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2nd grade Back to School social studies graphic organizers
Civics Unit, Rights and Responsibilities, Rules and Laws, Branches of Government
This no-prep civics and government social studies resource is a perfect supplement to use with your lessons. It offers an introduction to civics and the U.S. government, rules and laws, branches of government, and rights and responsibilities. There are reading comprehension passages, graphic organizers, and cut-and-glue activities.What's Included in this Civics & Government Worksheet set?reading passageswriting pagesfact writing activitiescut-and-glue sorts worksheetsTopics covered: Introduc
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2nd - 3rd
Summer Reading Passages with Comprehension Questions Packet 2nd 3rd 4th Grade
Introducing our leveled reading passages with comprehension questions for 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade! This resource includes 10 practice passages, answer keys, posters, graphic organizers, and more! Empower your students with a deeper understanding of nonfiction texts. Grab your summer reading comprehension packet now and witness the transformative impact on your classroom! This is designed for 3rd and 4th grade, but my own 2nd grader is advanced, and it would work well for him. I've also taught ti
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Biography Research Project Graphic Organizer, Templates, Rubrics, Report Writing
Biography Report templates that can be used as a graphic organizer, lap book, or template for a biography project, such as writing a biography research report or summary on any historical person. It's a great resource for Black History Month, Women's History Month, and to make a wax museum project for second grade, third grade, fourth grade, or fifth grade.Students use graphic organizers, activities, and various report options for a biography report presentation or to complete a genre study of
Grades:
2nd - 5th
20 Research & Note-taking Graphic Organizers and Templates
These research graphic organizers will help your students form strong note-taking habits, organize findings, build vocabulary and keep track of the sources they used to find information. - 20 Diverse Graphic Organizers / Templates for Research - Generic enough to be used across different subjects, activities and lesson - Differentiated from basic to advanced with different focuses, formats and layouts- Can be used as a non-fiction reading response activity for student accountability - Excellent
Grades:
1st - 10th
Seasonal Slides Templates Bundle | Monthly and Holiday Themed for Google Slides
These Google Slides templates are perfect to welcome your class every morning and to use them all throughout the day to share information with your class! You can use this bundle all year long since the slides are themed to go with the month and holiday. This bundle includes my Back to School (regular and retro), Fall, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Retro Winter, Winter, Valentine's Day, March, Spring and Summer Themed Google Slides Templates for Google Slides. Plus a BONUS FILE including m
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K - 5th
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Three Branches of Government Tree Craft Activity + Flipbook
DaisyDoggy presents: "Three Branches of Government Tree Craft Activity + Flipbook."
This craft activity is a great way to introduce, teach, or assess student's understanding of the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches of government.
Once all pieces of the tree are colored and cut out, the tree is easily assembled by gluing each set of "leaves" to its corresponding lined counterpart. This allows for students to lift up the leaves to reveal what they have learned about each branch. In a
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2nd - 5th
Goal Setting - Growth Mindset & SMART Goals - printable & digital
Goal Setting - Growth Mindset & SMART Goals - printable & digitalThis printable and digital student Goal Setting Resource will help elementary students set SMART goals and develop their growth mindset. This NO PREP goal-setting resource has all you need to explicitly teach your students how to choose, set, and reflect on their goals. It includes SMART goal-setting and growth mindset tracking templates and printables for students, suggested read-alouds for goal setting, student award ce
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1st - 4th
The Most Magnificent Thing Read Aloud - Back to School STEM Activities
These Most Magnificent Thing read aloud activities will teach students about growth mindset and perseverance. These back to school lesson plans will last a week and include reading comprehension activities and a STEM activity with a fun challenge.Our interactive read-aloud lesson plan is designed to be taught over multiple lessons. This allows students an opportunity to dive deeper into the text, make connections to the characters and events and most importantly, fall in love with the story.Each
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1st - 2nd
Also included in: Back to School Read Alouds Reading Activities - September
Classroom Rules (Happy and Bright Theme)
Behaviour guidelines are essential for a calm and harmonious work environment. This set is modern and cheerful and uses easy to understand language. Stick this set on your bulletin board for a visual reminder or use it during your morning meetings to stimulate meaningful discussions.
