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1st grade problem solving social studies resources for Microsoft OneDrive
Read Across America Activities STEM 8 Silly STEAM Challenges Elementary Summer
Looking for Read Aross America STEM Challenges? This 60 page resource has 8 themed hands-on STEAM activities. My students LOVE these activities each year. Use these as stations or try one each day! Celebrate Dr. Seuss Birthday in a fun way!What's Included in this SILLY STEM Bundle? 8 Silly Themed STEM Challenges great for Read Across America Week! Silly STEM Challenge 1: Use pattern blocks to create fish Silly STEM Challenge 2: Create a hat with cups Silly STEM Challenge 3: Create silly things
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K - 3rd
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
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STEM Challenges & Activities for the Year STEAM Team Building Summer No Prep
Looking to use STEM Challenges and activities in your elementary classroom? These hands on simple STEAM activities are low prep and use common classroom materials. These STEM activities are both digital and printable! There are STEM challenges and activities for the entire year for you to use - 48 challenges! You will find just what you need for Back to School, Team Building, Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer STEM fun! This STEM Bundle includes STEM challenges and STEM activities for the entire ye
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K - 5th
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5 Little Pumpkins STEM Challenge Halloween STEAM Activities Five October Fall
This Halloween STEM challenge can be paired with Five Little Pumpkins & will get students building a gate to hold small pumpkins. With low prep, this challenge is perfect for any maker space or STEAM class. Get ready for some spooky STEM fun!This activity is included in the Halloween bundle. Save 30% when you buy all activities at once. CLICK HERE for the full Halloween bundle!Materials - to add extra fun purchase mini pumpkin erasers or props. Otherwise, use orange pom poms!INCLUDED IN THIS
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PreK - 2nd
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
Maps, Continents, and Communities Digital Unit | Google Slides
Do you need exciting and engaging social studies materials to teach maps, communities, and continents? This digital unit has tons of activities, reading informational text passages, and digital interactive notebook options that your students can do! It covers locating on places on maps and globes their local community and the USA, the seven continents, and the four oceans. They also practice constructing/reading a simple map, using cardinal directions and map symbols. Lastly, they'll compare and
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1st - 3rd
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Presidents Day Digital Activities | Google Slides™
These digital activities will help your students learn all about the Executive Branch, as well as George Washington and Abraham Lincoln on Presidents Day! The they are all PAPERLESS and DIGITAL! You can share with your class using Google Classroom™, Google Slides™ or via Microsoft OneDrive™. You can even use these with SeeSaw and PicCollage too. It includes:-Various graphic organizers-Writing prompts -Washington reading passage-Lincoln reading passage-Comprehension activities and questions-KWL c
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1st - 3rd
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Also included in: Presidents Day Activities Bundle | Digital Google Slides™ + Print
Continents and Oceans Geography Interactive PowerPoint and Mini Book with Easel
Continents and Oceans PowerPoint. Useful for studying the seven continents of the Earth and the five oceans in your geography or Social Studies classes. Includes examples of some major features of each continent of the world and some animals that are unique to each. Students will also see a visual about the equator and the hemispheres of the planet. Great supplemental activity for Earth Day, too. Has l interactive review slides and a printable for students to follow along. There are two Easel As
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1st - 4th
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Also included in: Earth Day Activities Bundle
Spring STEM Activities Earth Day Challenges Bird House Nest Caterpillar April
These Spring STEM Activities are great for engaging your students. This Spring bundle has 4 exciting challenges for March, April & May. LOW PREP for any elementary classroom! Each low prep STEAM activity comes with a digital slide show, certificates, task cards & more.What’s Included in the Spring Stem Challenges Bundle: 5 fun & simple activities all Spring themed and LOW PREP for your convenience!Spring STEM Activity 1: Earth Day Activities STEM Recycling Challenge Students will le
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K - 3rd
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Halloween Pumpkin STEM Challenge Low Prep STEAM Activities Fall Build a Pumpkin
Students will love building a jack-o-lantern for this Halloween & October STEM Challenge. Encourage STEM in your classroom with this Halloween STEM Jack-o-Lantern activity. Easy to set up, just use LEGO or blocks or even recycables. Infuse social-emotional learning, math, or literacy with the various differentiation sheets. Includes a DIGITAL VERSION for Google Classroom. This activity is included in the Halloween bundle. Save 30% when you buy all activities at once. CLICK HERE for the full
Grades:
K - 3rd
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
...
