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2nd grade Spring social studies resources for Microsoft OneDrive
Start Your Own Business Mini-Project (Digital + Printable)
Guide your class through their very own startup! Each year, my class comes up with their own "business" to raise money for a charity. This mini-project template guides them through the process! This goes very well with a unit on goods and services or buyers and sellers. Assign to groups, individually, or even complete whole-class. Compliments Benchmark Advance Unit 9 theme.What’s Included:A PowerPoint version for Microsoft Teams usersA Google Slides version for Google users (the link is provided
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2nd - 5th
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Also included in: All PBL, Research, and Writing Units! (Benchmark Advance)
Easter Egg Hunt Digital Google Slides PowerPoint Virtual Easter Activity Spring
Bring smiles for miles with digital Easter activities! This digital Easter Egg Hunt includes 17 egg hunt slides. Students will delete an image in each egg hunt one at a time revealing eggs worth points. But be careful! If you reveal the chick, you lose a point and that hunt ends. Students will keep track of their points as they play and then tally all points on the final slide to reveal their final score! This is fun for students to play individually or as a whole class on a digital whiteboard.
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K - 5th
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Also included in: Easter Digital Resources Spring Google Would You Rather Egg Hunt
Leap Year 2024 PowerPoint of Fun Facts
Leap Year PowerPoint. Facts and fun on Leap Year. 2024 is a leap year! Animated. Answers questions many kids have about leap year. Slides include: What is Leap Year? When does Leap Year Happen? When do we add the extra day? Why do we have Leap Year? When was the first Leap Year? What calendar do we use today? Funny Leap Year tradition, and more. The last slide is a partner activity the kids can do that is related to leap year and February 29. Use PowerPoints like this in Zoom for videoconferenc
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2nd - 5th
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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Earth Day Activities | Digital Earth Day Activities
This NO PREP digital and interactive resource will help your students learn all about Earth Day and how we can help the Earth! These Earth Day activities will not only have your students learning the importance of caring for our Earth, they’ll also be learning about recycling, reducing, and renewable energy.If you're looking Earth Day digital activities, look no further. This Google Slides™ resource has over 20 pages full of fun and engaging activities to help your students become Earth Day scho
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2nd - 4th
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Also included in: Earth Day Activities | Digital Google Slides™ + Print Activities
Spring Coding Digital Interactive Activities
Digital Spring Themed Coding Activities for your grades 2-5 students. These are fully digital and can be used through Google Slides or PowerPoint. Let your students learn about computer languages in a fun and engaging way. These activities are independent click and go lessons on binary, coding, and problem solving. Perfect for the ISTE standard Computational Thinking. They would even be great for your STEM time in class or your Maker Space during the Hour of Code!What activities are included?Bin
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2nd - 5th
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Also included in: Spring Technology Skills Activities Bundle
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
Earth Day Activities Digital Google Reading Comprehension Animals Recycle
These FUN digital Earth Day activities are perfect for Kindergarten, first grade and second grade. It includes a K-W-L chart, nonfiction text about Earth Day, a quick drag and drop comprehension check, a drag and drop activity about things that are helpful vs hurtful to the earth, a drag and drop recycling activity, a design your own Earth Day Promise (The Earth Day Promise has two templates so you can choose if you want your students to upload a picture of themself or not.), vocabulary matchi
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K - 2nd
Also included in: Earth Day Activities Digital Bundle Writing Google Virtual Recycle
Bingo Spring Digital Games Template Google Slides No Prep April May Activities
This spring digital bingo game is a great way to include fun activities in your classroom. Also, great for identifying words to photos. Includes 30 bingo boards. No prep spring bingo game is great for March, April, May and June!To play, simply share the slide show with your students and get started. Don't worry about passing out materials or making photocopies, everything is digital! Includes 30 bingo boards, plus a spinner & call sheet. The game is easy to play and set up, and your students
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2nd - 5th
Earth Day Digital Resource Reading Comprehension Google Presentation
These FUN digital Earth Day activities include three pages of nonfiction text about the history of Earth Day, two pages of comprehension questions, a drag and drop timeline about Earth Day, a drag and drop recycling activity, renewable resources vocabulary matching, a drag and drop activity to turn deforested land back into a forest habitat, and a design your own Earth Day Pledge. The Earth Day Pledge has two templates so you can choose if you want your students to upload a picture of themself o
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2nd - 5th
Also included in: Earth Day Activities Digital Bundle Writing Google Virtual Recycle
