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Free 5th grade social studies lessons for special education
Perspective-Taking Social Skills Lessons - Printable and Digital Activities
Use these lessons to teach critical social skills of perspective-taking to kids, including understanding perspectives, developing their own perspectives, and recognizing there can be more than one point of view in a situation. This resource includes two complete activities with an educator guide and lesson plan. These are a small sample of a paid resource and bundle that are listed below.Digital VersionA digital version has now been included for Google Classroom!Why Teach Social SkillsSocial ski
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5th - 8th
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Social Emotional Learning Journal Free Week of Prompts (Self-Awareness Skills)
Use this free Social Emotional Learning Journal to teach SEL skills! This free resource includes 5 journal prompts focused on self-awareness and helping kids understand their individual strengths and challenges. Note that this is a small sample of my Social Emotional Learning Journal for the Full Year.Digital VersionI've updated this to include a digital version for Google Drive. Students can type their responses for each journal prompt online!Why Teach Social Emotional Learning SkillsSocial emo
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4th - 6th
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Social Skills Lessons for Conversations Free Lessons
Use these lessons to teach critical social skills of conversations to kids, including how to start a conversation, using conversation-starters, finding things in common with others, and keeping a conversation going. This resource includes four complete activities with an educator guide and lesson plan. These are a small sample of a paid resource and bundle that are listed below.Why Teach Social SkillsSocial skills are the abilities and competencies we use to navigate the social world. These skil
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5th - 10th
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Gratitude Activities - Free Thankfulness List from A-Z
Help kids and young adults practice gratitude by learning what we are thankful for. Gratitude promotes happiness, positive thinking, and creates a positive classroom climate. Practicing thankfulness and gratitude is an activity for any time of year, but especially helpful during Thanksgiving time!Why Teach GratitudeResearch has shown many positive outcomes when you increase your gratitude. With time and practice, gratitude can potentially help strengthen relationships with others, help us to fee
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3rd - 8th
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Black History Month Bulletin Board FREE - Civil Rights Bulletin Board Decor
Decorate your classroom or bulletin board for your Civil Rights units or Black History Month with this bulletin board FREEBIE. This pack includes:multiple words and phrases tilesblank tilesprintable "I Can Change the World with my Words" title This resource can be used with your Civil Rights unit, or during Black History month. We recommend you teach your students about civil rights heroes before having your students write their own important words or phrases on the blank tiles. Need more ideas
Grades:
K - 6th
Also included in: Black History Month - a month of lesson plans and activities
Free L Sound Articulation Activities Flipbook for Speech Therapy w/ word lists
Speech pathologists need L sound articulation activities that will keep their students ❤️engaged and motivated❤️ to practice throughout the entire speech therapy session.Research shows that when a child produces a high number of repetitions with their targeted sound, the child makes larger gains with learning that sound and achieving better generalization into sentences and conversation. The research recommends getting a dose of ❤️50 trials per session, but ideally, a child that gets ❤️70 produc
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PreK - 6th
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Anger Management Worksheets
Help kids identify their anger triggers with this free set of three printable worksheets. Two worksheets focus on having students list the triggers that cause them to feel angry. They can then be used as part of a discussion or an anger management plan to help kids deal with their anger in more positive ways. The third worksheet is an anger log that allows kids to write down when, where, and why they felt angry at given times. This is important if students get angry and sometimes don't know or r
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3rd - 6th
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September 11th Remembrance: A Lesson Plan for Upper Elementary
I was conferencing with a student about "I Survived the Attacks on 9/11" As the student was summarizing the book, he said, "Ms. W, it was really crazy. The planes crashed into the World Trade Center and a ton of people died. It was really scary. I am so glad it was just a book."
It was after this reading confernece, I know I had to teach about September 11th. It wasn't in my pacing guide or my curriculum notebook, but it had to be done. I wrote this informational article to share and explore w
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4th - 7th
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MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. TIMELINE AND ACTIVITIES
FREEBIE! UPDATED 2019 This freebie has your students cutting the events of Dr. King's life and pasting them on a timeline. There are TWO versions of a timeline included in this resource. This freebie packet can be used alone but works best when it is used with our MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. Power Point unit. This Power Point unit has a 15 slide power point presentation and 10 ELA activities to complete the unit. The power point is filled with facts and photos about this extraordinary man. It has
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2nd - 6th
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Pizza Scramble- A free Auditory Processing, Sequencing, and Memory Activity.
