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Animal Science Unit | All About Turkeys | Learning about Animals | Turkey teaching resource preview

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Animal Science Unit | All About Turkeys | Learning about Animals | Turkey

Students view real photos and read differentiated nonfiction passages about turkeys, discuss teacher-led discussion questions (e.g. physical characteristics, habitat, behavior), study a vertebrate/invertebrate animal-classification chart, learn the turkey's life cycle, and complete related crafts/hands-on activities…

Includes: 'How to Use This Resource' intro/teacher guide · classroom discussion questions with suggested answers

File: Multiple File Types
Level: Pre-K–2

Animal Science Unit | All About Rabbits | Learning about Animals teaching resource preview

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Animal Science Unit | All About Rabbits | Learning about Animals

Students view real photos and read differentiated nonfiction passages about rabbits, discuss teacher-led discussion questions (e.g. physical characteristics, habitat, behavior), study a vertebrate/invertebrate animal-classification chart, learn the rabbit's life cycle, and complete related crafts/hands-on activities…

Includes: 'How to Use This Resource' intro/teacher guide · classroom discussion questions with suggested answers

File: PDF
Level: Pre-K–2

Teddy Bear Week-Long Lesson Plan Template teaching resource preview

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Teddy Bear Week-Long Lesson Plan Template

A week-long thematic lesson-plan template/organizer for a preschool/kindergarten 'Bears' unit, laying out activities across each day and each learning center.

Includes: a 5-day x multi-center weekly planning grid (Circle Time, Movement, Art, Science, Language/Literacy, Dramatic Play, Math…

File: Microsoft Word
Level: Pre-K–K

Animal Science Unit | All About Lions | Learning about Animals | Lion teaching resource preview

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Animal Science Unit | All About Lions | Learning about Animals | Lion

Students view real photos and read differentiated nonfiction passages about lions, discuss teacher-led discussion questions (e.g. physical characteristics, habitat, behavior), study a vertebrate/invertebrate animal-classification chart, learn the lion's life cycle, and complete related crafts/hands-on activities (e.g.…

Includes: 'How to Use This Resource' intro/teacher guide · classroom discussion questions with suggested answers

File: PDF
Level: Pre-K–2

Meet Clifford! Week-Long Lesson Plan Template teaching resource preview

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Meet Clifford! Week-Long Lesson Plan Template

Participate in daily Clifford-themed activities across centers: circle time songs, movement games, art projects (e.g. paint a bone shape, dog tag collage), science (color/dog facts), literacy (letter recognition, sequencing, story writing), dramatic play, math (counting, sequencing), and construction (building a…

Includes: week-long grid template (Monday-Friday) with rows for Circle Time, Movement, Art, Science, Language/Literacy, Dramatic Play, Math…

Editable

File: Microsoft Word
Level: Pre-K–K

Rhino Unit Study (Endangered Animals Lesson Plan, Videos, Activities) teaching resource preview

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Rhino Unit Study (Endangered Animals Lesson Plan, Videos, Activities)

Watch daily videos, read short articles, complete a KWL chart and video-notes worksheets, fill in graphic organizers (life cycle, 'can/have/are', investigation charts), do drawing/coloring activities, assemble interactive notebook pieces, and complete a culminating poster/lapbook/interactive-notebook project about the…

Includes: 5-day lesson plan schedule with linked videos · KWL worksheet

File: PDF
Level: 1–3

Rainbows Curriculum Pack teaching resource preview

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Rainbows Curriculum Pack

Students participate in teacher-led activities across the week: sensory table color-sorting, art projects (scratch art, yarn rainbows, rainbow crayons), circle-time discussions about weather and rainbows, math activities (raindrop counting, estimation jar, cloud subtraction), science experiments (prism exploration…

Includes: curriculum goal and vocabulary list · letter/color of the week suggestion (Letter R)

File: PDF
Level: Pre-K–K

Space Camp Curriculum Pack teaching resource preview

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Space Camp Curriculum Pack

Participate in teacher-led thematic activities: sensory table exploration, art projects (e.g. painted 'moonrocks', galaxy jar, spray-bottle solar system), circle-time discussions, math activities (planet counting/sequencing, star counting, weighing 'moonrocks'), science experiments (gravity experiments, Alka-Seltzer…

