Kindness Counts

 

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What better month to promote kindness than February.

This interactive Google slide resource is ideal for reviewing with your class ways to be kind.

It promotes these ways to be kind:

respect, care, share, help others

It also includes information on the key three C words:

compliment, cooperate and considerate

Activities include click and drag sorts as well as typing responses.

There are pictures and written examples.

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This resource is filled with activities that promote...KINDNESS COUNTS!

It covers these aspects of kindness: respect, sharing, helping others, caring

The craft includes a boy and girl Kindness Heroes

They connect to writing about how to be a Kindness Hero

This is followed by an activity for teachers to CATCH students being kind. (color and black and white)

There is an anchor chart with a definition of Kindness

Vocabulary Cards are colorful and perfect for posting.

Literature and Activities include:

Mean Jean (bully)

Bear Feels Sick (caring)

Chrysanthemum (name calling/respect)

It's Mine (sharing)

Activities include:

I can care

Things to share

Ways to care connecting to parents

Three ways to help others

Definitions...cooperation, consideration, compliment, smile

Cut and Paste...friend/bully

Make words...friendship

Abc Order

I think your classroom will be a happier place!!

NGSS...Exploring Light and Sound Waves

 

Students will enjoy developing an understanding of core ideas through experimentation, reflection, and vocabulary study. Although this resource is designed to meet the 1st Grade Next Generation Science Standards it would also be appropriate for other grade levels.

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Student Activity Book Cover

Parent Letter...sharing what students will be covering and how they can help

Informational Text...Easy text explaining the topics

Vocabulary Cards for Posting

Poster with Core Ideas

Posters: Translucent, Transparent, Opaque, Illuminate, Vibrate, Pitch, Volume, Shadow, Communication

ABC Order

Word Search

Syllables

Light Sort

Light ...natural/artificial

Imagine this...experiment with darkness

Illumination activity

Illumination List

Poster...translucent/transparent/opaque

Experiment with degrees of light

Magnifying glass for adding foil, wax paper, clear 

Flashlight Predictions

Reflections

Shadows Activity

Mini Interactive Book on Shadows

Mirror Experiment

Sound Sort

Sound List

Make a Kazoo Experiment

Reflection

Good Vibrations...Rubber Band Band

Reflection

Musical Vibrations...Ruler

Reflection

Think it Through

Mini Book on Volume and Pitch

How We Communicate

Communication Hands On

Also available is this resource with Google Slides.

Again the core ideas are covered and opportunities for students to show they understand the concepts are provided.

Slide One:  Core Ideas

Slide Two:   Investigating Light/Informational Text

Slide Three:  Illuminate/Sort

Slide Four: Objects can Block Light/Informational Text

Slide Five:  Sort into Translucent, Transparent and Opaque

Slide Six:  Understanding shadows.

Slide Seven:  Exploring Sound/Informational Text

Slide Eight:  Poem about sound.

Slide Nine:  Volume/Sort

Slide Ten:  Pitch/Sort

Slide Eleven: Ways we communicate.

Perfect for distance learning or the computer center.

Slides can also be used to teach.

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NGSS Exploring Space: Patterns and Cycles

 

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Let's explore...SPACE!

This resource was written to meet the 1st Grade Next Generation Science Standards Online BUT it is perfect for the exploration of patterns and cycles in space for everyone.

The Google Slides are ideal for distance learning or a computer center.

They are a tremendous teaching tool.

Slide One:  What is Space?/Informational Text/Graphic Organizer for noting key details.

Slide Two:  The Day and Night Sky/Informational Text/What do you do during the day and night?/ Click and drag items into the correct box(night/day)

Slide Three:  Positions of the Sun/ Sunrise, Noon, Sunset

Slide Four:  What do you do during those times of day?

Slide Five:  Why do we have seasons?/Informational Text

Slide Six:  Click and drag text, picture and write about each season.

Slide Seven:  The Moon/Informational Text

Slide Eight: Phases of the moon/Click and Drag

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Let's explore...SPACE!

This packet was written to meet the 1st Grade Next Generation Science Standards BUT it is perfect for the exploration of patterns and cycles in space for everyone.

In the packet:

Suggested Reading

Standards Poster

Poster for each standard

Informational Text...

Exploring Space Poster

Mini Book Exploring Space

Vocabulary for posting

Day and Night Skies...Cut and Paste

Day and Night Sky Sort

Positions of the Sun

What do you do when...

Drawing the positions of the sun

Rotations and Orbit Poster

Craft

The reason for seasons sort

Informational Text

The Globe and the Earth's Axis

Writing about Seasons

Class Book

Phases of the moon

Parent letter explaining exploration

Label the phases of the moon

Project for observing and drawing phases of the moon

Also fun....more about space and astronauts.

Take a look at Sally Ride and Neil Armstrong.