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Camping Themed End of the Year Activities for 3rd & 4th grade - All Subjects
Do you want an engaging end of the year unit? Relate camping to science, social studies, math, and reading in 3rd or 4th grade!! All activities are rigorous, engaging, and upper elementary focused!You can transform your classroom into a campground or just work through a theme, either way these high level activities will keep your students engaged!How will this help the teacher and student?Engagement- Students will be engaged the ENTIRE time you are learning about camping and working with the the
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3rd - 4th
Also included in: End of the Year BUNDLE Activities, Awards, Writing, Camping, and more
Shark Tank Elementary Economics Project for Inventors and Entrepreneurs
Loosely based on the show, Shark Tank.... this is a great unit to use for late elementary and middle school students to learn economic terms while working through the planning process of designing a good or service as an entrepreneur. Includes planners for all steps of the process and links to Shark Tank snippets on YouTube as examples too! Thank you and enjoy! ⭐ CHECK OUT THE FULL PREVIEW ABOVE! ⭐ * Each section of the project below includes teacher directions * Links to Shark T
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Grades:
2nd - 7th
Grade 5 Social Studies Ontario - Indigenous Peoples & The Impact of Europeans
Grade 5 Ontario Social Studies Teachers do you need to teach all about the history of Indigenous Peoples and the impact of Early European Explorers in what would eventually be known as Canada. Then check out this comprehensive Social Studies Unit for Strand A of the Ontario Social Studies 2020 curriculum.This inquiry-based unit will allow your students to have more flexibility and choice in their learning to cover learning expectations and spark an interest in this topic.This unit is designed t
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5th
ZOO ANIMALS Math Literacy Centers and Activities Theme Unit Preschool 132 pages
ZOO ANIMALS Theme Unit Pack for Preschool - This is a comprehensive set of activities with a ZOO ANIMALS theme - make hands-on, interactive centers and learning games for your preschool and pre-K classroom. 132 pagesClick on the PREVIEW link to see most pages, and to decide if this is the educational level you are looking for. Contents:Large zoo animal cut outs for small group recognition, description, bulletin board, flannel board, stick puppets etc. (16 zoo animals)Word/picture strips plus hea
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PreK - K
Also included in: HUGE BUNDLE 23 Big Theme Packs for Year Preschool PreK All Subjects
Solve a Mystery | Crime Scene Investigation Activity Bundle | CSI Forensics
Students love CSI Activities and Hands-on Investigations. These popular C.S.I. activities are a great way to teach inference, logic, analysis, and critical thinking.Looking to go DIGITAL in the CLASSROOM or Distance Learning Mode?Check out the C.S.I BUNDLE below which includes this Printable Resource as well as a Digital Format Link for each activity... C.S.I. for Kids Bundle - digital and printableGo 100% paperless with these C.S.I. ActivitiesC.S.I. Activities for Google ClassroomBy purchasing
Grades:
4th - 6th
Personal Finance Project with Job Planning, Budgeting, and Financial Choices
This Independent Living Project for Job Planning, Budgeting, and Making Financial Choices includes math practice, realistic job choices, working within a budget, and making independent living decisions. What a well-rounded activity! When you finish the month-long project center/warm up activity, your students can pick a new job, try to make better choices, and you can run this project again - so easy to reuse, meaningful for students, and a great opportunity to work on functional skills.What You
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Not Grade Specific
Force and Motion Pushes and Pulls
Fun, hands-on activities for force and motion is LOADED in this packet! Created with the Next Generation Science pushes and pulls standards in mind, if you are looking for thinking maps, lesson plans, science stations, and foldables for force and motion interactive notebooks, this is what you are looking for! All with the objective of Force and Motion. **UPDATED** As of summer 2020, I have added a 20 side PowerPoint to help teach your students about force & motion as well as an emergent read
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K - 3rd
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What is a Scientist Unit: Scientist Tools, Science Safety, and Being a Scientist
Are you ready to dive into science with your students? This unit is perfect for teaching your students about the scientific method, science safety, science tools, and what it means to be a scientist! They are sure to have fun learning how they will explore throughout the year during science lessons!Save BIG when you buy the Science for August bundle!Being a Scientist is filled with activities that are interactive for the K-2 learner. Inside you will find:Unit Teaching Plan pg. 4Introducing Scien
