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Community Helpers Thematic Unit: Activities and Printables
Let's meet the helpers in our community! This unit is filled with supplemental activities to engage your students as you explore the world of community helpers! In this unit, you will find: hands on activities, arts and crafts, song and game ideas, math and language arts printables, and so much more! Contains:1. Recommended Book List2. Word Wall {12 helpers: dentist, doctor, farmer, firefighter, police officer, mail carrier, teacher, construction worker, baker, judge, scientist, trash collector
Grades:
PreK - K
Also included in: Thematic Units for PreK & Kindergarten MEGA BUNDLE
Long Ago & Now Grandparent Day Interview Activity, Family Tree, Student Timeline
Introduce your students to their family history with this fantastic Long Ago & Now Grandparent Interview Activity, Family Tree, and Student Timeline. This lesson series uses compare and contrast strategies to help students understand how their lives are similar to or different from their grandparents' lives. It makes for a great Grandparents' Day activity! Plus, the strong home-to-school connection will help keep everyone involved and excited about learning. This mini-unit is in my Long Ago
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Winter Holidays in Mexico - Christmas Around the World - Slides + Activities
Feliz Navidad! Learn all about Christmas Around the World in Mexico with a fully narrated, stunning, full-color Powerpoint packed with photographs, facts, and a look into Mexico's most special traditions. The best part?! I talk so you don't have to!This presentation can be played in 2 ways:1. Manual: Click through at your own pace, starting and stopping the narration when needed.2. Automatic: Click the first slide to begin, sit back, and enjoy the show! (7 minutes plus teacher-guided multiple ch
My Community Scrapbook
**UPDATED FILE--8/4/15**Learning about community will be an interactive and memorable experience as your students create a keepsake scrapbook full of their own drawings, magazine cut outs, photos, and more!Activities and pages included in this rockin' project:1. Adorable cover page :)2. "On the Map"--students will glue a map of their state or draw their state, and label their city.3. "Home Sweet Home"--students will learn to memorize their home address as they write it on the envelope and add
Grades:
K - 2nd
Map Skills - First Grade Mapping - Social Studies - Google Slides™
Teaching beginning map skills to 1st graders is always a lot of fun! Students love learning about maps, compass roses, cardinal directions, and map keys! This interactive Google Slides™ unit is a perfect activity to introduce and practice beginning mapping.Audio is included on all slides in this unit.Here's what's included in this deck:Audio included for definitions, instructions, sentencesDifferent uses of mapsCardinal directions on a compass roseUsing directions on a mapUsing a map key activit
Grades:
1st - 2nd
Rules and Laws Social Studies Unit
RECENTLY REDONE AND UPDATED! This unit features 5 activities about the rules and laws in our community. It could be used anywhere from Kindergarten up to 2nd or even 3rd grade. Included in this set:
-Posters with definitions
-Rules and laws bubble map- Students give several examples of each
-Writing piece- What would your community be like without laws?
-Rules and laws tree map- Cut and sort pictures of laws and rules.
-Rules at home, rules at school, and laws flipbook.
Grades:
K - 3rd
Also included in: Social Studies Curriculum Bundle
Long Ago & Today Sort, Compare & Contrast Artifacts Scaffolded Writing Activity
Long Ago and Now: Compare and Contrast Artifacts & Writing Activities help students understand how to compare and contrast the inventions from long ago and today. This is a series of lessons on compare and contrast, several sorts, and related writing activities.This mini-unit is in my Long Ago & Now Unit. DO NOT purchase this if you have or are purchasing the whole unit.LONG AGO & TODAY COMPARE AND CONTRASTTeacher Notes about Compare and ContrastInteractive Mini-book that compares
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Rights and Responsibilities Social Studies Unit
JUST UPDATED!! This unit features 5 activities about rights and responsibilities in our community and school. It could be used anywhere from Kindergarten up to 2nd or even 3rd grade. Included in this set:
-Posters with definitions and examples
-Rights and responsibilities bubble map- Students give several examples of each.
