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3rd grade Winter social studies resources for Microsoft OneDrive under $5
Digital Christmas Activities Elf Yourself Games Writing Fun Math Logic Puzzle
These FUN ten digital Christmas activities include the following: 1) "Elf Yourself" with moveable images to add to your photo; 2) "Decorate a Tree" with drag and drop images to trim the tree and hang stockings by the hearth 3) "Did Somebody Say Snowball Fight" link to a YouTube video with comprehension questions 4) "Snowball Fight Writing Prompt"; 5) "Design a Snowball Fight" with moveable images; 6) "I Built a Giant Snowman!" link to a YouTube video with a quick comprehension check 7) "Snowman
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1st - 4th
Also included in: Digital Activities Math Reading Writing Enrichment Year Long
Football STEM Challenge Low Prep Goal Post Sports STEAM Super Bowl Activities
Ready, Set, Hut! Celebrate the Super Bowl with this hands-on STEM Football Activity. Students will be challenged to create a field goal and a launcher (catapult) to kick their "football". This football STEM Challenge includes a digital & printable version for all classroom needs. ⭐ This Football STEM Challenge in included in the Year of STEM Bundle. Get 48 challenges for $2 each. Save 30%THE STEM CHALLENGE:Your students can create one or both, a field goal and a launcher (catapult) Test out
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2nd - 5th
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All About Penguins PowerPoint Fun Facts Informational Text
Penguins Fun Facts PowerPoint. Read the informational text all about penguins and learn all about these flightless birds and the various different species of penguins; what they eat, how they stay warm, etc. Nonfiction text for reading practice. If you are using a penguin theme in your classroom or need to read more nonfiction, learn about penguins this winter! This digital resource includes fun facts about the life of a penguin and provides a study of different kinds of penguins which can be u
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1st - 4th
Start Your Own Business Mini-Project (Digital + Printable)
Guide your class through their very own startup! Each year, my class comes up with their own "business" to raise money for a charity. This mini-project template guides them through the process! This goes very well with a unit on goods and services or buyers and sellers. Assign to groups, individually, or even complete whole-class. Compliments Benchmark Advance Unit 9 theme.What’s Included:A PowerPoint version for Microsoft Teams usersA Google Slides version for Google users (the link is provided
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2nd - 5th
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Also included in: All PBL, Research, and Writing Units! (Benchmark Advance)
Leap Year PowerPoint of Fun Facts
Leap Year PowerPoint. Facts and fun on Leap Year. 2028 is a leap year! Animated. Answers questions many kids have about leap year. Slides include: What is Leap Year? When does Leap Year Happen? When do we add the extra day? Why do we have Leap Year? When was the first Leap Year? What calendar do we use today? Funny Leap Year tradition, and more. The last slide is a partner activity the kids can do that is related to leap year and February 29. Use PowerPoints like this in Zoom for videoconferenc
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Create a Culture Collage Project with Rubric | Cultural Traits PBL | Microsoft
Create culture collages! This project challenges students to showcase a culture & its unique traits in a fun way. The activity can be adapted to a student’s own culture or any world culture. Directions, brainstorm charts, rubric & project examples are included! Choose whether students make digital or paper collages. Finished projects are always super creative! Your purchase has editable, print & interactive, digital versions of the materials. Made for traditional in-class learning or
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3rd - 12th
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Valentine's Day Coding Activities & Typing Practice ASCII Text Art | Any Device
Practice coding and typing this Valentine's Day with ASCII Text Art for any device! Students follow the code to type 10 various Valentine themed text images. Also includes a detailed visual guide for creating and coding your own ASCII Text Art!**Now Includes ALL CHALLENGES ON GOOGLE SLIDES too!**Easily integrate technology into your typing, coding, or Valentine technology plans with this low-prep and engaging coding and typing practice activity. Also perfect for fast finishers! Coding with AS
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2nd - 5th
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Ellis Island PowerPoint - Vocabulary for Understanding Immigration
Teaching the history of Ellis Island requires giving students good background information and vocabulary. This Ellis Island PowerPoint has 17 vocabulary words essential to understanding immigrants and Ellis Island. Includes vocabulary slides, quick activities, and a vocabulary review activity at the end. Century Gothic font. to make it easy to read. Includes digital worksheets in PowerPoint for students to create sentences with their vocabulary words. Words included are: Ellis Island, Immigrant,
