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Elementary social studies tools for common core activboard activities
Categorizing and Solving GCF and LCM Word Problems
This bundled lesson includes a PPT (saved as a PDF) for introducing analyzing and categorizing GCF and LCM word problems. In my classroom, I use CPS (clickers) and the students vote on which type {GCF or LCM} word problem is being shown. Then, we solve he 4 example problems.
At the end of the whole group lesson, there is a model example of the Formative Assessment categorizing activity.
During "work" time, your students will first categorize the (15) word problems into LCM or GCF. Then, the
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4th - 8th
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DIGITAL: Main Idea and Supporting Details
**IMPORTANT** This is a resource for use with Google Slides. You will download a PDF with the links to the resources. You will then be prompted to make a copy of each before you make any changes (select pages to assign, etc). Identifying the Main Idea is such an important skill, but can sometimes be hard for young learners to grasp. I've made it easy to teach your students this important comprehension skill and to differentiate practice opportunities for them!This bundle includes a teaching pres
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K - 3rd
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Also included in:Â Reading Comprehension Lessons Worksheets and PowerPoint Activities
Long Ago and Today | Then and Now Social Studies | Google Slides
Life Long Ago vs. Life Today This is a Google Slides file that covers "then and now" social studies lessons. These lessons teach about life long ago as it compares to life today. I have included 3 Google Slides Lessons that require no extra materials for students to complete, though some writing activities have a black & white print option as well. The 3 lessons could easily be stretched across more days as needed. Students will make comparisons between life long ago vs. today. The Google Sl
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K - 2nd
Black History Bundle K-3
This bundle includes ALL of my primary Black History Units! Great for multi-age classrooms as these resources will give options for kindergarten- 3rd grade. All resources have been (or are in the process of being) updated to be accessible for virtual learning. Please see each product description below.
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K - 3rd
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein - Economics and Retelling Activities
Who doesn't love Shel Silverstein's beloved book The Giving Tree? The Giving Tree activities include literacy and economic social studies activities. It helps first grade kids practice retelling, sequencing and identifying the moral or life lesson of the story. The Giving Tree is also a great social studies content book for learning economic concepts like scarcity, choice, opportunity cost and resources. I love using this book around Christmastime to launch a class giving project!INCLUDED IN THE
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K - 3rd
Digital Calendar Math PowerPoint for 2nd Grade Math Review for the Entire Year
I start off each morning meeting with this Digital Calendar Math Wall as a review of daily math skills from the second grade Common Core Standards. This is an interactive PowerPoint file. This means this packet will work with ANY interactive board that has powerpoint software!Can I use this in Google Slides?Yes! Just download the powerpoint file once you have purchased the resource. Then, upload it to your google drive and open in slides! EACH 2ND GRADE CALENDAR MATH WALL SLIDE HAS...between
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2nd
Distributive Property with Equivalent Expressions and Area Models
This bundled lesson includes a PPT (saved as a PDF) for introducing matching area models with equivalent expressions. In my classroom, I use CPS (clickers) and the students vote on which expression is equivalent to the area model shown. Each area model has a matching addition expression {72+ 81}, expanded distributive property expression (9 x 8) + (9 x 9), as well as a distributive property expression in which they must factor out a common factor 9(8+9).
At the end of the whole group lesson, t
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5th - 8th
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Digital Calendar Math PowerPoint for First Grade Math Review for the Entire Year
I start off each morning meeting in first grade with this Digital Calendar Math Wall as a review of daily math skills from the first grade Common Core Standards. This is an interactive PowerPoint file. This means this packet will work with ANY interactive board that has powerpoint software!Can I use this in Google Slides?Yes! Just download the powerpoint file once you have purchased the resource. Then, upload it to your google drive and open in slides! EACH FIRST GRADE CALENDAR MATH WALL SLID
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1st
The Constitution, The Bill of Rights, and Responsibilities
Having to teach your students about government can be tough! This file will make it easier for you to teach and for your students to understand how our great country came to be as it is today. This file includes 3 student interactive books and a PPT to go along with it for you to use on your interactive board, interacitve flip-flaps, a booking making activity for the Bill of Rights, 2 vocabulary assessments, 1 fluency assessment, and 1 standards based assessment to help your students how to answ
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3rd - 5th
Calendar Math for SmartBoard (daily review of 16 common core skills)
This morning meeting SmartBoard/Promethean/PowerPoint activity allows for daily calendar math to take place (without taking up a lot of wall space). It also allows you to have continuous review of 16 important common core math skills. My kids enjoy playing this as a math center as well.
Includes files for:
--ActivInspire Promethean Flipchart
--Smartboard Notebook
--Powerpoint
A manual is include to provide the ways I use each page with my students.
These skills include:
1. Calendar Skil
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Grades:
1st - 2nd
Native American Indians- The Best Power Point EVER!
This is a very informative power point. Great for a thematic unit on Native American Indians due to all the detail, visuals, and facts that it has. It describes each Native American region's climate, landforms, and natural resources. It also describes in detail each Native American region in terms of housing, clothing, food, transportation, arts and crafts, tools and weapons, religion as well as customs. Regions Discussed in depth:Southwest Native Americans (total of 12 slides)Plains Native
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1st - 5th
5 Themes of Geography, Terms Word Search Puzzle Activity Bundle Worksheets
This word search puzzle worksheet is perfect if you need something to keep your students occupied. This worksheet will help your students learn more and improve their vocabulary.After searching for the words, your students should be able to solve the secret message by filling out the blanks with the unused letters. The words are hidden in various directions - horizontally across or backward, vertically up or down, diagonally up, down or backward. Some words will also overlap or intersect, which
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4th - 7th
Georgia 3rd Grade Economics Review Jeopardy Game-CRCT!!