Includes: vocabulary list (planets, universe, astronomer, rocket, atmosphere, gravity, outer space, Milky Way, astronaut, galaxy, orbit, rotate… · core concept explanations (solar system, sun as a star, day/night, astronauts, gravity)

File: PDF
Level: Pre-K–K

Wright Brothers: History - Hands On teaching resource preview

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Wright Brothers: History - Hands On

Read narrative chapters on the history of flight (mythology, balloons, gliders/kites) and the Wright brothers' lives and achievements (bicycle shop, Kitty Hawk experiments, first flyer, later fame); participate in discussions and hands-on experiments (e.g., balloon experiments, kite flying); build craft/model projects…

Includes: Resources list (books, videos, websites) · A Dream to Fly/Balloons reading passage + balloon experiments

File: PDF
Level: 1–4

Penguin Pals Curriculum Pack teaching resource preview

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Penguin Pals Curriculum Pack

Children discuss and learn vocabulary about penguins, participate in art/craft projects, sensory table play, cooking activity, counting and math activities, movement games, and science demonstrations related to penguins and cold-weather adaptation.

Includes: vocabulary list · concept notes for teacher

File: PDF
Level: Pre-K–K

Snowy Owl Unit Study (Arctic Animals Lesson Plan, Videos, Activities) teaching resource preview

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Snowy Owl Unit Study (Arctic Animals Lesson Plan, Videos, Activities)

Watch suggested videos, read suggested texts, complete KWL charts, video-notes sheets, life-cycle diagrams, investigation worksheets, coloring pages, and a culminating poster/lapbook/interactive-notebook project.

Includes: 5-day lesson plan grid · KWL worksheet

File: PDF
Level: 1–3

Groundhog Day Curriculum Pack teaching resource preview

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Groundhog Day Curriculum Pack

Students participate in teacher-led activities across the classroom day: sensory table burrow play, art projects (shadow tracing, silhouettes, groundhog crafts), circle/community time discussions, counting and graphing math activities, science experiments with shadows and flashlights, dramatic play with shadow…

Includes: stated curriculum goal and vocabulary list · letter/color of the week

File: PDF
Level: Pre-K–K

Transportation Week-Long Lesson Plan Template teaching resource preview

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Transportation Week-Long Lesson Plan Template

Participate in the day's rotation of teacher-led circle-time discussion questions, movement games, art projects, science experiments, literacy activities, dramatic play, math activities, construction play, and enrichment activities, all themed to transportation.

Includes: Monday-Friday grid organized by daily theme (getting from place to place; things with wheels; things starting with 'T'; land/air/sea… · Circle Time discussion questions/activities per day

Editable

File: Microsoft Word
Level: Pre-K–K

Community Helpers Curriculum Pack teaching resource preview

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Community Helpers Curriculum Pack

Participate in teacher-led activities across learning centers: art projects (career-themed collages, tool-outline tracing, vests, puppets), sensory-table and dramatic-play exploration, circle-time discussions (one guiding question per weekday), math activities (coin matching, pretend-store counting, career graphing)…

Includes: Vocabulary list · Letter/color-of-the-week focus

File: PDF
Level: Pre-K–K

Under the Big Top Curriculum Pack teaching resource preview

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Under the Big Top Curriculum Pack

Participate in teacher-led activities: learn circus vocabulary and concepts, complete art/craft projects (e.g., paper-plate clown, shape elephant, handprint zoo animal), do simple counting/matching math games (banana/monkey counting, peanut estimation), engage in movement games (Elephant Walk, balance-beam…

Includes: Curriculum goal, vocabulary list, letter/color of the week, and concepts section · Sensory table ideas

File: PDF
Level: Pre-K–K

Under the Sea Curriculum Pack teaching resource preview

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Under the Sea Curriculum Pack

Participate in teacher-led activities: learn ocean-related vocabulary and concepts, complete art/craft projects (e.g., handprint octopus, tissue-paper scale fish, sand art), simple counting/matching math games (magnet fishing, goldfish-bowl counting), science exploration (salt vs. fresh water, oil-and-fish…

Includes: Curriculum goal, vocabulary list, letter/color of the week, and concepts section · Sensory table ideas

