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Free 2nd grade social studies resources for parents
Dinosaurs Coloring Pages (Free worksheet)
ROAR! The dinosaurs are here! Take your students back to prehistoric times with this adorable set of 5 hand drawn dinosaur illustrations. Download and print for a fun and relaxing activity that will enhance your dinosaur unit or add fun to indoor recess. Simple drawings are perfect for preschool, kindergarten, first grade, and special needs students. Please follow my TpT store for updates on new free products. Feedback is much appreciated! Enjoy your activity. Thank you ❤
Grades:
PreK - 3rd
Me on the Map Student Book
This activity supplements a unit on communities. After learning about different communities and where you are on the map, the students create their own book showing where they are on the map. This activity is supposed to be completed after reading the story, Me on the Map. This lesson is geared for a class that reside in Illinois.
Unfortunately, with my busy schedule, I will not have time to make other editions and modifications upon request. However, I have posted another version with all the
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PreK - 2nd
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FREEBIE 2nd Grade Social Studies Vocabulary Cards: Our Community's Geography (L)
This packet contains 70 vocabulary cards with definitions and pictures addressing the NYC Social Studies Scope and Sequence Unit 1: Our Community's Geography. This set is the same as the other file but with larger cards.
Contains some of the following words:Airport
Attraction
Bay
Beach
Bicycle Lane
Big Apple
Bird’s-Eye View
Borough
Boundary
Canal
Cardinal
Directions
Cartographer
Citizen
Community
Compass Rose
Continent
Country
Cultural
Capital
Double-Decker Bus
Elevated
Entertainment
Enviro
Grades:
K - 3rd
Fire Safety Cut and Paste, Calling 911, When to Call 911, #freebiefriday
Printable elements for a cut and paste fire safety poster! Just clip and glue these elements to construction paper, color, and add your own details. Kids will have a handy reference next to the phone to set their minds at ease!Great to create in the classroom or at home. Check out the full, free fire safety unit.Love this freebie? After you download give it a rating! Then follow me on TPT for 50% off new listings for 24 hours!
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PreK - 5th
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Black & White Texas Map Coloring Sheet. Contains State Facts
This Texas coloring sheet is part of a set of 20 of the United States. Some of the sets contain between 1 and 7 states.
Once colored children can cut out each of the pages and assemble their unique map. The finished coloring book is a fun educational tool to help children understand their country, including what animal, flower or object is represented by that state. Patterns range from beginner to intermediate. This is an excellent tool for geography teachers and parents alike.
Thank you for
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K - 9th
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Kingdom Cut, Color and Paste Story Telling Activity
This activity is meant to engage your little ones with fine motor skills, coloring and puzzle practice. Your imaginative child will enjoy coloring the magical characters in their very own kingdom. They get to put together a castle with a king and a queen, go with a knight on a quest for a dragon, experience farm life, and go to a ball with the nobles. When they are done building their kingdom, video them telling their very own story with each of the scenes. They will love to hear their story aga
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PreK - 6th
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Free Genealogy Family Trees in English and Spanish
This is a series of printable sheets for PK-5 classrooms where students can enter information. Students can include the name, date of birth, pictures, or drawings as needed. This will encourage children to want to learn more about their families. A good introduction to this activitiy is found in the book GIANNA THE GREAT on Amazon.com ow.ly/KERd9
Grades:
PreK - 5th
BhashaKids Rangoli Coloring Sheet | Hindi, Marathi | Culture of India | Diwali
A simple coloring sheet to introduce the word rangoli in Hindi. The word rangoli is also the same in Marathi. This handout is great for kids to learn about Indian culture, art, as well as to learn words in Hindi and Marathi. Follow BhashaKids for more content on South Asian languages & culture. We create bilingual learning materials for kids to learn South Asian languages through English. We currently have bilingual materials in Hindi, Tamil and Malayalam and are expanding to 8 more languag
Grades:
PreK - 12th, Not Grade Specific
A Little SPOT Character Tickets
This printable can be used withA Little SPOT Chart and Worksheet Sticker Book
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PreK - 3rd
Black Inventors Help to Change the World
Black History Month. Everywhere you look you can see the inventions of Black people. The African American has continued to contribute to the fabric of America by inventing many things that can be identified at home, school, and in the community. As you relate with your young child(ren) or students, identify the wonderful inventions that they can see daily. An invention can be something that is completely new that did not exist before or it can be an improvement on something that was already
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PreK - 4th
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Student Information Sheet for Parent Communication English/Spanish
This is the information sheet I send home with each student on the first day of school to better be able to communicate with parents throughout the year. I created the document to easily be printed with English on one side and Spanish on the other.
Grades:
PreK - 12th, Staff
Needs and Wants - Economics
This 4-page document comprises of 4 situations which children generally face in their daily lives.There is constant friction of Needs and Wants beneath the conscience of children which makes the decision making weaker inside them.
