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Science Common Core W.5.2 resources for Google Apps
Rocks and Minerals, Types of Rocks, The Rock Cycle Worksheets & Reading Passages
Are you looking for rocks and minerals worksheets that cover igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks with no additional prep? This rock cycle introduction practice set of activities and non-fiction reading comprehension passages are easy to use and your students will love the variety. Learn the types of rocks and minerals through observations, writing prompts, non-fiction rocks and minerals reading comprehension passages (print & Google Forms options), and more. Including the rock cycle.
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Also included in: Rocks and Minerals Unit
Rock Cycle Activities Reading Comprehension Passages & Questions Close Reading
These rock cycle close reading passages and activities are the perfect tools to help students practice close reading skills during the month of March or during any rock cycle unit. This week-long lesson on The Rock Cycle: Where do rocks come from? follows a close reading model and includes a teacher guide and notes to make teaching the lesson easy! Students will be required to use close reading skills to practice making logical inferences, citing textual evidence, and drawing conclusions from th
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: St. Patrick's Day Close Reading Comprehension Passages March BUNDLE
Animal Research Project Templates | Research Reports Writing Animal Adaptations
Create the EXACT animal research project you want for your students with these customizable animal report templates. Choose from 25 digitally designed (EDITABLE) templates in Google Slides for your end of the year research projects or anytime throughout the year. Students will use the slides to share all about an animal they researched while working with all sorts of text features (headings, table of contents, photos, captions, fun facts, bold words, glossary, and more).Want more report template
Weathering and Erosion Worksheets Activities Reading Passages and Assessments
Struggling to find age-appropriate weathering and erosion worksheets for upper elementary students? These reading comprehension passages and activities are perfect for your weathering and erosion unit. With these no-prep activities, just print, and use in class. What’s the difference between weathering and erosion? Your students will know by the time they complete this set of activities. Learn erosion vs weathering through compare and contrast, cut and paste activity, flip book, writing prompts
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Weathering and Erosion Worksheets Bundle
Paired Text Passages - Volcanos Informational Writing - Print & Digital
Students write stronger informational (explanatory) essays using these printable or digital fact-based paired passages, or paired texts, about volcanoes. First, students read these perfectly paired passages to gather information about the topic. Students search the texts for facts, reasons, definitions, details, and quotes, then organize their information on the graphic organizer. The organizer supports students as they write their final informative essays, complete with all components necessary
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Paired Text Passages - Geology Informational Writing - Print & Digital
Ecosystems Animals & Plants Close Reading Comprehension Passages Differentiated
With these fun and engaging close reading passages and activities, students will learn about the living and nonliving things that interact within a variety of ecosystems. The reading passages and activities help students understand how plants and animals adapt and change to survive within their ecosystem. They are the perfect tools to help students practice close reading skills during the month of May. You could also add these activities to any science unit on ecosystems, habitats, or biomes. Th
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3rd - 5th
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Animal Research Report Templates Project
Need to assign your students an animal research report project? These print and digital (google slides) animal research report templates will scaffold the research writing process. This pack features both U.S. Spellings and British English in Flipbook Templates, Rubrics, Checklists, and Vocabulary Flashcards included. Resource OverviewScaffold the writing of an Informational Report on an animal of choice or one from 10 animal groups with this bundled pack both in print and digital format (google
Earth’s Spheres Interactions - Earth's Systems Activity - Digital Resource Model
Earth’s Spheres Digital Model for Science - How do Earth’s spheres Interact? Teach your 5th grade science students about Earth's systems - biosphere, geosphere, atmosphere, and hydrosphere using this visual and interactive science lesson. This engaging, low-prep activity for modeling how Earth’s spheres interact is a student favorite.How is it LOW PREP? 1. Upload the 4 slides to Google Classroom2. Show the how-to video3. Grading rubric is included!Here is a video to share with your students on h
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5th - 7th
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5-ESS2-1
Hello Universe Novel Study
