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1st grade Back to School science lessons
Kindergarten Illustration Unit | I Can Draw With Shapes | Draw and Color
This is a four week illustration unit to help kindergarten/first grade writers become confident in their drawing and coloring skills. Primary students will learn how to draw with shapes and people with different facial expressions, hairstyles, and skin tones.This illustration study sets kindergarten students up for success for the rest of the year during writers workshop. Students can reference their directed drawing notebook throughout the year if they forget how to draw an object already taugh
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PreK - 1st
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Also included in: Kindergarten Writing Units Bundle | Writers Workshop
Kindergarten Writing Units Bundle | Writers Workshop
This is a complete Kindergarten Writing Units BUNDLE. The units follow a workshop approach while focusing on taking writing slowly by building the foundational skills of illustrations. What's included:Illustration Unit: writers become confident in their drawing and coloring skills. Kindergarten students will learn how to draw with shapes and people with different facial expressions, hairstyles, and skin tones.Labeling Unit: writers become confident in their labeling and sentence structure skills
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PreK - 1st
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First Week of School Plans | Kinder or First Grade | Beginning of Year
Need your first week of school planned for you? These lessons and activities for the first week of first grade or kindergarten are super engaging and low-prep and perfect for back to school! It's important to begin setting clear expectations, creating a classroom community, and teaching rules and procedures right away on day one. Doing this will help you and your students have a smooth year together! With so many things to think about while you're getting ready for a new group of littles, it's s
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K - 1st
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Also included in: First Grade Resources Bundle- 40 Resources Included!
First Grade Back to School Activities First Week Beginning of the Year BUNDLE
This set of ready-to-go First Grade Back to School Activities & Bulletin Board Displays for First Day of School will not only save you time as you prep for the beginning of the school year, but it will also engage your first graders in meaningful and fun activities. It's the perfect set to use the first day of school, and will for sure make the first week of school a blast!Teachers love how engaging and simple these activities are to prep, all while getting to know their students and buildin
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1st
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Feelings Emotions Unit (SEL) for Preschool, Pre-K, and Kindergarten
Feelings and Emotions SEL unit is loaded with fun activities to teach and build your student's emotional vocabulary and social skills. It includes posters/cards, a graph, feeling wheels, emotions write the room, and real feeling photographs. These fun feelings and emotion activities will help you build a caring classroom community of learners who will support each other all year long! The activities have a page of teacher tips and/or photographs to help you create the activity easily. You can
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PreK - 1st
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Also included in: Social Skills (SEL) and Character Curriculum Bundle for Little Learners
Lesson Plan Templates Editable Weekly Digital Printable | PPT Google Slides PDF
Revamp your planning with these fun and editable lesson plan templates! These eye-catching lesson plan designs include options for adding text, links, or screenshots of activities or books you'd like to have in your plans. This resource is a .zip file that includes the following:☑️Editable PowerPoint to type your own text with the option to delete any unwanted text boxes☑️PDF file to print without text boxes and handwrite your own lesson plans☑️Editable PowerPoint to ADJUST and/or ADD rows and c
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PreK - 12th, Staff
Formal Lesson Plan Templates | EDITABLE
These EDITABLE formal lesson plan templates are perfect for writing in-depth lesson plans that you can put in a teaching portfolio, use for student teaching, turn into administration, or just use to keep yourself organized!THIS PRODUCT INCLUDES:■ Editable Google Docs templates■ 70 layout options■ Editable text (change the text, font, size, and color)■ Multi-page user guide■ Tutorial video___________________________________________________________________________These templates are FULLY editable
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PreK - 7th
Directed Drawings with Shapes | Alphabet Animals
These are simple animal directed drawings with shapes ONLY. Perfect for kindergarten or first grade students to continue gaining confidence in their drawing abilities while also practicing letter recognition, handwriting, and sentence writing. Add these directed drawings to your reading or craft centers to give your students hand on experiences.What's included:32 directed drawings with shapes only of animalsAnimals Used: alligator, ant, aphid, bat, crab, duck, elephant, eagle, frog, giraffe, gor
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K - 2nd
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Also included in: Phonics Directed Drawing GROWING Bundle
Balloons Over Broadway Thanksgiving READ ALOUD STEM™ Activity
Have a classroom Thanksgiving Day Parade! Make learning fun with this Thanksgiving STEAM challenge in which students design their very own Thanksgiving Day Parade Balloon! An excellent companion activity to the fall read aloud book Balloons Over Broadway by Melissa Sweet.Not only do students design the balloon, but as an added challenge they must create a device to keep it floating in the air!Students plan, design, and execute their own ideas. After they have completed their activity, there is t
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K - 5th
