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Preview of Behavior Management Green and Red Choices®️ Preschool, Pre-K, and Kindergarten

Behavior Management Green and Red Choices®️ Preschool, Pre-K, and Kindergarten

Red and Green Choices is a GAME CHANGER! It will change the way students act in your classroom! Making choices, how to interact with others, and act/behave is a skill (aka character education) we need to teach just like we need to teach letters and sounds. It takes lots of practice and visual supports for little learners. Included are 34 green choices (good choices) cards and 29 red choices (bad choices) cards. You choose the choices you think will best fit the needs of your class. Use the c
Preview of Back to School Flipbook for Meet the Teacher Night - Editable Parent Handbook

Back to School Flipbook for Meet the Teacher Night - Editable Parent Handbook

Created by
Chalk and Apples
Put important class information at parents’ fingertips with this editable back to school flip book! This flipbook for parents is an easy way to get important class information to parents for Meet the Teacher, Open House, or Parent Night at the beginning of the school year.  These class info handouts for parents are PERFECT for an open house! Its small size and bright colors mean parents might actually keep and use it! You can print this open house flipbook on brightly colored paper and send it h
Preview of All About Me Activities, Graphs, and More for Preschool, Pre-K, and Kindergarten

All About Me Activities, Graphs, and More for Preschool, Pre-K, and Kindergarten

All About Me is loaded with fun, back to school activities to help your students get to know each other and their teachers during those first few weeks of school! It includes get to know you graphs, class books, posters, and mini books. These exciting activities will help you build a caring classroom community of learners who will support each other all year long! Each activity has a page of teacher tips to help you create the activity easily and ensure it will go smoothly. You can use these
Preview of EDITABLE Visual Classroom Daily Schedule Cards with Time Back to School Decor

EDITABLE Visual Classroom Daily Schedule Cards with Time Back to School Decor

Created by
Fishyrobb
Do you need an easy, eye-catching way to display your classroom schedule? Do your students like to know what's happening in their day? Do they constantly ask you what's coming up next? When's recess? Is it time for lunch yet? These daily classroom schedule cards give students an easy way to find the information themselves - without asking you all day long.This resource helps you easily create an eye-catching visual schedule that lets students know what's happening throughout the school day and w
Preview of Class Gram Bulletin Board - Classroom Community, End of Year Gift & Activities

Class Gram Bulletin Board - Classroom Community, End of Year Gift & Activities

Showcase your classroom photos with this Instagram themed classroom community bulletin board or end of year gift! Simply print and post pictures of what is going on in your classroom to display for your students, staff, and parents!  This is a resource that is perfect for a class bulletin board that can be used all year or as an end of year gift for students. You and your students will LOVE the Instagram theme as it shows off your classroom pictures in a fun and unique way! There are plenty of v
Preview of Alphabet Letter Worksheets | Letter Recognition, Sounds & Tracing Kindergarten

Alphabet Letter Worksheets | Letter Recognition, Sounds & Tracing Kindergarten

Created by
My Study Buddy
Alphabet Letters: Your students will enjoy learning the letters of the alphabet with this fun resource! Each alphabet worksheet allows students to practice letter recognition, letter tracing, and beginning sounds! This alphabet resource is perfect for kindergarten students and is great as a letter of the week activity!Each page features one letter with six different activities! Students will:Color the lower and uppercase letterIdentify the lower and uppercase letterTrace the lower and upperc
Preview of All About Me Rainbows Back to School Activities

All About Me Rainbows Back to School Activities

All About Me Rainbows are a back to school beginning of the year activity perfect for getting to know your students! This beginning of the school year activity will help you {and the class} learn about your new students and make your room bright and colorful.You will find out:how old your students aretheir birthday if they have siblings and their namesif they have pets and their namesfavorite colorfavorite foodwhat they want to be when they grow upfavorite animalfavorite bookfavorite subjectwh
Preview of Back to School Gift Tags Editable Open House Meet the Teacher Student Gift Tags

Back to School Gift Tags Editable Open House Meet the Teacher Student Gift Tags

Easily create personalized, memorable back to school, Meet the Teacher Night, or Open House gifts for your students with this set of 25 unique, editable student gift tags. Help your new students feel a little more at ease and excited about beginning a new school year by having something special waiting for them. Simply edit, print, and attach to inexpensive trinkets such as bubbles, Blow Pops, pop it fidget toys, cookies, pencils, crayons, etc. Includes 25 different student gift tag designs so
Preview of Fire Drill Routine, Book, & Posters

