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Social studies Common Core W.4.1 centers
The Hope Chest | Novel Study Unit | Women's History | Suffrage | Printables
Perfect for Women's History Month or a unit on Women's Suffrage!This print and go resource will give you everything you need to lead your students through a literature study of this densely-packed historical novel about the fight for the 19th Amendment in 1920 America. Engage your students in rich discussions, vocabulary, comprehension, character analysis, evidence gathering, prediction, and writing tasks. Excellent for literature circles or small group instruction in your upper elementary class
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in:Â The Hope Chest Novel Study | Women's History | Suffrage | 19th Amendment
Project Based Learning Math & Reading with Real World Math Problem Solving
Your students will love this Rescue a Pet project based learning math & reading Unit as they encounter real world math problem solving, persuasive letter writing and apply comprehension strategies by reading a comprehension passage about how to care for a pet. This would make fabulous literacy center activities for all focus areas.Two options availableDigital in Google Slides to assign in Google ClassroomPDF Version in Black & WhiteStudents are also engaged in Social studies standards a
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3rd - 5th
The First Thanksgiving - Thanksgiving Activities - Reading Comprehension
Teach the real facts about The First Thanksgiving with this comprehensive reading comprehension resource! Perfect for 4th grade and 5th graders as well as some 6th grade classes. The informational book with several interactive activities not only teach the real facts about Thanksgiving but also give students practice with skills and higher-level thinking. Use in your Language Arts or Social Studies/US History classes. There is a digital version of this resource available. Click HERE.Higher-Leve
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4th - 6th
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Also included in:Â American History Activities - US History BUNDLE
The Boston Massacre: Paired Reading Passages & Opinion Writing
Who Caused the Boston Massacre? American Revolution Paired Passages & Opinion Writing - Digital & PDFThis is set of leveled paired passages or texts with reading comprehension tests, short response questions, and extended writing prompts. The included texts are non-fiction. Two of the texts are based on the actual testimony given at the trials, although the texts have been rewritten in modern English. The extended writing prompt provided is for opinion writing. Targeted reading levels a
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4th - 6th
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Legend of the Indian Paintbrush Native American Read Aloud Book Study Companion
The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush Read Aloud Book Study Companion Reading Comprehension Literacy Unit A Literacy Book Companion Unit with Comprehension & Fun Activities, based on the book by Tomie dePaola (book not included).This 52-page packet provides a variety of levels to reach each individual student. Please see preview pages and descriptions below : 52 Pages Total Include:1. Table of Contents2. 10 Comprehension short-answer questions 3. continued4. 10 Multiple Choice Questions 5. con
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2nd - 4th
The Mud Pony Book Study Companion Reading Comprehension Rainbow Native American
The Mud Pony : A Reading Rainbow Book Study Companion Read Aloud Comprehension Packet with activities including quiz, sequencing, vocabulary, writing, and more, based on the book by Caron Lee Cohen (book not included). This 46-page packet provides a variety of levels to reach each individual student. Please see preview pages and descriptions below . Worksheets include lined paper for easy handwriting practice: 46 Pages Total Include:1. TABLE OF CONTENTS2. 10 Comprehension short-answer questions
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2nd - 4th
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Hero Research Project-PDF, Google Slides, and Easel Options
Heroes are everywhere...some are famous, and some are right next door!This resource is accessible for a distance learning, as well as a traditional classroom setting. You will be able to access a Google Slides presentation, a PDF file that can be printed off for students, or as an Easel resource. This product engages students in a four phase mini-research project. In part one, students identify what it means to be a hero. In the second part, they research a famous hero, using both print and
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2nd - 4th
YEAR BUNDLE! US History Activity Choice Boards Grades 4, 5, 6, 7 Social Studies
This year-long bundle of 10 Social Studies Choice Board Activity Packets is your all-in-one resource to gamify social studies and/or US history for the entire year. These fun menus of learning activities are designed with differentiation in mind, like encouraging student choice and being totally student paced. Essentially, each of these choice boards provide students with 12 unique learning activities to take a deeper dive into various periods of growth in United States history, from around 1400
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4th - 7th
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Digital Veterans Day Literacy Activities for Google Slides™ | Distance Learning
