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Kindergarten Winter social studies graphic organizer pdfs
Gingerbread Book Comparison, Retelling, and Writing Study Unit
Gingerbread book companion study using the books The Gingerbread Man (by: Karen Schmidt), The Gingerbread Baby, The Gingerbread Girl, The Gingerbread Cowboy, The Gingerbread Bear, The Gingerbread Pirate, The Ninjabread Man, The Gingerbread Boy (by: Paul Galdone), and The Runaway Tortilla. Compare a few or all of the gingerbread books!Compare the books and create a Gingerbread Book comparison chart comparing the characters, and repeated phrase, ending. Use the character cards for each book as you
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PreK - 1st
Community Helpers Unit
This Community Helpers Unit has everything you need to teach your little learners about the people who play important roles in our communities. This Unit has a variety of activities that go into a fun and engaging deep dive into these vital professions, and the best part is that they are all CCSS aligned! What is included?10 mini lessonsWrite the room (editable)Dramatic play centersAnchor chartsCraftsEmergent readersA lapbookSTEM activitiesSight word activitiesClassroom community activitiesCheck
Grades:
PreK - 2nd
Bear Snores On Read Aloud - Hibernation Activities - Reading Comprehension
These Bear Snores On lesson plans and story comprehension activities will teach students about hibernation through this adorable story.Our interactive read-aloud lesson plan is designed to be taught over multiple lessons. This allows students an opportunity to dive deeper into the text, make connections to the characters and events and most importantly, fall in love with the story.Each lesson provides students a different purpose for revisiting the text, talking about it and responding to it.To
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K - 2nd
Arctic Animals Unit Kindergarten Research w/ Crafts, Close Reads, & Writing
Arctic Animals Unit Kindergarten Research w/ Crafts, Close Reads, & WritingArctic Animals Research Book: Dive into a World of Discovery!Unlock the wonders of the Arctic with our Arctic Animals Research Book—a captivating blend of research elements and creative crafts for five fascinating animals. Plus, when you grab this now, you're not just getting a resource, but a part of our exclusive bundle that saves you BIG:Close Reads & Research Reports with Crafts BundleIncluded Arctic Animals:P
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PreK - 1st
Sneezy the Snowman Sequencing Winter Craft Activities | Sneezy the Snowman Craft
Engage your little learners in hands-on story book retelling practice that will result in a meaningful craft that shows off all their hard retelling work. Not to mention, it will look precious displayed throughout the Wintery months! This literacy kit supports the core (K-1) retelling standard by using detailed story cards for sequencing (retelling in their own words) and offers written retell practice as well as fine motor via the craftivity. SAVE BIG with bundle pricing and get this kit + 7
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K - 1st
Rosa Parks Timeline for Women's History Kindergarten & First Black History
Teaching your students about people who have made a difference? Use this timeline after reading any age appropriate book on Rosa Parks' life! This resource has four facts; just enough for young children in kindergarten & first grade to order. Perfect for Black History Month, Women's History Month or any time of the school year that you want to teach your students about people who have had an impact!Rosa's timeline shows FOUR life events:Rosa went to jailPeople did not use the bus.Rosa did no
Grades:
K - 1st
Black History Month Craft Garrett Morgan Activities The Traffic Light Bulletin
This Black History Month Inventors Garrett Morgan craft is an engaging stop light activity! This activity project is simple to make and can be differentiated for the needs of your students! Garrett Morgan is known for inventing the precursor to the yellow wait light and an early gas mask. Students make their own modern day stop lights on a triangular prism and fill the other two sides with information, with different choices so that you can easily switch out the panels for the needs of your s
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K - 2nd
Ruby Bridges Timeline Black Women's History Kindergarten & First
Teaching your students about people who have made a difference? Use this timeline after reading any age appropriate book on Ruby Bridges' life! This resource has four facts; just enough for young children in kindergarten & first grade to order. Perfect for Black History Month, Women's History Month or any time of the school year that you want to teach your students about people who have had an impact!You are receiving a timeline for an event in Ruby Bridges' life.The timeline depicts/tells F
Grades:
K - 1st
Reading Response Pack- January/Winter
