Where you will find all resources and materials aimed at Early Childhood and Primary/Elementary Education, covering ELA, Science, Math, ESL, Gifted and Talented, STEM Education, and much more!!!
Where you will find all resources and materials aimed at Early Childhood and Primary/Elementary Education, covering ELA, Science, Math, ESL, Gifted and Talented, STEM Education, and much more!!!
This is my brand new STEM packet for 5th grade, all about Island Survival. This packet is a 4 week long activity, designed around 3 different experiments that tie in the Common Core Standards. The experiments include:
Designing and Building a Water Filtration System
Growing Seeds in Soil and Water using Fresh Water and Salt Water
Building a Raft
Students will also be required to document their progress through photos and video, so that they can create a multimedia presentation at the end of the project.
***These activities also require additional materials which are easy to come by:
Plastic water bottles (4 per group)
Plastic soda bottles (1 per group)
Plastic cups (16 per group)
Small rocks (2-3 cups per group)
Sand (2-3 cups per group)
Old t-shirts (1 per group)
Dirt (1 large Ziploc bag per group)
Variety of edible plant seeds, at least 8 different kinds (tomato, lettuce, etc…)
Salt (1 large container per group)
Sticks (10 per group)
String (1 roll per group)
Roll of plastic trash bags (1 bag per group)
Duct tape (1 roll per group)
Foam pool noodles (1 per group)
Poster board (1 per group)
Rubber bands (5-10 per group)
A container large enough to hold water for testing floatation (ideally 1 per group but can be just 1 for the class)***
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This is a great hands on unit for 3-5 students that is aligned with ELA & Math CCSS, and Next Generation Science Standards for Engineering & Design. Students will put themselves into the perspective of a Biomedical Engineer.
For further details, sample photos, and examples of student work, please visit my blog:
http://completelykindergarten.blogspot.com/2015/02/stem-building-prosthetic-limbs.html
***Please note additional materials are needed for this activity***
Duct tape, large popsicle sticks, cables, rope, foam, plungers, tin foil, toilet tubes, paper towel tubes, sponges, cardboard. There should be enough plungers (1 for each group, I got mine at the 99 cents store), and other materials can be donated by parents and should be replenished as needed.
This packet includes:
Cover Page
Introduction and Objective Page
3 pages of ELA, Math and Next Generation Science Standards for 3-5
Lesson Procedures
Client Information Cards (6)
Price cards for materials
Student Workbook Cover Page
Table of Contents Page
Client Information Page
Measurements Page
Design Page
Decorations Page
Materials & Cost Page
Field Tests Page
Commercial Instructions Page
Discussing Design Page
Written Reflection Page
Banner
Make one workbook for each group of students. Please make sure to rate and leave feedback!
This is my combo pack for Chicka Chicka Boom Boom. It includes my best selling Literacy Packet and my new STEM packet. Please read the descriptions below, and save $$$ by purchasing the combo pack rather than individually.
CHICKA CHICKA BOOM BOOM LITERACY PACK
Another great literacy pack available. This one is wonderful to use while working with the story "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom".
Check out the free preview to get an idea of the contents. (Please note that not all items included in this pack are displayed in the preview).
Here is what is included in this pack:
1 large coconut tree (to be assembled, should be 2ft tall)
1 set of display coconuts with 26 letters
1 set of colored letters to place in the coconut tree, or to act out the story for sequencing
12 pages of word family activities with writing
1 letter sort cut and paste
1 coconut tree designing activity with cut and paste letters
1 name writing with sentence stems
1 creative coconut tree writing
1 display banner
STEM CHICKA CHICKA BOOM BOOM TREES
This is a great hands on unit for K-2 students that is aligned with ELA & Math CCSS, and Next Generation Science Standards for Engineering & Design. Students will read "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom", and discuss what happened to the letters. Then they will work in small groups to design and build a new "tree" structure that can keep the letters in without falling out or without the structure collapsing.
***Please note additional materials are needed for this activity***
Assorted pieces of cardboard, cardboard tubes, tin foil, magnetic letters, and white glue.
This packet includes:
Cover Page
Introduction and Objective Page
3 pages of ELA, Math and Next Generation Science Standards for K-2
Lesson Procedure
Building Trees Differentiated Self Assessment
Building Trees Differentiated Math Extension
Building Trees Design page
Building Trees Explanations
Building Trees Rulers
Building Trees Banner for classroom display
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Note: I do not own Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, I merely created these resources to aid in teaching the fabulous book. Please purchase Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr to use in your class! Please make sure to rate and leave feedback!
