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2nd grade science unit plans for Microsoft Word
Primary GATE Gifted and Talented Program for the Year -- 410 Pages, 50%+ off!
You will be a rock star! This collection is highly interactive, creative, and rich in age-appropriate critical thinking.
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This collection takes me through an entire year of lessons with my advanced groups of kindergarteners, 1st, and 2nd graders . . . but many of these lessons can also be used for middle and upper elementary kids, especially if you come into the regular classroom to teach whole-class enrichment lessons.
19 units and 419 pages of lessons!
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K - 3rd
Creative Curriculum Trees Study Visuals
28 Pages of Visuals for the Creative Curriculum "Trees" study. It starts with Large images of trees, parts of trees, things made out of trees, etc.. to print out for around the room. Then the rest of the document is smaller pictures for you to show on a SMARTboard as question of the day or print out.Visuals range from types trees, images to help identify different kinds of trees, parts of a tree, things made out of wood, and then questions of the day about things that come from trees and animal
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PreK - 6th
Second Grade Unit Plan for Amplify Science Unit 1-Plant and Animal Relationships
Attached is my unit 1 Amplify plan. The unit is a 16 page word document that you can edit. My unit plan corresponds directly with the lessons in the teachers guide! Hope this saves you time!!The unit states the:- Essential questions- The Next Generation Science Standards- The Common Core State Standards for ELA and Math- Unit materials- Unit vocabulary- The skills to be taught- Teaching points, activities and assessments for every lesson in the unit. (Activities are not included, unit plans just
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Also included in: Second Grade Unit Plans for Amplify Science Units 1-3! BUNDLE!
Second Grade Common Core & Next Generation Science NGSS Lessons: Full Curriculum
This fun curriculum effectively teaches every second grade Next Generation Science Standard in an engaging way while integrating a common core standard into each lesson. There are 72 lessons provided (approximately 2 per week).
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Engaging-Lessons-By-Frank
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2nd
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Grade K-2 Unit Plan on Weather (Understanding by Design Template)
This unit was designed based off of the NH state standards for science. The unit is approximately sixteen days, varying in lesson timing from twenty minutes to one hour. (Some lessons could be shortened or extended based on individual class needs.)
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K - 2nd
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TEKS Resource System Unit Planning Guide
Used in conjunction with TEKS Resource System, this guide can help you align your resources to match the pacing guide. This helps with the backwards design of lesson planning to ensure your classrooms instruction meets the specificity of the standards that need to be taught.TEKS Alligned, Lesson Planning
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K - 12th
Second Grade Unit Plan for Amplify Unit 2- Properties of Materials
Attached is my unit 2 Amplify plan. The unit is a 16 page word document that you can edit. My unit plan corresponds directly with the lessons in the teachers guide! Hope this saves you time!!The unit states the:- Essential questions- The Next Generation Science Standards- The Common Core State Standards for ELA and Math- Unit materials- Unit vocabulary- The skills to be taught- Teaching points, activities and assessments for every lesson in the unit. (Activities are not included, unit plans just
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2nd
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Also included in: Second Grade Unit Plans for Amplify Science Units 1-3! BUNDLE!
NEW Alberta Science Curriculum Living Systems Unit Plan Grade 1
This is a unit plan for the NEW Alberta Science curriculum "Living Systems" unit for grade 1, created by one of the pilot teachers for the program. It includes 6 lesson plans plus a final project lesson plan that will engage your learners and take them through each outcome of the curriculum. The final project allows students to showcase their learning via a learning showcase. These lessons can be differentiated, and can incorporate materials you already have from the old science curriculum if yo
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K - 2nd
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Amplify Science | Plant and Animal Relationships Unit Lesson Plans
Amplify Science, Grade 2 Plant and Animal Relationships Unit Lesson Plans. 39 page Word document that is editable for you to use. If you are a new teacher and still use really detailed lesson plans, you may want to consider other lesson plans. However, these lessons plans include all of the required components: learning targets, standards (NGSS), materials, vocabulary, procedures and assessment.
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2nd
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First Grade Unit Plan for Amplify Unit 3 - Spinning Earth
Attached is my unit 3 Amplify plan. The unit is a 16 page word document that you can edit. My unit plan corresponds directly with the lessons in the teachers guide! Hope this saves you time!!The unit states the:- Essential questions- The Next Generation Science Standards- The Common Core State Standards for ELA and Math- Unit materials- Unit vocabulary- The skills to be taught- Teaching points, activities and assessments for every lesson in the unit. (Activities are not included, unit plans just
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K - 2nd
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Year 1 to 6 Long term plans and bonus medium term plan art.
Our Year 1-6 Long-Term Plans have been meticulously crafted to create a dynamic curriculum that integrates literacy, maths, science, geography, PSHE, and history, fostering a deep understanding of each subject while encouraging interdisciplinary connections. And as a bonus, we've got an exciting 6-week medium-term art plan that adds a splash of creativity to the mix! Let's dive in:Year 1:Literacy: Develop foundational reading and writing skills through exciting stories and phonics activities. Ex
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1st - 6th
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Kate Shelley and the Midnight Express READING + STEM Elementary GATE
If you’ve come to know my units, you’ll find the same sort of critical thinking and hands-on exploration and creativity here . . .
Come all the way across the curriculum from READING to STEM activities in this hands-on unit. My advanced group 2nd graders loved this! I would use this for advanced 1st graders in their second semester or 3rd grade as well. I don’t think it would be a stretch to say 4th graders would enjoy it as well.
