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3rd grade science thematic unit plans $10 and up
Animal Research Report Project - 3rd, 4th, 5th grade (Common Core aligned)
Animal Research Made Easy: differentiated templates, graphic organizers, printables, and more!
Research projects can often be overwhelming because they cover such a variety of standards. It is my hope that this Common-Core aligned, 90-page resource will help streamline the process for you and your students so that it is both educational and enjoyable! I am passionate about creating truly differentiated resources that make it possible for ALL of your students to be successful, including student
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3rd - 5th
The Digestive System Complete Unit | Digestive System Worksheets and Assessment
Are you teaching the digestive system but having trouble finding kid-friendly, engaging text, digestive system worksheets, activities, a digestive system assessment, and diagrams? This complete 10 day unit includes everything you need to teach your upper elementary students about the digestive body system. Both a print and interactive digital version made for Google slides are included. Lessons cover parts of the digestive system, functions of the digestive system, digestion, organs, waste, and
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3rd - 5th
Also included in: Human Body Systems BIG BUNDLE | Fun Human Body Activities
Ecosystems and Biomes Reading Passages Activities Photosynthesis Food Chains Web
Make teaching about ecosystems and biomes fun with this complete unit! With this BEST SELLER, your students will learn all about the different types of ecosystems, biomes, food chains, photosynthesis, herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores, and how they interact with each other. This engaging unit includes information about different types of ecosystems and biomes, as well as hands-on activities that bring the topics to life. Help your students understand ecosystems and biomes in a meaningful wa
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3rd - 5th
NGSS:
5-LS2-1
, 3-LS2-1
, 2-LS4-1
Fall Season Science Unit - Reading & Writing Activities - Pumpkins Leaves Apples
Do you need lesson ideas and activities for your fall unit? Make learning all about fall fun with these engaging hands-on non-fiction ELA and science mini-lessons and activities! This resource will help your first grade, second grade, or third grade students build writing skills, understand informational text and build reading comprehension, and learn interesting facts about pumpkins, apples, and leaves this fall season. ⭐ Create anchor charts to lead your lessons and use the low-prep activitie
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1st - 3rd
Natural Disasters Print BUNDLE {Earthquake, Hurricane, Tornado & Volcano}
Natural disasters play such an important role in shaping our world and are usually at the very forefront of our news cycle and current events. This resource introduces four major disasters: EARTHQUAKE, HURRICANE, TORNADO & VOLCANO. We have included a variety of printable activities including engaging reading comprehension passages, informative posters and even science observations that will compliment your current curriculum. The EARTHQUAKE unit includes:1. Recommended book list2. Vocabulary
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2nd - 3rd
Science and Social Studies Adapted Activities for Special Education BUNDLE
Are you struggling to differentiate science and social studies topics for your students with special needs? Look no further, I've got you covered!Science and Social Studies materials are hard to come by for a self-contained special education setting. This bundle contains many different adapted and differentiated activities to use while teaching your students with special needs about various Science & Social Studies topics!What you will find inside this bundle:Adapted BooksCount It Out Adapte
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K - 5th
Butterfly Life Cycle Craft Spring Science Unit - Reading & Writing Activities
Teaching students all about butterflies this spring? This engaging nonfiction and spring science unit makes learning about the caterpillar to butterfly transformation, the life cycle of a butterfly, and the parts of a butterfly fun. It includes a butterfly life cycle craft, activities, observation journal, writing, and more! This resource will help your first grade, second grade, or third grade students build writing skills, understand informational text, and build reading comprehension while th
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1st - 3rd
Solar System and Planets Leveled Reading Passages with Comprehension Questions
These 24 engaging planets reading passages are a must have for a Solar System unit, nonfiction reading, or guided reading groups! Each planet comes with 3 leveled reading passages containing the same educational material & vocabulary, only varying by reading level. Reading passages range from Grade Level Equivalents of 3-5.5. All follow-up activities are thoughtfully planned to align to the ELA Common Core. Please check out the preview for a closer look!For a discounted price on this pro
