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Social studies Common Core 1.NBT.C.4 resources
Columbus Day Math and Literacy Printable Pack
Columbus Day math and literacy activities for primary students! Columbus Day is almost here and your students will love these Columbus Day themed math and literacy activities. This pack covers a wide range of skills and is perfect for kiddos in kindergarten, first, or second grade. Some of the printables are a bit more difficult than others, allowing for easy differentiation depending on the needs of your students. It’s so quick and easy to simply print this nifty activity pack, giving you more
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K - 2nd
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Also included in: Fall Holiday Math and Literacy Printable Pack Bundle
Animal of the Day! -- 1st Grade Morning Work Bundle -- ENTIRE YEAR
Do you have any zoo wild children?
Infuse wild animal learning with geography, biology and wildlife conservation designed for kids with aligned and rigorous Zoo Wild Morning Work.
This bundle contains 208 different animal species and 208 different pages for hours of fun and learning. This more than covers an entire school year.
Perfect to greet your students with science, math, reading, writing, and social studies every morning!
The animals that are included are:
Mammals -- Babirusa, Biso
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1st
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EURO Currency - PLAY MONEY PRINTABLE MANIPULATIVES (ALL DENOMINATIONS INCLUDED)
THIS IS A MUST-HAVE FOR ANY TEACHER THAT NEEDS NO-PREP PRINTABLE MONEY FOR A LESSON. EACH DENOMINATION AND COIN HANDOUT CAN BE PRINTED TWO-SIDED AS WELL. 1s (coins), 5s, 10s, 20s, 50s, 100s, 200s, 500s, 1000s included in both PDF and MS WORD formats.ENJOY!
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1st - 8th
Columbus Day or Indigenous People Day for Primary Grades
Do you need meaningful activities to do for Columbus Day (or Indigenous People Day) to meet objectives in curriculum? Here are enough informational and content related activities to make an integrated day for you and yours. The 10-page non-fiction text, written with primary students in mind, can kick off your day. There is a follow-up graphic organizer and 11 other activities to engage students in a full day of content related math, language arts, and social studies. You’ll be able to set up wor
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K - 2nd
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Statue of Liberty Activities – National Symbols (American Symbols) Lesson
The Statue of Liberty is a Content-Based Interactive Notebook Mini Unit fostering Literacy in Social Studies for 1st-3rd grade students. We've included Nonfiction Informational Text, THREE Interactive Notebook Assignments, and a balanced mix of activities to teach about the history of the Statue of Liberty as one of our American Symbols:• Statue of Liberty COMPLETE Lesson – we supply all of the CONTENT!• Questions to assess Informational Text ComprehensionStudents will practice Functional Text
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1st - 3rd
Theme Park Day! Create a Budget
Looking to plan a fun Disney Day for your class without the prep? Look no further! Use this "Create a Budget" activity for an awesome social studies lesson with math integration! My students had so much fun making their own Disney budgets. You can give them the option to save money, too! Theme park bundle coming soon!
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1st - 3rd
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Also included in: Theme Park Day BUNDLE!
JAPANESE YEN CURRENCY - PLAY MONEY PRINTABLE MANIPULATIVES (ALL DENOMINATIONS )
THIS IS A MUST-HAVE FOR ANY TEACHER THAT NEEDS NO-PREP PRINTABLE MONEY FOR A LESSON. EACH DENOMINATION AND COIN HANDOUT CAN BE PRINTED TWO-SIDED AS WELL. 1s (coins), 5s, 10s, 20s, 50s, 100s, 200s, 500s, 1000s included in both PDF and MS WORD formats.ENJOY!
