Watch your students transform oral language into confident reading and writing while joyfully learning about Arctic animals and their habitat.
Designed for K–5 Project GLAD classrooms with intentional differentiation for Kindergarten, Grades 1–2, and Grades 3–5.
This ready-to-print extension pack helps you teach NGSS-aligned life science through stories, chants, visuals, and writing without starting from scratch. Everything is connected, purposeful, and easy to use with your Project GLAD strategies and routines.
Just print, teach, and trust the process.
✔️ Clear alignment to NGSS Life Science and Common Core reading & writing
✔️ A cohesive 4-week suggested scope (with optional Week 5 writing/publishing)
✔️ True grade-level differentiation (K / 1–2 / 3–5)
✔️ Topic + detail (multiple-details) writing embedded throughout the unit
This extension pack provides a complete learning experience where science content, oral language, reading, and writing are intentionally connected.
Who believes oral language is the bridge to reading and writing and wants students talking, thinking, and writing about real science.
For the teacher who wants instruction to feel intentional, not chaotic… because these resources plug seamlessly into the routines you already use.
This is for teachers who want life science to finally turn into real student writing without worksheets or overwhelm.
This pack became a complete four-week learning arc because teachers deserve something that is gentle, powerful, and trustworthy something you can print, teach, and feel confident using.
This extension pack includes ready-to-print resources designed to work together across four weeks of instruction. Along with your 4-week suggested scope, standards connections, and weekly materials checklist, you get access to…
• 2 Teacher-Made Big Books (ready-to-print)
– Arctic animal texts designed for interactive reading and student confidence
• 1 Narrative Input Chart Story + Pictures
– A memorable story that supports oral retell and topic + detail writing
• 1 Pictorial Input Chart + Learning Log Prompt
– Narwhal chart for vocabulary-rich, concept-building lessons
• 4 Weeks of Learning Targets
– Grade-band targets for K / 1–2 / 3–5
– Includes both content and language objectives
• Picture File Cards
– Ready to use across observation routines, charts, chants, and writing
• Chants for Shared Reading
– Vocabulary-rich chants that plug directly into your 5-day shared reading routines
• Writing Prompts & Learning Logs
– Topic sentence + multiple-details writing options by grade band
Focus Topics: Polar Bear • Narwhal • Arctic Regions
Use this pack as a 4-week GLAD unit, or integrate individual resources into your existing routines.
Bring NGSS life science to life with Arctic animals using Big Books, chants, Picture File Cards, and Narrative & Pictorial Input Charts that turn talk into reading and writing. This ready-to-print extension pack plugs into your existing toolkits and routines and includes a 4-week scope with grade-level versions for K, 1–2, and 3–5, with a focus on topic + detail writing.
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