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3rd grade End of Year social studies thematic unit plans
Landforms & Map Skills Unit BUNDLE
Make learning about geography come to life with this landforms and map skills bundle unit for young learners! Your students will have the opportunity to explore the landforms that shape our Earth, as well as beginning map skills. This bundle contains a variety of printables, projects, crafts, and much more. Also available in...Landforms and Map Skills DIGITAL BundleLandforms and Map Skills PRINT & DIGITAL Mega BundleLANDFORMS pack includes:Recommended book list Landforms posters (landform, b
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Beach Day End of the Year Theme Day Activities Countdown to Summer
Pack your beach towels and enjoy a day filled with fun activities. Enjoy the last week of school with this fun end of the year beach theme day. It is filled with literature activities, math fun, word work, crafts, and more! Your students will be so excited to come to school and enjoy this day with you. This would also make great summer camp activities for a week filled of fun.Beach Day Activities Included:Beach Day LetterBeach Day QuestionnaireFiction Activities:If you Ever Want to Bring a Pia
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Grades:
K - 3rd
Also included in: ABC Countdown to Summer End of the Year Collection of Resources Bundle
Bubble Day End of the Year Theme Day Activities Countdown to Summer
Enjoy the last week of school with fun end of the year themed days. Bubble day is a great way to learn about bubbles and bubble gum while having fun too! Go outside and enjoy the fresh air with a bubble experiment. There are literature extension activities, word work activities, writing, math activities, crafts, manipulatives and so much more. Your students will LOVE this special day filled with fun. This would also make great summer camp activities for a week filled of fun.Read all about Bubbl
Grades:
K - 3rd
Also included in: ABC Countdown to Summer End of the Year Collection of Resources Bundle
Christmas Around The World - Holidays Around The World
Pack your bags for Christmas Around The World! Students will travel to 8 countries and learn all about holiday traditions from around the world. Engage your students with this exciting Christmas Around The World unit, complete with detailed lesson plans, reading passages, text based questions, passport, stamps, suitcase, souvenir crafts, and more! This Top 10 Best Seller is a complete Social Studies & ELA Unit that will teach students about celebrations in America, Canada, Spain, Germany, It
Grades:
K - 3rd
Also included in: Christmas And Holidays Around The World BUNDLE
End of Year Countdown Activities & End of the Year Fun STEM Project Challenges
It's the END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR and we want you to end the year with a BANG! This End of the Year Countdown has a twist! We have got ten themed days full of fun, engagement, and academics that will keep your students excited until the very end. We've incorporated art, math, reading, science, and STEM into this unit. Don't have 10 days to spare? It's okay, pick and choose the activities that work best for you and your students. Here's what is included: Use the word CELEBRATE! as an acrony
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Grades:
2nd - 3rd
Classroom Transformation - Ocean and Beach Day Activities End of Year Theme Day
This beach day classroom transformation includes a variety of themed activities to support an amazingly fun day of learning! We’ve done the heavy lifting and included everything you need for beach day – from a parent note template to a student completion certificate, and all the fun activities in between! Perfect for an end of year summer theme day!THIS TRANSFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AS PART OF A BUNDLE! Need a fun way to end the school year?Theme days are a fun change from the routine. With this p
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Ice Cream Day End of the Year Theme Day Activities Countdown to Summer
Enjoy the last week of school with this fun end of the year themed day. Have a yummy day with your students celebrating and learning all about ice cream! It is the perfect way to end your year, engage your students, and still learn. There are activities to review math, word work, writing, crafts, and so much more. This would also make great summer camp activities for a week filled of fun.Math Activities:Class SurveyIce Cream Sundae Form120 Grid puzzles colorful 5 versionsBuild an Ice Cream Sunda
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Grades:
K - 3rd
Also included in: ABC Countdown to Summer End of the Year Collection of Resources Bundle
13 Colonies Activities & Unit: Passages Worksheets Maps Colonial Times Project
Take a step back to Colonial America with these fun 13 Colonies activities. Students will enjoy learning about life in 13 Colonies with this COMPLETE unit that includes three different levels of reading passages, organizers, map activities, unit test, a flipbook, vocabulary posters, and so much more! The passages focus on each region related to people, natural resources, climate, daily life, crops, houses, schooling, and economy. There are reading passages and activities for three different reg
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Holidays Around the World (Part 1 and Part 2) BUNDLE
A #1 BEST SELLER ON TEACHERSPAYTEACHERS.COM**UPDATED November 2016**Want to see more? Click here for a video preview!Travel near and far to see a glimpse of Holidays Around the World. This is a great way to integrate the Christmas/Holiday theme into your curriculum! There are 13 countries to learn about and a craftivity and/or game for each country. This unit ties in literacy, social studies, art, writing, reading and even a little math. There's enough in this pack to use the whole month of Dec
Grades:
K - 3rd
Seven Continents & Five Oceans Unit: Slide Shows, Reading, Activities, & More!