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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: Thanksgiving READ ALOUD STEM™ Activities and Challenges BUNDLE
2nd Grade Science Curriculum Bundle
This bundle is designed for the second grade classroom and easily adapted to fit a guardian-led homeschool setting! If inquiring about this bundle for a homeschool setting, feel free to email me directly with any questions at tara@littlemindsatwork.org!2nd Grade Science Curriculum Thanks so much for viewing my 2nd Grade Science Curriculum units bundled. 2nd Grade Science Curriculum is an engaging science curriculum with young learners in mind! 2nd Grade Science Curriculum is standards-based and
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1st - 2nd
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Phonological & Phonemic Awareness Assessment + Intervention Activities BUNDLE
Phonological and Phonemic Awareness Assessments and Intervention Activities Binder BUNDLE Science of Reading- digital downloadThis bundle includes the Phonological and Phonemic Awareness Assessment Binder and the Phonological and Phonemic Awareness Intervention Binder. Save 10% off the two resources when purchased as a bundle. Wait! Pay less, and get more!⭐⭐⭐ This bundle can also be found in our HUGE BUY IN - Phonological and Phonemic Awareness Membership BUNDLE with a special offer of $15 until
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K - 1st
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Creativity Challenges and Activities Morning Work, Brain Breaks, STEM Warm Up
Unlock creativity in your classroom! Finish the Picture!The goal of creativity challenges is to help students think in different ways. The ability to generate unique thoughts and ideas is known as divergent thinking. When students are thinking outside the box it results in creative solutions. In a creativity challenge, students are presented with a problem that they have to solve using their creativity. Typically these challenges are short lasting anywhere from 3-10 minutes. By implementing thes
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1st - 5th
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50% Off - First Grade Emergency Sub Plans
Whether you need Emergency Sub Plans or Plans for a Scheduled Day Off, this set of First Grade Sub Plans has everything you need for 5 Days / 11 subject areas. From Morning Work to Science Class and Early Finishers! Well organized, with a separate, Editable, programmable "Letter to Substitute" for every activity.Check out the preview for a better look! What teachers are saying:Here's what Anne said about these 1st Grade Substitute Plans: "Students loved the activities that are included in the
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1st - 2nd
Also included in: Half Price First & Second Grade Emergency Sub Plans - 5 Days - Low Prep
Rise and Shine Binder
This is a revolutionary way to handle that time in the morning when students are trickling in! No more scurrying to the copier to run off a worksheet for morning work! This year-long differentiated hands-on interactive notebook will engage your students each morning! This binder is customized for the needs of your students K-2. Includes:Write on wipe off day, month, yearWrite on wipe off thenumber of the dayBuild, Color, Draw wipe off number of the dayBefore and after number of the dayNumber
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K - 2nd
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Little 1st Grade SOCIAL STUDIES Thinkers {UNIT 1: Responsible Citizenship}
Little Social Studies Thinkers is a complete social studies curriculum specifically for primary. It's everything you need to introduce, teach, practice, and assess your primary friends. It incorporates many state standards for 1st grade. This curriculum was completely researched, designed, and created by Karen Jones.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Full FIRST GRADE Little Social Studies Thinkers CurriculumFull KINDERGARTEN Little Social Studies
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1st
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Also included in: Little 1st grade Social Studies Thinkers YEAR-LONG CURRICULUM
1st Grade Back to School First Week of First Grade Activities
Are you a new 1st grade teacher, or do you need some fresh first grade activities for the first week back to school? This 1st grade back to school resource includes everything you need to have an amazing first week of first grade. These first grade activities include editable back to school letters, open house forms, editable lesson plans for the first week of first grade, and tons of printable first grade activities! Here is what you will receive in this first grade back to school product: An e
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Little 1st Grade SCIENCE Thinkers {UNIT 2: Space}
Little 1st Grade SCIENCE Thinkers is a complete science curriculum specifically for first grade. It's everything you need to introduce, teach, practice, and assess your students. It incorporates both the NGSS standards as well as many state standards for 1st grade science. This curriculum was completely researched, designed, and created by Karen Jones.UNIT 2: SPACE teaches your little learners all about the sun, moon, earth, and solar system. It includes many engaging investigations and exper
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1st
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1-ESS1-1
, 1-ESS1-2
Also included in: Little 1st Grade Science Thinkers {YEAR-LONG CURRICULUM} Bundle
FirstieSurvival Curriculum
What is FirstieSurvival?Do you have a quick moment? Watch **THIS** quick video to see the packet in ACTION!FirstieSurvival Curriculum is a week long program designed to assist teachers in their first week of first grade. This program was designed by a teacher, for teachers in hopes that all necessary material could be found in one document. Furthermore, that the majority of the material could be edited to fit YOUR individual needs. The program consists of one week’s worth of lesson plans, fir
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1st
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Animal Habitats Science Unit | Animal Habitats Kindergarten Science BUNDLE
