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Autumn science Common Core W.1.5 resources
The Human Body and Five Senses - Anatomy - Kindergarten and First Grade Science
This primary science unit has everything you need to teach the standards in a fun, hands-on way. We learn about bones, muscles, organs, the human brain, and our five senses. Students can dive deeper with beautiful slideshows, reading passages, writing prompts, vocabulary activities, hands-on experiments, crafts and more! Lesson plans and outlines are included for your convenience.This unit works well for a pre-k, kindergarten or first grade classroom.------------------------------------------
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PreK - 1st
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One Plastic Bag Upcycled Bracelet Read Aloud STEM Challenge Earth Day STEM/STEAM
Integrate STEAM in your classroom and teach students about recycling! Learn about recycling, reducing, and reusing! Students design and build their very own Upcycled Plastic Bag Bracelet! After making their bracelets, students use the STEAM process to think of another way plastic bags can be repurposed. Finally, students write about ways they can recycle, reduce, and reuse in their own school and community.Excellent activity for Earth Day!Connect to a Read Aloud: One Plastic BagThis STEAM Projec
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2nd - 5th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
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If I Built a House READ ALOUD STEM™ Challenge End of the Year Activity 3D Shapes
Integrate STEM, Writing, and Literacy in your classroom at the End of the School Year!Teach students everything they need to build a house using 2D Shapes and 3D Shapes! Your students will love designing, building, testing, and writing about their very own house!Connect to a Read Aloud: If I Built a House by Chris Van DusenThis STEM Project is a companion activity to If I Built A House by Chris Van Dusen. The book explores all the elements needed for an amazing house!Take students through the ST
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Grades:
1st - 5th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
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Fall Writing Prompts & Journal Activities - October Writing Center - Halloween
Looking for daily writing prompts that get kids excited about writing and building beginning writing skills? Writing Mats for October (fall, pumpkins, Halloween, school, and fall animal themed writing) has 20 different writing prompt practice pages for the month of October with a picture and word list, plus writing conventions checklist. They are the PERFECT pack to get kids excited to write about Halloween and fall!3 RESOURCES IN 1:PDF or PPT - Just open the PDF or PPT file and print!GOOGLE SL
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K - 2nd
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READ ALOUD STEM Activities and Challenges MEGA Bundle #1 STEM Club, STEM Centers
Integrate STEM and Literacy in your classroom all year with READ ALOUD STEM Volume One! Everything you need to be the master STEM Teacher at your school! Awaken imagination and creativity all year. Students learn coding, engineering, explore real-world problems, learn about STEM role models, pioneers, inventors, and more!Amazing resource for STEM clubs, STEM Teachers, STEM Stations, STEM Centers, parents who love hands-on learning, and elementary teachers who want to create a hands-on educationa
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1st - 5th
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November Writing Prompts & Fall Journal Activities - Thanksgiving Writing Center
Looking for daily writing prompts that get kids excited about writing and building beginning writing skills? Writing Mats for November (fall, Thanksgiving, turkeys, food & nutrition, elections, Veteran's/Remembrance Day, and reading themed writing) has 20 different writing prompt practice pages for the month of November with a picture and word list, plus writing conventions checklist. They are the PERFECT pack to get kids excited to write about Thanksgiving and fall!3 RESOURCES IN 1:PDF or P
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K - 2nd
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Fall Activity- Fall Writing Craftivity
Teaching about apples this fall? Or heading to the pumpkin patch? Or do you just need a great writing activity to help your students through the whole writing process? The fun Fall/ Autumn themed writing craftivity will help you with all of those things! It will help your students write in a clear and organized way and the end product looks great displayed on a bulletin board! This product is included in my Writing Craftivity MEGA Bundle ⭐ Year-Round Writing Craftivities Growing BundleIncluded
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Grades:
1st - 5th
Also included in: Seasonal Writing Craft Bundle - Creative Writing Craftivity Bundle
Halloween Writing Craft | October Bulletin Board | Halloween Craft Activity
Looking for a Halloween writing craft or October bulletin board activity? This descriptive paragraph writing craftivity is perfect for Halloween or any time descriptive writing practice could use a dose of fun! It also makes for a festive October bulletin board display. There is no explicit reference to Halloween made, so even students who do not celebrate the holiday can fully participate in the activity. To prepare the activity, copy a variety of included monster heads, mouths, eyes, and feet
