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Social studies Common Core 2.MD.D.10 activities
Freedom Quilts - MINI UNIT
This freedom quilts mini unit is the perfect addition to your social studies curriculum with 4 different math connections!
This freedom quilts mini unit includes information pages to give students background knowledge on the underground railroad and the use of freedom quilts, printable of quilt patterns, and 4 different math connection printables. There are also book ideas to read aloud to your class on the topic!
The following are included in this product:
- 16 information pages (these can be
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1st - 4th
Kindergarten 1st 2nd Grade MATH SCIENCE SOCIAL STUDIES Boom Cards™ Mega BUNDLE
⚠️Purchase this GROWING BUNDLE and save over 66% off!⚠️ ️These Kindergarten, 1st grade, and 2nd grade MATH, SCIENCE, and SOCIAL STUDIES Boom Cards™ were made to make reviewing concepts engaging and fun for young students. This bundle includes currently includes 29 sets of science Boom Cards™, 46 sets of math Boom Cards, 25 sets of Social Studies Boom Cards™ and more! These were made with primary students in mind, but you can adapt it to your lessons to review the skills with third graders. So
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1st - 6th
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NGSS:
K-PS3-1
, K-LS1-1
, K-ESS3-3
, K-PS2-1
BUBBLE GUM - Integrated Mini Unit with Reading, Writing, Math, Science, and Art
FAMOUS INVENTIONS - BUBBLE GUMInspired by Meghan McCarthy's narrative nonfiction picture book POP! THE INVENTION OF BUBBLE GUM, this cross-curricular mini-unit is a really fun way to celebrate the famous treat invented by Walter Diemer, a candy company accountant who became an accidental inventor. The unit is designed to take 1-2 days to complete and includes a variety of engaging, hands-on lessons covering multiple subjects. It is perfect for:A Unit on Inventors or Famous InventionsA Genre Stud
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1st - 2nd
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NGSS:
2-PS1-4
, 2-PS1-1
Vote | Mock Election | Classroom Voting | Voting Activities
Are you teaching about Voting or Election Day? With this hands-on voting activity your students will experience voting and counting the results. This will give your young learners a great understanding of how voting works! This classroom voting resource is EDITABLE! Your class can vote for anything that is relevant to your students and curriculum. Have your students vote for their favorite book character, the most fun recess activity, favorite subject, what to name the class pet, the possibilit
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1st - 2nd
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Long Ago and Today Project Based Learning Unit
In this Long Ago and Today Project Based Learning Social Studies unit, students learn about GENERATIONS in the PAST by INTERVIEWING their ancestors, hearing from other people who lived long ago, learning about toys and games from the past, and COMPARING them to life now. Our current generation has lost touch with the past generation and this unit is a great opportunity to connect both all while learning about the past, reading, writing, and doing a little math. This is not a unit of worksheets,
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1st - 2nd
Christopher Columbus Integrated Literacy, Math, and Social Studies Activities
Want to have fun teaching about Christopher Columbus while also teaching literacy, math and social studies standards? Then, this activity pack is for you! Using these resources you can integrate math concepts such as ordinal numbers, position words, tallying, counting, and graphing with literacy concepts like story elements, summarizing, researching and fact finding. I’ve also integrated map skills. Students can learn about the contributions of Columbus while also learning about cardinal dir
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PreK - 2nd
If the World Were a Village... Booklet
This booklet was created as a companion to the book If the World Were a Village by David J. Smith. The booklet has a graph that the students complete for each page of the book. This helps students visualize and internalized that data presented. The concluding activity is personalized way of bringing their new learning about our world home. Print pages front to back.
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1st - 4th
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Learning About the United States - USA Activities, Centers, and Learning Games
Learning about our country can be fun, and can practice other important skills as well. These activities are great for any patriotic holiday: Constitution Day, Election Day, Veterans Day, Presidents Day, Memorial Day, Flag Day, or Independence Day. These activities also work well any time of year you want the children to learn more about their country. Why use this resource? People need novelty to keep life interesting. They can be taught about their country with lectures and "busy work," or the
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2nd - 3rd
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EDITABLE Class Money System BUNDLE! Economics/Money/Math/Behavior Management
This class economy bundle includes tools you can use in your classroom to manage behavior and anchor discussions about social studies and economics. It is ALL EDITABLE, so you can adjust it if needed to make it perfect for your specific classroom!
