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1st grade Winter social studies resources for Easel
2024 New Year's Activities - Resolutions Foldables and More! Updated Yearly!
Check out the preview and thumbnails!A new year (or a new school year) is a great time to turn over a new leaf, try new things, and end bad habits. Right around winter break (or at the beginning of a new school year) have a class discussion about resolutions. Brainstorm goals that are attainable and share some of your own. Have students create the foldable and then hang them for others to read.* This activity is great for all students!* Wonderful for goal-setting discussions and character educat
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K - 12th, Higher Education, Staff
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Who Am I? - Community Helpers Powerpoint Game #1
Community helpers games are great for teaching students about different community jobs. In this "Who am I" game, students must guess the community worker. There are 10 questions and you just click on each question to go to it. Each question has 3 clues and student have to guess which community helper it describes. Clues include tools they may use, what they do, and where they may work. Great for a whole class review or rainy day activity. Great for individual practice on the iPad! Extra licens
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PreK - 2nd
Also included in:Â Kindergarten Games Bundle
Black History Month Bulletin Board Project Posters and Activities Pennants
Looking for a unique way to commemorate Black History Month in your classroom? Take your educational approach to the next level this February with these Black History Month Bulletin Board Project Posters and Activities.If you've only been discussing the usual figures like Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks, and Harriet Tubman, it's time to expand your students' horizons. This Black History Month Project delves into the lives and contributions of up to 123 different influential Black America
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1st - 4th
Also included in:Â Black History Month Bulletin Board Project Posters Activities BUNDLE
Map Skills Worksheets & Performance Task | Print & Easel
Practice using a map key, a compass rose, and a scale to read, interpret, and create basic maps! These printables are perfect for teaching geography or quick map skills assessments in first grade, second grade, or third grade! The following print-and-go map skills activities are included:Map Vocabulary Foldable: Students cut along the dotted lines to create three flaps and then fold along the solid line. Under each flap, students define the vocabulary word shown on the top of the flap. Words inc
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1st - 3rd
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Snowman Name Craft
Each child in your class can make their own unique snowman name craft to contribute to a class community bulletin board or room display! What a fun way to come back to school after the holidays and decorate the classroom too!Included in this fast-prep printable resource is:upper and lower case chunky-letter snowballs10 snowman head options - 5 with a face, 5 without face (students draw)blank snowball 3-sectioned blank snowman body option for super fast prepThese pieces can be printed on color pa
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K - 3rd
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Also included in:Â Name Craft Bundle
Maps and Globes - 7 Continents and Oceans- Landforms Map Skills Activity
This interactive and engaging resource will help your students learn all about Map Skills, Globes, Continents, Landforms, and Communities! These Map Skills activities will not only have your students learning the importance of locating on places on maps and globes, they’ll also be learning about constructing and reading a simple map, using cardinal directions and identifying map symbols. Lastly, they'll also compare and contrast basic land use in urban, suburban, and rural environments.This Maps
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1st - 3rd
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Community Helpers Workers Activities 1st Grade Kindergarten Social Studies
This set of activities will help students understand workers in their community and the jobs they do. Includes workers, jobs and occupations, vehicles, and city services.Includes:Helpers and Jobs Sorting CardsMatch the picture of the worker with the correct name and job description. These work well as a whole group pocket-chart activity. Includes 26 cards.Workers, Vehicles, and City Buildings CardsThese make a fun matching activity for young learners or vocabulary development for your ESL/ELL st
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PreK - 1st
Also included in:Â Kindergarten Math & Reading YEAR LONG BUNDLE 1300+ Pages
Sneezy the Snowman Read Aloud Lessons - Snowman Craft - Reading Comprehension
These Sneezy the Snowman read aloud lesson plans and story comprehension activities will engage your students all week long and include a snowman craft!Our interactive read-aloud lesson plan is designed to be taught over multiple lessons. This allows students an opportunity to dive deeper into the text, make connections to the characters and events and most importantly, fall in love with the story.Each lesson provides students a different purpose for revisiting the text, talking about it and res
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K - 1st
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Also included in:Â December Read Aloud Lessons K, 1st - Christmas Activities - Christmas Crafts
Christmas Around the World Passages - Winter Holidays Around the World Research
Want to teach about Christmas and Holidays Around the World, but you're short on time? These reading comprehension passages are a quick way to teach your students about different ways winter holidays are celebrated while practicing their reading skills.These Holiday Around the World reading passages introduce students to how holidays are celebrated in different countries. Ten different countries that celebrate Christmas plus Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and Diwali are included. There is one passage page,
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1st - 3rd
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Continents and Oceans Geography Research, Study Cards, Quizzes | Print & Easel
This seven continents and major oceans geography resource includes: Continent Student Book - A cover page, label by number student maps, and pages picturing an outline of each of the 7 continents with space for students to write three facts about the continent are included.Continent and Ocean Quizzes - Both continent and ocean options come with and without word banks. Answer keys are included.Continent Study Cards - Each study card features a picture of the continent and the continent’s name.
