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Fairytale Bundle - 4 complete Resource packs
This Fairy Tale Bundle engages your early readers in well known texts. As you proceed through the tasks the confidence to discuss texts, write about them and then make predictions increases
Three Little Pigs - Reading and Writing Tasks
57 pages
This pack is a great way to engage your students in reading and writing tasks around a well known story. There are tasks suited to many differentiated levels, some tasks will challenge and extend, while others will support your students at best fit.
Little Red Riding Hood – Reading and Writing Tasks
96 pages
This Little Red Riding Hood – Reading and Writing set provides a small reader (2 options), and supporting tasks to improve literacy through reading and writing. Your students will love learning about this Fairy Tale and working through the tasks.
Princess and the Pea
63 pages
Our Princess and the Pea Pack has writing tasks that build vocabulary and descriptions to write a retell of this Fairy Tale. There are photos that help you through three different craftivities. Your students will love learning about this Fairy Tale and working through these tasks.
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
62 pages
This pack focuses on one Fairy Tale – Goldilocks and the Three Bears and gives many opportunities to explore and interpret the text through reading and writing.
The variety of tasks lets you choose which aspects will suit your grade before you print. Explore all facets of the story with these planners and the prepared prompt sheets. Encourage planning before writing and allow for lots of discussions.
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Teen Numbers with a Fairytale Theme
Teen Numbers Fairy Tale Theme - The teen numbers are the hardest to understand and they are an important part of knowing place value concepts.
These printables and learning centers will guide your students through these crazy teen numbers!
Tasks include –
Print and go!
Number Bonds – record what makes each teen number (Base ten or MAB printable provided)
Thinkboards to explore each teen number
Count and color for each number
Draw the correct number of objects in each shape
Missing Numbers
Choose the full color or black and white version to copy and laminate. The b/w copy can be printed on colored card for another option
Use whiteboard markers to write in the missing numbers – these can be erased easily
Great for learning centers
Select and draw
How many Golden Eggs did the goose lay? How many Magic beans did Jack have?
Copy the cards and select one at a time
On the recording sheet write the numeral and draw the collection
There is a color version that you can laminate and use whiteboard markers to record answers then rub off – great for centers (Copy x6)
How many tens and ones?
How many tens and ones do our teen numbers have?
Use these interactive notebook pages to show that the tens come first and then the ones – even though we hear six – seven – eight – nine first in 16, 17, 18 and 19!
Learning Centers
Use these cards for sequencing and matching
Each set has a black and white version that can be copied as is or on colored card partial color version, full color version
Sets include
Jack
Giant
Cow
Jack’s Mother
Harp
Golden Goose
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The Speedy Sloth Book Study
These tasks are for the delightful book – The Speedy Sloth by Young and McKenzie. Use these printables to explore this text in depth and build on reading responses.
Pre Reading Tasks
•Predictions from the cover
•Predict what will happen after two pages
•Interactive Flap page for recording predictions
Vocabulary Tasks
•Alphabet Key
•Word Wall
•Is-have-can for a sloth
•Noun, Proper Noun, Verb and Adverb sorting task
•Vocabulary Detective task
•Rhyming word task
Traits
•Words to describe the characters
Summary
•Important facts
•Beginning. Middle, End with two options
•Somebody, wanted, but, so, then
•First, next, then, after that, last or finally
•Recount
•Main Idea and sub points
Print and go section
•Venn Diagram
•Problems and Solutions
•Complications
•Compare two characters
•I see, I think, I wonder
•Three facts and opinions
•3-2-1 facts-opinions-questions
•Plus, minus, and interesting parts
•Text to Text, Self, World
•What does the author do to keep us interested?
•Interview questions
•Design a new cover
•Speech bubbles
•Author’s Purpose
•Write a sequel
•Different ending
•Change the characters
•Write a letter
•Draw and label a Story Map
•Story Elements
Book Reports
•Fiction Text
Craft Idea
•Make a running sloth with split pins
•Use paper chipping to colour
the sloth from the cover
Rubrics and planners included are
•Descriptive
•Informational
•Narrative
•Recount
•Opinion
•Persuasive
•Procedural
Use these planners and rubrics to write about topics related to Mothers. The above suggestions are just ideas and there are multiple ideas to write about. Brainstorm the possibilities as a grade.
•4 choices of paper to write on
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Genius Hour | Passion Project | Student and Teacher Resource
Genius Hour or Passion Project time is a great motivator to share independent learning. This learning comes from an interest that is motivated by trying to dig deeper, change thinking or share knowledge that our students have.
