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1st grade social studies scripts for ESL-EFL-ELL

Preview of Veterans Day Program Script School Assembly or Class Activity to Honor Veterans

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
Preview of Phonological Awareness Curriculum: Text Based & Common Core - One Year Bundle

Phonological Awareness Curriculum: Text Based & Common Core - One Year Bundle

This is a complete set (12 months) of original Common Core aligned phonological awareness curriculum...one lesson for every day of the year (320 pages). If you've enjoyed our monthly bundles, you're going to love this because it's all the months bundled together in one easy download and offered at a 20% discount over buying each monthly individually. This is a single user license however, so if you are planning on adopting this curriculum across your grade level or in your building (for grade l
Preview of 153 Conversation starter cards (2 sets) - great for social skills / conversation

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
Preview of First Thanksgiving Play - Readers Theater Script - Thanksgiving Activities

First Thanksgiving Play - Readers Theater Script - Thanksgiving Activities

Created by
Foreman Fun
A short, interactive play about the Pilgrims will get all your students involved! Students will learn about the Mayflower, Plymouth, & Squanto. This is the perfect way to introduce students to the story of the 1st Thanksgiving. A two page script for you to narrate gives students cues when it's their turn to speak or act something out. There are 24 character cards. 12 are speaking roles and 12 are just acting roles so that even struggling readers can be involved in the play. You can add more
Preview of Phonemic Awareness Curriculum: Literature Based - One Year Bundle {Set 2}

Phonemic Awareness Curriculum: Literature Based - One Year Bundle {Set 2}

This is a complete set (12 months) of original phonological awareness curriculum...one lesson for every day of the year (307 pages). If you've enjoyed our monthly bundles, you're going to love this because it's all the months bundled together in one easy download and offered at a 20% discount over buying each monthly individually. This is a single user license however, so if you are planning on adopting this curriculum across your grade level or in your building (for grade levels and interventi
Preview of Decades Themed Musical Performance Script for Elementary Students

Decades Themed Musical Performance Script for Elementary Students

This show is a time traveling musical history lesson!! The speakers’ script includes many facts about inventions and inventors of the 20th century and the musical performances will take the audience on a trip down memory lane.This performance package can be used by an elementary classroom teacher, a music teacher, a summer camp coordinator, or a drama program instructor.This show could be performed by anywhere from 25 to 100+ students depending on stage size.The length of the performance is appr
Preview of Readers Theater Partner Play Folk Tale Bundle

Readers Theater Partner Play Folk Tale Bundle

Readers Theater Script BundleThese Readers Theaters are perfect for your Kindergarten, First Grade, Special Education, or ELL.Readers Theater is an activity that encourages fluent reading with expression and emotion. Young children love to read, practice, rehearse and perform these adorable little plays. These readers theaters can easily be copied front and back, stapled (or spiral bound) on the sides to make little books that will last, and look just like professional scripts. Costume props are
Preview of Phonological Awareness Curriculum: Text Based & Common Core - October Bundle

Phonological Awareness Curriculum: Text Based & Common Core - October Bundle

**ONE YEAR CURRICULUM BUNDLE is ready and available for a 20% discount when you purchase all months at once - CLICK HERE** This is a complete month of original Common Core aligned phonological awareness curriculum. If you follow our curriculum in your classroom, which requires 15 minutes a day on the first day and 10 minutes a day for the next four days, you will see amazingly ridiculous phonological awareness growth in your students. This program is tried and true, used in K and first grade cl
Preview of Phonological Awareness Curriculum: Text Based & Common Core - August Bundle

Phonological Awareness Curriculum: Text Based & Common Core - August Bundle

**ONE YEAR CURRICULUM BUNDLE is ready and available for a 20% discount when you purchase all months at once - CLICK HERE** This is a complete month of original Common Core aligned phonological awareness curriculum. If you follow our curriculum in your classroom, which requires 15 minutes a day on the first day and 10 minutes a day for the next four days, you will see amazingly ridiculous phonological awareness growth in your students. This program is tried and true, used in K and first grade cl
Preview of Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad Readers Theater Script

Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad Readers Theater Script

Your students will love learning all about Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad with this Reader's Theater Script. The script features speaking parts for 3 narrators and each letter of the alphabet. This script will enrich your shared reading or guided reading group time by providing informational text, vocabulary, and varied skill levels to introduce slavery in kid-friendly terms. The following items are included in this product:• Teacher Instructions• Common Core Standards for Grades 1-
Preview of Phonological Awareness Curriculum: Text Based & Common Core - Kevin Henkes Set

Phonological Awareness Curriculum: Text Based & Common Core - Kevin Henkes Set

**ONE YEAR CURRICULUM BUNDLE is ready and available for a 20% discount when you purchase all months at once - CLICK HERE** This is a complete month of original Common Core aligned phonological awareness curriculum. If you follow our curriculum in your classroom, which requires 15 minutes a day on the first day and 10 minutes a day for the next four days, you will see amazingly ridiculous phonological awareness growth in your students. This program is tried and true, used in K and first grade cl
Preview of Patriotic Musical Program for Primary Grades

Patriotic Musical Program for Primary Grades

Created by
Deana Thelen
There's nothing better than hearing little voices singing patriotic songs! This program is appropriate for all elementary grade levels. Some have even used it for a school wide program! The first graders at my school have been doing this inspiring musical program for over 15 years! Not only will students be singing patriotic songs, but a script has been provided that gives many students the opportunity to speak into the microphone. The program begins with kiddos reciting Presidential quotes
Preview of Our Lady of Guadalupe: Slide Show and Art Project

Our Lady of Guadalupe: Slide Show and Art Project

Celebrate December with this inclusive slide show on Our Lady of Guadalupe and the miracle that Juan Diego witnessed in Mexico 500 years ago. The slide show also includes a section on Aztec culture and Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire to give students background on how the miracle affected relations between the two warring cultures. Other slides illustrate and discuss some 20 symbols and miraculous features of the tilma that Juan Diego used to gather roses in. A simple art project is also i
Preview of Phonological Awareness Curriculum: Text Based & Common Core - April Bundle

Phonological Awareness Curriculum: Text Based & Common Core - April Bundle

**ONE YEAR CURRICULUM BUNDLE is ready and available for a 20% discount when you purchase all months at once - CLICK HERE** This is a complete month of original Common Core aligned phonological awareness curriculum. If you follow our curriculum in your classroom, which requires 15 minutes a day on the first day and 10 minutes a day for the next four days, you will see amazingly ridiculous phonological awareness growth in your students. This program is tried and true, used in K and first grade cl
Preview of Circus Script, Songs, Costume Ideas, and Coloring Book

Circus Script, Songs, Costume Ideas, and Coloring Book

Created by
KinderKay
I have been performing a circus with my students for many years. My experience with this script has been with kindergarten only, but it can easily be adapted to preschool to second grade. We practice our circus during school hours. Because of that, our circus takes about a month to prepare. The circus performance itself takes 30 - 45 minutes to perform if all roles/acts are included. The script is easily adapted to removing performers and acts if time is a factor for you. It is also a fun back
Preview of Patriotic Themed Musical Performance Script for Elementary Students

Patriotic Themed Musical Performance Script for Elementary Students

This patriotic performance is full of US facts and history! This performance package can be used to create a great culminating event for your Social Studies History and Government unit, or for a Patriotic Holiday show! Perfect for a Veterans Day or Presidents Day music program.Performance is so memorable for children! When you can connect a performance to academic content as this one does... they will remember it forever.This script is simple and versatile. It can be used year after year in diff
Preview of Reading Comprehension and Retell Tool K-2 CCSS Aligned

Reading Comprehension and Retell Tool K-2 CCSS Aligned

For students who demonstrate: language delays, auditory processing difficulties, english as a second language, attention deficits, resistence to structured tasks, anxiety about the amount of work expected of them -- and for students with an autism spectrum disorder who have trouble learning due to deficits in communication, attention and self-regulation skills.These visual tools (icons and graphic organizers) attempt to provide visual cues and tactile interaction for all the verbal prompts and
Preview of Community Helpers Reader's Theatre for grades 1 - 3,      Scripts  Drama Fluency

