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2nd grade Autumn social studies centers
Patriotic Coloring Pages w/ Designs for Memorial Day (and Other Occasions!)
American Symbols Patriotic Coloring Pages: This set of my interactive coloring sheets (with writing prompts) includes American patriotic symbols appropriate for:September 11thPatriot DayConstitution Day Memorial DayPresidents' DayVeterans' DayFlag Day4th of July...and any American history unit. Students add bold patterns to different Patriotic American symbols and then color their designs to produce a Pop Art-styled artwork. These coloring pages are fun, easy, and unique. It's a sure winner with
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K - 8th
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Summer Reading Passages with Comprehension Questions Packet 2nd 3rd 4th Grade
Introducing our leveled reading passages with comprehension questions for 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade! This resource includes 10 practice passages, answer keys, posters, graphic organizers, and more! Empower your students with a deeper understanding of nonfiction texts. Grab your summer reading comprehension packet now and witness the transformative impact on your classroom! This is designed for 3rd and 4th grade, but my own 2nd grader is advanced, and it would work well for him. I've also taught ti
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2nd - 5th
Community Helpers Activity Craft
Community Helpers Build a community for your social studies community helpers unit with these cute and easy to cut templates. Students will have fun with this 3D building activity and creating a class book on community helpers. Students will enjoy adding their own details to these templates.Included16 Different community buildings craft28 Community HelpersWeb worksheet about community helpersWriting PromptsClass book coverReview printables See Preview!!!Great for Art Center & Writing Cen
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K - 2nd
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Christmas and Holidays Around the World - Digital Resources and Teaching Slides
18 individual printable readers and corresponding activities for holiday celebrations for Christmas / Holidays Around the World! Now includes digital and printable versions.This unit comes with resources for traveling to 18 CountriesMini-Books Packed with Information about Each Country! Crafts for Each Country!Comprehension Questions for Each Mini-Book5W + How to Graphic OrganizerJournal Pages and Journal Cover in Color and Black and WhitePassport Stamps and Passport "holder" foldable in Color a
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1st - 3rd
Unscramble The Mystery Masterpiece | Fun Art History Activity & Great Sub Plan
Unscramble The Mystery Masterpieces. This is a great art history activity! In these unscramble grid activities, students are presented with a scrambled image of a famous masterpiece. Then each student works to unscramble the grid pieces to produce the final “unscrambled” masterpiece. These one-page mystery masterpieces can be…ColoredIncluded in interactive notebooksPaired with a research reportDisplayed on a bulletin board… or used in any other way imaginable! They are great for… Morning workEar
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2nd - 8th
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Thanksgiving Math Activity | "Pop Art" Fall Math Fact Coloring Sheets
Thanksgiving-themed coloring sheets for addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Combine math with art for a win-win lesson! Art integration is one of the most effective ways to engage students. I have created this product using my popular “pop art” images. You will find that I have filled each image with patterns and then added math problems into the various shapes and patterns. I have included addition up to 20, subtraction from as high as 25, and multiplication and division that
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2nd - 6th
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Pop Art Fall & Thanksgiving Coloring Pages + Writing by Art with Jenny K.!
