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1st grade Spring social studies projects
Black History Month Activity Collaborative African American Biographical "Quilt"
My Famous Faces® of African-American History "Quilt" project is the perfect whole-class activity to do during Black History Month or any time of the year! It connects the individual with the group using hexagons that will tessellate to create a large “quilt” collaboration poster featuring 40 influential African Americans and their biographies. The final poster has a ton of “wow factor” when complete, and I hope it will make a large impact on your students as they learn about these 40 influential
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1st - 8th
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Also included in: Tessellation Bundle | Use one every month!
Tile Coaster Mother's Day Craft & Father's Day Gift, Card, Questionnaire, Tags
Are you looking for the perfect Mother's Day craft or Father's Day craft to make at school?! These hand-drawn Mother’s Day and Father’s Day DIY tile coasters, foldable cards, printable questionnaires, and gift tags are easy to create. Plus, they make a super cute Mother’s Day gift or Father’s Day gift that is kid-created! Your students' loved ones are sure to cherish this special keepsake forever!RESOURCES INCLUDED:4 tile templates (mom, mum, dad, any special person)10 foldable cards8 questionna
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PreK - 8th
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Bugs & Insect Activities, Spring Research Reports Writing & Crafts Kindergarten
Bugs and Insect Research Reports with Crafts for Kindergarten. Perfect for your spring lessons! Research reports and crafts for 10 insects. Fully comprehensive projects that will get your kindergarten and first-grade students reading, writing, and creating amazing reports with crafts!Get this part of a bundle and save BIG:Insects Mega BundleClose Reads and Research Reports with Crafts BundleIncluded in this download is:10 insects including:ladybugsfirefliesgrasshoppersbutterfliescaterpillarsants
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PreK - 1st
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Kite Craft Template Spring Writing Prompts Craftivity May Bulletin Board Art
This Flying Kite Craftivity is a wonderful activity for the spring time and the months of March, April, and May! Students will get excited about this cut and paste kite that will work their fine motor skills and look great hanging in your classroom. You'll save time with the easy to prep patterns that include 5 different writing prompts you can change from year to year!Click HERE to SAVE by buying this resource as part of my Spring Craftivity Bundle!What's included in this pdf: • A photograph
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K - 3rd
Me on the Map Flip Book - Map Skills Geography Activity
This Me on the Map flip book is the perfect easy-prep project to accompany the book Me on the Map by Joan Sweeney or any beginner map study. Students will identify the planet, continent, country, state, and city or town they live in and begin to understand the relative sizes of each.Prep is simple! Copy a set of the included booklet pages for each student. Students write in the missing words, cut out each semi-circles, and stack them from smallest to largest. Staple the top to complete the fl
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1st - 3rd
Spring Easter Egg Craft and Bulletin Board - The Good Egg
The perfect spring Easter egg craft your students will love! This cross-curricular Easter craftivity includes everything you need to incorporate some seasonal fun into your writing activities. Perfect to accompany The Good Egg story. This spring craft includes an easy-to-use template and multiple writing options. Your students will love seeing the finished product on display in the hallway! ⭐BUNDLE & SAVE ⭐️This Egg Craft is a part of the Crafts for the Year MEGA Bundle. Save over 30% AND g
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K - 4th
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Also included in: Spring Activities and Centers - Coloring, Brain Boomers, Theme Days
Grass Houses | Growing Grass | Plant Life Cycle
This is the such a fun little Grass House plant lifecycle activity. This Plant Lifecycle activity is perfect for kindergarten, first, and second grade. Your students will have so much fun creating their own greenhouses and yards full of real grass.What's Included:-directions-printable houses and fences that are labeled with what plants need to grow-editable name houses and fill in the blank houses-four-week observation journal**Please know that by purchasing this resource you are purchasing the
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K - 2nd
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1st Grade Social Studies Interactive Notebook Curriculum Worksheets 2nd Grade
Your students will love learning primary social studies content with this interactive notebook. This interactive notebook provides a fun and easy way to revisit and review new social studies learning. This resource includes 50 interactive projects, book recommendations, large pictures of each project with teacher directions, and a hyperlinked table of contents. Projects Included:Historical figuresGeorge WashingtonAbraham LincolnMartin Luther King, Jr.Christopher ColumbusRosa ParksRuby Bridgesbla
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K - 2nd
Our Class is a Family - Back to School Activity - Back to School Bulletin Board