Included you will find six full-color posters. You can print the PDF or you can use the editable PowerPoint file to create your own. Because this set is digital, you can easily project specific rules during specif
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PreK - 4th
Wax Museum & Biography Writing Project
This item is a great tool to help students learn about researching, biographies, taking notes, and writing a multi-paragraph paper.You'll find everything you need to put on a wax museum as well! Items include:*a student tracking sheet to help you keep track of historians, assignments, and due dates*note-taking and rough draft pages for 5 paragraphs (these paragraphs include an introduction, early life, contributions, later life, and conclusion*final copy paper that includes a place for students
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1st - 4th
Economics Unit, Goods and Services, Needs and Wants Sorts, Worksheets 2nd 3rd
This no-prep economics social studies resource is a perfect supplement to use when teaching goods and services, needs and wants, and other economic topics. It offers an introduction to economics and then focuses on various aspects of economics. There are reading comprehension passages, graphic organizers, cut and glue activities, and answer keys. There is also a digital conversion of this resource available in Google Slides. The resources have been digitally converted so that you can use the pap
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2nd - 3rd
All About Me Book: All About Me Worksheets, Back to School Writing Activities
In the midst of administering assessments and drilling routines, it is also important to get to know your new group of students in front of you on a more personal level. This All About Me Book is the perfect back to school activity to do just that! This version is a printable PDF for in class learning, sending home or printing at home for distance learning. For the digital, Google Slides™ version of this resource, click here. For the paper and digital bundle, click here.WHAT'S INCLUDED:• Tea
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1st - 5th
The Invisible Boy Read Aloud - Back to School Activities - Reading Comprehension
These The Invisible Boy read aloud activities will help your students learn how to include others.Our interactive read-aloud lesson plan is designed to be taught over multiple lessons. This allows students an opportunity to dive deeper into the text, make connections to the characters and events and most importantly, fall in love with the story.Each lesson provides students a different purpose for revisiting the text, talking about it and responding to it.To teach these lessons you will need:The
Grades:
1st - 2nd
Also included in: Back to School Read Alouds Reading Activities - September
Back to School Reading Activities Read Alouds BUNDLE
Back to School Read Aloud BUNDLE Activities includes extension reading activities for The Recess Queen by Alexis O'Neill, Enemy Pie by Derek Munson, I Got the School Spirit by Connie Schofield-Morrison, Spaghetti In a Hot Dog Bun by Maria Dismondy. These read alouds are great for discussing kindness, bullying, character, classroom community, rules, and more! This bundle resource is for extension read aloud activities only (the books are not included and will need to be purchased separately).**t
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K - 3rd
Also included in: Back to School Activities Bundle | Back to School Survival Kit
Types of Communities and Community Helpers Unit - Suburban Urban Rural
Looking for a communities unit that covers types of communities, community helpers, and urban, suburban, and rural? This communities social studies resource is a perfect supplement to use for your 2nd and 3rd grade lessons. It offers an introduction into what communities are and then focuses on 10 different aspects of communities. There are reading comprehension passages, graphic organizers, cut and glue activities, and answer keys.There is also a digital conversion of this resource available in
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2nd - 3rd
Flat Stanley Project
This Flat Stanley project is an engaging integrated unit for your students! This unit has everything you need to mail your own Flat Stanley projects around the world. Your students will love getting mail (and won't even know they are learning)!This Common Core aligned resource also includes Flat Stanley comprehension questions, vocabulary words and graphic organizers to help students understand the novel.This makes for a great activity for students! Students will create their own Flat Stanley p
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Grades:
2nd - 4th
Student Teaching Binder Planner Student Teacher Kit Portfolio Editable Ideas
