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Science Poster Bundle for Elementary Grades
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Science Phenomenon BUNDLE for K-4 Using the See Think Wonder Strategy
By Science and STEAM Team
Great for distance-learning discussions or in-class use. Using these science phenomena digital-ready photos are a great way to introduce many of the NGSS. There are 108 different photos; with at least one per standard. The standards are listed at the top of each sheet. Pick and choose what you want. Using this strategy with students creates a routine way of thinking. It requires them to observe, think, and wonder!
STEM Lab / Maker Space Starter Kit for Elementary grades BUNDLE
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Writing Process Posters Engineering Themed
By Science and STEAM Team
Each writing poster has the stage of the writing process in bold letters, along with instructions for what should be done at each stage. These writing posters will help you and your students keep track of where they are during writer's workshop. I laminate and hang the posters as well as prepare clothespins with each child's name on one. As a child works on a piece of writing his/her clip is moved to the appropriate stage of the writing process.
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Writing Posters - Science Themed
By Science and STEAM Team
Each writing poster for the classroom has the stage of the writing process in bold letters, along with instructions for what should be done at each stage. These writing posters will help you and your students keep track of where they are during writer's workshop. I laminate and hang the posters as well as prepare clothespins with each child's name on one. As a child works on a piece of writing his/her clip is moved to the appropriate stage of the writing process.
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Science Phenomenon for Kindergarten See Think Wonder Pdf and TpT Easel
By Science and STEAM Team
Using these science phenomena digital-ready photos are a great way to introduce many of the NGSS. There are 22 different photos; with at least one per standard. The standards are listed at the top of each sheet. Pick and choose what you want. Using this strategy with students creates a routine way of thinking. It requires them to observe, think, and wonder!
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Science Phenomenon for 4th Grade See Think Wonder
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Using these science phenomenon photos is a great way to introduce many of the NGSS. There are 27 different photos; with at least one per standard. The standards are listed at the top of each sheet. Pick and choose what you want. Using this strategy with students creates a routine way of thinking. It requires them to observe, think, and wonder! Related Products
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Science Phenomenon for 2nd Grade See Think Wonder
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Using these science phenomenon photos is a great way to introduce many of the NGSS. There are 19 different photos; with at least one per standard. The standards are listed at the top of each sheet. Pick and choose what you want. Using this strategy with students creates a routine way of thinking. It requires them to observe, think, and wonder!
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Science Phenomenon for 1st Grade See Think Wonder
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Using these science phenomena digital-ready photos are a great way to introduce many of the NGSS. There are 17 different photos; with at least one per standard. The standards are listed at the top of each sheet. Pick and choose what you want. Using this strategy with students creates a routine way of thinking. It requires them to observe, think, and wonder!
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Science Phenomenon for 3rd Grade See Think Wonder
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Using these science phenomenon photos is a great way to introduce many of the NGSS. There are 20 different photos; with at least one per standard. The standards are listed at the top of each sheet. Pick and choose what you want. Using this strategy with students creates a routine way of thinking. It requires them to observe, think, and wonder!
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Scientific Method Recording Sheets for Primary Grades
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This is an introduction to the scientific method recording sheet designed with first and second graders in mind. It has simple vocabulary and gives the students the option of drawing or writing about their observations.
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Leaf Writing Paper: Fall-Themed Leaf Outline Lined Paper for Writing Projects
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Inspire your students with our Leaf-Themed Writing Paper! Perfect for fall-themed activities, this fun apple-shaped design will make writing assignments more engaging. Featuring clip art leaves around the main shape, you can easily choose from six different line styles to suit your students' needs. Each style is also available with or without name and date lines for added convenience.
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Pumpkin Writing Paper with Six Line Styles, Fall Lined Writing Paper
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Inspire your students with our Pumpkin-Themed Writing Paper! Perfect for fall-themed activities, this fun pumpkin-shaped design will make writing assignments more engaging. Featuring clip art pumpkins around the main shape, you can easily choose from six different line styles to suit your students' needs. Each style is also available with or without name and date lines for added convenience.
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Holidays Around the World Research Project: Research & Informational Writing
By E•Fish•ient Teaching
The perfect writing assignment for the month of December or any month of the year! This holiday informational/explanatory writing assignment gives students the opportunity to learn about different holidays around the world. Students will be assigned or choose a holiday to research and then write their own informative essay. There are two pages giving different holidays to research, but you can also write your own holidays in if you would like. Students can use the graphic organizer to help organize their ideas before writing their explanatory essay. Engage your students in a festive exploration of holidays around the world with this comprehensive research and writing activity. It includes everything your students will need to conduct thorough research, organize their findings, and craft a well-structured essay.
