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5th grade social studies scripts for special education
Reader's Theater Script - Fairy Tale Mock Trial for the Wolf of 3 Little Pigs
Reader's Theaters are a fun way to get your kids reading. This fairy tale mock trial is for Alexander T. Wolf from the book The True Story of the Three Little Pigs. This reader's theatre script is a fun fractured fairy tale of the Three Little Pigs. This script is for upper elementary (3rd, 4th, & 5th). This is also available for use with Google Classroom™ and is included using TPT's new digital tool!After you download the resource, click the red Create Digital Activity button to get the di
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3rd - 5th
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Memorial Day/Veteran's Day Readers' Theater Script in Print and Digital Easel
Are you looking for an engaging reading activity to do to recognize Veterans Day or Memorial Day? My students LOVE Readers' Theaters so I decided to write my own Readers' Theater script that we can read as an entire class on Veterans Day.The script includes 27 parts. Therefore, it can be used as a whole class activity, or it can be used as a small-group activity (students are just awarded more parts!) If you have a slighter larger class, I have included ideas on how you could get a few extra par
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Readers' Theater BUNDLE: A set of 32 Scripts
Flexible Thinking - Social Skills Story and Activities for 3rd-5th Grade
Flexible Thinking is an essential social skill to help children succeed in all life areas. The story and flexible thinking activity cards will help you teach this critical skill to your students struggling to understand how to be flexible. Great for students with autism, ADHD, or developmental delay.Social Skills Stories use clear, concise language to break down information into small, explicit steps that help children understand what they should or should not do in a given situation. Skill Buil
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3rd - 5th
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Visual Social Story Packet for Children with Autism: Behavior Set
Unlock valuable behavioral solutions with our collection of 4 social stories targeting common behavior problems, designed specifically for special education teachers and parents of autistic students. Addressing issues such as frustration, time-outs, jealousy, and sensitivity to loud noises, these stories are short and visually supported, making them an effective and user-friendly intervention for various behaviors. Social stories provide direct instruction and training for social skills, helping
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PreK - 8th
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Veterans Day Program Script School Assembly or Class Activity to Honor Veterans
Are you planning a Veterans Day celebration for your school this year? This Veterans Day program script will help you get started as you plan your Veterans Day program.Our school's Veterans Day program has been my absolute favorite event of the year for over fifteen years!I have found that a program that celebrates Veterans is one of our favorite activities to bring together community members of all ages and students in our school. I have used this script at our school-wide Veterans Day progra
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1st - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Social Scripts for SEL - 50+ Editable Stories - Emotions, Life Skills, School
Read social scripts to help kids develop skills for dealing with emotions, life skills, friendships, and situations at school. The scripts focus on a variety of topics: brushing teeth, cleaning up after oneself, feeling angry, feeling confused, being a good spot, giving personal space, working with a partner, following directions, and much more.EDITABLENOTE: I have revised these stories to be EDITABLE! The titles and clipart of all stories remain the same, but each story has an editable version
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3rd - 6th
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Visual Social Story Packet for Children with Autism: Personal Space Set
Explore our valuable collection of 3 social stories addressing common behavior problems, tailored for special education teachers and parents. Covering topics such as "Hands to Yourself," "Personal Space," and "When You Can Give a Hug," these concise stories, paired with visuals, serve as effective interventions for various behaviors. Designed to aid children in navigating social situations, each story describes a scenario and outlines an appropriate response. Directly instruct and enhance social
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PreK - 8th
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Reader's Theater Fairy Tales - Mock Trial Readers Theatre Scripts Bundle
Are you looking for fun reader’s theater for your kids? These reader's theatre scripts are mock trials of your favorite fairy tales. These fractured fairy tales reader theaters will have your kids deciding if the villain is guilty or innocent. Save 20% off when you buy the whole bundle.These scripts are for upper elementary (3rd, 4th, & 5th) and are a spinoff of popular fairy tale villains.This is also available for use with Google Classroom™ and is included using TPT's new digital tool!Aft
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3rd - 5th
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Puberty for Male Female Social Stories Boys Girls Private Parts Period Autism