Community Helpers PowerPoint Guessing Game - What's My Job
Your students will love this fun and interactive community helpers game. This is a PowerPoint game of "Who Am I?" Students get three clues to guess the job of the community helper. There are 14 different workers represented. Students have to figure out who it is from clues about where they work, what they wear, what vehicles they drive, and what tools they use. Fun for review or assessment in kindergarten. Project on your whiteboard or Smartboard or use it at a computer center. No prep. Easy to
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PreK - 1st
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Christmas Around the World PDF and Digital
This Christmas Around the World bundle, PDF and Google Slides, is perfect for distance learning, in the classroom, and with hybrid learning. The digital component is a brand new resource, not the PDF converted to Google Slides. You will get the informational texts digitally with all new digital jigsaw puzzles, digital match games, digital word searches, and more! Games can be played online, on the slides, or even printed. I have included easy to follow directions for the crafts. Families will be
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K - 2nd
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October STEM Activities Witch Cauldron Challenge Halloween Building Low Prep
For this Halloween & October STEM Challenges students will create a table to hold up the witch's brew. Encourage STEM in your classroom with this Halloween STEM Witch activity. Easy to set up with common classroom materials. Includes a DIGITAL version! This activity is included in the Halloween bundle. Save 30% when you buy all activities at once. CLICK HERE for the full Halloween bundle!Students will love creating a table, or other device to hold up the witch's cauldron. Add weight to the c
Grades:
K - 3rd
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
...
Leprechaun Trap Challenge FREE March STEM Activity STEAM Activities Low Prep
Show your students how to catch a leprechaun with a leprechaun trap!!! This FREE St Patricks Day STEM challenge will get students designing a Leprechaun Trap. Perfect for March STEM activities! LOW PREP and easy to set up for including into any classroom with one sided response sheets, certificates, and more.⭐This is included in the MARCH STEM BUNDLE - Click here to view more!INCLUDED IN THIS LEPRECHAUN TRAP ACTIVITY:Leprechaun Trap Task Card printables (small for independent, large for group)Ac
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K - 3rd
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Dia de los Muertos | Dia de Muertos | Day of the Dead
Do you need exciting and engaging social studies materials to teach about Dia de los Muertos/Dia de Muertos/Day of the Dead? This digital unit has tons of activities, reading informational text passages, and digital interactive notebook options that your students can do. This Dia de los Muertos unit contains:-KWL chart-inquiry chart-various graphic organizers -compare and contrast holidays to Dia de los Muertos-informational text passage -comprehension activity-fill in the blank activity-safesh
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1st - 4th
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Also included in: Dia de los Muertos | Dia de Muertos Paper & Digital Bundle
Groundhog Day Digital Activities
This NO PREP digital interactive notebook and activities will help your students learn all about Groundhog Day. The coolest part is that it is all PAPERLESS and DIGITAL! Share with your class using Google Classroom™, Google Slides™ or via Microsoft OneDrive™. You can even use these with SeeSaw and PicCollage!It includes:-Graphic organizers-KWL Chart-Groundhog Day reading passages-Groundhog reading passages-Comprehension questions-Graphing activities-Links to Groundhog Day informational videosChe
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1st - 3rd
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Travel Brochure Digital Writing Template Activity - No-Prep for Microsoft Word
Engage students' curiosity about the world with the Travel Brochure template. They can easily add their research and information to this template, print, and share their information in brochure form! Great addition for a Ontario Grade 2 Social Studies - Global Communities unit.What is included:Microsoft Word editable templateCategory boxes: Climate, Food, Things To Do, LocationAdditional space to include pictures, maps and additional textGet both Microsoft WORD AND Google SLIDES version in this
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1st - 5th
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Cinco de Mayo Activities | Print + Digital
✏️If you're looking for Cinco de Mayo lesson plans, look no further! This engaging resource on Cinco de Mayo will have your students improving their knowledge about this holiday, while researching and celebrating Mexican-American culture without perpetuating stereotypes and inaccuracies about Cinco de Mayo. These Cinco de Mayo activities are also great for centers or stations, early finisher activities, or even as small group lessons! I also love their versatility and use for cross-curricular le
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1st - 3rd
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Transportation PowerPoint - Ways to Go
Transportation Ways to Go PowerPoint. What kind of transportation moves you? All kinds of transportation in this PowerPoint. Introduce and investigate the concept of transportation from the days of Paul Revere's ride to the present, with the many types of transportation we have available today. Students will have 54 different kinds of transportation to identify and classify, including interesting ones like Segway and the ISS. Each one is numbered, and then the answer is on the next slide, so the
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K - 2nd
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CCSS:
United States map. Learning States and Capital. Google classroom. Digital.
