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Writing-expository Common Core RI.2.1 resources
Career Day Research Project, Career Explorations, Community Helpers
Looking for a way to spice up your ELA/Social Studies career exploration units? This Career Day Research Project is a perfect and easy way to provide your learners with a deeper understanding of the professions in their communities. You will just need to print and go!This pack includes:~3 parent/guardian letter options explaining the project~Rubrics linked to 2nd and 3rd grade ELA CCSS~Research organizer~Suggested websites~Interview questions for asking community experts~28 career options prin
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1st - 3rd
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Book Reports BUNDLE to Use with ANY Book
56 Book Reports to use with ANY Book, both Fiction and Nonfiction! Using this book report BUNDLE in your classroom will benefit your students' reading comprehension skills:Looking for digital book reports for distance learning? Check out my Digital Book Reports Google Drive Edition.FICTION:Story elementsMaking connections to textQuestioning the textAuthor's purposeCompare & contrastProblem & solution / conflict & resolutionBeginning, Middle & EndSummaryCharacterizationSequencin
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1st - 4th
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Rainforest Animal Habitat Independent Work - Print & Digital Activities
These digital Rainforest Habitat activities are easy to use as traditional classroom lesson plans, centers, homework, independent work, or they’re great for fast finishers in first and second grades. Busy teachers love these low-prep lessons and activities that are sure to engage their students! With print & digital options, Learning Quests provide a balance of face to face and device-based learning styles for your modern classroom.Why do teachers and students love our Learning Quests?We all
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1st - 2nd
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Also included in: SCIENCE Independent Work - Print & Digital Activities Mega Bundle
Bird Research Reports - Birds - Nonfiction Reading Expository Writing Facts
Your kindergarten, first grade and second grade students will have so much fun reading, writing, making books and crafts about five different insects: Owl, Toucan, Greater Flamingo, Bald Eagle and Macaw Parrot. These nonfiction materials provide the perfect amount of scaffolding so your students can be successful: reading passages with factsgraphic organizerssentence starterswriting papersmini books5 animal craft templatesThis download has everything you need to teach your students through the e
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K - 2nd
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Ruby Bridges Activities Womens History Month Bulletin Board Women In History
This meaningful Ruby Bridges Black History Month Craft Project will keep students engaged through Women's History Month in March. Use as a complementary activity to Ruby Bridges Goes to School. Students create school bags containing lunch items that each prompt a character trait for Ruby. Display the finished satchels for a great bulletin board!Buy this as part of a MEGA BUNDLE of crafts that celebrate the life and achievements of 21 Black Americans and SAVE!Included with this hands-on crafti
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1st - 3rd
The 7 Continents: Social Studies MEGA GOOGLE Digital Distance Learning BUNDLE
The Continents Social Studies Distance Learning Google Classroom unit for grades 1-3 includes 7 separate Google units! Units include: North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Antarctica, Australia! Easily differentiate with built in options that require NO EXTRA PREP. Utilize Google Classroom and open the entire resource in Google Slides to present information about the continents in an interactive, digital format that can be easily differentiated for all learners. This resource will
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1st - 3rd
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Reindeer Nonfiction Activities
Reindeer Nonfiction Reading - A nonfiction mini-unit filled with information about reindeer, perfect for Christmas or winter reading.