This product is a comprehensive set of instructional materials for teaching Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly. With over 100+ Common Core aligned materials, students will develop their literacy skills while deeply engaging with the novel. Plus, the fiction close reading activities, the literary analysis resources, Astronomy and constellation readings and extension activity, projects, vocabulary, assessments, and essays all provide opportunities for your students to practice and apply their l
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5th - 8th
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Animal Research Project (for Google Slides™)
This Animal Research Project (for Google Classroom™) is a great way to expose your students to different animals around the world and can be used for distance learning. Boost 21st century skills by having students apply & develop research skills, use expository writing to report their findings, and increase technology skills to record an oral presentation of their project for a virtual audience! ⭐️⭐️WATCH my VIDEO PREVIEW to see this digital project in action! The image preview attached show
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3rd - 5th
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4-LS1-1
, 3-LS4-2
Deadliest Animals Close Reading Comprehension Passages Animal Research
With these fun and engaging close reading passages and activities, students will learn about some of the deadliest animals on Earth! The reading passages and activities give students a look into three of the most dangerous and deadliest animals humans have encountered over time. They are the perfect tools to help students practice close reading skills anytime during the year. You could also add these activities to any science unit on animals. This week-long lesson on Deadliest Animals: It's a Sc
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3rd - 5th
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Fall Activities Close Reading Comprehension Passages & Questions Pumpkins
These Halloween close reading passages and activities are the perfect tools to help students practice close reading skills during the month of October. This week-long lesson on How Pumpkins Float in Water follows a close reading model and includes a teacher guide and notes to make teaching the lesson easy! Students will be required to use close reading skills to practice making logical inferences, citing textual evidence, and drawing conclusions from the text.PRINT & GO! Easily differentiate
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3rd - 5th
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Paired Text Passages - Geology Informational Writing - Print & Digital
Students write stronger informational (explanatory) essays using these printable or digital fact-based paired passages, or paired texts, on a variety of geology topics. First, students read these perfectly paired passages to gather information about the topic. Students search the texts for facts, reasons, definitions, details, and quotes, then organize their information on the graphic organizer. The organizer supports students as they write their final informative essays, complete with all compo
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3rd - 6th
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Hurricanes Natural Disasters Differentiated Close Reading Comprehension Passages
With these fun and engaging close reading passages and activities, students will learn about how hurricanes form, why storm surges are the deadliest part of a hurricane, and how people in hurricane zones survive the hurricane season. The reading passages and activities help students understand severe weather and the natural disaster known as hurricanes. They are the perfect tools to help students practice close reading skills during the month of September. You could also add these activities to
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3rd - 5th
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Constellations Greek Mythology and Zodiac Creative Writing Prompts
This "If I Were a Constellation" creative writing prompt set is an excellent way for students to familiarize themselves with mythological and Zodiac constellations! It also makes a nice mini-assessment to get a quick idea of students' creative writing ability!This set includes:If I Were ... Writing Prompt Pages: 22 pages included to complete the phrase: Constellation (blank for your own choice not included), Andromeda, Aquarius, Aries, Cancer, Canis Major, Capricorn, Cassiopeia, Gemini, Hercules
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4th - 6th
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Snow Day Packet for Upper Grades (Digital & Print Versions)
The Upper-Grade Snow Day Digital & Print Packet is the answer to your prayers on an unexpected snow day! Everything your students will need to have an education-filled day from the comfort of their own home all assigned digitally or physically!You will get:3 different Language Arts lesson plans with accompanying worksheets tailored to each grade level (prefixes & suffixes, similes, and parts of speech)3 expertly leveled reading passages with comprehension questions to get your students w
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3rd - 6th
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Monarch Butterflies Close Reading Comprehension Differentiated Reading Passages