I hope you enjoy this fun 10 slide freebie. It is an auditory processing, sequencing, and memory activity where students act as customers, servers, cooks, and supervisors in a pizza shop. The customer orders from a menu and the server must recall the order and express it to the cook. The cook must recall the order and assemble the pizza. The supervisor provides cues as needed.
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S'more Language
Thanks for visiting my store and providing
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3rd - 6th
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Goods and Services: Economics Skill Sheets
This updated download contains two (2) ready-to-use economics activities.
* Each includes teaching suggestions and a full-sized answer key. Just print and copy!
These fun and easy activities can be used to introduce, review, and/or assess understanding of GOODS and SERVICES. The lesson includes kid-friendly definitions of each term as well as clear, easy-to-understand directions, and graduated application.
* This lesson is included in the following product:
Economics Activity COMBO Pa
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3rd - 5th
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Free Landforms Bulletin Board Posters and Matching Activity
20 landform posters with illustrations and definitions, plus two matching activities! The landform vocabulary cards look stunning on a bulletin board, or they can be displayed digitally on the overhead projector to introduce your landforms unit. Teachers appreciate our design and clarity, and students love the illustrations.
Check out our full Landforms Unit!
Our Landforms Unit features an amazing Landform Flipbook, a Landform Minibook, A Landforms Memory Game, a Water or Land Activity, and an
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Ancient Civilizations Curriculum Map Freebies Ancient History Egypt Rome Greece
Week by week Curriculum Maps for Ancient Civilizations. Maps included for all units for the entire year! Units include Stone Age, Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Israel, Ancient India, Ancient China, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome These curriculum maps show how the Ancient Civilizations Curriculum resources should be implemented week by week. Enjoy! Ratings on free resources are greatly appreciated! :)Tips for Savvy TpT Shoppers:How to receive credit on TpT to use for future purchases:• Go to
Grades:
4th - 7th
Inference Carousel: Making Inferences with Pictures
29 pagesActivity Includes:* Teacher Instructions* 14 Images* Response Handouts for Lessons* List of Possible Responses * Additional Inference Carousel Activity* Template for Student Inference Pictures__________________________________Please note that this lesson is almost the same as Inference Carousel: Making Inferences with Pictures and Captions, but the following changes have been made:*response handouts have been changed*there are only 14 images instead of 15*picture #5 is not featured in th
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2nd - 5th
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Growth Mindset Task Cards FREE Sampler
Use these free task cards to help kids and young adults learn about growth mindset by understanding hard work, persistence, grit, and dedication impact your success. Students use the task cards to practice a growth mindset in all areas of their life, including at school, home, activities, with friends, and in their own belief system. A total of 20 unique task cards are included.
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Teach and practice Growth Mindset with over 100 fun and engaging
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4th - 7th
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FREE Art History Guided Lesson and Art Project - Whimsy Workshop
This free sample pack from the bundle of easy step-by-step guided art lessons:Art History For Elementary 1 - With Teacher ScriptsThis lesson explores the artist Ted Harrison's use of warm and cool colors as he paints in the arctic of Canada. The simple art project will create a stunning bulletin board display! As in my other art history lessons, there is a teacher script included, with questions embedded, to lead a discussion about art techniques, geography and famous artists! There is also a wr
Grades:
K - 7th
FREE Templates for Creating Adapted Books for Special Education
This FREE pack includes four templates for creating adapted & interactive books that are perfect for students with Autism or other disabilities. With this product, you will use PowerPoint to easily edit the text and add pictures to create a simple book. Please note: you need Powerpoint to edit/ create these books.Book template #1: Is a half-page interactive bookIncludes cards for matchingIncludes pages for comprehension questionsBook template #2: Is a half-page interactive bookIncludes cards
Grades:
PreK - 12th
FREEBIE: Nonfiction Passage for Statue of Liberty
This freebie is an excerpt from Nonfiction Passages for American Symbols: Comprehension, Vocabulary, and More!
• Important Vocabulary Cards
→ Use these cards to pre-teach important vocabulary from each nonfiction passage.
• Nonfiction Passage
→ Depending on the level of your students either read the passage aloud to your students or have them read the passage themselves. Each passage is one page.
