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1st grade Easter social studies outlines for GATE
Spring STEM Bins® Teambuilders - St. Patrick's Day, Easter STEM Activities
★ GRAB MY NEW STEM BINS TEAMBUILDERS BUNDLE!★ Spring STEM Bins® Teambuilders are low prep STEM Activities that are designed to foster student collaboration and build your classroom community during March, April, and May.Both lower grade (K-1st Grade) and upper grade (2nd-5th Grade) versions are included!★ CLICK HERE FOR SUPPLY LISTThe following STEM Bins® Teambuilders are designed to accompany my STEM Bins®, found at the following link:★STEM BINS8 spring themed Challenges are provided for you to
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PreK - 5th
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Famous Person Research Outline Form and Brochure Template
Research form to use to record information while researching a famous or influential person . Also included is a template for a tri-fold brochure. Both forms collate to make it easy to transfer information for primary students or SPED students. Brochure template is cut out and glued onto a large piece of construction paper (18 x 12) which is folded into thirds to form the the tri-fold brochure.
Research outline comes in TWO versions - both have same information, however, one form has a larg
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1st - 5th
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SOLAR & LUNAR ECLIPSE 2024 ACTIVITY KINDERGARTEN HATS CRAFT SUN MOON EARTH CROWN
SOLAR AND LUNAR ECLIPSE CRAFTS: HAT CRAFTS OF THE SUN, EARTH AND MOON IN COLOR AND BLACK AND WHITEAre you looking for fun eclipse activities to engage young learners and help them better understand what goes on during an eclipse? This crafts pack is a must have! It contains three hat templates of the sun, Earth and moon, both in color and bw. These hats/ headbands could also be used throughout the rest of the year for other science lessons!Kids will love making and wearing these hats for ecli
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PreK - 2nd
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GEOGRAPHY | 50 U.S. State Maps Outlines (K-12)
GEOGRAPHY | 50 U.S. State Maps Outlines (K-12). Map outlines for all American occasions: history, physical, political, or specialty. Ideal for reports, labeling, or patriotic projects. Unfortunately, maps will not create a scaled puzzle. Preview same as Download.About the collection:Files are 8.5" x 11" in PDF & PNG. Product purchase is for organizational services. Maps are compiled from various free online sources and clarity is not always consistent. Please view Preview to see if maps mee
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K - 12th
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10 Compare & Contrast Graphic Organizers
This is a collection of 10 one-page graphic organizers that support the teaching of Compare and Contrast strategies. It can be used in all subject areas and across a broad age/grade-level range. Provides a variety of diagrams beyond the basic two circle Venn diagram illustration. Younger students are able to map their ideas on many of the organizers.
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1st - 12th
Black History Month Crafts and Black History Month Bulletin Board Music Science
This set of 23 Black History Month activities includes hands-on crafts and projects to engage your students and get them excited about historical and modern day figures and events! Leave the worksheets behind and inspire your students with these activities in a meaningful way that they will remember. These activities make a great bulletin board!Suitable for second and third grade, these activities have been successfully used with elementary aged students from K-5. Use your professional judgeme
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1st - 3rd
STEM Black History Challenges
This fun resources will give your STEAM (STEM) challenges for the year a historical "twist"! All the challenges are focused around Black History Greats; there are 15 challenges in all! The African Americans for each challenge are from all areas, such as explorers, athletes, government, scientists, etc.. Your students will have a blast trying to design and build the challenges just like their favorite Black History Greats! Perfect for Black History Month!
The African Americans included are:
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1st - 5th
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STATE REPORT TEMPLATE Research Project Graphic Organizer 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Grade
STATE REPORT TEMPLATE Research Project Graphic Organizer 1st 2nd 3rd 4th GradeHere's an easy and fun research template for your students to use as they research about states!❤ CLICK HERE TO FOLLOW GREEN APPLE LESSONS!
