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4th grade Spring social studies games
April Fools' Day - Never Ending Google Form
This never ending google form does not have a submit button, every question sends you to a new question. The loop goes on forever! Send it to students and wait for them to figure it out!! It is editable, with three intro questions to customize so they don't get too suspicious too quickly. Originally marked for 5th and up but many teaching as young as 3rd have said it worked great!
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3rd - 12th
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End of the Year Break Activities - Digital Resource Mystery Game - Team Building
Are you ready to watch reading comprehension skills skyrocket before the end of the year break?! Great for team building! Students will work together to solve the mystery AND practice a variety of academic skills including; inferencing, critical thinking, problem solving, reading comprehension, and much more! The material is so fun and engaging, students won't even know they are actually learning! This activity can be used anytime of year and is a fantastic way to get students excited about l
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3rd - 6th
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Holidays Around the World Escape Room Game Google Forms | Distance Learning
Now updated with a digital option! The digital option is a Google Form.Will your class escape in time? Try this escape room game with your students today! Your class has been locked in an ice castle by Jack Frost! Students will be learning about different winter holiday traditions that are celebrated all over the world. This game is intended for 3rd-5th grade students. Students will be practicing reading comprehension skills, as well as social studies skills. This is an interactive game where th
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3rd - 6th
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Latitude and Longitude Battleship Game - Map Skills Geography Activities
Help your students practice their latitude and longitude skills in a fun and engaging way using this no-prep latitude and longitude battleship game! The directions are included right on the template, so this is a no prep activity that comes ready to play. I've also provided PowerPoint directions so you can show students how to play as a class. Students will become well-practiced with using a grid and making sure they always give latitude coordinates first. I've used this every year and my studen
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: Latitude and Longitude Practice Puzzle Review Activities Bundle
The Great Depression: A Saving and Spending Game
Students work together in small groups to make decisions about how to save or spend their money during the Great Depression. They will see what it is like to have a well-paying job and then lose most of their money in the stock market crash of 1929. They will have to find a new job, a place to live (hobo camp or boxcar), and figure out how to provide for their family with very little.Students will have to subtract their bills from their total amount of money using a spending ledger (provided).
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4th - 8th
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Branches of Government ESCAPE ROOM! Legislative, Executive, Judicial Branch
The Branches of Government Escape Room will take students on a secret mission around the classroom! This escape room has students decode interesting facts about the Legislative, Executive and Judicial Branches of government. This Escape Room has students walking around the classroom breaking codes. The codes include ciphers, Morse code, cryptograms and a final 4 digit code based on the decoders/clues.What’s Included?✏️ 4 Reading Passages✏️ 4 Puzzle Phrases to Decode✏️ 4 Decoders✏️ 4 Differentiat
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4th - 8th
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Virtual Field Trip *Growing* Bundle! National Parks, Space & More!
ULTIMATE Virtual Field Trip *Growing* Bundle!12 trips and GROWING! This product will include all my future elementary field trips! Grab it now at the lowest price!! Bundle price will increase when new trips are added.⭐️NEW⭐️ MEMPHIS, TN Dr. MLK Jr. added 1/28/2024⭐️NEW⭐️ THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA added 5/22/2022 - Redownload to access!! Virtual Field Trips are an engaging activity for in person learning or online meetings. No matter the format of instruction, your students will be engaged! Use the
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K - 5th
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Would You Rather SPRING | This or That Slides and Writing
Enhance student engagement and foster classroom community with these engaging THIS or THAT slides! Featuring real photographs and hand signals for each choice, this resource is ideal for spring. Use it during morning meetings, for movement breaks, discussion starters to develop listening and speaking skills, or for opinion writing. This download includes 50 slides and 3 different opinion writing paper/organizers, available in PowerPoint and Google Slide versions.Included in this download:50 woul
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1st - 4th
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States and Capitals Bingo, I Have Who Has Game (50 States & Capitals Activities)
This resource is intended to help students learn the states, capitals and abbreviations and to help spark student interest United States Social Studies. Download Preview FilePlease view the preview file prior to purchasing. Please ensure that it is appropriate for your grade level prior to purchasing.This social studies resource includes:1. Social Studies State Study Cards2. Social Studies State Study Sheets3. States and Capitals I Have, Who has? Game4. States and Abbreviations I Have, Who
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2nd - 5th
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Spring Bingo Riddles Game Speech and Language Therapy Activities