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1st - 4th
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Dinosaur Activities End Of The Year Theme Day Room Transformation 1st Grade
These dinosaur activities will bring the past to life with engaging, hands-on science lesson plans. K-2 students will go on a dinosaur dig, create fossils, a giant dinosaur bones skeleton craft, and research and write about dinosaurs.CLICK ON THE PREVIEW TO SEE EVERYTHING INCLUDED IN THIS RESOURCE Your class will love becoming paleontologists with the fun activities included in this resource. Students will have the opportunity to search for bones and other artifacts, make observations of their d
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K - 2nd
Also included in: SEASONAL ACTIVITIES BUNDLE
1st Grade Science Lessons & Units Aligned with Next Generation Science Standards
Are you looking for engaging first grade science lessons to help address the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)? This 1st grade science bundle includes hands on science labs, STEM connections, literacy connections and more for each of the themes in the NGSS 1st grade science standards.THE FOLLOWING NEXT GENERATION SCIENCE STANDARDS ARE ADDRESSED:Sound: 1-PS4-1, 1-PS4-4, K-2-ETS1-1Light: 1-PS4-2, 1-PS4-3, 1-PS4-4, K-2-ETS1-1Sun Moon Stars: 1-ESS1-1, 1-ESS1-2Organisms: 1-LS1-1, 1-LS1-2, 1-L
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1st
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, 1-ESS1-1
, K-2-ETS1-3
, 1-LS1-1
, 1-LS1-2
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Turkey Disguise Project Thanksgiving Activities - Thanksgiving Writing & Craft
This turkey disguise project is a fun and engaging Thanksgiving activity for students to practice writing an opinion paragraph. This Thanksgiving writing activity can be done together in class, or sent home as homework or a project to be completed with parents/families. A digital Google Slides version is also included. Students are given the following writing prompt: Thanksgiving is on the way, and the poor turkeys do not want to turn into a main course! In your opinion, what disguise should a t
Crankenstein Activties
Crankenstein Activities Are your kids obsessed with "Crankenstein" by Samantha Berger? Then, they'll love this Beyond the Text reading unit! You'll love the academic focus this Crankenstein unit has! Science of Reading Aligned!This Crankenstein unit has everything done for you and follows a Science of Reading base and classroom-proven five-day lesson plan routine. Not only do these Crankenstein activities engage your students, but the activities are backed by best practices outlined by SoR resea
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1st - 3rd
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Also included in: Reading Activities Beyond the Text All Year Bundle
Johnny Appleseed Activities, Mini Lessons and Writing Craft
These Johnny Appleseed activities and writing craft make it fun and easy to teach about the life of John Chapman as you celebrate Johnny Appleseed Day! This resource includes a 4-day lesson plan with minilessons, class chart, prewriting organizers and knapsack writing craft. The perfect addition to an apple theme, your September back to school activities, and even your American folk heroes and tall tales units, your students will love guessing what’s inside Johnny Appleseed’s knapsack! There
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K - 2nd
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READ ALOUD STEM™ Activities and Challenges #2 Real World Science Engineering
Bundle and get 50% off! Integrate STEM and Literacy in your classroom all year with READ ALOUD STEM Volume 2! Awaken imagination and creativity all year. Students learn coding, engineering, explore real world problems, learn about STEM role models, pioneers, inventors, and more! Perfect for librarians, STEM Club, K-5 Teachers, and any teach who loves to integrate hands-on learning activities with their students!This collection of STEM Projects focuses on connecting ELA and STEM. Each challenge c
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Grades:
1st - 5th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-PS3-1
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 4-PS3-4
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How To Write An Animal Report | Animal Research Report Writing Templates
✅ ✍ Are you ready to teach report writing to your students? Teaching kids how to research is a life skill and animal reports are the perfect research projects for kids. Use these no-prep differentiated templates to help your students practice informative writing and write information reports on animals. ✅☀️☀️ New! EASEL Activity added. ☀️☀️The materials in the animal research report package help make the report writing process easy for your students and the planning process easy for you. Your ki
Life Cycle Of A Pumpkin Science Investigation October Fall Writing Thematic Unit
Get students excited to learn about pumpkins with hands-on exploration and investigations! Combine science with writing as your students explore the pumpkin life cycle with fun and engaging activities that will have them begging for more! Are you struggling for a way to fit science and writing into your day? This pumpkin unit will save you time with ready-made lesson plans and activities your students will love. Everything you need is at your fingertips with no prep printable worksheets and goog
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K - 2nd