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Why use it in your classroom?
This resources is perfect for the month of December. Students can learn about all the different ways people around the world celebrate around Christmas or holidays around December. Or use it throughout the year to explore different holidays during each month. Whether used in a classroom or for homeschooling, this product promises to inspire curiosity & celebrate diversity in a meaningful way. Start exploring the world of holidays today!
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Veteran’s Day Bundle
This three packet activity bundle has more than 50+ handouts to help students define, understand, and discuss the importance of Veteran’s Day.
Packet 1: Veteran’s Day Thank You Cards (English and Spanish)
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Pages: 23
Instill gratitude for our Armed Services with these 20 Veteran's Day Thank You Cards. Write a note of thanks, color images, fold, and give to make a veteran smile!
Includes a mix of English and Spanish gratitude phrases, black and white images to color, and one blank card for students to create their own Veteran's Day message. Highlights each branch of the Armed Services: Army, Marines, and Navy. Includes female and male armed services members.
Use as across curriculum government/history/social studies and ELA lesson, to practice fact-based letter/note writing skills, develop social skills, learn more about U.S. history, practice vocabulary, and meet local veterans in your community. Contact your local Veteran's of Foreign Wars (VFW) for a list of veterans in your area.
Packet 2: 30 Veteran’s Day Activities
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Pages: 32
30 activities to celebrate Veteran's Day! Coloring, lists, poems, writings, and more...for using critical thinking skills to learn about a national holiday.
Includes:
Democracy is...
Freedom is...
Liberty means...
The eagle is representative of...
Veteran's Day Speech
Map for listing no. of veterans/naming veterans
10 Ways to Thank a Veteran
Make your own dog-tags
Many faces of soldiers
Many roles of soldiers
What Veteran's Day means to me...
Thank you to a Veteran
My Message to a Veteran
Decorate the tombstone of a fallen soldier
Veteran Acrostic Poem
A Veteran's Poem
My favorite branch of armed services
My Pledge for Peace
Veteran's Day Maze
Veteran's Day Word Search
Women's roles in the Armed Services
How many words can you make from "veteran"
What will you do on Veteran's Day?
From a soldier's point of view: What Veteran's Day means...
The War Wall--fill in to make and display your own war wall
30 activities to help students acknowledge, appreciate, celebrate, and honor veterans and what the special day means.
Packet 3: Get Fit Action Story: A Veteran’s Day Celebration
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Pages: 15
What is Veterans Day? When does it fall each year? What kinds of celebrations honor our veterans? Students get an introduction and definition of Veterans Day, plus why it is different than Memorial Day. Then, get ready to join the parade! Play ball, watch fireworks, and thank a veteran for serving!
Get Fit Action Stories combine reading, sight words, listening, speaking, directions, and physical education into one assignment. It's a fun, physical learning adventure!
Action Words included:
1. salute
2. clap
3. Miss America wave
4. struts
5. moves a scepter up and down
6. twirl
7. toss
8. catch
9. plays a violin
10. toots a horn
11. beats a drum
12. pedal
13. flip hamburgers
14. toss salads
15. swing bats
16. hit homeruns
17. yells, “Ewwwww” then “Awwwww”
18. “Thank you!”
19. salute
20. “Happy Veterans Day!”
This three packet activity bundle with over 50+ handouts will encourage discussions, increase understanding, and reinforce meaning of Veteran’s Day.
By Beth Hammett
Five top-rated Oklahoma related products that engage students in active learning strategies and encourage creativity, cultural awareness, debate, discussion, test prep, and more:
Packets Included:
Oklahoma Land Run
Oklahoma, The History of a State (1500-1700)
Native American Role Models
Native American Day: Fact-Based, Historical Activities & Resources
Te Ata
174 pages of fun!
