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1st grade problem solving social studies study guides for Microsoft OneDrive
Read Across America Activities STEM 8 Silly STEAM Challenges Elementary Summer
Looking for Read Aross America STEM Challenges? This 60 page resource has 8 themed hands-on STEAM activities. My students LOVE these activities each year. Use these as stations or try one each day! Celebrate Dr. Seuss Birthday in a fun way!What's Included in this SILLY STEM Bundle? 8 Silly Themed STEM Challenges great for Read Across America Week! Silly STEM Challenge 1: Use pattern blocks to create fish Silly STEM Challenge 2: Create a hat with cups Silly STEM Challenge 3: Create silly things
Grades:
K - 3rd
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
...
STEM Challenges & Activities for the Year STEAM Team Building Summer No Prep
Looking to use STEM Challenges and activities in your elementary classroom? These hands on simple STEAM activities are low prep and use common classroom materials. These STEM activities are both digital and printable! There are STEM challenges and activities for the entire year for you to use - 48 challenges! You will find just what you need for Back to School, Team Building, Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer STEM fun! This STEM Bundle includes STEM challenges and STEM activities for the entire ye
Grades:
K - 5th
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5 Little Pumpkins STEM Challenge Halloween STEAM Activities Five October Fall
This Halloween STEM challenge can be paired with Five Little Pumpkins & will get students building a gate to hold 5 small pumpkins. With low prep, this challenge is perfect for any maker space or STEAM class. Get ready for some spooky STEM fun!This activity is included in the Halloween bundle. Save 30% when you buy all activities at once. CLICK HERE for the full Halloween bundle!Materials - to add extra fun purchase mini pumpkin erasers or props. Otherwise, use orange pom poms!INCLUDED IN TH
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Grades:
PreK - 2nd
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
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
Grades:
1st - 3rd
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Continents and Oceans Vocabulary Book
This vocabulary booklet focuses on Earth's continents and oceans. It gives brief descriptions of each continent and ocean and about the some of the different habitats found on each continent. A word bank is provided for students to copy the words into the shape boxes font that students write the continent name or ocean name in.
This vocabulary book goes great with my "MY World Word Wall Cards" set also available at my store.
Written and Illustrated by:
Clip Art by Carrie Teaching First
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Grades:
1st - 5th
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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
Grades:
1st - 3rd
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Also included in: Presidents Day Activities Bundle | Digital Google Slides™ + Print
Alaska State Study Guide
Description:
Great resource for learning about Alaska! All the info you need is included about the state and a coloring book for the kiddos to enjoy and take home!
Grades:
K - 5th
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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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Grades:
1st - 4th
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Also included in: Earth Day Activities Bundle
Social Studies: Communities Change : Assessment and Study Guide
2.3 Communities Change: Study Guide and Assessment: 5 pages tests the following concepts:
. New inventions have led to changes in buildings, jobs, transportation, and populations of communities over time.
. The way people live today is different from the way people lived long ago.
. Define population, transportation, community, change and invention.
Keywords: Assessment, SOL 2.3 Social Studies, Second Grade, Communities
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
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Social Studies: Patriotic Symbols Assessment and Study Guide
Social Studies: Patriotic Symbols Assessment and Study Guide: SOL 1.11: 4 pages that tests the following concepts:
. The student will recognize the symbols and traditional practices that honor and foster patriotism in the United States
. Students will identify the American flag, bald eagle, Washington Monument, and Statue of Liberty
.Students will demonstrate respect for the American flag by learning about the Pledge of Allegiance.
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Grades:
K - 3rd
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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Grades:
K - 3rd
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Halloween Pumpkin STEM Challenge Low Prep STEAM Activities Fall Jack o lantern
Students will love building a jack-o-lantern for this Halloween & October STEM Challenge. Encourage STEM in your classroom with this Halloween STEM Jack-o-Lantern activity. Easy to set up, just use LEGO or blocks or even recycables. Infuse social-emotional learning, math, or literacy with the various differentiation sheets. Includes a DIGITAL VERSION for Google Classroom. This activity is included in the Halloween bundle. Save 30% when you buy all activities at once. CLICK HERE for the full
Grades:
K - 3rd
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
...
