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4th grade Winter social studies games
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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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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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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WINTER Would You Rather? This or That? Games | Brain Breaks | Community Builders
Get your students moving, having fun, and continue building your classroom community with these fun THIS or THAT slides! Each slide includes real photographs and hand signals to represent each choice. This game is perfect for the entire winter season! Not only are these activities a great break break, but these slides with real photographs are the perfect conversation starters for morning meeting.PowerPoint and Google Slide versions are included. *I like to use these slides for a quick brain bre
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1st - 4th
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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
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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3rd Grade Winter Math Gingerbread Digital Escape Room Christmas Time Activity
Keep your students engaged around Christmas break with this fun 3rd grade math digital escape room activity! Use asa winter math center, or practice third grade math skills at your holiday party with a online breakout game. This digital resource will have your class buzzing with excitement while practicing standards-based math skills. When the gingerbread man traps your class in a bakery, can they use their math skills to escape? In this online breakout, students access a Google Form™ (no Googl
Winter Break Routines and Procedures Review Game | Expectations Review
Having strong classroom management is KEY to having a successful school year! When your students come back from Winter break it is an important time to review routines, procedures, and expectations! This interactive game show is the perfect way to teach and review your expectations in an engaging way! Students can work together in teams to play this jeopardy like game show to review and practice your classroom expectations! The game show has 5 categories including:- Voice Levels- Technology- Beh
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1st - 5th
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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
Winter Bingo Riddles Game Speech Therapy ELA Winter Inferencing Activities
A winter bingo inferencing game with an extra fun twist! Guess the rhyming riddles to play and you'll target multiple skills: inference, rhyme, listening comprehension, and winter vocabulary too. With 30 bingo cards, this game is perfect for any size group and it includes both print and digital options!Looking for a winter party game? This is the perfect no-guilt (it's educational!) winter listening and inferencing activity. Bingo Riddles is your quick and easy-to-prep answer your kids will lov
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K - 4th
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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
Holiday Bingo Set
BEST-SELLER! This Holiday Bingo Set is perfect for class parties or family gatherings! It has fun holiday images for Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and winter. Some of the images included are a snowflake, stocking, menorah, kinara, reindeer, dreidel, and Santa Claus. This set comes with 30 different variations of the bingo boards and caller cards (and can accommodate up to 30 students). The bingo boards and caller cards come in color and B&W for your convenience. There is also an activity for
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PreK - 6th
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Also included in: Holiday Bingo Bundle Set
Winter Holiday Party Games | Digital Fun Friday Games
This bundle of digital Winter games and activities can be used in digitally OR in the classroom! They make a super fun digital Winter party for your class, or use them as special winter activities in December or January for Fun Fridays! These can also make a great digital holiday party, if you can't celebrate Christmas in your classroom. KNOW BEFORE YOU BUY:⭐ These activities can be done through distance learning over live video calls with students OR used in a classroom!⭐ If you're using throug
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1st - 4th
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Also included in: Class Parties and Games BUNDLE
4th Grade Winter Math Activity Escape the Snow Globe Digital Escape Room Game
Can your fourth graders use their math skills to help the snowman escape the snow globe? This quick digital escape room is perfect for winter math practice & makes a great worksheet alternative before or after Christmas break! It includes three puzzles which will have students racing to find a combination, look for a key, and figure out what order to push the buttons in. This engaging activity is great for your holiday party before winter break and can be done in-class or online for virtual
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4th - 5th
Also included in: 4th Grade Math Digital Escape Room Holiday & Seasonal Activities Bundle
Winter Bundle Watch, Think, Color Games
Math has never been this COOL! Students watch the board, think about the clues to figure out the number, and color the spot indicated. When they are finished, they have made a picture.This bundle includes designs inspired by Winter. There is a Snowman, Polar Bear, Penguin, Mitten, and Mug. This expanding bundle currently includes:Hundreds Chart Fun (Numbers 1-120) - ALL 5 DESIGNSExpanded Notation - ALL 5 DESIGNSMultiplication Practice - ALL 5 DESIGNSDivision Practice - ALL 5 DESIGNSCounting C
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1st - 6th
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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Halloween Escape Room - Reading Comprehension - October Activity - No Prep
The Halloween Escape Room will take students on a secret mission around the classroom, reading comprehension passages, and answering questions! This escape room has students decode interesting facts about Halloween, fun facts, pumpkin carving, origins, and traditions around the world.The Halloween Escape Room is a great reading comprehension activity with a twist of fun that has students deciphering codes. The codes include ciphers, morse code, cryptograms, Polybius squares, and a final 4 digit
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4th - 8th
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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
Winter Themed Mad Libs - Nouns, Verbs, and Adjectives
Winter is in the air, and your students will love this "COOL" parts of speech activity!
Use this fun winter-themed Mad Libs activity to help your students learn or review nouns, verbs, and adjectives. You could use it as a fun activity, as morning work, as center work, or as a special treat! Any way you use it, your students will be sure to be giggling - AND practicing their parts of speech!
This product contains two “mad lib” style activities with a winter theme. The two stories do not mentio
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3rd - 5th
Also included in: Holiday Themed Mad Libs - Nouns, Verbs, and Adjectives - BUNDLE!
Winter Holiday BINGO with Riddles & Call Cards! - Print and Virtual
Holiday Bingo with Riddles!HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Celebrate this holiday season with a fun-packed riddle game. This is perfect for any class, Pre-K to 5th grade. Check out my other BINGO sets!BINGO Mega BundleSEASONS Bundle (coming soon)Valentine’s Day BINGO with RiddlesSt. Patrick’s Day BINGO with RiddlesEaster BINGO with Riddles4th of July BINGO with Riddles (coming soon)Back to School BINGO with RiddlesHalloween BINGO with RiddlesThanksgiving BINGO with RiddlesWinter Holiday BINGO with RiddlesChrist
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PreK - 8th
Also included in: Bingo Bundle - Rest of the School Year (December to June)
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
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- 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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