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Common Core W.3.2 thematic unit plan pdfs
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs & The Three Little Pigs - Print & Easel
Reading The True Story of the Three Little Pigs? This compare and contrast folktale unit was created for use with The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka and a traditional retelling of The Three Little Pigs. In my classroom, I use James Marshall’s version of The Three Little Pigs for these activities, but any traditional retelling will pair well. Here’s what you’ll find inside:• vocabulary reference sheet with visuals• story maps• summary writing graphic organizer• character des
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Also included in: Folktales and Fractured Folktales - Compare and Contrast Folktales
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
"My Animal Research Project," A CCSS Aligned Informative Writing Unit
This CCSS aligned informative writing unit contains lesson plans, student printables, rubrics, anchor papers, and other materials needed to teach the information gathering process for research-based writing. Specifically, this pack includes:--Detailed day by day lesson plans broken into 3 categories: -2 weeks for the research and note-taking process -2-3 weeks for writing a multi-paragraph research paper OR -2-3 weeks for writing a nonfiction book--"My Research Notebook"
Grades:
2nd - 4th
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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Grades:
1st - 3rd
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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Grades:
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
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
Grades:
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
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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Grades:
1st - 3rd
NGSS:
2-LS4-1
, 1-ESS1-2
Winter Holiday Activities - Ugly Sweater Creative Writing for January & December
Want to provide holiday activities for your upper elementary students before winter break while also practicing multiple writing skills? This Ugly Sweater Christmas Writing resource gives students short, engaging writing tasks before the holiday break. The holiday writing prompts are interconnected and follow a similar set-up so they’re engaging for students and simple for you. What’s Inside:✔ 5 days of interconnected short writing prompts✔ Graphic organizers to plan writing✔ Pages for writte
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
Spring Science Unit Activities, Craft, Vocabulary, Project, & Reading Passages
Keep students engaged and excited to learn this spring with crafts, activities, and bulletin board ideas! This engaging nonfiction and spring science unit makes learning about plants, ladybugs, birds, and rainbows fun. It includes spring reading comprehension passages, writing, science experiments, vocabulary, 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 learn int
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
Constitution Day: Reading and Writing Unit
This is a revised Social Studies Unit about the Constitution for Grades 2-3. Students will learn about the Constitution, its importance, the three branches of our government, and Thomas Jefferson and the Declaration of Independence through an original Shared Reading Book, Reading Texts, Comprehension Questions and Writing Activities. Texts and Writing Activities are differentiated at the 2nd and 3rd grade levels. There are both informative and opinion piece writing prompts, graphic organizers,
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Grades:
2nd - 3rd
December Holiday Celebrations and Traditions Around the World
This is an ELA CCSS Aligned Thematic Unit about December Holiday Celebrations and Traditions Around the World for Grades 2-3.The countries included are: Mexico, Brazil, Germany, France, Italy, England, Australia, and Israel. Students will learn about what holiday each country celebrates, how they celebrate it, and some interesting traditions. They will make a passport and fill out their passport by coloring the symbol and flag of each country and writing an interesting tradition after reading ab
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Grades:
2nd - 3rd
3 Types of Writing BUNDLE: Personal Narrative, Informative, & Opinion Units
This bundle contains 3 writing units for 10+ weeks of teaching at a discounted price. In this bundle, you will get detailed lesson plans and all the materials needed to teach each of the writing text types as addressed in the CCSS: Personal Narrative, Informative, and Opinion. To see the units as individual products, click on each title below:"My Many Memorable Firsts" Common Core Personal Narrative Writing Unit"My Animal Research Project," A CCSS Aligned Informative Writing Unit"Everyday Heroes
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Grades:
2nd - 4th
Narwhal Reading Comprehension | Non Fiction Text Features Diagram and Labels
Narwhal nonfiction reading comprehension unit with a focus on the non fiction text features of diagrams and labels. Comprehension activities to go along with the nonfiction mentor text, "A Day in the Life: Polar Animals Narwhal" by Katie Marsico. This Narwhal unit also comes with a printable small reader with the non fiction text features of diagrams, labels, captions, bold words, glossary, and index. Topics covered in the small reader are appearance, food, habitat, life cycle, diagram, predat
Grades:
2nd - 3rd
Baseball Thematic Unit {Close Reads, Writing Prompts, & Math Task Cards}
This 45 page baseball themed unit includes...
