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Week One
Tippy-Toe Chick, Go!
The Bare Bones
Students fill in this dog-themed graphic organizer to explain the problem and solution of the story.
What's the Problem?
Students draw a picture about a story's problem, or tell how the character solved the problem.
Animals Are Protected
Teach your class about various animals' protection tools.
Bird Bread
Make bird bread with your class and then observe birds feeding in their natural environment.
Unit Inquiry Project:
Create an Invention
Have children create an invention using recycled materials. They should make and present their invention along with a written explanation of how they made it and what it does.
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Week Two
Mole and Baby Bird
Taking Care of My Pet
Students describe how they would care for a pet.
The Snow-Bird Poetry Pack
In this poetry activity, students attempt to determine the main idea the author wishes to present.
Stellaluna
Read aloud this story about an adorable baby fruit bat who's adopted by a family of birds.
How Do You Feel?
Students explain how they felt at particular points in a story.
Joke Speech
Students prepare a speech that includes a joke.
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ELL and Transition Handbook
The ELL and Transition Handbook provides professional development for the teacher. It contains the latest research and the best practices for meeting the needs of English language learners at all proficiency levels.
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Week Three
Dot and Jabber and the Great Acorn Mystery
The Fruit of the Oak Tree
This science activity focuses on oak trees as a food source.
Measuring Falling Acorns
Use this worksheet to practice measuring with a ruler.
Print the Capital Letter
Students print a capital letter on acorns.
The Water Cycle
This printable contains an illustrated chart of the water cycle.
Categories of Matter
Determine whether objects are solid, liquid, or gas.
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Week Four
Simple Machines
Let's Find Some Simple Machines
Students suggest examples of inclined planes, screws, wheels, pulleys, wedges, and levers.
Machines We Use
Discuss types of simple machines and have students draw their own examples.
Vocabulary: Moving and Working
Introduce your students to vocabulary related to simple machines.
KWL Chart - Moving and Working
This KWL chart is a graphic organizer for recording what students Know, Want to know, and have Learned about moving and working.
Things We Can Move
Students list items that they can move, either by pushing or pulling.
Week Five
Alexander Graham Bell
Science Skill: Making and Using Model Telephones
Partners use a Styrofoam cup and string to make a model telephone.
Telephone Game
Improve your students' listening and memory skills, along with their social skills!
Learn About the Invention of the Light Bulb
Learn how Edison invented the light bulb.
Ingenious Inventors Match
Match major discoveries in science and technology with the scientists and inventors responsible for them.
Ten Important
Sentences Guide
Ten-sentence summaries of each Student Edition selection help struggling readers and English language learners develop comprehension skills.
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Week Six
Ben Franklin and His First Kite
Benjamin Franklin Little Book
Put together a kite-shaped, lift-tab book about Benjamin Franklin's accomplishments.
Gilberto and the Wind
by Marie Hall Ets
Read aloud this story of the many ways Gilberto interacts with the wind.
Things That Use Energy
Students differentiate between electric-powered items and gas-powered items.
How Can You Observe Wind?
Students blow on streamers to observe wind.
March Wind Poetry Pack
Students illustrate a poem while predicting what will happen in each stanza.
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. Weekly on-level ELL Readers provide scaffolded text, supported with lesson plans. The ELL Teaching Guide includes vocabulary strategies and word cards, comprehension lessons, and multilingual selection summaries (English, Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, and Hmong). ELL Posters help students practice tested vocabulary and concepts. Ten Important Sentences are summaries of each Student Edition selection, which help struggling readers and ELL students develop comprehension skills.
