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2nd grade Back to School social studies worksheets
Back to School Activities | First Week of School | Beginning of the Year BUNDLE
Heading back to school is such an exciting time for our students. Spend those first days back with a collection of activities that help your students get to know you and their classmates. This BUNDLE includes over 30 printable activities and 20 digital activities that are perfect for the first weeks of school.The DIGITAL pages are available in Google Classroom. However, they can also be downloaded from there as PowerPoint files. Aside from the main titles, you can edit almost all of the directio
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2nd - 6th
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Map Skills Activities and Worksheets Maps Globes Landforms Continents & Oceans
Make learning fun for your students when teaching map skills. Map skills topics include maps, globes, continents, oceans, landforms, water forms, suburban, urban, rural, directions, and more. This resource is perfect for second, third, and fourth grade students. Digital activity included using Easel by TpT.These activities can be used during whole group instruction, independent work, and center time. Easy-to-use activity sheets with clear directions and answer keys are provided.HERE'S WHAT YOU'L
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2nd - 4th
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Cursive Handwriting Practice Pages
Cursive writing is an important part of a student's writing journey! These cursive handwriting practice activities will not only have your students improving their handwriting skills, they’ll also be learning creative expression and having tons of fun.✏️If you're looking for cursive practice pages, look no further. This pack has over 120 pages full of fun and engaging activities to help your students print cursive beautifully! It's been used by over 12,000+ teachers all over the world and will
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2nd - 5th
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Editable Morning Meeting Daily Slides Activities Digital Resources Morning Work
Are you ready to turn your morning meeting into the best part of your daily routine? Unlock the power of morning meetings with this Editable Morning Meeting Daily Slides & Activity Pages Yearlong Set, designed for K-6 grade. These NO PREP INTERACTIVE EDITABLE morning meeting slides will revive your morning routine in a fun and engaging way. These Editable Morning Meeting Daily Slides are an easy-to-use, time-saving way for you to build a consistent morning routine and a strong classroom co
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K - 6th
Back to School NO PREP Math and Literacy Packet (1st Grade)
This Back to School NO PREP Packet is filled with hands-on, engaging and FUN resources that get kids excited about learning! The activities in this packet can be used for morning work, homework, group work, centers and more! The best part is that there is NO PREP! NO costly closed ink, NO laminating, NO cutting…Just PRINT!SAVE BIG WITH OUR BUNDLES⭐:Preschool No Prep BundleKindergarten No Prep Bundle1st Grade No Prep Bundle2nd Grade No Prep Bundle3rd Grade No Prep BundleIncluded in the 1st Grad
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K - 2nd
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Also included in: 1st Grade Monthly NO PREP Packets THE BUNDLE Winter | Valentine's Day
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
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K - 5th
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Label Continents and Oceans Activities | Blank World Map Printable 7 Continents
Students LOVE learning about the Continents and Oceans of the World with these fun hands-on activities, including a 7 continents mini-book, blank world map, coloring pages, and even a label continents and oceans quiz. This NO PREP packet is easy for teachers and engaging and hands-on for students!Please click on the preview button above to take a look at everything included.This resource includes:7 Continents Mini-BookColoring Pages/Posters of Each ContinentBlank World MapLabeled World MapPost-U
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2nd - 5th
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Map Skills Worksheets Book Lapbook - Reading a Map, Cardinal Directions, Compass
Are you looking for an engaging first grade map skills resource to add to your social studies curriculum? This engaging resource is what you need to teach mapping skills like cardinal directions, compass rose, and map skills. Students will love the map skills books and the hands-on build a town map. Finally, students can demonstrate their learning with the final map skills lapbook. Use this resource for:first gradesecond gradewhole class instructionsmall group instructionpartner workStudents wi
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K - 2nd
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3rd Grade Beginning of the Year Activity - Back to School Math Mystery Math
Back to School Math Mystery: the Case of The School Invaders -3rd Grade Edition.Students must review math skills from the previous grade to help get rid of the stinky, slimy Geometron aliens invading Mathhattan Elementary School! Easy prep!Printable PDF - print, copy, solve!Digital worksheets with Google Slides or EASEL⭐Optional video hook included for introducing the case!CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO HOOK! or check out in the preview section.⭐Due to several requests, now there is the option to use a v