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1st - 8th
Learning About Geography Landforms Hands-on Activities and Digital Bundle
Landforms will come alive for your students with this assortment of hands-on Geography activities in addition to Digital Learning with Boom Cards!Why use Learning About Landforms Geography Hands-on Activities and Digital Learning Bundle? Children enjoy hands-on learning as well as digital learning, and teachers know these are the best way for them to learn! This collection of activities is sure to help them remember the names and qualities of the different landforms! How it works: These fun acti
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1st - 3rd
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Community Helpers Themed No Prep Worksheets BUNDLE for K-2 | MATH | ELAR
This COMMUNITY HELPER themed no prep set of worksheets is filled with lots of great LITERACY, GRAMMAR, and MATH activities for kindergarten, 1st grade, and 2nd grade. These are perfect for busy teachers because all you need to do is print and go! There is NO prep! These are wonderful for morning work, early finishers, stations, or just for fun! A few of the skills covered are addition, subtraction, telling time, identifying coins, making ten, synonyms, syllables, blends, prepositions, and so
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K - 2nd
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China Math Mystery Pictures Grade 2 Additions Subtractions 1-100
4 China math mystery pictures to practice addition and subtraction up to 100, grade 2 (2nd indicated on the cover, see details below regarding the grades).This resource is perfect for keeping students who finish before the rest of the class engaged in a meaningful way.Contents:6 worksheets per picture for easy differentiation:2 sheets (easy and hard versions) with additions only2 sheets (easy and hard versions) with subtractions only2 sheets (easy and hard versions) with a mix of additions and s
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2nd
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Hounds & Jackals Board Game (Ancient Egypt)
I created a printable version of this game to allow my children to explore a traditional Ancient Egyptian game, while learning about Ancient Egypt. This game encourages the children to engage with logical thinking and reasoning incorporating strategic analysis and risk taking. Basic mental addition skills are required especially toward the end of the map. This game was enjoyed by some of the youngest and oldest children in our school.
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PreK - 7th
Counting Money Online Games Bundle- Practice Activities for Kids
This Counting Money Online Games Bundle features engaging practice activities for kids and is the perfect way to explore money skills and financial literacy with your children. Presented in BOOM Learning format, these online games for counting money include self-checking digital task cards and four different types of activities to keep children engaged and eager to learn more. These money games for kids cater to learners of all abilities with an audio option for reading questions aloud and an e
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1st - 2nd
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Cow Class Cash: Themed Money for Classroom Economy
This Cow Class Pet Money resource is intended to provide cow themed money to use as currency for your classroom economy! Students earn money for good behavior, kindness, progress, or whatever you choose. Then students can use money to purchase rewards such as items in a class store, special treatments, etc.MY FAVORITE THINGS ABOUT HAVING A CLASSROOM ECONOMY:Reinforce positive behaviorEncourage student responsibilityPractice delayed gratificationFoster a positive learning environmentAnd so much m
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K - 5th
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Lion Class Cash: Themed Money for Classroom Economy
This Lion Class Pet Money resource is intended to provide lion themed money to use as currency for your classroom economy! Students earn money for good behavior, kindness, progress, or whatever you choose. Then students can use money to purchase rewards such as items in a class store, special treatments, etc._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _MY FAVORITE THINGS ABOUT HAVING A CLASSROOM ECONOMY:Reinforce positive behaviorEncourage student respon
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K - 5th
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Remembrance Day / Veterans Day Lesson Plans and Activities
This packet aims at making the difficult topic of war and Veterans day accessible for elementary students. It contains two days of no prep, cross-curricular learning for first and second Grade around the topic of World War I, conflict and Veterans Day (Remembrance Day or Armistice Day), starting from the fabulous book “Why?” by Nikolai Popov. It is the perfect sub plan and is also great if you want to get out of the routine and boost student engagement.The packet includes:· 9 cross-curricular le
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1st - 2nd
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Elephant Class Cash: Themed Money for Classroom Economy
