Holidays health thematic unit plans for GATE

Native Americans, Thanksgiving, U.S. History

Also included in: Pumpkins: Pumpkin Life Cycle Print & Digital Activities BUNDLE

First Thanksgiving Unit for Kindergarten and First Grade

Created by

Stephanie Trapp

Sail on the Mayflower and experience life as a Pilgrim and Wampanoag during this first Thanksgiving unit for kindergarten and first grade! The week-long comprehensive unit includes detailed daily lesson plans with literature suggestions. It incorporates reading, writing, math, history, handwriting, and art. It also has Google Slides to use for discussion and links to videos that complement the unit study.Click on the PREVIEW to read each lesson plan, see the Week-at-a-Glance planning sheet, as

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Grades:

K - 1st

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Unit Plans, Thematic Unit Plans, Lesson

Bakery Dramatic Play

Created by

Pocket of Preschool - Jackie Kops

Bakery Dramatic Play is a fun, food theme you can do at anytime during the year. It is a great theme to do in December around the holidays or in winter months with all the snow. There is a parent note you can send home to introduce the bakery (dramatic play) and get families involved! My bakery teacher planning web breaks the theme down, week by week. It even includes a book list all with books all about bakery and food at the bakery. There are labels and pictures showing how to set up your Bake

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Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa, Drama, English Language Arts

Grades:

PreK - K

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Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa, English Language Arts, Math

Also included in: Dramatic Play Bundle for Preschool, Pre-K, and Kindergarten

Holidays Around the World and Christmas Activities for Math and Literacy

Created by

Deanna Jump

Have fun teaching in December by using this engaging holidays around the world unit and these fun Christmas activities! This resource is jam-packed with standards-based activities to use in your Kindergarten or First-grade classroom. This Christmas resource includes:*Original Christmas book for Shared Reading (not religion-based)*Christmas Emergent Reader in black and white* Rhyming Words Center and Recording Sheet* Christmas Tree Sums Math Center*Santa Art Project which includes TWO writing p

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Grades:

K - 1st

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Thematic Unit Plans, Centers

Thanksgiving Unit | Lesson Plans - Activities for Preschool Pre-K

Created by

Balanced Literacy, Numbers, Thanksgiving

Preschoolers will learn all about THANKSGIVING traditions and how to be THANKFUL in this thematic unit that has 10 complete circle time lessons to make planning and teaching a breeze!It includes 10 days of detailed Circle Time Lessons:Introduction - "Long Ago-Today" sort and songVisiting Family - ways to travel at ThanksgivingThanksgiving Food - class poll, photos, songFarm Harvest - photos, sort, carpet gameGive Thanks - "I am Thankful" interactive songBe Kind & Helpful - class activity and

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Grades:

PreK - K

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Also included in: Play to Learn Preschool - Units Lessons Activities Preschool PreK Curriculum

Nutrition Activities Food Group Lesson Plans for Preschool Pre-K

Created by

Child Care, English Language Arts, Health

Healthy Kids are Happy Kids! This Nutrition Unit for Preschoolers is the perfect way to introduce your preschoolers to food groups and good health. The unit includes complete lesson plans for 10 days of circle time, as well as additional literacy and math centers. All of the planning is done to make your life easier!It includes 10 complete Circle Time Lessons:Introduction to Healthy Foods - real photos, writing activityFruit Food Group - photos, song, resource poster, class graphVegetable Food

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Grades:

PreK - K

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Balanced Literacy, Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa, Close Reading

Also included in: Play to Learn Preschool - Units Lessons Activities Preschool PreK Curriculum

All About Reindeer Unit - Reindeer Crafts, Writing, Nonfiction Texts & More

Created by

Deanna Jump

Are you looking for a kindergarten or first grade unit all about reindeer? Check out this set of reindeer nonfiction texts, crafts, writing templates & more! These activities are perfect for engaging students during the month of December.Learn all about reindeer with the following activities:Reindeer full-color informational text with real picturesReindeer full-color vocabulary cardsLinks to four videos with reindeer facts and real video footage or reindeerChit Chat messages in color and in

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K - 2nd

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Gingerbread Unit | Lesson Plans - Activities for Preschool Pre-K

Created by

Balanced Literacy, Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa, Winter

Circle Time lessons are completely done for you in this GINGERBREAD PRESCHOOL UNIT! This Gingerbread unit of study is a sweet way to celebrate the winter season with the students in your preschool classroom! It includes 10 complete Circle Time Lessons:Gingerbread - introduction, literacy activity about gingerbreadWhat is Ginger? - photos, song, gingerbread sensory activityThe Gingerbread Man - gingerbread anchor chart, concepts of printGingerbread Houses - gingerbread photos, class poll, math gl

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Grades:

PreK - K

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Kerry Tracy Feel-Good Teaching

Also included in: Play to Learn Preschool - Units Lessons Activities Preschool PreK Curriculum

Halloween STEM Activities | Fall STEM Activities for October | Halloween Science

Created by

Halloween STEM Activities will keep your kids engaged in brain-busting work disguised as fun!This bundle includes the following 6 Halloween STEM activities:⭐ Bone Bridge® STEM Challenge Activity ⭐ Creature Catcher STEM Challenge Activity ⭐ Ghosts in the Graveyard STEM Challenge Activity ⭐ Treat Toss STEM Challenge Activity ⭐ Wings Wanted STEM Challenge Activity⭐ Halloween STEM Improv Activity (336 possible combinations!)The basic idea: In the 5 Halloween STEM Challenge Activities, students

Subjects:

Critical Thinking, Engineering, Halloween

Grades:

2nd - 8th

Types:

Activities, GATE, Centers

NGSS:

K-2-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-3

, MS-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-1

, 3-5-ETS1-3

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Holidays Around the World (Part 1 and Part 2) BUNDLE

Created by

Rachelle Smith

A #1 BEST SELLER ON TEACHERSPAYTEACHERS.COM**UPDATED November 2016**Want to see more? Click here for a video preview!Travel near and far to see a glimpse of Holidays Around the World. This is a great way to integrate the Christmas/Holiday theme into your curriculum! There are 13 countries to learn about and a craftivity and/or game for each country. This unit ties in literacy, social studies, art, writing, reading and even a little math. There's enough in this pack to use the whole month of Dec

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Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa, Social Studies - History, Winter

Grades:

K - 3rd

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Cultural Activities

KinderHealth® Kindergarten Health Curriculum Bundle

Created by

Tara West - Little Minds at Work

KinderHealth® Curriculum is an engaging health curriculum with young learners in mind! KinderHealth® encourages young learners to think “outside the box” and prove their thinking through hands-on and engaging learning experiences. KinderHealth® is based upon five units: I Can Be Me, I Can Be Safe, I Can Be Clean, I Can Be Fit and I Can Be Healthy. Each unit is broken down to 10 lessons and each lesson can take from 1-2 days to complete. The units cover at least two weeks of instruction. The l

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Character Education, Health, Life Skills

Grades:

PreK - 1st

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Printables, Lesson

Polar Express Christmas Fun Activities, Hot Chocolate, Writing, Story Elements

Created by

Sheila Melton

Get ready to smell the hot chocolate and feel the cold air as you and your students take a ride on the Polar Express! TONS of NO PREP printables and activities!!❤️ These Polar Express printables are ideal for morning work, the writing center, stations, independent practice, small groups, homework, 5-minute fillers, early finishers or even sub plans and are the perfect addition to your Polar Express unit! ⭐️ Prep is quick and easy... Just print the activities, graphic organizers and writing templ

Subjects:

Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa, English Language Arts, Holidays/Seasonal

Grades:

K - 3rd

Types:

Worksheets, Thematic Unit Plans, Printables

Pumpkins Unit Lesson Plans Fall Autumn October Activities for Preschool Pre-K

Created by

Autumn, Balanced Literacy, Halloween

Circle Time lessons are done for you in this PUMPKIN PRESCHOOL UNIT! This unit of study is a fun way to welcome Autumn, October, and Halloween with the students in your preschool classroom!It includes 10 complete Circle Time Lessons:Pumpkins, Pumpkins - introduction, sensory activityPumpkin Patch - photos, song, class pollPumpkin Life Cycle - anchor chart, song, photosApples & Pumpkins - comparing & contrastingPumpkin Science - parts of a pumpkinJack-o-Lanterns - social-emotional recogni

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Grades:

PreK - K

Types:

English Language Arts, Math, Thanksgiving

Also included in: Play to Learn Preschool - Units Lessons Activities Preschool PreK Curriculum

Thanksgiving Activities for Math and Writing, Turkey crafts and STEM

Created by

Deanna Jump

Are you looking for Thanksgiving activities and crafts for literacy, math and writing? Check out this turkey themed best selling product to keep your kindergarten, first or second grade students engaged during the month of November.This RECENTLY UPDATED resource includes everything you need for a fun unit on Thanksgiving! A nonfiction book about Turkeys with full-color picturesTurkey Beak experimentTurkey Sounds experimentLife Cycle of a Turkey printablesTurkey Characteristics anchor chartTurk

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Grades:

K - 1st

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Brooke Brown - Teach Outside the Box

CCSS:

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St. Patrick's Day STEM Activities and Challenges - Spring STEM Activities BUNDLE

Created by

This St. Patrick's Day themed STEM/STEAM package is perfect to engage your elementary engineers in March! Three STEM challenges and one Bonus Brainbuilder are provided and can be completed as stations or in isolation.Check out my Video Tour and Demo of all components on YouTube below!LOW PREP MARCH STEM CHALLENGES VIDEOIncludes the following LOW PREP STEM Challenges:Wind-powered MazeRainbow Arch BridgeLeprechaun TrapBonus Brainbuilder: Coin ChemistryIncludes the following components for EACH CHA

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Engineering, Science, St. Patrick's Day

Grades:

K - 5th

Types:

Activities, GATE

NGSS:

K-2-ETS1-2

, K-2-ETS1-3

, K-2-ETS1-1

, 3-5-ETS1-3

, 3-5-ETS1-1

...

Christmas Unit | Lesson Plans - Activities for Preschool Pre-K

Created by

Child Care, Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa, Specialty

Preschoolers will learn all about the Christmas season in this Christmas thematic unit that has 10 complete Christmas circle time lessons to make planning and teaching a breeze!It includes 10 days of detailed Circle Time Lessons:Introduction - photos, song, and Christmas class pollDecorations - photos and concept of word poemPresents - photos, concentration game, song for ChristmasVisiting Santa - photos, Santa song, class poll about ChristmasElves - “The Lost Present” Christmas carpet game, int

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Grades:

PreK - K

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Also included in: Play to Learn Preschool - Units Lessons Activities Preschool PreK Curriculum

Valentine's Day Activities & Lesson Plans for Preschool Pre-K

Created by

Child Care, English Language Arts, Valentine's Day

Preschoolers and their teachers will LOVE learning about VALENTINE'S DAY during this complete Valentine's Day Circle Time unit. This Valentine's Day resource includes detailed, daily lesson plans, printable activities, as well as Valentine's Day literacy, math, and fine motor centers.Includes 10 Days of complete Circle Time Lessons:Introduction – Things I love concept sort and song.Showing Love – photos, song and carpet gameShowing Appreciation – photos and concept of print poemShowing Gratitude

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Grades:

PreK - K

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