File: PDF
Level: Pre-K–K

Butterflies Curriculum Pack teaching resource preview

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Butterflies Curriculum Pack

Participate in teacher-led activities drawn from the guide: sensory table exploration, art projects (e.g. handprint/thumbprint butterflies, coffee-filter butterflies, paint-blot butterflies, pipecleaner butterflies), cooking activities (e.g. grape caterpillars, butterfly sandwiches, pretzel butterflies), circle-time…

Includes: curriculum goal and vocabulary list (butterfly, wings, cocoon, insect, nectar, metamorphosis, moth, larvae, antenna, eggs… · life-cycle concept explanation (egg to caterpillar to cocoon to butterfly)

File: PDF
Level: Pre-K–K

All About Me Curriculum Pack teaching resource preview

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All About Me Curriculum Pack

Students participate in teacher-led activities across centers: sensory exploration of skin tones, art projects (self-portraits, fingerprint art, footprint art, family trees, personal shields), cooking, circle-time discussion and dictation, math activities (measuring/weighing/comparing height, counting body parts)…

Includes: curriculum goal and vocabulary list · letter/colors of the week

File: PDF
Level: Pre-K–K

Jungle Love Curriculum Pack teaching resource preview

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Jungle Love Curriculum Pack

Children participate in teacher-led activities across the day: sensory table play, art projects (leis, grass skirts, coconut rubbings, camouflage vests, handprint animals, etc.), circle-time discussions, math activities (banana/monkey counting, sorting animal crackers), movement games (Limbo, Monkey in the Middle…

Includes: curriculum goal and vocabulary list (jungle, luau, hula, tropical, humid, island, natives, rainforest, camouflage, interdependent) · core concepts about jungle/rainforest habitat

File: PDF
Level: Pre-K–K

Discovering Dinosaurs Curriculum Pack teaching resource preview

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Discovering Dinosaurs Curriculum Pack

Participate in teacher-led center and whole-group activities: sensory-table dinosaur digs, art projects (dinosaur tracks, fossils, dioramas, paper-mache eggs, stencils), math activities (counting, classification, patterning, estimation), circle-time discussions, movement/outdoor games (Dinosaur Tag, Dinosaur Hide and…

Includes: Vocabulary list (Prehistoric, Dinosaurs, Carnivorous, Stegosaurus, T-Rex, Brachiosaurus, Herbivore, Brontosaurus, Pterodactyl… · Letter/color of the week (D; green and brown)

File: PDF
Level: Pre-K–K

Zoo Curriculum Pack teaching resource preview

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Zoo Curriculum Pack

Students participate in teacher-led activities drawn from the guide: e.g., color/craft zoo animals, count and sort animal crackers or plastic animals, act out animal movements, discuss zoo/zookeeper concepts in circle time, and complete art projects (e.g., paper-plate lion, zebra marble painting, elephant skin…

Includes: curriculum goal and vocabulary list · sensory table ideas

File: PDF
Level: Pre-K–K

Things That Go Curriculum Pack teaching resource preview

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Things That Go Curriculum Pack

Young learners participate in teacher-led thematic activities: art projects (car collages, wheel prints, transportation crafts), math activities (car counting/matching, wheel-counting charts), science experiments (sink/float tests, ramp-angle races), dramatic play (vacation/train-station prop boxes), movement games…

Includes: curriculum goal and vocabulary list · art activity ideas

File: PDF
Level: Pre-K–K

The Great Outdoors Curriculum Pack teaching resource preview

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The Great Outdoors Curriculum Pack

Participate in teacher-led activities such as sensory table exploration, nature-themed art projects (leaf prints, campfire crafts, rock painting), cooking/snack activities (trail mix, s'mores), math games (counting with nature items, number matching), circle-time discussions about the woods/camping, science…

Includes: curriculum goal statement · vocabulary list

File: PDF
Level: Pre-K–K

Popcorn Fun Curriculum Pack teaching resource preview

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Popcorn Fun Curriculum Pack

Participate in sensory table exploration, popcorn-themed art projects (painting, collage, printmaking), a cooking experience (making popcorn), daily circle-time discussions, and math activities (counting, estimating, weighing, measuring, comparing volume/density) built around a popcorn theme.

Includes: curriculum goal, vocabulary, letter/color of the week, and concept overview · sensory table ideas

File: PDF
Level: Pre-K–K