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Kindergarten Back to School social studies lessons under $5
Feelings Emotions Unit (SEL) for Preschool, Pre-K, and Kindergarten
Feelings and Emotions SEL unit is loaded with fun activities to teach and build your student's emotional vocabulary and social skills. It includes posters/cards, a graph, feeling wheels, emotions write the room, and real feeling photographs. These fun feelings and emotion activities will help you build a caring classroom community of learners who will support each other all year long! The activities have a page of teacher tips and/or photographs to help you create the activity easily. You can
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PreK - 1st
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Also included in: Social Skills (SEL) and Character Curriculum Bundle for Little Learners
All About Me Back to School Activities
This All About Me Backpack can be used for back to school, first day of school, or first week of school. These make adorable back to school bulletin board and back to school hallway displays. These could also be used for Open House or Parent Night! Included are over 40 pages that could be used with PreK, Kindergarten, 1st grade, 2nd, or even 3rd! What's Included:CRAFTS-Backpack craft (black line)-Backpack Cover Template (with zipper)-Backpack Cover Template (without zipper)-Directions on how to
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PreK - 3rd
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Also included in: Back to School Activities Bundle | Back to School Survival Kit
School Scavenger Hunt: Pigeon HAS to go see the school
Use these cards to complete a school tour while doing a scavenger hunt.This can be used for prek-2nd as cards and a coloring sheet is included with this product.It includes 9 premade cards with clues for students to figure out where Pigeon went in the school:-classroom-library-bathroom-cafeteria-gym-playground-music-office-artAlso, included editable cards to type your own wording for specific places in your school building to go see.The font used is Alleycat ICG which you can download for free h
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PreK - 2nd
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First Day Jitters Book Activities | Jitter Juice Label Poem Recipe
This resource has activities to accompany the books First Day Jitters or First Grade Jitters and is perfect for your first day of school activities. Recipe, poem, graph, craft and writing activities with COMPLETE LESSON PLANS are included. On the first day of school students have lots of different emotions. Some students are excited and happy about coming to school, while others feel nervous or shy. This first day of school activity is sure to take away those jitters with a magical drink, f
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K - 2nd
Also included in: First Day Of School Read Aloud August Books And Activities Jitter Juice
Weekly Lesson Plan Templates | Editable | with Distance Learning Versions
Use these editable Weekly Lesson Plan Templates to type or write your lesson plans and create a template that fits your individual teacher needs. Options you have with these templates:Completely customize the lesson planning tables (add or delete columns and rows, change size of table boxes)Add your own text box on top of the table boxes to keep tables formatted as isUse any fonts you'd like within the lesson planning tables (headers are not editable)Type lesson plans or print your templates and
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K - 5th
Also included in: Lesson Plan Templates | Editable Weekly and Daily Lesson Planning Bundle
Back to School Art Project : Kandi-Apples : In the Style of Kandinsky
Here is the perfect project for the start of the school year: Kandi-Apples.This project will allow students to create a work of art in the Style of Kadinsky.When they are finished, you can make a colourful collective display. This project requires simple materials, and apple models are also included. A great way to discover a fundamental artist. Level:Kindergarten to Grade 6Technique:DrawingVisual Language:Thick linesThin linesCurved linesMaterials:White sheet or piece of cardboard (8.5 x 8.5 in
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K - 6th
Also included in: Art Lesson Plans Bundle : Grade 1 Visual Art
Goods and Services Worksheets and Sorts with Producers and Consumers Activities
The goods and services plus producers and consumers materials in this resource were created to help students understand basic economics. These concepts can be difficult for young learners but these activities will help them grasp the ideas in a fun manner. Goods and Services Activities Included:- Anchor Charts for Goods, Services, Consumers, and Producers- Vocabulary cut and paste pages- Goods and Services cut and paste sort- Magazine cut and paste sort- Drawing Goods and Services - Listing Go
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K - 2nd
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Also included in: Wants and Needs, Goods and Services Economics Bundle of Worksheets
First Day of Kindergarten Crown Template First Day of School Hat Preschool Grade
