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Welcome to my store! I'm Dr. Sharman Johnston (aka Dr. J), and I've been writing preschool, kindergarten, and elementary curriculum for more than forty years. I began my career as a reading specialist; and no matter what hat I’ve worn—teacher, administrator, curriculum author, or consultant—I’ve always emphasized literacy. My TPT science and social studies resources target two critical aspects of elementary school literacy—CONTENT-AREA literacy and MULTICULTURAL literacy.
All of my books, printables, posters, and games focus on content-area literacy—building the specialized vocabulary of science and social studies—because having an extensive vocabulary is not only a top predictor of reading success, it also has a huge impact on overall school success and standardized testing scores.
My science materials target topics and standards outlined in the NGSS and TEKS. In social studies, I concentrate on resources that develop a knowledge of and an appreciation for the diverse cultures in our global society.
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BIOMES AND ECOSYSTEMS MEGA-BUNDLE
Take an in-depth look at the world’s biomes with the BIOMES AND ECOSYSTEMS MEGA-BUNDLE. This jam-packed bundle includes SIX Biomes PowerPoints, FIVE activity books, FIVE colorful 11 x 17 inch reference posters, FOURTEEN cross-curricular activities, and TWO FREE BONUS activity books, Life in the Ocean and Life in the Rainforest. BIOME POWERPOINT KEY FEATURES: This bundle includes SIX PowerPoints—one for each biome, plus the introductory PPT, The Five Biomes. 150+ animated slides Student-fri
2nd - 5th
Basic Principles, Informational Text, Science
CCSS, NGSS, TEKS
RI.2.4
, RI.2.5
, RI.2.7
+21
LET'S EXPLORE BIOMES POWERPOINT BUNDLE
Bring your biomes studies to life with the LET'S EXPLORE BIOMES BUNDLE, a colorful set of six interactive PowerPoint presentations that are sure to keep your students engaged. The Let’s Explore Biomes series provides a virtual tour of each biome—aquatic, desert, forest, grassland, and tundra—and includes the following features: 148 slides Clear and simple definitionsKey word learning system25 video clips14 mapsAmazing nature photographyAnimated fun factsPop-Up QuizzesVocabulary reviewsWriting
2nd - 5th
Basic Principles, Informational Text, Science
NGSS, TEKS
5-ESS2-2
, 4-LS1-1
, 1-LS1-2
+20
LET'S EXPLORE THE TUNDRA BIOME POWERPOINT
Take your students on a virtual trip to the frozen tundra with LET'S EXPLORE THE TUNDRA BIOME, a colorful interactive PowerPoint presentation that’s sure to keep them engaged. The Tundra Biome compares and contrasts plant and animal adaptations during its two seasons—winter and summer—and includes the following features: 23 slides (plus one for photo/video credits)Clear and simple definitions3 video clipsAmazing nature photographyTundra mapAnimated fun factsVocabulary reviewWriting prompt OUT
2nd - 5th
Basic Principles, Informational Text, Science
NGSS, TEKS
4-LS1-1
, 1-LS1-2
, 2-LS4-1
+13
Also included in: BIOMES AND ECOSYSTEMS MEGA-BUNDLE
LET'S EXPLORE INVENTIONS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD POWERPOINT
Introduce your students to the world’s greatest inventors, with LET’S EXPLORE INVENTIONS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD, a colorful interactive PowerPoint presentation that’s sure to keep your students engaged. Inventions traces the history of scientific inventions with the following features: 29 animated slides (plus photo/video credits)Clear and simple definitions/text6 video clipsColorful photos OUTLINE OF SLIDES INCLUDED:INTRODUCTION (video clip) Invention or Discovery?What Is a Patent?PREHISTORI
3rd - 5th
Basic Principles, Science
CCSS, TEKS
RI.3.3
, RI.3.4
, RI.3.7
+15
Also included in: DISCOVERIES AND INVENTIONS SCIENCE UNIT BUNDLE
LET'S EXPLORE THE DESERT BIOME POWERPOINT
Take a journey through the world’s driest biome with LET'S EXPLORE THE DESERT, a colorful interactive PowerPoint presentation that’s sure to keep your students engaged. This virtual tour highlights three iconic desert ecosystems—the Sahara, Chihuahuan, and Antarctic—and includes the following features: 24 slides (plus one for photo/video credits)Clear and simple definitions3 video/sound clipsAmazing nature photography4 mapsAnimated fun factsVocabulary reviewWriting prompt OUTLINE OF SLIDES:THE