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2nd - 4th
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Also included in: 3rd Grade Math Mysteries Holiday Bundle: Fun Math Review Activities
3 Branches of Government Activity | Interactive Notebook | Google Slides
This BEST SELLING interactive and engaging resource will help your students learn all about our 3 branches of U.S. government! These 3 branches of government activities will not only have your students learning the importance of the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches, they’ll also be learning about check and balances in detail.This 3 branches of government resource has over 80+ pages full of fun and engaging activities to help your students become government scholars. I also love the
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2nd - 4th
Also included in: 2nd Grade Social Studies Bundle
Back to School First Week Fun
This back to school unit is packed with back to school lessons, activities, all about me printables, bulletin board ideas, math lessons, classroom management and behavior tools, games, posters, chants, a take-home project for the first day of school, a magic dough activity and experiment, and more! There are over 90 pages of ideas in this back to school pack to make planning your first week and even your first couple of weeks together engaging, exciting, and easy! The first week of school is a
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K - 2nd
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Also included in: Back to School BUNDLE
2nd Grade Common Core Math Assessments (143 STUDENT PAGES) **ALL STANDARDS**
This 2nd Grade Math Assessments Packet has it all!! The resources in this packet are designed to meet all Common Core Math Standards for 2nd Grade!! 143 pages of actual student assessments or use them for skill reinforcement practice!! Take the guesswork out of assessing for the common core! ⭐️DOWNLOAD THE PREVIEW FILE TO SEE THIS RESOURCE IN DETAIL⭐️→→ To see a blog post about this product CLICK HERE ←←***************************************************************************Need all 2nd-grad
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2nd
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Emergency Sub Plans 2nd Grade Substitute Teacher Binder No Prep Plans For Fall
Looking for emergency sub plans to fill your sub tub this year? Emergency sub packets are there for you when you are just too sick to go into work. This set of common core aligned substitute plans makes being out easy for you and for your guest teacher. Just print and go! No more staying up all night writing plans when you are sick! This resource includes 4 complete days of sub-plan packets suitable for a 1st or 2nd-grade classroom. Download the preview for an in-depth look into this time-saving
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1st - 2nd
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Alphabet Directed Drawing Activities
Drawing can help with writing, creativity and fine motor! Your students will love our Alphabet Directed Drawing pack activities as they learn early literacy skillss including the letters of the alphabet! Included are 52 different pictures to draw and a variety of activity styles to suit all your learners! There are 2 drawings for each letter of the alphabetDirected drawing allows young students to feel successful on their journey learning to draw and can help to motivate their writing.For each o
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K - 2nd
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Also included in: Alphabet Worksheets, Crafts and Activities Bundle
Back to School Classroom Scavenger Hunt Editable
Looking for an open house or beginning of the year activity? Look no further! Here you will find a back to school scavenger hunt activity for your classroom and school. These classroom scavenger hunt printables are perfect for your lower elementary students. Students in preschool, kindergarten, first, and second grade will love exploring the classroom and school with these easy text or picture version worksheets. Teachers will love the aspect of just print and go plus the simple way to add their
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K - 2nd
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Also included in: Holiday and Seasonal Scavenger Hunt Bundle
Text Evidence Fall Reading Passages - Fluency, Comprehension, Writing
These fall reading passages for comprehension and fluency will get your students to USE the text and prove their answers! NOW DIGITAL, TOO! You will find a link to add the interactive Google Slides to your Google Drive on page 6 of the file. Included in this reading intervention pack for comprehension and fluency are 42 text-based evidence passages. 21 high-interest topics are covered. Each topic includes a nonfiction informational passage AND a related fiction passage so that you can provide pa
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1st - 3rd
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Also included in: Text Evidence Reading Passages BUNDLE with Digital
Science and Social Studies Curriculum Worksheets Bundle K-2 Interactive Notebook
