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  • Go to Changes I Can See! unit plan

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    Changes I Can See!

    This Earth and Space Sciences unit explores how and why observable changes occur in the sky and landscape, and develops students' ability to describe these changes in their local environment.

    1 page Grade K - 1
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    Push and Pull Unit Plan

    This Force, Motion, & Energy science unit investigates contact and non-contact forces. Demonstrations and experimental procedures are explored with particular attention given to the scientific method.

    1 page Grade 2 - 5 Has Starter Sheet
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    Facts of the Matter

    This Properties of Matter unit explores the concept that solids, liquids, and gases have different observable properties and behave in different ways.

    1 page Grade 3 - 5 Has Starter Sheet
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    Material World Unit Plan

    This Chemical Sciences unit investigates natural and processed materials. Demonstrations and experimental procedures are explored with particular attention given to the scientific method.

    1 page Grade 4 Has Starter Sheet
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    Properties of Materials Unit Plan

    This Matter and Energy unit investigates the observable properties of materials. Descriptive vocabulary is explored as well as the suitability of materials for different purposes.

    1 page Grade 1 Has Starter Sheet
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    Exploring Types of Verbs Unit Plan

    This English Language Arts unit explores several types of verbs including action, helping, linking, irregular, simple tense, and perfect tense verbs. This unit is intended for upper-elementary students that have some prior knowledge of action verbs.

    1 page Grade 3 - 5 Has Starter Sheet
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    Exploring Procedural Texts Unit Plan

    This English Language Arts unit has been designed to introduce procedural texts to younger students. It addresses the purpose, structure and language features of instructions and recipes.

    1 page Grade 1 - 2 Has Starter Sheet
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    Our Place in Space - Unit Plan

    This Earth and Space Sciences unit explores the concept that Earth is part of a system of planets orbiting around a star (the sun).

    1 page Grade 5 Has Starter Sheet
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    Developing Procedural Writing Skills Unit Plan - Year 3 and Year 4

    This English unit addresses the purpose, structure and language features of the procedure text type.

    1 page Grade 3 - 4 Has Starter Sheet
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    It's Electric! Unit Plan

    This Physical Sciences unit addresses the principles of electricity. It explores what electricity is, how it is transferred and how energy is transformed to create it.

    1 page Grade 5 - 6 Has Starter Sheet
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    Learning Time! Unit Plan

    This Mathematics unit addresses the concept of time for young learners. It focuses on the days of the week, connecting familiar events to particular days, and sequencing events in time order.

    7 pages Grade PK - 1 Has Starter Sheet
  • Go to Light Fantastic Unit Plan unit plan

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    Light Fantastic Unit Plan

    This Physical Sciences unit addresses the properties of light. It explores the phenomena of reflection, refraction, shadow and more.

    1 page Grade 5 Has Starter Sheet
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    The Heat is On Unit Plan

    This science unit addresses the concept of heat energy, including heat sources, heat transfer, thermal conductors, and thermal insulators.

    1 page Grade 6 Has Starter Sheet
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    Growth and Change Unit Plan

    This Biological Sciences unit explores how living things grow and change. Animal offspring (including humans) are compared with their parents and plants are grown from seed in order to observe change over a period of weeks.

    1 page Grade 2 Has Starter Sheet
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    Living Things and Their External Features Unit Plan

    This Biological Sciences unit covers a range of concepts relating to living things, such as their external features and the places in which their needs are met.

    1 page Grade 1 Has Starter Sheet
  • Go to Light and Sound Unit Plan unit plan

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    Light and Sound Unit Plan

    This Physical Sciences unit addresses the concepts of light and sound and how they are sensed.

    1 page Grade 1 Has Starter Sheet
  • Go to Measuring Capacity with Informal Units unit plan

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    Measuring Capacity with Informal Units

    This mathematics unit addresses the concept of measuring, comparing, and ordering capacity using informal units.

    11 pages Grade K Has Starter Sheet
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    Measuring Volume with Informal Units Unit Plan

    This Mathematics unit addresses the concept of measuring, comparing and ordering volume using informal units.

    1 page Grade 5 Has Starter Sheet
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    Measuring Area with Informal Units - Unit Plan

    This mathematics unit addresses the concept of measuring, comparing, and ordering area using informal units.

    1 page Grade 2 Has Starter Sheet
  • Go to Measuring Mass with Informal Units Unit Plan unit plan

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    Measuring Mass with Informal Units Unit Plan

    This mathematics unit addresses the concept of measuring, comparing, and ordering mass using informal units.

    10 pages Grade PK - K Has Starter Sheet
  • Go to Measuring Length with Informal Units - Unit Plan unit plan

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    Measuring Length with Informal Units - Unit Plan

    This Mathematics unit addresses the concept of measuring, comparing and ordering length using informal units.

    1 page Grade K - 1 Has Starter Sheet
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    Applying Reading Comprehension Strategies Unit Plan

    This reading unit is designed to explicitly teach the reading comprehension strategies of activating prior knowledge, making connections, questioning, monitoring, predicting, inferring, visualizing, and summarizing to elementary students, with a focus on literary texts.

    1 page Grade 2 - 6 Has Starter Sheet
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    Exploring Poetry - Year 3 and Year 4 Unit Plan

    This English unit addresses common poetic devices such as sound play, word play and imagery and explores how these may be applied to narrative poetry.

    1 page Grade 3 - 4 Has Starter Sheet
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    Understanding Time - Unit Plan

    This Mathematics unit addresses telling time to the minute, the relationship between units of time, converting between units of time, and using 'am' and 'pm' notation to solve simple time problems.

    1 page Grade 2 - 3 Has Starter Sheet
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    Let's Build a Sentence Unit Plan

    This English unit has been designed to introduce the key components of simple and compound sentences to younger students; specifically, capital letters and punctuation; verbs, nouns, adjectives, and conjunctions.

    1 page Grade 1 - 3 Has Starter Sheet
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    Sustaining Our World Unit Plan

    This science unit addresses concepts surrounding the sustainable use and management of natural resources.

    1 page Grade Has Starter Sheet
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    The Importance of Environments Unit Plan

    This Science unit addresses the importance of ecosystems to plants and animals and the ways in which they can be protected.

    1 page Grade 3 - 5 Has Starter Sheet
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    Bullying and Resilience

    This Personal, Social and Community Health unit introduces five resilience strategies to help students deal positively and effectively with bullying.

    1 page Grade 3 - 4 Has Starter Sheet
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    Introduction to Historical Recounts Unit Plan

    This English unit has been designed to introduce the historical recount text type to older students; specifically, the purpose, structure and language features of factual historical recounts.

    1 page Grade 5 - 6 Has Starter Sheet
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    Introduction to Personal Recounts Unit Plan

    This writing unit has been designed to introduce the recount text type to younger students; specifically, the purpose, structure, and language features of personal recounts.

    1 page Grade 1 - 2 Has Starter Sheet