Celebrate the beginning of the school year for any grade level in style with these editable name hats. Personalize each hat for the first day of school with the student names and grade level. Better still, each hat comes with three font options so you can differentiate in your mixed aged classes! Quick and simple to prep - just type in your student names and grade level and generate a set of individual crowns. What a great photo op for parents and the perfect way for you to learn names quick
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PreK - 1st
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TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE 2024 ACTIVITIES & ANNULAR ECLIPSE READER ⚫ 2 READING BOOKS
TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE 2024 READER FOR KINDERGARTEN AND BEYOND (+ BONUS ANNULAR SOLAR ECLIPSE VERSION) ⚫ 2 MINI READING BOOKS CONTAINING 9 & 11 PAGES + BOOK COVERSKids will surely enjoy reading these cute and informative solar eclipse books! This resource contains 2 simple readers about the total and annular solar eclipses in black and white. Simply print and go! Children can also color the pictures of the books while learning about solar eclipses. The books also explain the total and solar
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K - 3rd
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Back to School Activities | ALL ARE WELCOME Activity | All About Me
Get ready to show your students that they are welcome and belong with this back-to-school resource that supports the amazing, best seller All Are Welcome by Alexandra Penfold & Susanne Kaufman. This K-1 book companion will provide you with different support activities that align with the text to help celebrate differences/similarities, talk about what it means to feel welcome/included and how to make others feel welcome in the classroom. A great SEL topic!* ^ This will be supported by: text
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K - 1st
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Also included in: Back to School Activities | First Day of School Activities
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Craft and Activities
Are you looking for some fun activities to introduce Kindergarten and 1st Grade students to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr? I have developed this focus on how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a Peacemaker. We talk about the difference between a Peacemaker and a Peacebreaker. Then, students write about how they can be a Peacemaker. There are several engaging activities in this mini unit for you.Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Craft Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Writing PromptsDr. Martin Luther King Jr. Peacemak
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PreK - 1st
We Don't Eat Our Classmates Back to School Activities
We Don't Eat Our Classmates is my favorite back to school activity. It is a Read Aloud about a dinosaur's first day of school. She feels nervous that she won't make any friends. When she gets to school, she eats her classmates! This book is perfect for back to school and reviewing classroom expectations and in rules in the spring. I have included several activities so that you can use the book in the fall and spring, if you wanted to. It is great for building a positive classroom community. It c
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PreK - 1st
Also included in: Classroom Community Interactive Read Alouds Back to School
Giraffes Cant Dance Activities | End of Year | Sequencing Stories with Pictures
Start the school year off by engaging 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 2024: this resource was modified and received an update Included in this Resource:4 Vocabulary Cards + Matching Response PagesStory Element Visuals (Traits, Retell Hand, Characters, Setting, Problem/Solution, Plot Events and
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K - 1st
SEL Lessons and Respect Lessons for What if Everybody Did That? Social Emotional
Teach your first, second, or third-grade students the importance of respect with this set of engaging and comprehensive respect sel lessons, designed to be used in conjunction with the book 'What if Everybody Did That?' by Ellen Javernick.WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THESE SEL LESSONS?Five days of done-for-you sel lessons that aim to teach and reinforce students respecting each other and their classroom (each lesson is designed to take only 15 minutes!)Guiding questions for your read-aloud timeRespect so
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K - 3rd
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Listening - Social Skills - Howard B. Wigglebottom Learns to Listen
Five days of Social & Emotional Learning lessons that go along with the story “Howard B. Wigglebottom Learns to Listen” by Howard Binko. This lesson is the perfect way to introduce whole body listening and strengthen listening schools in your class or small group. Lessons are all intended to be “mini” so that they fit easily into your day! This resource is the perfect way to teach social skills through literature. WHAT IS INCLUDED One weeks worth of lesson plans for the mentor text “
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PreK - 1st
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Veterans Day Reader Fall Kindergarten & First Grade Social Studies
Grab this reader to teach your students about Veterans Day and the importance of the men and women we honor on this patriotic day in November! It is 10 pages and details Veteran's Day in a kid friendly way! The last page allows students an opportunity to answer text dependent questions to strengthen comprehension. You get two versions! The blackline version is great for your students to read, color and take home to share. The color version is perfect for projecting and reading whole group!Check
