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2nd grade critical thinking social studies professional documents
Discussion Starters for Math Problem Solving
BEST SELLER!! This product has 14 printable cards with question stems and prompts TEACHERS can ask during problem solving activities to promote critical thinking skills. By integrating these open-ended questions into your daily math instruction and routines, you can help students:• Make sense of mathematics• Learn and apply mathematical language and vocabulary• Develop a wide variety of flexible strategies for problem solving• Strengthen reasoning skills• Solve problems effectively and efficient
Grades:
K - 12th, Staff
Question Stems for Common Core Math Practices
This product features printable cards with discussion/reflection questions that teachers can ask to promote each of the CCSS math practices, plus prompts that tie all the math practices together! Looking for a version that students can use during their conversations? Check out my Partner Discussion Cards for Common Core Math Practices! You can place these cards in centers for students to help them ask (and answer) the math practice questions featured here in the question stems for teachers. By i
Grades:
2nd - 12th
Grade 2 Ontario Social Studies Report Card Comments
***NOW UPDATED WITH 2023 SOCIAL STUDIES CURRICULUM*** Completing the Social Studies subject area portion of the Grade 2 Ontario report card has never been easier! Make this normally time-consuming task a breeze with our Grade 2 Ontario Social Studies Report Card Comments! This product contains the following helpful resources:• Social Studies (Changing Family & Community Traditions; Global Communities) Report Card Rubric & Next Steps• Report Card Qualifiers ChartNote: All rubrics contain
Grades:
2nd
Depth and Complexity Quick Guide Ebook | Learn the Depth and Complexity Icons
Do you love Depth and Complexity and need a quick guide to how to use it in class? Have you seen the Depth & Complexity icons and wondered how to use them? This Depth and Complexity Quick Guide E-book will be a time saver (and maybe even a lifesaver!!). You'll get a two-page, attractive spread for all eleven thinking prompts and one-page guides to all of the Content Imperatives.Depth & Complexity doesn't have to be overwhelming.Do any of these sound familiar?You love Depth & Complexi
Grades:
2nd - 12th, Staff
Also included in:Â Depth and Complexity Ebook BUNDLE | Question Stems and Quick Guide
Canadian Indigenous and First Nation Read Aloud's with Curriculum Connections
{ALL SALES FROM THIS DOCUMENT continue to support Indigenous people and communities as we amply their voice in our classroom. For August 2021-October 2021 donations will be used to #clearthelist for teachers teaching in the Northern Terrorities or communities collecting for back-to-school drives supporting Indigenous Communities. FOR AUGUST 2020 - SEPTEMBER 2020 went to The Blue Dot Movement in providing clean water in communities within Canada. We raised a total of $500. For the Month of Octob
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Grades:
PreK - 9th, Adult Education, Staff
Close Reading: Teacher's Guide to Asking Text-Dependent Questions
This is a handy bookmark to help teachers generate text-dependent questions during a Close Reading lesson. This is not for students! It is simply a tool to help teachers during text-based discussions. Teachers can keep this bookmark/guide handy so that asking a text-based question is quick and easy!
Graphics by Melonheadz and fonts by KG Fonts
Grades:
K - 11th
Editable Thematic Unit Planning Template
This is an editable template pdf that allows teachers to plan for thematic units. It includes options for teaching a chosen topic for either 10 days or 10 weeks. This planner features various prompts to support teacher planning including key concepts to be taught, vocabulary, student outcomes and activity planners. There is space to record lists of books/websites needed during the unit as well as an assessment rubric and student evaluation.
This 18 page pdf includes everything you will nee
Grades:
K - 8th
MLK-Martin Luther King Jr. & Civil Rights Clip Art {Messare Clips and Design}
The Martin Luther King Jr. & Civil Rights Movement set contains 39 high resolution full color and black line PNGs. The set began as a custom request to depict critical MLK Jr. moments.
All items in this set are shown in the preview.