These Google Slides™ for your Google Classroom™ will help your students know why we celebrate Veterans Day. This resource is designed to provide basic information about how Veterans Day came to be, what it stands for, and why we celebrate. This is Common Core packed with reading, writing, and vocabulary. Informational text is included with easy-to-use drag and drop features for vocabulary, comprehension, syllable practice, and writing.Higher-Level Thinking questions based on the Veterans Day bo
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4th - 5th
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Also included in: Digital Veterans Day Activities for Google Slides™ AND Printable
Reconstruction in America | Social Studies Unit Choice Board Activity Packet
Save money and grab the year-long bundle here!This Social Studies Choice Board Activity Packet is your all-in-one resource to gamify social studies and/or US history. This fun menu of activities is designed with differentiation in mind, like encouraging student choice and being totally student paced. Essentially, this resource provides students with 12 unique learning activities to take a deeper dive into the efforts to reunite the nation after the Civil War and the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendmen
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4th - 6th
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American Civil War | Social Studies Unit Choice Board Activity Packet Gamify
Save money and grab the year-long bundle here!This Social Studies Choice Board Activity Packet is your all-in-one resource to gamify social studies and/or US history. This fun menu of activities is designed with differentiation in mind, like encouraging student choice and being totally student paced. Essentially, this resource provides students with 12 unique learning activities to take a deeper dive into the lead-up to the Civil War, several key battles, as well as important people and their co
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4th - 6th
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Slavery in America | Social Studies Unit Choice Board Activity Packet Gamify
Save money and grab the year-long bundle here!This Social Studies Choice Board Activity Packet is your all-in-one resource to gamify social studies and/or US history. This fun menu of activities is designed with differentiation in mind, like encouraging student choice and being totally student paced. Essentially, this resource provides students with 12 unique learning activities to take a deeper dive into the slavery system in 1800s America, the abolition of slavery and the tensions that lead up
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4th - 6th
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Westward Expansion | Social Studies Unit Choice Board Activity Packet | Gamify
Save money and grab the year-long bundle here!This Social Studies Choice Board Activity Packet is your all-in-one resource to gamify social studies and/or US history. This fun menu of activities is designed with differentiation in mind, like encouraging student choice and being totally student paced. Essentially, this resource provides students with 12 unique learning activities to take a deeper dive into America's westward expansion, the Louisiana Purchase, California Gold Rush, and so much mo
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4th - 6th
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Industrial Revolution | Social Studies Unit Choice Board Activity Packet Gamify
Save money and grab the year-long bundle here!This Social Studies Choice Board Activity Packet is your all-in-one resource to gamify social studies and/or US history. This fun menu of activities is designed with differentiation in mind, like encouraging student choice and being totally student paced. Essentially, this resource provides students with 12 unique learning activities to take a deeper dive into America's Industrial Revolution, railroads, groundbreaking inventions, cotton boom, and so
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4th - 6th
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American Government | Social Studies Unit Choice Board Activity Packet | Gamify
Save money and grab the year-long bundle here!This Social Studies Choice Board Activity Packet is your all-in-one resource to gamify social studies and/or US history. This fun menu of activities is designed with differentiation in mind, like encouraging student choice and being totally student paced. Essentially, this resource provides students with 12 unique learning activities to take a deeper dive into the events that led up to the ultimate signing of the US Constitution, our founding fathers
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4th - 6th
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American Revolution | Social Studies Unit Choice Board Activity Packet | Gamify
Save money and grab the year-long bundle here!This Social Studies Choice Board Activity Packet is your all-in-one resource to gamify social studies and/or US history. This fun menu of activities is designed with differentiation in mind, like encouraging student choice and being totally student paced. Essentially, this resource provides students with 12 unique learning activities to take a deeper dive into the lead-up to the Revolutionary War and the historical figures who guided America to their
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4th - 6th
