the MOST important information students need to understand about the context of the novel. Introduce the Infographic Background Brief in the beginning of the unit, engage students in close reading of its parts, and use the brief to identify companion texts for students to read and deepen their knowledge of t
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6th - 9th
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Descriptive Writing - Earth Day
12 printable or digital pages to give your students ideas for describing a wildlife scene or setting surrounding a honeybee, butterfly, lizard, rabbit, duck, dragonfly, ladybug, turtle, squirrel, and more. Each page has a wildlife photo (taken by me) and ten additional clues about what might be nearby (a slithering snail, a nearby bird, marching ants, buzzing bees, drifting clouds, shadows, rocks, drifting leaves, and more). Your students will like these writing prompts (and you can use these
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2nd - 8th
Also included in: New Teacher Activities - April (First Year Teacher) BUNDLE
Global Warming and Solar Energy - Writing Prompts
25 printable or digital pages of writing prompts exploring global warming and solar energy: Descriptive writing, Narrative writing, Hypothetical writing, Make a list, Dialogue, Acrostic writing, Personal letter, Persuasive writing, Asking questions, Directions, Using your imagination, Sentences and paragraphs, and more... PRINT: I created a PDF version that you can download on your computer and print for students to use in class or at home. Click on "Add one to cart" and download your copy. DIG
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4th - 12th
Also included in: Solar Energy BUNDLE (Global Warming and Climate Change)
Patterns in Nature - Observing & Describing
13 printable pages for students to observe and describe flowers, leaves, trees, fruit, vegetables, grass, bushes, and more. No prep! Just print and go. Take a look at the Preview to see sample pages.
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3rd - 8th
Describing Bugs - Insects and Spiders
10 printable and digital pages to engage students in analyzing roly-polies, spiders, honeybees, ladybugs, butterflies, centipedes, dragonflies, and lots more. Each page has four bug images to describe, like: How many legs it has, If it has wings, How long its antennae are, If it has a tough shell, If it is long and thin or fat and short. PRINT: I created a PDF version that you can download on your computer and print for students to use in class or at home. Click on "Buy" and download your cop
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2nd - 8th
Also included in: Insects and Spiders BUNDLE
Compare and Contrast - Earth Day
15 printable or digital pages to help your students compare and contrast on Earth Day: the Earth and Moon, nature and humans, a rainstorm and a cloudy sky, riding a surfboard vs riding a snowboard, a hot day vs a cold day, a raindrop vs a snowflake, summer fun vs winter fun, sweating vs shivering, and more. PRINT: I created a PDF version that you can download on your computer and print for students to use in class or at home. Click on "Add one to cart" and download your copy. DIGITAL ACTIVITY:
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3rd - 9th
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Also included in: Back to School Writing BUNDLE
Insects BUNDLE
This bundle contains 163 printable pages or digital activities to explore insects: butterflies, caterpillars, ants, wasps, flies, honeybees, bumblebees, grasshoppers, katydids, dragonflies, damselflies, moths, beetles, ladybugs, cicadas, and other insects... PRINT: I created PDF versions that you can download on your computer and print for students to use in class or at home. Click on "Add one to cart" and download your copy. DIGITAL ACTIVITY: I created digital versions with text boxes so studen
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3rd - 8th
Analyzing Wildlife - Snakes, Frogs, Birds, Squirrels and Bugs
12 writing prompts to engage students in wondering about wildlife: What does a dragonfly think about while perched on a stick?Why would a frog sit still when it heard you walking nearby? How does a fly decide where to go and what to do all day? Why are some one color while others are lots of colors? How does a caterpillar know what to eat? Why do snakes slither along the ground? Are spiders afraid of snakes or thunder or the wind or anything? What happens when a bird sees something that i
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2nd - 8th
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Also included in: Bugs BUNDLE
Plants - Writing Prompts
27 printable or digital pages to engage your students in thinking about flowers, trees, bushes and grass: How are BIRDS and PLANTS connected to each other? Which plants ITCH your legs and feet? How does a tree GROW? Why might you SIT on the GRASS? What might you FIND in an old tree? Why are there PLANTS on Earth? Where do animals HIDE? How are plants DIFFERENT from each other? and more...PRINT: I created a PDF version that you can download on your computer and print for students to use i
