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5th grade Back to School social studies centers
Back to School Activities for First Week of School Math Reading All About Me
Those first week back to school activities can be quite hectic! Make it easy on yourself with this First Week Back to School Survival Packet. It has EVERYTHING you need to help you through that first week with ease! Includes pennants, interest surveys, reward coupons, math worksheets, reading activities, color by code, and so much more!Click HERE to SAVE 25% by buying this resource as part of my Back to School Super Bundle!Click on the preview button to see everything included.This high-interest
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3rd - 6th
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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
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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Place Value Posters | Interactive Place Value Chart
Teach your students to read, record and understand numbers and how they work with this poster set. They have been designed as the perfect visual to keep displayed in your classroom all year round to support your teaching and student’s learning when it comes to place value and our number system.This resources comes in a $$$ saving Classroom Decor BUNDLE.Place value is a vital mathematical concept but can be a difficult one for students. It is the key to understanding our number system and so many
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3rd - 8th
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Also included in: Chalkboard Classroom Decor BUNDLE | Blackboard Classroom setup
Author's Purpose - It's All About PIE - Anchor Charts
****This kit is now available as part of a money-saving BUNDLE! Check it out here (Click on the title): Save With A Bundle: Author's Purpose - All About PIE and Reader's Tool Box Get ready for the first day and week of school!
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A fun way to introduce Author's Purpose to any grade level! I used the P.I.E. acronym (Persuade, Inform, Entertain) but took it to the next level by actually using pie as the text examples. P
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K - 8th
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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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Ancient Rome Culture Daily Life Stations for Ancient Rome and Roman Empire
In this engaging Ancient Rome Culture Stations activity, students navigate through 10 different categories to understand a variety of aspects of culture in Ancient Rome. Students explore Roman Mythology, the Founding of Rome with Romulus and Remus, the poet Virgil and the Aeneid, Ovid, the Latin Language and other Romantic Languages, architecture, literature, "bread and circuses", gladiator games, chariot races, major achievements such as concrete, the Julian Calendar, aqueducts, the Roman the
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5th - 8th
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Classroom Expectations - Character Traits Posters
These posters are a great reminder to students on what it means to have positive character traits!Included are color and matching black/white student posters.The color posters are for hanging in your classroom, hallways, bulletin board, etc. They are bright and easy to read. The black and white versions are EMPTY. They do not have the descriptions on the pages. They include the headers and clip art. The black and white posters are for students to write in their own descriptions of how they c
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K - 5th
Sub Plans | Substitute Teacher Binder | Emergency Substitute Plans
These emergency sub plans include FIVE days of editable plans, plus dozens of extra activities that your students will love! This resource includes 190 pages of activities for use with substitute teachers or in your classroom! Whether you are making emergency sub plans and need PRINT AND GO or want to mix and match activities to make the perfect guest teacher plan, this is the ultimate sub plan resource!Please see the preview for a very detailed look at this resource. What Sets These Plans Apart
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3rd - 5th
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5th Grade Math Posters
Colored coordinated posters based on Common Core Math Standards.*Updated to add cool color option*Black and White Versions Included*This product includes posters for the following standards: (Be sure to download the preview for a better look!) Multiplicative ComparisonOrder of Operations (PEMDAS)Patterns (input and output tables)Coordinate SystemPlace ValuePowers of TenDecimals Ordering DecimalsRoundingMultiplying using standard algorithmMultiplying using area modelDividing using standard algori
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4th - 6th
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5th 6th Grade 1st Day of School Numbers Math About Me Poster Worksheet Activity
✨ Math About Me ✨ This editable Math All About Me Poster is perfect for the 1st Day or week of School in 5th, 6th grade or Middle School classrooms. Get to know you through numbers w/ these 1st day of School Math Activities! Use this All About Me Math worksheet in a Back to School Math Station or Math About Me workshop, as the First Day of Math Bellringer, or as a worksheet, or assign the PDF version in Easle. First Day of School All Math About Me Poster for Math Activities 5th 6th Grade *Digita
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5th - 8th
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Ancient Mesopotamia Learning Stations, 3D Ziggurat, Mesopotamia Activities
This resource contains six Mesopotamia learning stations that students can rotate through in small groups. Each ancient Mesopotamia learning station (or center) is designed to give students engaging and exciting learning experiences to practice, enrich, review, and enhance their learning. Students will visit each station with a small group and complete tasks and activities all about ancient Mesopotamia. Check this out! Students will create a 3-D ziggurat to showcase their learning. They’ll “bui
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5th - 8th
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Math About Me Get to Know You Activity & Bulletin Board for Back to School