The perfect Our Class is A Family back to school bulletin board activity! This beginning of the year activity contains everything you need to build community at the beginning of the year, PLUS make an awesome bulletin board! A great back-to-school craftitvity that your students will enjoy, and bring the halls to life. ⭐BUNDLE & SAVE ⭐️This back-to-school craft is a part of the CRAFTS FOR THE YEAR BUNDLE. Save over 30% AND get access to crafts for the entire school year! This product is mea
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PreK - 4th
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Also included in: CRAFT BUNDLE 4 | LOW PREP
Black History Month Craft: African American Inventors - Set of 6
Do you need cute and easy crafts for Black History Month? You got them! This set has SIX crafts or craftivities of African American inventors and their inventions: George Carver, George Crum, Lewis Latimer, Garrett Morgan, Philip Downing, and Alfred Cralle. These crafts will make a fantastic bulletin board for Black History Month or can be used for your school hallway decoration! Next time your students crunch on a potato chip, get a scoop of ice cream, eat a peanut butter sandwich, look at a tr
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PreK - 1st
Me on the Map Circle Book {EDITABLE!}
This EDITABLE Me on the Map book is a great way for your students to understand about their place in the world!___________________________________________________________________________Included are both PRINTABLE and EDITABLE forms. THE EDITABLE VERSION OF THIS PRODUCT IS A POWERPOINT DOCUMNENT. YOU MUST HAVE POWERPOINT IN ORDER TO EDIT THIS PRODUCT.___________________________________________________________________________THIS PRODUCT INCLUDES: - Circle Books with blank spaces- Circle Books wi
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K - 4th
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Collaborative Veterans Day Craft Activity | Thank You Veterans Agamograph Poster
This year, you've got to try Art with Jenny K.'s Veterans Day 3D Collaboration Poster!! It is easy for teachers and fun for kids and makes the perfect Veterans' Day activity for your class! This project is a "3-way" agamograph (3 images spliced together) and a collaboration poster mixed into one. This project is unique because I developed it to combine my agamographs with my collaboration posters. And there is no beating the "wow! factor" at the end, when children walk back and forth to see the
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K - 8th
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Flower Pot Mother's Day Craft
FLOWER POT MOTHER'S DAY CRAFTIf you’re looking for a gorgeous Mother’s Day gift for kids to make this year, this Mother’s Day flower pot craft can’t be topped. Our template makes the flower pot an easy kids craft to make and mom or Grandma will adore the special message hidden inside the pot when she opens it up on her special day.This darling Mother's Day craft is great for the classroom, home or Sunday school. Print out the pages of the template on different colors of paper, cut out the pieces
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K - 4th
Spring Q Tip Painting Craft Fine Motor Activities Kindergarten Preschool Dot Art
Are you looking for a fun activity for your students to do with no prep? These Dot-It Spring Crafts are simple and easy to use and make the cutest wall décor. Students can also work on these at home too! With 9 different spring options, students can q-tip paint or use the eraser on a pencil to fill in the craft with paint. This is a wonderful activity for fine motor skills! What's included in this pdf:• 9 crafts: Bee, Flower, Rainbow, Bird, Bee, Caterpillar, Frog, Ladybug, and Storm• Works
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PreK - 2nd
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Hispanic Heritage Month Poster Pennant Research Report Project - Bulletin Board
Empower your students to celebrate and learn with this Hispanic Heritage Month Pennant Research Report Project. Bring history to life in a fun, engaging, and meaningful way! It’s the perfect tool to generate eye-catching Hispanic Heritage Month Posters for your classroom and create a Hispanic Heritage Month bulletin board that’s not just visually engaging, but also meaningful and educational.As a dedicated educator, it can be challenging to find high-quality, engaging resources to celebrate Hisp
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1st - 6th
Wax Museum & Biography Writing Project
This item is a great tool to help students learn about researching, biographies, taking notes, and writing a multi-paragraph paper.You'll find everything you need to put on a wax museum as well! Items include:*a student tracking sheet to help you keep track of historians, assignments, and due dates*note-taking and rough draft pages for 5 paragraphs (these paragraphs include an introduction, early life, contributions, later life, and conclusion*final copy paper that includes a place for students
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1st - 4th
Back to School Craft / Summer Sunglasses / Bright Future Prompts
This end of the year or back to school resource includes a showstopper craft and over 50 writing prompts. You can also use it any time of the year to think about the student's future or have your children write about their experience for your next year's group of students! Children adore this fun and exciting way to think about their own summer plans or goals for the future. Although there are ways to speed this up, this project will typically take some time for students to complete (which is re
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PreK - 2nd
Hip Hop into Spring Bunny Craft and Writing
HIP HOPPING INTO SPRING HAS NEVER BEEN SO CUTE! Check out our latest craft and writing to get excited for Spring with your students!!This craft includes 3 differentiated writing paper options, adorable accessories, and a sweet rabbit and stereo craft!