*1 fiction and 3 nonfiction close reads with activity pages
*4 writing prompts (All have templates for publishing)
2 written response prompts
1 persuasive essay prompt
1 web quest/expository writing
This activity comes with a great foldable to organize your
students research
*40 three digit addition and subtraction math task cards
10 addition
10 subtrac
Grades:
2nd - 4th
3rd Grade NGSS Science Unit Bundle
This bundle includes all 4 units for third grade! You will find:Resources for InputInquiry ChartsObservation ChartsBig Book (PPT and printable)Pictorial and Comparative Input Chart templates (16 total)SocialityContinental DriftGeologic Time ScaleNatural SelectionAdaptationsEcosystem DynamicsForces on a RocketBalanced vs Unbalanced ForcesPermanent Magnet vs ElectromagnetStatic ElectricityClimates Around the WorldWhat Affects Climate?Weather vs ClimateHurricanes vs TornadoesLife Cycles (comparativ
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Grades:
3rd
NGSS:
3-PS2-1
, 3-ESS3-1
, 3-LS4-1
, 3-ESS2-1
, 3-PS2-3
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3rd Grade Thanksgiving Activities: Thanksgiving Math and Literacy Bundle
Thanksgiving No Prep Literacy and Math Activities: 3rd Grade - Keep your students engaged and motivated during the month of November with these “print and go” 3rd grade Thanksgiving literacy and math activities. Your students will have blast with these activities while practicing important 3rd grade math and ELA skills. Bonus: This pack now includes the digital reading and writing version for FREE!Thanksgiving Digital, No Prep Reading and Writing ActivitiesThe pack includes the following 3rd gr
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Grades:
3rd
Summer School Science, Nonfiction, Writing Activities Sunflowers, Starfish, Bees
Do you need lesson ideas and activities for your summer school curriculum, science unit, and lesson plans? Make learning about summer exciting with engaging lessons, create a summer bulletin board, build nonfiction reading comprehension, complete writing activities, and more about honeybees, starfish, and sunflowers! 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 inter
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
Halloween Activities ELA 3rd, 4th Grade- Reading, Writing, Grammar Language Arts
This Halloween activity pack is filled with language arts activities for 3rd and 4th graders. There are Halloween themed activities for each of the six Common Core Standards domains (RL, RI, L, SL, RF, and W). Your students will practice their ELA standards while incorporating the Halloween theme as well. This will take some of the stress off of your plate by providing you with standards-based and Common Core-aligned seasonal activities! Each domain will have 3-4 activities or passages. The doma
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Grades:
3rd - 4th
"How to Make My Favorite Sandwich" Common Core Explanatory Writing Unit
This explanatory writing unit is CCSS aligned for grades 2nd, 3rd, and 4th. In this file, you will get:--An outline of the specific CCSS covered--A detailed 3 week lesson plan--Anchor papers to help students see what quality explanatory pieces look like or for the teacher to use as his/her own to model the writing process day-by-day--A "What I Will Need" brainstorming paper--A spelling menu to help students with ideas as well as spelling--Several graphic organizers to choose from based on the ne
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Grades:
2nd - 4th
Thanksgiving Reading & Writing Activities Unit for November
Want to provide thematic activities for your upper elementary students during the week of Thanksgiving, but also want students to practice important reading, writing, and vocabulary skills? I’ve got you covered! This Thanksgiving Activities Mini Unit includes up to five days of lesson plans for your 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade students. There are multiple ways to use this resource beyond whole group instruction - including with your remedial or extension small groups, in centers or stations, and as a
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Christmas Around the World - Celebrations Around the World Reading Comprehension
This Celebrations Around the World (or Christmas Around the World) will keep your 3rd, 4th, or even 5th-grade class busy and learning during this hectic season. This resource is both interactive and FUN with 101 pages. There are a multitude of activities and worksheets which allow for differentiation. Holidays around the world are featured to allow students to learn some of the different traditions and customs of 10 different countries. For the awesome DIGITAL version, go HERE!Awesomeness bu
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Also included in: Christmas Around the World Digital AND Printable 3rd 4th 5th
RAINFOREST ANIMALS Close Reading Pack~ Early Elementary
RAINFOREST ANIMALS Reading Comprehension Passages and Text-Dependent Questions. Fun NONFICTION text! Great for small group instruction and Reading, Writing or Science centers! This Close Reading Pack is great for differentiating instruction for Elementary students. Close Reading is my favorite thing! Students need explicit instruction and practice with finding evidence in text in order to answer text-dependent questions.These mini lessons teach students to go back to the text in a thoughtful, ca
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
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