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Grades:
K - 2nd
Indigenous Peoples and Europeans & Early Societies | ONTARIO GRADE 4/5 UNIT
Teach your split grade 4 and grade 5's with this inquiry based split grade unit on Indigenous people and Europeans and Early societies. Teach two separate curriculums during one period with this complete unit in an easy and manageable way. Grade 41) Identify and locate the major early societies on a map and time line. 2)Compare the daily life of two or more early societies. 3) Identify the environmental features in early societies 4) Identify how the environment impacts the daily life of earl
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3rd - 6th
Force and Motion Worksheets | Kindergarten 1st Grade Activities
Students LOVE to learn about force and motion! I have you covered with this engaging 3-week unit! It has everything you need including a journal, inquiry lessons, rubrics, ideas, printables, and more! Be the COOL teacher who knows how to engage students!What’s in this unit:• Pg. 1 Cover• Pg. 2 Table of Contents• Pg.3 A Note To Teachers• Pg.4 Week 1 Lesson Plans Introduction on How Things Move• Pg 5 Week 2 Lesson Plans Motion and Magnets• Pg. 6 Week 3 Lesson Plans Focusing on Push and Pull• Pg
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K - 2nd
Also included in: Science Curriculum Kindergarten | 1st Grade Yearlong BUNDLE
Community Helpers and Their Tools
Community Helpers - What tools do they use? This is a collection of activities about Community Helpers and the tools that they use in their work, for preschool and Pre-K.45 pagesThis resource has been updated.The primary emphasisis the social studies aspect of furthering the understanding our community, and the fact that most adults have jobs in order to make money to support themselves and their family.The secondary emphasis with these activities is on oral language and discussion; vocabulary e
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PreK - K
Ontario Grade 4 Social Studies - Early Societies Full Year Complete Inquiry Unit
This complete unit is designed to meet the Ontario Grade 4 Curriculum for Early Societies. Everything you need from start to finish to teach your students history in fun and engaging ways. Help your students learn more about early societies and ancient civilizations from around the world between 500BCE to 1500 CE. This is a complete unit that uses engaging activities, hands-on learning, differentiated instruction and inquiry based learning projects all throughout the unit. Help your student
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4th
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
Making Inferences Unit, Grades 3-5, Common Core Reading
This 60+ page Making Inferences unit focuses on identifying learning goals with students, teaching them how to develop strategies for becoming more effective readers, and then providing activities for them to practice these strategies in various ways. I've included fiction and nonfiction reading passages, anchor charts, graphic organizers, task cards, and other activities in this unit for inferring character traits, feelings, setting, author's viewpoint, and theme.*** Be sure to download the 20-
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3rd - 5th
Hibernation Migration Adaptation Winter Animals Kindergarten Science
Hibernation, Migration, and Adaptation of winter animals is the focus of this 10 day inquiry-based kindergarten science unit!
Also includes a shelter design challenge full of critical thinking and hands-on problem solving!
Next Generation Science Standards* aligned!
Literacy skills are embedded into the lessons: Non-fiction text, speaking/listening, writing response, and technology
A compelling question guides the unit and supporting questions help students to focus their knowledge and build
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Grades:
PreK - 1st
Beach Themed End of the Year Activities for 3rd & 4th Grade - All Subjects
Make the end of the year fun and rigorous with these engaging, hands-on beach week activities! This set includes a full week low-prep beach activities perfect for the end of the year. Quick and easy setup plus clear student directions make these activities perfect for keeping content rigorous and engaging at the end of the year. Your students will participate in activities in every subject that revolve around a beach theme. The activities are fun, so students don't even realize they are still le
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3rd - 4th
Also included in: End of the Year BUNDLE Activities, Awards, Writing, Camping, and more
Project Based Learning+End of Year FUN:Design A Dream House 4th Common Core Math
I designed this project to give my students (and myself!) some relief after standardized testing at the end of the year! It is a FUN and EDUCATIONAL math project based on Common Core Standards.