“Kate Shelley and the Midnight Express” is a Reading Rainbow
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1st - 4th
Amplify Science | Properties of Materials Unit Lesson Plans
Amplify Science, Grade 2 Properties of Materials Unit Lesson Plans. 43 page Word document that is editable for you to use. If you are a new teacher and still use really detailed lesson plans, you may want to consider other lesson plans. However, these lessons plans include all of the required components: learning targets, standards (NGSS), materials, vocabulary, procedures and assessment.
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2nd
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Human Impact on the Environment (6 Day Unit)
This unit serves to provide students with an introduction to how people impact nature. Environmental preservation is a broad topic, so this short unit focuses on the preservation of trees. Most students have been exposed to trees. They might be able to name different types of trees, they may have experiences climbing or playing around trees, and, depending on where the students live, they may have seen trees in varying stages of life. The unit opens with two activities which differentiate betwee
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K - 6th
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Mirette on the High Wire CALDECOTT for Primary GATE Hands-on with STEM
Bring Emily Arnold McCully’s Caldecott Winning book, Mirette on the High Wire, alive with this active unit! We combine a rich exploration—primary grades appropriate—of language and science to produce a meaningful learning experience.
Materials: Activity Sheets (included), string, and other common classroom supplies
Time: About 3 hours total if all the parts are included
Level: GATE 1st or 2nd and 3rd
Primary Source Analysis and Inferences: Let’s set the stage by seeing what students ca
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1st - 3rd
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EdTPA 5 lesson plan unit -How can we help the living things in the environment?
UPDATE- This link will take you to a new Google version of these lessons that includes the instructional materials and assessments for just $2 more! https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Google-Version-EdTPA-unit-How-can-we-help-the-living-things-in-the-environment-8703495I turned this in as my EdTPA lesson plan unit portion in 2015. I believe the requirements are different but it is a great 5 lesson unit plan that brings together ELA, Math, Science, and Social Studies. The standards inclu
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1st - 3rd
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Visual Arts: Colour FULL UNIT PLAN (3-4 week unit)
This is a full unit plan with everything you need to teach it. It includes lessons plans for each day, each lesson plan includes:
- Title
- Prior Knowledge
- Element of Design
- Principle of Design
- Overall Expectations
- Specific Expectations
- Learning Goal
- Success Criteria
- Materials/Resources List
- Set-Up List
- Expected Duration
- Guided Task
- Independent Task
- Assessment (assessment methods included and attached)
- Accomodations
One lessons integrated with the Science Unit: Strong
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1st - 6th
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WeDo 2.0 Unit (w/Engineering Design Process)
This is an month long unit that adds structure to lessons with WeDo Lego Robots. It can be modified for all grade levels. It incorporates the Engineering Design process for children. There are 2 builds that should be done as a whole group or in groups, 2 builds where the students explore while they record what they learn in a journal log page in the page. Last, the students complete 2 challenges and work through the engineering design process through and recording what they learn through the pro
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1st - 12th
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The Three States of Matter Unit Plan
This unit plan includes:
-5 detailed lesson plans, with EL and gifted/talented strategies listed
-A 15 page student journal that goes with the lesson activities
-Center acitivities (including a word search, story making template, and cut and paste sorting activity)
-An assessment
-Printable picture and word cards for lesson activities
-Pictures for charting, and experiments
-Printable posters for solids, liquids, and gases
The students absolutely loved this unit! They were engaged and excited
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1st - 2nd
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The Man Who Walked Between the Towers Caldecott for Primary GATE +STEM
Strong STEM-literacy springboard activities with this nonfiction piece! Pair it thematically with my Mirette on the High Wire Caldecott lessons, and the students will experience literature from inside to outside and from up to down.
You get instructions, ready-to-print activity sheets, Common Core references, and everything you need to set you down the path on this book. Make a quick trip to the local craft store for a really cool extension, or just use common materials in the classroom to ge
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2nd - 4th
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Second Grade Unit Plan for Amplify Science Unit 3 - Changing Landforms
Attached is my unit 3 Amplify plan. The unit is a 16 page word document that you can edit. My unit plan corresponds directly with the lessons in the teachers guide! Hope this saves you time!!The unit states the:- Essential questions- The Next Generation Science Standards- The Common Core State Standards for ELA and Math- Unit materials- Unit vocabulary- The skills to be taught- Teaching points, activities and assessments for every lesson in the unit. (Activities are not included, unit plans just
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2nd
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Also included in: Second Grade Unit Plans for Amplify Science Units 1-3! BUNDLE!
Manitoba Report Card Comments: Grade 2 Science (full paragraph copy/paste)
You will find a high, medium and low report card comment for all Grade 2 Science Clusters/Outcomes. These are easy to use and ready to copy & paste into your reports. Of course you will adjust the comments for specific students, but this will give you a general outline! Edit/Adapt as you see fit, as this is a Word doc.Please see the preview!
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2nd
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Amplify Science | Changing Landforms Unit Lesson Plans
Amplify Science, Grade 2 Changing Landforms Unit Lesson Plans. 31 page Word document that is editable for you to use. If you are a new teacher and still use really detailed lesson plans, you may want to consider other lesson plans. However, these lessons plans include all of the required components: learning targets, standards (NGSS), materials, vocabulary, procedures and assessment.
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2nd
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Gr 2. Science (2023) - NEW Alberta Curriculum "I Can" Statements
These are practical black & white, easy to use "I Can" Statements for the updated 2023, Alberta, Science curriculum. I have included every Grade 2 outcome, as well as the category that it falls under; you just need to copy & paste them into your report cards/planning or print them for your students!
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2nd
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