1st & 2nd Grade Project Based Learning! ELA & Math Integrated project! Differentiated and aligned to the standards! Perfect for a sub plan day, distance learning/homeschool, end of the year project, enrichment activity or small group instruction!

*DIGITAL VERSION NOW INCLUDED! Links to Google Slides versions of the project are now included on the Directions for Digital Use Page!

This project is perfect for first and second graders! It is an integrated ELA and Math project that is differentiated to meet the needs of on grade level first graders, all the way through advanced second graders. It can be used for enrichment, for small group instruction in both math and reading and makes a great spring/end of year cumulative project!

Another great idea for this resource is to use it as a plan for a sub day! With this easy-to-use, no-prep project, you can simply level your students into 3 groups, and print it for the substitute teacher! It is aligned to the CCSS standards for ELA and Math so you can feel good knowing that your students are getting meaningful standards-based practice even while you are gone!

This resource includes 3 leveled versions of the project in a zip file. Each level is a PDF file.

• Level 1: Kindergarten and First grade standards. Basic reading passages with first grade sight words included. 210-400 Approximate Lexile Level. Text-explicit questions and tasks. Addition and subtraction questions within 20, primarily result unknown with a few compare and change unknown questions. Mostly single-step problems. Aligned to ELA Standards: RI.1.1, RI.1.2, RI.1.3,RL.1.1, RL.1.2,RL.1.3, RF.K.2A, 4F1.2A, RF.1.3C. Aligned to Math Standards: K.OA.A.2, 1.OA.A.1, 1.OA.A.2, 1.OA.C.5, 1.NBT.B.3, 1.NBT.C.4,1.NBT.C.5, 1.NBT.C.6
• Level 2: First and second grade standards. More advanced reading passages with new vocabulary words introduced. 410-600 Approximate Lexile Level. Text-explicit and inferential questions and tasks. Addition and subtraction within 50, with mostly no-regrouping. Mixed question types including result unknown, change unknown, start unknown and compare problems. One and two-step problems included. Aligned to ELA Standards: RI.2.1, RI.2.6, RL.2.3, RL.2.10, RF.K.2A, RF.1.2A, RF.2.3A. Aligned to math standards: 2.OA.A.1, 2.OA.B.2, 2.NBT.A.4, 2.NBT.B.6, 2.NBT.B.8
• Level 3: Second grade standards. Advanced reading passages with challenging vocabulary words introduced. 410-800 Approximate Lexile Level. Text-explicit questions and inferential questions and tasks included. Addition and subtraction mostly within 100, but a few problems within 1,000. All problem types. Multi-step problems included. Some multiplication concepts introduced. Aligned to ELA standards: RI.2.1, RI.2.6, RL.2.3, RL.2.10, RF.2.3A. Aligned to Math standards: 2.OA.A.1, 2.OA.B.2, 2.OA.C.4, 3.OA.A.2, 2.MD.C.8, 2.NBT.B.6, 2.NBT.B.7, 2.NBT.B.8

There are 4 sections in this project.

• The first section includes four pages of math story problems to plan for the field trip to the zoo.
• The remaining sections (Safari Animals, Forest Animals and Aquatic Animals)all include the following:
  • Content related to two different animals that could be found at a zoo
  • One non-fiction passage with graphic organizer and related questions
  • One fiction passage with graphic organizer and related questions or activities
  • One page of math story problems related to the animals and section of the zoo

The entire project includes:

• 3 non-fiction passages (elephants, monkeys, seals and sea lions) with different text features (i.e., informational, compare/contrast) and related graphic organizers and questions
• 3 fiction passages (giraffes, koalas, alligators) with different text features (i.e. fictional story/narrative, rhyming poem, acrostic poem and related graphic organizers and questions
• 10 pages of related math story problems

The project opens as a ZIP file which includes:

• PDF versions of each level of the project
• Power Point versions of each level of the project (with easy-to-use "enter text here" boxes for easy online submission). Compatible with Google Drive/Google Classroom
• Directions for Digital Use

I hope you enjoy this engaging, differentiated project that integrates ELA and Math in a fun way!

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About the Author

Melanie Doppler--Math Coach Connection taught in a 3rd and 4th grade multi-age classroom in a Title 1 public school in Wisconsin for 3 years, 5th grade math and science for 2 years in a public school in Tennessee, and spent 1 1/2 years as a math coach. She has her BS in Elementary Education from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is committed to creating fun and creative products that are differentiated and aligned to the math content standards!

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