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End of Year social studies Common Core W.4.1 resources
END OF THE YEAR ACTIVITY What Do Teachers Do in the Summer last week of school
What do teachers do in the summer? What will my teacher do this summer? If you're looking for no prep end of the year activities that are fun, yet standards-based you are in the right place! What do teachers do when school is closed for the summer? It sure will be fun to see what the kids think!See the preview for lots of photos of this super-popular resource!Your students will each pick a teacher or other faculty member and complete a writing project about what they do when school is closed for
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1st - 5th
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National Parks Research Activities End of Year Project Includes Yellowstone
This Visit a National Park research project will have your students so engaged, they won't want the activity to end! In this unit, students have the opportunity to plan a trip to a National Park, create a road map, write a research article, and so much more! What better way to have students use real-life math, reading, and writing skills than with this fun U.S. National Parks Activity? Now includes nonfiction reading passages and other bonus reading activities!Click HERE to SAVE 25% with the PB
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3rd - 6th
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Plan a Road Trip Activities Real World Math Project Travel Brochure Vacation
This real world writing and math Plan a Road Trip project will have your students so engaged, they won't want the activity to end! In this unit, students the have opportunity to plan a trip and persuade others to visit their chosen destination! Now includes a bonus vacation journal and road trip activities!Click HERE to SAVE 25% with the PBL Activities Bundle for the Year!Click the PREVIEW above to see everything included.All of the hard work is done for you. Simply print the NO PREP pages, and
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3rd - 6th
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Water Park Writing Math Project Based Learning End of the Year Real World Math
Students LOVE real-life learning, and this Design a Water Park Project will have them asking for more units just like it! Students will have the opportunity to design their very own waterpark, create and design a park map, write a description of the world's best waterpark, and so much more! What better way to have students use real-life math, reading, and writing skills than with this fun project based learning activity? Please click the PREVIEW above for an idea of everything included in this l
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3rd - 6th
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Fun End of the Year Activities Reading Passages Last Day 3rd 4th 5th Grade
Looking for end of year countdown activities and summer bucket list for the last week of school? Have a stress free last few weeks of school with this all-in-one resource that has everything you need!Your 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students will be engaged in meaningful activities, will be reflective as they think about the school year, and will also get a jump start on thinking about summer reading too!Save time on planning and researching end of year activities AND instead, have fun with your stu
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3rd - 5th
Number the Stars Novel Study | Distance Learning | Google Classroom™
This is a complete and engaging novel study for the book Number the Stars by Lois Lowry. This print and go book study is great to use in your classroom when teaching across the curriculum during a World War II unit! It is divided into 3 sections as follows: Chapters 1 - 6, 7 - 12, 13 - End. This unit includes the following:★ Title page for students★ Meet the Author★ Prediction page★ Character notes – 12 main/minor characters (3 optional longer note pages included for 6 of the main characters)★ C
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4th - 7th
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Trail of Tears Activities | Indian Removal Act | Native American History
Teaching your students about the Trail of Tears just got a little easier with this informative resource! Informational text, timeline, accounts of individual Native American groups, and skill pages are all included. Students will love the engaging pages while teachers will love the ease of use! INCLUDES BOTH A PRINT AND DIGITAL VERSION MADE FOR GOOGLE SLIDES.************************************************************************************************************PRODUCT INCLUDESlink to digit
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Andrew Jackson and the Trail of Tears BUNDLE
Pioneer Life | Westward Expansion | California Gold Rush | Oregon Trail
Looking for resources to have Pioneer Days in your classroom? Look no further than this complete unit on pioneers, including the California Gold Rush and the Oregon Trail. This unit includes activities to stretch out Pioneer Days to a full week or pick and choose what you have time for in the classroom. INCLUDES BOTH A PRINT AND MADE FOR GOOGLE SLIDES DIGITAL VERSION.*************************************************************************************************************INCLUDES THE FOLLO
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2nd - 4th
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Coloring Pages End of Year Summer Sheets Field Day Brain Breas Fun Summer School
End of the year coloring set has been added! Looking for coloring pages to use for the seasons and holidays AND provide a routine all year long to keep students engaged and working hard independently? This set was designed specifically for upper elementary students to give them engaging tasks to ease into the morning, end the day, or any way YOU want!There are 7 sets included: Back to School, Fall, Holiday Mix for the Year, Winter, Spring, End of the School Year, and Summer. Filled with purposef
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3rd - 5th
End of the Year Pre Summer Break How Well Do You Know Your Teacher Activity
Try this End of the Year Pre Summer Break How Well Do You Know Your Teacher Activity to keep your students engaged and busy before you head off to summer break! This is perfect for the last week of school during writing time or the last day of school.This activity is so fun that your students won't even realize they are practicing making inferences. Plus they will practice their writing skills as they answer each prompt. Students will use the information they know about YOU (their teacher) to ma
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2nd - 5th
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End of the Year READ ALOUD STEM Activities BUNDLE Creativity, Science, Engineers
Integrate STEAM and STEM in your classroom at the End of the School Year!Make the last week of school and the last day of school amazing! Create a cereal box memory book to help students process the "last day blues." Engineer an amazing treehouse! Have students imagine, design, build, and write about their dream house using Geometry and 3D Shapes! Learn about the Chicago World's Fair and make a Ferris Wheel!Includes 4 STEM/STEAM Projects to go along with the following Read Aloud Books: Last Day
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1st - 5th
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K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
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Field Day Coloring Page Holiday Color Sheets Brain Breaks 3rd 4th 5th Grade