This document can be used by teachers to pose these situations to children and gather their responses regarding the same.
You can also refer to my another book on Economics which is an activity book for Grade 1 to 3 students.This is includes some basic activities on
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1st - 3rd
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Christmas Holiday Gift exchange ideas
So often during school Christmas parties kids draw names, exchange $5 gifts, and they are sold the next year for a quarter in the summer rummage sale. This product has three interesting gift giving ideas, a general plan, a parent letter, and a free homework pass that the students may never forget! This is a zipped file with both PDF files and Word document that you may edit! The first idea and plan are for the students to MAKE a gift for their classmate. It includes a parent letter, gift idea
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K - 9th
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Flat Stanley Project Parent Letter
The Flat Stanley Project is so much fun! After reading stories about Flat Stanley, a little boy who was flattened by a bulletin board and who travels all around the world, students will create their own Flat Stanley in class. They will then choose a relative or family friend to send their Flat Stanley to. The relative or family friend then takes pictures of Flat Stanley in different places and send them back with post cards from where he visited. In class, we then plot on a map all of the places
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2nd - 5th
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Flat Stanley Assignment
This includes a letter to the families to explain the Flat Stanley project. It also includes a letter to the person that is receiving Stanley. A Flat Stanley is also included.
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K - 2nd
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Bible File Folder Game: Cain and Abel
A file folder Bible game with game board, player pieces, question cards with Bible references, and pocket holder.
For Private School, Sunday School, Sabbath School or Homeschool
Players take a card and read the question. Bible references are given if needed to look up the answer. If they answer the question correctly the move the spaces as directed on the board.
Object: Learn God's word and be the first to reach the finish line.
Question cards can be used as flash cards too.
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PreK - 5th
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Statue of Liberty Color Sheet
Print this coloring page posters to celebrate Statue Liberty day on October 28th, and moreNo prep for parents or teachers, feel free to post this activity online for students in your class to view and print at home and color.I am JUST starting to sell on TPT and would be so grateful for a review from anyone who has the time to leave one. Thank you so much!
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PreK - 3rd
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The Jesse Tree Project {Add-ons}
These add-ons were created by request to represent additional stories not included in the original Jesse Tree Project set and include images for the Bible stories: Tower of Babel, Leah/Rachel, Burning Bush, Red Sea Parting, Young David, Servant Girl, Music, Shepherd, Wisemen
Please note, this download ONLY contains optional add-ons. The complete set and instructions can be found here.
For more information and a schedule on using these add-ons and The Jesus Storybook Bible as the text for your
Grades:
PreK - 6th
Safety/911/Address/PhoneNumber
Dialing 911 or learning an absolute location requires students to know their address. This activity will support and guide a student and their parents in understanding how important it is to know their street address and an emergency phone number. It also gives a guide as to how to write the address correctly. It will also be effective if the student should ever get lost and need to get home. They would have a street address to give an officer or an emergency worker to help them in finding their
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2nd - 4th
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Police Thank You Cards
I am a staunch supporter of our police officers! I appreciate the sacrifice these brave men and women make every day on behalf of our communities, and I try to pay back, and forward their efforts by treating officers to a meal when the opportunity arises. Therefore, I carry several of these cards around with me just in case! If in a drive thru or restaurant, I'll cover the officer's meal, and ask the waiter/waitress or cashier to give the officer the card.
I am sharing this project with my f
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PreK - 12th, Staff
Weekly News Letter Template to Parents
Have you ever struggled with keeping parents up to date in whats happening in the classroom. This is a simple newsletter to hlep keep your parents updated in what their kids are leanring in the four core subjets of Math, Science, Lanauge Arts, and History. This is perfect for middle school teachers that work closely as a team
Grades:
PreK - 12th
Virtual Scavenger Hunt - National Museum of Natural History
Take your kids to the National Museum of Natural History - all without leaving your class or home! You will explore throughout the museum, answering questions as you go! The form allows for ease of us - letting you know which section of the virtual tour you are in. As kids answer questions, they will become engaged in learning without even realizing it :)
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Grades:
PreK - 12th
Easter Biblical Facts for Kids (Christian Worldview)
This is a fact sheet created as a resource for your young learner in grades 2-8. It can be used to introduce the basic facts about Easter, with a purposeful focus on the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, and a minor mention of the Easter bunny. It can also be used for notebooking, lapbooking, copywork, Reading comprehension, or as a basic tool for research.Please note that all my holiday fact sheets are written with a generally Biblical worldview, and are meant for use in a homeschool set
Grades:
2nd - 9th
Honesty Posters
FREE Posters (8x10) to print and hang in your home or classroom to promote the character trait: Honesty!
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Grades:
PreK - 2nd
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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.
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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.
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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.
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