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1st - 5th
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Also included in: GRAPHIC ORGANIZER ORGANIZERS Report Project Template BUNDLE
Life Long Ago and Today with Depth & Complexity
Life Long Ago vs Life Today (This unit has been updated 11/13/2018)Enjoy this social studies standards based unit. This will be a great companion for your books on life long ago. I embed Depth and Complexity prompts/icons and Depth of Knowledge in all my products. The included standards are based on the California State Standards but I am sure they are similar to other state standards. This is NOT limited to California teachers but a great social studies primary resource.This unit includes
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K - 2nd
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GT Enrichment BUNDLE! - All my enrichment resources aligned with TPSP
Grab this bundle that includes all of the enrichment resources I've created to align with and compliment primary and intermediate Texas Performance Standards Projects tasks. This bundle is great for pull-out enrichment teachers, or for use in the regular classroom to meet the needs of your gifted learners.Check out each individual product page for more details and an in-depth preview of each resource.Learn more about TPSP at https://www.texaspsp.org/_________Looking for other GT Enrichment activ
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1st - 5th
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April STEM STEAM Challenge: Easter Edition
Jelly beans: they're colorful, they're delicious, and...they're fun to build with! The challenge? Build the tallest house. You provide a handful of jelly beans and some toothpicks, and your students will provide the creativity and imagination. Here's to sweet success!
Included in this pack are:
-- Printable student challenge card
-- Teacher materials list
-- Pre-Activity guide
-- Engineering Design Process flow-chart for student record keeping
-- Self-assessment/Reflection page (differentia
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1st - 6th
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Henry Ford STEM - Car Building STEM
Henry Ford - Henry Ford is a famous American who changed the way cars were made. This STEM teaches students some basic facts about Henry Ford. It challenges students to design a car that has wheels that can turn. Students must use the available supplies and stick to a budget. This STEM challenge meets several NGSS standards and encourages critical thinking, budgeting, and engineering skills.
Suggested Plan of Implementation:
Prior Week: Send home the parent letter requesting supplies. Gat
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1st - 6th
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Also included in: STEM Activities Bundle
Puerto Rico
This is a .pdf file with 12 coloring pages. It include all pages shown on the preview. The images are:1. Puerto Rico cover coloring page2. Flag - La bandera3. Map - el mapa de Puerto Rico4. Flag in map form - bandera con la forma del mapa5. Race - nuestra raza6. Old San Juan "La garita"7. National flower "La maga" - Flor "La maga"8. Music instruments - instrumentos musicales9. National dance "La plena" dancers10. National dance " La bomba" dancers11. "Vejigante"12. "Vejigante" mask - máscara ve
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PreK - 12th
Also included in: Puerto Rico Coloring Bundle
Abraham Lincoln Log Cabin STEM
Abraham Lincoln - President's Day STEM - In this STEM challenge your students will learn some facts about Abraham Lincoln and will complete the challenge of building a one room log cabin similar to his childhood home. Students must stick to a budget and use the available supplies. This STEM challenge meets several NGSS standards and encourages critical thinking, budgeting, and engineering skills.
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Prior Week: Send home the parent letter requesting supplies.