There are two files in the zipped folder. One is a Genius Hour Teacher Pack and the other is a Genius Hour PowerPoint to share with students.
This Genius Hour pack suits all Inquiries as each one requires a big question to explore and your students may need help in framing the question. The steps apply equally to science, math, Humanities (for eg SOSE, HASS, history, geography).
Genius Hour – Teacher pack
This pack supports you to introduce Genius Hour with templates and charts to use.
Contents of this Genius Hour PDF include -
Learning Intention
Genius Hour Steps
Learning Tasks – Ideas I can explore, what do I know, want to know and have Discovered, Topic Word Splash, Interactive Note Page to accompany the PowerPoint included in the zip file, what facts have I found?
Genius Hour Posters – to display while working through the unit of work – • Questioning and Predicting – Planning and Conducting – Recording and Processing – Analyzing and Evaluating – Communicating
Genius Hour– Booklet to be filled out during the Investigation
Rubric for Assessment
Digital Recording alternative with instructions
Genius Hour – Student PowerPoint
This powerpoint is for your students – it will guide them through the Genius Hour.
It covers -
What is Genius Hour?
Learning Intention
What is Genius Hour all about?
Genius Hour Steps to take – Step One to Step Seven
Brainstorm Ideas
Outline of posters that will help
Support for your question – prior learning, word splash for your topic, INB, Fact recording sheet
Recording Booklet – if you choose to use it
Rubric for assessment
Book Creator Task for tracking your question
Click here to follow my store
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Design a Cubby or Treehouse | Project Based Learning
Our Project Based Learning Design a Cubby House or Tree House has prompts, posters and rubrics that will help you to design some amazing cubbies or treehouses. Our students love designing and producing models that mean something to them. Explore tree/cubby houses and work out which design will influence your STEM process.
There are five posters to help guide you through the Design a Cubby House process.
There are four Cubby Designs to make comments on and reflect positives or negatives for your own design.
Design a Cubby House Learning Book – Copy the pages and place them together in a book. Work through each page together and check in often. Share great work along the way and provide help with giving feedback
Digital Learning Option Guide for Design a Cubby House
We have used the free version of Book Creator and we made a new class assignment within the app. When they have completed the task they upload this to Showbie – which is also a free version.
Rubric Assessment included for Design a Cubby House
Please read the description and download the preview before purchasing. The preview clearly shows you what is included in this pack.
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Fractions | Making a Farm | Project Based Learning
At the end of this Fractions – Making a Fraction Farm your students will have produced a farm based on fractions, decimals and percentages. Each step in this project based learning project is clearly explained and supported by resources in the pack.
Included in this PowerPoint are
Curriculum Standards for Common Core and Australian Curriculum
A description of what Project Based Learning is
A Learning Intention – ‘I will show what I know about fractions
The Nine Steps
a) What do we know about fractions using manipulatives? Photo of examples provided. Fraction wall graphics included.
b) A rubric for assessment to track progress and give feedback throughout the unit.
c) Designing the farm for fraction work – determining the scale and size of animal or crop fields. Examples are provided to explore before students develop their own farms.
d) Discovering more about fractions through INB pages
e) Accumulating more knowledge – develop your own posters about knowledge – examples provided.
f) Comparing fractions- decimals – percentages
g) Presenting the work with guidelines
h) Reflecting on my work through a written response
Extra resources – Fraction Walls, Fractions posters that include – vocabulary, equivalent fractions and the four operations
I use these steps for Project Based Learning in my teaching and learning space.
Setting the stage for the learning that is about to happen and making a link back to a real life scenario
The teacher negotiates the criteria for evaluating the projects
Students become project designers
Students discuss the information needed for their designs
Students accumulate the materials necessary for the project
Students create their projects
Students prepare to present their projects
Students present their projects
Students reflect on the process and evaluate the projects based on the agreed criteria
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Time Lapbook - Assessment and Keeping Track of Learning
Time Lap Book - Learning to tell the time can be hard for some students. Use this colourful learning tool to engage and challenge students. This Time Lap Book is set up to record learning goals and show learning.
The pack includes -
Detailed photos to help you to put the Lap Book together with specific instructions.
Pages can be copied onto white paper or on coloured paper as I have done. I have provided a colour version as a third printing option.
Goals are clear and the Lap Book will show evidence for o’clock, half past, quarter to and quarter past. The goals beyond this are to extend your students.
