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2nd grade social studies Common Core RI.K.4 resources
NATIVE AMERICAN THEMATIC UNIT
A fun, engaging way to learn all about the different Native American tribes is by using this Native American Social Studies Unit!This product includes a variety of resources while teaching a Native American thematic unit. Resources are included for social studies, read aloud lessons, whole group or small group instruction, as well as, literacy and math centers!THIS RESOURCE INCLUDES:Science/Social Studies Lesson Plans Use these lesson plans to GUIDE your thematic Native American unit. Native A
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PreK - 2nd
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Holidays Around The World | Christmas In Germany | Comprehension, Crafts & More!
We are thrilled to introduce our Germany in Christmas Resource Packet from our best selling "Holidays Around the World" series, designed to bring the magic of Christmas in Germany into your classroom. This no prep holidays printables package is a fantastic opportunity for your students to embark on a cultural journey and learn about holiday traditions from around the world.Understanding and appreciating celebrations from different cultures is not only educational but also incredibly enriching. I
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K - 4th
Day of the Dead Día de los Muertos for Kindergarten
This product is a great way for your students to learn about Día de los Muertos / Day of the Dead. It contains everything you need and more for a COMPLETE LESSON on Day of the Dead! We have made this packet easy for you to use by including:•Digital slideshow on Google Slides (beautiful and informative)•Differentiated writing templates•Fun and easy to read Day of Dead digital and printable bookUse the slideshow as your mini lesson, then do one or more of the writing templates and/or printable bo
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K - 2nd
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Veterans Day for Kindergarten and 1st Grade / Presentation and Activities
This product is a great way for your students to learn about veterans, the military, and Veterans Day. It contains everything you need and more for a COMPLETE LESSON on Veterans Day! We have made this packet easy for you to use by including: •Google Slide Presentation•Differentiated writing templates (letters, reflection pages, coloring page)•Fun and easy to read Veterans Day printable bookUse the slideshow as your mini lesson, then do one or more of the writing templates and/or printable book.
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K - 2nd
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Presidential Learning Fun: President's Day Sort w/ Cut-and-Paste Practice Pages
Get ready to dive into U.S. history with our Presidential Learning Fun: President's Day Sort w/ Cut-and-Paste Practice Pages! This supercharged resource is perfect for President's Day and will have your students engaged and excited about learning. With our George Washington and Abraham Lincoln sorting activity, students will explore presidential facts like never before. The pocket chart sort cards feature labeled pictures and text, making it easy for students to understand and remember important
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K - 2nd
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Presidents' Day Activities & Craft George Washington Abraham Lincoln 1st Grade
Wondering how to teach your K-1 students about Presidents' Day in an age-appropriate way? This hands-on unit has everything you need with non-fiction google slides, writing templates, vocabulary cards, assessments, and craft book. Students will love learning about this patriotic holiday and the jobs of the president. Combine your social studies and writing standards with this complete unit that includes non-fiction Google slides, pre and post-assessments, no prep worksheets, a mini book, graphi
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K - 2nd
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Social Studies Economics Money Bundle First Grade
This social studies bundle makes economics come alive for your primary learners through these fun and engaging books, games, worksheets and songs! Students will be able to make great connections from Community Helpers to Goods and Services then to Wants and Needs. Each unit builds on each other with daily lesson plans.We just added our featured TPT Money Bundle to include 4 resources in this economics mega bundle! These four comprehensive units are the perfect way to teach your young students
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K - 2nd
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Good Citizenship (I Am A Good Citizen)
Because there are limited variety or few resources when teaching classroom or character education this year I have come up with read-alouds or scenarios to explain the expected school and classroom behaviors to young children in a friendly manner with some open-ended questioning. The read-alouds are designed to keep the teacher on task. If your school district is like mine, then you will be able to relate to the fast pace that a school year usually begins. I always feel that I do not thoroughly
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K - 3rd
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Cowboy Economics and Literacy Unit
