Students go on a nature walk to match young leaves with mature ones based on shape and patterns. This activity highlights that young plants share the same structural design as their parents.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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'.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A set of beautifully color-coded GLAD (Guided Language Acquisition Design) Here/There chants that introduce students to repeating solar and lunar cycles. Includes classroom-ready anchor chart posters for rotating Earth patterns and changing moon phases.