Cards to help sequence days of the week, months of the year and seasons. These can be printed as is or on coloured card and laminated. You may wish to use them to glue into your everyday Math Book and then copy them into the Lap Book. They can be used as sorting cards too.
Additional goals are given but they are not part of this Lap Book, they are for extension tasks.
A tracking page to see where your students are and what their point of need for teaching is.
An Excel spreadsheet is in the zipped file for you to keep track of digitally too. Just add your student names, the file is formatted so that it will colour according to skill level.
A section that includes tasks to do with a focus group if they need work to consolidate the following tasks -
a) Make your own clock before you add one to the Lap Book
b) Work on days of the week, months of the year and sequencing the seasons.
Goal tags to glue into the lap book.
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Design an Ice Cream - Project Based Learning
Who doesn’t love ice cream? This Ice Cream Math pack is engaging, colorful and full of addition ideas. Use this Ice Cream Shop to create your own ice creams and work out the cost for each one.
It is your choice if you show your students how to record money.
My extension students do, but my other students do not.
Use bundling sticks or Base 10 blocks to work out the cost.
Check on a calculator – they love doing this.
Prompts for Ice Cream Shop
This is a sample of the prompts to use for display.
They will motivate your students to draw, record their ice cream and then cost each one.
Number Bonds
There are two types of mats in this pack. (plus two printing options).
You can choose what dice to use – 6-10-20 sided!
Set One – roll two dice and add both collections together.
Set Two – Roll two dice and place the largest collection in the large ice cream.
Now work out what you need to add to the smaller number rolled to make the larger number.
Copy and laminate them use whiteboard marker to write your equations.
Check with a buddy before rubbing out.
Student Workbook
This is a sample of the pages available. Select the pages you want in your students’ book.
Work through the Number Bonds first – Answer Key at the end of this pack.
Use the costing pages to work through the examples and then let the students design their own.
The work with the previous number bonds will help you to work out which ones to include in the booklet for each child.
Adding Ice Cream Scoops
This section has two tasks.
Set One – add to 10. You can use two or more scoops of ice cream.
Set Two – add between 11-26 with two or more scoops of ice cream.
Interactive Note Book Pages
These are Interactive Note Pages for extension work.
Draw the ice cream on the front and under the flap work out how much the ice cream would cost.
Answer key provided at the back of this pack.
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Skip Counting Project Based Math - BBQ Costings
Skip Counting - Addition - Problem Solving are all covered in this BBQ activity. Skip counting provides an understanding of number patterns. The skip counting skill helps with the four operations and gives confidence to solve problems. Our BBQ Problem Based Learning task explores a menu and solving the price of food eaten.
Prompts for purchasing BBQ menu items
There are prompts to use for display.
They will motivate your students to draw, record their BBQ choices and then cost each order.
Skip Counting Mats
The skip counting mats are provided to review 2s, 3s, 4s, 5s, 7s and 10s from a zero and non zero starting point.
Start at 0 or start at any number.
Student Workbook
Select the pages you want to be printed in your students’ books.
Some students may not need all the pages. Use play money to help work out the skipping patterns.
Small whiteboards can be used to record the skipping pattern.
Interactive Note Book Pages
These are Interactive Note Pages for extension work.
Draw the BBQ order on the front and under the flap work out how much the order would cost.
The answer key is provided at the back of this pack.
Teach the students how to record dollars and cents.
Answer Keys
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Addition Project Based Learning - How Many Pages Have You Read?
Skip Counting - Addition - Problem Solving are all covered in this BBQ activity. Skip counting provides an understanding of number patterns. The skip counting skill helps with the four operations and gives confidence to solve problems. Our BBQ Problem Based Learning task explores a menu and solving the price of food eaten.
Prompts for purchasing BBQ menu items
There are prompts to use for display.
They will motivate your students to draw, record their BBQ choices and then cost each order.
Skip Counting Mats
The skip counting mats are provided to review 2s, 3s, 4s, 5s, 7s and 10s from a zero and non zero starting point.
Start at 0 or start at any number.
Student Workbook
Select the pages you want printed in your students’ book.
Some students may not need all the pages. Use play money to help work out the skipping patterns.
Small whiteboards can be used to record the skipping pattern.
Interactive Note Book Pages
These are Interactive Note Pages for extension work.
Draw the BBQ order on the front and under the flap work out how much the order would cost.
Answer key provided at the back of this pack.
This section has the answer keys for the Student Workbook and the Interactive Note Pages.
