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Social studies resources for ActiveInspire Flipchart and for special education
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
The study of this book will meet the CCSS-RL.4.3 Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., a character’s thoughts, words or actions).
It will also open the minds of your students to become real world problem solvers and get a glimpse into the lives of people of other cultures
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3rd - 5th
Possum Magic around Australia map - activinspire (PROMETHEAN)
Activities based on the Classic Australian Book POSSUM MAGIC. An interactive Presentation that you can use with a class, small group during literacy Groups or by individuals. You can print off to keep a record of understanding.
-Geograph
-Location
-Direction
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K - 2nd
Whose tools are those a sorting activity for the community helpers theme
This is a great sorting activity for the community helpers theme. Each page contains pictures of 2 community helpers and 4 or 5 objects that are associated with the helpers. The students will move the objects to their respective community helper.
Grades:
PreK - K
Landforms Promethean ActivInspire Flipchart Lesson
This flipchart lesson has everything you need to teach landforms to your students. It includes over 50 pages of interactivity, along with three printable pdfs (a landforms booklet, graphic organizer, and quiz) for formative assessment, reinforcement, and extra practice. Included within the flipchart are tons of voting along with graphic organizers, containers, games, and online resources. Make sure to read the page notes included by going to your notes browser. Directions are given on each page
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1st - 6th
Needs and Wants Promethean ActivInspire Flipchart Lesson
Your students will be sure to learn all about needs and wants with this colorful and interactive Promethean ActivInspire Flipchart Lesson. This flipchart contains the following: a title page, objectives, wants and needs definitions and discussion pages, a video, interactive sorting activities, and voting questions to use with or without voting devices. --------------------------------------------------------------------------
YOU MUST HAVE PROMETHEAN ACTIVINSPIRE SOFTWARE INSTALLED ON YOUR C
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1st - 4th
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World Map (Continents and Oceans) Review Game - Promethean Flipchart
This 1-page Promethean flipchart helps students learn the location of the continents and oceans through a container game. Students can drag and drop continent and ocean names to their proper locations, with incorrect answers being "kicked" back. This flipchart can easily be used as a whole-group or small-group activity.
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1st - 8th
C-V-C Spelling Flip Chart {Promethean Board Activity}
This is a PROMETHEAN BOARD flip chart for C-V-C Spelling words. The activity consists of 23 words along with REAL photos which is extremely helpful for all students, especially students with special needs. It is set up so the image is present along with the letters required but mixed up. Students can drag the correct letter to the correct box (container) to spell the word. All of the consonants are blue and the vowels are pink to make the activity a little easier.Here are the c-v-c words used:-d
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PreK - 12th
Parts of a Plant & Plant Life Cycle { Promethean Board }
This is a PROMETHEAN BOARD flip chart for matching the parts of a plant AND sequencing the plant life cycle. For the Parts of a Plant students are given a picture of a flower and asked to label the four main parts:-flower-leaf-stem-rootsFor the Plant Life Cycle, students are given 6 numbered boxes and 6 real photos of the stages of a plant (from seed to flower). Students are asked to sequence the stages in the correct order.This activity is self correcting, the boxes on both pages containers an
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K - 9th
Community Helpers Flipchart - Graph, Matchup, Riddles, Guess Who?
Introduce and reinforce community helpers with a variety of activities:
1. Web - Brainstorm what students already know about community helpers.
2. Graph - Determine which community helpers your students think are most important before and/or after your unit.
3. Match-up - Match the image of a community helper to its name.
4. Riddles - Decide which community helpers meet the description given in riddle form.
5. Guess Who? - Play this game on the interactive board to encourage students to ask ques
Grades:
PreK - 2nd
Introduction to black history month
This flipchart is one I use to introduce the concept/idea of black history month to my students. It begins with a song about Martin Luther King, then has picture examples of the words past and present to help my kids understand what we mean when we say the "past". Then there are pages of examples of black athletes, musicians, actors, etc. At the end there is a video "black history alphabet" I hope this simplified way of introducing black history helps your class as much as it helped mine.
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PreK - 1st
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The Louisiana Purchase Would You Close the Deal? Louisiana Guidebook grade 3
This is a flipchart for ActivInspire Promethean Boards.
The text is The Louisiana Purchase Would You Close the Deal? written by Elaine Landau. It's a guidebook text for Louisiana grade 3 teachers. It covers RI CCSS 3.1-3.7. The unit was designed for 3 weeks of study. You can edit the days of the week titles on the slides to fit your needs. Each lesson contains an interesting hook to grasp the students' attention. Some are embedded website links to videos from the History channel, PowerPoi
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Circle time or morning meeting
This is a bundle of activities to be used on the Promethean Board with Active Inspire. I use it in my preschool classroom and it is perfect for the start of the school year theme. There are nine videos linked to You tube videos throughout the flip chart. There are 5 different activities on their own flip charts. There is letter and number sorting, matching words to form sentences from left to right, there is a chart that names the letters when the students touch each letter, the students can
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PreK - K
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Coordinate Planes and Ordered Pairs .flipchart (positive number pairs) grid
This is a flipchart practicing ordered pairs on a coordinate plane. These all focus on positive numbers in the pairs.