Need an easy to use comprehensive resource for the major landmasses and oceans of the world? This social studies unit is packed full of facts, features, differentiated reading passages and comprehension questions, a research 3D globe craft, a collaborative poster for your hallway display, and much more to help you bring the seven continents and five oceans to life! Find everything you need all in one place!Click the Preview to View MoreThis unit includes:Continents Facts & Features Slide Sho
Grades:
1st - 5th
Landforms Close Reading
***For a Goggle Classroom version of this product, click here!Close Reading: Landforms- This 66 page product contains 12 landform-themed nonfiction close reading passages with evidence-based questioning sheets to go with each. Each landform has a cover page with a definition, close reading article in color + black/white, and comprehension sheet. Great to use as a whole group lesson or in small group reading. The articles are about the following topics:-plateau-plains-mountain-coast-canyon-valley
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Grades:
1st - 4th
End of the Year Camp A Week of Learning Fun!
Send your students off with a smile! This week long, end of the year, camp theme unit is a terrific way to end your year right! This end of year unit is a complete week of "camp themed" activities. The key features of the unit are:The unit has daily end of the year activities in each subject area (reading, writing, math, social studies, and science)All end of the year activities are academic and fun (your students will be learning to the very end)All worksheets and rubrics are includedEach end
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
Also included in: End of the Year Camp: Digital and Printable Bundle
American Revolutionary War Reading Passages Activities Worksheets Complete Unit
Making teaching about the American Revolutionary War fun with these engaging and hands-on American Revolutionary War activities! This resource highlights the causes, main events, important people, and results of the Revolutionary War all in one!**Newly Updated with Three Different Levels of Reading Passages**Students will learn about the American Revolutionary War. This unit includes lots of hands-on activities for students related to the causes, events, battles, influential people, and major re
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Natural Resources
Complete natural resource unit! Anchor charts with pictures and definitions, thinking maps, folables, interactive notebook pieces, and a mini reader! Included in this set:-Anchor charts and posters-Circle maps-Tree map picture sort-Interactive notebook piece-Man-made or nature made foldable-A mini book for students to create from what they have learned!Updated and added summer of 2022- - 20 slide instructional PowerPoint AND an emergent reader!This unit will make a great addition to your Science
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Grades:
K - 3rd
Monthly and Seasonal Crafts & Projects Bundle - Lapbooks All Year
Lapbooks All Year Bundle is a great, hands on resource that will take you through the entire year. Lapbooks are a fun and unique way to dive deep into a variety of topics all while providing your students with the opportunity to prove their evidence of learning through writing. These make great keepsakes and also make a great bulletin board display!Which projects & lapbooks are included in the bundle?⭐️All About Me (September) ⭐️Bats and Spiders (October) ⭐️I Am Thankful (November) ⭐️Holiday
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Grades:
2nd - 3rd
My Community Unit (with Google Slides)
I had so much fun doing community unit with my students! Update: Now with Google SlidesThis unit includes:anchor chart pieces and student sheet (Communities have: people, places, activities)Fun in my community graphic organizerMy Community then and nowTypes of communities flip bookTypes of communities writing prompt (opinion writing)Sentence writing Community helpers graphic organizer: service they provideRead, Think, Match3 Reading passagesCommunity Scavenger hunt Fun in my community class book
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
Westward Expansion Fun Activities Reading Passages Flip Book Maps Lewis & Clark
Visit the Wild West with these Westward Expansion with comprehension reading passages and activities about Lewis & Clark, Louisiana Purchase, Gold Rush, Erie Canal, Pony Express, and the Oregon Trail. With information about:Westward ExpansionLouisiana PurchaseErie CanalThe AlamoPony ExpressOregon TrailGold RushLewis and Clark ExpeditionImportant Inventions: Telegraph, Steam Locomotive, and SteamboatThis unit on the Westward includes reading passages, comprehension questions, character studie