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American Colonies | Social Studies Unit Choice Board Activity Packet | Gamify
Save money and grab the year-long bundle here!This Social Studies Choice Board Activity Packet is your all-in-one resource to gamify social studies and/or US history. This fun menu of activities is designed with differentiation in mind, like encouraging student choice and being totally student paced. Essentially, this resource provides students with 12 unique learning activities to take a deeper dive into the development of the 13 original American colonies and their continued ties to England. A
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4th - 6th
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European Exploration | Social Studies Unit Choice Board Activity Packet | Gamify
Save money and grab the year-long bundle here!This Social Studies Choice Board Activity Packet is your all-in-one resource to gamify social studies and/or US history. This fun menu of activities is designed with differentiation in mind, like encouraging student choice and being totally student paced. Essentially, this resource provides students with 12 unique learning activities to take a deeper dive into the history of the period of rapid European exploration of the Western Hemisphere, or the A
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4th - 6th
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Native Americans | Social Studies Unit Choice Board Activity Packet | Gamify
Save money and grab the year-long bundle here!This Social Studies Choice Board Activity Packet is your all-in-one resource to gamify social studies and/or US history. This fun menu of activities is designed with differentiation in mind, like encouraging student choice and being totally student paced. Essentially, this resource provides students with 12 unique learning activities to take a deeper dive into the history of Indigenous Americans. As the teacher, you can require students to complete a
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4th - 6th
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Patty Reed's Doll Novel Powerpoint
Need a way to teach westward movement in an engaging novel study?! This PowerPoint template can be used to guide you through an entire novel study for Patty Reed's Doll: The Story of the Donner Party by Rachel K. Laurgaard! There is daily lessons and chapter questions. There is also vocabulary, important timeline events, and prompts. The power point includes comprehension questions, vocabulary webs (synonym/antonym/ parts of speech/ definition/ sentence use), timeline of events, crossword (with
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4th
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Also included in:Â Patty Reed's Doll Novel Study BUNDLE
4th Grade Autumn READING Learning League Adventure *GROWING BUNDLE*
The Learning League has mysteries to solve that require the use of your students' reading skills!! These reading problems have been tailored specifically for 4th graders in the fall, so give your classroom explorers a chance to review their knowledge and simultaneously go on an adventure!You get the added bonus of incorporating cross-curricular elements into your class when you purchase these resources! This bundle includes mysteries with SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES themes, but if you want to foc
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4th
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September Daily Journal Writing Prompts for Whiteboard Presentation or Task Card
September Daily Journal Writing Prompts
With classroom time at a premium, I created these prompts to engage my students in daily, purposeful writing. This download includes 20 journal writing prompt slides that can be displayed daily on the whiteboard. In addition, the prompts are also provided in a task card format. These can be used in a writing center or as a stand-alone activity for early finishers. Also included is a Journal Writing Checklist that can be glued into the front of your stu
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3rd - 5th
Presidents' Day Activities - Research, Writing, SEL Bulletin Board
Struggling to find a meaningful Presidents’ Day activity? These Presidents’ Day activities will help you incorporate social studies, writing, and character education. Plus, you get to combine it all into an awesome bulletin board!Included in these Presidents’ Day Activities are:Graphic organizers: ResearchBrainstormingCompare/ContrastWritingBulletin Board:Title: We Are LeadersPatriotic Bulletin Board TrimPresidential Cutouts to color and attach to writing pieceLined writing paper Goal:Students w
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3rd - 5th
October Daily Journal Writing Prompts for Whiteboard Presentation or Task Cards
October Daily Journal Writing Prompts
With classroom time at a premium, I created these prompts to engage my students in daily, purposeful writing. This download includes 20 journal writing prompt slides that can be displayed daily on the whiteboard. In addition, the prompts are also provided in a task card format. These can be used in a writing center or as a stand-alone activity for early finishers. Also included is a Journal Writing Checklist that can be glued into the front of your studen
Grades:
3rd - 5th
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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
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