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Kindergarten Illustration Unit | I Can Draw With Shapes | Draw and Color
This is a four week illustration unit to help kindergarten/first grade writers become confident in their drawing and coloring skills. Primary students will learn how to draw with shapes and people with different facial expressions, hairstyles, and skin tones.This illustration study sets kindergarten students up for success for the rest of the year during writers workshop. Students can reference their directed drawing notebook throughout the year if they forget how to draw an object already taugh
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Also included in: Kindergarten Writing Units Bundle | Writers Workshop
Kindergarten Writing Units Bundle | Writers Workshop
This is a complete Kindergarten Writing Units BUNDLE. The units follow a workshop approach while focusing on taking writing slowly by building the foundational skills of illustrations. What's included:Illustration Unit: writers become confident in their drawing and coloring skills. Kindergarten students will learn how to draw with shapes and people with different facial expressions, hairstyles, and skin tones.Labeling Unit: writers become confident in their labeling and sentence structure skills
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PreK - 1st
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First Day of School Investigate the Teacher Activity - Engaging - Print/Digital
Engage your students with this unique first day of school activity where students "investigate" the teacher and make inferences based on what they observe in the classroom. This kinesthetic activity is the perfect way to mix things up on Day 1 and set the tone for an engaging, student-centered year. If you want your students to get MOVING around the room, COLLABORATE with their peers, engage in INQUIRY-BASED learning, and practice INFERENCING + CRITICAL THINKING skills, then the "Investigate the
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4th - 12th
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Feelings Emotions Unit (SEL) for Preschool, Pre-K, and Kindergarten
Feelings and Emotions SEL unit is loaded with fun activities to teach and build your student's emotional vocabulary and social skills. It includes posters/cards, a graph, feeling wheels, emotions write the room, and real feeling photographs. These fun feelings and emotion activities will help you build a caring classroom community of learners who will support each other all year long! The activities have a page of teacher tips and/or photographs to help you create the activity easily. You can
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PreK - 1st
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Also included in: Social Skills (SEL) and Character Curriculum Bundle for Little Learners
Little 1st grade Social Studies Thinkers YEAR-LONG CURRICULUM
Little Social Studies Thinkers is a complete Social Studies curriculum specifically for First Grade. It's everything you need to introduce, teach, practice, and assess your students. It is cross-referenced and aligned to the main topics of many 1st grade Social Studies Standards. __________________________________________________This full year-long curriculum contains lessons for the whole year. There are 5 full unit plans and 2 mini-units. The units included are:UNIT 1: RESPONSIBLE CITIZENSH
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1st
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First Grade Back to School Activities First Week Beginning of the Year BUNDLE
This set of ready-to-go First Grade Back to School Activities & Bulletin Board Displays for First Day of School will not only save you time as you prep for the beginning of the school year, but it will also engage your first graders in meaningful and fun activities. It's the perfect set to use the first day of school, and will for sure make the first week of school a blast!Teachers love how engaging and simple these activities are to prep, all while getting to know their students and buildin
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1st
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KinderSocialStudies Kindergarten Social Studies Curriculum Bundle
KinderSocialStudies™ Curriculum Units- a kindergarten AND first grade comprehensive social studies curriculum designed for a classroom's whole-group instruction! If inquiring about this bundle for a homeschool setting, feel free to email me directly with any questions or for a sample at tara@littlemindsatwork.org!Save with the bundle!This is a bundle of (5) $10 units! When you purchase the bundle you are saving 20%! What is KinderSocialStudies?KinderSocialStudies Curriculum is a social studies
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K - 1st
Lesson Plan Templates Editable Weekly Digital Printable | PPT Google Slides PDF
Revamp your planning with these fun and editable lesson plan templates! These eye-catching lesson plan designs include options for adding text, links, or screenshots of activities or books you'd like to have in your plans. This resource is a .zip file that includes the following:☑️Editable PowerPoint to type your own text with the option to delete any unwanted text boxes☑️PDF file to print without text boxes and handwrite your own lesson plans☑️Editable PowerPoint to ADJUST and/or ADD rows and c
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PreK - 12th, Staff
