Bubble Breathers

A 1st-2nd grade science lesson comparing human and fish respiration. Students will explore how adaptations like lungs and gills help animals survive in their habitats through a video, hands-on floor sorting activity, and guided discussion.

Bubble Breathers

Colville Forest Explorers

An immersive 1st-grade GLAD unit focused on the Colville National Forest ecosystem. Students explore food chains, interdependence, seasonal changes, and local keystone species through visual charts, rhythmic chants, and rewarding literacy achievements.

Chelsea Moore

Sun and Space Experts

A 1st-grade science unit where students work in expert groups to explore Earth, the Moon, Jupiter, and Venus in relation to the Sun. Each group reads specialized text and sketches key observations to build collaborative knowledge.

Courtney McGregor

Venus Expert Group Worksheet

A 1st-grade GLAD style expert group worksheet for Venus. It includes four core categories (Location & Distance, Description, Patterns & Cycles, and Fun Facts) with simple, high-frequency text and blank boxes for student sketching and note-taking.

Courtney McGregor

Spine Squad

A five-day modified animal classification unit focusing on the five main vertebrate groups, designed with extensive visual support, sentence frames, and tracing options for modified learning.

katie_conklin

Ice and Forest Duel

A thrilling comparison lesson focused on polar bears and grizzly bears. Students read a themed comparison passage, complete fact-retrieval questions, and play a write-in bingo review game based on the book 'Who Would Win? Polar Bear vs. Grizzly Bear'.

Lynn Zendano

Jupiter Expert Group Worksheet

A 1st-grade GLAD style expert group worksheet for Jupiter. It includes four core categories (Location & Distance, Description, Patterns & Cycles, and Fun Facts) with simple, high-frequency text and blank boxes for student sketching and note-taking.

Courtney McGregor

Ocean Zone Explorers

An immersive 1st-grade GLAD science and literacy sequence that guides young learners from the sunny surface to the deepest, darkest trenches, using cooperative learning, narrative inputs, and hands-on modeling.

Chelsea Moore

Elephant Island STEM Rescue

An interactive STEM challenge and read-aloud experience based on Leo Timmers' 'Elephant Island'. Students design and build floating island rafts to rescue Arnold and his friends.

Shannon Mueller

Moon Expert Group Worksheet

A 1st-grade GLAD style expert group worksheet for the Moon. It includes four core categories (Location & Distance, Description, Patterns & Cycles, and Fun Facts) with simple, high-frequency text and blank boxes for student sketching and note-taking.

Courtney McGregor

Painted Lady Patrol

A hands-on 2nd-grade science unit where students study the Painted Lady butterfly's anatomy, trace its life cycle, and compile their findings into a guided research report. Includes interactive visual slides, a multi-page student lab book, and a detailed teacher facilitation guide with grading rubrics and answer keys.

Lenny

Earth Expert Group Worksheet

A 1st-grade GLAD style expert group worksheet for Earth. It includes four core categories (Location & Distance, Description, Patterns & Cycles, and Fun Facts) with simple, high-frequency text and blank boxes for student sketching and note-taking.

Courtney McGregor

Sun Pictorial Anchor Chart

A beautifully color-coded GLAD Here/There pictorial input chart anchor chart focusing on the Sun. Features a custom SVG orbit diagram and a grammar color key for scientific vocabulary scaffolding.

Bubble Breathers