This is part of my Holidays Nonfiction Bundle
Reindeer Round-Up is a fun way to integrate nonfiction reading into your activities this Christmas and holiday season. This activity contains a set of 8 full-color cards with real photographs and information about reindeer, along with two full page informational text sheets - at two levels. Use the cards as a "wa
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1st - 3rd
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Teeth Activities Dental Health Unit
Teeth activities for Dental Health Unit Ready to engage your students with a fun thematic unit that encompasses reading, writing, math, science, and social studies standards all while exploring more about teeth? This dental health unit is perfect for students in grades k through 2nd and includes TONS of cross-curricular activities that encourage your students to explore and learn more about teeth! Your students will love these teeth activities!____________________________________________________
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K - 2nd
Also included in: Thematic Units Bundle for 2nd and 3rd Grade
Thanksgiving: Mayflower Voyage, Pilgrims, Native Americans GOOGLE Bundle
This Thanksgiving, teach The Story of the First Thanksgiving: Mayflower Voyage, Pilgrims and Native Americans. This unit includes 3 full units and one mini unit. Easily differentiate with built in options that require NO EXTRA PREP. Utilize Google Classroom and open the entire resource in Google Slides to present information about the Native Americans, Plymouth Colony and the pilgrims, the Mayflower voyage and the first thanksgiving in an interactive, digital format that can be easily differenti
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1st - 3rd
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Ocean Animals Nonfiction Reading Passages and Lessons
Who doesn't love the ocean? This non-fiction informational reading and writing unit is perfect for kindergarten, first grade and second grade students who want to learn about ocean animals. Included are nonfiction articles for close reading on Ocean Animals All About DolphinsOctopusSeahorsesCrabsSea AnemonesStarfish Sea TurtlesThe nonfiction articles include stunning photographs and nonfiction text features. They can be used in guided reading groups or whole class. They are a great way to pra
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K - 2nd
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Also included in: Nonfiction Reading Passages Bundle
Habitats Bundle {Rainforests, Deserts, Ocean, & Forest}
This bundle includes our Ocean, Desert, Forest and Rainforest units.
Ocean Unit:
(Click above to buy this unit individually)
Student Book Cover
Student Book:
Our Blue Planet
The Sunlight Zone
Coral Reefs
The Twilight Zone
The Midnight Zone
Kelp Forests
Parts of the Kelp Plant
Ocean Animals
Sea Otters
Sea Stars
Sea Urchin
White Sharks
Garibaldi
Sea Anemones
Jellyfish
Kelp Crab
Student Note taking pages (plant and animal adaptations)
Comprehension Questions (student page and answers)
Venn Di
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1st - 3rd
Animal Fact Files & Research Report Templates
Get everything you need for your students to write Animal Research Reports!
Fact Files, Checklists, and Report Template Foldables
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Animal Fact Files – 12 Fact Sheets about different animals, including:
Mammals – Giraffe, Koala
Birds – Bald Eagle, Barn Owl
Amphibians – Red-Eyed Tree Frog, North American Bullfrog
Reptiles – American Alligator, Copperhead Snake
Fish – X-Ray Fish, Great White Shark
Invertebrates – Monarch Butterfly (Insects), Common Garden Snail (Mollusks)
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1st - 3rd
Lucky Leprechauns St. Patrick's Day Non-Fiction Reading
Don't let students' non-fiction comprehension be left up to "luck".Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with 33 pages of informational passages, reading comprehension checks, cute crafts, and lots of TEXT STRUCTURE practice. 6 non-fiction reading passages/sheets with corresponding comprehension pages.Get Me Gold pot of gold craft - fill our pot with fun facts found in the passages. Add the rainbow to connect your pot of gold to the Comprehension Cloud craft- answer the who, what, when, where, why, how (d
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2nd - 4th
Weather Tools & Instruments Science Digital GOOGLE Unit
Use this distance learning unit to teach all about the weather tools (grades 1-3). Implement the Weather Tools and Instruments Science Unit in GOOGLE Classroom. Easily differentiate with built in options that require NO EXTRA PREP. Utilize Google Classroom and open the entire resource in Google Slides to present information about Weather Tools in an interactive, digital format that can be easily differentiated for all learners. This unit integrates ELA and science at the same time!Included with
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1st - 3rd
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Also included in: Digital Resource GROWING BUNDLE for Google Classroom & Distance Learning
Arthropods Research and Reports Insects - Scorpions Dragonfly Prawns Beetles
Your kindergarten, first grade and second grade students will have so much fun reading, writing, making books and crafts about five different arthropods: scorpions, prawns, dragonflies, stag beetles and katydids. These nonfiction materials provide the perfect amount of scaffolding so your students can be successful:reading passages with factsgraphic organizerssentence starterswriting papersmini books5 animal craft templatesThis download has everything you need to teach your students through the
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K - 2nd
Writing Informational Non-Fiction Books: Weather | 5 Week Writing Unit
