Resource Round-Up: ELA and Science Activities, Room Transformations, and More!

By

Clif Wallace

Looking for new ways to get your students involved in the active learning process? You’ve come to the right place. This week’s Resource Round-Up highlights resources that engage the five senses, keep students moving, and get them interacting with their peers and classroom in new ways.

We’re featuring ELA and Science Activities, Popcorn Five Senses Mini-Units, Glow Day Room Transformations, and so much more!

Keep your students involved and enrich their learning experiences with these resources, half of which are free!

Telling Time to the Hour First Grade Freebie by Oink4PIGTALES	It’s FREE! “This set of telling time task cards is great for any student who needs practice telling time on analog clocks! Before students in 3rd and 4th grade can master elapsed time, they first need to be able to tell time.”
Animals Classification Worksheets and Activities Kindergarten and First Grade by Oink4PIGTALES	“Help students make connections in ELA and science by integrating your content. Everything you need to get started can be found in this resource that includes worksheets for science and reading, illustrated animal cards, and 31 clip tasks for centers or small groups.”
Summer Reading and Writing Activities \| Summer Review Activities FREEBIE by everything just so – Jennifer Martinez	It’s FREE! “This free resource contains a full week of writing activities from my eight-week Summer Reading, Writing, and Maker Review Pack. The interconnected writing activities include a short reading, graphic organizer for collecting ideas, and space for writing a themed piece each day.”
Reading Response Resource Bundle \| Reading Response Cards and Log \| THIRD GRADE by everything just so – Jennifer Martinez	“Assess students’ understanding of independent reading with these editable tools. Provides you with an entire year of NO PREP reading homework and over 300 task cards covering every third grade reading standard for literature and informational text.”
Popcorn! A Five Senses Mini-Unit by A Primary Owl	It’s FREE! “This one day mini-unit is a perfect way to end your study of the Five Senses. It contains a great graphic organizer, an original poem to teach your students about popcorn, and a ‘Three Reasons Why’ writing prompt. I also included a word sort for your pocket chart with adjectives about popcorn.”
“King of the Mountain: Whole Class Multiplication Game” by A Primary Owl	“This fun multiplication game is played like ‘Around the World’ except students compete to see who is King (or Queen!) of the Mountain. Students love this new twist on an old favorite.”
Word Families Short A CVC Onset and Rime Cards by Literacy Lovebug	It’s FREE! “When students work with the onset and rime in word families, they strengthen their phonological awareness. This hands-on and visual activity is perfect to use with your guided reading groups, for intervention or for a literacy center!”
Word Families Onset and Rime Cards BUNDLE by Literacy Lovebug	“Some students need help blending and segmenting words! This resource allows the teacher to focus on this skill using the onset and rime, but also allows the teacher to differentiate easily by providing a wide range of words.”
Paper Airplane Measurement Conversion Activity – Freebie! by Top Floor Teachers	It’s FREE! “This activity is a fun way for students to explore conversions of metric and customary units of length. Get your students’ creativity ‘flying’ as they test out their paper airplane skills while also tackling a necessary math skill!”
Parts of Speech Bootcamp by Top Floor Teachers	“Do your students need a crash course in parts of speech? This unit includes 8 games that cover the main parts of speech. Use these as part of a boot camp transformation, or include each game separately as part of your literacy centers!”
Place Value Breakfast FREEBIE by Thompson’s Teachings – – – Amanda Thompson	It’s FREE! “Your kids will have a blast servin’ up a place value breakfast! Transform the toast, bacon, and eggs into hundreds, tens, and ones to practice place value with a fun new twist.”
GLOW DAY THEME DAY Room Transformation by T Thompson’s Teachings – – – Amanda Thompson	“Make learning magical by completing a room transformation! This pack has everything you need to set up and implement a full day of learning all, while glowing in the dark!”

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