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Back to School social studies Common Core W.3.2 resources
First Day Jitters Activities | First Day Jitters Book Activities
First Day Jitters Activities-Do you love using the book “First Day Jitters” at back to school time? Then, you and your students will love this engaging and fun First Day Jitters book activities unit! This week-long unit is packed with an emoji writing craft, responding to literature activities, vocabulary, quick prints, and soooo much more!INCLUDES DIGITAL STUDENT ACTIVITIES! _____________________________________________________________✊ Buy the bundle and SAVE BIG!!! ✊Ready to have your student
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1st - 3rd
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Also included in: Reading Activities Beyond the Text All Year Bundle
Spanish All About Me Worksheet {All About Me Paper in Spanish - Todo Sobre Mí}
This "Lea todo sobre mí!" worksheet (8.5 x 11) can be used as an icebreaker, get to know each other activity, community circle exercise, student of the week spotlight, birthday celebration spotlight, etc. The graphics adds a fun element for the students. This would work well as a first day of school activity. The worksheet comes in both color and bw.All About Me Worksheet Categories:♥ Soy yo! [area for a picture or drawing of the student]♥ Solo los Hechos♥ Mis Cosas Favoritas♥ Quién es tu
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1st - 5th
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Also included in: 3rd Grade Beginning of the Year Activities {Back to School Bundle Deal}
Biography Research Report Project Template, Google Slides, Digital, Any Figure
Students LOVE this digital biography research project! A ready-to-go biography report template that works with any historical figure or hero (research links included). Low prep and engaging! Students research their figure and use the biography template slides to create a unique Google Slides (or PPT) presentation (with an optional written report). Great for individual or group biography research projects!❤️❤️❤️ SAVE BIG with the Digital Research Projects BUNDLE!⭐️ PERFECT FOR >>>2nd - 5
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2nd - 4th
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Biography Research Project Graphic Organizer, Templates, Rubrics, Report Writing
Biography Report templates that can be used as a graphic organizer, lap book, or template for a biography project, such as writing a biography research report or summary on any historical person. It's a great resource for Black History Month, Women's History Month, and to make a wax museum project for second grade, third grade, fourth grade, or fifth grade.Students use graphic organizers, activities, and various report options for a biography report presentation or to complete a genre study of
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2nd - 5th
Back to School All About Me Worksheet One Pager {All About Me Paper/Poster/Page}
This Back to School All About Me Poster printable worksheet (8.5 x 11) can be used as an icebreaker, get-to-know-each-other activity, community circle exercise, student of the week spotlight, birthday celebration spotlight, etc. The first day of school theme adds a fun element for the students. This would work well as a first day of school activity. The worksheet comes in both color and bw.All About Me Poster Categories:♥ This is me! [area for a picture or drawing of the student]♥ Just the facts
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1st - 5th
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Also included in: 3rd Grade Beginning of the Year Activities {Back to School Bundle Deal}
Wax Museum Biography Research Report for 3rd - 6th Grade Social Studies Project
Need an easy to use, meaningful research project that your students, parents, and principal will love? This Wax Museum Project is a highlight of the year and will guide your students to create a biography research report on a famous person. The culminating part of the project is an amazing Wax Museum event, where students dress up as the person they have learned about and stand “still”, like a Wax Museum, until someone walks up to them and presses the “button” on their backdrops to hear a short
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3rd - 6th
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Writing Portfolio and Surveys - Monthly Writing Prompts - Data Collection
The perfect comprehensive writing portfolio for your young writers! Do you have trouble showing your students' writing progression in an organized and professional manner? This monthly writing portfolio for elementary students is my MUST HAVE item. Not only do the kids LOVE to see the progress they make throughout the year, but the parents literally shed tears at the end of the year when they get to see the completed portfolios! ⭐️ BUNDLE & SAVE ⭐️This writing portfolio is a part of the B
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K - 4th
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Also included in: Back to School Bundle
Morning Meeting Activities Logic Puzzles Question Of The Day & Writing Journals
Get your students excited about morning meetings this school year with this Yearlong Bundle of Morning Meeting Activities Morning Work & Journal Prompts. This BEST SELLING Yearlong Bundle of Morning Meeting Activities Morning Work & Journal Prompts provides your students with a consistent morning routine that will build a strong classroom community in a fun and engaging way! Easy-to-use, and substitute friendly, this set of 900 morning meeting activities with matching journal pages, wil
