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2nd grade Autumn social studies task cards
Community Signs Skill Pack Leveled for Special Education - Life Skills
Do your students need a high level of varied practice in order to learn community signs? This community signs skill pack will help your students progress from identifying a sign to understanding what the community signs mean. Being able to identify and understand community signs is a crucial life skill. These activities help students recognize and understand the meaning of the different signs.This life skills and social studies set is already differentiated for you. There are 3 levels included t
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K - 12th
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Multiplication and Division Fact Families Task Cards and Google Slides
Do your students need help relating multiplication and division? Check out these multiplication and division fact family task cards. This engaging activity helps students visualize multiplication and division concepts while making math practice fun. You get 24 interactive Google Slides and 24 printable task cards to provide a variety of options to suit your classroom needs.Foster conceptual understanding!By utilizing vibrant arrays and equal group models, this activity promotes a deeper understa
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2nd - 3rd
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Global Communities Workbook (Grade 2 Social Studies)
This workbook covers the Grade 2 Global Communities unit in the NEW 2023 Ontario Social Studies curriculum (People and Environments).It covers various topics such as map skills, continents, oceans, and the equator. It further explores Canada, comparing climate, wildlife, natural features, homes, and recreation. It includes information on specific Canadian communities in Ontario, Yukon, Nova Scotia, and British Columbia, including a contemporary FNMI community (Saugeen First Nation). The workbook
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2nd
Also included in: Grade 2 Ontario Social Studies Workbook Bundle
STEM Activities - Student Passport around the World
Complete STEM activities based on a famous landmarks AROUND the WORLD! Students travel through Australia, France, Italy, Sweden, Russia, Egypt and America earning passport stamps as they complete their challenges. This is a fantastic resource for team building activities. Click HERE to SAVE over 20% with our Travel the World STEM Bundle.These task cards allow flexibility with the teacher to either grab and go or build further lessons around each challenge. They lend themselves to Geography, Sci
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2nd - 6th
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NGSS:
3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-2
Also included in: WORLD CONTINENTS STEM Activities and Challenges Travel Passport
Grammar Interactive Notebooks | Parts of Speech | Grammar Review | Adjectives
Digital Interactive Grammar Notebook Bundle: This resource is appropriate for students in grades K-3 with varying levels of supportPlease note: All parts may not apply to all grades, but can be used for differentiation within your classroom.Why Digital Interactive Grammar?Make your grammar instruction and practice fun and engaging.Reduce your paper usage – save time spent prepping and copying and money on your paper budget.Save in-class instruction time by eliminating cutting, gluing, finding th
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K - 2nd
Fall 3-4 Step Story Sequencing with Picture Cards Story Retell and Writing
Autumn fun with sequencing picture cards, puzzles, and printables for three-step and four-step picture sequences. Differentiated activities address multiple speech therapy targets including describing, narratives, prediction, sentence construction, and writing simple sentences too! Some students need support in simply describing the action on a single picture, others are able to sequence and retell multi-step picture stories. The included leveled activities are listed below.Please note! This pr
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PreK - 2nd
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Also included in: Sequencing Stories with Picture Cards & Puzzles Bundle
Writing Prompt Task Cards Bundle
Back to School Writing - There are more than 250 writing prompt task cards plus recording sheets for most of them. This is your writing center for the year! Perfect for first grade and end of year Kindergarten. All sets have now been recently updated - more cards, recording sheets and fonts/graphics have been updated.☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆Set 1 Updated - Over the years I've had requests for slight modifications so I've included all those sets - there is one set asking for no specific number of
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K - 3rd
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Building Blocks Task Cards Bundle
This Bundled Version Will Save You 20% off from the Individual Sets of Building Block Task Cards. Just add print off and add LEGOS for tons of hands-on, fine motor fun.Using building blocks (or Legos) to create images and designs not only promotes fine motor skills in your students, but it is also a valuable tool that helps develop creativity, planning skills, problem solving and mathematical thinking. In my own classroom, this station activity is part of my morning work. Students are given a t
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PreK - 2nd
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Biography Card Bundle (Daily Routine)
This bundle includes resources to help you incorporate under-represented history into your classroom without having to give up lesson time needed to cover the curriculum. These biography profile cards can be used in 5 minutes a day and will introduce students to 30-42 people a month, not to mention create thoughtful discussion and reflection based on the challenge question cards included.Unfortunately, our curriculum doesn't feature many black and brown faces, or many women. Electing to erase th
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K - 8th