Grades:
2nd - 4th
All About Patriot Day *9/11 activities*- Printable & Digital Versions
This is an informative non-fiction reading about Patriot Day (9/11) for little learners. It is perfect to get conversations going in a safe manner. I have added a digital version that can be used in Google Classroom.Here are some comments from customers:"This is the perfect amount of information for my third graders! Thank you."-Lindsay Krill"Great way to teach a difficult topic for our little ones."-Joy"A great supplemental activity for September 11th!" Kelsey B."Thank you so much for a produ
Grades:
K - 3rd
Civics and Government | Social Studies Unit Bundle
A complete social studies unit to teach your students about civics and government in the United States! This Civics and Government Unit contains 140+ pages of engaging activities, supplemental worksheets, formal and informal assessments, a study guide, unit test, and much more!This unit may be used as a replacement or supplement to a traditional textbook series. Informational worksheets and engaging activities allow your students to discover meaning within each lesson without the need for a trad
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Grades:
2nd - 5th
Shark Tank Elementary Economics Project for Inventors and Entrepreneurs
Loosely based on the show, Shark Tank.... this is a great unit to use for late elementary and middle school students to learn economic terms while working through the planning process of designing a good or service as an entrepreneur. Includes planners for all steps of the process and links to Shark Tank snippets on YouTube as examples too! Thank you and enjoy! ⭐ CHECK OUT THE FULL PREVIEW ABOVE! ⭐ * Each section of the project below includes teacher directions * Links to Shark T
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Grades:
2nd - 7th
Christmas in Germany PowerPoint Christmas Around the World - Holidays Traditions
Froehliche Weihnachten! Travel with your students to Germany for Christmas with this Christmas Around the World PowerPoint featuring Christmas traditions in Germany! This engaging and informative PowerPoint uses real images and pictures and is a great addition to your Christmas / Holidays Around the World celebration!❤️ Christmas traditions in Germany include: Advent wreaths/calendars, German Christmas markets, glass ornaments, nutcrackers, Christmas trees, St. Nicholas Day, Christkind (the Germ
Grades:
PreK - 5th
Also included in: Christmas / Holidays Around the World PowerPoint BUNDLE!
End of Year Writing Craft - Ice Cream End of Year Reflection - Bulletin Board
This sundae craftivity makes for a fun writing activity at the end of the school year! Students will reflect on their favorite memories and what they have learned this school year as they complete this craft. I’ve included first, second, and third grade versions of the sundae bowl and a “School is Scoops of Fun” version for use with any grade level, as well as editable pages and multiple printing options. Print the entire craft on two pages and allow your students to lightly color their craft, o
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
Christmas Around the World Bundle
This bundle includes these two items:Christmas Around the World Scrapbook & Craft PackChristmas Around the World Interactive Slideshow or Informational TextClick either of the links above to see previews for the two files.****************************************************************************Board the Polar Express with us to travel to each continent to learn about Christmas traditions around the world. This 163 page package contains a Christmas Around the World scrapbook, a suitcase to
Grades:
K - 3rd
Circus Day End of the Year Theme Day Activities Countdown to Summer
Enjoy the last week of school with this fun end of the year themed day. Have a silly day with your students celebrating and learning all about the circus! This unit is filled with math games and activities, writing, word work, reading connections, snack ideas, a silly clown craft, and so much more. It is the perfect way to end your year, engage your students and still learn. This would also make great summer camp activities for a week filled of fun.Read about Circus Day here!Circus Themed Goodi
Grades:
K - 3rd
Also included in: ABC Countdown to Summer End of the Year Collection of Resources Bundle
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