Get four puberty with autism social narratives for boys, four puberty with autism social narratives for girls and 1 unisex puberty with autism story. A narrative story set for boys and a story set for girls are both available for single purchase but are bundled here for savings.These social narratives are wonderful to use when presenting a unit on sexuality.Boys face many challenges when going through puberty! Discuss puberty and growing up easily by reading detailed stories that focus on heal
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4th - 8th
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Communication Skills: Social Story Adapted Books
Elevate your special education program with our collection of 4 social story adapted books, designed for special education teachers and parents of autistic students. Social stories are a highly effective method for promoting positive behaviors and reducing negative behaviors. This resource uniquely combines social stories with adapted books, providing an interactive and visually-based approach.These mini stories can be used as proactive tools before anticipated events or read regularly to reinfo
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PreK - 8th
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Reader's Theater: Boston Tea Party
This is a great reader's theater script to introduce/reinforce the importance of the Boston Tea Party as a major event in our history leading to the American Revolution. In addition, it's great practice in the areas of expression and fluency. The following play script contains 23 individual parts, but can be easily adapted for a class of any size. I have ranked the parts by size (long, medium, short) in order to make it easier to differentiate parts for all levels of readers. In addition, I h
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: America Becomes a Nation: Reader's Theater Bundle for 4th Grade
Native American Readers' Myths and Legends Theater Scripts
Do you need an engaging way to study folktales, legends or Native Americans? Need a way to integrate literacy and social studies? Looking for more interesting texts for guided reading? These readers' theaters will help you with all the above. I have used these readers' theater scripts for the many years in my classroom as part of our Native American unit and guided reading groups. I have performed these scripts in the classroom for other classes and as plays at parent events. Why you will love t
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2nd - 5th
153 Conversation starter cards (2 sets) - great for social skills / conversation
This packet includes 2 different conversation starter card sets.
- SET 1 contains 60 cards that was included in the original product line.
- SET 2 contains 93 cards that are also part of my Social Skills Group Curriculum that is available in my store. I figured I should include these cards here in addition to the old set because I like them better and they are easier on the ink :).
I am also adding a blank page for Set 2 so that you can create your own cards.
The cards in the two sets are ma
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PreK - 12th
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Visual Social Story Packet for Children with Autism: Friendship Set
Explore our curated collection of 4 social stories centered around fostering friendships, tailored for special education teachers and parents, especially beneficial for children with autism. Addressing topics like "It's Okay Not to Win," "Standing Up for Your Friend," "Saying Sorry," and "Sharing with Your Friends," these concise stories, enriched with visuals, provide an effective intervention for a variety of behaviors. Crafted to assist children in navigating social situations, each story des
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PreK - 8th
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Worry About Self Social Story | I Can Worry About Me Story
Worrying About Self Story | Social skills allow us to communicate and problem solve. For students with special needs and more specifically, our friends with Autism, we need to teach them these skills.Do you have a student who notices everything other students do? Or ask questions about everything? Use this social story to help these students remember to worry about themselves and to focus on their work.What is included?16 page social storyLooking for MORE social stories? Find more here.Connect w
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K - 6th
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Social Story: No Hitting
Social StoryNo HittingA social story about not hitting others and providing appropriate replacement behaviors for hitting. What's included:Full page and half page social story versionsColor and black and white printer friendly versionsActivity included to check to understandingDigital Google Slides versionNo Hitting Visuals and Calming StrategiesIf you have any questions please feel free to email me at BrookeReaganTPT@gmail.comDon't forget to follow my by clicking the green star at the top of my
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PreK - 5th
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Visual Social Story Packet for Children with Autism: Communication Set 1
Discover our valuable collection of 4 social stories addressing common challenges related to communication and social skills, designed for special education teachers and parents, particularly beneficial for children with autism. Tackling topics like "I Don't Interrupt," "Asking Politely," "Commenting," and "Being a Good Listener," these concise stories, paired with visuals, offer an effective intervention for a variety of behaviors. Crafted to assist children in navigating social situations, eac
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PreK - 8th
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Calm Down Corner | Calming Strategies | Self-Regulation Visuals