winter- reading responseFill the month of January with these fun, engaging activities!! This pack includes comprehension and writing activities & crafts for 13 popular January/Winter books, including books for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and Groundhog Day. Less than $1 per book, plus 2 bonus ones!Included are:*Martin's Big Words* by Doreen Rappaport (can also be used with another book about Dr. King) -Character Analysis web -Creative Writing- "My Dreams" sheet- dream for school, c
Grades:
K - 2nd
Also included in: Animals in Winter | Winter Read Alouds and Activities Bundle
Jan Brett The Mitten, The Hat, The Snowy Nap, Cozy, The Mitten Tresselt Bundle
This Winter Unit features 5 books The Mitten by Jan Brett, The Mitten by Alvin Tresselt, The Hat by Jan Brett, The Snowy Nap by Jan Brett, and now recently added, Cozy by Jan Brett. There are also four passages included. Students will enjoy reading these stories while focusing on Jan Brett's borders and the foreshadowing she offers in her other story lines. There are comprehension activities, comparing and contrasting, and three different readers theater scripts. In addition, there are different
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K - 3rd
Maps and Globes Worksheets - 1st Grade Map Skills - Kindergarten Mapping Skills
Introduce and teach kindergarten and first grade students all about Maps and Globes, Cardinal Directions, Landforms, and Bodies of Water using this fun and engaging geography unit! These map skills worksheets cover landforms, oceans, relative directions, maps, globes, map keys and symbols, compass rose, Venn Diagrams, 24 geography words, and let your students design their own maps. These maps and globes activities are designed to use with ANY social studies curriculum!Students will practice, cre
Grades:
K - 1st
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Rules and Laws Social Studies Unit
RECENTLY REDONE AND UPDATED! This unit features 5 activities about the rules and laws in our community. It could be used anywhere from Kindergarten up to 2nd or even 3rd grade. Included in this set:
-Posters with definitions
-Rules and laws bubble map- Students give several examples of each
-Writing piece- What would your community be like without laws?
-Rules and laws tree map- Cut and sort pictures of laws and rules.
-Rules at home, rules at school, and laws flipbook.
Grades:
K - 3rd
Also included in: Social Studies Curriculum Bundle
The Snowy Day Sequencing Craft | Snowy Day Book Activities | Winter Craft
Engage your little learners in hands-on story book retelling practice that will result in a meaningful craft that shows off all their hard retelling work. Not to mention, it will look precious displayed throughout the Wintery months! This literacy kit supports the core (K-1) retelling standard by using detailed story cards for sequencing (retelling in their own words) and offers written retell practice as well as fine motor via the craftivity. SAVE BIG with bundle pricing and get this kit + 6
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K - 1st
Presidents Day Activities George Washington & Abraham Lincoln Craft Kindergarten
These Presidents Day activities set you up to teach all about George Washington and Abraham Lincoln! Your Kindergarten-second grade learners will use timelines, mini-books, graphic organizers, a Presidents' Day poem, a game, and crafts are all included! You are able to teach about each of them independently and then compare and contrast them. Inside you will find:Abraham Lincoln Teaching PosterGraphic OrganizersAbraham Lincoln Mini-Book Abraham Lincoln Timeline Abraham Lincoln Facts Craftivity G
Grades:
K - 2nd
Main Idea and Key Details- Non-Fiction Winter Passages and Craft
This is a fun, winter craftivity for teaching the concept of main idea or main topic! Let your students join the winter fun by finding the main idea and the supporting details and then recording it on a snowman craft! This makes a creative bulletin board or school hallway display!There are 8 different themes/main topics included in this packet. There are two versions of the worksheet. One page has lines to support beginning writers and the other page has no lines for students who are stronger w
Grades:
K - 2nd
Also included in: Main Idea and Key Details- A Year of Non-Fiction Passages
The Three Snow Bears Book Companion
Use these read aloud activities with the book The Three Snow Bears by Jan Brett. Print and teach these lessons with hands-on sequencing materials and printables designed to help your readers interact with the story. This is one of my favorite texts to use when teaching compare and contrast. Your students will find it easy to compare the adventures of Aloo-ki /The Three Snow Bears with the classic tale of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. There are many no-prep/print and go options, which make
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Grades:
K - 2nd
Also included in: The Three Snow Bears-Goldilocks and the Three Bears Bundle
Biography Research Reports--Using Pebble Go