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
Ellis Island PowerPoint - Vocabulary for Understanding Immigration
Teaching the history of Ellis Island requires giving students good background information and vocabulary. This Ellis Island PowerPoint has 17 vocabulary words essential to understanding immigrants and Ellis Island. Includes vocabulary slides, quick activities, and a vocabulary review activity at the end. Century Gothic font. to make it easy to read. Includes digital worksheets in PowerPoint for students to create sentences with their vocabulary words. Words included are: Ellis Island, Immigrant,
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2nd - 5th
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Spring Activities Digital Building Game April May Google Classroom Activities
Take your students on a quest this Spring!!! Students will go on 3 digital building adventures to grow flowers, collect spring pieces & complete challenges with this engaging Spring digital building activities for Google Slides and Seesaw. With movable pieces, audio instructions, and a variety of challenges, these activities are a perfect way to practice technology skills (mouse skills, copy, paste, drag, drop). These digital activities are engaging, and a way to get your students problem so
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K - 3rd
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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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Finish the Doodle Easter STEAM Activity Drawing Challenges Sub Plans STEM Bunny
Challenge your students to finish the doodle & change it into something else. This Spring STEAM challenge targets the Art in STEAM. Students will think outside the box to disguise a bunny or egg into something else. Incorporate writing with a creative story. Save 30% with the growing bundle & grab all artist activities - click here!These activities will get students to think in a unique way. Use this as a warm up or entire lesson. Incorporate creative writing to create a full lesson. Per
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K - 3rd
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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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Martin Luther King, Jr. Activities | MLK (Google Slides™ )
This non-fiction digital interactive notebook and activities will help your students learn about the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 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:-Various graphic organizers-Writing prompts -1 Martin Luther King, Jr. Reading passage-Comprehension activities and questions-KWL chart-Ways to build pea
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2nd - 3rd
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Easter Digital Resource Adopt a Bunny Spring Math Would You Rather
This digital Easter or digital spring bundle includes four amazing activities for digital learning. Activity 1: Adopt a Bunny, Activity 2: Would You Rather 3: The Marshmallow Touch Story Writing 4: Math Puzzles including puzzles for single digit addition, double digit addition and single digit multiplication. Activities 1, 2 and 3 come in three versions: Jamboard, Google Slides and PowerPoint. Activity 4 only comes in Google Slides, PowerPoint (no Jamboard version).Activity 1: Adopt a Bunny!On
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1st - 5th
Also included in: Easter Digital Resources Spring Google Would You Rather Egg Hunt
Year Long Digital Social Studies + Science Activities | Includes Holidays
Looking for an engaging way to teach social studies using Google Slides? These 30 Year Long Digital Google Slides™ Activities are the perfect way to assess student learning in multiple ways and are differentiated to fit your classroom needs. I love using these Google Slides digital activities because they require NO prep and your students will enjoy learning all about the science and social studies topics!If you're looking for no-prep activities, my 30 Year Long Digital Google Slides™ Activities
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2nd - 4th
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Christmas Around the World Christmas Craft Lap Book and Digital Activities
This Christmas Around the World bundle with help you teach important informational reading skills and comprehension as well as story, opinion writing, and math. It is full of short information pieces that will guide your students to learn about different cultures around the world and how they celebrate the season.Students can showcase their learning about different countries through research writing, creating a lap book (everything is included), or using the digital version.★DIGITAL★ version of
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2nd - 4th
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Also included in: Christmas Around the World Bundle
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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Columbus Day - Indigenous People's Day PowerPoint
Columbus Day PowerPoint. Who was Columbus? PowerPoint presentation about the history of Columbus Day, now called Indigenous People’s Day in some states. This is nonfiction text with animated graphics that will give students practice reading fluently. Introduces critical vocabulary for reading comprehension. Students will learn about Columbus, Indigenous Peoples' Day and Leif Erickson Day. Includes a link to more reading and videos on History Channel and includes a fun word activity at the end as
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2nd - 5th
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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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