Black History Month; Famous African Americans Biography Book
Black History Month is so important! Teach your students all about famous African Americans that have had an impact on many of our lives. This book will be the perfect organizational tool and super fun for the students to keep!30 + African Americans to choose from and 1 blank sheet if you wanted to add your own. Each page includes:a picture of the personyear bornyear diedcharacter traitsinteresting factsfamous for 1 thing I learned from this personEach sheet is on there twice so it makes it
Grades:
1st - 4th
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Dinosaur Fact Cards for Kids
Dinosaur Fact Cards Perfect for the dinosaur lover in your life or classroom! This resource features 25 different dinosaur cards with pictures, pronunciations and some fun facts that kids will understand. Each page features 2 fact cards including Troodon, Zigongosaurus, Stegosaurus, T-Rex and many more! *****************************************************************************Also Check Out... Printable Dinosaur Fact Cards:https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Printable-Dinosaur-Fact-
Grades:
PreK - 5th
Types:
Also included in: Dinosaur Bundle
Social Studies : Continents and Oceans Assessment and Study Guide
Social Studies:2.5A :3.5A Continents and Oceans Study Guide and Assessment: Key concepts tested:
. Locate and label of five oceans and seven continents
. Locate and label of the equator
. Locate and label northern and eastern hemisphere
Key Words: SOl 2.5a Continents, Oceans, Equator, hemispheres, Earth, World, Geography
Grades:
1st - 7th
Community Helpers PowerPoint Guessing Game - What's My Job
Your students will love this fun and interactive community helpers game. This is a PowerPoint game of "Who Am I?" Students get three clues to guess the job of the community helper. There are 14 different workers represented. Students have to figure out who it is from clues about where they work, what they wear, what vehicles they drive, and what tools they use. Fun for review or assessment in kindergarten. Project on your whiteboard or Smartboard or use it at a computer center. No prep. Easy to
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Grades:
PreK - 1st
CCSS:
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
Grades:
K - 2nd
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All About Maps and Globes Activity Book w/ Assessment Included
This inclusive Map and Globe packet includes a Map & Globe Activity Booklet which covers a variety of skills associated with the understanding of the Globe and Map characteristics. Activity Booklet also contains a Review at the end.
Suggested Uses: Whole group, small group, center activity etc...
Activity Booklet can serve as study guide for Assessment
Also included : Assessment and Assessment Key
Various info. covered...
Map Key
Equator
Prime Meridian
Latitude
Longitude
United States
Grades:
1st - 4th
Arizona Information Guide
Need help teaching the symbols of Arizona? Here is all the information you need.Guide includes information on the state flag, tree, flower, bird and the 5 C's of Arizona (cattle, citrus, climate, copper and cotton).Don't forget to download the student booklet! Check out my store, Making Mountains Out of Molehills.
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Grades:
K - 2nd
Continent and Ocean Map Worksheet Blank
Continent and Ocean Map worksheet can be used as a worksheet as well as a pretest and post test to assess students knowledge. Student can label and then color the different continents and oceans in order to learn this section of the AKS. Additional Maps - World Maps - Continent, Oceans, Climate Zones and Time Zone MapsUnited States Map Bundle - Political and Physical MapsSouth America Maps - South America Political and Physical MapsLouisiana Purchase MapBe the first to know about new products (a
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Grades:
1st - 12th
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Also included in: US History Bundle / Distance Learning
October STEM Activities Witch Cauldron Challenge Halloween Building Low Prep
For this Halloween & October STEM Challenges students will create a table to hold up the witch's brew. Encourage Fall STEM in your classroom with this Halloween STEM Witch activity. Pair with Room on the Broom or How to Catch a Witch. Easy to set up with common craft materials. Includes a DIGITAL version! This activity is included in the Halloween bundle. Save 30% when you buy all activities at once. CLICK HERE for the full Halloween bundle!Students will love creating a table, or other devi
Grades:
K - 3rd
Types:
NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
...
Bowwow Powwow Lessons - Inclusive Learning
Supporting Indigenous Resources for Inclusive Learning for Primary Elementary School Students This learning resource has SEVEN different activities to support the charming story, Bowwow Powwow, written by Brenda J. Child. It uses comprehension strategies: Connection, Recall, Summary, Opinion, Sensory Writing Activity, Word Search for Early FinishersPLUS... an informational mini-book that describes: Powwows, the Arena, the Emcee, the Arena Director, the Grand Entry, the Drumming, the dances and i
Grades:
K - 4th
Also included in: Powwow Lesson BUNDLE Indigenous Inclusive Learning
Social Studies: Geography & Map Skills: Assessment & Study Guide
Social Studies: SOL 1.4 Map Skills Assessment and Study Guide 6 printables tests the following concepts:
.Identifying and using Map symbols and map legends
.Recognizing and Using Cardinal Directions
.Identify and locate Virginia, Richmond, United States and Washington D.C.
First Grade Geography Skills: Map Skills: Virginia SOL 1.4: Virginia SOL Resources: Cardinal Directions, Map Legegend, Symbols
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Types:
Leprechaun Trap Challenge FREE March STEM Activity STEAM Activities Low Prep
Show your students how to catch a leprechaun with a leprechaun trap!!! This FREE St Patricks Day STEM challenge will get students designing a Leprechaun Trap. Perfect for March STEM activities! LOW PREP and easy to set up for including into any classroom with one sided response sheets, certificates, and more.⭐This is included in the MARCH STEM BUNDLE - Click here to view more!INCLUDED IN THIS LEPRECHAUN TRAP ACTIVITY:Leprechaun Trap Task Card printables (small for independent, large for group)Ac
Grades:
K - 3rd
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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:
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- Become active, responsible, and engaged citizens
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