2nd - 5th
Basic Principles, Informational Text, Science
NGSS, TEKS
1-LS1-1
, 4-LS1-1
, 5-LS2-1
+16
Also included in: BIOMES AND ECOSYSTEMS MEGA-BUNDLE
LET'S EXPLORE THE GRASSLAND BIOME POWERPOINT
Take your students on a virtual safari with LET'S EXPLORE THE GRASSLAND BIOME, a colorful interactive PowerPoint presentation that’s sure to keep them engaged. The Grassland Biome compares and contrasts two of the world’s most famous grasslands—the African Savanna and the Great Plains—and includes the following features: 23 slides (plus one for photo/video credits)Clear and simple definitions4 video clipsAmazing nature photography3 mapsAnimated fun factsVocabulary reviewWriting prompt OUTLINE
2nd - 5th
Basic Principles, Informational Text, Science
NGSS, TEKS
1-LS1-1
, 4-LS1-1
, 5-LS2-1
+13
Also included in: BIOMES AND ECOSYSTEMS MEGA-BUNDLE
LET'S EXPLORE THE HYDROSPHERE (WATER) POWERPOINT
Explore the world’s water sources and processes with LET’S EXPLORE THE HYDROSPHERE, a colorful interactive PowerPoint presentation, from the Science Foundations Curriculum series, that’s sure to keep your students engaged. Hydrosphere introduces the sources of water on Earth, the stages of the Water Cycle, and the ways the hydrosphere interacts with the atmosphere, biosphere, and geosphere, with the following features: 29 animated slides (plus photo/video credits)Clear and simple definitions/
3rd - 5th
Basic Principles, Earth Sciences, Science
NGSS, TEKS
5-ESS2-2
, 3-ESS3-1
, 5-ESS2-1
+9
Also included in: EXPLORING WATER AND THE HYDROSPHERE SCIENCE UNIT
THE THREE BRANCHES OF SCIENCE UNIT BUNDLE
Explore the Earth, Life, and Physical Sciences—and SAVE 25%—with the THREE BRANCHES OF SCIENCE UNIT from the Science Foundations Curriculum series. This unit has everything you need to meet your science standards and offers a wide variety of resources to keep your young scientists engaged. RESOURCES INCLUDED:LET’S EXPLORE THE WORLD OF SCIENCE is a 15-slide interactive PowerPoint—with FOUR video clips—that defines the three branches of science and the steps of the Scientific Method. THE TH
3rd - 5th
Basic Principles, Science
LET'S EXPLORE FORMS OF ENERGY POWERPOINT
Introduce nine forms of energy with LET’S EXPLORE FORMS OF ENERGY, a colorful interactive PowerPoint presentation, from the Foundations Science Curriculum series, that’s sure to keep your students engaged. Forms of Energy introduces the forms of kinetic and potential energy, energy transfers, and energy conversions with the following features: 25 animated slides (plus photo/video credits)Clear and simple definitions/text4 video clipsColorful photos OUTLINE OF SLIDES INCLUDED:INTRODUCTION (vi
3rd - 5th
Basic Principles, Physical Science, Science
CCSS, NGSS, TEKS
RI.3.4
, RI.3.7
, RI.3.10
+17
Also included in: FORMS OF ENERGY SCIENCE UNIT BUNDLE
EXPLORING MAGNETS AND MAGNETISM SCIENCE UNIT
Explore the properties and uses of magnets—and SAVE 25%—with the MAGNETS AND MAGNETISM SCIENCE UNIT, from the Science Foundations Curriculum series. This unit focuses on the following concepts: Characteristics of Magnets and Magnetic ForceEarth’s Magnetic FieldElectromagnets in Daily Life_________________________________________________________________RESOURCES INCLUDED:LET’S EXPLORE MAGNETS is a 20-slide interactive PowerPoint—with FIVE video/audio clips—that highlights the characteristics o
3rd - 5th
Basic Principles, Physical Science, Science
NGSS, TEKS
3-PS2-3
, 3-PS2-4
, SCIENCE.3.1.B
+22
FOOD CHAINS AND WEBS SCIENCE UNIT
Explore the ways the Sun’s energy passes among all living organisms—and Save 25%—with THE FOOD CHAINS AND WEBS SCIENCE UNIT, from the Science Foundations Curriculum series. This unit has everything you need to meet your science standards and offers a wide variety of resources to keep your young scientists engaged. RESOURCES INCLUDED:LET’S EXPLORE THE BIOSPHERE is a 26-slide interactive PowerPoint—with FOUR video clips—that introduces the four spheres of the Earth (atmosphere, biosphere, ge
3rd - 5th
Basic Principles, Science
NGSS, TEKS
5-LS2-1
, SCIENCE.3.1.C
, SCIENCE.3.2.B
+10
LET'S EXPLORE THE AQUATIC BIOME
