TEKS ELA Standard: 5.12.B

Depth and Complexity Frame Intro: Change

Scrooge went from “Merry Christmas!” to “Bah! Humbug!” and never noticed it happening. Students watch Scrooge’s frame fill with before-and-now pairs, then map their own changes: what they say, what they repeat, what they follow, and what matters most to them.

Insects Made From Plant Clippings

Turbidity currents

Summer Activity Pack

A worksheet pack featuring writing prompts, a summer essay project, a science-based escape room activity, and image analysis prompts.

Two Animals Switch Biomes

What if a capybara and a kangaroo rat switched homes? Would their adaptations be helpful at all?

What If… Long Life?

What would the consequences be if all people lived much, much longer?

Not Like The Others: Types of Volcanoes

Which of these types of volcanoes is not like the others?

Analyze Paragraphs: Baseball

Three paragraphs about baseball. They all cover the same topic — so what makes each one different? Now combine them into one super-paragraph.

Analyze Paragraphs: Cucumbers

Three paragraphs about cucumbers. They all cover the same topic — so what makes each one different? Now combine them into one super-paragraph.

Analyze Paragraphs: Empire State Building

Three paragraphs about the Empire State Building. They all cover the same topic — so what makes each one different? Now combine them into one super-paragraph.

Analyze Paragraphs: Wolverines

Three paragraphs about wolverines. They all cover the same topic — so what makes each one different? Now combine them into one super-paragraph.

The Pros and Cons of Producers and Consumers

Sure, students might know the difference between a producer and a consumer… but have they considered how they feel about each other? What, in a producer’s opinion, are the pros and cons of a consumer?

Holiday vs Holiday (from a Mascot’s Perspective)

Want something to do during the holiday season that is both fun and involves thinking? Get students writing about what a snowman would think about Halloween or what a ghost would think about Thanksgiving.

Create A Creature

Create a new creature based on the adaptations of existing creatures from the same biome.

Writing Clear Directions

Can you write directions so clear that a group of kids can put a toy together with no illustrations?