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Preview of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Craft and Activities

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Craft and Activities

Are you looking for some fun activities to introduce Kindergarten and 1st Grade students to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr? I have developed this focus on how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a Peacemaker. We talk about the difference between a Peacemaker and a Peacebreaker. Then, students write about how they can be a Peacemaker. There are several engaging activities in this mini unit for you.Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Craft Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Writing PromptsDr. Martin Luther King Jr. Peacemak
Preview of Stone Soup Activities

Stone Soup Activities

These Stone Soup Activities were inspired by the classic children's folktale. The activities include a generic version of the folktale, or can be used with your favorite version of the story, such as:Stone Soup by Jess StockholmStone Soup by Jon J. MuthStone Soup by Heather ForestThis pack includes the following Stone Soup Activities:Detailed plans including activities and skills covered Re-told version of the Stone Soup folktaleAn 18-piece set of Stone Soup Storyelling Props including: of trave
Preview of Fry Bread A Native American Family Story Activity Native American Heritage Month

Fry Bread A Native American Family Story Activity Native American Heritage Month

Engage your students in a rigorous interactive read aloud with the book Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story by Kevin Noble Maillard. Students will love the read aloud and be able to apply their knowledge in the extension activities and writing prompts centered around the book's theme of family and cultural traditions.Get all current interactive read alouds H A L F off with the Interactive Read Aloud ENDLESS Bundle! This resource is included in the November Interactive Read Aloud Bundle!
Preview of Common Core Rules for Discussion {Speak Up!} Speaking & Listening 1.a

Common Core Rules for Discussion {Speak Up!} Speaking & Listening 1.a

Created by
Hello Literacy
You'll need the latest version of Adobe to read this PDF file: http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/ Not only are speaking and listening skills one fifth of the Common Core standards for ELA, and not only cooperation and collaboration included in the line-up of skills for 21st century education...the tools and skills needed to have and hold intelligent conversations with others is an essential life skill. Every grade level, K-5 includes the speaking and listening standard of "having collaborative
Preview of Scaredy Squirrel: A Literacy & Social Studies Unit!

Scaredy Squirrel: A Literacy & Social Studies Unit!

I am so excited to share my Scaredy Squirrel unit with you. A few months ago, I had never read a Scaredy Squirrel books. One of my students checked one out of the library and asked if I would read it to the class. We were immediately hooked! I then checked out three more books and we decided that we would do a book study on Scaredy Squirrel by Melanie Watt. I cannot tell you enough how much FUN this was! We focused our unit on four books (Scaredy Squirrel, Scaredy Squirrel goes camping, Scare
Preview of The Water Princess by Verde 19 Book Extension Activities NO PREP

The Water Princess by Verde 19 Book Extension Activities NO PREP

Beautiful book based on the true story of African model, Georgie Badiel. Gie Gie must walk with her mother everyday to get water from the well. Gie Gie wants to find a way to bring the water closer to her village. Wonderful opportunity for discussion. From Amazon:With its wide sky and warm earth, Princess Gie Gie’s kingdom is a beautiful land. But clean drinking water is scarce in her small African village. And try as she might, Gie Gie cannot bring the water closer; she cannot make it run clear
Preview of Tennessee Symbols

Tennessee Symbols

This unit includes everything you need to put together an informational book on Tennessee's state symbols. This coorelates with the new TN Social Studies standards that are being adopted and implemented for the 2014-2015 school year. Included are 4 different versions of the book to meet the needs and differentiate instruction for all of your learners. -A craft version with patterns for all of the symbols (hands on activities) -A writing version for your higher level learners. This will help to
Preview of Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? {Felt Story Set}

Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? {Felt Story Set}

Flannel boards are a great tool in teaching visual literacy, narration, sequencing, and comprehension! This felt story set was inspired by the classic children's picture book, Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? by Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle. **Please note, this set comes in flattened PDF files only. If you are looking for the digital felt clip art set to make your own projects, you can find those here: Polar Bear Digital Felt Art After downloading and printing this felt story set,
Preview of Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? {Felt Story Set}