Looking for an easy way to assist students in using a digital tool like Pebble Go to do research? This comprehensive packet features 26 different historical figures found on the Pebble Go research database. All 26 historical figures have three different research templates to use. You will find a template for students to use for research that corresponds perfectly with the Pebble Go site, a fun facts page, and a writing page with pictures of each person and primary writing lines. ****************
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K - 2nd
Also included in: Research Reports Bundle Using Pebble Go
All About Penguins, Life Cycle, Research, Craft, Reading, Science
This Penguins activities unit is filled with both teaching materials and student materials as they explore penguins through non-fiction texts. Graphic organizers, penguin fact pages, mini-book, craft, and much more are all included!You may also be interested in First Grade Science for January!Inside you will find:Science Unit ResourcesUnit Teaching Plan Introducing Penguins Penguins Teaching Poster All About Penguins Bubble Map Describing Penguins Penguins Can/Have/Are Graphic Organizer Label th
Grades:
K - 2nd
Read Aloud Activities for The Sour Grape | Sequencing | Retelling Story
Engage your little learners in consistent and meaningful core comprehension and story sequencing practice with this activity pack featuring: story maps, core story element visuals, craft, response sheets and four related vocabulary cards.*April 23 , 2024: this resource was modified and received a large update Included in this Resource:4 Vocabulary Cards + Matching Response PagesStory Element Visuals (Traits, Retell Hand, Characters, Setting, Problem/Solution, Plot Events and Theme)Anchor Chart
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Grades:
K - 1st
Little Red Riding Hood Retelling Activities, Story Maps, Fairy Tale Sequencing
Kids will love using the Little Red Riding Hood retell printables to create story maps to practice retelling stories, fairy tale sequencing, and map skills that build oral language, vocabulary, and language comprehension skills. This resource was also designed to help you integrate social studies and teaches kindergarten and first grade children about map skills such as using a compass rose and following cardinal directions.✅How Can I Use This Little Red Riding Hood Story Map?As a retelling and
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PreK - 2nd
U.S. Symbols Research Report--Using Pebble Go
Looking for an easy way to assist students in using a digital tool like Pebble Go to do research? This comprehensive packet features 10 different American Symbols found on the Pebble Go research database. All 10 American Symbols have three different research templates to use. You will find a template for students to use for research that corresponds perfectly with the Pebble Go site, a fun facts page, and a writing page with pictures of each symbol and primary writing lines. ********************
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Grades:
K - 3rd
Also included in: Research Reports Bundle Using Pebble Go
Winter Sports
Winter Sports
This unit can be used to teach your kiddos about Winter Sports!
Download the preview to see some of the pages included!
Includes detailed lesson plans with pictures!!!!
Included Pages
Vocabulary Chart
Write the room center
Vocabulary cards with pictures and text
Vocabulary cards with photos
Research writing book
Writing pages
bubble maps
circle maps
tree maps
tree maps anchor chart labels
kwl charts
coloring pages
coloring info page
class book for writing
matching page
making w
Grades:
K - 2nd
Three Little Pigs Retelling Activities, Story Retell Maps, Fairy Tale Sequencing
Kids will love using The Three Little Pigs retell printables to create story maps to practice retelling stories, fairy tale sequencing, and map skills that build oral language, vocabulary, and language comprehension skills. This resource was also designed to help you integrate social studies and teaches kindergarten and first grade children about map skills such as using a compass rose and following cardinal directions.✅How Can I Use This Three Little Pigs Story Map?As a retelling and sequencin
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Grades:
PreK - 2nd
Penguins Flap Book | Penguin Craft | Penguin Graphic Organizers & Anchor Charts
This penguin craft is the perfect culminating craft to your penguin unit! Simply use the penguin graphic organizers throughout your penguin unit to gather all of the information you are learning about penguins! Then, choose from one of three penguin craft book templates to create your "All About Penguins" flap book! Plus, review basic shapes as you are making the penguin craft flap books!*********** Download the preview to see the penguin flap book in action! ************************* Save
Grades:
PreK - 2nd
Also included in: Penguins Bundle | Penguin Craft | Penguin Life Cycle
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