Fire Drill Routine, Book, & Posters

Fire Drill book and routine posters! Fire drills can be scary for younger students. It’s loud and there are kids everywhere! I hope this helps make fire drills less scary and manageable for your students.At the beginning of the year, I will read this book a few times and then we will practice the fire drill before it happens. This book explains what to expect during a fire drill, what a fire drill will look like and sound like, and that it is NOT real (even if there are firefighters there).Extra
Preview of Map Skills- Reading a Map and Activities

Map Skills- Reading a Map and Activities

✅⭐️Are you studying maps in your primary classroom? If so, then you will love this all inclusive NO PREP set! Not only does it go over cardinal directions and how to read a map, it also reviews parts of a map such as the map key, title, and compass rose. It is a perfect lesson to include in your social studies geography unit!⭐Please know that this resource is a PDF. It is great for distance learning if you are sending home packets or are able to transfer it to Google Slides™ to use in Google Cla
Preview of Bulletin Board Lettering Pack - Neutral BOHO RAINBOW | Boho Classroom Decor

Bulletin Board Lettering Pack - Neutral BOHO RAINBOW | Boho Classroom Decor

Creating your very own headers for your bulletin boards and classroom displays has never been easier, using this editable boho lettering pack.Designed to match my Neutral Boho Rainbow classroom decor range, this Bulletin Board Lettering Pack has been created using a stylish, neutral boho colour palette with messy boho dots.So easy to customise and edit, simply type in your letters using the pre-made templates and print!Video tutorial included.INCLUDED:3 styles of lettering in multiple colour cho
Preview of School Rules Pocket Chart Sort | Back to School | Beginning of the Year Activity

School Rules Pocket Chart Sort | Back to School | Beginning of the Year Activity

Created by
Crystal McGinnis
This beginning of the year or first day of school pocket chart sort is perfect for introducing your classroom and school rules to your students. This back to school pocket chart sort comes with 48 school rule cards. You will work with your students to sort the cards into good choices and sad choices in a pocket chart. I have also included 4 independent practice printables that the kiddos use to sort behaviors of the classroom, playground, hallway, and school bus. Many teachers tell me that they
Preview of EDITABLE NAME TRACING & WRITING PRACTICE WORKSHEETS MORNING WORK ACTIVITY KINDER

EDITABLE NAME TRACING & WRITING PRACTICE WORKSHEETS MORNING WORK ACTIVITY KINDER

Created by
FREE YOUR HEART
EDITABLE NAME TRACING AND WRITING WORKSHEETS FOR KINDERGARTEN AND PRESCHOOL (INCLUDES I CAN WRITE MY NAME)Are you looking for custom name worksheets for your kids to practice and master their names? Look no further! This name practice pack is editable and provides 3 different tracing sheets. Create practice sheets for your whole class (maximum of 30 students) in a few minutes. All you need to do is fill a table (with students' names only and all the pages will be generated for you! Viola! Y
Preview of Feelings Emotions Unit (SEL) for Preschool, Pre-K, and Kindergarten

Feelings Emotions Unit (SEL) for Preschool, Pre-K, and Kindergarten

Feelings and Emotions SEL unit is loaded with fun activities to teach and build your student's emotional vocabulary and social skills. It includes posters/cards, a graph, feeling wheels, emotions write the room, and real feeling photographs. These fun feelings and emotion activities will help you build a caring classroom community of learners who will support each other all year long! The activities have a page of teacher tips and/or photographs to help you create the activity easily. You can
Preview of First Week of Kindergarten First Day Lesson Plans Back to School Activities

First Week of Kindergarten First Day Lesson Plans Back to School Activities

FLASH SALE through Memorial Day only! The first day and first week of kindergarten can be overwhelming for students AND teachers! Save time and make the first week back to school a BREEZE with planned-for-you activities, lesson plans, classroom management tips, and visuals. Use the time you save planning to focus on setting your students up for success. Get ready to become Kindergarten Experts together!   What You Get: First Week of Kindergarten scripted lesson plans (5 days worth) Beginning of
Preview of Class Reward  | Incentive Chart | Whole Group Incentive Jar| Boho Themed

Class Reward | Incentive Chart | Whole Group Incentive Jar| Boho Themed

Are you looking for an easy-to-use whole-class incentive system? Use this printable smiley jar incentive chart as part of your classroom management plan. This incentive jar will reinforce positive behavior and provide a visual cue to your students. These BOHO color-themed Smileys will match any class decor.Now available in two b/w text options.You can use this in multiple ways. Whole group: give your class smileys when they receive whole group compliments, do an extraordinary job at activities
Preview of Monthly Weekly Classroom Newsletter Template Editable Parent Communication