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K - 6th
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Also included in: STEM Activities Bundle
VETERANS DAY CRAFT CROWN ACTIVITY HAT TEMPLATE CRAFTIVITY KINDERGARTEN HEADBAND
VETERANS DAY CRAFT FOR KINDERGARTEN, 1ST GRADE AND MORE (NOVEMBER CRAFT ACTIVITY)Are you looking for fun 'Veterans Day' activities? You've come to the right place! Kids will love making and wearing this hat on 'Veterans Day'! This resource contains a cute hat template, both in color and bw. Simply choose the most adequate template for your class (color/ bw), print and go! Children can look at the colored template to color their own hat. After the kids have colored their hat, cut out and sta
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PreK - 3rd
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Also included in: JUNE CRAFT KINDERGARTEN CROWN HAT ACTIVITY COLORING PAGE HEADBAND ART
Flags of the World STEM Mats - STEM Center for Building Bricks
If you are looking for a STEM and geography resource, or are celebrating any international sporting events, this is a great set to add to your toolbox!STEM Mats are SO easy to set up in your classroom! If you were thinking of trying STEM Fridays or Maker Mondays, or you need something more engaging for your early finishers than worksheets or reading, this is the resource for you. Not only will your students be working creatively to solve problems, they will be reading, writing, and using math sk
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1st - 5th
Also included in: STEM Activities and Challenges for K-2 - Whole Year Bundle
Dinosaurs Clip Art Commercial use
Cute Dinosaur Clip Art Commercial use/ Dino Clipart includes: fern * dino egg* volcano* Bones with skull Dinosaur* bone *dinosaur skeleton* ankylosaurus* apatosaurus* ichthyosaurus* pterodactyl* stegosaurus* triceratops* tyrannosaur* tyrannosaurus rex *tyrannosaurus rex.Download preview with free clipart inside license included!All18 png files transparent background+jpgand 17 png black-white coloring outlines files+jpgFor personal and small commercial use!!!! See more animals clipartDinosaurs of
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Martin Luther King Jr Craft and Writing Prompt Mini Book Activities 3rd Grade
Looking for a meaningful yet age appropriate way to introduce younger students to the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.? This flip book activity and hands-on engaging craft allows learners to reflect on the impact that they can have on the world after learning about the legacy of Dr. King. Makes an amazing bulletin board for Black History Month and social studies.*Please note, you will need 12 x 18 construction paper for the craft*For a Martin Luther King bulletin board you can use for Black
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1st - 3rd
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Spring Flower STEM
Spring Flower STEM - Oh no! The town is hosting a flower show, but they do not have flower blooms to display! Your students need to engineer some paper flowers to display at the flower show. This Spring STEM will get your students using their critical thinking skills to solve this flower creating challenge! Students must stick to a budget and use the available supplies. This STEM challenge meets several NGSS standards and encourages critical thinking, budgeting, and engineering skills.
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K - 6th
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Also included in: STEM Activities Bundle
Egg Drop Challenge STEM
Easter Egg Drop STEM - This Easter STEM will get your students using their critical thinking skills to solve this egg drop challenge! Oh no! The children in the remote village need Easter Eggs for their Easter egg hunt. Students must decorate eggs and design a container to drop the eggs to the children. Students must stick to a budget and use the available supplies. This STEM challenge meets several NGSS standards and encourages critical thinking, budgeting, and engineering skills.
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K - 6th
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Also included in: STEM Activities Bundle
Pioneer Writing Stationary
Have students use this as final copy paper for a story about pioneers, an informational report, or a book report.
See my Pioneer Activities Pack for this and other activities bundled together for a discount.
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1st - 4th
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MAP SKILLS BUNDLE - CLASSROOM, BEDROOM, HOUSE, ZOO, TEST, AND CENTER
These are engaging and fun projects to teach basic mapping skills. The students learn how to use a compass, place objects using the four cardinal directions, and follow multi-step directions. Describe the location of objects relative to other locations in the classroom. (Over, near, far, left, right, north, south, east, west).- Students create an interactive house map placing pictures of the house furniture on the assigned spots. Or/and they create their own house!- Blank map for your own additi
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1st - 4th
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I Can Statements Kindergarten Science & Social Studies
This product contains all of the "I can.." statements for the entire year for Kindergarten Science & Social Studies.
*Perfectly aligned with Journey's Kindergarten Common Core*
Each statement says "I can" followed by a 3 part objective (condition, behavior, criterion.)
BUT I made this product EDITABLE, so you can delete the unnecessary information if your school doesn't use the 3 part objective :)
There are a total of 32 objectives.
If you like this product, you might also like my oth
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PreK - 2nd
BUNDLE Around the World in 10 Days {STEM & Target Book}
Looking for an engaging way to teach geography and letter writing? Go cross-curricular and teach both simultaneously! Students start by 'Packing up their questions' about geography by creating an anchor chart with their teacher. Then model letter writing skills and off you go! Spend one day in each of the continents and complete a STEM Challenge! On the last day of your travels create a world map to document your experience!
This product is a BUNDLE, which is at a discounted price! These are th
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1st - 4th
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- Evaluate information, analyze evidence, and make informed judgments about complex social, economic, and political issues
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