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3rd - 6th
Owl Bird Science Unit - Reading & Writing Activities - Fall Fact Project & Craft
Do you need engaging lesson ideas and activities to teach your students all about owls? Make learning about owls fun with these hands-on non-fiction ELA and science mini-lessons and activities! This resource will help your first grade, second grade, or third grade students build writing skills, understand informational text, and build reading comprehension while they learn interesting facts about barn owls and true owls. ⭐ Create anchor charts to lead your lessons and use the low-prep activiti
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1st - 3rd
Spider Science Unit - Fall Reading & Writing Activities - Facts, Project & Craft
Do you need engaging lesson ideas and activities to teach your students all about spiders? Make learning about spiders fun with these hands-on non-fiction ELA and science mini-lessons and activities! This resource will help your first grade, second grade, or third grade students build writing skills, understand informational text and build reading comprehension while they learn interesting facts about different types of spiders. ⭐ Create anchor charts to lead your lessons and use the low-prep
Grades:
1st - 3rd
All About Plants Unit Life Cycle of Plants Photosynthesis Plants and Seeds
Looking for a thorough plant unit to teach about plant structures & functions, plant life cycle, photosynthesis, plant adaptations, and all things plant related? This comprehensive plant unit will cover all of your plant-related science standards! THIS BUNDLE INCLUDES BOTH PRINT AND DIGITAL VERSIONS OF THE ENTIRE UNIT.THREE WEEKS of engaging, interactive lesson plans included along with many coordinating additional pages to extend unit. OVER 150 PAGES!! Students will love all the fun activ
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2nd - 4th
NGSS:
3-LS3-2
, 3-LS3-1
, 2-LS2-2
Earth's Place in the Universe: Solar System and Astronomy
This thematic unit is choc-full of activities designed to promote conceptual understanding of science concepts related to our solar system. This product is aligned to 5th grade NGSS:5-PS2-1. Support an argument that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed down5-ESS1-1. Support an argument that differences in the apparent brightness of the sun compared to other stars is due to their relative distances from Earth.5-ESS1-2: Represent data in graphical displays to reveal pat
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3rd - 6th
NGSS:
5-ESS1-2
, 5-ESS1-1
, 5-PS2-1
Also included in: Custom Bundle for Jessica (Tennessee 5th Grade Science)
ONTARIO SCIENCE: GR. 4/5 Forces Acting on Structures & Pulleys and Gears Units
In this hands on, minds on unit both grades will be engineers exploring and building things. The 4s will look at how pulleys and gears are used in our daily lives to make work easier. They will learn the science behind both of these simple machines and have opportunities to experiment with these through hands on experiences. The 5s will look at the forces that engineers need to consider before building a structure. Force, load, tension and compression are all explored through hands on - mind
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3rd - 5th
Penguin Activities Winter Craft, Writing, Drawing, Bulletin Board, Science Unit
Make learning all about penguins and the penguin life cycle engaging with this non-fiction ELA and science unit of mini-lessons and activities! This low-prep resource includes fun penguin writing, a hands-on penguin craft, directed drawing, and more activities for a classroom penguin theme. These activities will help your first grade, second grade, or third grade students build writing skills, understand informational text and build reading comprehension while they learn interesting facts abou
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1st - 3rd
NGSS:
2-LS4-1
, 3-LS4-2
, 1-LS3-1
Whale Life Science Unit Lessons, Activities, Craft, Project - Orca & Beluga
Engage and excite kids as they learn all about whales with life science, reading, and writing activities! This nonfiction and spring or summer science unit makes learning about baleen whales and toothed whales fun. It includes a whale craft, reading comprehension passages, vocabulary, directed drawing, and more! This resource will help your first grade, second grade, or third grade students build writing skills, understand informational text, and improve their reading comprehension while they le
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Outer Space Unit Science Math Literacy Centers Activities
Outer Space Unit! This 190 page outer space unit is stacked to the moon with materials that are great for teaching about the amazing things out there in space. This Common Core unit is a cross curricular unit that covers elements of science, math, and literacy/language arts! Check out what’s inside!There’s No Place Like Space includes:5 LESSON PLANSEach have objectives, goals, materials lists, procedures, sample photos, rubrics for assessment, student self-assessments, and parent letters to send