With these fun and engaging close reading passages and activities, students will learn about the amazing migration of monarch butterflies! The reading passages and activities help students understand the butterfly lifecycle and why monarch butterflies migrate in the fall. They are the perfect tools to help students practice close reading skills during the month of September. You could also add these activities to any science unit on animal migration. This week-long lesson on Monarch Butterflies:
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3rd - 5th
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Earth Day | Earth Day Lesson | Earth Day Activities | Human Impact |
This is a no-prep digital lesson that teaches students about Earth Day. This lesson is an opportunity to advance students understanding of human impact, the environment, and important scientific terms aligned with standards. Students will engage in a vocabulary-rich lesson about the harmful impacts humans have on earth. They will also learn, discuss, and describe how to more efficiently protect our planet. More about this Product:40 slides and 1 lesson planTo increase student understanding of hu
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2nd - 5th
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K-ESS3-1
, 5-LS2-1
, 5-ESS3-1
, 4-ESS3-1
Paired Text Passages - Earthquakes Informational Writing - Print & Digital
Students write stronger informational (explanatory) essays using these printable or digital fact-based paired passages, or paired texts, about earthquakes. First, students read these perfectly paired passages to gather information about the topic. Students search the texts for facts, reasons, definitions, details, and quotes, then organize their information on the graphic organizer. The organizer supports students as they write their final informative essays, complete with all components necessa
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Paired Text Passages - Geology Informational Writing - Print & Digital
Reading Passages Women in Science - Upper Elementary Print and Digital
Women play a vital role in society, especially women who have made their mark in the scientific community. This 100-page packet contains no prep informational passages meant to teach students about eight iconic women of science.The Women in Science Included:- Alice Ball- Bessie Coleman- Elizabeth Blackwell- Ellen Ochoa- Grace Hopper- Helen Rodriguez-Trias- Jane Goodall- Katherine JohnsonThis packet includes the following:Reading Passages: With information about each scientist, from birth till de
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4th - 6th
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Animal Habitats Migration Reading Comprehension Passages Questions Close Reading
These animal migration close reading passages and activities are the perfect tools to help students practice close reading skills during the month of February or during any migratory animal unit. This week-long lesson on North or South? The Facts Behind Why Birds Migrate follows a close reading model and includes a teacher guide and notes to make teaching the lesson easy! Students will be required to use close reading skills to practice making logical inferences, citing textual evidence, and dra
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3rd - 5th
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Force and Motion Reading Comprehension & Writing | Science ELA 4th 5th Grade
Let's teach reading comprehension and writing skills while building knowledge about how we used magnets, friction in sports, and how turbines work with this SciencELA unit designed for 4th and 5th grade students.What will I love?12 original complex grade-level textsEye-catching designOptional Google Slides provided with editable pages for recording informationQuality use of direct instruction and modelingExamples and Daily Guide providedUseful in-class or through synchronous virtual instructionW
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4th - 6th
Editable Google Slide Animal Infographic Poster Template-Animal Research Reports
Are you doing an animal research unit? Use this editable animal infographic poster to help your students share important animal facts in an appealing and interesting way! This template is setup to be a poster size so make sure students are zoomed in to at least 100% when they go to fill in the poster. Optional section for endangered species information. This is perfect for reports on endangered animals. Comes with an example template already filled out.
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2nd - 6th
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DESERT ANIMALS REPORT: INFORMATIVE WRITING: RESEARCH TEMPLATES PRINT & DIGITAL
⭐ 22 Boom Cards now included: Identifying desert animals (pre-research)⭐⭐Print and Digital Desert Animal Report File (Google Slides) included. Link in Pdf.⭐⭐⭐Separate sheets featuring U.S. Spellings and British English in Flipbook Templates, Rubrics, Checklists, and Vocabulary Flashcards included.***********************************************************************Scaffold the writing of an Informational Report on 30 desert animals with this bundled pack of templates both in print and digital
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2nd - 6th
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Also included in: Animal Research Templates Animal Reports Bundle Print & Digital
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