This mini-packet uses Gail Gibbons' Cowboys and Cowgirls book to discuss the life of a cowboy/girl. This 3 day mini-pack has lesson plans, Common Core standards for activities, pictures, and materials needed.Check out my blog post about how I use this in my classroom!INCLUDED IN THIS RESOURCE:• 5 days of plans and Common Core Standards covered• Western Words anchor chart template• cowboy/girl vocabulary picture and word match for introducing vocabulary and practicing at stations or centers• lab
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K - 2nd
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Resources and Activities for Primary | RBG and Equality
Ruth Bader Ginsburg was one of the most influential women of the 20th century. This informational, nonfiction pack provides resources and activities to primary teachers looking to introduce RBG to students. Topics such as women's rights, the Supreme Court, and equality are discussed. This would be a great resource for Women's History Month!Included in This Pack:KWL Chart Worksheets (2)Vocabulary Posters (6)Flipbook Activity (1)Biography Writing (2 brainstorming webs, a poster, brainstorming writ
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K - 3rd
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The Poppy Lady - K-5 Differentiated Interactive Read Aloud & Writing
This is a ready to teach interactive read aloud & writing extension for the book “The Poppy Lady” by Barbara Elizabeth Walsh. This quick prep lesson is geared towards elementary students with 2 differentiated levels for primary & intermediate students. This read aloud would be perfect to teach for Veteran's Day, Remembrance Day or to leave with a substitute. Ready to teach, just print & go! Product download includes:Printable engagement pages for primary & intermediate (primary s
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K - 5th
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Presidents' Day Activities & Craft George Washington Abe Lincoln First Grade
Wondering how to teach your K-1 students about Presidents' Day in an age-appropriate way? This hands-on unit has everything you need with non-fiction google slides, writing templates, vocabulary cards, assessments, and crafts. Students will love learning about this patriotic holiday and the jobs of the president. Combine your social studies and writing standards with this complete unit that includes non-fiction Google slides, pre and post-assessments, no prep worksheets, a mini book, graphic or
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K - 2nd
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Back to School SEL Reading Comprehension Book Worksheets First Grade
Do your students struggle with reading comprehension? Science of Reading is used to describe 5 components of reading instruction: phonics, phonemic awareness, vocabulary, fluency and comprehension. This Back to School book and activities is a great tool to help with all of these components as well as teach social emotional learning and how to be a good citizen.Students may read the words, but not retain the information. This Back to School Quality Student Emergent Reader will solve that problem
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K - 2nd
Also included in: Back to School Reading Comprehension for First Grade
Montessori Research Organizers for Beginning Readers and Writers
I developed these master sheets at the request of my Montessori kindergarten students who wanted to learn about animals, states, presidents, and plants. These report masters offer a stepping stone for young readers to practice reading for information, and record their findings. There’s prompts to consider what you want to learn, where you found your information, and to add an illustration. There are 9 research sheets included in this file:ANIMAL RESEARCH ONE offers the most support, and is a gre
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K - 2nd
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K-LS1-1
Constitution Day Activities for K-3
Elevate teaching efforts with primary students to gain understanding on the abstract nature of our Constitution and its history. If you are scrambling for something to use for this daunting task that is informative, integrated, easy-to-prepare, and fun to use, look no further! You can begin with an original read aloud, use picture vocabulary cards, link to Internet resources (in teacher led tasks), and integrate with math and language tasks to round out your day. Students have a simple-to-read b
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K - 3rd
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Thanksgiving! Leveled Quick Read Cards and Response Activities LEVELS A-I
All About Thanksgiving - Leveled Quick Read Cards and Response Activities are a set of 5 non-fiction texts, each at 6 different guided reading levels, A-I. The set also includes response activities for practicing comprehension and thinking skills. They are perfect for centers, guided reading, independent work and so much more. Each set of cards is designed to be put on a ring and kept in a center. The response pages are designed to be made into a booklet. However, you could easily keep them se
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K - 2nd
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BLACK HISTORY BUNDLE - FAMOUS AFRICAN AMERICANS - EMERGENT READERS AND MORE
Kamala Harris - Ruby Bridges - Rosa Parks - Martin Luther King, Jr. - These emergent reader stories take a peek into the stories and lives of these famous African American figures. This bundle includes, Emergent Reader stories, comprehension questions, and a fact sheet for each person. These readers can be used to celebrate Black History Month in your classroom or as Social Studies mini-lessons. They can be used when learning about famous Americans as well. Each resource contains: a fact sheetan