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Design A Lemonade Stand - Project Based Learning
Lemonade Stand - Make a Model and create a Financial Plan. This Project Based Learning (PBL) task is to design a Lemonade Stand model to scale and produce a business plan to sell lemonade to customers.
I use these steps for Project Based Learning in my teaching and learning space.
Setting the stage for the learning that is about to happen and make a link back to a real life scenario
The teacher negotiates the criteria for evaluating the projects
Students become project designers
Students discuss information needed for their designs
Students accumulate the materials necessary for the project
Students create their projects
Students prepare to present their projects
Students present their projects
Students reflect on the process and evaluate the projects based on the agreed criteria
Students can work individually, in pairs or in groups.
They work through a task to design an outcome using their creative abilities.
The task is usually interdisciplinary and can involve Numeracy, Literacy, Science, Design and Technology.
The teacher’s role is to guide, check in and help to uncover content to be covered.
Focus – Design Technology, Economics and Mathematics
Please read the description and download the preview before purchasing. The preview clearly shows you what is included in this pack.
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Cinco De Mayo Lapbook of Facts
Cinco de Mayo is celebrated on the 5th May each year. While Cinco de Mayo has become more about the Mexican culture it is about the bravery and perseverance of a culture to over throw the French. Explore the Cinco de Mayo facts, photos, vocabulary and put together your very own Cinco de Mayo Interactive Notebook.
Our Cinco De Mayo Lapbook contents include
Interactive NoteBook
Includes a color cover and black/white cover
There are photos with the instructions
There are spaces to record – what you know, want to know and any new learning.
Record food facts, musical instruments, the flag colors, new words, national dress, facts about Cinco de Mayo, an acrostic poem, locate Mexico on a map and What’s in a piñata?
Vocabulary Cards
Use these to help with the writing tasks and build word knowledge
Fact Cards
Use these as discussion starters
Can be used to sort or put on display
Photos for display
Use as writing prompts
Can be attached to your bulletin boards
Writing tasks
Cinco de Mayo prompts with two versions of lines
Add a picture to your text
What’s in your piñata?
My favorite Mexican food to eat
A map
Where is Mexico?
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Angles Read the Room
This Angles – Read the Room pack aims to help your students discover the types of angles and the names we give them.
Share the two photos with your grade and ask what sorts of angles they see.
Use the ANGLES page to record what your grade knows or what individual students know. This can be added to as you progress through the tasks.
The first set of cards are to determine if the angles are acute, obtuse or right angled. Print the cards (either blue background or black/white). Students record the type of angle by checking the correct box on the answer sheet. There is an answer key.
The second set of cards are to determine if the angles are acute, obtuse, right, complete, straight or reflex angled. Print the cards (either yellow background or black/white). Students record the type of angle by writing the name of the angle in the correct box on the answer sheet. There is an answer key.
Please read the description and download the preview before purchasing. The preview clearly shows you what is included in this pack.
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Mother's Day Book Responses for Any Book
These tasks can be used with any Mother’s Day Book you have access to. As teachers we have so many Mother’s Day Books and always want tasks to do with them. You will be able to use this over and over again and never run out of ideas.
Pre Reading Tasks
• Predictions from the cover
• Predict what will happen after two pages
• Interactive Flap page for recording predictions
• KWHL
Vocabulary Tasks
• Alphabet Key
• Word Wall
• Is-have-can for Mum and Mom
• Noun, Proper Noun, Verb and Adverb sorting task
• Vocabulary Detective task
Traits
• Words to describe Mum/Mom
• Inside and Outside traits of your Mum/Mom and the character within a book
Summary
• Important facts
• Beginning. Middle, End with two options
• Somebody, wanted, but, so, then
• First, next, then, after that, last or finally
• Recount
• Main Idea and sub points
• Booklet for Beginning. Middle and End
Print and go section
• Venn Diagram
• Problems and Solutions
• Complications
• Compare two plots
• I see, I think, I wonder
• Three facts and opinions
• 3-2-1 facts-opinions-questions
• Plus, minus, and interesting parts
• Text to Text, Self, World
• What does the author do to keep us interested?
• Interview questions
• Design a new cover
• Speech bubbles
• Author’s Purpose
• Write a sequel
• Different ending
• Change the characters
• Write a letter
• Draw and label a Story Map
• Story Elements
Book Reports
• Fiction Text
• Non Fiction Texts
Craft Idea
• Make a card
Rubrics and planners included are
• Biography
• Descriptive
• Informational
• Narrative
• Recount
• Opinion
• Persuasive
• Procedural
• Use these planners and rubrics to write about topics related to Mothers. The above suggestions are just ideas and there are multiple ideas to write about. Brainstorm the possibilities as a grade.