Dive in to your study of the world’s largest biome with Let’s Explore the Aquatic Biome, a colorful interactive PowerPoint presentation that’s sure to keep your students engaged. The Aquatic Biome takes students on a virtual tour of the Earth’s freshwater and marine ecosystems and includes the following features: 23 slides (plus one for photo/video credits)Clear and simple definitions6 video/sound clipsAmazing nature photography2 mapsAnimated fun factsVocabulary reviewWriting prompt OULTINE O
2nd - 5th
Basic Principles, Science
NGSS, TEKS
5-ESS2-2
, 4-LS1-1
, 3-LS4-3
+17
Also included in: BIOMES AND ECOSYSTEMS MEGA-BUNDLE
LET'S EXPLORE NATURAL RESOURCES POWERPOINT
Explore the Earth’s natural resources with LET’S EXPLORE NATURAL RESOURCES, a colorful interactive PowerPoint presentation, from the Science Foundations Curriculum series, that’s sure to keep your students engaged. Natural Resources introduces renewable and non-renewable resources and conservation with the following features: 23 animated slides (plus photo/video credits)Clear and simple definitions/text4 video clipsAmazing nature photography Outline of Slides Included:INTRODUCTION (video cli
3rd - 5th
Basic Principles, Earth Sciences, Science
CCSS, NGSS, TEKS
RI.3.4
, RI.3.7
, RI.3.10
+17
Also included in: NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION SCIENCE UNIT
LET'S EXPLORE OUR CHANGING EARTH POWERPOINT
Explore the slow, fast, and manmade changes to the surface of the Earth with LET’S EXPLORE OUR CHANGING EARTH, a colorful interactive PowerPoint presentation, from the Foundations Science Curriculum series, that’s sure to keep your students engaged. Our Changing Earth introduces SLOW changes, including the movement of continents and weathering and erosion, FAST changes resulting from earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, and extreme weather, and MANDMADE changes, both helpful and harmful, with th
3rd - 5th
Basic Principles, Earth Sciences, Science
CCSS, NGSS, TEKS
RI.3.3
, RI.3.4
, RI.3.7
+21
Also included in: OUR CHANGING EARTH SCIENCE UNIT
LET'S EXPLORE THE WORLD OF SCIENCE PPT (Foundations Science Curriculum)
Introduce the Earth, Life, and Physical Sciences with LET’S EXPLORE THE WORLD OF SCIENCE, a colorful interactive PowerPoint presentation that’s sure to keep your students engaged. The World of Science introduces the three branches of science and the scientific method and includes the following features: 15 animated slides (plus one for photo/video credits)Clear and simple definitions/text4 video clipsAmazing nature photography OUTLINE OF SLIDES INCLUDED:INTRODUCTION What Is Science? Definit
3rd - 5th
Basic Principles, Science
Also included in: THE THREE BRANCHES OF SCIENCE UNIT BUNDLE
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About the store
Experience
Welcome to my store! I'm Dr. Sharman Johnston (aka Dr. J), and I've been writing preschool, kindergarten, and elementary curriculum for more than forty years. I began my career as a reading specialist; and no matter what hat I’ve worn—teacher, administrator, curriculum author, or consultant—I’ve always emphasized literacy. My TPT science and social studies resources target two critical aspects of elementary school literacy—CONTENT-AREA literacy and MULTICULTURAL literacy.
All of my books, printables, posters, and games focus on content-area literacy—building the specialized vocabulary of science and social studies—because having an extensive vocabulary is not only a top predictor of reading success, it also has a huge impact on overall school success and standardized testing scores.
My science materials target topics and standards outlined in the NGSS and TEKS. In social studies, I concentrate on resources that develop a knowledge of and an appreciation for the diverse cultures in our global society.
Teaching style
My personal and professional beliefs about teaching and learning revolve around a few key themes:
I believe in INTEGRATED THEMATIC TEACHING and design materials that can be used across the curriculum.
I LOVE BOOKS! Content area take-home books not only help integrate learning, they also strengthen school-home connections.
As a lifelong MONTESSORIAN, my materials feature real-life photographs and illustrations.
My own education history
Dr. Johnston holds honors degrees from Baylor University (B.A.), Duke University (M.Ed.), and Texas Christian University (Ed.D).
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