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? {Felt Story Set}

Flannel boards are a great tool in teaching visual literacy, narration, sequencing, and comprehension! This felt story set was inspired by the classic children's picture book, Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle. **Please note, this set comes in flattened PDF files only. If you are looking for the digital felt clip art set, you can find those here: Brown Bear and Friends Digital Felt Art. After downloading and printing this felt story set, you can use th
Preview of DINOSAUR SPEECH THERAPY AAC

DINOSAUR SPEECH THERAPY AAC

This FUNNY interactive DINOSAUR book & activity packet will give you and your students lots of opportunities to work on vocabulary, receptive and expressive language skills, imitating, following directions and TONS MORE! This book is about two young paleontologists trying to find a dinosaur. They listen for the roar of a dinosaur, but all they hear are the sounds of other animals. Your students will love guessing and imitating the animal sounds!*********************************************
Preview of ACTIONS VERBS PRONOUNS Early Childhood Speech Therapy Autism IMITATION CARDS

ACTIONS VERBS PRONOUNS Early Childhood Speech Therapy Autism IMITATION CARDS

The BUNDLE is here!! These FUN interactive ACTION books & hands on activity packets will give you and your students lots of opportunities to work on vocabulary, receptive and expressive language skills, following directions, pronouns, verbs, answering questions, imitating action words, and more. Perfect for busy SLPs working with Early Intervention, whole group therapy, and parents. Speech therapy that targets multiple goals. Working on /ing/ endings? This is great for that as well!*This pl
Preview of 26 A - Z Songs and Finger plays aligned with ZooPhonics

26 A - Z Songs and Finger plays aligned with ZooPhonics

Created by
LOL with ESL
26 fun and cute songs and finger plays from A - Z. As your students learn letter sounds, add these songs to your favorite letter themes! Perfect for your Zoo Phonics or ANY phonics program! From alligators to zebras, these songs will delight your students at morning meeting! Don't be alarmed when you find your students singing the tunes while they work independently.Create a songbook center. Students can record themselves singing a song! It will become a class favorite! Add student record
Preview of Annotation Bookmarks with Collaborative Conversation Starters

Annotation Bookmarks with Collaborative Conversation Starters

Created by
kelly morrow
Close reading assistance, great for K - 12th grade, bookmarks, collaborative conversation frames, common core aligned, reading informational text, reading literature, listening and speaking. Print and copy double sided for students to use as they are annotating text. Laminate to make them last longer!
Preview of Me on the Map mini book

Me on the Map mini book

This book will help students understand the importance of map skills and give them a basic understanding of where they're located in relation to the world. Students will be introduced to the following words: Country State Town/City Street House/Address It's very simple and fun to do with students and is a great accompaniment for the Me on the Map book by Joan Sweeny.
Preview of Accountable Talk Collaborative Conversation FlipBook

Accountable Talk Collaborative Conversation FlipBook

Created by
Primary Wishes
This collaborative conversation flip book is a great tool for students to use during small group discussions! It can also be a resource to send home with parents to support at home. The flip book style allows students to focus on the sentence starters they need to support what they want to say instead of becoming overwhelmed by too many words on a page!I use a small binder ring to attach the flip book pages together. This allows students to easily flip through the pages during a discussion, whil
Preview of Firefighters Alphabet & Beginning Sound Activity | Community Helpers Literacy

Firefighters Alphabet & Beginning Sound Activity | Community Helpers Literacy

A community helper alphabet and beginning sound activity for your fire safety theme occupations theme, or community helpers theme, units and lesson plans. Teach letters and sounds with both alphabet matching AND beginning sound activities!This easily differentiated product is perfect for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten literacy centers, literacy work stations, and literacy tubs. This set includes:✔ one set of lowercase firefighter cards✔ one set of uppercase firefighter cards✔ 26 lowercase
Preview of Mini Reader Book - Canadian Hero - Terry Fox

Mini Reader Book - Canadian Hero - Terry Fox

Your littlest readers will love having a mini reader book of their very own! This printable book is great for new readers. You can choose whether you'd like to use the colour or the black and white version. It also contains a teacher version so that you can read along together, or read as a class first. Also, because a colour teacher version is included, you could also read the story to your students digitally while they have their own small version at home.***Please note: The independent readin
Preview of The Apple Pie Tree  A Storybook Companion

