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Social studies resources for ActiveInspire Flipchart and for early intervention
Sorting Interactive Activities – Promethean Board Flip Chart
This download is a PROMETHEAN BOARD flip chart to be used with an interactive whiteboard or computer with the Activinspire program. Make sure you have the Activinspire program in order to use this download.Sorting Interactive Activities – Promethean Board flip Chart. This is a huge 47 page assortment of exciting, interactive sorting activities. Sorting is a skill your children will use throughout their life and your students will have fun while learning this important skill. Recognizing group
Grades:
PreK - 1st
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
The study of this book will meet the CCSS-RL.4.3 Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., a character’s thoughts, words or actions).
It will also open the minds of your students to become real world problem solvers and get a glimpse into the lives of people of other cultures
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3rd - 5th
Possum Magic around Australia map - activinspire (PROMETHEAN)
Activities based on the Classic Australian Book POSSUM MAGIC. An interactive Presentation that you can use with a class, small group during literacy Groups or by individuals. You can print off to keep a record of understanding.
-Geograph
-Location
-Direction
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K - 2nd
Whose tools are those a sorting activity for the community helpers theme
This is a great sorting activity for the community helpers theme. Each page contains pictures of 2 community helpers and 4 or 5 objects that are associated with the helpers. The students will move the objects to their respective community helper.
Grades:
PreK - K
Landforms Promethean ActivInspire Flipchart Lesson
This flipchart lesson has everything you need to teach landforms to your students. It includes over 50 pages of interactivity, along with three printable pdfs (a landforms booklet, graphic organizer, and quiz) for formative assessment, reinforcement, and extra practice. Included within the flipchart are tons of voting along with graphic organizers, containers, games, and online resources. Make sure to read the page notes included by going to your notes browser. Directions are given on each page
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1st - 6th
Needs and Wants Promethean ActivInspire Flipchart Lesson
Your students will be sure to learn all about needs and wants with this colorful and interactive Promethean ActivInspire Flipchart Lesson. This flipchart contains the following: a title page, objectives, wants and needs definitions and discussion pages, a video, interactive sorting activities, and voting questions to use with or without voting devices. --------------------------------------------------------------------------
YOU MUST HAVE PROMETHEAN ACTIVINSPIRE SOFTWARE INSTALLED ON YOUR C
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1st - 4th
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World Map (Continents and Oceans) Review Game - Promethean Flipchart
This 1-page Promethean flipchart helps students learn the location of the continents and oceans through a container game. Students can drag and drop continent and ocean names to their proper locations, with incorrect answers being "kicked" back. This flipchart can easily be used as a whole-group or small-group activity.
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1st - 8th
Community Helpers Flipchart - Graph, Matchup, Riddles, Guess Who?
Introduce and reinforce community helpers with a variety of activities:
1. Web - Brainstorm what students already know about community helpers.
2. Graph - Determine which community helpers your students think are most important before and/or after your unit.
3. Match-up - Match the image of a community helper to its name.
4. Riddles - Decide which community helpers meet the description given in riddle form.
5. Guess Who? - Play this game on the interactive board to encourage students to ask ques
Grades:
PreK - 2nd
Introduction to black history month
This flipchart is one I use to introduce the concept/idea of black history month to my students. It begins with a song about Martin Luther King, then has picture examples of the words past and present to help my kids understand what we mean when we say the "past". Then there are pages of examples of black athletes, musicians, actors, etc. At the end there is a video "black history alphabet" I hope this simplified way of introducing black history helps your class as much as it helped mine.
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PreK - 1st
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The Louisiana Purchase Would You Close the Deal? Louisiana Guidebook grade 3
This is a flipchart for ActivInspire Promethean Boards.
The text is The Louisiana Purchase Would You Close the Deal? written by Elaine Landau. It's a guidebook text for Louisiana grade 3 teachers. It covers RI CCSS 3.1-3.7. The unit was designed for 3 weeks of study. You can edit the days of the week titles on the slides to fit your needs. Each lesson contains an interesting hook to grasp the students' attention. Some are embedded website links to videos from the History channel, PowerPoi
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Orton-Gillingham Based Lesson "Magic e" PROMETHEAN Flip Chart
Looking for an Orton-Gillingham based "Magic e" lesson?
Here you go!
This interactive lesson teaches the Vowel-Consonant-e Syllable type through Orton-Gillingham based Promethean board activities.
A printable poster and "code and read" practice page is included!
Remember, anything on a flip chart can be printed for use! So...you have a flip chart ready to make your lesson interactive....AND the printables you want!
This flip chart was created to offer engaging technology for any Orton-Gillingha
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Grades:
K - 3rd
Map Scale Activity for Promethean Board
This is an interactive map scale activity for users of Promethean boards. Students are introduced to the concept of map scale and shown an example. Then, students visit a town and use the onscreen ruler tool (found under math tools) to measure the distance between points in inches. Students convert inches to the unit found on the map scale.