United States map. Learning States and Capital. Google classroom. Digital classroom for paperless activities.
Did you start transitioning to a paperless classroom? I have this product that can be fun and perfect for your student to learn states and capitals from the United States.
You will receive:
- PDF with instructions. (for both Google Drive and OneDrive users)
Your student will have so much fun learning states and capitals, while taking advantages of a paperless digital classroom.
Te
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K - 2nd
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Halloween Digital Unit
Do you need exciting and engaging social studies materials to teach about the origins of Halloween? This digital unit has tons of activities, reading informational text passages, and digital interactive notebook options that your students can do. This Halloween unit contains:-KWL chart-inquiry chart-various graphic organizers -compare and contrast holidays to Halloween-informational text passage about Halloween origins-comprehension activity-fill in the blank (cloze activity)-safeshare videos o
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1st - 3rd
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St Patricks Day STEM Activity March STEAM Challenge Leprechaun Catch Gold Patty
Have some fun this St. Patrick's Day! This STEM challenge will get students designing a tool to pick up gold. LOW PREP for any makerspace or STEAM class. One sided response sheets and requires common building materials!Click here to SAVE 30% when you purchase the MARCH BUNDLE. You will receive 5 engaging STEM Challenges for your students to do all month long!This activity includes a printable version AND Google Slides Presentation (works with Microsoft PowerPoint). This digital version:Can be us
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1st - 4th
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Microsoft Word using Shapes to Make a Dinosaur
This activity includes screen shots and step-by-step instruction bubbles to show students how to create a Dinosaur using Shapes in Microsoft Word.• This is a fun activity that allows students to learn more about Microsoft Word while creating some amusing Dinosaur pictures!Topics/Skills Covered in this Activity• Finding the Shape Button • Using a Variety of Shapes (Oval, Rectangle, Triangle etc.)• Moving Shapes• Coloring Shapes• Outline Weight• Moving Shapes Behind or in Front of Other Shapes• Pu
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1st - 5th
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Tree Diagrams: What Are All The Possibilities (3 math activities)
There are 3 Math Station Activities in this packet for practice with Tree Diagrams through the use of manipulatives. Using a simple direction card on the outside of the bag, students will sort (factor) the picture cards into all the possibilities. They start with one pile (attribute) to build around. There are no extras so when all the cards are used, they know they are done.
1. Ice cream cones and different flavor ice cream scoops
2. Shirts and shorts
3. Coffee, Pie, Plates
At the end of
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1st - 4th
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Georgia Symbols PowerPoint
Georgia - Symbols of Georgia Interactive PowerPoint. Fun interactive slides ask Georgia students to choose the state flower, state flag, state seal, state bird, etc. If they get it right, It will say, "Yes! Good Job! You're a true Georgian..." and then hit NEXT to move on to the next slide. If they get it wrong it will say, Oops, try again." Then hit BACK to do over. Students will learn about Georgia state symbols and have fun, too! Great for Georgia Studies. Includes a link to video of Ray Char
Grades:
1st - 4th
Inside Out Feelings Thermometer - Understanding My Emotions
This handout is meant to be used as a visual marker for children who need to work on understanding and communicating their emotions.File is non-editable. Editable Version coming soon.
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PreK - 3rd
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