During this project students will get to tap into their creative side and design the house of their dreams! They will use design skills, budget and money skills, area and perimeter skills, and geometry skills--all while being engaged and having fun!
Included in this item are:
-Slide presentation to
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
Ontario Grade 4 Science - Pulleys and Gears - Machines and Their Mechanisms
This unit is currently under revision to better align it with the Machines and their Mechanisms all updates will be included in this package free of charge to existing customers. You can buy this resource now and re-download the updates when they are ready. This unit focuses on the Pulley and Gear Types that Transmit Rotational Motion. - D1.1 assess the impacts of machines and their mechanisms on the daily lives of people in various communities Update Pending to expand beyond pulleys and gea
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4th
Grade 5 ONTARIO Science - Forces Acting on Structures - Structures & Mechanisms
Help students learn about the different forces of load, tension, and compression and how this impacts structures all around them. Through hands on, minds on lessons, experiments and STEM projects this unit will get your students engaged in engineering design and construction. This complete inquiry unit covers everything that you need to meet the expectations for the Understanding Structures and Mechanisms Grade 5 strand of the updated 2022 Ontario Curriculum. and the Common Core/Next Generatio
Grades:
5th
ANCIENT CIVILIZATION UNITS BUNDLE: Rome, Greece, Egypt, Mali, China
All 5 of my Ancient Civilization units all together. 300 pages plus a slide show!. Each unit has more than enough to fill your unit plans, but they keep growing. Each time I add to any of the 5 units, you'll get an update to download the bundle again at no charge. Bought separately, they would cost $40.00. Buy the bundle and save $10.55!All 5 units cover the Virginia SOL standards for Ancient Mali, Ancient Rome, Ancient Greece, Ancient Egypt, and Ancient China
Grades:
2nd - 6th
STATES OF MATTER UNIT: MAKING THE 3 STATES REALLY MATTER!
THIS UNIT HAS EVERYTHING, BUT THE KITCHEN SINK ITSELF!
It's Packed FULL of Simple Experiment Station Cards and Student Recording Sheets. There are loads of things to add to your interactive notebooks, a file folder game, study cards, and some posters for your bulletin board.
Page 4 - 3 States Of Matter examples …. Glue in student notebook
Page 5 - Can You Find 10 Solids and Liquids In Your Classroom … partner or group activity
Page 6 - Can You Find 10 Solids and Liquids In Your House … Home
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2nd - 4th
Project Based Learning with STEM and Research: Animal Habitats and Enclosures
The zoo needs help! Students work cooperatively to design an animal habitat and enclosure for the zoo! In this STEM project, students use their imagination and creativity to build an animal habitat and enclosure designed to meet their animal's needs. A fabulous way to integrate science standards for animals into your classroom!Students work in collaborative units to design a proper animal habitat for their chosen animal. Their animal enclosures must meet the project requirements to be safe for t
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2nd - 5th
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Also included in: Zoo Animal Habitat Bundle: PBL, STEM, Writing, Literacy
Road to the American Revolution DBQ Document-Based Questions
American RevolutionDocument-Based Questions (DBQs) are a great way to expose students to primary sources as well as to make them think about an event in history and respond to it. This unit can be used in a few ways. You can project the full-page images on my board so that we can discuss them, and then the students answer the DBQ in their notebooks. I have also included the DBQs in printable format so that your students can answer on paper and digital Google Forms that you can send electronicall
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4th - 6th
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Santa's Sleigh: A Science Unit on Force and Motion
We visited Santa’s top secret reindeer-training facility and discovered the secrets of Santa’s sleigh. It’s not all magic...some of Santa’s sleigh driving know-how is based on science. Teach your Santa fans about force and motion with this hands-on unit about Santa’s sleigh and the reindeer’s work. Based on the disciplinary core ideas of the Next Generation Science Standards: K-PS2 Motion and Stability. For more information, go to: http://www.nextgenscience.org.Note from Jayne…Friends, I'm so pr
Grades:
PreK - 2nd
Also included in: Seasonal Science Units: Force and Motion AND Rocks and Dirt
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