Included in this set:Â
MLK Jr. Portrait
MLK I have a dream speech at the Washington Mall
Peace Symbol
Nobel Peace Prize 1964
MLK Jr. Preaching at Ebenezer Church
MLK Jr. During the Bus Boycott
MLK Jr. In a Birmingham, AL Jail
Civil Rights demonstration-march
Grades:
2nd - 12th
Year 2 HASS Australian Curriculum Reporting Grade Descriptors
These Humanities and Social Sciences Reporting Grade Descriptors are a great way for teachers to track everything students should be learning throughout each semester of the school year. They are an amazing time saver at report writing time and allow teachers to easily see what each student has achieved. Make assigning grades to your students simple with these Reporting Grade Descriptors and use them to show parents during parent meetings. You can even use them to help
Grades:
2nd, Staff
Also included in:Â Australian Curriculum Reporting Grade Descriptors HASS BUNDLE
Lesson Plan Template- Social Studies (Editable)
This item is a multi-color Social Studies lesson plan template that includes a number of text boxes with headings and subheadings that correspond to Social Studies planning and structural procedures. The plan incorporates a wide variety of critical lesson plan components which includes the following:* Lesson/Unit Title* Grade level(s)* Unit Focus * Overview and purpose * Standards addressed* Learning Outcomes * Modification/Differentiation * Materials/Resources* Enrichment/Extensions * Essential
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Staff
FREE - Bloom's Question Cards - Bloom's Taxonomy
These question card FREEBIES are based upon the original Bloom's Taxonomy. Use them to promote higher-level thinking during lessons and after read-alouds. Color code them by copying them on different colors so they are easily differentiated. Adorable covers for each question type are included.Looking for newer Bloom's Taxonomy and other tools to encourage higher level, critical and complex thinking? Check out Digging Deeper - Learning Practices✨Click the GREEN STAR by my store name to follow and
Grades:
K - 12th
Treaty Week Resources
Teach your students about Treaty week. The focus is on Ontario but could easily be adapted to other uses.All student, indigenous and non-indigenous benefit from learning about the Treaties, histories, contributions and perspectives of the Inuit, Metis, and First Nations.Includes teaching through videos, links, interactive activities, and text examples. Includes some treaty wampum belts with links. There are two links on the Metis and their treaty rights. There are two links for the Inuit and wha
Grades:
PreK - 12th
Grade 2 SOCIAL STUDIES Ontario Report Card Comments (Use with Google Docs™)
These Grade 2 SOCIAL STUDIES Report Card Comments for the 2023 Ontario Curriculum will make completing the Social Studies portion of your report cards so easy! Comments are included for Strand A. Heritage and Identity: Changing Family and Community Traditions and Strand B. People and Environments: Global Communities. Comments are compatible with Google Docs™ and are fully editable for your convenience. Just copy and paste and replace "STUDENT" with your student's name and "THEY/THEIR/THEM" with
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Grades:
2nd
Also included in: Grade 2 ONTARIO Report Card Comments (Use with Google Docs™)
Speech Therapy Template - SLDT:E - Social Language Development Test Elementary
This template is for The Social Language Development Test -Elementary: (SLDT-E:). This test evaluates social language skills.  The test is comprised of four subtests, each focusing on different skills. The subtests focus on taking someone else’s perspective, making correct inferences, negotiating conflicts with peers, being flexible in interpreting situations and supporting friends. It is designed to be used with children ages 6- 11 years, 11 months years.The template can be inserted into the
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Grades:
K - 6th
Child Social Skill Screening Tool, First Edition (2-18 years old)
Due to difficulty of identifying social skills and the need for social skill training for an individual. An analysis of eight assessment tools were used to create a social skill screening tool for children. Furthermore, this project was used to (1) analyze and identify commonality of social skill targets for children (ages 2-18) through the use of a variety of assessment tools, (2) create a user friendly social skill screening tool, and (3) develop a user friendly interpretation of results. Thus
Grades:
PreK - 12th, Staff
Core Competency Planning Chart
This Core Competency Planning Chart will help you plan out how to teach the specific skills of each of the Core Competencies in the BC Curriculum.This layout gives checkboxes to plan which term to work on each specific skill of the Communicating, Thinking and Personal Social Core Competencies (with the changes made January 2021).Each one is broken down into its subcategories and specific skills. Each skill has been worded in a way that can be used as a comment on a report card or on an e-portfol
Grades:
K - 12th
Split Grade 1/2 Ontario Long Range Plans 2024 | Editable | Printable | SALE!