Field Day and Patriotic {use for Memorial Day} coloring sheets are now included to use this end of the year season and May! This holiday Doodle Thinkers set was designed specifically for upper elementary students to provide them with a coloring task for 22 different holidays and special days throughout the year!This set has one page for each holiday/special day included.Filled with purposeful coloring and ELA tasks, your students will sharpen their academic and fine motor skills simultaneously!E
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3rd - 4th
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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Titanic Activities Thematic Bundle No Prep and Digital
The Titanic is the most famous ship ever and students of all ages love to learn about it! With this Titanic Bundle, you will have tons of math and language arts activities that will engage and teach your students all about the famed unsinkable ship. Cover many third, fourth, and fifth-grade standards such as 4-digit addition and subtraction, opinion writing, multiple-digit multiplication, context clues, word problems, main idea, estimation, and much more all while learning about the Titanic! Usi
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3rd - 6th
50 States and Capitals: Maps, Tests, Activities, Google Classroom & Google Forms
Help your students know all 50 states and capitals of the United States with this huge, MEGA-Pack of resources! This product is available in printable PDF, Google Classroom, and Google Forms. A crossword puzzle, word search, test blanks, word banks, and so many more options are also included in this MEGA-Pack! You will even get a mini-research project template for students to research their favorite state, as well as a creative writing template. Whether it be for a civics unit, history class, cl
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4th - 12th
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4th Grade Social Studies Curriculum United States YEAR LONG BUNDLE Google
A full year of 4th grade social studies themed in the United States.DISTANCE & GOOGLE DRIVE LEARNING LINKS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE GOOGLE DRIVE ACCESS PAGE IN EACH UNITS PDF DOWNLOADAll Units Include:Lesson PlansComprehension PagesVocabulary CardsAssessmentsSuggested Read Alouds/VideosActivities & Graphic OrganizesAnchor Charts & Printable PostersLesson Plan Titles Included Unit 1:Lesson 1 – BE a HistorianLesson 2 – BE a GeographerLesson 3 – BE an EconomistLesson 4 – BE a Political Scie
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3rd - 5th
Countdown to Summer Writing Prompts | End of Year Writing
Spice up your writing centers with these End of the Year writing prompts! These no-prep writing papers include engaging Summer-themed prompts to keep students writing all month long. There are 5 end of the year themed prompts and 5 Summer themed prompts included. Use these for morning work, writing centers, collecting writing samples, and more!Each prompt has three different styled papers to choose from, to help fit your grade-level needs. You can let your students complete them separately, or b
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1st - 3rd
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Also included in: Year Long Seasonal Writing Prompts & Craftivities Bundle
Debate Worksheets Templates Prompts Graphic Organizers End of the Year Project
Are you looking for an end of the year project? Help your students master the skill of persuasive writing as they participate in this project as they argue about whether or not homework should be assigned in your classroom! This introduction to debating writing project includes everything you need to introduce, review, and enjoy holding debates in your classroom: anchor charts, graphic organizers, task directions, rubric and much more!Anchor charts are also included in a PowerPoint presentation
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3rd - 5th
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Veterans Day Writing - Veterans Day Activities - Veterans Day Close Reading
DIGITAL & PRINTABLE Option - Veterans Day Unit integrated with the ELA skills of opinion writing, close reading, summarizing and inferring. The activities are rigorous, but yet engaging. The teacher will love the Veterans Day reading comprehension tasks used and the students will enjoy the fun activities. It is a win-win unit.Check out our November ELA Reading & Writing Products Check out our Thanksgiving and Fall Math ProductsVeterans Day Close Reading Unit includes: - 2 non-fictio
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4th - 6th
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End of the Year Reading Project | Road Trip Reading Project
Engage your students at the end of the year with this digital and printable 23-page road trip-themed reading project for upper elementary! It is FUN for students and the perfect way to gauge your students' reading abilities at the beginning of the year.This is the most fun way to practice key literacy skills! Students in upper elementary will warm up and review a variety of key reading skills in various ways while taking a road trip across the United States of America. The pages are standalone
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4th - 6th
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Labor Day - Labor Day Reading Comprehension - Labor Day Informational Texts
This non-fiction informational text with activities will help your students understand why we celebrate Labor Day. It is designed to provide basic information about how Labor Day came to be, what it stands for and why we celebrate. Perfect for 4th and 5th graders but can be used with 3rd grade. (It is a much higher level for 3rd so take a look at the preview before purchasing.) A stress-free way to teach your students about Labor Day. For the DIGITAL version, go HERE!For BOTH the digital AND pr
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: American History Activities - US History BUNDLE
American Revolution Spies Reading Passages & Project - Main Idea & Details ELA
Teach your students about main idea and the American Revolution with this cross curricular activity! Perfect for upper elementary reading or social studies, students will practice main idea reading skills while learning about the spies that impacted the Revolutionary War. Assign digitally or use the printable version to meet your students' needs.Students will answer short comprehension questions and fill in main idea graphic organizers about the texts. They will be asked to find text evidence to
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4th - 6th
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Plan Your Teacher 's Vacation Activity End of Year Plan a Vacation Project
Looking for a planning a trip end of year project to engage students and keep them working hard independently? Help your students master the skill of writing a persuasive writing letter to convince their teacher to take a much-needed teacher summer getaway!End the school year with a bang with this high-engagement persuasive writing project! ⭐️⭐⭐️⭐️⭐️ "This writing activity was a hit with my classes! They enjoyed finding places to "send" me, and their reasons for why I should choose their vacati
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3rd - 5th
End of the Year Reading Project
Get ready to engage your upper elementary students at the end of the year with this project that reviews reading, writing, and grammar skills! Your students will dive into planning the perfect 'Fun Fest' in this activity that is rigorous and FUN!This 17-page reading project was created as a fun way for your students to review many of the skills they learned throughout the year. The “Fun Fest” theme makes it the perfect project to finish the school year, but it can also be used in any season!I ha
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