Map Skills and Directions BOOM CARDS™ Distance Learning | Reading a Map
This set is a great way to review cardinal directions and reading a map! This deck reviews north, south, east, west, and skills that primary students need to know when looking at a map. This set is geared toward first grade or second grade students! There are 52 slides in this deck. This set randomizes to play 20 cards at a time. So, each time your students play, they will get a new set of cards! The first 2 will stay consistent though (clicking on the map key and compass rose). This
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1st - 2nd
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Also included in: 1st and 2nd Grade SOCIAL STUDIES Boom Cards™ BUNDLE Distance Learning
Types of Communities │Rural, Urban, & Suburban
This is the perfect bundle to use when teaching your students about the different types of communities (rural, suburban, and urban)! Your students will enjoy these hands on activities and task cards, which are great to use in centers. Posters are also provided for your students to refer to. Included in this bundle:-"What is a Community" Poster-Rural Communities Poster-Urban Communities Poster-Suburban Communities Poster-Rural, Urban, and Suburban Picture Cards (1 page each, 4 images to a page)-R
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K - 6th
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Map Skills - First Grade Mapping - Social Studies - Google Slides™
Teaching beginning map skills to 1st graders is always a lot of fun! Students love learning about maps, compass roses, cardinal directions, and map keys! This interactive Google Slides™ unit is a perfect activity to introduce and practice beginning mapping.Audio is included on all slides in this unit.Here's what's included in this deck:Audio included for definitions, instructions, sentencesDifferent uses of mapsCardinal directions on a compass roseUsing directions on a mapUsing a map key activit
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1st - 2nd
BUNDLED September Unique Learning Systems Task Boxes- Unit 1 Government
**Save 40%** Need extra independent tasks to pair with Unique Learning System (ULS) lessons? I’ve got you covered! These interactive independent task boxes & work stations use Symbolstix images to coordinate with the Unique Learning System (ULS) September Unit 1--Government Rules & Laws. **monthly digital versions coming soon!**This file includes:* addition task cards (1-10) with worksheet* subtraction task cards (1-10) with worksheet * tens frames 1-10* tens frames to 1-20* tens frames
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PreK - 12th
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Emoji After Spring Break Activity | Fun Activity for Spring Break
This is an after a break “Get to Know You” activity that will get your students moving, sharing, and building relationships! It can be used after a fall or spring break. There are 16 numbered task cards for placing around the classroom (on walls, cabinets, doors, etc.). Each card contains a question. There are two options for the activity. The first is the “mingle” option and requires students to pair up with a partner. Students walk quietly around the room, reading questions with their pa
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2nd - 8th
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Also included in: Emoji Get to Know You Activities Bundle
Les communautés du monde (Grade 2 Ontario FRENCH Social Studies)
This FRENCH workbook covers the Grade 2 Global Communities unit in the NEW 2023 Ontario Social Studies curriculum (People and Environments).Ce cahier d'exercices couvre l'unité Les communautés du monde de la 2e année du programme d'études sociales de l'Ontario 2023 (Communauté et environnement).It covers various topics such as map skills, continents, oceans, and the equator. It further explores Canada, comparing climate, wildlife, natural features, homes, and recreation. It includes information
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2nd
Also included in: MEGA BUNDLE: Grade 2 Ontario FRENCH Social Studies Full Units
1st and 2nd Grade SOCIAL STUDIES Boom Cards™ BUNDLE Distance Learning
These 1st and 2nd grade SOCIAL STUDIES Boom Cards were made to make reviewing social studies concepts engaging and fun for young students. This bundle includes 12 sets of Boom Cards. These are made with first and second grade students in mind, but you can adapt it to your lessons to review the skills with third graders or to challenge high level kindergartners. Sound files are now included on all resources so that your student can push the speaker icon and have the word/words read to him/her!Ea
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1st - 2nd
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Map Skills Geography Task Cards - 2nd & 3rd Grade Continents Oceans & More
Do your students need a fun way to practice with map skills? These geography task cards are versatile and can be used for games, review, and test prep! This resource includes 2 sets of task cards. One set includes the pictures/questions with no QR codes. The other set includes QR codes - when scanned students see the questions/pictures. This is a fun way to use tablets or chromebooks to play scoot! Several versions of recording sheets are included with and without a word bank. Geography loca
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2nd - 4th
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Colonial America Unit Bundle: Lessons, Activities, Timeline and Test - SS3H3
Colonial America Unit BundleSave yourself HOURS of work! This product has your entire Colonial America unit lessons planned for the month!Need engaging digital lessons that will anchor your student's understanding of the factors that shaped British Colonial America? This product is filled with no prep, photo-filled digital lessons with notes companions your students will love! Perfect for ESOL Learners! This product contains:5 Digital Lessons with printable notes companions for each lesson1 set
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2nd - 5th
Time to Trade- a game to teach systems of exchange, bartering, money & trading.
