Educational Resources


 

The Nocturnals Next Generation Science Guides  

The Nocturnals Science Guides contain STEM lessons and activities that are aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards for 2nd-5th grade classrooms.

 
The Educator’s Science Guide for The Nocturnals: Mysterious Abductions includes middle grade activities such as animal activity cards and early reader interactive read aloud such as compare and contrast venn diagrams.

Middle Grade Activities Include:
  • Investigative Animal Research
  • Animal Activity Cards
  • Investigate Poaching
  • Interview with a Tuatara
  • Nesting Sanctuary Lab
  • Make a Model of a Volcano
  • Ring of Fire Activity
  • Identify Lemurs with a Dichotomous Key
  • Woylie Sound Lab
Early Reader interactive Read Aloud Includes: 
  • Classroom Discussion Questions
  • Listen & Learn (SEL Connection)
  • Stop & Jot in Science Notebooks
  • STEM-Word Wall
  • Animal Feature & Function Table
  • Compare and Contrast Venn Diagram

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The Educator’s Science Guide for The Nocturnals: Mysterious Abductions includes middle grade activities such as animal activity cards and early reader interactive read aloud such as compare and contrast venn diagrams. The Mysterious Abductions
 
 The Educator’s Science Guide for The Nocturnals: The Ominous Eye includes Next Generation Science Standards Alignments and Activities such as laboratory investigations and a volcano model tutorial. The Ominous Eye
 
The Educator’s Science Guide for The Nocturnals: The Fallen Star includes Next Generation Science Standards Alignments and Activities such as a crater model tutorial and an investigation of sound waves. The Fallen Star
 
The Educator’s Science Guide for The Nocturnals: The Hidden Kingdom includes Next Generation Science Standards Alignments and Activities such as a tongue twister exercise and a hydrogel investigation. The Hidden Kingdom

The Educator’s Science Guide for the Nonfiction Interactive Read-Aloud includes engagement strategies and printable activities such as a word wall.Early Reader Nonfiction Interactive Science
Read Aloud


 



Common Core Language Arts Guides

The Nocturnals Language Arts Guides contain lessons and activities that are aligned to the Language Arts Common Core Standards for 2nd-5th grade classrooms.

 
The Educator’s Common Core Language Arts Guide for The Nocturnals: Mysterious Abductions includes middle grade activities such as classroom discussion questions and a printable curriculum connection activity sheet.
Middle Grade Activities Include:
  • Classroom Discussion Questions
  • Vocabulary / Use of Language
  • Write a Rap for Bismark
  • Write a NocHoc Cheer
  • Wish Upon a Star Reading Connections
  • Acrostic Poem
Early Reader Activities Includes: 
  • Classroom Discussion Questions
  • Challenge Words
  • Problem Solving Graphic Organizer
  • Compare and Contrast Venn Diagram
  • Story and Character Map
 
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The Educator’s Common Core Language Arts Guide for The Nocturnals: Mysterious Abductions includes middle grade activities such as classroom discussion questions and a printable curriculum connection activity sheet. The Mysterious Abductions
 
The Educator’s Common Core Language Arts Guide for The Nocturnals: The Ominous Eye includes middle grade activities such as classroom discussion questions and a printable word search. The Ominous Eye
 
The Educator’s Common Core Language Arts Guide for The Nocturnals: The Fallen Star includes middle grade activities such as classroom discussion questions and a printable Wish Upon the Fallen Star writing activity. The Fallen Star
 
The Educator’s Common Core Language Arts Guide for The Nocturnals: The Hidden Kingdom includes middle grade activities such as classroom discussion questions and a printable acrostic poem writing activity. The Hidden Kingdom
The Grow & Read Early Reader Educator Guide includes program benefits, pre-reading and listening activities, and printable worksheets. Early Reader Educator Guide


 

 


Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Guide

The Nocturnals SEL features three books from the Grow & Read early reader series: The Tasty Treat, The Slithery Shakedown, and The Chestnut Challenge. This guide has three phases of instruction to engage students in a comprehensive understanding of a specific SEL theme.

The Social Emotional Learning guide features three books from The Nocturnals Grow & Read series and includes activities perfect for early readers around the themes of kindness, courage, and honesty.
SEL Themes Include:
  • Kindness
  • Courage
  • Honesty

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