Section 1: Students are asked to identify what shape is at a specific point. They can then check their answer using a magic revealer. The magic revealer is a graphic of a whiteboard eraser. (Not the eraser in the toolbar :) )
Section 2: Students will place shapes on a coordinate plane according to given ordered pairs. Answer pages are provided as a key.
Section 3: Ordered Pa
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
Map Scale Activity for Promethean Board
This is an interactive map scale activity for users of Promethean boards. Students are introduced to the concept of map scale and shown an example. Then, students visit a town and use the onscreen ruler tool (found under math tools) to measure the distance between points in inches. Students convert inches to the unit found on the map scale.
Two different map scale activities are included - one with inches converting to miles, the other with inches converting to yards.
You will need Activinsp
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2nd - 3rd
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U.S. States by Region Review Game - Promethean Flipchart
This 5-page Promethean flipchart helps students learn the location of the 50 U.S. states by region through a container game. Students can drag and drop states to their proper locations, with incorrect states being "kicked" back. This flipchart can easily be used as a whole-group or small-group activity.
Grades:
3rd - 8th
All About New York State
This is a flipchart file about the state of New York. It is intended as an introduction to the state. It contains state symbols, places of interest, fun facts, regions, history, jobs, wildlife, and more.
It includes 2 wrap up activities, quizzes, worksheets, and video clips. Teacher notes and suggested uses are also included as are some answer keys. It can be modified to suit your classroom's needs.
Grades 2-5
A FLIPCHART file is a presentation created with ActivInspire, an educational lesson
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2nd - 5th
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Short I Word Family .flipchart
Short I words are represented with pictures.
The number of letters in the word are represented by the number of boxes below the image. Students can write in the letters and then check their answers by activating the reveal button to show the correct letters.
Students may start with all letters hidden, or some letters revealed.
Key: Solutions are revealed by activating the reveal buttons to show the letters in the word.
This product is also available bundled together with other short vowel
Grades:
K - 3rd
Money Counting Containers { Promethean Board }
This is a PROMETHEAN BOARD flip chart for counting US coinsThis activity contains six pages:-counting pennies-counting nickels-counting dimes-counting quarters-counting mixed coins (2 pages)There are REAL PHOTOGRAPHS of different coins to be counted.This activity is self correcting, the boxes are containers and each coin amount (ex. .15) has been coded with the correct box it belongs to. (if the number is correct it stays in the box… incorrect and it is bounced out!)I have used this to introduc
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Grades:
1st - 6th
Short O Word Family .flipchart
Short O words are represented with pictures.
The number of letters in the word are represented by the number of boxes below the image. Students can write in the letters and then check their answers by activating the reveal button to show the correct letters.
Students may start with all letters hidden, or some letters revealed.
Good for vocabulary work as well.
Key: Solutions are revealed by activating the reveal buttons to show the letters in the word.
This product is also available bundl
Grades:
K - 3rd
Transition Words in Narrative Writing for PROMETHEAN Board
Do your students need help using transition words in their writing? If so, here is the Promethean Board flipchart for you. This standards based lesson(s) comes complete with multiple activities to teach students about transition words. Click HERE to save 30% off the price of individual resources with the bundle.Inside you'll find a complete and easy to use lesson in ActivInspire Software:• Teacher defines transition words•A joke, about Kermit the Frog, in which students pick out transition words
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4th - 6th
Also included in: Writing Lesson Plans Bundle PROMETHEAN BOARD Version
HASS Prep 'Tom Tom' by Rosemary Sullivan and Dee Huxley
This is a FlipChart for Interactive Whiteboards.This is based on the book Tom Tom for Prep HASS (My Special Place). This is a great task for online learning and also to engage the whole class. There are numerous interactive activities to help the student's engage with the task. It also introduces the concept 'bird's eye view' by using a kookaburra flying over Tom Tom's town. The students have to label the map and also engage with the story about Tom's special place and their own special places.
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PreK - 2nd
Early American Civilizations (Incans, Mayans, Aztecs) Flipchart
This flipchart introduces the Incan, Mayan, and Aztec civilizations with great visuals and brief descriptions. Perfect for class discussion or lecture. I teach 8th grade but is perfect for any level.
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5th - 12th
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Amelia Earhart Adapted story
Amelia Earhart resource for Women's History Month. A short story adapted with picture supports and text with pictures for special education students or students with special needs. Files included are for use on the white board using active inspire. Included is a follow-up activity for students to make a mini-report based on the facts in the story.
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Not Grade Specific
Teacher from the Black Lagoon Comprehension Questions { Promethean Board }
This is a PROMETHEAN BOARD flip chart for comprehension questions after reading "The Teacher from the Black Lagoon". Students are asked basic questions:"what animal does the teacher look the most like?""was this story fiction or non-fiction?""what emotion describes how the students felt about their teacher?"Each question has two possible answers (both come with a picture to assist with understanding).I have used this to introduce and wrap up a lesson, a cloze activity, assessment tool and an ind
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Grades:
K - 5th
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