Creative Foundations

Get ready for an engaging STEAM unit with “The Great Pumpkin Drop.” Not only will your students practice their engineering design and math skills, they will also create an opinion letter based on their Great Pumpkin Drop results. An amazing resource for teachers who want to encompass math and ELA skills with an engaging hands-on STEAM activity. Students will learn about the structure of a pumpkin and then use that information to work in teams to build the ultimate Great Pumpkin Drop container

A whole year of Literacy and STEAM!THIRTY amazing hands-on STEAM activities and writing lessons in which students plan, design, build, test and reflect on their own creations.This is a bundle of THIRTY Literacy and STEAM units for MyView Literacy Grade 3 and the perfect companion to the following stories: Unit 1:Grandma and the Great GourdWhy the Sky is Far AwayCocolisoLiving in DesertsThe Golden FlowerA Safe Place to PlayUnit 2:Patterns in NatureWeird FriendsWolf IslandWelcome Back, Wolves!Wo

This Literacy and STEAM: Create a Prosthetic Prototype for an Animal resource is a perfect companion to Be a Hero and MyView Literacy 3.3 week 6.An amazing resource for elementary teachers and parents who want to combine literature with an engaging hands-on STEAM activity and writing unit. Students will learn about how animals were helped with prosthetics and orthotics and then will make their own prototype of a prosthetic for an animal using their knowledge of force and motion. Each STEAM resou

Six AMAZING hands-on engaging STEAM activities and writing lessons in which students plan, design, build, test and reflect on their own unique creations.This is a bundle of SIX Literacy and STEAM units for MyView Literacy 3.2 and is the perfect companion for the following stories: Patterns in NatureWeird FriendsWolf IslandWelcome Back, Wolves!Wolves Don't Belong in YellowstoneNature's Patchwork QuiltMake Note of itFabulous STEAM lessons include: Create a Nature Masterpiece Make the Ultimate Pol

Six AMAZING hands-on engaging STEAM activities and writing lessons in which students plan, design, build, test, and reflect on their own creations.This is a bundle of SIX Literacy and STEAM units for MyView Literacy 3.3 and the perfect companion for the following stories: Below Deck: A Titanic StoryGranddaddy's Turn: A Journey to the Ballot Boxfrom Little House on the Prairie and By the Shores of Silver LakeMama Miti: Wangari Moathai and the Trees of KenyaPoems About HeroesBe a Hero!Fabulous ST

This Literacy and STEAM: Can You Prevent Soil Erosion? resource is a perfect companion to Mama Miti: Wangari Moathai and the Trees of Kenya and MyView Literacy 3.4.An amazing resource for elementary teachers and parents who want to combine literature with an engaging hands-on STEAM activity and writing unit. Students will learn about deforestation and soil erosion and will create a model to prevent soil erosion. Each STEAM resource includes three parts: Part 1: Vocabulary Virtual Field Trips Int

This Literacy and STEAM: Can You Make the Ultimate Candy? resource is a perfect companion to Milton Hershey and MyView Literacy 3.4 story 3.An amazing resource for elementary teachers and parents who want to combine literature with an engaging hands-on STEAM activity and writing unit. Students will learn how sciences are used in creating sweet treats and then design their own ultimate candy. Each STEAM resource includes three parts: Part 1:Vocabulary Virtual Field Trips Interactive Game Original

Six AMAZING hands-on engaging STEAM activities and writing lessons in which students plan, design, build, test, and reflect on their own creations.This is a bundle of SIX Literacy and STEAM units for MyView Literacy 3.4 and the perfect companion to the following stories: The House that Jane BuiltFrederick DouglassMilton HersheyGreen CityGrace and GrandmaPast and PresentFabulous STEAM lessons include:Can You Create a Garden Home? Can You Make the Ultimate Secret Code? Can You Make the Ultimate C

Six AMAZING hands-on engaging STEAM activities and writing lessons in which students plan, design, build, test, and reflect on their own creations.This is a bundle of SIX Literacy and STEAM units for MyView Literacy 3.5 and the perfect companion to the following stories: Deep Down and Other Extreme Places to LiveEarthquakes, Eruptions, and Other Events that Change EarthA Safety Plan: In Case of EmergencyNora's ArkAesop's FoxTake a TripFabulous STEAM lessons include:Can You Create a Shelter on M

