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Three related science articles about plant roots. Questions and answers included. Use as a standalone activity, or integrate into your units on plants, trees, gardens, seasons, or food and nutrition! 1. What do roots do? 2. Types of roots (with photos) 3. The roots we eat Each article is written for older elementary kids (grades 3-5). The first and third articles have alternate text written for a middle school reading level (grades 6-8), but covering essentially the same information. Great for

Two articles at different reading levels, and two pages of graphic information -- great for close reading and discussion! Integrate these into your lessons about winter, trees, New England, Canada, physical science, or even math! Pages 1 and 2: A pair of eight-paragraph articles at two difficulty levels. The first one has been rated by online text analyzers as being solidly 4th grade, so you could use this one for advanced younger kids (my 2nd grade tester has no problem with it) and older elem

Fun and rewarding activities for older elementary kids! * A challenging map activity teaches them about the geography of Ireland. * Celtic knotwork art for coloring and maybe even copying. * Brief factual information about St. Patrick, shamrocks, leprechauns, the Celtic harp, and the Celtic cross. * A silly but informative trivia quiz (with answers). * The whole packet can be folded up and turned into a half-sized booklet. Not just for St. Patrick's Day -- this would be perfectly appro

Three related science articles about plant stems and tree trunks. Questions and answers included. Use as a standalone activity, or integrate into your units on plants, trees, gardens, seasons, or food and nutrition! 1. What do stems do? 2. Tree rings (with figures, captions, and sidebar) 3. The stems we eat Each article is written for older elementary kids (grades 3-5). They also have alternate text written for a middle school reading level (grades 6-8), but covering essentially the same infor

20 worksheets that use colorful, familiar building bricks to demonstrate the ideas behind multiplication and division! A 10-page multiplication packet and a 10-page division packet each work progressively from beginning to intermediate concepts. Use the packets by themselves, or supplement with hands-on work with bricks to solidify skills. Material covered by the multiplication packet: - Multiplication as repeated addition - Match facts to brick models - Fill in unknowns - Arrays and grouping

Three related science articles about plant leaves. Questions and answers included. Use as a standalone activity, or integrate into your units on plants, trees, gardens, seasons, or food and nutrition! 1. What do leaves do? 2. Classifying leaves (with realistic art) 3. The leaves we eat Each article is written for older elementary kids (grades 3-5). The first and third articles have alternate text written for a middle school reading level (grades 6-8), but covering essentially the same informat

Three related science articles about flowers. Questions and answers included. Use as a standalone activity, or integrate into your units on plants, trees, gardens, seasons, or food and nutrition! 1. What do flowers do? 2. The life of a flower (with illustrations) 3. The flowers we eat Each article is written for older elementary kids (grades 3-5). The first and third articles have alternate text written for a middle school reading level (grades 6-8), but covering essentially the same informati

A $10+ value for only $7.00! 70 "word wall" and 70 "flip" cards for your emergent readers, vocabulary builders, and early elementary science units. All animals come with realistic, clear black-and-white drawings (not cartoons), and large, easy-to-read text. Each of the seven PDFs contains: * 10 "word wall" cards -- large (four per printed page), single-sided cards with picture and word shown together. * 10 flip cards -- cut, fold, and stick together to make double-sided cards. These are

This set is excellent for the youngest children, as it contains some of the most familiar animals: dog, cat, horse, cow, etc. Realistic drawings from the Dover picture archive are used, not cartoons, and the typeface is carefully selected for readability by emergent readers. All words are six letters or shorter. Use these for vocabulary building, reading practice, and writing practice. Other sets in this series: Animal Word Cards - Forest Mammals Animal Word Cards - Exotic Mammals Animal Word C

Ten different familiar reptiles and amphibians (including a tadpole) appear in this set of cards. Realistic drawings from the Dover picture archive and other sources are used, not cartoons, and the typeface is carefully selected for readability by emergent readers. All words are seven letters or shorter. Use these for vocabulary building, reading practice, and writing practice -- or a science unit on reptiles and amphibians! Other sets in this series: Animal Word Cards - Farm Animals and Pets A

Going out for a winter walk? Take along this 20-item illustrated checklist and hold a scavenger hunt! Kids love discovering and collecting pinecones, oak leaves, maple seeds, and other items they can easily find on the ground during the winter. Observe nature, learn about trees and plants, and have fun! This packet includes: * One-page checklist with easy-to-understand illustrations. Children do not need to be readers yet to use it. It comes as a printable PDF, but the packet also contains a W

A full 52-card deck full of fraction problems to solve! Students must quickly calculate common fractions of sets -- 1/3 of 6, 3/4 of 8, 3/8 of 24 -- to compare card values in the traditional "War" card game. Doing this over and over helps them develop number sense about fractions, and encourages them to reach fluency with these calculations. Need to scaffold their learning? Use the deck with picture representations of the sets and fractions! Do they find that too easy? Use the deck without p

Ten different sea creatures appear in this set of cards. Realistic drawings from the Dover picture archive are used, not cartoons, and the typeface is carefully selected for readability by emergent readers. All words are six letters or shorter. Use these for vocabulary building, reading practice, and writing practice. This set shows animals that live in marine environments. Some of them (shrimp, tuna, crab) may be familiar foods for students -- do they know what the living creatures actually lo

Ten different birds appear in this set of cards. Realistic drawings from the Dover picture archive are used, not cartoons, and the typeface is carefully selected for readability by emergent readers. All words are six letters or shorter. Use these for vocabulary building, reading practice, and writing practice. Other sets in this series: Animal Word Cards - Farm Animals and Pets Animal Word Cards - Forest Mammals Animal Word Cards - Exotic Mammals Animal Word Cards - Ocean Creatures Animal Word

Ten different insects and other familiar invertebrates appear in this set of cards. Realistic drawings from the Dover picture archive are used, not cartoons, and the typeface is carefully selected for readability by emergent readers. All words are six letters or shorter. Use these for vocabulary building, reading practice, and writing practice -- or for a unit study on insects, invertebrates, or soil life! Other sets in this series: Animal Word Cards - Farm Animals and Pets Animal Word Cards -

Ten different animals appear in this set of cards. Realistic drawings from the Dover picture archive are used, not cartoons, and the typeface is carefully selected for readability by emergent readers. All words are six letters or shorter. Use these for vocabulary building, reading practice, and writing practice. This set shows animals that live in North American forests (and sometimes suburban areas too!). For a minor challenge, the set contains similar words like "moose" and "mouse," "rat" and

This set shows charismatic animals from places other than North America. Children will have seen many of them in zoos: lions, tigers, apes, monkeys, etc. Realistic drawings from the Dover picture archive are used, not cartoons, and the typeface is carefully selected for readability by emergent readers. All words are six letters or shorter. Use these for vocabulary building, reading practice, and writing practice. Other sets in this series: Animal Word Cards - Farm Animals and Pets Animal Word

Going out for a winter walk? Take along this 20-item illustrated checklist and hold a scavenger hunt! Kids love discovering and collecting pinecones, oak leaves, maple seeds, and other items they can easily find on the ground during the winter. Observe nature, learn about trees and plants, and have fun! This free packet includes: * One-page checklist with easy-to-understand illustrations. Children do not need to be readers yet to use it. It comes as a printable PDF, but the packet also contain