Art with Jenny K.'s proven, time-tested resources make your life as a teacher easier by saving you time! They are fun and engaging for kids and are super easy, no-prep for you! AWJK's Pop Art Thanksgiving and Fall coloring pages have been thrilling kids and teachers for over a decade! I have included 8 different seasonal designs in this set. ALL designs include two variations, one which is pre-filled with patterns (for the younger kids) and one which invites the kids to fill in their own patter
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K - 8th
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Hurricane STEM Challenge Weather Activity
Your students will love this Hurricane STEM Activity!This activity is perfect to use to teach students about hurricanes and hurricane safety by engineering a building that will withstand a hurricane simulation. Aligns with Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS).The STEM Process:Students plan, design, and execute their own ideas. After they have completed their activity, there is time for reflection on what worked and what didn't.Includes:Teacher and Student InstructionsStudent Planning PagesSt
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1st - 5th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-ESS3-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
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Also included in: Elementary STEM Activities and Challenges MEGA BUNDLE
American Symbols Social Studies Reading Comprehension Passages K-2
Are you looking for an easy and fun way to integrate social studies into your reading curriculum?This pack of reading comprehension passages is the perfect choice! These reading comprehension passages cover 11 American Symbols. Each passage includes 2-3 questions to go along with the reading!Your students will read a nonfiction passage about an American symbol. Then, they will answer 2-3 questions based on the passage.The text is intended for K-2nd graders and can be read together as a class, in
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K - 3rd
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Also included in: Social Studies Reading Comprehension Passages Bundle K-2
Community Helpers Reading Comprehension Passages
Inside you will find 16 reading pages focused on community helpers. Each page includes a short job description and 3 simple questions. This packet is great for first graders!Community Helpers Included:TeacherMail CarrierPolice OfficerCrossing GuardDetectiveDentistDoctorChefPlumberJanitorLibrarianGardenerVeterinarianFirefighterTrash CollectorFarmerThank you!!
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1st - 2nd
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Black History Month Social Studies Reading Comprehension Passages K-2
Are you looking for an easy and fun way to integrate social studies into your reading curriculum?This pack of reading comprehension passages is a perfect choice! These reading comprehension passages cover 12 people in Black History. Each passage includes 2-3 questions to go along with the reading!Your students will read a nonfiction passage about an important person in Black History. Then, they will answer 2-3 questions based on the passage.The text is intended for K-2nd graders and can be read
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K - 2nd
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Also included in: Social Studies Reading Comprehension Passages Bundle K-2
Fall Writing Prompts & Journal Activities - October Writing Center - Halloween
Looking for daily writing prompts that get kids excited about writing and building beginning writing skills? Writing Mats for October (fall, pumpkins, Halloween, school, and fall animal themed writing) has 20 different writing prompt practice pages for the month of October with a picture and word list, plus writing conventions checklist. They are the PERFECT pack to get kids excited to write about Halloween and fall!3 RESOURCES IN 1:PDF or PPT - Just open the PDF or PPT file and print!GOOGLE SL
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K - 2nd
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Daily Writing Prompts | Creative Writing | Winter Writing Center Activities
These winter and seasonal writing activities are perfect for daily practice in your writing center! Great for writing motivation in kindergarten and first grade. Which kid doesn't love building and creating things?! My students cannot get enough of these Build it & Write activities! ⭐️⭐⭐️⭐️⭐️ “My students absolutely loved writing with this resource. The graphics are cute, my students liked acting out the cut pieces before writing...they wrote soooo much more when using this resource. I also
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K - 2nd
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School Kids Classroom Centers Clip Art Set One
This Class Centers clip art set includes the most common and basic class centers used by most teachers and is perfect for creating a class schedule, center rotations, and to develop daily classroom routines to establish procedures. You might also be interested in: Classroom Centers Clip Art Set Two or Classroom Centers Clip Art Set ThreeThis set includes:Alphabet/Word Block Computer/Technology Listening Pocket chart Reading (partners)Smartboard Writing You will receive:8 color png images8 black
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PreK - 5th, Staff
Native American Homes STEM ~ STEM Engineering Challenge Pack ~ Set of 9!
Why not bring STEM to your Native American Unit in social studies?
Most elementary teachers are more comfortable and knowledgeable about themes, so I have decided to create STEM challenge packs based on specific themes, like Native Americans, specifically relating to their homes!