A spring bingo game with an extra fun twist- rhyming riddles! For speech therapy, fun activities the day before spring break, or anytime. You'll practice spring vocabulary, inferencing, and listening comprehension, and you'll love how excited and completely engaged your students will get when trying to guess the riddles!With 30 bingo cards, this game will be a favorite (and educational) spring activity for your whole class, or you can use a just few boards for your small groups.This spring bing
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K - 4th
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End of Year Activity Game Would You Rather Summer Activity
End the School Year on a Fun Note with This Exciting Activity! An end-of-the-year This or That icebreaker activity is just what you need to ease the nerves and bring some joy to your students. Whether they're introverts or extroverts, the entire class is going to love it – and trust me, you'll love it too! (In fact, I've even had teachers use this as a staff icebreaker during professional development sessions!)In this engaging activity, students will navigate through a series of slides, making c
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3rd - 8th, Staff
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Also included in: End of Year ELA Project Activities & End of Year Reflection BUNDLE
4th Grade Spring Activity: Spring Math Mystery - Division Time Change multiples
Spring Activity Math Mystery - The Case of The Bee Bandits - 4th Grade Edition. This fun spring math review will encourage and motivate your students during math time!Easy prep - print and solve! Or go paperless with the new Google Docs option I've added to this pack.Ideal for spiral review, your students will use their math skills to unlock clues to help them solve the mystery!⭐A video hook is provided to set the stage to engage! Check out the video hook in the preview section.⭐A bonus ENDING V
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3rd - 5th
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Plymouth (Plimoth) Colony Unit: The Mayflower, Pilgrims, Wampanoag People
Plymouth (Plimoth) was a fascinating settlement. Pilgrims, originally known as Separatists, were treated poorly in England because they refused to follow the teachings of the Church of England. After years of struggle, they finally set sail on the Mayflower with the goal of creating a farming village in the New World. The Wampanoag People, who had lived in the area for thousands of years, entered into a peace agreement with the Pilgrims. This peace agreement lasted for decades. Do you want to pr
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4th - 5th
Also included in: 5th Grade Social Studies Big Bundle
Oregon Trail: Simulation Game
Super engaging slideshow game to get students thinking about what life on the Oregon Trail was like. You lead the class with 13 scenarios, and students make decisions and keep track of survival points. A great way to introduce the Oregon Trail to students. It includes 42 slides, directions, and a student handout to record survival points. I use this activity with my 8 graders a few details might need to be edited if used with younger grade levels.Takes about 1 hour.
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3rd - 12th
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Also included in: Western Expansion Games Bundle: Oregon Trail, Gold Rush, Lewis and clark
Christmas / Holiday Game Answer Battle Trivia Family Powerpoint Mac PC iPad
✅ You can use this for your Virtual Party! Check out this video showing you how: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mq2WIMvocYo ✅ This Christmas Answer Battle Trivia Powerpoint game is sure to be a big hit at your Christmas party, classroom, office party, or church.✅ It has 13 rounds like:- "Places parents hide presents," - "Name Santa's Reindeer," - "Birds Listed In The 12 Days Of Christmas," - "Common Christmas Cookie Shapes," - "Christmas Movies," etc. ✅ Each round has up to 10 answers (other
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1st - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Speech Toss BUNDLE a speech therapy game
Do you need a super fun activity to keep your students engaged? Do you have mixed articulation and language groups? Try this fun pom pom tossing game for common articulation and language targetsYour students will love tossing pom poms into mini-cups while practicing articulation and language skills. This activity was designed to be simple, engaging, and low prep!This download contains the following two products: (do not buy this bundle if you own one of them). **Artic Toss Includes color and bla
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PreK - 6th
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MULTIPLICATION Flower Bring May Flowers Summer End of Year Math Craft Activity
MULTIPLICATION flower puzzles are a quick and easy, hands-on math activity. Great for spring or summer math centers. A no prep download for 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade students.⭐⭐⭐MORE THAN 90% off! Click here to see ALL the MULTIPLICATION AND DIVISION puzzles you can use for the ENTIRE YEAR!☝❤️⏳ WHAT YOU GET:Three flower puzzle options (17 pieces each) with 20 multiplication problems for facts 0-12No Prep PDF options of the three puzzles aboveTwo editable rubric optionsNo Prep digital puzzles compat
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3rd - 5th
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April Fools' Day - Never Ending Google Form version 4
Versions 1, 2 and 3 were a hit. Here's version 4 for 2024!This never ending google form does not have a submit button, every question sends you to a new question. The loop goes on forever! Send it to students and wait for them to figure it out!! All questions are tied to what is relevant with middle school to high school age groups. Upper elementary may know it as well!It is editable, with three intro questions to customize so they don't get too suspicious too quickly. You must add questions abo
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4th - 12th
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Spring Themed Mad Libs - Nouns, Verbs, and Adjectives
Spring is in the air, and your students are getting _____________ (adjective)! Refocus their energy by using these fun spring-themed mad lib activities. They'll have fun AND practice their basic parts of speech!