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2nd - 5th
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Digital Games WINTER Bingo Party Games Bingo Cards December January Activities
This DIGITAL Winter bingo game is a low prep, simple solution to playing an engaging game of bingo this Winter! Just share the slide show with your students & get started. Includes 30 bingo boards plus a spinner. To play, simply share the slide show with your students and get started this January. There is no need to pass out any materials, so you can save time and energy. The game is easy to play and set up, and your students will love it!⭐This Winter bingo is included in the HOLIDAY BUNDLE
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2nd - 5th
Colonial Jobs Digital Research Activity
Colonial times meet the digital age with this engaging web-based research activity that students can use in Google Drive™ or Microsoft OneDrive™. Students will show what they've learned about various colonial trades and occupations by typing information and adding pictures to the slides.This makes a great independent project or a collaborative class activity during a Colonial America unit. No prep for you; no lost papers for them!Slide contents include:an editable Table of Contents with hyperlin
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3rd - 6th
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Activities | MLK (Google Slides™ )
This non-fiction digital interactive notebook and activities will help your students learn about the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The coolest part is that it is all PAPERLESS and DIGITAL! Share with your class using Google Classroom™, Google Slides™ or via Microsoft OneDrive™. You can even use these with SeeSaw and PicCollage!It includes:-Various graphic organizers-Writing prompts -1 Martin Luther King, Jr. Reading passage-Comprehension activities and questions-KWL chart-Ways to build pea
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2nd - 3rd
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Winter Scavenger Hunt Digital Games No Prep Digital Games Google Classroom Party
Engage your students with a digital scavenger hunt! This WINTER themed digital game is perfect for technology class or no paper fun in the classroom. There are many ways to play! Students can work individually or in teams to look for objects in person or search the internet for photos of objects.This activity is included in the digital scavenger hunt BUNDLE! HOW THIS SCAVENGER HUNT WORKS:Everything is ready to go for you, all you must do is share the slide show with your students (detailed direc
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2nd - 5th
Also included in: Scavenger Hunt Digital Games Google Classroom Activities Party No Prep
Spring Directed Drawing and writing DIGITAL Google Drawings Activities April May
This digital directed drawing Spring activity is low prep & the perfect way for your students to practice using drawing tools. Students will create their own spring picture using Google Drawings or Google Slides. This is a great project to include as a way to introduce & teach these programs. Save paper & time passing out materials with this digital activity. Whether you are 1:1 or have access to desktops, laptops or Chromebooks during the day,™ this is directed drawing activity for
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2nd - 5th
Ancient Egypt Gods and Goddesses Quiz Show PowerPoint Game Jeopardy Style
Ancient Egypt Game Show PowerPoint. This Jeopardy style game focuses mostly on Egyptian Gods and Goddesses, but also includes topics of Tombs, Egyptian Life, Nile River, and Symbols. Fun review game for your ancient Egypt unit! Give the question to the answer, like on the TV show. EDITABLE. You may edit for your own classroom needs. You can change up the questions and answers to fit your own question set.Did you know that you can use PowerPoints like this in video conferencing or Zoom for remote
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3rd - 6th
Age of Exploration PowerPoint
Use this Age of Exploration PowerPoint to supplement your history unit on the Age of Discovery with this European Exploration and Discovery animated slide presentation. Includes the ten main reasons for European exploration in the 1400's and the three G's of God, Gold and Glory. The explorers Christopher Columbus, Magellan, Ponce de Leon are noted. Includes interactive self-checking review questions at the end. Can be used as a whole class activity for in-person face to face teaching. Your stud
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3rd - 6th
3 Branches of Government | U.S. Government Google Slides Activity
This digital and interactive resource will help your students learn all about our 3 branches of U.S. government! These 3 branches of government activities will not only have your students learning the importance of the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches, they’ll also be learning about check and balances in detail.This 3 branches of government resource has fun and engaging activities to help your students become government scholars. I also love the versatility and use for cross-curricu