1. Oklahoma Land Run
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Learn facts and information about the 1889 Oklahoma Land Rush through comic book coloring and writing format. After reading and coloring frames, students re-write the story using blank speech and fact boxes on comic designed handouts. Easy to understand, basic facts that include:
5 Civilized Tribes
Assimilation
Point of View (NAI, Female, Male, Child)
Statehood
Geography Regions of the state labeling/colorcoding activity
Indian Territory
Oklahoma Territory
Homestead Act
Indian Removal Act
Land Proclamation
Land Claim Certificate
Stake Your Claim (color, cut, paste to claim your new land)
Relocation Map
Boomers and Sooners
6 Counties of Unavailable Land
Railroad
Electricity in the White House
President Benjamin Harris
Oklahoma 1st and 2nd Capitols
Write a Poem and/or Song
Advertisement/Marketing Writing
Journalism Writing
Fort Reno in El Reno
4 Towns that Spring Up Overnight
Charles Haskell, 1st Oklahoma Governor
Complete lesson on the Oklahoma Land Rush of 1889 that will engage students and make learning cooperative, fun, and educational. Uses critical thinking, chronological order/sequencing, expository writings, inferencing, problem solving, symbolization, short story elements, plot lines, cultural awareness, diversity, and more... Great way to learn and assess basic history facts while reinforcing communication and writing skills. 37 pages!
2. Oklahoma, The History of a State (1500-1700)
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16 pages of basic facts and engaging activities in comic book format to help students learn about Oklahoma's state history in its before statehood years.
This first in a series Oklahoma packet focuses on 1500-1700s using comic book format with text boxes. Comes with comic book pages and nine activities. Students can re-write the story of Oklahoma using the extra comic pages that have blank text boxes. Excellent for history and ELA classes to use for state test prep, assessment, chronological order, basic motor skills, writing skills, and much more...
Packet Includes:
1541--Coronado, de Soto, and Native Americans
1541--write your own land charter for Spain
1682--le Salle and King of France
1682--pros and cons of running a new world (compare/contrast)
1700s--waterways exploration by 7 explorers
1700s--map your own waterway exploration across Oklahoma
1700s--fight for takeover of Oklahoma by France and Spain
1700s--Oklahoma's Riches (Resources native to Oklahoma)
1763--France gives land to England and Spaing
1763--Class/Group survey on who owned Oklahoma
Create your own Oklahoma Timeline
5 Comic handouts with blank text boxes to re-tell the history
16 pages of learning!
3. Native American Role Models
Product Description:
15 notable Native American role models, fact based, mini-lesson unit that includes:
Guideline Sheet with Role Models & Activities Listed
15 Quick Facts Sheets w/ 15 Character Images
135 Differentiated Writing Activities (Too Numerous to List All!)
(all genres of writing addressed w/ 3 categories: Writings, Project Based, Differentiated Lower Activities)
45 Project Based Activities for Active Learning
15 Activities Worksheet for Hands-On Active Learning
Role Models:
Jim Thorpe (athlete)
Maria Tallchief (ballerina)
Billy Mills (athlete)
Sequoyah (silversmith tradesman)
Johnny Bench (athlete)
Sacagawea (guide)
Charles Curtis (politician/V.P.)
Johnny Cash (entertainer)
Wilma Mankiller (Chief)
Will Rogers (entertainer)
Pearl Carter Scott (aviator/aviatrix)
N. Scott Momaday (author)
Joy Harjo (poet)
Sherman Alexiee (author)
Sandra Osawa (filmmaker)
Tribes:
Cherokee
Chickasaw
Choctaw
Creek
Kaw
Kiowa
Makah
Osage
Oglala Lakota (Sioux)
Shoshone
Spokane
48 pages of informative facts and fun activities!
Great introduction and overview of Native American role models and their cultures, easy to learn facts, addresses Common Core and ELA/Social Studies state guidelines. Differentiated activities for numerous levels of writers. Use with homeschool, flipped classes, GT, Pre-AP, At-Risk. Engaging, critical thinking, interesting, fun, and educational!
4. Native American Day: Fact-Based, Historical Activities & Resources
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Numerous projects for Native American Day (4th Friday in September) or for any NA History/SS/English Unit. Includes:
Make a Timeline (Build Background Knowledge)
U.S. Map of NA Tribes
Diorama activity and clip art for use
"I am..." Find your NA tribe
Compare & Contrast tribes
Debate over first American Settlers
Top 15 Most Famous Native Americans
with Crossword and Word Search (with answers)
Silhouette "I am..." synonym poem
Headress, Shield, & Teepee designing
Make a Diorama
Research links
Symbolism sheets
Video links
and more...
Everything needed for beginning, understanding, or assessing Native American unit. Culture unit with valid resources. Differentiated, project based, student-centered Native American activities. Fun and educational with 50 pages of learning!
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Te Ata
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Who is Mary Fisher, and what is her impact on society? 20 active learning, engaging activities to help students learn about and understand the life and times of Mary Fisher, known as Te Ata, a Chickasaw storyteller, performer, and artist.
Includes:
Black and white coloring images on pages
Who is Mary Fisher (synonyms)?