This product contains two “mad lib” style activities with a spring theme, allowing your students to brush up on their parts of speech – while making some outrageous sentences and having a ton of fun! Both stories are appropriate for all ages and recommended for grades 3-5. No spring ho
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3rd - 5th
Also included in: Holiday Themed Mad Libs - Nouns, Verbs, and Adjectives - BUNDLE!
April Fools' Day - Never Ending Google Form version 2
EASY, LITTLE TO NO PREP PRANK YOUR CLASS FOR APRIL FOOLS' DAYINTERACTIVE ONLINE NEVER ENDING GOOGLE FORMIt's back and better than ever! Version 2 made in 2022This never ending google form does not have a submit button, every question sends you to a new question. The loop goes on forever! Send it to students and wait for them to figure it out!!It is editable, with three intro questions to customize so they don't get too suspicious too quickly.Originally marked for 5th and up but many teaching as
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3rd - 12th
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Bartering Activity with an Interactive Economics Game: Barter, Trade, Create!
Are your students learning about bartering? This game will have students practice their bartering skills!The object of the game is to get a home, clothing, and food (meat/fish/eggs, bread, AND vegetables). You may barter goods or combine cards to make what you need. A video is now included with instructions for both basic and advanced game play. It is always a bit challenging to learn how to play a new game by reading instructions, so I have created a video overview so that you can familiarize y
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2nd - 4th
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Also included in: Economics for Kids BUNDLE
April Fools Word Search: Wordless and Worded Searches!
Are you looking for a joke to play on your students on April Fools' Day? This wordless search is just what you need! There is a list of words provided but NONE match to what is in the search! Students will be stumped as to why they can't find any, but still find words like cat, sheep, and April Fools! Once they figure it out, you can give them a copy of the sort to solve!! Great fun for you and your students! What's Inside:Wordless Word Search"Answer Key"Word Search of WordsAnswer KeySo mu
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2nd - 5th
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Also included in: April Fools Day Crossword and Word Search Bundle of Fun!
Science and Social Studies Adapted Activities for Special Education BUNDLE
Are you struggling to differentiate science and social studies topics for your students with special needs? Look no further, I've got you covered!Science and Social Studies materials are hard to come by for a self-contained special education setting. This bundle contains many different adapted and differentiated activities to use while teaching your students with special needs about various Science & Social Studies topics!What you will find inside this bundle:Adapted BooksCount It Out Adapte
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K - 5th
FIND THE MYSTERY STATE • A Fun Geography Game Using Map-Reading Skills
It’s geography, critical thinking, following directions, and map-reading skills rolled into one! Find the Mystery State is a set of 28 Task Cards that can be used for a fun, creative game to help your students review basic map skills and following directions. The Nelson family is headed to a new home somewhere in the United States. But what is their final destination? Your students play detective and try to find the location of the family’s new home by eliminating states one at a time using a m
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4th - 6th
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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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