FREE SCIENCE LESSON - “FREE 2025 3rd Grade NGSS Science Plans | Next Generation Science Standards”

by The Science Penguin
3rd Grade

The 2025 3rd Grade NGSS Planning Guide includes pacing and Science Penguin activity suggestions for forces, magnets, weather and climate, heredity, adaptations, and life cycles.

This document will show you the recommended resources and timeline for your study. Each unit includes all the details for your lessons.

★ This guide is updated for the 2025-2026 school year.

★ This guide accompanies the 3rd Grade NGSS Bundle.

Who is this for?

3rd grade teachers using the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and Science Penguin resources

States

Designed for California, Oregon, Nevada, Washington, Hawaii, New Mexico, Kansas, Arkansas, Illinois, Michigan, Iowa, Kentucky, Washington DC, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine.

Fully covers the standards in Pennsylvania (STEELS), Alabama, South Carolina, and Oklahoma.

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FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON - “Academic Talk Sentence Starters - Academic Conversations”

by Fun To Teach
2nd - 5th Grade

Have you ever been in a situation where you wanted your students, especially your English learners, to have academic conversations, but they just weren’t doing it? I have struggled with teaching academic talk, and I found a few strategies that helped. I designed these ESL sentence frames to help ELLs students involved in classroom discussions.

This list of academic conversation starters covers:

• stating an opinion
• active listening
• clarifying ideas
• respectfully disagreeing

Remember don’t let your English newcomers sit in the corner.  English Language Learners (ELL) can join in on this practice.  Have your ELLs join in by acting out the concept, drawing their understanding of the content, or gesturing.

Want more information? Read the blog posts here!

Looking for grammar games for the 3 Sounds of 'ed'? This might be what you need:

Three Sounds of 'ED' Past Tense Verb Games

You can find all of my resources for English Language Learners that provide engaging, independent practice for your newcomer or beginner level ESL, older ELs, or adults.

ESL ELD Newcomer PACK UNIT 1- The first week!

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ESL ELD Newcomer Unit - Describe Location and Compare

ESL ELD Newcomer Unit - Asking Questions and Sequencing Events - Grammar Unit

More for teaching English grammar

Irregular Past Tense Verb Game

Three Sounds of 'ED' Past Tense Verb Games

Learning Centers Made Simple - Literacy Centers for Reading and Math

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FREE MISC. LESSON - “{FREE!} Strive Stars Printable Inspirational Classroom Decor”

by So Blessed to Be a Teacher
Pre-Kindergarten - 12th Grade

I designed these "Strive Stars" to decorate the bookshelves of my school library. They can be used to make a vibrant display in a media center, classroom, or hallway. Each "Strive Star" page includes a large star with an encouraging message and a small blank star. By printing these black and white stars on colored 8 1/2" by 11" paper, cutting them, laminating them, and hanging them around your space, you can motivate your students and make your classroom space bright and beautiful.

These were designed for the Catholic school where I work, so some of the stars include a positive Christian-themed message, while others include positive messages that would work in any type of school setting.

There are nine large stars in this free sample pack. (You can add 15 more stars to your display by purchasing my Strive Stars Set of 24).

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FREE MISC. LESSON - “Digital Stickers on Google Slides™ for Teachers Giving Back Google™ Work”

by Chuck's Cornucopia
Pre-Kindergarten - 12th Grade

These are some fun, doodle PNG stickers or stamps that can be placed on student work done on Google Slides™. Simply cut and paste the saying and design you would like to attach to completed work, assignments, and assessments.

 

As they are png files, they can be re-sized and turned around to suit your needs.

There are 49 slides of stickers, with each slide containing 2 stickers. The cover picture and thumbnail will give you an idea of what is available.

You have many different colours/colors to choose from. Please email me at chuck@chuckscornucopia.com with any requests for colours/colors or sayings.

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FREE SCIENCE LESSON - “Repurposing Science Test Questions”

by The Teachers Upstairs
6th - 8th Grade

Do I really need to give science practice tests?

The short answer to this is YES!

Better yet, you can use the same test at the end of the year for outgoing students AND at the beginning of the school year for incoming students. We are all about working smarter and not harder. When you develop a Next Generation Science Standards-aligned science practice test, repurpose it throughout the year. We will discuss different strategies to use it as an end-of-the-year review and again as a beginning-of-the-year benchmark...

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FREE MISC. LESSON - “Behavior Clip Chart - Classroom Management - FREE! - Cute Polka Dots”

by Teacher Tools and Time Savers
Pre-Kindergarten - 5th Grade

FREE Clip Chart Behavior Management System - Cute Polka Dots

By Teacher Tools and Time Savers

This is my version of the Oh-So-Popular “Clip Chart Behavior Management System” to match my Polka Dot Theme.

This system is tried and true and works wonders!
I use it in my classroom and LOVE it.

Learn more about this system here Rick Morris' ebook about the Behavior Clip Chart

Directions:
Print and cut apart the cards.

Attach the cards together (so that they make a long chart) on poster paper and laminate for durability.

Write each child’s name on a clothes pin and clip to the chart. Each child starts the day on the green “Ready to Learn” section every day. Good behavior allows them to move up the chart, while poor behavior choices
cause them to move down the chart.

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