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K - 2nd
K-5 Bundle LGBTQ Pride Month History Bundle
Ready for in person or distance learning! Introduce your students to historic LGBT Americans during your ELA or Social Studies block! This is a perfect resource to make your classroom more inclusive to LGBT families as well as teaching a well rounded US History curriculum. This product is great for LGBT History month (October) as well as LGBT Pride Month in June. This no prep resource gives an introduction to the famous LGBT Americans, and events, along with graphic organizers to record facts fr
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K - 5th
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Flag Day Research Unit with PowerPoint
Flag day Unit for grades 1-2: June 14th is a day to honor the American flag and teach your students about the history, significance and other important information about the "stars and stripes". Get your students engaged with hands-on and interactive materials -- this Flag Day Research Unit is PACKED with ready to go, differentiated materials and a PowerPoint presentation! This unit is interactive and utilizes multimodal strategies to increase student engagement and outcomes. The Flag Day unit i
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K - 2nd
Social Studies: Map Skills MEGA Unit & Workbook! Digital Resource
This giant digital file includes an 85 slide PowerPoint presentation and an 11-page workbook that aligns with the PowerPoint! With this presentation, you can teach students all about map skills and ultimately students will be able to create their own map. Included in this file:Visuals, visuals, visuals!Daily objectivesDaily vocabularyDaily reflectionsHigher-level questionsInteractive gamesBy the end of this unit students will have been exposed to:What is a map?Parts of a mapLatitude and longi
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K - 4th
Positional Words Book (Location/Directional words)
Free Positional Words Book.Black and white, with space to trace positional words and practice vocabulary. Two "draw your own" pages. 15 pages total. Vocabulary:far fromnext toin front ofoverbetweenbesideundernearoutsidebehindinsidebelowon top ofThis is part of a Positional Words Unit which includes vocabulary posters, bulletin board word wall and assessments.
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PreK - 3rd
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[LAS RELIGIONES DEL MUNDO ] Hojas de trabajo en PDF para NIÑOS
En esta hoja de trabajo encontrarán muchas preguntas y actividades que les servirán para reforzar todo lo que los estudiantes han aprendido acerca de qué es la religión, qué son las religiones monoteístas o politeístas y muchos datos generales sobre las religiones más conocidas del mundo.Recuerda que en nuestro canal de YouTube encontrarán una presentación en video que les dará toda la información necesaria adaptada a niños, solo tienen que hacer click en el siguiente enlace:https://www.youtube.
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K - 8th
LOS PAÍSES HISPANOHABLANTES PARA NIÑOS | HISPANIC HISTORY MONTH COUNTRIES
En este bundle van a poder encontrar hojas de trabajo para trabajar todos los países hispanohablantes (Hispanic history month countries).Pueden encontrar:ColombiaCosta RicaEcuadorEl SalvadorHondurasGuatemalaPanamaVenezuela Cuba MexicoNicaraguaParaguayRepublica DominicanaUruguayBrasilArgentinaEstados UnidosChileLes recomendamos que sigan el siguiente proceso de 2 pasos:1. Visitar nuestro canal y mostrar el video del país que quiera enseñar. https://www.youtube.com/c/AddoEduca/videos2. Descargar h
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K - 8th
What is an Election? K-2 Lesson & Readers | Voting, Democracy, Election Day
Introduce the fundamentals of democracy & voting to your k-2 students this November with The Primary Pencil's engaging "What is an Election?" lesson. This resource offers an exciting journey into the world of elections, featuring two printable readers, vocabulary review, and an inspiring class campaign extension activity!This resource is also part of an Integrated Project-Based Learning (PBL) experience for K-2 learners, Class Mascot Election!Product Features:Lesson Guide With Read-Aloud Sug
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K - 2nd
Also included in: Class Mascot Election! | Project-Based Learning K-2 Bundle | Voting
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Importance of learning social studies
Social studies offers valuable insights into history, geography, and much more. Social studies captivates students by providing them with perspectives from the past, present, and future, allowing them to understand history and navigate current events. It enables them to appreciate how previous generations have shaped their present reality. In essence, social studies opens their eyes to the vastness of life beyond their immediate surroundings.
Benefits of learning social studies
Learning social studies offers many benefits to students in terms of helping them develop a holistic understanding of the world. Namely, it helps them:
- Learn about the achievements, challenges, perspectives, traditions, and customs of different societies
- 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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