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3rd - 5th
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Digital Computer CODING Winter Hour of Code Activities Snowman December
Get digital with computer coding! Your students will code the steps to coding a SNOWMAN. This digital activity has movable pieces, students will drag and drop to create the algorithm with a winter theme. Also includes video and vocabulary. This is part of a GROWING BUNDLE! Click here to save & grab all digital coding activities.You can teach the basics of computer science. These are ready to go, low prep, no print. Save paper! Can be used for multiple grade levels, differentiate with the dif
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2nd - 5th
George Washington's Breakfast by Jean Fritz PowerPoint
George Washington, the first President, is the namesake of one little boy, who wants to learn all about him, and especially what Washington had for breakfast. This PowerPoint will help you engage readers when you read the book George Washington's Breakfast by Jean Fritz. Great for President's Day, or when introducing research. The book is about a boy who is on a quest to find out what George Washington had for breakfast. Includes information and links about the author, vocabulary, comprehension
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3rd - 6th
Volcanoes PowerPoint - All About Volcanos Writing Activity and Easel Assessment
Students will enjoy learning about volcanoes with this 30-slide animated PowerPoint. Informative text on volcano types and shapes, how and what is an eruption, how eruptions are measured, the difference between lava and magma, fun facts, famous volcanos, types of igneous rocks, and a vocabulary terms to know reference sheet. Includes photos of volcanos like Mt. Rainier and Mt. Kilauea, which help students understand the difference between a stratovolcano and a shield volcano. Includes a video l
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3rd - 6th
Travel Brochure Digital Writing Template Activity - No-Prep for Microsoft Word
Engage students' curiosity about the world with the Travel Brochure template. They can easily add their research and information to this template, print, and share their information in brochure form! Great addition for a Ontario Grade 2 Social Studies - Global Communities unit.What is included:Microsoft Word editable templateCategory boxes: Climate, Food, Things To Do, LocationAdditional space to include pictures, maps and additional textGet both Microsoft WORD AND Google SLIDES version in this
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1st - 5th
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Digital Winter Directed Drawing Google Drawings December January Activities
This digital directed drawing Winter activity is low prep & the perfect way for your students to practice using drawing tools. Students will create their own snowman picture using Google Drawings or Google Slides. This is a great project to include as a way to introduce & teach these programs. Whether you are 1:1 or have access to desktops, laptops or Chromebooks™ this is Winter activity for you! It can easily be integrated with Google Classroom™.How to Use this digital directed drawing
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2nd - 5th
Columbus Day - Indigenous People's Day PowerPoint
Columbus Day PowerPoint. Who was Columbus? PowerPoint presentation about the history of Columbus Day, now called Indigenous People’s Day in some states. This is nonfiction text with animated graphics that will give students practice reading fluently. Introduces critical vocabulary for reading comprehension. Students will learn about Columbus, Indigenous Peoples' Day and Leif Erickson Day. Includes a link to more reading and videos on History Channel and includes a fun word activity at the end as
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2nd - 5th
Martin Luther King Google Classroom Assignment
This Google Drive paperless Martin Luther King assignment is a great addition to your Google Classroom assignments! This Google assignment includes several activities that will engage your students' understanding of the role that Martin Luther King played as he spearheaded the Civil Rights Movement.What is included?Interactive WorksheetEditable Timeline ActivityA writing prompt that correlates with Martin Luther King's famous 'I have a Dream' speechLinks to educational videos that correlate with
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3rd - 6th
Chinese New Year 2024 PowerPoint Year of the Dragon with Easel Assessment
Chinese New Year 2024 Year of the Dragon PowerPoint. This year, the Chinese New Year falls on February 10, 2024, and it is the year of the Dragon. It ends with the Lantern Festival on February 24th. Includes informational text on the traditions and customs of the Chinese New Year, 5 fun interactive test your knowledge questions, and ideas and directions for activities and crafts to celebrate. Includes music and sound effects. I will update every year for the new year of the Chinese Zodiac, so yo
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3rd - 6th
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