Monthly Weekly Classroom Newsletter Template Editable Parent Communication

Newsletter Templates: You will love using these Weekly Newsletter Template Editable Forms with Monthly Themes! These are perfect for weekly and monthly communication with school, parents, and families. You will love sending these digitally via email or as a hard copy weekly or monthly. TAKE A PEEK AT THE COMPLETE NEWSLETTER & CALENDAR BUNDLE HERE!NEWSLETTER DOWNLOAD:Print and digital files included in the zip folder- file #2 will have digital linksAll newsletters are in provided in color and
Preview of Back to School Flip book | Meet the Teacher | Editable No Cut Flipbook

Back to School Flip book | Meet the Teacher | Editable No Cut Flipbook

Are you looking for a back to school flipbook that is editable and easy to assemble? If so, this is the book for you! Wow your parents with this editable flipbook on Meet the Teacher night or open house! A Spanish version is included for FREE! I call these flip books "No Fuss!" This means that you will not need to cut or glue anything in order to create them. Once you're done editing all you will have to do is copy, fold, and staple them! That is it!! They are also double-sided. I spent ov
Preview of EDITABLE Parent Flipbook Handbook | Back to School Flipbook | Meet the Teacher

EDITABLE Parent Flipbook Handbook | Back to School Flipbook | Meet the Teacher

This now includes both a FOLDABLE (NO CUTTING) and a CUTTING Editable Flip Book for you to choose from!Rather then sending home TONS of loose papers at the beginning of the school year, this flip book allows you to communicate with parents all in one place! This unique parent handbook will give your families an insight on things that go on in your classroom and you can include any information that you want them to know.Not only is the information all in one place, but this flip book is a fun way
Preview of Back to School EDITABLE Letter Brochure Meet the Teacher Template Open House

Back to School EDITABLE Letter Brochure Meet the Teacher Template Open House

Created by
Kim Miller
These printable welcome back to school EDITABLE brochure templates will make sharing classroom information with students and parents easy! You can easily customize 2 brochures FOR ANY GRADE LEVEL - a parent brochure and a student brochure. Both brochures are perfect for Open House, Meet the Teacher Letters, Back to School Night, Parent Night, or the first day of school. A mailable version is also included!⭐NOTE: You can edit these back to school brochures templates with PowerPoint or Google Sli
Preview of Meet the Teacher Template Editable | Welcome to Our Class Back to School Letters

Meet the Teacher Template Editable | Welcome to Our Class Back to School Letters

This editable meet the teacher template is a perfect way to provide your students and their families with some information about you and your classroom at the beginning of the school year. You can send it in the mail in the summer, email it home, provide a copy to each family at an open house, hand out to your students during the first week of school, or upload to google classroom. Click here to SAVE 30% by buying this as part of my Back to School Forms Bundle!What's Included:- Meet the Teacher
Preview of All About Me Pennant

All About Me Pennant

Created by
MrsNathan
Have students create this pennant at the beginning of the year as a great get to know me activity. I plan to laminate them and hang them up in a banner style in the front of my class. The pennant is made to be printed on 8 1/2" x 11" paper.For an online version to use with Google Classroom follow this link: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/All-About-Me-Pennant-Google-Slides-Version-for-Distance-Learning-5645304
Preview of Picture Schedule, Visual Schedule {Editable} - Pre-K, Preschool

Picture Schedule, Visual Schedule {Editable} - Pre-K, Preschool

This picture schedule will help your young students understand what's happening through their school day. You can use the ready-to-go visual schedule and even edit the text to the wording you like. Want to add your own photos or clipart? Just use the editable blank template that's included.Click the PREVIEW button for more details and photos!The schedule cards have bold black polka dot frames. I post these in my own classroom in a horizontal row, but they could also be placed in rows and columns
Preview of EDITABLE Rainbow Name Plates for Student Name Tags

EDITABLE Rainbow Name Plates for Student Name Tags

Rainbow name plates are bright colorful and editable. Just type in the names of your students, save, and you can print them as much as you want all year long! I love using name plates for bulletin boards, cubbies, snack time, writing center, and I put a set on a metal ring. It is an easy way to call on random students for various things throughout the day. ***Please note these name plates DO NOT match the rainbow decor set exactly. The rainbow design is slightly different.Included (each in a Po
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Find Social Studies - History resources | TPT

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.

Teaching with social studies resources

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.

Frequently asked questions about teaching social studies

What types of social studies lessons are available on TPT?

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.

How do I find social studies lessons on TPT?

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.