3rd Grade General Science Graphic Organizers

This resource is an introduction to natural disasters. It contains five informational reading passages about natural disasters. It was made for the NGSS 3-ESS3-1 and 4-ESS3-2 Earth and Human Activity Standards. It covers the following

natural disasters:

Earthquakes

Floods

Hurricanes

Tornadoes

Volcanoes

The passages were written with third graders in mind, but the information is very interesting and complex and would be useful for upper grades as well.

There is a tips sheet for teachers and two recording sheetsfor students. One recording sheet is a graphic organizer for students to fill in as they read. The other one asks them to draw and label the natural disaster they have studied.

These are great to use with the whole class, in small groups, with partners, and even at centers!

There is a bonus mini-poster on natural disasters as well.

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Kangaroos~Have your students fill out these graphic organizers and writing prompts to show off their knowledge about what they have learned about kangaroos. This product is easy to differentiate. You can use the sheets with the primary or secondary lines. This can be used on a digital device or simply print and use with students in your classroom. You will receive the following:

-Students will fill in diagrams of an elephant (one with a word bank and one without a word bank

-Treemap graphic organizers: Kangaroos are---can---have

-Student book response pages

-Two-page mini question and answer reports about kangaroos

-Facts and Opinion Sheets

-Venn Diagram to Compare and Contrast Adult kangaroos to baby kangaroos

-KWL sheet

-Brainstorm about elephants

-Kangaroo writing paper

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Do you want a graphic organizer specifically for science? KLEWS is it! KLEWS is a modified KWL that helps students when learning about science concepts!

K - What do you think you know?

L - What have you learned?

E - What evidence do you have?

W - What do you wonder about?

S - Science understanding and vocabulary words.

There are two levels in this resource; one for lower elementary and one for upper elementary.

Each set includes mini posters for displaying in the classroom, headers to be cut, and then placed above a chart that you would be doing on large chart paper with the class, and a worksheet for students to record information as they are learning.

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This resource contains six non-fiction texts about animals that live in groups and the reasons why this is advantageous to them!

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• This highly engaging resource was made for the NGSS 3-LS2 Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics.
• It covers the following animals in the following ecosystems:

Collared Lizard - desert

Clownfish - ocean

Arctic Fox - arctic tundra

Blue Heron - wetlands

Yellow Jacket - temperate forest

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This resource is an introduction to natural disasters. It contains five informational reading passages. It was made for the NGSS 3-ESS3-1 and 4-ESS3-2 Earth and Human Activity Standards.

It covers the following natural disasters:

Earthquakes

Floods

Hurricanes

Tornadoes

Volcanoes

The passages were written with third graders in mind, but the information is very interesting and complex and would be useful for upper grades as well.

There is a tips sheet for teachers and two recording sheets for students. One recording sheet is a graphic organizer for students to fill in as they read. The other one asks them to draw and label the natural disaster they have studied.

These are great to use whole group, in small groups, with partners, and even at centers!

There is a bonus mini poster on natural disasters as well.

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This life cycle resource is aligned to the NGSS. There is a link to a great Youtube video showing the initial stages of the Wood Frog's Life Cycle. A graphic organizer for students to fill out as they watch and discuss is included. There is an informative read about the Wood Frog itself. It would be a good independent read for eight, nine, and ten-year-olds, and the perfect read-aloud for younger children. A poster for each stage of a frog's development is included (frogs in general-not a Wood Frog). There are several follow-up worksheets included.

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Do your students want to learn more about animal intelligence? Get students looking in their own backyard for signs of animal intelligence! This digital-ready resource contains eight short non-fiction texts. Read about the intelligence of squirrels, chipmunks, raccoons, bees, crows, pigeons, goats, and pigs. Recording sheets for students to document evidence of the intelligence of the animal they observe and read about are included. There are also suggested YouTube videos.

In black and white and color.

The passages were written with third and fourth graders in mind, but the information is very interesting and would be useful for other grades as well. Some passages are shorter than others and have less complex language so that you can easily differentiate for students.

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This non-fiction text contains two reading passages about some very fascinating animals that I've encountered. It was made with the NGSS in the area of life sciences in mind. The articles are on a low to high third grade reading level, but the passages are even interesting for adults! They are perfect for early finishers, for use in centers, and for whole and small group reading.

