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3rd grade social studies independent work packets
MOTHERS DAY WRITING CRAFT prompt paper Mothers Day Gift Project Me on the Map
This Mothers Day Writing Craft integrates Me on the Map Skills with a Mothers Day writing papers for a gift for mom and helps students understand where they are in relation to the Earth as a whole through a review of map skills and geography. Some fun Mothers Day Gift Ideas are to have the students add an I Love Mom Tee Shirt to the self-portrait section of the project or pairing it with prompts like, "Why My Mom is the Best on Earth" or "World's Best Mom" with supporting details.This Maps and G
Grades:
1st - 5th
Living and Working in Ontario Regions Workbook (Grade 3 Social Studies)
This workbook covers the Grade 3 Living and Working in Ontario unit in the NEW 2023 Ontario Social Studies curriculum (People and Environments).In this workbook, students will learn many interesting things about Ontario. They will explore the provinces and territories of Canada through maps and descriptions. The workbook will teach them about land use in Ontario, including its purpose and how it is compared to other areas. They will learn about municipal governments and Indigenous reserves, incl
Grades:
3rd
Also included in: Grade 3 Ontario Social Studies Workbook Bundle
Maps & Globes Continents Oceans Map Skills Worksheet World Map Activity Landform
Interactive Notebooks are a wonderful tool for providing hands-on experiences for learners. This Maps, Continents, and Landforms Interactive Notebook is no exception! The packet is easy to use for both student and teacher. ✅ Click HERE to SAVE 20% on this resource with the Maps, Continents, and Landforms unit and poster bundle!✅ Click HERE to SAVE even more by buying ALL 15 Social Studies Interactive Notebooks and Mini Units in one Year-Long Bundle.Click on the PREVIEW button above to see all t
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Communities in Canada, 1780-1850 Workbook (Grade 3 Social Studies)
This workbook covers the Grade 3 Communities in Canada, 1780-1850 unit in the NEW 2023 Ontario Social Studies curriculum (Heritage and Identity).In this workbook, students will explore life in Canada from 1780 to 1850, focusing on Indigenous communities and early settlers. It covers six Indigenous groups (Anishinaabe, Inuit, Mi'kmaq, Métis, Cree, Haudenosaunee), including their cultures, homes, and daily life. The workbook also delves into the experiences of early settlers (Early French Canadia
Grades:
3rd
Also included in: Grade 3 Ontario Social Studies Workbook Bundle
NATIONAL PARK Research Projects | USA American Landmarks Report Activities
This bundle of 30 national park brochure projects is a fantastic way for your students to explore a huge variety of landscapes across North America. Each no-prep activity can be completed in a few different ways. You can provide your students with the information to fill out their brochures, or have them find the information through Internet research. If your students are inexperienced with Internet research, guide them through the process by projecting a search that you lead. NPS.gov and Britta
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Volcanoes Complete Pack - Printables, Editable PowerPoint, Interactive Notebooks
This Volcano Unit is exploding with a variety of printables, Diagrams, Interactive notebooks, and a 100% editable PowerPoint.*Also includes digital access via Google Slides.What’s included in the pack: (Answer keys are included.) • PowerPoint Review Sheet• Volcanoes Reading Comprehension• Label the parts of a volcano • Volcano Labeled Diagram • 3 Stages of a Volcano Poster (8.5” x 11”) – Active, Dormant, and Extinct• Cinder Cone, Composite, and Shield Volcanoes Posters (1 of each)• Types of Volc
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
Grade 2/3 Social Studies Workbooks (Ontario Curriculum)
This BUNDLE contains FOUR independent Social Studies workbooks for Grade 2/3 students and FOUR Social Studies projects/activities. Each workbook meets the NEW 2023 Ontario Social Studies Curriculum expectations for an ENTIRE Social Studies unit.All Grade 2/3 Social Studies units are included.Grade 2: Global Communities, Changing Family and Community TraditionsGrade 3: Living and Working in Ontario, Communities in Canada (1780-1850)Together, the workbooks total up to 263 pages of student workshee
Grades:
2nd - 3rd
Black History Month Reading Comprehension Passages Biographies Research Poster
Black History Month Activities made simple! Celebrate Black History Month with biography close reading passages your students will love to read! Grab these close-reading articles to help your students learn about important African Americans while they reflect on their lives with critical thinking reader reflection tasks.These activities are perfect to tie together important history and nonfiction reading.This pack has 4 biographies to help you teach about African Americans and includes critical
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Also included in: Famous Person Biography Reading Comprehension Passages Scientists
Map Skills | Project Based Learning | Geometry | Printable & Digital | Google
