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3rd grade social studies Common Core W.5.2 resources
National Parks Research Activities End of Year Project Includes Yellowstone
This Visit a National Park research project will have your students so engaged, they won't want the activity to end! In this unit, students have the opportunity to plan a trip to a National Park, create a road map, write a research article, and so much more! What better way to have students use real-life math, reading, and writing skills than with this fun U.S. National Parks Activity? Now includes nonfiction reading passages and other bonus reading activities!Click HERE to SAVE 25% with the PB
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3rd - 6th
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Digital Day of the Dead Art Project: Build a Sugar Skull Resource & Prompts
No prep sub plans for middle school are easy with my engaging, digital art project to build a sugar skull on Google Slides™. Students will practice technology skills with my digital Day of the Dead skull template and step by step art lesson. Then, pick a Día de los Muertos writing prompt to draft a creative story about their sugar skull craft.Need fun, fast finisher activities for 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th graders? Digital art projects are paperless, take up no space, and don't use art materials. S
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3rd - 6th
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Native American Heritage Month Reading Writing Activity Indigenous Peoples Day
Celebrate Native American Heritage Month this November and Indigenous Peoples Day and honor and learn about Indigenous Peoples. This easy-to-use research project is broken down step by step to help your students write a research essay and complete a project independently.This writing pack will help your students complete a research project about the Indigenous People who once lived in the area you now live in OR select any Native American group of interest.Link included with an interactive map t
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Native American Heritage Month Reading Activities Indigenous Peoples'
Biography Research Historical Figures using QR Codes Videos & Websites Template
Are your students struggling to find information on famous historical figures for their biography reports? Do you have technology in your classroom to help in their research, but aren't sure if they will find the right websites? The QR Codes for Biography Research Reports are what you need. No longer will students struggle with finding enough information, or writing their biography report, on their chosen historical figure.Included in this Biography Research Resource:► 25 colorful pages of his
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2nd - 4th
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The Titanic Informative Research and Writing Activity
Writing an informative writing piece is easy with this All About the Titanic activity and craft! Use differentiated graphic organizers to research and gather information about the Titanic, then turn it into an informative writing composition.This Resource Includes:Brief Teaching Tips (for a 1 day or 5 day plan)6 Photo Example PagesPlanning/Brainstorming Page for Notes3 Differentiated Drafting PagesInformative Editing Checklist4 Pages to Publish/Craft2 Different Common Core Aligned Rubrics (for 2
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2nd - 5th
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Memorial Day Activities Reading Comprehension Passages Writing Word Search May
Looking for engaging Memorial Day activities that go beyond a craft to help your students understand this American holiday in meaningful ways? This print and go set is the perfect way to tie together reading and social studies this May and keep your students engaged!Help your students differentiate between Memorial Day and Veterans Day, with content-rich reading and writing activities, including nonfiction articles about this important American holiday, perfect to help your students practice clo
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3rd - 5th
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Underground Railroad Lapbook
This Underground Railroad lapbook contains many interactive foldable items that are sure to keep your students engaged and interested. An introductory presentation is also included (PowerPoint and Google Slide options).WHAT DOES THIS RESOURCE INCLUDE?1. Underground Railroad LapBookA great addition to your Black History Month studies, US History 1800s unit, or the Civil War, this lapbook includes directions, examples and several printables such as:★ Freedom Quilts (quilt examples plus quilting f
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3rd - 5th
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Country Research Project | Country Reports Graphic Organizer Template Digital
Choose from 60 beautifully designed (and EDITABLE) country research report slides for your country writing projects. Create the exact presentation you want for your students but customizing any of the slides to fit your needs. Students will use the slides to share all about a country they researched while working with all sorts of text features (headings, table of contents, photos, captions, fun facts, bold words, glossary, and more).Want more report templates for the year? Click here for the BU
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2nd - 8th
Honoring Veterans Day (Dog Tag Craft and Writing Activity)
***UPDATED 10/20/13
In order to educate my students on why we celebrate and more importantly honor Veterans, I have created this 27-page writing prompt and Dog Tag craft. Not only did they write friendly letters to veterans, but they also learned about the history of military dog tags and why poppies are often symbolic of Veterans Day.
This project is aligned to the 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade standards, but it can easily be adapted to higher or lower grades.