Are you looking for an activity to start your math class? Here is a great way to start the year and decorate your classroom with student work! My Number Story has 8 stations where the students are asked questions with a number as an answer. The pictures on the bunting banner represent the students' answers! The bunting banner comes with a title and key to what the pictures represent. You can also use this activity as a way to introduce station procedures. Included is a Google Slides version of t
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Math Reference Bulletin Board Display Bundle
Ancient Egypt King Tut CSI Inquiry Activity for World History
In this Ancient Egypt and King Tut CSI investigation, students analyze and use critical thinking skills to investigate the death of ancient Egypt's youngest pharaoh, King Tut. This CSI investigation is included in the Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia Bundle!Students are introduced to the background of King Tutankhamun, the role of pharaohs in ancient Egypt, the chaos created by his father Amenhotep IV (Akhenaten), and the mystery surrounding his death. Students investigate possible murder motives
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5th - 8th
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Scientific Method Activity Worksheets: Skittles Graphing Science Experiment
These skittles labs are a fun way to have students learn about the scientific method.Lab contents:1. Skittle Colors Lab:A. Question: Which color skittle is most common in a package of skittles?B. Developing a hypothesisC. ProcedureD. Data TablesE. GraphingF. Post-Lab Questions2. Skittles Mass and Amount LabA. Question: How accurate are Skittles packages to one another in terms of mass and total number of Skittles?B. Developing a hypothesisC. ProcedureD. Data and AnalysisE
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4th - 9th
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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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Scientific Method Task Cards | Science Investigations Experiments Variables
If your students are like mine, they need extra help with science process skills like supporting claims, identifying variables, asking testable questions, and writing investigation procedures.This task cards set has 20 task cards that each have 5 questions about an investigation scenario (100 total questions).Skills Included:identify independent variablesidentify dependent variablesidentify constantsformulate hypothesescommunicate valid conclusionsunderstand repeated trials can increase the reli
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4th - 7th
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Back to School Themed Math Fact Fluency Practice Coloring Sheets | Fun Activity!
Math fact review coloring sheets for back to school—addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division included. Included in this back-to-school math packet are four "pop art"- style school-themed coloring/worksheets reviewing addition up to 20, subtraction from 25, and times tables using multiplication and division.Combine math with art for a win-win and a great back to school activity!Art integration is one of the most effective ways to engage students. I have created this product using my po
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1st - 5th
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Giant Word Search Packet | Word Search Puzzles with End of the Year & Summer
This GROWING WORD SEARCH BUNDLE is full of fun, quick, and easy word search activities to do with your students throughout the whole year. Complete with over 100 AND GROWING word search activities with exciting vocabulary to search and find, your students will love completing these fun activities. Great to Use For: Morning Work Early or Fast Finishers Class challenges HomeworkLiteracy Centers So Much More! Word Find Puzzles are such a fun way to introduce vocabulary relating to various holidays
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3rd - 6th
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Place Value Posters Watercolor theme
Teach your students to read, record and understand numbers and how they work with this beautiful poster set. They have been designed as the perfect visual to keep displayed in your classroom all year round to support your teaching and students’ learning when it comes to place value and our number system.This resource comes in a $$$ saving Classroom Decor BUNDLE.This resource comes in a $$$ saving Place Value BUNDLEPlace value is a vital mathematical concept but can be a difficult one for student
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2nd - 8th
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Also included in: Watercolour Classroom Decor BUNDLE | Rainbow Class setup
Holidays Around the World Agamographs | Unforgettable Christmas Craft Activity!
Christmas Around the World Agamographs. What's an Agamograph?! It's a picture that morphs into another image when you look at it from a different angle. Agamographs are super fun and contemporary activities to easily integrate art into your classroom. There is a huge "wow factor" in this art activity—the students love the surprise. And best of all, they did it themselves!!It's hard to say but easy to do! I strongly recommend this for grades 3 and above.Use this activity for your anticipatory set
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3rd - 9th
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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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Scientific Revolution Stations Activity & Mini Labs: Digital Resources & Print
This completely Google-ready or paper classroom content-rich activity is student-centered and interactive! This masterminds of the Scientific Revolution reading and mini-lab stations activity has 9 stations with close readings, analyzing key scientists and innovations. The key scientists covered:Renee Descartes Isaac Newton Galileo Kepler Francis Bacon Tycho BraheCopernicusStudents also prove Isaac Newton's law of gravity with a simple classroom supply-based experiment and use the scientific met
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5th - 10th
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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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