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K - 1st
All About Me Class Puzzle {Beginning of the Year} {Back to School} Activity
This engaging and interactive back to school activity will make an amazing addition to your get-to-know-you fun! There are a variety of options to choose from to make it work for your classroom! :) Options Included:*Class Puzzle {Whole Group}*Small Group Team Puzzle {3 Different Puzzles}*Take Home Family Project {Send Home Letter Included}NOTE: Canadian spelling options are also included!! I really hope you enjoy my product! If you are unsatisfied in any way, contact me right away and I will do
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K - 5th
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My Place in the World Project: "Me on the Map" Geography for Kids
This hands-on geography project "My Place in the World" has kids create a visual representation of how we fit into the world. Teachers often use it with the kids' geography book "Me on the Map," by Joan Sweeney. Ideal for integrated Social Studies, ELA, Geography, Literacy, and Map Skills.Using a series of nesting circles to show the relative sizes of different geographic places, this simple but effective geography lesson helps kids sort out their relation to one another. This activity includes
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K - 5th
Also included in: Geography for Kids Bundle: Three Essential Hands-on Activities
Mapping Skills Reader for Kindergarten and First Grade Social Studies
Teaching mapping skills to your students? Need to help them understand key vocabulary: map, symbols, key, cardinal directions and compass rose? Grab this reader perfect to generate talks and discussions about what maps are and how they help provide information!Includes both a blacking version for your students to color and take home! Plus a color version to project and read whole group!Information included in the reader:maps are flatmaps tell information compass rose tells north, south, east and
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K - 1st
All About Me! Mini Book {Beginning of the Year} {End of Year} Activity
This engaging and interactive back to school or end of year activity will make an amazing addition to your get-to-know-you fun!
Download the "Preview" to check out what you will get!
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*Cover Page to Color and Personalize
*How I write my name
*What I look like
*How old I am
*My favorite color
*My favorite food
*Me and my family
*Me and my friends
*What I like to watch
*What I like to do
*My favorite animal
*Me when I grow up
*My school
*Why I'm special
I really hope you enjoy
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K - 2nd
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Washington & Lincoln Timelines President's Day for Kindergarten & First
Teaching your kindergarten & first graders about the presidents in our history? Grab these presidential timelines specific for George Washington & Abe Lincoln! You are getting both! Each timeline has four events; just enough for young children in kindergarten & first grade to sequence/order. It's a great activity after reading any age appropriate presidential biography on either Washington and/or Lincoln. The Washington Timeline:He measured land.He got married.He was an Army General.
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K - 1st
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Taking Responsibility SEL Lessons for But It's Not My Fault
Teach your first, second, or third-grade students the importance of taking responsibility with this set of engaging and comprehensive responsibility lesson plans, designed to be used in conjunction with the book 'But It's Not My Fault' by Julia Cook.WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THIS SEL RESOURCE?Five days of done-for-you lesson plans that aim to teach and reinforce students taking responsibility for their words and actions (each lesson is designed to take only 15 minutes!)Guiding questions for your read-
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K - 3rd
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Stick and Stone Read Aloud - Friendship Activities - Reading Comprehension
These Stick and Stone read aloud activities will teach your students about friendship with week-long lesson plans and book activities.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 t
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K - 2nd
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Also included in: Stick and Stone Read Aloud Bundle-Friendship Activities Bundle
The Day The Crayons Quit...Book Companion...Color Activities!
Visit this site to learn more!!Updated to to include Color pages and Colour pages.This is one of my favorite stories. So many Common Core Standards can be addressed using this piece of literature. Best is that it will bring a smile to your children's faces as they listen to this delightful tale and maybe even take a peek at their own crayons.Activities are differentiated to meet the variety of levels found in the classroom.The packet contains:Story Recall...Problem identification/how it was so
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K - 2nd
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