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3rd - 6th
Halloween Close Reading Comprehension Passages & Questions Salem Witch Trials
These Halloween close reading passages and activities are the perfect tools to help students practice close reading skills during the month of October. This week-long lesson on The Salem Witch Trials follows a close reading model and includes a teacher guide and notes to make teaching the lesson easy! Students will be required to use close reading skills to practice making logical inferences, citing textual evidence, and drawing conclusions from the text.PRINT & GO! Easily differentiate inst
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3rd - 5th
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Biography Project | Who Was Biographies Book Report | Informational Writing
Reading and Writing just got a whole lot more fun with the biography project that pairs with the loved Who Was book series but also works for any biography. Build students' ELA skills as they connect with Social Studies to meet standards cross curricular. This is a great way to help students with note taking, researching, and writing skills while having fun. What's included in the set:How To Use guide for teachersChapter sheets for recording factsTimeline for the life of the personCover page fo
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3rd - 5th
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Character Biography Reports | Digital and Printable Biography Writing Resources
Character Bio Reports is a great way to teach kids how to write an organized report about a person or a book character... without copying and pasting facts from a website. This assignment requires students to choose a famous person or character, research that person, and write a short character analysis essay. Editable student directions are included, along with a graphic organizer and a scoring rubric. Updated Printables and New Google Slides Resources!This product has been completely revised
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3rd - 7th
Entrepreneurship| Entrepreneur Biography Research Guides & Banners
Entrepreneur Biography Research Guides are a great resource packet for students learning about 16 famous entrepreneurs. The graphic organizers and banners give students a guide to find the important information about each entrepreneur and help them turn the information into a great informational piece of writing! Also, follow me and be notified when new products are uploaded. New products are always 50% off for the first 24 hours they are posted. It pays to follow me!Other Products you will lov
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3rd - 5th
Also included in: Economics Activities Bundle | Goods and Services Vocabulary
Project Based Learning Activity: Ancient Greece Social Studies PBL
These ancient civilization activities put your students in the shoes of a travel agent preparing to send their clients back in time to Ancient Greece!Time Travel to Ancient Greece is a social studies project based learning activity (PBL) that results in a sales pitch to potential clients. Along the way, students will research, make real-life decisions, all while learning more about this ancient civilization, developing 21st-century skills, communicating, designing, and working on financial skill
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Project Based Learning Activities: Social Studies PBL BUNDLE
Women's History Month Reading Comprehension Passages Questions Close Reading
These Women's History Month close reading passages and activities are the perfect tools to help students practice close reading skills during the month of March. This week-long lesson on Women in History: How to Celebrate Women's History Month follows a close reading model and includes a teacher guide and notes to make teaching the lesson easy! Students will be required to use close reading skills to practice making logical inferences, citing textual evidence, and drawing conclusions from the te
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: St. Patrick's Day Close Reading Comprehension Passages March BUNDLE
Redwood Forest~Paired Text with 3 Text Based Writing Prompts~No Prep~Earth Day
Do you need to meet the demands of the new Common Core writing while using a variety of sources? This set includes 2 paired reading passages and 3 writing prompts. This is ideal for preparing your third, fourth or fifth-grade students for state writing assessments and meeting new standards. The paired reading/writing packet provides activities that prepare students to complete text-dependent writing prompts.
This set offers text-based writing practice prompts using the following essential writi
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3rd - 5th
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Indigenous Peoples Day Research Project
Engage students with a Thanksgiving writing activity based on Native American Heritage month! Students will be assigned their own famous Native American person, who they will then do a research project about. Students will then fill out the research posters and give a snapshot of a biography of their assigned person. With little to no-prep for you, this makes a perfect activity for the week of Thanksgiving or November writing activity. Let's celebrate Native American Heritage month!*WARNING: Man
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Biography Report Templates | Research Poster Template
Analyzing Character Traits and Biography Writing Bundle (Digital & Printable)
The Analyzing Character Traits Bundle includes two products, Analyzing Character Traits and Character Bio Reports. You can purchase them separately or save over 30% by purchasing them together in this bundle! Analyzing Character Traits includes a variety of lessons and activities for teaching students how to analyze character traits, along with ready-to-use graphic organizers and activity pages. The teacher’s guide includes the printable resources, and the lesson directions include links to Goog
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3rd - 6th
Native American Heritage Month Reading Activities Indigenous Peoples'
Indigenous Peoples' Day is in October, and Native American Heritage Month is in November. Are you ready to celebrate? Honor Native Americans with these biography reading passages about Native American heroes, like Sitting Bull and Sacagawea, whose stories are important to share.This bundle also includes an easy-to-use research project that is broken down step by step to help your students write a research essay and complete a research project independently.This research writing project will help
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3rd - 5th
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Open House Project Ideas Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month AAPI
Are you looking for open house or Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month project ideas? This biography research project graphic organizer is designed for 3rd 4th 5th 6th grade students and combines to form a beautiful banner! It covers all the basics, and can be used as a stand alone biography report or as a starting point on which to elaborate. These templates can be used for ANY famous or historical figure! A few famous AAPI figures you might consider for student research include:
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3rd - 6th
Native Americans Unit Native American Heritage Month
This unit is a great introduction to Native American Heritage and History. The unit introduces Native American history, Native American Heritage Month, important figures of Native American history, and 8 regions of Native American tribes. Pick and choose the resources you want to use to complete your unit! Included in this package:Close Reading and Information Text•The Speedy Version of Native American History•What is Native American Heritage Month?•Northwest Coast Tribes•Southwest Tribes•
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3rd - 6th
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CCSS Research & Informational Writing Project (Topic: 7 Wonders of the World)
Your students will have the opportunity to engage in a fun and interesting research project about The New Seven Wonders of the World. This project teaches children how to read informational texts, compile facts about a topic from more than one source of information, synthesize prior knowledge and new learning on a particular topic, and present research findings in the form of an informational text that the students, themselves, will be authoring. It also expands their worlds as they learn about
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3rd - 5th
Westward Expansion Project - Distance Learning
Westward Expansion Project– This culminating project can be used with any study of the Westward Expansion Movement. This is an easy and effective way to differentiate to meet the needs for ALL students in your class. (especially gifted and talented learners). Students are asked to choose one out of eight possible project choices about Westward Expansion. Each project requires students to do research using online and print sources, take notes using the provided graphic organizers, and create a
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Westward Expansion Project Bundle
Biography Project for Any Person - Informative Writing Graphic Organizer
Teach informational writing and research skills with biographies of famous people! This guided writing and research project will work with any historical person's biography. Not only is the research guided and organized for students, the writing comes in 3 different levels so you can differentiate for all learners. Students will love being assigned their own famous person for a biography project!⭐Click here to save 20% on the biographical posters that go with this product!⭐This biography writing
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3rd - 6th
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