Have your students demonstrate their understanding of many different math concepts while designing a map of their own town! This hands-on math activity is a project that will definitely engage your students.Check out the preview for more details!Objective: To demonstrate an understanding of geometric terms and measurement. Students will be designing and drawing a map that will incorporate many mathematical concepts.The following concepts will be covered through this project-based learning activi
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
Also included in: Project Based Math Activities BUNDLE
Biography Passages Women in History Reading Comprehension Poster Activities
Looking to celebrate Women's History Month with engaging biography reading passages about important women heroes with your 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders? This pack includes 6 biography close reading passages and critical thinking and text-dependent comprehension questions for each. This set includes poster templates for students to create based on any woman they want to research! Use the articles included or student research to complete.Also included are different open-ended activities to use with
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Also included in: Famous Person Biography Reading Comprehension Passages Scientists
Les communautés du Canada cahier (Grade 3 FRENCH Social Studies)
This FRENCH workbook covers the Grade 3 Communities in Canada, 1780-1850 unit in the NEW 2023 Ontario Social Studies curriculum (Heritage and Identity).Ce cahier d'exercices couvre l'unité Les communautés du Canada au début des années 1800 de la 3e année du programme d'études sociales de l'Ontario 2023 (Patrimoine et identité).In this workbook, students will explore life in Canada from 1780 to 1850, focusing on Indigenous communities and early settlers. It covers six Indigenous groups (Anishinaa
Grades:
3rd
Also included in: MEGA BUNDLE: Grade 3 Ontario FRENCH Social Studies Full Units
Founding Fathers | Continental Congress | American Revolution
Looking for resources to help you teach about the Founding Fathers while practicing important reading skills? Look no further! These no-prep, short biographies of the Founding Fathers are perfect for adding to your current social studies curriculum or to use by themselves. INCLUDES BOTH A PRINT AND DIGITAL VERSION MADE FOR GOOGLE SLIDES.Learn about each Founding Father with a kid-friendly text and text-based questions where students need to "prove" the support of their answer by color-coding t
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Grades:
2nd - 4th
Vivre et travailler en Ontario cahier (Grade 3 FRENCH Social Studies)
This FRENCH workbook covers the Grade 3 Living and Working in Ontario unit in the NEW 2023 Ontario Social Studies curriculum (People and Environments).Ce cahier d'exercices couvre l'unité Vivre et travailler en Ontario de la 3e année du programme d'études sociales de l'Ontario 2023 (Communauté et environnement).In this workbook, students will learn many interesting things about Ontario. They will explore the provinces and territories of Canada through maps and descriptions. The workbook will tea
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Grades:
3rd
Also included in: MEGA BUNDLE: Grade 3 Ontario FRENCH Social Studies Full Units
The Viking Age CKLA 3rd Grade Unit 6 Supplement Pack
Does your school use Amplify CKLA (2nd Ed.)?This resource aligns perfectly with Unit 6: The Viking AgeReading Comprehension Guides for each chapter in the student readerWeekly 10-question reading quizzesSpelling activitiesGrammar activitiesMorphology activitiesVocabulary activitiesWriting templatesAnswer keys for all handoutsI will be adding a supplement pack and vocabulary cards for each unit. Subscribe and stay tuned!Also check out my other CKLA Resources here:Light and Sound Unit 5 BUNDLE!Lig
Grades:
3rd - 4th
Also included in: Vikings BUNDLE CKLA 3rd Grade Unit 6
Viking Ship Interactive Distance Learning Geoexplorers Reading Project Vikings
Explore the world with my Geoexplorers projects! This project focuses on the Viking ships of Norway and Scandinavia. Have your students read the included story about Vikings and answer questions related to the text. A second page using the vocabulary will help the students find the meaning of new words. Once the reading lesson is complete, your students get to build their own Viking ship! This lesson can be used independently, or to enrich a unit already being taught. The page of directions can
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
Biography Templates | Famous Person Report | Research Project Graphic Organizers
✅ ✍ Are you ready to teach report writing to your students? Teaching kids how to research is a life skill and writing a biography is the perfect research project for kids. Use these no-prep differentiated biography templates and biography rubric to get your kids writing about famous scientists, famous artists, and MORE. ✅The materials in the biography report package help make the report writing process easy for your students and the planning process easy for you. Your kids will enjoy writing fam