The Apple Pie Tree A Storybook Companion

This 31-page packet was designed for use with young children ages 3-6. The book is not included but must be obtained separately. The activities take into consideration the attention span of preschool and kindergarten students, as well as their need to have engaging interactive opportunities with storybooks. If there is active participation, they will remain interested. The packet has detailed lesson plans, activities, and large materials (for little hands) for 3 sessions. Activities include:
Preview of The Little Red Hen Makes a Pizza:  A Storybook Companion

The Little Red Hen Makes a Pizza: A Storybook Companion

This 37-page packet contains detailed lesson plans for 4 or more sessions with accompanying materials. Extend the number of sessions needed to accomodate the needs of different age groups. The book is not included, and must be purchased separately. Included in the lessons: a picture walk with questions to ask throughout for predicting and comprehension 4 Location mats, 40 Vocabulary/Category cards a blank pizza mat, 70 topping cards, 40 comprehension csrds with front covers 11 card
Preview of Conversation Kit: Community Places {ESL}

Conversation Kit: Community Places {ESL}

Created by
ESLmnop
Need to get your students TALKING about community places? This kit has everything you need! Includes: 22 color cards with community places 6 sentence frame strips 6 question cards 1 "Where can I go to find...." poster with pictures of things you can get around town This is part of my Conversation Kit Bundle
Preview of Giraffes Can't Dance A Storybook Companion

Giraffes Can't Dance A Storybook Companion

This 34 page packet is a companion for the story “Giraffes Can’t Dance”. It is designed to be used with children ages 4 to 8 years old. It includes 23 character cards for the animals in the story, 23 vocabulary cards with multiple choice answers, 15 Comprehension Cards - Level 1 with Visual Prompts, 15 Comprehension Cards - Level 2 with multiple choice answers, 15 Comprehension Cards - Level 3 Inference Cards, 8 Story Sequencing Cards with pictures and text, 8 “Write Your Own Story” strips with
Preview of Feast for Ten: A Storybook Companion

Feast for Ten: A Storybook Companion

This is a storybook companion to a wonderful multicultural story of a family preparing for a big feast. The packet contains lesson plans, materials and activities for 5 or more sessions. It is appropriate for ages 3-8. It can be used with any unit that focuses on food, family, shopping, meals, or meal celebrations. The book is not included but must be obtained separately.Included are: 16 Food picture cards 20 Counting picture cards Shopping cart mat 8 Rhyming word pairs (16 pict
Preview of Pledge of Allegiance/ Pledge of Allegiance to Texas Flag - Bilingual

Pledge of Allegiance/ Pledge of Allegiance to Texas Flag - Bilingual

This product includes 4 posters. These posters can be used at a fluency center, or to simply post next to the classroom flags. This product is in English and Spanish.
Preview of Gender Equality Activities

Gender Equality Activities

Created by
Dizzy Ozzy
Gender Equality unit for Kindergarten to Grade 3. This resource features 10 lessons that focus on friendship, acceptance, challenging gender stereotypes, positive self-image, and understanding. This unit offers an extensive book list that will help teachers to gather a wide range of quality books that help to challenge gender stereotypes. This would be an excellent option to replacing an author study with a "thematic book study". It is perfect for addressing health and social studies curriculums
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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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On TPT, social studies resources come in various formats, from worksheets to interactive notebooks to units. They can be used to enhance learning, assess a student’s mastery of social studies concepts, or to reteach a tricky topic. With plenty of TPT resources at your fingertips, teaching and learning social studies will be so much easier.

Discover printable and digital social studies resources

If you’re a teacher or parent looking for printable or digital social studies resources, TPT has an extensive array of instructional materials for every learning need, topic, or grade level. Whether you’re teaching students about America’s democratic process, the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., how to read maps, or World War II, we’ve got you covered.

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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There are many different types of history resources sold by Sellers on TPT. Some popular social studies lessons include U.S. history, world history, ancient history, geography, civics, and government.

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Educators can save time preparing history lessons with resources created by experienced teachers. Simply start a search for social studies resources on the TPT marketplace, and filter by grade level, price, and/or resource type to find materials that've been proven to work in classrooms like yours. No matter what you’re teaching, there are plenty of social studies lessons and activities sold by Sellers on TPT that are tailored to meet your students' skill levels.