Giving your students the space in your classroom to self-regulate, cool down and calm down are extremely important.When we talk about "challenging behaviors" and behavior management, we need to have proactive strategies to support our students' communication and help de-escalate any possible meltdowns.In this Calm Down Visual resource, you can set up your students and your class up for success around navigating big emotions like being overwhelmed, feeling frustrated, and generally being upset. W
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4th - 12th, Adult Education
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Also included in: Calm Down Tools | Social Stories + Visual Supports for Self-Regulation
Social Story: Asking For Help
Social StoryAsking For HelpSocial story about how to ask for help appropriately. Versions included:Colored and printer friendly black and white versionsHalf and full page versionsDigital Google slides versionActivity included to check for understanding.This social story is included in my Classroom Management Bundle!If you have any questions, please email me at BrookeReaganTPT@gmail.comDon't forget to click the green star at the top of the page to follow me and be the first to know about new reso
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PreK - 5th
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Also included in: Social Story Bundle: Social Stories about Classroom Management
Visual Social Story Packet for Children with Autism: School Behaviors Set 2
Discover the effectiveness of social stories, a practical intervention for various behaviors, designed for special education teachers and parents seeking support for children. These concise stories, enriched with visuals, are tailored to help children behave appropriately in social situations. Each narrative vividly describes a situation and scripts the appropriate response, providing crucial direct instruction and social skills training. This collection focuses on common school behaviors, inclu
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PreK - 8th
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Social Skills Autism | Social Stories Comic Strip Format Print and Go
Comic Strip Social Stories for social skills about common social problems will help your students learn social skills in a fun, comic strip format that they will remember and apply! DOWNLOAD the FREE PREVIEW to see if this will work for your students! Visuals and role play are research proven strategies that help social rules generalize. Students LOVE comic strips (Avengers, anime, etc.). The index for this unit contains:Sample Comic StripPassing GasGetting Negative AttentionLosing a GameIs it
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Social Skills Activities Mega Bundle
September 11th Reader's Theater and Close Reading Toolkit Grades 4-8
September 11, 2001 was a significant day in American history. I created this reader's theater toolkit in order to give my students my history of the event as well as allow them to deepen their understanding through research.This toolkit includes:• clear directions for easy implementation• CCSS covered both ELA and History R.H.6-8.4• 7-page, 12-character reader's theater script• reader response questions• context clue word work• an informational text with reader response questions for Close Read
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: ELA American History Reader's Theater Scripts Bundle for Big Kids
Causes of the American Revolution Skits - Reader's Theater Dramatic Play Scripts
These Causes of the American Revolution skits will have your students laughing and having fun while learning about the historical events that led to the American Revolution. These 8 skits are quick and easy, and performances last around 5 minutes. Build fluency and confidence. Laughs are guaranteed! Your students will be asking you every day if there is a skit to perform. ✅ SAVE 20% on the Readers Theater BUNDLECauses of the American Revolution13 ColoniesEuropean Explorers Continue the learning.
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4th - 6th
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Social Skills Lesson: Active Listening Social Story and Activities
Social Skills Lesson: Active ListeningSocial skills are so important to teach to explicitly to children. This social skill lesson is about active listening. It teaches about what is means to listen and how to be an active listener. What's included?Social skills lesson plan binder coverSocial skills lesson Plan Social skills printable/ posters: Active ListeningVisuals about active listeningDesk visual for studentsVisuals for key ring or anchor chartActive Listening visual with stepsSocial Story:
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PreK - 5th
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Find Social Studies - History resources | TPT
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.
Teaching with social studies resources
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.
Discover printable and digital social studies resources
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.
Frequently asked questions about teaching social studies
What types of social studies lessons are available on TPT?
There are many different types of history resources sold by Sellers on TPT. Some popular social studies lessons include U.S. history, world history, ancient history, geography, civics, and government.
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Educators can save time preparing history lessons with resources created by experienced teachers. Simply start a search for social studies resources on the TPT marketplace, and filter by grade level, price, and/or resource type to find materials that've been proven to work in classrooms like yours. No matter what you’re teaching, there are plenty of social studies lessons and activities sold by Sellers on TPT that are tailored to meet your students' skill levels.
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