This engineering challenge activity pack is one of many that I have created to use in my classroom! I sometimes place these challenges, one per table, and the students rotate around the room in order to complete them
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2nd - 5th
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September Fall Math Crafts | Bulletin Board Activities Football Super Bowl
These fall math crafts allow students to review addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division skills in a fun & engaging way! Perfect for a fall bulletin board, math crafts are great for sub plans and work for a variety of grade levels. With 18 differentiation levels, teachers can offer simple in-class differentiation while all students complete the same project!*Be sure to check out the PREVIEW for a detailed look inside this resource! Do you and your students love math crafts? You can
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1st - 3rd
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Also included in: September Math Bundle : Fall Math Crafts and Math Puzzles
States and Capitals Bingo, I Have Who Has Game (50 States & Capitals Activities)
This resource is intended to help students learn the states, capitals and abbreviations and to help spark student interest United States Social Studies. Download Preview FilePlease view the preview file prior to purchasing. Please ensure that it is appropriate for your grade level prior to purchasing.This social studies resource includes:1. Social Studies State Study Cards2. Social Studies State Study Sheets3. States and Capitals I Have, Who has? Game4. States and Abbreviations I Have, Who
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2nd - 5th
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Fall Writing Prompts Quilt for a Bulletin Board Display - Fall Writing Activity
This Fall writing activity includes 7 printable prompts to make a class quilt display. It is a fun and engaging Fall activity that combines writing and art. It will get your students keen to write while they also contribute to a collaborative display that they will be proud of!Key Features:This packet includes 7 different Fall quilt squares.Each of these Fall writing prompts comes in 2 different formats - 4 squares to a page or 2 squares to a sheet. You can choose the size that you prefer!You ca
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2nd - 4th
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Veterans Day Activities - Reading Flip Book with Art Craft and Writing
Looking for activities to use to teach Veterans Day without interrupting your ELA activities time? This reading and writing art craft flip book teaches the meaning of the holiday while kids practice their skills.This Veterans Day activity includes a comprehension flip book plus a craft topper for decorations. This is perfect for learning about the holiday, having interactive fun, and creating a great wall display for the kids and school to see. Veterans Day Activities Included: Let's Read page:
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1st - 3rd
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Holidays Around the World Book and Activity BUNDLE | Christmas Around the World
BUNDLE of Adapted Books and Activities for Holidays Around the World • Christmas Around the World • Take your students on a trip around the world. Travel to 21 different countries and celebrate a different holiday tradition at each stop with this set of leveled, adapted readers. Please download the preview file to see an in-depth look at what's inside of this bundle, or read this blog post.This adapted book bundle is included in Adapted Book Club. Get access to 600+ adapted books by joining Adap
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PreK - 4th
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Apple Science Experiments & STEM Fall Activities Apples Craft Parts of an Apple
Easily add hands-on apple science and STEM activities as well as apple crafts that teach the parts of an apple to your fall lessons! Keep your students engaged and having fun while experimenting with apples!This apple science resource includes: 10 apple science activities with coordinating pages 2 apple craftsparts of an apple word wall cardsa digital Parts of an Apple Boom Cards deckLinks to digital Seesaw activities for easy tech integration JPEG files of the recording pages for use in Pic Col
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PreK - 2nd
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How a fossil is formed foldable sequencing activity fossilization process
Teach or review the stages of how fossils form with this folding ammonite cut-and-paste activity. This foldable sequencing activity will help students recall 6 stages of fossilization in a fun and engaging way, that's more hands-on than a standard fossils worksheet.Ammonites were pre-historic sea creatures with tentacles and a spiral shell. Their fossils can be found all over the world in many different types of sedimentary rock. The templatesThere are 4 similar PDF templates to choose from for
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1st - 4th
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3-LS4-1
Also included in: Rocks and fossils display, presentation and activity bundle
Christmas Around the World Passages - Winter Holidays Around the World Research
Want to teach about Christmas and Holidays Around the World, but you're short on time? These reading comprehension passages are a quick way to teach your students about different ways winter holidays are celebrated while practicing their reading skills.These Holiday Around the World reading passages introduce students to how holidays are celebrated in different countries. Ten different countries that celebrate Christmas plus Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and Diwali are included. There is one passage page,
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1st - 3rd
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Financial Literacy: Goods and Services, Making Choices 1st Grade
Math 1.9(B) Identify income as a means of obtaining goods and service, often times making choices between wants and needs
Social Studies 1.8(A) Identify examples of goods and services in the home, school, and community
1.9(C) Identify examples of choices families make when buying goods and services
Pocket Chart sorting activity which can also be used to be class anchor charts to display. Comes with many anchor chart and sorting display options.
**ALL pieces come with color and black and wh
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K - 2nd
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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.
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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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