-Writing activity- Students write rights and responsibilities of their own made up land
-Flipbook- Rights in my community/ Responsibilities in my community
-9 large cards
Grades:
K - 3rd
Also included in: Social Studies Curriculum Bundle
Winter Holidays in France - Christmas Around the World - Slides + Activities
Joyeux Noel! Learn all about Christmas Around the World in France with a fully narrated, stunning, full-color Powerpoint packed with photographs, facts, and a look into France's most special traditions. The best part?! I talk so you don't have to!This presentation can be played in 2 ways:1. Manual: Click through at your own pace, starting and stopping the narration when needed.2. Automatic: Click the first slide to begin, sit back, and enjoy the show! (8 minutes plus teacher-guided multiple cho
Maps and Globes
Anything and everything you need to complete a unit on maps and globes. Includes anchor charts, activities, interactive notebook pieces, foldables, songs, and more!
-Anchor charts
-Compass rose activity
-Me on the map activity
-Maps and Globes song
-Creating a map activity
Grades:
K - 3rd
Also included in: Social Studies Curriculum Bundle
Winter Holidays in Italy - Christmas Around the World - Slides + Activities
Buon Natale! Learn all about Christmas Around the World in Italy with a fully narrated, stunning, full-color Powerpoint packed with photographs, facts, and a look into Italy's most special traditions. The best part?! I talk so you don't have to!This presentation can be played in 2 ways:1. Manual: Click through at your own pace, starting and stopping the narration when needed.2. Automatic: Click the first slide to begin, sit back, and enjoy the show! (10 minutes plus teacher-guided multiple choic
American Government & Citizenship Unit
This unit is perfect for introducing the concept of government and teaching students that we are each contributing citizens in our communities and country! In this unit you will find:-17 Vocabulary Cards: citizen, cooperate, responsibility, government, laws, consequences, government services, tax, volunteer, petition, council, election, vote, mayor, governor, judge, and president-Vocabulary interactive notebook flaps, with cut and paste definitions.-9 Instructional pages covering:What is a Citiz
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Also included in: 3rd Grade Social Studies BUNDLE: Map skills and Government
Winter Holidays in Germany - Christmas Around the World - Slides + Activities
Frohe Weihnachten! Learn all about Christmas Around the World in Germany with a fully narrated, stunning, full-color Powerpoint packed with photographs, facts, and a look into Germany's most special traditions. The best part?! I talk so you don't have to!This presentation can be played in 2 ways:1. Manual: Click through at your own pace, starting and stopping the narration when needed.2. Automatic: Click the first slide to begin, sit back, and enjoy the show! (5:00 minutes).The presentation incl
Grades:
PreK - 3rd
Wants vs. Needs Economics Sorting Worksheet
Great practice for sorting words (no pictures) into the Wants or Needs category. This can be a great assessment! It can also be used for homework or practice. Great follow-up to my wants vs. needs sorting center. I also have a wants/needs sorting worksheet with pictures! Check them out! :) I have many Economics resources available in my store--natural/human/capital resources, goods/services, producer/consumers, etc.
Grades:
K - 5th
Also included in: Economics Bundle - 1st - 3rd Grades - Worksheets and Center Activities
Florida History Unit: St. Augustine Castillo de San Marcos
Whether you're taking your Florida fourth graders on a field trip to St. Augustine or not, this unit on the Castillo de San Marcos is sure to help them become experts on one of St. Augustine's most important historical landmarks! The goal of this unit is that students will be able to identify key parts of the Castillo and what their function was. This unit contains: - an art activity-12 page slide show that shows photos of the key parts of the Castillo and their function- a cut/paste activity
Grades:
4th
Hemispheres Lesson with Latitude & Longitude Worksheets - Equator Activities
Wondering how to teach about hemispheres, longitude, and latitude? Look no further than this ready-to-go hemispheres lesson. Teach students about hemispheres, longitude, latitude, the Equator, and the Prime Meridian with engaging texts and activities. This Hemispheres Lesson Plan includes everything you need to help students grasp how the Earth is divided into four hemispheres.With authentic practice activities, your students will understand how the Equator and Prime Meridian divide the Earth in
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Also included in: Economics Unit and Geography Unit Bundle - Social Studies Curriculum
Marie Curie Scientist Study Biography Activity
Looking for a print and go option for Women's History Month or studying about famous women in STEM history? Try this Marie Curie Create-a-Book! Learn about this scientist and why she is famous in this 8 page Create-a-Book (mini biography book). Your students will cut and paste the provided illustrations and fill in the blanks using the word bank, based on context to complete the book. Ideas for extending this activity are included.What You'll GetOverview Poster: There is a poster in color and bl
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Also included in: Famous Scientists and Inventors Bundle
Benjamin Franklin Inventions Power Point
Students will love learning about one of the most interesting people in history with this 35 slide presentation!
