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Use this kit to: Let students critically think about how food webs work.Practice reading and speaking with science vocabulary!Enjoy a hands on, artistic activity that reinforces food web vocabulary and concepts.-Print the clue cards, animal cards and pond.  -Have students read each clue and build the food web with partners or a group. -Have students show producers, consumers and decomposers In food chains and finally, a food web. -Lastly, have students use the informational sentence stems to wri

Hexagonal thinking is a retrieval and connection strategy. The goal is for students to make a generalization about linked ideas or terms. Students are given multiple hexagons with vocabulary terms. Students work in teams to make connections between words based off of in-class learning. There is no right or wrong answer in this activity, so long as students are able to justify and explain their connections. You may want to increase the rigor by requiring text evidence to support student identifie

This file contains a sort of figurative language from the book, "The Circulatory Story," by Mary. K Corcoran. It also contains matching literal explanations that I added to go with each figurative explanation. Here are some ways you could potentially use this: - Cut out the literal and figurative cards about the heart ahead of time. Copy enough of the literal/figurative sorting sheets and cards for students to work in groups of 2 or 3. Have students read each card and sort it. For an extra cha

This document includes a letter to parents explaining an at-home project that you could have students complete as a project during or after a unit on the Solar System. It also includes a rubric for the presentation and the model that students will build as well as some examples of what previous students have done so that families have an idea of where to start. The entire document is editable.

This is brief journal that provided opportunities for students to write and draw about observations that they make about bess beetles. It includes pages for: appearance, habitat and behavior.