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Social studies Common Core L.5.5c resources for ESL-EFL-ELL
Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheets, Task Cards, and Anchor Charts Activities
These synonyms and antonyms task cards and worksheets are a perfect way to help your 4th, 5th, and 6th grade students with vocabulary development! This synonyms and antonyms file contains the following:48 task cards (24 synonym cards and 24 antonym cards with 2 distinct questions types for each)An answer sheetAn answer keyOne worksheet for synonymsOne worksheet for antonymsAnswer keys for each synonym and antonym worksheet NOTE: You will find the links and instructions for the digital versions o
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4th - 6th
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Also included in:Â Kirsten's Kaboodle Multi-Level Storewide ELA Task Cards BUNDLE Digital
The TTQA Strategy Turn the Question Around Task Cards with Easel Pages
If you need a resource to provide students with extra support and preparation for standardized testing specifically with writing, this one will be an immense help. The resource has the kinds of questions important for test-taking in grades 3-5 and an opportunity to practice responses .This resource is not meant to be a comprehensive study. It is however, an introduction to some of the skills important to testing and I believe it is helpful exposure. I used it every year to sharpen my student'
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2nd - 5th
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American Revolution Mentor Sentences & Interactive Activities Mini-Unit (4-6)
Mentor sentences are the perfect way to teach grammar and author's craft through examples of excellent sentences from your favorite read-aloud books! This unit will be a great way to integrate Social Studies in with your mentor sentences during your American Revolution Unit! It does not include explicit directions of how to implement mentor sentences in your room- these directions are in the Volume 1, FIRST Ten Weeks: Mentor Sentence Unit, Volume 2, FIRST Ten Weeks: Mentor Sentence Unit, or Volu
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4th - 6th
Vocabulary Worksheets Bundle | Context Clues Defining Words Homophones Synonyms
These effective yet enjoyable vocabulary worksheets will allow you to upgrade your test prep instruction. Tests are CCSS aligned and full of color.Practice vocabulary in a variety of situations and with most of the work done for you with these worksheets.BUNDLE INCLUDES:Context Clues, Defining Words, Fill the Blanks, Homophones, SynonymsVocabulary Review:The product includes 20 tests, and each test contains 25 MCQ questions. Questions have three answer choices. There are a handful of pictures on
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5th - 7th
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Homophones Worksheets Activity, Anchor Charts, List, and Task Cards
Homophones Activities, Task Cards, & Anchor Charts Mini Lesson:This homophones activities file now includes a digital distance learning option in Google Slides and Google Forms.This Homophones activity was created for 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th grade students. This file includes:A 10-page list of upper level homophones (over 260 words with definitions)36 task cardsAn answer sheetAn answer key The assumption is that students have been introduced to homophones in the primary grades prior to their
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in:Â Language Arts Task Cards
4th, 5th Grade Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheets Digital Resource Fun Practice
If you're looking for an engaging set of digital and printable synonym and antonym worksheets packed with vocabulary learning activities which are carefully scaffolded to introduce adjective and verb synonyms and antonyms and give opportunities to apply learning, this is it!Level 1 introduces definitions and builds vocabulary with adjectives.Level 2 reinforces learning by encouraging recall of the new words students have come across in Level 1.Level 3 gives reasons for using synonyms and antonym
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3rd - 6th
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Katie's Trunk Mentor Text Unit
Katie's Trunk American Revolution Mentor Text
This unit was created to go with the book, Katie's Trunk by Ann Turner. It's about a Tory girl and her family right before the American Revolution- giving a different perspective than often taught. The unit includes activities for: inferring, synonyms (context clues), similes, character traits, writing using senses and imagery, and plotting the story.