• Comprehension Questions
→ Use the differentiated comprehension questions to allow your students
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
Reading Intervention for Upper Grades Freebie- A Phonics Intervention
A free sample and the first of twenty lessons in my 3 part top selling UPPER GRADE READING INTERVENTION Looking for a no prep, age appropriate, reading intervention for your Upper Elementary Students (3rd, 4th, and 5th grades)? These phonics worksheets and decoding activities are designed to close READING AND SPELLING gaps quickly. Filled with engaging, interactive activities, this phonics intervention will build your students' enthusiasm for reading in no time at all. Science of Reading ali
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2nd - 6th
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Free Sorting Activity/ Task box or File Folder
Includes 1 sorting task (sorting by people and school supplies) differentiated into two levels. One level has color coding and one level doesn't have color coding.These are great for ECE or kinder kiddos or kids with disabilities. These can be used during math centers, direct instruction or independent work!If you want more sorting activities like this, check out this pack!
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PreK - 5th
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Three Branches of Government Lesson and Worksheets
This full lesson plan details how to teach about the three branches of government using inquiry and hands-on learning. I taught this lesson to my class of 5th graders and I was amazed by the depth of understanding the students demonstrated. Because of the visual representations used in this lesson, the students were better able to understand the importance of the three branches of government.
This packages includes the following:
- Full detailed lesson plan
- Branches of government cards
- Wo
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5th
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Continents and Oceans Test & Study Guide
A variation of the Continents and Oceans Quiz, this bundle includes an elementary level test and study guide on the world's continents and oceans. It also includes an Answer Key. *Study guide edited to include Arctic Ocean! :)
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2nd - 5th
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Parts of a Pumpkin FREEBIE | Special Education Resource
I hope you enjoy this Parts of a Pumpkin FREEBIE! Use this Pumpkin Parts worksheet to compliment any pumpkin unit or activity as you learn about the different parts of the pumpkin! This resource was created specifically for elementary and special education classrooms. Great for student with limited fine motor skills and in need of picture supported choices! This Parts of a Pumpkin worksheet goes along great with my Pumpkin Science Activity: Do pumpkins sink or float? Make sure to check it out!
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PreK - 5th
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Ecosystems and Biomes Activity FREEBIE
Teach your students about what makes an ecosystem and where they are located in the world with this engaging lesson! This lesson plan is part of a larger unit focused on the characteristics of ecosystems, the natural resources they provide, and how they relate to one another. Check out the full unit by clicking here!This freebie includes:1 full intro to ecosystems lesson plan with associated PowerPoint activity resourceThe full unit includes the following:9 complete lesson plans including engagi
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3rd - 5th
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Find Social Studies - History resources | TPT
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.
Teaching with social studies resources
On TPT, social studies resources come in various formats, from worksheets to interactive notebooks to units. They can be used to enhance learning, assess a student’s mastery of social studies concepts, or to reteach a tricky topic. With plenty of TPT resources at your fingertips, teaching and learning social studies will be so much easier.
Discover printable and digital social studies resources
If you’re a teacher or parent looking for printable or digital social studies resources, TPT has an extensive array of instructional materials for every learning need, topic, or grade level. Whether you’re teaching students about America’s democratic process, the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., how to read maps, or World War II, we’ve got you covered.
Social studies resources on TPT offer informative lessons, engaging texts, intriguing facts, interactive puzzles, and enjoyable trivia games. These grade-specific resources ensure that all students can access age-appropriate materials that stimulate their minds and enhance their creative thinking abilities.
For instance, first graders can explore worksheets on senses and emotions, followed by a coloring page featuring Harriet Tubman. Older students can test their knowledge with quizzes on statistics and capital cities, then delve into the history of the Underground Railroad through an informational sheet or enjoy a word search focused on civil rights leaders. With such a wide variety of subjects and topics covered, our social studies pages provide endless opportunities for students to explore the world in captivating ways.
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There are many different types of history resources sold by Sellers on TPT. Some popular social studies lessons include U.S. history, world history, ancient history, geography, civics, and government.
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Educators can save time preparing history lessons with resources created by experienced teachers. Simply start a search for social studies resources on the TPT marketplace, and filter by grade level, price, and/or resource type to find materials that've been proven to work in classrooms like yours. No matter what you’re teaching, there are plenty of social studies lessons and activities sold by Sellers on TPT that are tailored to meet your students' skill levels.
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