Community Helpers Reader's Theatre for grades 1 - 3, Scripts Drama Fluency

This reader's theatre resource is a great addition to your community helpers unit! Integrate drama, ELA, and social studies!This resource includes 4 easy scripts with 5 to 6 parts in each script. Each script is 2 to 3 pages long, with large 18 point font. Language is written at an easy primary level.Mrs. Kind Goes To The Vet - characters include mechanic, vet, mail carrier, Mrs. Kind, and narrator.Mrs. Maria's Fire - Mrs. Maria, police officer, firefighter, paramedic, and narrator.Sam's Fall - S
Preview of Medieval Themed Script for Readers Theater, Short Play or Puppet Show

Medieval Themed Script for Readers Theater, Short Play or Puppet Show

Do you need a short versatile play that can easily include many children at varying ability levels? Do you need something that your speakers of other languages or your very shy kids will be able to participate in? Then this is the script for you! (...and there is SCREAMING... as you know all kids seem to enjoy screaming.)This script is about a scary looking but kind hearted dragon who only wants to win the acceptance of his neighbors. Originally written as a puppet show this script is very versa
Preview of Airline Ticket, Itinerary, and Flight Instructions for Holidays Around the World

Airline Ticket, Itinerary, and Flight Instructions for Holidays Around the World

Why not have even more fun with your Winter Holidays Around the World unit by giving your students the full airline treatment? After making your suitcases, distribute airline tickets and have them go through a mock security screening. Arrange their chairs as if on an airplane, and read the enclosed flight attendant instructions. Make sure they buckle up, and stow their suitcases under the seat in front of them. You may even want to serve a little snack and beverage while they watch an in-fligh
Preview of Phonological Awareness Curriculum: Text Based & Common Core - June Bundle

Phonological Awareness Curriculum: Text Based & Common Core - June Bundle

**ONE YEAR CURRICULUM BUNDLE is ready and available for a 20% discount when you purchase all months at once - CLICK HERE** This is a complete month of original Common Core aligned phonological awareness curriculum. If you follow our curriculum in your classroom, which requires 15 minutes a day on the first day and 10 minutes a day for the next four days, you will see amazingly ridiculous phonological awareness growth in your students. This program is tried and true, used in K and first grade cl
Preview of Reader's Theatre Holidays Around the World Script

Reader's Theatre Holidays Around the World Script

Created by
Quality Counts
This is a superb TOP SELLING script to be used with 1st-3rd grade students that teaches a little about the different end of year holiday celebrations around the world. It is designed to be used with a whole class. Two choral groups mean that almost any sized class is appropriate. It is excellent to build fluency for young readers due to the amount of repetition. This is a politically correct play giving equal attention to the different traditions celebrated around the holiday season.
Preview of The Three Little Pigs Pop-up Stick Puppet Theatre - Learn through stories

The Three Little Pigs Pop-up Stick Puppet Theatre - Learn through stories

**INCLUDED WITH 13 OTHER RESOURCES IN THE THREE LITTLE PIGS ACTIVITY PACK**Kids create a super simple pop-up theatre then create easy stick puppets and props to re-enact the Three Little Pigs story.All the cut-outs have guidelines so it's easy for little hands. There's no tricky folding. The kids stick the house flaps onto the bottom sheet and then they can blow down and stand up the houses to their heart's desire!Follow the Activity Suggestions for ideas and use the storytelling script to help
Preview of Phonological Awareness Curriculum: Text Based & Common Core - February Bundle

Phonological Awareness Curriculum: Text Based & Common Core - February Bundle

This is a complete month of original Common Core aligned phonological awareness curriculum. If you follow our curriculum in your classroom, which requires 15 minutes a day on the first day and 10 minutes a day for the next four days, you will see amazingly ridiculous phonological awareness growth in your students. This program is tried and true, used in K and first grade classrooms at my school. This curriculum is based on 16 phonological awareness skills that we have identified in the Common
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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.

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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.

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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.

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