Elevate your writing workshop with our comprehensive "All About/Informational Writing" resource! Engage your students in an exciting journey as they delve into the captivating world of weather storms, conducting research and crafting their very own non-fiction informational books.What's Included:5 Weeks of Engaging Writing Plans:Seamlessly integrate this resource into your curriculum with a carefully planned five-week writing schedule, ensuring a structured and engaging learning experience.Sugge
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1st - 4th
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An Informational Unit About Dairy Cows - Greta Lewis
This informational writing unit features:-13 page informational text-Bright, authentic photos of the dairy industry-Variety of text features (headings, subheadings, maps, labels, diagrams, bold words, table of contents, glossary, text boxes and captions).-2nd to 3rd grade level text complexity-Pages for research-Pages for publishing-Supplemental resources (vocabulary cards, write the room, word find, word sort, KWL, Can-Have-Are)
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Project Based Learning Habitat Activities | Ecosystem Project
Using the Project Based Learning Model, students get to participate in habitat activities and interdependent relationships in ecosystems. They do this through the use of close reading articles, books, pictures, videos and technology to research a habitat or ecosystem. This process helps students gain skills in problem solving, investigating, and engages them in challenges. We have integrated science, ELA and writing which works perfect in your 2nd Grade Science Classroom. Through all this learni
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1st - 2nd
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2-LS4-1
Also included in: Project Based Learning Curriculum | 2nd Grade PBL Activities
Summer Olympics 2024 Informational Reading Comprehension Passages 1st - 2nd
These Summer Olympics 2024 Informational Reading Comprehension Passages provide interactive nonfiction reading focused on 20 different sports from the Summer Olympics. It is designed for 1st and 2nd-grade students to engage in research, learn about various sports, and develop their reading comprehension skills.This is a great way to help your Summer School students brush up on their language arts skills while enjoying the excitement of the coming Olympics. In each passages, there are 2-5 link
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1st - 2nd
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Sea Life Ocean Animals Writing and Reading
Nonfiction reading and writing about sea creatures. Students love learning about ocean life! There are 9 nonfiction reading passages that students use to write facts and/or books. Students read the articles and write facts that they learned about them. They can turn the facts into a one page fact sheet or a book. You can even turn this pack into an adorable ocean bulletin board. Animals: crab, clownfish, puffer fish, dolphin, jellyfish, octopus, starfish, shark, whaleBooks and fact sheets are
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K - 2nd
Continents: Africa Digital Distance Learning GOOGLE Unit
Use this distance learning unit to teach all about the continent of Africa (grades 1-3). Implement the Africa unit in GOOGLE Classroom. Easily differentiate with built in options that require NO EXTRA PREP. Utilize Google Classroom and open the entire resource in Google Slides to present information about South America in an interactive, digital format that can be easily differentiated for all learners. This unit integrates ELA and social studies at the same time!Included with your purchase:*Goo
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1st - 3rd
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Also included in: Digital Resource GROWING BUNDLE for Google Classroom & Distance Learning
Continents: South America Digital Distance Learning GOOGLE Unit
Use this distance learning unit to teach all about the continent of South America (grades 1-3). Implement the South America unit in GOOGLE Classroom. Easily differentiate with built in options that require NO EXTRA PREP. Utilize Google Classroom and open the entire resource in Google Slides to present information about South America in an interactive, digital format that can be easily differentiated for all learners. This unit integrates ELA and social studies at the same time!Included with your
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1st - 3rd
Also included in: Digital Resource GROWING BUNDLE for Google Classroom & Distance Learning
Animals and Their Babies Nonfiction Reading Passages and Lesson Plans
Teach nonfiction reading and writing using this baby animals pack. The resources in this packet are designed to meet Common Core Standards for Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd Grade while making learning FUN and ENGAGING!This product has 24 nonfiction articles for close reading on baby {and grown up} animals: Puppies Puppy Fun Facts Hedgehog Hoglets Hedgehogs African Elephant Calves Elephants Panda Cubs Panda Bears Piglets PigsPolar Bear Cubs Polar Bears Giraffe Calf Giraffes Sea Lion Pups Sea Lions K
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K - 2nd
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Also included in: Nonfiction Reading Passages Bundle
Informational BUNDLE: Animal, Country, & Biography Reports {Common Core Aligned}
Integrate nonfiction and informational reading and writing with these two awesome units. These informative writing and informational text units are more than just templates. This bundle includes everything you need for researching, drafting, and publishing rigorous animal reports and biography reports. With the Common Core’s emphasis on informational text and informative writing, this unit will walk you and your young writers through the entire researching and writing process. Animal Report Con
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2nd - 5th
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