This Elephant Class Pet Money resource is intended to provide elephant themed money to use as currency for your classroom economy! Students earn money for good behavior, kindness, progress, or whatever you choose. Then students can use money to purchase rewards such as items in a class store, special treatments, etc.MY FAVORITE THINGS ABOUT HAVING A CLASSROOM ECONOMY:Reinforce positive behaviorEncourage student responsibilityPractice delayed gratificationFoster a positive learning environmentAnd
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K - 5th
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Sloth Class Cash: Themed Money for Classroom Economy
This Sloth Class Pet Money resource is intended to provide sloth themed money to use as currency for your classroom economy! Students earn money for good behavior, kindness, progress, or whatever you choose. Then students can use money to purchase rewards such as items in a class store, special treatments, etc.MY FAVORITE THINGS ABOUT HAVING A CLASSROOM ECONOMY:Reinforce positive behaviorEncourage student responsibilityPractice delayed gratificationFoster a positive learning environmentAnd so mu
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K - 5th
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Penguin Class Cash: Themed Money for Classroom Economy
This Penguin Class Pet Money resource is intended to provide penguin themed money to use as currency for your classroom economy! Students earn money for good behavior, kindness, progress, or whatever you choose. Then students can use money to purchase rewards such as items in a class store, special treatments, etc._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _MY FAVORITE THINGS ABOUT HAVING A CLASSROOM ECONOMY:Reinforce positive behaviorEncourage student
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K - 5th
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Bear Class Cash: Themed Money for Classroom Economy
This Bear Class Pet Money resource is intended to provide bear themed money to use as currency for your classroom economy! Students earn money for good behavior, kindness, progress, or whatever you choose. Then students can use money to purchase rewards such as items in a class store, special treatments, etc._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _MY FAVORITE THINGS ABOUT HAVING A CLASSROOM ECONOMY:Reinforce positive behaviorEncourage student respon
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K - 5th
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GERMAN DEUTSCHE MARK CURRENCY - PLAY MONEY PRINTABLES (8 DIFFERENT EBILLS)
THIS IS A MUST-HAVE FOR ANY TEACHER THAT NEEDS NO-PREP PRINTABLE MONEY FOR A LESSON. EACH DENOMINATION HANDOUT CAN BE PRINTED TWO-SIDED AS WELL. 5s, 10s, 20s, 50s, 100s, 200s, 500s, 1000s included in both PDF and MS WORD formats.ENJOY!
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1st - 8th
BUNDLE China Chinese New Year Math Mystery Pictures Grade 2 Addition Subtraction
16 China and Chinese New Year math mystery pictures to practice addition and subtraction up to 100, grade 2 (2nd indicated on the cover, see details below regarding the grades).This resource is perfect for keeping students who finish before the rest of the class engaged in a meaningful way.Contents:6 worksheets per picture for easy differentiation:2 sheets (easy and hard versions) with additions only2 sheets (easy and hard versions) with subtractions only2 sheets (easy and hard versions) with a
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2nd
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Classroom Cash - SMORE Themed
These fun dollars are a great way to positively reinforce expectations! They can be used for a classroom economy system. This includes a variety of named bills: 1's, 5's and 10's. This also includes an editable file that allows for customization of the bill name!
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Not Grade Specific
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Kid Class Cash: Themed Money for Classroom Economy
This Kid Class Cash Money resource is intended to provide kid themed money to use as currency for your classroom economy! Students earn money for good behavior, kindness, progress, or whatever you choose. Then students can use money to purchase rewards such as items in a class store, special treatments, etc._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _MY FAVORITE THINGS ABOUT HAVING A CLASSROOM ECONOMY:Reinforce positive behaviorEncourage student respons
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K - 5th
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Dog Class Cash: Themed Money for Classroom Economy
This Dog Class Pet Money resource is intended to provide dog themed money to use as currency for your classroom economy! Students earn money for good behavior, kindness, progress, or whatever you choose. Then students can use money to purchase rewards such as items in a class store, special treatments, etc._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _MY FAVORITE THINGS ABOUT HAVING A CLASSROOM ECONOMY:Reinforce positive behaviorEncourage student responsi
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K - 5th
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- 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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