There are a variety graphic organizers to fill in as the students are reading.

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Kids love to study the life cycle of butterflies! My students have studied them enthusiastically for years. I have taken these pictures of the monarch and created posters to share with you. Enjoy! Included in this resource are photos of other butterflies, note taking paper, report writing paper, essential vocabulary to use when studying butterflies, and more! This resources covers the following NSSS:

3-LS1-1. Develop models to describe that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have in common birth, growth, reproduction, and death.

You can also discuss inheritance and traits!

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This resource contains twelve non-fiction texts about some very interesting animals that I've encountered. It was made with the NGSS in the area of life sciences in mind. The articles are on a low to high third-grade reading level, but the passages are even interesting for adults! They are perfect for early finishers, for use in centers, and for whole and small group reading.

Animals written about include:

Armadillos

Black and Yellow Garden Spiders

Blue Herons

Crows

Elephants

Hermit Crabs

Lady Bugs

Mushroom Cap Jellyfish

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Pigs

Sea Turtles

Monitor Lizards

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• This resource contains five non-fiction texts about plant adaptations. It was created
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Cactus

Seaweed

Bearberry

Water Lily

Maple Tree

• A tips sheet provides you with ways to use these passages most effectively.
• Differentiated recording sheets keep students actively engaged and thinking
  throughout the reading process.

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• This non-fiction text is about the Painted Lady Butterfly. Students will read about painted lady butterfly eggs, painted lady caterpillars, and the butterfly itself.
• This is an excellent independent read for eight and nine-year-olds and the perfect read-aloud for younger children.
• There is a poster of the Painted Lady with the parts labeled. Suggested video links are included.
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This resource contains eight non-fiction texts about animal defenses.

There are two passages about animals that use camouflage, two about animals that use chemicals, two about animals that use mimicry, and two about animals that use another method of defense. The passages are written on different levels and are of different length making it easy to differentiate. There are corresponding recording sheets to help students show what they have read about.

The passages were written with fourth graders in mind, but the information is very interesting and complex and would be useful for upper grades as well.

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Do your students want to learn more about animal intelligence? This resource contains four non-fiction texts. Read about the intelligence of crows, pigs, octopuses, and elephants. There are QR code cards with direct links to YouTube about each animal. A recording sheet for students to document evidence of the intelligence of the animal they are learning about is included.

It was made for the NGSS

3-LS2 Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics

3-LS3 Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits

3-LS4 Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity

4-LS1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes

Standard: 4LS1-2 Use a model to describe that animals receive

different information through their senses, process this information in

their brain, and respond to the information in different ways

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This resource contains six non-fiction texts about biomes of the United States. It was made for the NGSS 3-LS2 Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics.

It covers the following biomes:

desert

grasslands

tropical rainforest

temperate forest

taiga

tundra

The passages were written with third graders in mind, but the information is very interesting and would be useful for upper grades as well. Some passages are shorter than others and have less complex language so that you can easily differentiate for students.

There is a tips sheet for teachers and a recording sheet for students on which they can note where the biome is found, the average annual precipitation, the average temperature, and plants and animals of the biome. Students respond to a question asking if they would like to live and that biome and tell why or why not.

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This resource contains six informational reading passages about animal adaptations. There is an engaging animal adaptations worksheet for students to fill out as they read. It was made for the NGSS 3-LS2 Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics.

It covers the following animals in the following ecosystems:

Jackrabbit - desert

Great White Shark - ocean

Rock Ptarmigan - arctic tundra

Dragonfly - wetlands

Box Turtle - temperate forest

Armadillo - southern regions (this is an extra because I took these great pics)

The passages were written with third graders in mind, but the information is very interesting and complex and would be useful for upper grades as well. Even I learned things while researching the adaptations! There is a tips sheet for teachers and two recording sheets (differentiated) for students on which they can note the adaptations that their given animal has in order to survive in its ecosystem.

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passages about

Desert Mule's Ear - desert

Mangrove Tree - ocean

Arctic Moss - arctic tundra

Cattails - wetlands

Ferns - temperate forest

Kapok Tree - Rainforest

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- Differentiated recording sheets keep students actively engaged and thinking
throughout the reading process.

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