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PreK - 6th
5 PHASES OF A TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE 2024 ACTIVITY CRAFT SPINNER SCIENCE PRINTABLE
TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE 2024 CRAFTS WHEEL PRINTABLE ACTIVITY (THE 5 PHASES OF A TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE SPINNER CRAFTIVITY)Are you looking for fun Total Eclipse activities? Kids will love making and spinning this eclipse crafts wheel/ spinner. This craft wheel is a fun way for kids to learn about the 5 phases of a total solar eclipse: First Contact, Second Contact, Totality, Third Contact and Fourth Contact. I have provided 2 versions of the wheel: color and black and white version. Each wheel con
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PreK - 6th
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End of the Year Preschool & Kindergarten Graduation Craft Memory Book Activities
Commemorate the school year with this simple-to-assemble end of the year graduation craft memory book and these writing activities! With 3 craft options to choose from, customizing your graduation craft to best fit the needs of your students is easy! Each page has just the right amount of writing for your little learners! Plus, use your school colors to personalize the craft! Perfect for an end of the year bulletin board display, as well as a treasured keepsake for each student!The students can
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PreK - 2nd
Plant Unit for 1st & 2nd Grade - Plant Life Cycle, Parts of a Plant, & More
This fun & comprehensive plant unit includes 2 weeks worth of lessons and activities to keep your budding botanists busy in the classroom. You will cover everything from parts of a plant to the plant life cycle to the ins and outs of photosynthesis, pollination, even chlorophyll extraction!This plant unit addresses the NGSS science standards for plants & the life cycle of a plant plus a variety of Common Core Standards along the way!! It has been designed for first and second grade but c
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1st - 2nd
Also included in: 1st & 2nd grade Science Units - Weather - Plants - States of Matter
Ladybug Craft Spring Activities The Grouchy Ladybug Life Cycle May April Art
This Ladybug Craft is a fun addition to your spring themed unit or a study on insects. Students will love cutting and pasting together they very own ladybug that is also easy prep for teachers too! Makes a wonderful spring time bulletin board and also includes a one page coloring option for distance learning, centers, or morning work!Click HERE to SAVE by buying this resource as part of my Spring Crafts Bundle! What's included in this pdf: • A photograph of the craft activity • Step-by-step d
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PreK - 2nd
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Spring Umbrella Math Craft for Kindergarten - Decomposing, Adding, & Counting
This spring umbrella math craft is a fun way to practice decomposing, adding, and/or counting skills. It also makes a cute bulletin board! A craft that is CCSS aligned? = #teacherwin! Print templates on white paper and have students color -OR- print on any colored paper of your choice. Included in this resource are: - Umbrella templates labeled with #s 1-20- Raindrops template- 3 different math templates: ___ and ___ make ___ ___ + ___ = ______ raindrops*This resource includes a secured PDF file
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PreK - 1st
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Memorial Day Craft Poppy Craft Remembrance Day Craft Anzac Day Veterans Day
This Memorial Day Poppy Craft is a fun activity for Memorial Day, Remembrance Day, Anzac Day, or study on flowers! Students will love cutting and pasting their very own poppy craft while making one show stopping bulletin board. The patterns are kid friendly and easy to prep for teachers too! What's included in this pdf: • A photograph of the craft activity • Step-by-step directions • Templates that can be copied directly onto colored cardstock or construction paper and then cut out by stud
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K - 3rd
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