Here is a combined packet of my popular "Life Cycle of a Star" sequencing worksheet, and "Life Cycle of a Star" vocabulary cards.
Buy both together and receive an immediate discount!
Here are the original descriptions of each:
Sequencing Worksheet
When I began teaching my Space Unit for Grade 1, I could not find any activities that depicted the star life cycle. We were trying to make connections to previous life cycles we had learned (butterfly, plant). This is a great activity to do with Early Childhood students. This depicts 5 stages of the Star Life Cycle:
1. Stellar Nebula (creation/birth of a star by gases being pulled together).
2. Average Star (when a star is burning brightest and appears yellow).
3. Red Giant (the star is burning off lots of gas, emitting heat so it appears red).
4. Planetary Nebular (gases are escaping the star and it starts getting smaller).
5. White Dwarf (the last phase before a star dies and it grows very small before losing all of its gas).
My second language learners loved acting out the start life cycle as well:
Pushing hands together and packing them as if they are squeezing the gas together (Stellar Nebula)
Putting their hands by their faces with big eyes and smile to "shine" brightly (Average Star)
Arms out to their sides and stomping their feet like a giant would (Red Giant)
Arms pulling apart from their bodies to simulate the gas leaking out (Planetary Nebula)
Shrinking down to the floor to get really small (White Dwarf)
I have also included a student sample to help illustrate the different phases.
Vocabulary Cards:
It has been so popular that I decided to create some vocabulary cards to support this resource. Each card includes the name of the stage in the life cycle, a hand drawn image, as well as a description of what is happening to the star during that particular stage. Print and laminate for durability.
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I Have Who Has is a great game to play whole class to practice numbers, additions/subtraction fact, sight words, or in this case, the Arabic Alphabet. Each student takes a card and reads which letter of the alphabet they have, followed by who has the next letter.
EX: "I have A, Who has B?" (English Version)
The child that has the corresponding letter reads their card and so on, until every card has been read.
This pack includes:
1 set of cards with all Arabic words and letters
1 set of cards with English words and Arabic letters
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This is a vibrant set of 10 color words in Spanish with real world photo connections. Please make sure to rate and leave feedback!
Este es un set de diez palabras en colores vibrantes y en español con fotos reales como ejemplo visual. Por favor no se olviden de darnos su opinion!
I Have Who Has is a great game to play whole class to practice numbers, additions/subtraction fact, sight words, or in this case, the Arabic Alphabet. Each student takes a card and reads which letter of the alphabet they have, followed by who has the next letter.
EX: "I have A, Who has B?" (English Version)
The child that has the corresponding letter reads their card and so on, until every card has been read.
This pack includes:
1 set of cards with all Arabic words and letters
1 set of cards with English words and Arabic letters
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This is a set of 9 Science Vocabulary books. Each book features a colored photo and matching vocabulary word, relating to a specific theme.
Five Senses
Science Tools
A Scientist Can...
Materials
Landforms
Weather
Parts of a Plant
Habitats
Solar System
Simply print, cut out, mount/laminate and bind, then you are ready to go. Please make sure to rate and leave feedback!
A collection of color posters for display in Arabic. Includes:
Green, Yellow, Orange, Red, Pink, Purple, Blue, Brown, White, Black
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Another great product to use during your Ocean Unit. A collection of common ocean themed vocabulary words with original clipart work.
This packet includes:
-26 vocabulary words with matching pictures
-3 sorting labels
-1 sorting/recording mat for students to write their answers.
I advise you to laminate this product for durability and reuse.
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This is my MEGA PACK of my top selling 7 STEM packs based on popular literature for K-2, at 152 pages! Each of these individual packs includes differentiated activities aligned with ELA and Math CCSS, as well as in alignment with Next Generation Science. Normally $5 a piece, you are getting 2 packs for free!!! For full details of each pack, see below.
This MEGA PACK includes:
Building Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Trees
Building Robots with Baymax
Balancing Apples
Building Traps for Peter Rabbit
Building Walls for Humpty Dumpty
Growing Beanstalks for Jack
Saving Truffula Trees
***Please note each activity will require additional materials that can be acquired at local supermarkets***
This is all 4 of my student made books in one collection. These an be purchased individually, but if you buy them together you can save $3!!!
This packet includes:
My Dolphin Fact Book
My Sea Turtle Fact Book
My Vacation By The Sea Book
Whale of a Tale Book
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