Timeline of Life (blank timeline to retell and fill in)
Compare & Contrast School Days (1900s vs. Today)
Become a Journalist (Interview)
"Bearer of the Morning" Bumper Sticker
Storytelling a Family Tradition
The Royal Speech
Crossword Puzzle & Answer Sheet (Answers on Timeline for students)
Mary's FakeBook
Broadway Marquee
Poem
Pictograph
Point of View
Treasure of Oklahoma (State Focused)
Legend of the White Wolf
Te Ata, the Movie (Design ad)
Te Ata, the Cast (Cast the Parts)
23 pages in the learning packet.
Perfect 174 page bundle for learning about Oklahoma and its history!
Earth Day Poems and Tales: Books to Make and Write
By Beth Hammett
Celebrate Earth Day with 40 pages of Earth Day related images for writing fact-based poems and prose.
Includes:
5 title pages
Directions with optional activities
30 Earth Day graphics (earth, recycle, alternative energy, pollution, and more!)
5 The End pages
Great for Civics, Government, Social Studies, and meets ELA standards.
Use as:
Individual poems/prose writings
On-demand writing
Practice concepts/skills from mini-lessons
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Publishing opportunities
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Fake News (Circular Reporting: How False News Spreads)
By Beth Hammett
Have you ever wondered how fake news makes such big headlines? Circular reporting, or false confirmation, is the term used to show how information spreads and becomes truth. This active learning, critical thinking, visual lesson plan and presentation introduces students to how we believe, and how false news spreads, as well as introduces how to define research sources. Students learn about primary, secondary, and tertiary sources for research and writing. Contains upper level current events content; use with appropriate ages and grades. Activities and Lesson Plan Includes: Teacher Lesson Plans with Step-by-Step Discussion Guide Evaluating Valid Information (Dr. Jeremy Dean) Class Poll: Gullible or Skeptical? False Advertisement by April Uno about Phillip Morris (Marijuana) Descartes and Spinoza 17th Century Debate on How We Believe Daniel Gilbert's 1993 Robbery Study Define: Circular Reporting and False Confirmation How False Information is Circulated 1994 Microsoft Hoax Benghazi and False Reporting Examples of False Information Reported as Truth How to Avoid Circular Reporting Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Sources (with labeling activity) Re-evaluating Beliefs and Class Poll Discussion Questions on Citing Sources and Social Media Optional Activities: Classic Telephone Game, Class Debate and Jury Trial, Evaluating Websites Excellent for teaching fact-based information, citing sources, propaganda in the news, journalism reporting, beliefs/ethics/morals, AP courses, Dual Credit, Philosophy. Lots of engaging, critical thinking activities for debates and discussions. Meets CCSS ELA.
By Beth Hammett
Learn facts and information about the 1889 Oklahoma Land Rush through comic book coloring and writing format. After reading and coloring frames, students re-write the story using blank speech and fact boxes on comic designed handouts. Easy to understand, basic facts that include: 5 Civilized Tribes Assimilation Point of View (NAI, Female, Male, Child) Statehood Geography Regions of the state labeling/colorcoding activity Indian Territory Oklahoma Territory Homestead Act Indian Removal Act Land Proclamation Land Claim Certificate Stake Your Claim (color, cut, paste to claim your new land) Relocation Map Boomers and Sooners 6 Counties of Unavailable Land Railroad Electricity in the White House President Benjamin Harris Oklahoma 1st and 2nd Capitols Write a Poem and/or Song Advertisement/Marketing Writing Journalism Writing Fort Reno in El Reno 4 Towns that Spring Up Overnight Charles Haskell, 1st Oklahoma Governor Complete lesson on the Oklahoma Land Rush of 1889 that will engage students and make learning cooperative, fun, and educational. Uses critical thinking, chronological order/sequencing, expository writings, inferencing, problem solving, symbolization, short story elements, plot lines, cultural awareness, diversity, and more... Great way to learn and assess basic history facts while reinforcing communication and writing skills!
Scholarly Research Sources (Research and Writing)
By Beth Hammett
Do your students need help defining,understanding, and identifying academic, scholarly research sources? This 16 page easy-to-follow lesson includes:
Discussion/Reflection on where students search for sources
What is scholarly research? (An Overview)
Table of Other Kinds of Sources: Popular, Trade, News & Opinion
Activity for Kinds of Resources
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Research Sources Checklist
Great for learning how to categorize and define scholarly research sources! Use with upper level, AP, dual credit, homeschool, college level students, and flipped classrooms.