Formal Lesson Plan Templates | EDITABLE
These EDITABLE formal lesson plan templates are perfect for writing in-depth lesson plans that you can put in a teaching portfolio, use for student teaching, turn into administration, or just use to keep yourself organized!THIS PRODUCT INCLUDES:■ Editable Google Docs templates■ 70 layout options■ Editable text (change the text, font, size, and color)■ Multi-page user guide■ Tutorial video___________________________________________________________________________These templates are FULLY editable
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PreK - 7th
2nd Grade Social Studies Curriculum Bundle
Save BIG when you purchase the bundle! The bundle is on sale for $10 off. The individual units are $10 each for $50!What is 2nd Grade Social Studies Curriculum?2nd Grade Social Studies Curriculum is an engaging social studies curriculum with young learners in mind! 2nd Grade Social Studies encourages young learners to think “outside the box” and prove their thinking through hands-on and engaging learning experiences. 2nd Grade Social Studies is based upon five units: Government and Democracy, Hi
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1st - 2nd
Little Social Studies Thinkers CURRICULUM {Kindergarten Social Studies}
Little Social Studies Thinkers is a complete curriculum specifically for Kindergarten. It's everything you need to introduce, teach, practice, and assess your kinder friends. It is cross-referenced and aligned to the main topics of Kindergarten Social Studies Standards. __________________________________________________Click here for the full FIRST GRADE Little Social Studies Thinkers Curriculum___________________________________________________This full year-long curriculum contains lessons
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PreK - K
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Kindergarten Morning Work - Kindergarten Writing Prompts - Google Slides + More
These easy-to-follow Kindergarten morning work slides will save you so much time and cultivate writing skills and creativity in your students. Engage them in productive activities right from the start of the day! These interactive slides make morning work a breeze for both teachers and students alike, ensuring an engaging start to every kindergarten morning.*****The best part? No more rushed morning trips to the copier!*****✋ Teachers, here's the deal. If you’re sick of mornings feeling chaotic
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PreK - K
First Week of School Plans | Kinder or First Grade | Beginning of Year
Need your first week of school planned for you? These lessons and activities for the first week of first grade or kindergarten are super engaging and low-prep and perfect for back to school! It's important to begin setting clear expectations, creating a classroom community, and teaching rules and procedures right away on day one. Doing this will help you and your students have a smooth year together! With so many things to think about while you're getting ready for a new group of littles, it's s
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K - 1st
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Also included in: First Grade Resources Bundle- 40 Resources Included!
KinderSurvival: Kindergarten Back to School Curriculum
What is KinderSurvival?
KinderSurvival Curriculum is a week long program designed to assist teachers in their first week of kindergarten. The saying goes, “Get them fed and get them home and that’s a successful first day of kindergarten!” Well, we know that there is so much more than that going into a successful first day and week. This program was designed by a teacher, for a teacher in hopes that all necessary material could be found in one document. Furthermore, that all material could be
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K
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1st Grade Back to School First Week of First Grade Activities
Are you a new 1st grade teacher, or do you need some fresh first grade activities for the first week back to school? This 1st grade back to school resource includes everything you need to have an amazing first week of first grade. These first grade activities include editable back to school letters, open house forms, editable lesson plans for the first week of first grade, and tons of printable first grade activities! Here is what you will receive in this first grade back to school product: An e
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1st
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5 Regions of the United States LINKtivity® (Geography, Climate, Landforms, MORE)
Take your students on an exciting virtual road trip through the five regions of the United States with our digital LINKtivity® Interactive Learning guide! Our interactive guide offers a fun and engaging way for students to explore each region's climate, landforms, bodies of water, and popular tourist destinations.Designed for upper elementary classrooms, our easy-to-navigate digital guide requires minimal teacher prep and is entirely student-controlled, allowing for self-paced learning. With a v
Directed Drawings with Shapes | Alphabet Animals
