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Informational Writing for 1st&2nd Grade - All About The Sun Activity
By The Elementary Hut
Looking for a sun focused fun writing craft for your space unit? This resource is perfect for your students who are learning new information about the sun.
Using this resource, your students will write fascinating facts about the sun on vibrant yellow strips and use them to create a stunning sun model. By doing so, they will learn about the sun's features and functions, while also mastering the art of informative writing.
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Painted Lady Butterfly Nonfiction Text and Activities
By Science and STEAM Team
- Do you need a supplement when teaching about the life cycle of the Painted Lady Butterfly?
- Do you want to regain your valuable time?
- 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.
- There are several follow-up worksheets. These are on different levels, so you can choose what is appropriate for your class or individual students. These include life-cycle sheets.
- If your class is lucky enough to have Painted Lady Larva to observe, there is a sheet explaining the humane treatment of the butterfly.
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Severe Weather and Natural Disasters: Five Informational Reading Passages in B&W
By Science and STEAM Team
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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Christmas Reindeer Nonfiction Text and Build a Sleigh STEM Challenge
By Science and STEAM Team
- Do you need a fun, engaging activity that integrates language arts and science before the holidays?
- This resource will save you time and energy!
- This is a science nonfiction text about reindeer.
- It is paired with a STEM challenge that asks students to design and create a sleigh given specific parameters.
- Check out the preview to see if this resource is right for you and your students.
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Desert Plant Adaptations Informational Reading Passages and Research NGSS 3-LS2
By Science and STEAM Team
This resource contains an informational reading passage about adaptations that a cactus makes to survive in the desert. There is also a brief passage about deserts. These articles are in color and black and white. There are also four posters of desert plants in bloom, graphic organizers for students to fill out as they read and do research. Suggestions are offered for the teacher as well as for student-appropriate websites to use for research
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The Wood Frog Life Cycle and Activities
By Science and STEAM Team
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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Plant Adaptations Informational Reading Passages and Activities Black and White
By Science and STEAM Team
Our #1 selling plant adaptations resource is now in black and white!
This resource contains five informational reading passages about plant adaptations. It was made for the NGSS 3-LS2 Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics. It covers the following plants in the following ecosystems:
Cactus
Seaweed
Bearberry
Water Lily
Maple Tree
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Animals Nonfiction Text for Reading Comprehension Freebie
By Science and STEAM Team
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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Wetlands Nonfiction Article and Activity
By Science and STEAM Team
This engaging resource contains an informational reading passage that explains the differences among bogs, marshes, and swamps. There is a follow-up activity that requires students to show what they learned.
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