Student Teaching - Ultimate Survival Kit Editable Files!Everything you need to MASTER your Student Teaching experience!****IMPORTANT UPDATE: Now includes additional resources for DISTANCE LEARNING (and/or the Digital Classroom) to use in Google Slides | Google Classroom *** (See video preview for digital resources)Congratulations on starting your journey towards becoming a licensed K-8 teacher! By purchasing this resource, it means you are way ahead of the game! It means you care and you want to
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1st - 6th
Place Value Anchor Chart Poster with Decimals and Powers of 10 Options
Hang this poster for your students to use as a quick reference tool in math. The place value chart goes from the hundred billion to the thousandths place with options to go up to a hundred decillion. There are 3 different options included, one with numbers, one with no numbers and one with the powers of 10. Each period is printed on a new piece of paper so you can easily use as much or as little of the chart as you need for your grade level.It is designed in black and white so that you can pr
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2nd - 6th
Also included in: Back to School Beginning of Year Classsroom Bundle
I Am Poem: I Am From Poem Template, Example Poem & Grading Rubric (Bio Poem)
Use these I Am Poem Template (I Am From Poem Templates) with Guided Template, Writing Paper, Example Poem & Grading Rubric during a Poetry unit or during discussion in a Social Studies or Culture class. This may also be called a Bio Poem or Biography Poem and is perfect at any time of the year to get to your students even better.I Am Poem - I Am From Poem includes:- Example ‘I Am From’ Poem- Poem Template with Directions- Final Poem Page with ‘I Am” prompts- Final Poem Page with blank line
Grades:
2nd - 12th
Making Inferences 2nd Grade Fiction and Nonfiction Passages Inferencing
This Making Inferences Bundle can save you valuable time when looking for an effective resource for teaching inferring to young learners. It's great for beginners and struggling students alike. Included are 25 short fiction and nonfiction passages with 3 built-in inferences each! No more scouring through dozens of books to find good examples of inferences.⭐ Here's what Tiffany had to say: "This is a great product that helps to scaffold with various levels of support. This also helps generalize
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1st - 3rd
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Big Buddy Little Buddy Activity Set
This Buddy Activity Pack is perfect for little/big buddy get to know you. Product has 5 activities that include drawing, favorites, compare/contrast venn diagrams for 2 or 3 buddy groups, mad libs, and a challenge checklist that will have any buddy group laughing and having fun! Grab this product to help students get to know one another and fill buddy activities throughout the year. Product Format: PDFProduct Includes:Buddy Get to Know You WorksheetDraw Your Little Buddy TemplateDraw Your Little
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PreK - 6th
Our Class is a Family Book Companion - Back to School Reading Activities
Get your upper elementary students excited to start the school year using the Our Class is a Family Book Companion! With 16 pages of engaging activities targeting vocabulary, reading skills, and comprehension, this book companion makes a great back to school resource for the first week of school! Reduce the stress of prepping for back to school with these easy-to-assign activities!Students will learn about and review poetry elements featured in the book and will reflect on being a friend and res
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2nd - 4th
Also included in: Back to School Book Companion Bundle - Beginning of the Year Activities
Guided Math Binder
This guided math binder for K-5 will keep your guided math block running smoothly all year long! The documents are both pdf and .ppt. You can write in the printed pages with your favorite pens, or you can type in the Power Point version and then print off for your binder. The editable version has some titles that are locked down with many pages that are fully editable. The pages in this resource have been thoughtfully created to help assist the busy educator with 4 distinct components of small
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K - 5th
Also included in: Guided Reading and Guided Math Binder BUNDLE
Community Helpers Unit
This Community Helpers Unit has everything you need to teach your little learners about the people who play important roles in our communities. This Unit has a variety of activities that go into a fun and engaging deep dive into these vital professions, and the best part is that they are all CCSS aligned! What is included?10 mini lessonsWrite the room (editable)Dramatic play centersAnchor chartsCraftsEmergent readersA lapbookSTEM activitiesSight word activitiesClassroom community activitiesCheck
Grades:
PreK - 2nd
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