This is a trading game that can be played with most primary aged children. It has been designed to teach children about the history of trade, giving children a greater understanding of why money is now the system of exchange used in most societies today. This game also helps children in understanding the concepts of trade, bartering, exchange, needs, goods and services.
This product includes 14 pages of resources which contain the following:
- 24 x game cards
- 12 x sets of 10 (120 in total) g
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1st - 7th
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2 and 3 Digit Addition with Regrouping Boom Cards
Are you looking for a digital activity designed to give your students practice with 2 & 3 Digit Addition? Check out these fall-themed, NO prep, self-checking, interactive, digital Boom Cards that are fun for students and a huge time saver for teachers! This unit is a great way to keep your students engaged when teaching or reviewing 2 & 3-digit addition with regrouping.This Addition Bundle includes the following 2 sets of high-interest, engaging Boom Cards focused on 2 & 3-digit addi
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2nd - 3rd
Label Continents and Oceans BOOM™ Cards | Continents and Oceans Activity
Your students will have a blast with these label the continents and oceans boom cards! This self-checking, engaging continents and oceans activity provides students with immediate feedback. Use cards as a review, in a learning center, as a quiz, or as a reteaching tool. BOOM cards can be used on interactive white boards, desktops, chrome books, laptops, iPads, iPhones, Kindle Fire, and more! BOOM card are perfect for center work, students needing extra practice (RTI groups), students who need mo
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2nd - 4th
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Also included in: 7 Continents Printables | 5 Oceans | Ocean and Continent Quiz Boom Cards
Georgia Second Grade Social Studies BIG Bundle
This product contains over 900 pages and everything you will need to teach the entire year of Georgia Second Grade Social Studies curriculum including the following units:SS2H1/SS2G2/SS2CG3 Georgia Historical Figures: James Oglethorpe, Tomochichi, Mary Musgrove, Sequoyah, Jackie Robinson, Martin Luther Ling Jr., Juliette Gordon Low, and Jimmy CarterSS2H2/SS2G2 Georgia Creek and CherokeeSS2G1 Georgia RegionsSS2CG1/SS2CG2 Government and the Executive BranchSS2E1-SS2E4 EconomicsThese units are bund
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2nd
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Spending and Saving Money assessment and task cards
~Spending and Saving Money~ -Aligned with the new TEKS!- This packet includes a worksheet where students have to come up with a budget for Lisa's Lemonade stand.-Free draw worksheet for an item that the student wants and how to save up money to purchase that item.-Spending and saving money story with critical thinking questions that follow. Help Kyle at the farmer's market!-Spending and Saving money scenario questions where students have to decide if the person needs to save or spend their money
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2nd - 5th
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Also included in: Financial Literacy| Personal Finance Bundle
Multiple Meaning Words: Fall Activities, Task Cards, Bats Informational Text
These are fall-themed activities for practicing Multiple Meaning Words. Would be especially great for centers or whole group lessons during the fall or for some grammar practice during a unit on bats! This resource includes:-32 fall-themed Multiple Meaning Word task cards with various question types. Can be used for centers, Write the Room, Scoot activities, etc. -2 multiple meaning words sentence & picture templates (students select a multiple meaning word, and write 2 sentences/draw 2 pict
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1st - 3rd
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Also included in: Grammar Crafts and Activities MEGA Growing Bundle
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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.
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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:
- 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
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