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K - 4th
Country Research Projects Study Report Countries Around the World Research
Country Research Projects: This newly revised (July 2023) country study worksheet packet will help your 4th grade, 5th grade, and 6th grade social studies students conduct a country study research project for countries around the world. It not only includes country research graphic organizers and templates and for gathering information and conducting country research, but also guidance and skills for country report writing and giving a presentation. Grading rubrics, answer keys, differentiated a
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4th - 7th
Biography Research Project Digital Flipbook Template Report Graphic Organizers
If you are researching famous people for Biography reports, your students will love creating these digital interactive Google Slides Flipbooks using graphic organizers! Students click and type in the digital slides, making it easy to create a biography project presentation with interactive linked tabs. Flipbooks can also be printed for a cute tabbed booklet. It's a perfect writing activity! ➡️ Click the PREVIEW above to see more! ⬅️ ✅ 7 Tabs/Slides include:Cover pageTable of ContentsFamilyEducat
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2nd - 5th
All About Me Back to School Activity: First Day Getting to Know You Flipbook
This back to school flipbook provides a fun way for students to share facts about themselves and their lives. Use it as an icebreaker activity during that first week of school. It is ideal for teachers who want to get to know their new batch of students. Most students are quite eager to introduce themselves to their teachers, too, so they are super engaged as they complete this back to school activity! Students write and draw facts they want their teacher to know about themselves, and teachers c
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: Back to School Flipbook Bundle: Printable and Digital
Veterans Day Activities Reading Comprehension Writing November
Looking for Veterans Day activities that are engaging about Veterans and the 6 Armed Forces? This no-prep, high-interest Veterans Day pack includes nonfiction reading passages, reflective activities, writing, math, a word search, and so much more to engage your students this November about his important American holiday.Save time planning with these high-interest Language Arts, Math, and Writing activities! Plus bonus activities like Thank You Letters to Veterans!Informational reading passages a
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3rd - 5th
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Back to School Bulletin Board for First, Second, and Third Grade
Your students have a BRIGHT YEAR ahead! Help them plan their success by setting and recording goals for what they want to achieve this school year. Add an adorable portrait of themselves wearing sunglasses and hang them together for a motivating back to school bulletin board. Distance learning this coming school year? No problem! I've now included a digital version in Google Slides. Click on the PREVIEW to learn more!What's Included?teacher directions with pictures3 differentiated writing t
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1st - 3rd
First Day of School Activities 3rd Grade {First Week of School 3rd Grade}
This beginning of the year activities packet includes 22 pages of back to school activities to start the year off right! It comes in black & white only so that the kids can color their own books and you can save on ink. We've taken many of the ideas from our top selling end of the year memory books and revamped them to make them fun first day of school activities. This resource is included in a larger back to school bundle. CLICK HERE TO VIEW!Download Preview FileDownload the back to sch
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2nd - 5th
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Also included in: First Week of School Activities Grade 3 | First Week of School Games
Social Story Riding the Bus School Bus Safety Awareness Posters & Activities
Bus Safety will be an easy concepts for your students to master this back to school season with these Bus Safety Social Skills Activities.This set of fun and engaging social skills activities is a great starting point to help students navigate acceptable school bus behavior and tackle social and emotional problem-solving situations. An informative social skills story, written in kid-friendly language, provided in PDF, Google Slides, and video versions, along with classroom posters, discussion ca
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K - 4th
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Also included in: Social Stories Social Skills Activities Expected vs Unexpected Behaviors
Country Research Report Worksheets and Graphic Organizers Google Slides
Are you looking for engaging activities for writing a country research project? These country research graphic organizer worksheets are perfect for your literacy and social studies lessons about countries. They are ideal for research projects and report writing. They are also great for reading lessons with informational texts.These informational essay graphic organizers are offered as no prep printables, as well as in digital formats (TPT Easel and Google Slides). Here's the thing. You want your
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1st - 3rd
Classroom Voice Levels Charts Posters Voice Volume Social Story Games Activities