Engage students and provide them a reference place for the skills they have learned in Social Studies and Science with this interactive notebook bundle. Students will love completing over 100 projects to put in their composition notebook. The activities compliment any existing curriculum you use, or you can use the included book recommendations for teaching the content. This notebook is perfect for both classrooms and homeschool families with young learners!Each notebook includes:50+ print-and-g
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K - 2nd
The First Ten Days | Back to School Lesson Plans | Special Education
The first ten days of school are already planned for you! Directly teach routines and grab this full set of activities and lesson plans for your first 2 weeks of school to start the year off on the right foot. Everything you need for the first 2 weeks in a self contained special education classroom.Click here to save 20% when you purchase this resource as part of the popular Special Ed Classroom Setup Bundle."This resource has given me more time to actually set up my classroom."- LeahWHY SHOULD
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PreK - 12th
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DAILY PICTURE WRITING PROMPTS 2ND 1ST GRADE WRITING COMPLETE SENTENCE STARTERS
If you are looking for writing activities for your beginning writers, you have come to the right place! This resource includes 64 all year round writing paper sheets which help children learn to write complete sentences in a guided way.The 16 templates come in 4 versions to enable you to differentiate the activity according to your students' needs. 2 versions contain writing prompts (sentence starters) while the others do not so as to enable independent writing. 2 versions also come with a wr
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1st - 2nd
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US Geography Worksheets | 5 Regions of the United States Lessons and Activities
Your students will love learning about the 5 regions of the United States with this jammed pack US Geography resource! This resource is filled with everything you need to teach your upper elementary students about the regions of the United States in a fun and meaningful way. Your students will learn that each of the US regions have similar characteristics like climate, landforms, culture, history, and landmarks. This unit includes easy to follow lesson plans, hands-on foldable to use on their o
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2nd - 4th
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Levels of Government Local State and National Activities for 1st 2nd 3rd Grade
This is a fabulous set for teaching levels of government at the primary level. It goes over LOCAL, STATE, AND NATIONAL only. It discusses how the mayor, governor, and president are in charge of these different levels! It also talks about what the jobs are each of these different levels. This set is perfect for 2nd and 3rd grade students!This product is also available in a digital form. Click HERE for the digital version. I also have the task cards available in BOOM CARDS™!There are many activ
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1st - 3rd
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Map Skills Worksheets - Types of Maps, Cardinal Directions, Scale, Reading Maps
This pack of activities for Grades 2 - 4 includes 28 pages of thoughtfully designed printables to engage your students while they practice these basic concepts. You’ll find these ready-to-use pages to be easy to implement and thorough in scope. This resource includes opportunities for your students to acquire information from a variety of maps, to use map elements including the compass rose and scale, and to create their own maps within a defined (and easy to use) set of directions. There’s j
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2nd - 4th
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2nd Grade Social Studies Full Year Curriculum | Worksheets Lesson Plans Quizzes
Everything you need for teaching 2nd or 3rd grade social studies curriculum all in one convenient bundle! This 2nd Grade Social Studies Bundle (also works well for 3rd grade) is packed with lesson plans, worksheets, activities, foldables, vocabulary, quizzes, and more. Your students will love learning about citizenship, community, government, geography, history, and economics. With 30 units in this social studies curriculum, you will have everything you need for 30 weeks or more of fun and engag
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2nd - 3rd
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First Grade Spelling Activities Editable for Your Spelling Words - Emoji Theme
Are you looking for customizable spelling words activities that instantly generate according to your weekly spelling word list? Make 25+ spelling worksheets in minutes with this editable spelling pdf.★ Update & FLASH SALE! ★ This resource was updated on October 5, 2022 and now includes 4 templates (for lists of 5, 10, 15, and 20 words). Every spelling word is now included on every activity page! Download the file again for your revised PDF!How it works:Choose your template based on the size
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1st - 2nd
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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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