Two different map scale activities are included - one with inches converting to miles, the other with inches converting to yards.
You will need Activinsp
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2nd - 3rd
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U.S. States by Region Review Game - Promethean Flipchart
This 5-page Promethean flipchart helps students learn the location of the 50 U.S. states by region through a container game. Students can drag and drop states to their proper locations, with incorrect states being "kicked" back. This flipchart can easily be used as a whole-group or small-group activity.
Grades:
3rd - 8th
All About New York State
This is a flipchart file about the state of New York. It is intended as an introduction to the state. It contains state symbols, places of interest, fun facts, regions, history, jobs, wildlife, and more.
It includes 2 wrap up activities, quizzes, worksheets, and video clips. Teacher notes and suggested uses are also included as are some answer keys. It can be modified to suit your classroom's needs.
Grades 2-5
A FLIPCHART file is a presentation created with ActivInspire, an educational lesson
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2nd - 5th
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Complete Interactive Preschool Morning Circle Time
This is my morning circle. It includes good morning songs,weather and number songs, class rules, jobs, schedules, sign in, feelings, weather, letter of the week, number of the week, and language lessons. Directions for each page can be found in the notes section for each page.
Grades:
PreK
Transition Words in Narrative Writing for PROMETHEAN Board
Do your students need help using transition words in their writing? If so, here is the Promethean Board flipchart for you. This standards based lesson(s) comes complete with multiple activities to teach students about transition words. Click HERE to save 30% off the price of individual resources with the bundle.Inside you'll find a complete and easy to use lesson in ActivInspire Software:• Teacher defines transition words•A joke, about Kermit the Frog, in which students pick out transition words
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4th - 6th
Also included in:Â Writing Lesson Plans Bundle PROMETHEAN BOARD Version
HASS Prep 'Tom Tom' by Rosemary Sullivan and Dee Huxley
This is a FlipChart for Interactive Whiteboards.This is based on the book Tom Tom for Prep HASS (My Special Place). This is a great task for online learning and also to engage the whole class. There are numerous interactive activities to help the student's engage with the task. It also introduces the concept 'bird's eye view' by using a kookaburra flying over Tom Tom's town. The students have to label the map and also engage with the story about Tom's special place and their own special places.
Grades:
PreK - 2nd
Early American Civilizations (Incans, Mayans, Aztecs) Flipchart
This flipchart introduces the Incan, Mayan, and Aztec civilizations with great visuals and brief descriptions. Perfect for class discussion or lecture. I teach 8th grade but is perfect for any level.
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5th - 12th
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Places in the community ... where questions for children
This lesson is part of my community helpers unit. On each page there is a question such as where do you go to pray? a visual cue like a woman praying, and 3 choices of locations to choose from. When the child selects the correct answer it says the models the words for the location.
Grades:
PreK - K
Liberty An Introduction to the American Revolution
This Promethean flipchart activboard activity is an introduction activity for the American Revolution. It includes the King's M&M's activity and CCSS Social Studies and Writing Standards for 4th grade. Students work in small groups as a business while getting taxed by King George III. Then they brainstorm ways their business can save money. Next they write a persuasive letter to the King about the taxes. Finally, the complete an independent quick write.
Grades:
4th - 5th
Australia Unit with Mem Fox Books on Promethean Board
This flipchart contains pages to help teach Australia, Australian animals and some books by Australian author, Mem Fox.
The original flipchart was a bit larger but it was too large to upload - sorry.
This link goes to my blog where you can see some photos from our Multi-cultural night.
http://littlepriorities.blogspot.com/2012/04/multi-cultural-night.html
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K - 2nd
Also included in:Â DOLLAR DEAL BUNDLE (Growing Bundle)
European Explorers Unit - Flipchart
An introduction to European Exploration of the Americas. Pages include: World Map/Timeline, Vikings, Marco Polo, Columbus, Cabot, Cortes, Cartier, Ponce de Leon, and a process grid. If you want Word Documents of the World Map and Process grid, they will be available for FREE in my store. Enjoy!
Grades:
4th - 7th
Transportation and Vehicles in the community
This is an interactive lesson that I use once I have covered basic community helpers and what they use. In this activity is asks a question like "what do firemen drive to a fire?" It provides a visual cue like a picture of a fireman, and then choices in a field of 3. When the child selects the correct choice it models that language like "a firetruck".
Grades:
PreK - K
Mat Man Creation Flip Chart
Great way for preschool students to create mat man and develop their drawing of the human body. Easy to use and very simple to teach. I add two things to have a little extra fun with the students. I add "Crazy hair" and belly button. At the end of the song that would go with this I would sing "Mat man has crazy hair, crazy hair, crazy hair, mat man has crazy hair, because he is in preschool". Same thing with belly button but I finish with "to hold himself together". If you would like a
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PreK - 1st
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