These are simple animal directed drawings with shapes ONLY. Perfect for kindergarten or first grade students to continue gaining confidence in their drawing abilities while also practicing letter recognition, handwriting, and sentence writing. Add these directed drawings to your reading or craft centers to give your students hand on experiences.What's included:32 directed drawings with shapes only of animalsAnimals Used: alligator, ant, aphid, bat, crab, duck, elephant, eagle, frog, giraffe, gor
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K - 2nd
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Also included in: Phonics Directed Drawing GROWING Bundle
Social Studies Lessons | PowerPoint & Google Slides | BUNDLE
It's so hard to squeeze dedicated social studies lessons into our already jam-packed schedules. These short, no-prep, paperless mini-lessons will help you facilitate deep conversations about important topics. Bite-Size Social Studies is perfect for distance learning or remote learning. A paperless, no-prep, narrated version of these lessons will be added, so even the youngest students can learn independently. Send the files home via your chosen platform (Google Classroom, SeeSaw, etc).Each slide
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K - 3rd
Insects Bugs Activities Lesson Plans Math & Literacy for Preschool Pre-K
This INSECT unit has everything you need to teach your young learners about insects including detailed daily lesson plans, activities, extension ideas, and centers. Everything is written out and planned to make your job easier! It includes 10 Circle Time Lessons:Introduction - photos, class poll, insect songBugs Everywhere - photos, insect song, concept sortAmazing Ants - photos, concept of print poem, movement songGrasshoppers - photos, beginning sound sort, grasshopper poemCaterpillars &
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PreK - K
Also included in: Play to Learn Preschool - Complete Preschool Pre-K Curriculum
Made For Me Literacy 10-Month Bundle (Level A) Special Education
Team Made For Me Literacy (collaboration with Gabrielle Dixon from Teaching Special Thinkers) is proud to announce our first-ever Level A Bundle, geared toward Pre-K, Early Childhood, and early learners in the special education classroom. This Bundle includes 10 months’ worth of lesson plans and hands-on activities. Each individual unit will contain a day-by-day curriculum map, which will effortlessly guide you through the entire month’s worth of content. What is included in a month of Made F
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PreK - K
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Phonological & Phonemic Awareness Assessment + Intervention Activities BUNDLE
Phonological and Phonemic Awareness Assessments and Intervention Activities Binder BUNDLE Science of Reading- digital downloadThis bundle includes the Phonological and Phonemic Awareness Assessment Binder and the Phonological and Phonemic Awareness Intervention Binder. Save 10% off the two resources when purchased as a bundle. Wait! Pay less, and get more!⭐⭐⭐ This bundle can also be found in our HUGE BUY IN - Phonological and Phonemic Awareness Membership BUNDLE with a special offer of $15 until
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K - 1st
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Christmas Around the World Scrapbook
A TpT TOP SELLER!!!! Take your students on a magical trip aboard Christmas Airlines to learn about Christmas in other countries! This interactive Christmas Around the World Scrapbook is a creative way to track student learning, and is a wonderful keepsake! This 63 page packet comes with a student scrapbook, Christmas Airlines plane boarding passes, passports and passport stamps for the journey, a teacher's guide with suggestions for books to read on your trip, food ideas, and fun crafts for eac
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K - 5th
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Little 1st Grade SOCIAL STUDIES Thinkers {UNIT 4: Community Economics}
Little Social Studies Thinkers is a complete social studies curriculum specifically for primary. It's everything you need to introduce, teach, practice, and assess your primary friends. It incorporates many state standards for 1st grade. This curriculum was completely researched, designed, and created by Karen Jones.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Full FIRST GRADE Little Social Studies Thinkers CurriculumFull KINDERGARTEN Little Social Studie
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1st
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Also included in: Little 1st grade Social Studies Thinkers YEAR-LONG CURRICULUM
Little 1st Grade SOCIAL STUDIES Thinkers {UNIT 1: Responsible Citizenship}
Little Social Studies Thinkers is a complete social studies curriculum specifically for primary. It's everything you need to introduce, teach, practice, and assess your primary friends. It incorporates many state standards for 1st grade. This curriculum was completely researched, designed, and created by Karen Jones.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Full FIRST GRADE Little Social Studies Thinkers CurriculumFull KINDERGARTEN Little Social Studies
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1st
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Also included in: Little 1st grade Social Studies Thinkers YEAR-LONG CURRICULUM
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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.
How do I find social studies lessons on TPT?
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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