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Kindergarten social studies resources for SMART Notebook
Oceans & Continents Social Studies SmartBoard Lesson Primary Grades
This lesson follows my lesson on THE GLOBE. Your students will learn about the continents and oceans through interactive pages (click and reveal), website links, video link and a printable book for students to color / write in and keep. A teacher's notes page is included describing how to use the lesson. Have fun learning about the world with this fun SmartBoard Lesson! Lisa Rombach(This is a .notebook file and requires Notebook software to open.)Some other social studies smartboard lessons
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K - 2nd
Needs & Wants Social Studies SmartBoard Lesson for Primary Grades
Do you NEED a lesson on needs and wants? I hope you will WANT to purchase this one! My smart board lesson contains a detailed lesson plan for this 2 day lesson, interactive pages ( pull tabs, click to reveal), video link, website links and a printable responding sheet for your students. Literature book suggestions are included as well (you will need to get your own copy at the library). Your class will have fun learning about the difference between needs and wants! View the PREVIEW file to s
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K - 2nd
The Flag, A National Symbol of the USA SmartBoard Lesson
Learn about the flag of the USA with my interactive SmartBoard Lesson. The file includes and teacher's lesson plan, interactive pages, links to websites, yourtube videos and links to flag printables. Your students will learn about the meaning of the Pledge of Allegiance, the history of the flag, Betsy Ross and answer true/false questions (interactive pages) about the flag. Finally, links to flag printables are included. Have fun learning about one of the National Symbols of the United States
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K - 2nd
Non-Fiction Exploration Unit: Lessons, Slides, Activities and More!
Smart Notebook slides for Non-Fiction unit: Includes 75 slides with lessons, activities, turn and talk, resources and more!
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K - 4th
Also included in: Non-Fiction Unit Plans, Activities and Resources
Texas Heroes - Stephen F. Austin - For Smartboard
Included in this Stephen F. Austin Smartboard Pack you will receive:
* KWL chart
* Texas Pledge Slide
* Biography (2 pages of facts and history for you to have right at your fingertips),
* Blank Austin Bubble Map
* Fill in the Blank interactive slide
* Glow in the Dark (slide and reveal) page
* Venn Diagram to compare/contrast a variety of political figures (Austin, Houston, Navarro, Lincoln, Washington)
*Writing Prompt Page for students to describe a reason why they like Stephen F. A
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PreK - 5th
Martin Luther King I Have A Dream Smartboard MLK
Updated for 2024! This Smartboard product will teach your students about Martin Luther King Jr.!PLEASE NOTE: YOU NEED A SMARTBOARD FOR THIS PRODUCT. If you have a different type of interactive board and are not sure if you can open this product, download one of my many freebies and see if you can open it. This product has background information for you and the students, hyperlinks to 5 educational videos about MLK that are kid friendly (along with the link to his I Have A Dream speech), and has
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PreK - 5th
Also included in: Martin Luther King Jr & Bessie Coleman BUNDLE for Smartboard
The American Flag Smart Board Lesson
In this smart board lesson students will be introduced to the history of the American flag, the symbolism of the flag, flag etiquette, and Flag Day. In this interactive lesson there are links to web sites and videos about the flag. One link shows how the flag has changed over time with the addition of more stars.
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K - 2nd
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Learn about George Washington SmartBoard lesson primary grades
President's Day honors 2 American Presidents. Teach your k-2 students all about one of them, George Washington, with my smart board lesson. The file includes:1. Teacher's lesson plan2. Links to websites (videos, information, pictures)3. True False interactive mini quiz4. Printable writing response sheet (3 versions so you can differentiate) in the attachment tab (pdf).5. Interactive pagesLearn about George Washington and keep your students engaged!Open the preview to see all the pages in
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K - 2nd
Totem Poles Interactive E-Book for Smartboard
This interactive e-book for Smart Notebook which has informational text about totem poles, and also focuses on comprehension by asking various questions throughout the story! When students get the answer to a question right, it cheers for them!
The content of this is aligned with the Core Knowledge curriculum for Kindergarten, which encourages teaching about various sculptures, including Totem Poles. The topic is so interesting, but it is a challenge to find non-fiction texts that really fo
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K - 3rd
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Texas Heroes - Sam Houston - for Smartboard
Everything you need to teach your kids about
Sam Houston!!!
Included in this Sam Houston pack:
* KWL chart
* Texas Pledge Slide
* Biography (2 pages of facts and history for you to have right at your fingertips),
* Blank Sam Houston Bubble Map
* Fill in the Blank interactive slide
* Glow in the Dark (slide and reveal) page
* Venn Diagram to compare/contrast a variety of political figures (Austin, Houston, Navarro, Lincoln, Washington)
*Writing Prompt Page for students to describe wh
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PreK - 4th
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Christmas In Italy- "Holidays Around the World"
In first grade we love to do a “Holidays Around the World Unit” around Christmas time. Towards the end of the unit we have our first graders “travel” to each of the classrooms and the teachers each do a different country. I usually do Italy every year. Here is a great smartboard lesson you can do for teaching some of the holiday traditions of Italy. It goes along with the story “The Legend of Old Befana.” It also discusses some of Italy's special traditions such as the Nativity Scene, Ceppo
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K - 3rd
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Labor Day Smart Notebook Lesson, Game and Printables: Tools for the Job
Labor Day is an important patriotic September holiday that's often overlooked in our school curriculum. This PowerPoint lesson and activities will help students in kindergarten (K), first (1), and second (2) grades understand that Labor Day means more than the end of summer and a day off from school. This lesson would make a great kick-off activity for a careers unit too!