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Map Skills & Types of Maps BUNDLE- Printables, PowerPoint - Distance Learning
Map Skills and Types of Maps Bundle: Everything you need to teach the unit! This bundle includes interactive notebooks, printables and activities, and a 100% editable PowerPoint with review questions. Your students will have fun learning all about the map elements (title, compass rose, legend, map scale, coordinate grid), the different types of maps (climate, political, physical, road, resource) and more vocabulary such as symbols, cardinal and intermediate directions, latitude, longitude, equat
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3rd - 5th
Greek Myth Reading Passage and Questions: Medusa
Practice valuable close reading strategies with this fun Greek myth based on Medusa and Perseus. Students will read a one page story about the adventures of Medusa and Perseus. This passage offers ten text dependent reading comprehension questions.Students will practice important reading comprehension skills such as finding character traits, figurative language, cause and effect relationships, synonyms, identifying genre, text structure, identifying theme, and main idea. Some questions require m
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3rd - 5th
Also included in: Greek Myths Reading Passages and Comprehension Questions
Prehistoric Native Americans | Paleo Indian, Archaic, Woodland, Mississippian
re you teaching about the Prehistoric Native Americans but having trouble finding kid-friendly, engaging texts, skill pages and activities? This thorough resource includes everything you need to teach your upper elementary students about the Paleo-Indians, Archaic, Woodland, and Mississippian Native American groups. Both a print and interactive digital version made for Google slides are included.Use the close reading bookmarks to help students dig deeper and code the text while reading. Cross-
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Ancient Rome BUNDLE CKLA Grade 3 Unit 4
Includes all vocabulary cards, poster pack, and supplement pack for CKLA Grade 3 Unit 4: Ancient Roman Civilization.Please see individual listings for a more detailed description.© 2023 Kayla Lee. Pretty Much Primary. All rights reserved. Purchase of this resource entitles the purchaser the right to reproduce the pages in limited quantities for classroom use only. Duplication for an entire school, an entire school system or commercial purposes is strictly forbidden without written permission fro
Grades:
3rd - 5th
100th Day of School Activities NO PREP Writing Math Craft Certificate & More!
Celebrate the 100th Day of School in your classroom with these engaging math, writing, movement, craft, history and other fun activities! With 15 activities to choose from you won't have a problem filling your lesson plans with everything to celebrate 100 Days of School. And we aren't talking fluff activities. Use the 100th Day to get your students reading, writing, working math problems, and so much more! In my classroom, students were so excited to do all things 100 that they ended up doing
Grades:
K - 5th
Reading Comprehension Passage and Questions: Ancient Greece - Hercules
Introduce students to the most famous hero in ancient Greece with this fun, engaging reading passage. Students will work through a four page story detailing each of the twelve labors of Hercules. 10 text dependent multiple choice questions are included. Students will practice critical reading skills including identifying character traits, determining cause and effect relationships, analyzing figurative language, making inferences, using context clues, identifying theme, summarizing, and drawing
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3rd - 5th
Also included in: Greek Myths Reading Passages and Comprehension Questions
Native American Regions & Cultures 3rd Grade CKLA Unit 8 Supplement Pack
Please see the video preview for a closer look!Does your school use Amplify CKLA (2nd Ed.)?This resource aligns perfectly with Unit 8: Native American Regions and CulturesThis 130 page pack includes:Reading Comprehension Guides for each chapter in the student readerWeekly 10-question reading quizzesSpelling activitiesGrammar activitiesMorphology activitiesVocabulary activitiesWriting templatesScavenger HuntExtra activities/craftsAnswer keys for all handoutsI will be adding a supplement pack and
Grades:
3rd - 4th
Also included in: Native American Regions & Cultures BUNDLE 3rd Grade CKLA Unit 8
Greek Myth Reading Passage and Questions: Achilles
Practice deep reading comprehension with this fun Greek myth based on Achilles. Students will read a one page story about Achilles, the brave Greek warrior with a hidden weakness. This passage offers ten text dependent reading comprehension questions.Students will practice important reading comprehension skills such as author's purpose, vocabulary, figurative language, cause and effect, theme, and character traits. Some questions require more than one answer. Some questions have more than one pa
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Grades:
2nd - 8th
Also included in: Greek Myths Reading Passages and Comprehension Questions
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