Are you looking for a way to engage students in science topics while practicing essential ELA skills?

Try this Let’s Learn About: Ants Unit! This complete nonfiction science and ELA unit includes everything you need for 15-20 days of classroom instruction. Students will investigate the life cycle of an ant through books, technology, hands on investigations, research and more all while practicing comprehension skills such as activating schema, asking questions, researching to learn more, identifying main idea/details, and learning new vocabulary.

Features:

• Suggested Pacing Guide with detailed plans for 15-20 days of instruction.
• Beautiful real life photograph teaching posters to capture students’ interest.
• Student readers at 3 levels for differentiation.
• Vocabulary Cards with real life photographs and simple definitions.
• Student Vocabulary Books.
• Essential Questions, Book List, Tech Tips, and QR Code links to videos and web resources.
• Anchor Chart Pieces with student response pages.
• Craftivity to practice labeling ant parts.
• Graphic Organizers to record thinking.
• Student practice nonfiction writing with the “All About Ants” book including text features (labels, diagrams, webs, captions, table of contents, glossary).
• Hands On activities and experiments.
• Group Research Project with organizers, planning pages, a reflection option, and teacher rubric.

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More Resources You May Like:
Let’s Learn About: Butterflies
Let’s Learn About: Chicks
Let’s Learn About: Frogs
Let’s Learn About Life Cycles {Bundle}

Read and Respond: Valentine’s Day
Read & Respond: St. Patrick’s Day
Read and Respond: Easter
Read and Respond: Earth Day
Read and Respond: Mother’s Day
Read and Respond: Memorial Day
Read and Respond: Father’s Day

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Are you looking for a way to engage students in science topics while practicing essential ELA skills?

Try this Let’s Learn About: Sea Turtles Unit! This complete nonfiction science and ELA unit includes everything you need for 15-20 days of classroom instruction. Students will investigate the life cycle of a Sea Turtle through books, technology, hands on investigations, research and more all while practicing comprehension skills such as activating schema, asking questions, researching to learn more, identifying main idea/details, and learning new vocabulary.

Features:

• Suggested Pacing Guide with detailed plans for 15-20 days of instruction.
• Beautiful real life photograph teaching posters to capture students’ interest.
• Student readers at 3 levels for differentiation.
• Vocabulary Cards with real life photographs and simple definitions.
• Student Vocabulary Books.
• Essential Questions, Book List, Tech Tips, and QR Code links to videos and web resources.
• Anchor Chart Pieces with student response pages.
• Craftivity to practice labeling sea turtle parts.
• Graphic Organizers to record thinking.
• Student practice nonfiction writing with the “All About Sea Turtles” book including text features (labels, diagrams, webs, captions, table of contents, glossary).
• Hands On activities and experiments.
• Group Research Project with organizers, planning pages, a reflection option, and teacher rubric.

This resource is included in the Let’s Learn About Life Cycles {Bundle}

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More Resources You May Like:
Let’s Learn About: Ants
Let’s Learn About: Butterflies
Let’s Learn About: Chicks
Let’s Learn About: Frogs

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Are you looking for a way to engage students in science topics while practicing essential ELA skills?

Try this Let’s Learn About Life Cycles Bundle! These 5 complete nonfiction science and ELA units include everything you need for classroom instruction. Students will investigate the life cycles of butterflies, chickens, frogs, ants and sea turtles through books, technology, hands on investigations, research and more all while practicing comprehension skills such as activating schema, asking questions, researching to learn more, identifying main idea/details, and learning new vocabulary.Save over 30% by purchasing this bundle!

Each Unit includes:

• Suggested Pacing Guide with detailed plans for 15-20 days of instruction.
• Beautiful real life photograph teaching posters to capture students’ interest.
• Student readers at 3 levels for differentiation.
• Vocabulary Cards with real life photographs and simple definitions.
• Student Vocabulary Books
• Essential Questions, Book List, Tech Tips, and QR Code links to videos and web resources.
• Anchor Chart Pieces with student response pages.
• Craftivity to practice labeling animal parts.
• Graphic Organizers to record thinking.
• Student practice nonfiction writing with the “All About” books including text features (labels, diagrams, webs, captions, table of contents, glossary).
• Hands On activities and experiments.
• Group Research Project with organizers, planning pages, a reflection option, and teacher rubric.

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5 Products in this Bundle:
Life Cycle of a Butterfly Nonfiction Science & ELA Unit
Life Cycle of a Chicken Nonfiction Science & ELA Unit
Life Cycle of a Frog Science & ELA Unit
Life Cycle of an Ant Nonfiction Science & ELA Unit
Life Cycle of a Sea Turtle Nonfiction Science & ELA Unit

More Resources You May Like:
Read and Respond: Valentine’s Day
Read & Respond: St. Patrick’s Day
Read and Respond: Easter
Read and Respond: Earth Day
Read and Respond: Mother’s Day
Read and Respond: Memorial Day
Read and Respond: Father’s Day

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Are you looking for a way to engage students in science topics while practicing essential ELA skills?

Try this Let’s Learn About: Chicks Unit! This complete nonfiction science and ELA unit includes everything you need for 15-20 days of classroom instruction. Students will investigate the life cycle of a chicken through books, technology, hands on investigations, research and more all while practicing comprehension skills such as activating schema, asking questions, researching to learn more, identifying main idea/details, and learning new vocabulary.

Features:

• Suggested Pacing Guide with detailed plans for 15-20 days of instruction.
• Beautiful real life photograph teaching posters to capture students’ interest.
• Student readers at 3 levels for differentiation.
• Vocabulary Cards with real life photographs and simple definitions.
• Student Vocabulary Books.
• Essential Questions, Book List, Tech Tips, and QR Code links to videos and web resources.
• Anchor Chart Pieces with student response pages.
• Craftivity to practice labeling chicken parts.
• Graphic Organizers to record thinking.
• Student practice nonfiction writing with the “All About Chickens” book including text features (labels, diagrams, webs, captions, table of contents, glossary).
• Hands On activities and experiments.
• Group Research Project with organizers, planning pages, a reflection option, and teacher rubric.