Learning about animal habitats has never been more fun! Your students will love studying the 9 habitats included in this bundle. These science units are perfect for Kindergarten, First Grade, and Second Grade classrooms. In this bundle you'll find lessons, activities, and materials for the following habitats: Antarctic, Arctic, Desert, Forest/Woodland, Freshwater, Mountain, Rainforest, Ocean, and Savanna.With this product you’ll have everything you need and more to teach your students all about
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K - 2nd
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K-ESS3-1
, K-LS1-1
No David Goes to School Activities and Craft First Week of Back to School Rules
Promote positive behavior during the first week of back to school with these David Goes to School activities and craft! This resource includes Yes, David Goes to School craft templates, independent and pocket chart behavior sorts, digital and printable anchor chart, picture and definition vocabulary cards, comprehension activities and 8 math and literacy centers. All of these back to school activities are a great companion to the story "David Goes to School" by David Shannon. Turn those "No, Dav
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PreK - 1st
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Lesson Plan Template & Teacher Planner | Editable Digital Teacher Planner
Use this cute and easy lesson planner, available to edit on Google Slides and PowerPoint, that is all set for the new school year to plan your daily activities for your classroom. Simply print and put into a binder and you've got your lesson planner set for the year! It comes with 8 different layout options to best fit your needs. Please note, this is a two page layout. The best part about this teacher binder is that it editable on PowerPoint AND Google Slides! You can either print and write in
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PreK - 12th, Staff
Back to School Fun Math Activities | First Day of School Math Craft | First Week
Who says you can't incorporate classroom rules and a sense of community into your back to school math lesson plans? Build a math community with your little mathematicians using these hands-on math activities! Just perfect for the first week back to school! Your students will focus on becoming mathematicians, math tools, cooperative learning, partner games, word problems, making numbers, and more!TEN Activities included in this unit:1. Let's Talk About Math: As a class, create a T-Chart to discu
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1st - 2nd
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Little 1st Grade SCIENCE Thinkers {UNIT 1: Light and Sound}
Little 1st Grade SCIENCE Thinkers is a complete science curriculum specifically for first grade. It's everything you need to introduce, teach, practice, and assess your students. It incorporates both the NGSS standards as well as many state standards for 1st grade science. This curriculum was completely researched, designed, and created by Karen Jones.UNIT 1: LIGHT AND SOUND teaches your little learners all becoming a scientist, matter, light, and sound. It's a perfect introduction to science
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1st
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K-2-ETS1-1
, 1-PS4-4
, 1-PS4-2
, 1-PS4-3
, 1-PS4-1
Also included in: Little 1st Grade Science Thinkers {YEAR-LONG CURRICULUM} Bundle
Solar System Unit for Kindergarten and First Grade
Your students will have a blast learning about space with this solar system unit for kindergarten and first grade! The week-long comprehensive unit includes detailed daily lesson plans with literature suggestions. It incorporates science, reading, writing, math, handwriting and art. It also includes QR codes and links to videos that complement the unit study.Click on the PREVIEW to read each lesson plan, see the Week-at-a-Glance planning sheet, key concepts students will learn in this unit, as
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K - 1st
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1-ESS1-1
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Importance of learning science
Learning science is particularly important for students as it equips them with the essential knowledge and skills to make sense of the world around them. Science education is not just about memorizing facts. It fosters critical thinking, inquiry, and problem-solving abilities. These skills are not only useful in school but also in everyday life beyond the classroom.
Benefits of learning science
Learning science offers many benefits to students both in school and beyond. In fact, it helps students:
- Question the world around them and seek evidence-based explanations
- Cultivate their ability to observe, experiment, and analyze data
- Nurture a sense of curiosity, awe, and wonder about the natural world
- Understand natural phenomena and the laws that govern the universe
With a solid foundation in science, teachers can help empower students to think critically, solve problems, make informed decisions, and engage with the world around them in meaningful ways.
Teaching with science resources
One of the best parts about science class is all of the possibilities for hands-on, collaborative learning! Think: labs, experiments, inquiry-based activities, and design challenges. These activities encourage students to explore scientific concepts by observing, asking questions, and conducting investigations. Additionally, with small group centers, students can engage in group experiments, discussions, and projects that require them to collaborate, share ideas, and solve problems together.
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If you’re a teacher or parent looking for printable or digital science resources, TPT has an extensive array of instructional materials for every learning need, topic, or grade level. Whether you're learning about plant parts or butterfly life cycles, or exploring advanced topics like the anatomy of a cell or Newton’s laws of motion, we've got you covered.
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Students learn best when they're engaged! Sprinkle a little fun into your science lessons and make them feel like real scientists by investigating everyday objects, exploring the world outside the classroom, and doing hands-on and collaborative experiments and design challenges.
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