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4th - 5th
Youtube Video Companions Bundle Middle School Speech Therapy
This bundle includes four video companions will keep your middle school students engaged and learning! It includes inferencing, language, social communication, prediction, perspective-taking and more activities to accompany the following short films and videos:The Present,Like an Elephant in a China Shop,Snack Attack, andThe Cat who Adopts Baby Ducklings.Each product contains:1. A print AND digital version in EASEL, TPT's free digital platform,2. Data collection forms that are printable or ca
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5th - 8th
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Vocabulary Activities: Word Collector Vocabulary Cards and Worksheets
The Word Collector Vocabulary Activities: Fancy Word of the Week BUNDLEAll the Word Collector Vocabulary Activities in this bundle now include a digital distance learning option in Google Slidesâ„¢. Please refer to the final 7 pages of each product file for the instructions and links.Word Collector Activities! Are you looking for engaging AND fancy vocabulary words for a wide range of grade levels? This vocabulary product pairs perfectly with the book The Word Collector by Peter H. Reynolds and
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4th - 9th
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Westward Expansion Mentor Sentences & Interactive Activities Mini-Unit (4-6)
Mentor sentences are the perfect way to teach grammar and author's craft through examples of excellent sentences from your favorite read-aloud books! This unit will be a great way to integrate Social Studies in with your mentor sentences during your Westward Expansion Unit! It does not include explicit directions of how to implement mentor sentences in your room- these directions are in the Volume 1, FIRST Ten Weeks: Mentor Sentence Unit, Volume 2, FIRST Ten Weeks: Mentor Sentence Unit, or Volum
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4th - 6th
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Vocabulary Docs Worksheets Context Clues Defining Words Homophones Synonyms
These effective yet enjoyable vocabulary activities will allow you to upgrade your test prep instruction. Digital resources - Docs (worksheets) that are CCSS aligned and full of color.Practice vocabulary in a variety of situations and with most of the work done for you.BUNDLE INCLUDES:Context Clues, Defining Words, Fill the Blanks, Homophones, SynonymsVocabulary Review:The product includes 20 tests, and each test contains 25 MCQ questions. Questions have three answer choices.There are a handful
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5th - 7th
Benchmark Advance 5th Grade YEARLONG ELD BUNDLE - Grade 5, Units 1 - 10
This is a yearlong bundle of packets (grade 5, units 1 - 10) that supplement the Benchmark Advance English Language Development lessons from both the 2017 teacher resource system guide and the student ELD textbooks. All packets have been primarily written towards the "expanding" differentiated instruction level.This resource is no prep - all you have to do is copy and staple a packet for each student in your group!It contains BOTH the PDF versions for easy printing, and the EDITABLE Microsoft Wo
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5th
Vocabulary Activities: Word Collector Vocabulary Cards and Worksheets 3rd-6th Gr
The Word Collector Vocabulary Activities: Word of the Week for 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th GradeWord Collector Activities! Are you looking for engaging, fun, and fancy vocabulary words for 3rd-6th grade? This vocabulary product pairs perfectly with the book The Word Collector by Peter H. Reynolds.This Vocabulary Word of the Week or Word Collector product is a perfect addition to any language arts vocabulary program, as it adds flair and magnificence with its fancy and fun to say (and write) words!
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3rd - 6th
Also included in:Â Vocabulary Activities: Word Collector Vocabulary Cards and Worksheets
Sound-Alike Suffixes -tion -cian -sion with Easel Pages
If you need a differentiated resource that focuses on words with suffixes that sound identical, this one is it for your back to school needs! This resource has differentiated word-work for the suffixes -tion,-cian, and -sion. Ten of the pages are NO PREP digital. You will need to do no prep for these 10 pages. Just click on the green tab to view the PDF and Easel files. You can choose as few or as many of the Easel pages as you need for a particular assignment by clicking the edit pages tab. Th
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2nd - 5th
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Homophones Color By Number Worksheets Set #1, Differentiated
These NO PREP, Print and Go Homophones Color By Number Worksheets are perfect to practice common, easily-confused homophones in a fun way! They're great for 3rd graders, but can definitely be used as an enrichment piece for 2nd grade, or as a review for 4th grade. Each worksheet contains 16 different homophones. Students read homophones in a sentence and decide which one is correct. Then, they get to fill in the color by number worksheet. My students would practice these and correct each oth
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2nd - 4th
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ESL Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Intermediate Novel Study Sub Plans
Are you looking for ways to help your 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade ESL students improve their reading comprehension when doing novel studies? This scaffolded Novel Study is the PERFECT reading comprehension resource for you!This Scaffolded Novel Study Includes:✅ 8 scaffolded story elements reviews✅ 2 context-building pre-reading pages✅ 6 flexible during-reading journals✅ 5 post-reading activities✅ 4 assessment pages with answer key30 diverse pages!This printable novel study template that has been crea