Benjamin Franklin will always be remembered as one of the greatest inventors and humanitarians of all time. Plus, he had a huge role in the American Revolutionary War and the founding of America.
This 35 slide PowerPoint presentation has colorful and creative graphics to keep students actively engaged. It's geared for 1st grade, 2nd grade, and 3rd-grade students.
Students will le
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Past and Present Social Studies Unit
This packet is great for teaching life now with life in the past. Includes several independent activities as well as whole group lessons. Included:
-Past and present picture sort (independent)
-Past and present whole group set- large picture cards that can be sorted whole group and/or at a center.
-My Timeline- students create a timeline of them as a baby, in Kindergarten, and now.
-Then and Now worksheet- Includes pictures of things from the past and the student adds what we use today.
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Grades:
K - 3rd
Also included in: Social Studies Curriculum Bundle
Rules and Laws Interactive Notebook and STEAM Activities Social Studies Unit
Don't let your social studies unit on rules vs. laws become a boring review of school rules. Use these 9 activities to teach your students the basics and push them to the highest level of thinking by allowing them to create a community with rules and laws of their own! These 9 activities in this mini unit on rules and laws have some different options/styles available. What's included: Create a Community with Rules and Laws Style 1Create a Community with Rules and Laws Style 2Create a Community w
Grades:
1st - 4th
Alexander Graham Bell Inventor Study / Biography Activity
Are you learning about famous inventors or scientists? Alexander Graham Bell is one you don't want to miss! This is an interactive biography study, where students fill in the blanks and add provided illustrations to complete a booklet about a famous inventor. What You'll Get8 page booklet ("create-a-book"): Your students will add illustrations (provided, or they can create their own) and fill in the blanks using the word bank to complete the biography.Poster (in color and black and white), which
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Also included in: Famous Scientists and Inventors Bundle
Veterans Day
This product is full of resources to make your Veterans Day instruction truly meaningful to your students! Simple language and adorable graphics make this product very student friendly. With these resources you will be able to introduce your unit of study and answer student questions. Best of all, students will gain a personal connection to your instruction as they discover veterans in their own extended families. The colorful class graph you will create will make a great display!
Included i
Grades:
K - 3rd
FAMILIES and CELEBRATIONS Theme Centers and Activities for Preschool and Pre-K
The teaching theme focus for this packet is Families and Celebrations (and introducing traditions related to the celebrations). The celebration and traditions of a Birthday is used to present this concept to the children.44 pagesBe sure to click on the PREVIEW link to see some more pages.****************************Pre-K Theme for a Day is a series of mini teaching topics that are focused towards preschool and Pre-K learners. Although the activities are written to cover one full day of activiti
Grades:
PreK - K
Also included in: FAMILIES Centers and Activities for Preschool and Pre-K BUNDLE
Parts of a Map Worksheets - Create Your Own Map with Map Key and Map Scale
Make map skills the most interesting part of your day! This Map Skills Lesson Plan on the parts of a map includes everything you need. With authentic practice activities, your students will get to dig into different types of maps to understand what makes a map. Save time planning and hit your learning targets with this great lesson.Here are some ways teachers have used this resource:✔ Read about the parts of a map and look at authentic examples in groups, with partners, or as a whole class.✔ Use
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Also included in: Economics Unit and Geography Unit Bundle - Social Studies Curriculum
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