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More Resources You May Like:
Let’s Learn About: Butterflies
Let’s Learn About: Frogs

Read and Respond: Valentine’s Day
Read & Respond: St. Patrick’s Day
Read and Respond: Easter
Read and Respond: Earth Day
Read and Respond: Mother’s Day
Read and Respond: Memorial Day
Read and Respond: Father’s Day

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Are you looking for a way to engage students in science topics while practicing essential ELA skills?

Try this Let’s Learn About: Frogs Unit! This complete nonfiction science and ELA unit includes everything you need for 15-20 days of classroom instruction. Students will investigate the life cycle of a frog through books, technology, hands on investigations, research and more all while practicing comprehension skills such as activating schema, asking questions, researching to learn more, identifying main idea/details, and learning new vocabulary.

Features:

• Suggested Pacing Guide with detailed plans for 15-20 days of instruction.
• Beautiful real life photograph teaching posters to capture students’ interest.
• Student readers at 3 levels for differentiation.
• Vocabulary Cards with real life photographs and simple definitions.
• Student Vocabulary Books.
• Essential Questions, Book List, Tech Tips, and QR Code links to videos and web resources.
• Anchor Chart Pieces with student response pages.
• Craftivity to practice labeling frog parts.
• Graphic Organizers to record thinking.
• Student practice nonfiction writing with the “All About Frogs” book including text features (labels, diagrams, webs, captions, table of contents, glossary).
• Hands On activities and experiments.
• Group Research Project with organizers, planning pages, a reflection option, and teacher rubric.

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More Resources You May Like:
Let’s Learn About: Chicks
Let’s Learn About: Butterflies

Read and Respond: Valentine’s Day
Read & Respond: St. Patrick’s Day
Read and Respond: Easter
Read and Respond: Earth Day
Read and Respond: Mother’s Day
Read and Respond: Memorial Day
Read and Respond: Father’s Day

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Are you looking for a way to engage students in science topics while practicing essential ELA skills?

Try this Let’s Learn About: Butterflies Unit! This complete nonfiction science and ELA unit includes everything you need for 15-20 days of classroom instruction. Students will investigate the life cycle of a butterfly through books, technology, hands on investigations, research and more all while practicing comprehension skills such as activating schema, asking questions, researching to learn more, identifying main idea/details, and learning new vocabulary.

Features:

• Suggested Pacing Guide with detailed plans for 15-20 days of instruction.
• Beautiful real life photograph teaching posters to capture students’ interest.
• Student readers at 3 levels for differentiation.
• Vocabulary Cards with real life photographs and simple definitions.
• Student Vocabulary Books.
• Essential Questions, Book List, Tech Tips, and QR Code links to videos and web resources.
• Anchor Chart Pieces with student response pages.
• Craftivity to practice labeling butterfly parts.
• Graphic Organizers to record thinking.
• Student practice nonfiction writing with the “All About Butterflies” book including text features (labels, diagrams, webs, captions, table of contents, glossary).
• Hands On activities and experiments.
• Group Research Project with organizers, planning pages, a reflection option, and teacher rubric.

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More Resources You May Like:
Let’s Learn About: Chicks
Let’s Learn About: Frogs

Read and Respond: Valentine’s Day
Read & Respond: St. Patrick’s Day
Read and Respond: Easter
Read and Respond: Earth Day
Read and Respond: Mother’s Day
Read and Respond: Memorial Day
Read and Respond: Father’s Day

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Are you looking for a way to incorporate poetry into your classroom?

Try this Poetry Notebook! You can choose from over 80 poems to match the seasons, holidays, science/social studies units, and themes that you cover throughout the year. Poetry notebooks are great for practicing a variety of ELA skills on an ongoing basis.

Features: 

• 80+ thematic poems 
• Themes include: Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer, Back to School, Community, Colors, Weather, Transportation, Space, Insects, Water, Farm, Birds, Plants, Health, Nutrition, Dinosaurs, Pets, and Math
• Practice a variety of skills including letters, letter sounds, sight words, word families, vowel patterns, handwriting, rhyming, fluency, visualization, and more!
• Space for students to illustrate their poem 

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More ELA resources you may like: 
Poetry Notebook: Nursery Rhyme Edition
Poetry Study Task Cards
Interactive Emergent Reader BUNDLE: A-M
Interactive Emergent Reader BUNDLE: N-Z
Writing VOICES Goal Setting Menu with CCSS 

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Are you looking for a way to incorporate poetry into your classroom?

Try this Poetry Notebook: Nursery Rhyme Edition! You can choose from over 45 nursery rhymes to use for instruction. Poetry notebooks are great for practicing a variety of ELA skills on an ongoing basis as well as encouraging fluency with familiar texts.

Features:

• 45+ Nursery Rhymes
• Including: Diddle, Diddle Dumpling, Georgie Porgie, Hey Diddle Diddle, Hickory Dickory Dock, Hot Cross Buns, Humpty Dumpty, The Itsy Bitsy Spider, Jack and Jill, Jack Be Nimble, Little Bo Peep, Little Boy Blue, Little Jack Horner, and More!
• Practice a variety of skills including letters, letter sounds, sight words, word families, vowel patterns, handwriting, rhyming, fluency, visualization, and more!
• Each page includes space for students to illustrate their poem

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More ELA resources you may like:
Poetry Notebook
Poetry Study Task Cards
Alphabet Class Books
Writing VOICES Goal Setting Menu with CCSS

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