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1st - 3rd
Science Interactive Notebook Mega Bundle | Distance Learning
Science Interactive Notebook ~ Science printables ~ Science Interactive Notebook MEGA BUNDLE Science Science Science ...Hooray!These Science Interactive Notebook Tab-Its® MEGA BUNDLE are engaging, fun, rigorous and fit beautifully in your Interactive Notebooks! Each page of these Tab-It® Booklets incorporates reading, writing, and research skills. This Science Tab-Its® MEGA BUNDLE is JAM-PACKED with Scienc-y Goodness! These Tab-Its® resources are engaging, fun, rigorous and fit beautifully in y
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2nd - 4th
Winter Seasonal Science Unit - Reading & Writing Activities - Snowflakes Snowman
Do you need lesson ideas and activities for your winter unit? Make learning about winter fun with these engaging non-fiction ELA and science mini-lessons and activities about snowmen, snowflakes, and evergreen trees! This resource will help your first grade, second grade, or third grade students build writing skills, understand informational text and build reading comprehension, and learn interesting facts about important winter themes and concepts this winter season. ⭐ Create anchor charts to
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1st - 3rd
NGSS:
2-LS4-1
, 1-ESS1-2
Polar Bear Science Unit - Reading & Writing Activities - Winter Project & Craft
Do you need engaging lesson ideas and activities to teach your students about polar bears? These non-fiction ELA and science mini-lessons and activities are a fun way for your learners to discover more about the polar bear and the polar bear life cycle. This resource will help your first grade, second grade, or third grade students build writing skills, understand informational text, and build reading comprehension while they learn interesting facts about how and where polar bears live. ⭐ Cre
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1st - 3rd
NGSS:
3-ESS3-1
, 1-LS1-2
, 2-LS4-1
, 3-LS3-1
, 1-LS3-1
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Animal Research Report Lapbook Project - 3rd, 4th, 5th grade (Common Core)
Animal Research Reports Made Easy! The Lap Book Edition is perfect for hands-on research that will engage ALL learners! Your students will love the differentiated supports for writing, and you will love the success they experience when a resource is truly differentiated to meet a range of needs. Don't be overwhelmed by research projects anymore! This Common Core aligned, 90-page resource will help streamline the process for you and your students so that it is both educational and enjoyable! The
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3rd - 5th
Solar System Unit Bundle: Sun, Moon & Planets Reading Passages, Activities
These differentiated solar system reading passages are a must have for working on reading informational text with your students! They cover everything students need to know about the planets, the sun, and the moon! The Solar System Cooperative Learning project is similar to literature circles in that each student has a "job" or role they have to complete for their planet. You will have your students so engaged in reading and learning about our Solar System that they will not even realize how mu
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3rd - 6th
Rainforest Activities Nonfiction Book Study Informational Text Comprehension
This unit on the rainforest includes activities to go along with six different books. The strategy in this packet focuses on the author's purpose but there are many more reading and writing strategies included. Each story comes with colorful anchor chart posters, activities to teach author's purpose writing activities and a few additional reading strategies. There is a report template included to complete a rainforest animal research project. Also included is a rainforest word wall, seven differ
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K - 3rd
Also included in: Reading Comprehension Guided Reading with a Purpose BUNDLE
Endangered Species Expert - Project Based Learning
This project is designed to help students build their research, analysis and synthesis skills while learning about an endangered species that interests them. As students become the class expert for their species, they will exercise reading, writing, grammar, science and art skills as well as build experience with long-term planning and the organization required to complete a multi-step project by a deadline.
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Grades:
3rd - 4th
Animal Life Cycle Research Projects, Non-Fiction Reading, & Science Experiments
Teach seasons, animal life cycles, and science all year with this massive bundle of 17 units for fall, winter, spring, and summer. Make learning about animals, seasons, and Earth Day fun with these engaging lessons, nonfiction reading comprehension and writing activities, animal research projects, science experiments, and more. This resource will help your first grade, second grade, or third grade students build writing skills, understand informational text and build reading comprehension, and l
Grades:
1st - 3rd
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