The Smart Notebook lesson "Tools for the Job" presents content information that explains why Labor Day is celebrated in
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K - 2nd
Ancient Egypt for Primary part 2
45 pages will help you teach Ancient Egypt with ease. 6 student interactive pages and 13 relevant/precise topic links to keep students engaged. Three lessons specifically focused on King Tut, the Pyramids and the Sphinx. Excellent illustrations/ pictures, and simplified text that will suit primary grades. Simple project or hands on activity to go with each topic. Part one is available for purchase if you would like to implement the entire 6 day unit. day unit.
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K - 4th
Crossing the Road Safely - Road Safety
This is a SMART notebook file for teaching a lesson about road safety. It was made for the UN World Road Safety Day, but it can be used anytime of the year to teach a lesson about crossing the road safely.
This lesson was designed for a special needs class but easily can be used for most ages and abilities. It is suitable for regular classroom teacher, but would also be great for relief teachers as a one of lesson.
The lesson includes videos, activities and an activity at the end to complete to
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PreK - 9th
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Black History Month Famous African Americans Current times
Students will learn about 10 very famous black americans of today. Recognizable people will catch their attention, brief description of their accomplishments will help them remember. Two interactive slides, then photo page to print out. Students can write about one or two people they were most interested in.
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K - 5th
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Johnny Appleseed - the life of John Chapman - Smartboard Lesson
This is a cute 2 day unit full of information about one of our greatest American Folk Tales, Johnny Appleseed. It is full of links to videos telling the tale of John Chapman and his adventures across the west as he helped out the pioneers of our country with his apples, apple seeds, and apple trees. An interactive quiz is included at the end of the 2 day unit. My students over the past several years have loved this unit. It's perfect paired with my Johnny Appleseed math and literacy unit for
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PreK - 3rd
SMARTboard: 1st Grade Social Studies: Change Over Time
This 6 slide SMARTboard Lesson is fully interactive with clickable objects on most pages to reveal new and old means of transportation and forms of technology.
Excellent for discussions using CCLS questioning skills, think-pair-share discussions, as well as using descriptive words and writing about comparing and contrasting.
Use these slides in a multitude of ways to support the needs of your individual classroom!
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K - 2nd
50th Day of School Smartboard Intro Lesson
This is a great Smartboard lesson to introduce the 50th day of school! Lots of visuals and photographs to get students thinking about the differences between the 50's and today!
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PreK - 3rd
Texas Symbols & Jose Antonio Navarro, Houston, Austin - SMARTboard
It's Texas Y'all - SMARTboard Learning Made FUN!!!
Everything you need to teach your kids about Texas on the Smartboard!
This in depth 35 page package includes a variety of slides to suit your students' ability levels. With both highly educational AND fun activities included, you will have everything you need to complete your Texas unit - and best of all - you get to just store the file on your computer for next year rather than trying to keep up with all of the paperwork!
CHECK OUT THE PREVIE
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PreK - 5th
Learn about Abraham Lincoln SmartBoard lesson primary grades
President's Day honors 2 American Presidents. Teach your k-2 students all about one of them, Abraham Lincoln, with my smart board lesson. The file includes:1. Teacher's lesson plan2. Links to websites (videos, information, pictures)3. True False interactive mini quiz4. Printable writing response sheets (show what you know). Differentiated for 3 levels of writing.5. Interactive pagesLearn about Abraham Lincoln and keep your students engaged!Open the preview to see all the pages in this .n
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K - 2nd
Abraham Lincoln Freebie for Smartboard
Kids will have a fun and engaging time learning about Abraham Lincoln with this interactive Smartboard.
Use as an introduction, unit review or for independent practice with your students.
Simply drag and drop the correct answer into the box. Picture cues and differences in answer box sizes will help younger learners. This can also be a great opportunity to use the Smartboard markers to locate sight words within sentences, find and mark punctuation and capitalization.
If you are interest
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PreK - 2nd
Urban, Rural and Suburban Jeopardy Game
This Jeopardy Game features 5 questions for each of its 4 catoegories- Urban Communities, Rural Communities, Suburban Communities and Communities in general.
Once students have learned about each of these communities, they can have fun testing their knowledge by answering these questions on this interactive SmartBoard Game. Students can come up to the SmartBoard and click on the question that they would like to answer. Questions get more challenging as you go from $100 to $500.
There are 2
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K - 5th
Smartboard Holidays Around the World
Fly around the world and learn different traditions for numerous countries for Christmas.
Countries included are: Netherlands, Israel, Italy, Mexico, England, Germany, Australia, and America.
Each slide gives links to important characteristics of the countries Christmas celebrations. Such as, links that tell about the countries traditions, videos of different traditions, etc. Some of these are Youtube videos so you have to be able to access Youtube to view them.
Each country is shown on a
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K - 5th
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Smartboard Holiday Celebrations Around the World - Hanukkah UPDATED
Looking for an all in one interactive product to teach your students about Hanukkah? If so, this is for you! Check out the preview to see all the slides! This SMARTboard file will allow you to teach your students all about Hanukkah in an interactive and engaging manner. Included in this file you will receive a:*Introduction Slide (News You Can Use - to provide you with pertinent information on the origins and significance of the holiday so you can most effectively and accurately teach your stude
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PreK - 4th
Also included in: Smartboard Holiday Celebrations BUNDLE - Hanukkah and Kwanzaa
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