• 4 choices of paper to write on
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Poetry FlipBook, Word Wall Cards and Templates
Poetry Templates and Word Wall Writing Pack - poetry is a great way to explore language and increase vocabulary. Use the templates to model examples and devices to use in poetry.
This pack has been updated to include a FlipBook
Use this booklet to encourage students to independently write their own poetry by making choices about what to include.
Word Wall cards are available for
• 5W
• Acrostic
• Autobiographical
• Cinquain
• Color Diamante
• Free verse
• Haiku
• Limerick
• Ode
• Riddle
• Shape Poem
• Sonnet
Word Wall Cards in two versions - a full color set and a ‘save my ink version’
Types of Poetry
• Narrative
• Lyrical
• Humorous
• Free Verse
• Cinquain
• Diamante
• Haiku
• Tanka
• Biographical
• 5W
• Pensee
• Acrostic
• Quinzaine
• Septet
• Proposition
• Alliteration
• Repeat It
• Clerihew
• Limerick
Poetry Tools-
• Metaphor
• Imagery
• Repetition
• Rhythm
• Simile
• Personification
• Idiom
• Rhyme
• Shape
• Synonym - Antonym
• Palindrome
• Pun
• Analogy
• Hyperbole
• Oxymoron
• Figurative Language
• Refrain
• Symbolism
• Irony
• Tone
• Mood
Devices
• Alliteration
• Assonance
• Consonance
• Euphony
• Onomatopoeia
• Cacophony
Types of Poetry
• Couplet
• Triplet
• Quatrain
• Cinquain
• Octet
• Stanza
Punctuation
• semicolon
• period
• full stop
• colon
• exclamation mark
• dash
• comma
• capitals
• hyphen
• brackets
• quotation marks
• ellipses
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Mother's Day Bundle - Craft and Writing
Mother’s Day Bundle - Celebrate Mother’s Day with this bundle, it has everything you need to make many choices for years to come. There are four packs included in this bundle.
This Mother’s Day Interactive Card gives your students the opportunity to record memories, facts and thoughts about their mother. Every year when we make this card we get amazing feedback from our parents.
This Mother’s Day pack will help create a large card that has many sections. There are instructions with photos to help assemble the card.
Mother’s Day PowerPoint of Facts
This PowerPoint will assist in building an understanding of Mother’s Day and why we hold it as an important calendar event and acknowledge it in the way we do.
• Use this as a PowerPoint and share with your grade.
• Discuss each slide and ask questions about their understanding.
**Mother’s Day – Craftivity. **
A gorgeous coupon hand bag with a card is the end result of this task. There are many opportunities to write and discuss what Mother’s Day means and how we celebrate it as families.
Handbag Craftivity with coupons
Have fun making this coupon bag for Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day A Bouquet - Surprise the mothers in your room with a handmade bouquet this year. They will love this creation and you will have heaps of fun making this bouquet with your students.
Mother’s Day – Make a Bouquet
How to make a bouquet – Print off the instructions and display for students to follow - There is. step by step guide included.
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Life Cycle Bundle - Bees, Butterflies, Chickens, Frogs, Ladybugs and Spiders
This Life Cycle Bundle pack explores the life cycle of Bees - Butterflies - Chickens - Frogs - Ladybugs - Spiders through increasing vocabulary using reading and writing about animal life cycles.
Each pack has -
Recording Book
• This is a record of learning as you move through the information.
• Put the book together – instructions are included.
• Complete the first page before you start the unit.
• As you progress through the unit complete the pages in order.
• The students may go back and add information as they learn new things.
Posters
• Print and go!
• These posters will enable your students to have access to facts and diagrams.
• They will assist in correct spelling when displayed.
• There are two sets – the second set has detailed information.
• The third set has the life cycle.
A Reader
• Print and go!
• This will give you two books – copy and staple together and then cut in half.
• Re read and place in your class library.
Jigsaw task
• Print and laminate for long term use.
• These jigsaws (break up cards) will assist in matching words to pictures to a statement.
Print and Go
• Label parts of the animal
• These can/have/are
• Venn Diagrams for comparisons
Information Report
• These pages will assist in writing a report.
• Spinner
• Color copy and laminate.