Are you an Ontario Teacher teaching a Split Grade 1/2 Class this year? Do you need Split Grade 1/2 Long Range Plans for your classroom? If yes, this 200-page resource may help you be super organized! The large-size 11 x 17 pages are scalable and can adjust to fit 8.5 x 11 letter-size paper in your print settings. The plans are completely editable (.docx) and printable (.pdf) using print-friendly grayscale or in bright colour. The Split Grade 1/2 Long Range Plans (.docx) can also be imported in
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Grades:
1st - 2nd, Staff
Australian Curriculum Reporting Grade Descriptors HASS BUNDLE
These Humanities and Social Sciences Reporting Grade Descriptors are a great way for teachers to track everything students should be learning throughout each semester of the school year. They are an amazing time saver at report writing time and allow teachers to easily see what each student has achieved. Make assigning grades to your students simple with these Reporting Grade Descriptors and use them to show parents during parent meetings. You can even use them to help develop a bank of re
Grades:
K - 6th, Staff
SECOND GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES GOALS WITH 2 SETS OF RUBRICS AND GRAPHICS
Kid Friendly SECOND GRADE Standards Learning Goals with RUBRICS and graphics that can be easily printed and posted in your room!
This packet includes:
~An 8"x11" page for each Social Studies NGSSS Benchmark
~ Kid Friendly I Can statements
~Picture Cue Graphics.
~Set #1: 0-4 Rubric Scale (0 as non-mastery)
~Set #2: 1-4 Rubric Scale
Many of the goals and rubrics are ALSO available in different STATEMENT formats:
"I CAN"
"THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO" (SWBAT)
"I WILL BE ABLE TO"
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Grades:
2nd, Staff
Split Grade 2/3 Ontario Long Range Plans 2024 | Editable | Printable | SALE!
Are you an Ontario Teacher teaching a Split Grade 2/3 Class this year? Do you need Split Grade 2/3 Long Range Plans for your classroom? If yes, this 200-page resource may help you be super organized! The large-size 11 x 17 pages are scalable and can adjust to fit 8.5 x 11 letter-size paper in your print settings. The plans are completely editable (.docx) and printable (.pdf) using print-friendly grayscale or in bright colour. The Split Grade 2/3 Long Range Plans (.docx) can also be imported in
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Grades:
2nd - 3rd, Staff
Complete Curriculum Map for 2nd Grade- all subjects with standards
This is a complete year long curriculum map for 2nd grade. ELA and math are aligned with common core standards. Science is aligned with NGSS standards, and social studies is aligned with Hawaii state standards. The form is a completely editable excel file if you need to adjust for your own state standards. This maps out the year month by month so you have a game plan of what to teach when.
Grades:
2nd
Montessori Lower Elementary 3-Year Cultural/Writing Curriculum Outline
This is a three year Lower Elementary cultural curriculum outline based off of the Montessori curriculum. It can be utilized two different ways: You could use each year outline for one grade level per year. This works well if you have a large class and support staff to help with the lessons/follow-up work. Year One = First GradeYear Two = Second GradeYear Three = Third GradeIt can also be done with the whole class as a cycle for each year. I think this works best if you have a small class or you
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
Social Studies TEKS Checklist K-12 Bundle (6 Weeks Checks)
This TEKS checklist is perfect for the savvy Texas teacher! Keep track of the TEKS you have taught using the handy columns provided. Note dates TEKS were covered, keep data on individual students, or use as a quick reference throughout the year. Let this user friendly checklist save you time and energy so you can focus on what really matters… being the rockstar teacher you are! **These are updated yearly, if necessary, due to changes to TEKS. Improvements have been made to the formatting for eas
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Grades:
K - 12th, Staff
Marzano Data Forms (Editable)
Fully editable in .pdf format. No Powerpoint required! Easily track and group your students on Marzano's Learning Scale.
This editable product has 37 pages of forms for:
,Individual Data
- Formative Assessments
- Summative Assessments
- Exit Tickets
- Self Assessments
Class Data
- Formative Assessments
- Summative Assessments
- Exit Tickets
- Grouping
All forms have spaces to add your own notes, standards, and lesson titles!
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Grades:
K - 12th
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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.
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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.
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