Review game created to cover all of Georgia 3rd Grade standards dealing with Economics. Topics included are natural, human, and capital resources, entrepreneurship, saving vs. spending, taxes, banking, budgeting, goods and services. This is a great review for those tests coming up!!
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2nd - 5th
Measuring to the Nearest Inch, Half Inch, and Quarter Inch PowerPoint
Students will learn easy strategies to help them remember the relationships between the different measurements. This instructional PowerPoint introduces, explains, and provides students with practice measuring to the nearest inch, half inch, and quarter inch. Use this during math instruction and watch your students blossom!
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3rd - 5th
Important Book Template
Thank you for your support and following me! This will be free for this week only to appreciate all of my sweet followers! :) If you like this product, it is part of my Back to School Reading and Writing: Activities to Build Community in Your Classroom pack. Check it out! It's a must have for the beginning of the year!
This template is based of The Important Book written by Margaret Wise Brown.
Great activity to introduce organization and idea development in writing.
Perfect for beginning of th
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1st - 6th
3rd Grade OST Ohio State Test Prep ELA Reading Literature Game AIR
Grade 3 Ohio's State Test - Put down the pencils and review for the Reading Literature and Narrative Skills portions of the Ohio Grade 3 Reading Test by playing a fun game! This is a Jeopardy style PowerPoint review game that is fully editable. It can be played by one child, or the teacher can lead the game and have the whole class compete in groups. Perfect to review for this Ohio State Test. All of the reading literature standards are included. Ohio's State Test for English Language Arts (
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2nd - 5th
US Bingo I Know the 50 States Group Activity w/ 35 Bingo Cards!
Need a fun way to review the 50 States? Print the Bingo Cards, and show the slides!! Students will see: the shape of each state, where it is located in the US, its state flag, and its state motto.Their job is to identify it and cover it on their Bingo Cards! A great review and there are enough slides to play at least twice. Then play a game where students race each other to identify the states. Both games are great reviews of our US states! **************************************************
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4th - 7th
Fire Safety | Google Slides
Fire Safety Digital Activities Resource engages students in learning about fire safety both in person or virtually via Google Classroom or via screen share in Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, or your preferred virtual platform. This no prep resource can be used for students independently, small group, or whole group.Included in this pack:Fire safety learning target slideLearn about Fire Safety (5 min video)Learn about Fire Fighters (10 min video)Fire Drill at School (5 min video)Virtual Field
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PreK - 2nd
Also included in:Â Year Long Learning Slides Bundle
3rd Grade NC EOG Reading Literature and Narrative Game North Carolina Test Prep
End of Grade Reading - Put down the pencils and review for the Reading Literature and Narrative Skills portions of the Grade 3 Reading Test by playing a fun game! This is a quiz style PowerPoint review game that is fully editable. It can be played by one child, or the teacher can lead the game and have the whole class compete in groups. Perfect to review for this North Carolina State Test. All of the reading literature standards are included. Includes 25 mini-passages for reading literature a
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2nd - 5th
Also included in:Â 3rd Grade NC EOG Test Prep Math and Reading Games Bundle (6)
Christmas and Holidays Around the World Passport and Directed Drawings
This Holidays Around the World resource includes a digital and a printable version. It was created for Seesaw, PowerPoint, and as a PDF document. This resource can be used with a Smartboard, computer, iPad or tablet. It includes the cover for the passport, flag, directed drawing (8 steps) and lines for them to write a fun fact about each country.Countries included:United States - reindeerMexico - poinsettia Italy - la BefanaGermany - gingerbread cookieAustralia - koalaIsrael - dreidelThe Netherl
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K - 2nd
STAAR ELA Reading Review Game I Grades 6 - 8
Quiz style review game for the STAAR test for ELA Reading grades 6 - 8. This game is a fun way to prepare students for this test. It could be played by a single child, or as a whole class review (small groups). Play in PowerPoint, or upload as Google Slides.The types of questions include:ReadingLanguageVocabularyLanguage Mechanics SpellingThe answers to all of the game questions are visible when the questions are clicked. All questions and answers can be edited in Power Point. If you like this
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5th - 8th
Georgia Social Studies | Me on the Map | City, County, State, Country, Continent
My Place on the Map - lessons for identifying and locating city, county, state, country, and continent - This geography unit is an interactive Google Slides Presentation (76 slides) with 18 accompanying B&W printable worksheet activities.This product is ideal for the early grades. This product includes an interactive Google Slides file that requires no extra materials for students to complete, though I have included black & white printable worksheets to go along with the slides. I plan t
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K - 3rd
Telling Time to the Minute Trivia!! Interactive Test Review Game
This is an exciting little product to engage your students when practicing their skills with telling time to the exact minute. This game is designed to run in Powerpoint and can be projected onto an interactive whiteboard for whole class fun! The game includes categories in which students tell time in numerous ways. There are simple clocks to read, multiple choice questions, true/false questions, word problems, and even a category to help distinguish between a.m. and p.m.
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2nd - 6th
Supply and Demand Activities | Economics Activities | Limited Resources Activity
A fun way for students to explore Supply and Demand! This is a topic that our students have lived through, but haven't put the words to it. What a great opportunity to teach the way economics works and financial literacy. Students will also learn about Limited Resources and how weather and economics affects us. This unit is Printable and Digital.This unit will save you time as the lesson plans are step by step and all your need to do is print and teach or teach and assign (for digital). HOW IT W
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2nd - 3rd
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- Become active, responsible, and engaged citizens
- Comprehend global issues such as human rights, environmental sustainability, and economic disparities
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