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3rd - 8th
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75 Questions for Kids - Back to School Writing
75 printable or digital writing prompts to engage students in thinking about wildlife on their first few weeks of school: Why are people afraid of spiders? Which parts of nature are pointy? Can plants feel pain? How do plants find water? What does an insect think about? Is a mountain alive? Do insects talk to plants? Why are some plants poisonous? What are little animals afraid of? What is a tree made of? and more... Take a look at the Preview to see sample pages. And if you would l
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4th - 10th
Earth Day - Writing Prompts
30 printable or digital pages to engage your students in thinking and writing on Earth Day: How do engines harm the Earth? How can we make the Earth safe for animals? How do we pollute the air? How can a child protect the Earth? How is Earth threatened by humans? And more. PRINT: I created a PDF version that you can download on your computer and print for students to use in class or at home. Click on "Add one to cart" and download your copy. DIGITAL ACTIVITY: I created a digital version w
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3rd - 8th
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Also included in: New Teacher Activities - April (First Year Teacher) BUNDLE
Descriptive Writing - Beetles and Bugs
24 descriptive writing prompts about the BUGS:firefly, Japanese beetle, ladybug, red-eyed fly, cicada, darkling beetle, assassin bug, soldier beetle, horsefly, cucumber beetle, leatherwing beetle, bark beetle, harvestman, six-spotted tiger beetle, slug, carpenter ant, grasshopper, wheel bug, tent caterpillar, and more. Students describe the body, where the bug is and what it is doing. Plus, 10 free pages of materials from my Gifted and Talented series to explore the California state flag, a cha
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3rd - 8th
Also included in: Insects BUNDLE
Descriptive Writing - Spiders
30 descriptive writing prompts about spiders. Students describe the body, legs, spinnerets, eyes and mouth of the spider, as well as the environment (on a tree, in a web, on a flower, on the ground, standing on the water, etc.):orb-weavers, jumping spiders, hunting spiders, crab spiders, orchard spiders, green lynx spiders, long-jawed orb-weavers, ant-mimic spiders, six-spotted fishing spiders, wolf spiders, yellow garden spiders, harvestmen, and more. Plus, 10 free pages of materials from my G
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3rd - 8th
Also included in: Insects and Spiders BUNDLE
Descriptive Writing - Ants and Flies
35 descriptive writing pages (printable and digital) of ants and flies: the carpenter ant, yellow deer fly, long-legged fly, horsefly, housefly, hover fly, flesh fly, a velvet ant (wasp), and more. On each page, students describe how an ant moves, what it means to be tired, why your body needs to rest, how exercise makes you feel, people don’t like flies, we use water, an ant stays alive, how a fly can fly, and many more thinking prompts. Plus, 10 free pages of materials from my Gifted and Talen
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3rd - 8th
Also included in: Insects BUNDLE
Descriptive Writing - Birds and Bees
29 descriptive writing pages of birds and bees: the great blue heron, honeybee, American robin, bumblebee, mallard, wasp, pigeon, hawk, hoverfly, seagull, goose, blue jay, and more... Students describe where each bird or bee is and what it is doing. Plus, 10 free pages of materials from my Gifted and Talented series to explore the California state flag, a challenging A to Z Word Puzzle, decoding secret License Plates, analyzing a State Quarter, Hidden Nouns (Boggle), writing about Discriminatio
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3rd - 8th
Also included in: Insects BUNDLE
Spring - Hypothetical Situations (Seasons)
20 printable or digital pages for students to explore hypothetical situations. Students imagine and write about how life would be different...as a roly-polyas a lizardas a duckas a butterflyas an elephantas a mushroomas a cloudas a spideras a ladybugas a dogand many more...Use these writing prompts during the Spring season to promote divergent thinking and creativity. Take a look at the Preview to see a few pages from this packet. If you would like more of this activity, here are the FOUR SEAS
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3rd - 8th
Also included in: Back to School Writing BUNDLE
Writing and Thinking about Nature in January (Use Your Senses)
20 printable pages for students to describe what they see, hear, and feel when in nature. Each page has a nature photos that I took while at a botanical gardens, a wildlife refuge, state parks, and on local trails. Students write a paragraph (a thirty-minute activity), and then read aloud to partner or the class. Take a look at the Preview to see sample pages from this packet.
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3rd - 8th
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