Do you have students who struggle with voice level and voice volume? They are always either talking too loud or too soft? If the answer is yes, then this best selling set of voice level posters and social skills activities is a perfect addition to your classroom! Voice Level Control will be an easy concept for your students to master with these Voice Level Signs and Social Skills Activities.This set of fun and engaging signs and social skills activities provides clear expectations for your stude
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PreK - 4th
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Also included in: Social Stories Social Skills Activities Expected vs Unexpected Behaviors
Native American Heritage Month Reading Writing Activity Indigenous Peoples Day
Celebrate Native American Heritage Month this November and Indigenous Peoples Day and honor and learn about Indigenous Peoples. This easy-to-use research project is broken down step by step to help your students write a research essay and complete a project independently.This writing pack will help your students complete a research project about the Indigenous People who once lived in the area you now live in OR select any Native American group of interest.Link included with an interactive map t
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Native American Heritage Month Reading Activities Indigenous Peoples'
Social Stories Fire Drill Procedures Routines Posters Activities Fire Safety SEL
Fire drills can be a scary and chaotic event for students. This Fire Drill Social Skills Activity Set is everything you need to not only provide clear expectations for the procedures involved in a fire drill but also what to expect and why. This set of fun and engaging social skills activities is a great starting point to help students navigate acceptable fire drill behavior and tackle any big feelings fire drills may be causing them. An informative social skills story, written in kid-friendly l
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K - 4th
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Also included in: Social Stories Social Skills Activities Expected vs Unexpected Behaviors
The Invisible Boy Activities
The Invisible Boy Interactive Read Aloud Lessons is the perfect companion to The Invisible Boy by Trudy Ludwig, an absolute must-read during the first couple weeks of school. It contains Vocabulary and Learning Objective Posters, as well as Discussion Points that can be printed on Post-Its and stuck inside the book. Kiddos will enjoy interviewing a classmate, learning about their unique qualities, and creating a rainbow for them to show off how special they are. This writing activity is availabl
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3rd - 5th
All About Me Worksheet Writing Activity
All About Me Worksheet Writing-All About My Selfie Writing and Craft- This All About Me Activity is perfect for back to school writing. Use this fun expository writing activity to help your students share about themselves at the beginning of the year or at any time. Have students create their writings and display the finished product in the hall or use a guess-who activity for Open House. Here’s what this pack includes:“All About My Selfie” Questionnaire (perfect for younger students)Questionnai
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1st - 5th
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Also included in: Writing All Year BUNDLE
Career Day Research Project, Career Explorations, Community Helpers
Looking for a way to spice up your ELA/Social Studies career exploration units? This Career Day Research Project is a perfect and easy way to provide your learners with a deeper understanding of the professions in their communities. You will just need to print and go!This pack includes:~3 parent/guardian letter options explaining the project~Rubrics linked to 2nd and 3rd grade ELA CCSS~Research organizer~Suggested websites~Interview questions for asking community experts~28 career options prin
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1st - 3rd
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Biography Research Historical Figures using QR Codes Videos & Websites Template
Are your students struggling to find information on famous historical figures for their biography reports? Do you have technology in your classroom to help in their research, but aren't sure if they will find the right websites? The QR Codes for Biography Research Reports are what you need. No longer will students struggle with finding enough information, or writing their biography report, on their chosen historical figure.Included in this Biography Research Resource:► 25 colorful pages of his
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2nd - 4th
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Back to School Art Lesson: Pencil Art Project, Template, Elementary Art Sub Plan
Need a back to school art lesson for your bulletin board? Imagine these pencil art projects in your hallway with a writing prompt. The step by step drawing tutorial and PowerPoint also makes perfect no prep, emergency art sub plans for elementary art and general ed teachers.A fun roll a dice game, ‘you pick’ worksheet, and digital spinners helps kids choose patterns. Moreover, boost their confidence and creativity. And, it’ll help cash-strapped teachers like you plan projects for the first day o
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2nd - 5th
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Importance of learning social studies
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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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