• Add a split pin to attach the arrow.
• Spin the arrow. When it stops – the student must orally give some facts about that part of the cycle.
• What I know about life cycles
• Information planner – with and without lines
• Information Report Planner
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Butterfly Life Cycle Ideas and Printables
This Butterfly Life Cycle pack explores the life cycle of butterflies through increasing vocabulary using reading and writing about butterflies.
Recording Book
• This is a record of learning as you move through the information.
• Put the book together – instructions are included.
• Complete the first page before you start the unit.
• As you progress through the unit complete the pages in order.
• The students may go back and add information as they learn new things.
Posters
• Print and go!
• These posters will enable your students to have access to facts and diagrams.
• They will assist in correct spelling when displayed.
• There are two sets – the second set has detailed information.
• The third set has the life cycle.
A Reader
• Print and go!
• This will give you two books – copy and staple together and then cut in half.
• Re read and place in your class library.
Jigsaw task
• Print and laminate for long term use.
• These jigsaws (break up cards) will assist in matching words to pictures to a statement.
Print and Go
• The following pages will consolidate and extend knowledge for all students about butterflies. Please make choices about which task are suitable for each student in your grade.
• Label parts of a butterfly
• Butterflies can/have/are
• Chrysalis can/have/are
• Pupa can/is/are
• Venn Diagram – butterfly/chrysalis
Information Report
• These pages will assist in writing a report.
• Spinner
• Color copy and laminate.
• Add a split pin to attach the arrow.
• Spin the arrow. When it stops – the student must orally give some facts about that part of the frog cycle.
• What I know about butterflies
• Butterflies planner – with and without lines
• Information Report Planner
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Spider Life Cycle Ideas and Printables
Spider Life Cycle - Spiders we love them or we hate them! Some kids are fascinated by them and we need to share which ones are safe and which ones are not. This Spider Life Cycle Pack will support your grade through various tasks and increase their knowledge about arachnids.
✎ Word Wall and Vocabulary Cards
✎ Learning Journal
This will be a record of learning as you move through the information about spiders
✎ Posters
Showing each stage of the cycle. Print and go! Two versions and two printing color options
✎ A Reader - Print and go!
✎ Jigsaw task – to help improve vocab and can be used for sequencing
✎ Print and Go tasks
Interactive Note page
Spiderling life
What do spiders eat?
Label parts of a spider
Spiders/Eggs/Hatchling
Spiders can/have/are
Venn Diagram – spider, spiderlings
Research and answer
Order the Cycle - Arachnids
✎ Information Report – planners and templates
✎ Picture Writing Prompts
These can be printed off or shown on your interactive screen as a prompt.
Words to describe spiders
What I like and don’t like about spider webs
A Day in the Life of a Spider
Up Close and Personal
How do you feel when you see a spider?
What do you think I found in my spider web?
I think Spiders are…
Themes – spiders, arachnids, science
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Bee Life Cycle Ideas and Printables
Bee Life Cycle - The life cycle of a bee is about community. Every bee has a role and makes their community survive. This pack will enable your students to understand each role and phase within the bee life cycle.
Journal for Bees
This will be a record of learning as you move through the information about Bees. Put the book together first– instructions are included. Complete the first page before you start the unit. As you progress through the unit complete the pages in order. The students may go back and add information as they learn new things.
Write about with facts
• Print and go!
• These posters will enable your students to have access to facts and diagrams. • They will assist in correct spelling when displayed.
• There are two sets – the second set has detailed information.
• The third set has the life cycle.
Reader about Bees
• Print and go!
• This will give you two books – copy and staple together and then cut in half.
• Re read and place in your class library.
Jigsaw tasks about Bees
• Print and laminate for long term use.
• These jigsaws (break up cards) will assist in matching words to pictures to a statement.
Print and Go tasks for Bees
The following pages will consolidate and extend knowledge for all students about bees. Please make choices about which task are suitable for each student in your grade.
• Interactive Note page
• What do Bees eat?
• Label parts of a Bee
• Bees can/have/ are
• Larva can/have/are
• Eggs can/is/are
• Venn Diagram – Bee/larva
• Research and answer
• Order the cycle
Informational Report on Bees
The following pages will assist in writing a report.
• Spinner - Color copy and laminate. Add a split pin to attach the arrow. Spin the arrow. When it stops – the student must orally give some facts about that part of the Bee cycle.
• What I know about bees
• Bee planner – with and without lines
• Information Report Planner
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