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NGSS:
K-ESS3-1
, K-ESS2-2
, K-LS1-1
Owls Unit - Owl Activities - Pellet Dissection - Owl Reading Passages - Projects
This 158 page Owl unit provides upper elementary students with all of the owl activities they need to complete a rigorous owl unit. These no prep owl activities include owl reading passages, owl pellet dissection activity, owl research activities, and more.COMMON CORE ALIGNED!!!✅Be sure to check out the thumbnails and preview for detailed images and information about some of the engaging activities included in this resource.This engaging resource contains the following:⭐Vocabulary Resources!-Owl
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1st - 4th
Mammals - Science - Nonfiction Informational Reading and Writing - Research
Your kindergarten, first grade and second grade students will have so much fun reading, writing, making books and crafts about five different mammals: the polar bear, sea lion, cat, dog and rabbit. These nonfiction materials provide the perfect amount of scaffolding so your students can be successful: reading passages with factsgraphic organizerssentence starterswriting papersmini books5 animal craft templatesThis download has everything you need to teach your students through the entire process
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K - 2nd
Martin Luther King Jr. Day STEM Activity with Writing Extension
Martin Luther King Jr. (Integrated Math, Reading, and Writing Activities Included!)Students receive a letter from Martin Luther King Jr. giving facts about his life and instructing students to create a podium that he will use to deliver his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. A fun and engaging MLK Day activity!Includes writing pages for students to write about their dreams. Math activities are included as well that cover geometry standards including 2D and 3D shapes, shape attributes (faces, edges,
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1st - 5th
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
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Also included in: Winter STEM Activities and Challenges Bundle
Basic Needs of Plants and Animals - 1st Grade Science Animal Adaptations Unit
Learning about plant and animal adaptations is a big part of the first grade Science Standards for Organisms. This 3 week first grade life science unit gives students hands on activities, STEM challenges and literacy connections to help them understand the big idea, "Organisms have tools for survival."THE FOLLOWING LIFE SCIENCE NEXT GEN STANDARDS ARE ADDRESSEDOrganisms: 1-LS1-1, 1-LS1-2, 1-LS3-1, K-2-ETS1-2INCLUDED IN THIS PLANT AND ANIMAL ADAPTATIONS 1ST GRADE SCIENCE UNIT3 weeks of first grad
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Grades:
1st
NGSS:
1-LS1-1
, 1-LS1-2
, 1-LS3-1
Sound Waves Activities & First Grade Science Lessons and Unit Aligned with NGSS
Learning about sound waves is a big part of the 1st grade Next Gen Science Standards. This 4 week first grade science unit gives students hands on activities, STEM challenges and literacy connections to help them understand the big idea, "Sound is made up of vibrations."See this sound waves first grade science unit in action on the blog!NEXT GEN STANDARDS ADDRESSED IN THIS FIRST GRADE SCIENCE UNIT• Sound: 1-PS4-1, 1-PS4-4, K-2-ETS1-1INCLUDED IN THIS SOUND WAVES SCIENCE UNIT FOR 1ST GRADE4 weeks
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1st
NGSS:
1-PS4-4
, 1-PS4-1
Leap Day Leap Year 2024 STEM Activity Origami Earth Racers, Astronomy Lesson
Learn about Leap Day 2024! A leap year only happens once every 4 years, so don't miss out on an opportunity to teach your students about it!Students learn about how the earth rotates and how it orbits the sun in a revolution. Explain why we have a leap day every four years.Then students build their own origami earth racer to race for 366 days. There are detailed instructions on how to build their earth jumper and printable posters about leap year and earth's orbit.We also included a writing exte
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1st - 5th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, 1-ESS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
Animal Research Project {An Informative Research Project on Animals}
An informative research project on animals designed for implementation in the first grade classroom. It can be modified and used in kindergarten or second as well.
What's Included?:
-Common Core Aligned page 3
-Letter to Parents page 4 (Explains research project)
-Habitat Shoebox Worksheet page 5
-Appearance, Home, Food, Babies, Cool Facts, Informational Sheets pages 6-10
-Bubble Map page 11
-Words to Sentences page 12
-Research Paper Cover page 13
-Writing Paper pages 14-16
My students will b
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K - 2nd
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Seasons & Weather Patterns First Grade Science Unit Activities on Cause & Effect
These first grade weather lesson plans and unit help kids explore and understand cause and effect through Earth's natural cycles. Find detailed plans, materials, STEM challenges, science labs, literacy and math connections and much more in this complete 6 week weather unit.Are you struggling to fit science in your busy first grade schedule? Look no further! This first grade weather unit integrates literacy and science to make your literacy block more impactful and help you use your precious ins
Grades:
K - 2nd
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