Includes:
*** 32 individual reward coupons
*** 4 class reward coupons
*** 4 posters for visible learning/teaching
*** Job Descriptions Page
*** Job Application Template
*** Student Shopping Menu Page
*** Behavior Tracking Sheets
*** Paycheck Templa
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K - 5th
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Class Voting Activity
Aligned to Grade 1 Math CCSS 1.MD.C.4, 2.MD.D.10 (and loosely to K.MD.B.3 & 3.MD.B.4) this class activity gives students a chance to practice voting and graphing their class data. The template gives teachers the option to make the activity about any topic of interest, ranging from mock presidential voting to simply voting on the students' favorite animal.Included:- Data reflection sheets w/ empty graph and lines (2 options) - Voter registration cards (2 options) - Voting ballots (editable)-
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K - 3rd
Girl Scout Cookies Graphing Activity
Want an engaging way to introduce Juliette Gordon Low to your second graders that also involves EATING some yummy girl scout cookies? If so, be sure to check out this activity! My second graders LOVE doing this activity each year. Shhhh....don't tell them, but I do too! :)This activity will take your students through 4 steps...Step 1- Taste Testing Different CookiesStep 2- Collecting Data from Classmates by using Tally MarksStep 3- Graphing Data into a Bar GraphStep 4- Analyzing Data by using Ba
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2nd - 3rd
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Checking Out Communities - Projects & PBL
Driving Question:What can you do in urban, suburban, and rural communities?Description:In this project, students are given the opportunity to learn about and then share their knowledge of urban, suburban, and rural communities with individuals who are new to the state. Students demonstrate application through the creation of a map, graph, and activity posters. Throughout this process, students make comparisons between the different communities in terms of population, space, land use, and transpo
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1st - 2nd
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Thanksgiving Activity Pack
Looking for a fun and easy way to incorporate facts and information about Thanksgiving into your instruction? Well this activity pack contains 15 different activities focused on Thanksgiving and there is NO PREP involved! The activities include: word scrambles, making words, odd and even numbers, adding and subtracting, an acrostic poem, story problems, data analysis, coloring, writing, a reading passage and corresponding questions, read and draw, word search and bookmarks.
This can be used
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1st - 4th
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Japanese Kokeshi Bar Graphing
Kokeshi are wooden dolls that have been made in Japan for over 200 years. This independent math center provides students with valuable practice making bar graphs while introducing them to Japanese culture. The center includes student and teacher directions, graphing and sorting mats, Kokeshi pictures to sort, and a worksheet and answer key. File contains two centers: one in color, and one black-and white.
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1st - 3rd
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Columbus: An Integrated Literature Unit Aligned with CCSS
Christopher Columbus was an explorer every child should know. Here is an integrated literature unit that is aligned with the common core state standards and highlights reading literature, math, history, geography, writing, and language skills. This unit can be used independently or along with Who Was Christopher Columbus? by Bonnie Bader.
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Duck for President- Teaching about Voting!
Great lesson to work on voting, team work, graphing, writing and reading.
Enjoy a fun afternoon with you class as you teach them some great skills as learners, and teammates.
Fun for Election Day, Presidents Day or any day!
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K - 2nd
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FREE Classroom Election: Duck or Dubs for President
Have a classroom election for Duck or Dubs for President! Students will go through multiple stages of a mock election. This activity includes components of reading, persuasive writing, and graphing.
Materials included:
-Weekly plan
-Brainstorm sheet to compare Duck and Dubs
-Campaign poster template
-Persuasive writing template
-Voter registration card
-Electoral ballots
-Voting results analysis sheet
Books needed:
-"Duck for President" by Doreen Cronin
-"Dubs Runs for President" by Dick Morr
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Grades:
1st - 2nd
All About Voting and Election
Students will enjoy this All about voting and elections activity. Students will learn about what the President's job is all about, how voting works, about our flag and Inauguration Day. Students will have writing activities, drag and drop questions, graphing and coloring activities,
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1st - 3rd
President's Day Packet 4 pg- Word search, Bookmarks, Pictograph, Coloring Page
Students will be engaged and learn more about the past presidents with this President's day 4 page packet. Activities include an intermediate word search, informational bookmarks that includes facts about 4 different presidents (students can color and cut to use throughout the year), pictograph displaying data about presidential pets, and a coloring page for students to enjoy. *USA map drawing is not drawn to scale *All products are drawn exclusively by hand and uniquely created with students in
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2nd - 5th
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Birthday Glyph
Glyphs are a fun way to gather data and graph. The Birthday Glyph lesson can be used at the beginning of the school year to get to know students. The birthday cupcakes can be displayed all year as a birthday graph. TEKS and Common Core standards are included in the lesson plan.
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K - 2nd
Winter Olympics Data Journal
This Journal is for use to keep track through tally marks and a bar graph of how many medals (gold, silver, and bronze) each country receives.
You can use this every day to update the students with the new medal counts and the class will make tally marks next to the country that received gold, silver, and bronze. Students will then graph for either the countries given for gold, bronze, silver and/or they can graph for countries that they choose.
This can be done whole group, small group, o
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K - 3rd
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Chicken Fresh Eggs Daily Math Packet
This product can be used week by week or as whole two month packet. This packet allows for real life application and allows your child to apply math skills to real life in a variety of math skills.
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2nd - 4th
NGSS:
2-LS4-1
Classroom Rules Pictograph
A simple pictograph for beginners! Integrated with social studies for rules and laws! Could be used for grades 1 - 3.
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1st - 3rd
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- Evaluate information, analyze evidence, and make informed judgments about complex social, economic, and political issues
- Become active, responsible, and engaged citizens
- Comprehend global issues such as human rights, environmental sustainability, and economic disparities
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