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Synonyms and Antonyms BOOM CARDS Task Cards & Anchor Charts: Digital Resource
Synonyms and antonyms BOOM CARDSâ„¢ task cards are a perfect way to help your 4th, 5th, and 6th grade students with vocabulary development! CLICK HERE FOR A PLAYABLE PREVIEW ON BOOM!This PDF file contains a special link that you click on to add the Boom Cardsâ„¢ to your Boom Library.This synonyms and antonyms BOOM cards file includes 48 task cards (24 synonym cards and 24 antonym cards with 2 distinct questions types for each). You will find:24 multiple choice cards where your students will choose
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4th - 6th
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Synonyms & Antonyms Activity Escape Room Literacy (Academic Vocabulary Practice)
This breakout escape room is a fun way for students to practice their skills with synonyms and antonyms.Important: (How to Make Completely Digital)This product normally requires the printing of the questions to accompany a digital form for students to input answers. But if you follow a couple simple steps, this can be made entirely digital! Just use the following tool:https://smallpdf.com/split-pdf(choose "extract pages")to extract the pages containing the questions into its own PDF. You can t
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4th - 6th
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Shades of Meaning Task Cards: Synonyms Practice for 4th, 5th, and 6th Grade
Shades of Meaning Task Cards: This set of 32 task cards will give your fourth- and fifth-grade students an opportunity to interact with synonyms and experience how similar words can have slightly different shades of meaning. They will practice selecting exact words that match their intended message. All of the task cards have a multiple-choice format. Many consist of a sentence with an underlined word that needs to be replaced and three multiple-choice options. Working with synonyms that have sl
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4th - 6th
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Also included in:Â Shades of Meaning BUNDLE of Activities for 4th and 5th Grade
The Word Collector Vocabulary Activities: Word of the Week for 4th-7th Grade
Word Collector Fancy Vocabulary Activities for 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th Grade Are you looking for engaging, fun, and fancy vocabulary words for the 4th-7th grade? This vocabulary product pairs perfectly with the book The Word Collector by Peter H. Reynolds.This Vocabulary Word of the Week product is a perfect addition to any language arts vocabulary program. It adds flair and magnificence with its fancy and fun-to-say (and write) words! This vocabulary product includes half-sheet vocabulary post
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4th - 7th
Also included in:Â Vocabulary Activities: Word Collector Vocabulary Cards and Worksheets
The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg Unit Plan Super Bundle
This is a unit based upon the novel "The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg" by Rodman Philbrick. It has been chosen as an exemplar text and has been aligned to the new common core standards. You will be receiving everything you need to teach this unit! You are receiving 3 weeks of lesson plans that are ready to print out and paste into your plan book. You will also be receiving a list of vocabulary words for each of the 3 weeks you are teaching the novel as well as vocabulary organizers, p
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4th - 6th
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5th Grade Analogies Activity Escape Room Literacy (Academic Vocabulary Game)
This breakout escape room is a fun way for students to practice comparing two things through the use of analogies.Important: (How to Make Completely Digital)This product normally requires the printing of the questions to accompany a digital form for students to input answers. But if you follow a couple simple steps, this can be made entirely digital! Just use the following tool:https://smallpdf.com/split-pdf(choose "extract pages")to extract the pages containing the questions into its own PDF.
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5th
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Vocabulary PowerPoint Bundle | Context Clues Defining Words Homophones Synonyms
Let this helpful vocabulary bundle do all the work for you. Enjoyable and interactive, these powerpoints can be used in a variety of ways. Benefit from knowing all of the work is done for you and with 500 vocabulary questions, your students have plenty to be getting on with.BUNDLE INCLUDES:Context Clues, Defining Words, Fill the Blanks, Homophones, SynonymsVocabulary Review:The product includes 20 tests, and each test contains 25 MCQ questions. Questions have three answer choices.There are a han
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Grades:
5th - 7th
Vocabulary Review Worksheets | Context Clues Defining Words | Digital Resources
These effective yet enjoyable vocabulary activities will allow you to upgrade your test prep instruction. Digital resources - Docs (worksheets), Slides and Forms that are CCSS aligned, full of color and Grade 5-6 topics. Practice vocabulary in a variety of situations and with most of the work done for you.BUNDLE INCLUDES:Context Clues, Defining Words, Fill the Blanks, Homophones, SynonymsVocabulary Review:The bundle contains three formats (Docs, Slides, Forms). Each format includes 20 tests and
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Grades:
5th - 7th
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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
By teaching social studies, teachers can help students develop critical thinking skills, foster civic engagement, and promote social awareness and responsibility.
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