This Literacy and STEAM: Can You Create a Garden Home? resource is a perfect companion to The House that Jane Built and MyView Literacy 3.4 week 1.An amazing resource for elementary teachers and parents who want to combine literature with an engaging hands-on STEAM activity and writing lesson. Students will learn about the benefits of community gardens to community members and then design and build a garden home. Each STEAM resource includes three parts: Part 1: Vocabulary Virtual Field Trips In

This Literacy and STEAM: Can You Create a Solar Powered House? resource is a perfect companion to Green City and MyView Literacy 3.4 story 4.An amazing resource for elementary teachers and parents who want to combine literature with an engaging hands-on STEAM activity and writing unit. Students will learn about solar energy and then design, build and test a solar-powered house. Each STEAM resource includes three parts: Part 1:Vocabulary Virtual Field Trips Interactive Game Original Article: Crea

This Literacy and STEAM: Can you Make the Ultimate Float? resource is a perfect companion to Below Deck: A Titanic Story and MyView Literacy 3.3 Lesson 1.An amazing resource for elementary teachers and parents who want to combine literature with an engaging hands-on STEAM activity and writing unit. Students will learn about how gravity, buoyancy, and density work together to make objects float. Each STEAM resource includes three parts: Part 1: Vocabulary Virtual Field Trips Interactive Game Orig

Are you looking for a spooktacular compare and contrast writing unit? This three-week fangtastic unit will teach your students how to write compare and contrast essays using nonfiction essays featuring popular Halloween characters. Each week students will:Read two Halloween character essaysComplete a Compare and Contrast Graphic OrganizerComplete a Writing Organizer with a focus on using reasons and examples as well as transitionsEdit workPublish their original compare and contrast essays Wee

This Literacy and STEAM: Can You Make the Ultimate Boat? resource is a perfect companion to Nora's Ark and MyView Literacy 3.5 story 4.An amazing resource for elementary teachers and parents who want to combine literature with an engaging hands-on STEAM activity and writing unit. Students will learn about how boat and ship designs have changed throughout history and then design, build and test their ultimate boats. Each STEAM resource includes three parts: Part 1:Vocabulary Virtual Field Trips I

This Literacy and STEAM: Can You Create a Shelter on Mars? resource is a perfect companion to Deep Down and Other Extreme Places to Live and MyView Literacy 3.5 story 1.An amazing resource for elementary teachers and parents who want to combine literature with an engaging hands-on STEAM activity and writing unit. Students will learn about the challenges facing those who will one day live on Mars and then design and build a shelter for someone to live on Mars. Each STEAM resource includes three

This Literacy and STEAM: Can You Make the Ultimate Pollinator Device? resource is a perfect campion to Nature's Patchwork Quilt and MyView Literacy 3.2 Lesson 5. An amazing resource for elementary teachers and parents who want to combine literature with an engaging hands-on STEAM activity and writing unit. Students will learn about the plant and animal interactions it takes to make chocolate as well as how cacao farmers are looking at new ways to help pollinate cacao flowers. Students will desig

This Literacy and STEAM: Can You Make the Ultimate Space Hotel? resource is a perfect companion to Take a Trip and MyView Literacy 3.5 story 6.An amazing resource for elementary teachers and parents who want to combine literature with an engaging hands-on STEAM activity and writing unit. Students will learn about space vacations including suborbital flights and orbitals hotels and then design and build their own ultimate space hotel. Each STEAM resource includes three parts: Part 1: Vocabulary V

This Literacy and STEAM: Can You Make a Jumping Jack Doll? resource is a perfect companion to Little House on the Prairie: By the Shores of Silver Lake and MyView Literacy 3.3 Lesson 3.An amazing resource for elementary teachers and parents who want to combine literature with an engaging hands-on STEAM activity and writing unit. Students will learn about various types of games and toys played by pioneer children and then will design, build, and test a Jumping Jack doll. Each STEAM resource inclu

This Literacy and STEAM: Can You Create an Invention to Help Others? resource is a perfect companion to Poems About Heroes and MyView Literacy 3.3 week 5.An amazing resource for elementary teachers and parents who want to combine literature with an engaging hands-on STEAM activity and writing unit. Students will learn about various kid heroes and how their inventions helped others. Students will then create their own prototype for an invention that helps to improve a situation for others. Each S

This Literacy and STEAM: Can You Make the Ultimate Secret Code? resource is a perfect companion to Frederick Douglass and MyView Literacy 3.4 story 2.An amazing resource for elementary teachers and parents who want to combine literature with an engaging hands-on STEAM activity and writing unit. Students will learn about various types of secret codes used on the Underground Railroad and then design and use their own secret code. Each STEAM resource includes three parts: Part 1:Vocabulary Virtual