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1st - 3rd
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Groundhog Day Activities
Will Groundhog see its shadow? This mini unit is filled with supplemental activities to engage your students as you explore Groundhogs. In this unit, you will find: hands on activities, arts and crafts, printables, science connections, and much more!
Groundhog Day Unit Contains:
1. Recommended Book List
2. Groundhog Day Poster
3. Word Wall
4. "Shadow Predictions" {graph and tally}
5. Draw and Write
6. Puppet craft with template
7. Describe the Groundhog
8. K.W.L Chart
9. "Can, Have, A
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K - 1st
January First Grade Morning Work Math and ELA digital and PDF
Practice major standards every morning in a fun, consistent format which promotes independent work! Easily differentiate for your students with two levels of the pages provided. Includes practice of addition, subtraction, missing addends, weather, date, seasons, skip counting, capitalization, end marks, rhymes, and beginning sounds. Your students will love to say their names with the affirmations each and have fun with the seasonally themed practice.Each month spirals and builds so that your stu
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K - 2nd
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Also included in:Â First Grade Morning Work Mega Bundle Math and ELA Spiral Review
Gingerbread Man STEM Challenges
These gingerbread STEM activities are perfect for kindergarten, first grade, and second-grade engineers working together or alone in centers this Christmas. A great addition to your unit on gingerbread this December. This resource uses the engineering design process to solve problems all winter. Your kids will have fun building a boat, a bridge, and a hideout for the gingerbread man. Each challenge has a bonus challenge to help differentiate. Make this holiday season fun with hands-on STEM activ
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K - 2nd
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Also included in:Â Winter STEM BUNDLE
Snowman Craft, Writing, and Glyph for Winter
I love snowmen and when my kids made these the last few years, we've been the envy of the hall! Included in this pack are templates for two versions of the snow people..one tall with legs and the other giant stuffed head version. Color pictures and step-by-step directions are also included. These are SUPER cute and go with any of your winter or snow units. See the preview for all the details!Included:template for long legged snowmantemplate for stuffed head snowmanGlyph 3 small writing pages f
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K - 3rd
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Also included in:Â Craft and Glyph Seasonal Bundle
Snowflake Bentley Winter READ ALOUD STEMâ„¢ Activity
Every snowflake is unique!Integrate STEM in your classroom with this engaging Winter Companion Activity to Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin. Students learn about how snowflakes are made into amazing shapes. Then build their very own unique snowflakes!The Snowflake Bentley Winter STEM Activity is a fun and unique way to engage your students during the long winter months. Amazing winter resource for STEM club, STEM Teachers, and elementary teachers who want to create a hands-on educat
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1st - 5th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
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Also included in:Â Winter READ ALOUD STEMâ„¢ Activities and Challenges
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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Also included in:Â Bingo Riddles Speech Therapy Activity Holidays and Seasons Mega Game Bundle
Presidents Day Reading and Writing Craft Flip Book - Presidents Day Activities
Looking for a way to teach Presidents Day activities without interrupting your reading and writing time? This craft flip book teaches all about the President of the United States. It includes a flip book plus a craft topper for decorations. Presidents Day Activities Included: Let's Read page: reading passage Let's Answer page: comprehension questionsLet's Sort: Cut and sort things that the president does and the requirements of the presidentLet's Write: Students write what they've learned about
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1st - 3rd
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Also included in:Â Reading Flip Book Bundle - Collection of Reading Comprehension Activities
Bear Snores On Read Aloud - Hibernation Activities - Reading Comprehension
These Bear Snores On lesson plans and story comprehension activities will teach students about hibernation through this adorable story.Our interactive read-aloud lesson plan is designed to be taught over multiple lessons. This allows students an opportunity to dive deeper into the text, make connections to the characters and events and most importantly, fall in love with the story.Each lesson provides students a different purpose for revisiting the text, talking about it and responding to it.To
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K - 2nd
Goods & Services Sort Worksheets Financial Literacy Economics 1st 2nd Grade
This financial literacy resource has everything you need to teach your students about goods and services and other concepts of money! WHAT'S INCLUDED:There are both printable and digital components giving students multiple ways to access the material.Vocabulary Posters - Includes word with definition - goods, service, consumer, producer, supply, demand, and barterGoods & Services Picture Sort - 15 picture cards that students sort according to whether they show a good or a service. Includes h
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1st - 2nd
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The Local Community Workbook (Grade 1 Social Studies)
This workbook covers the Grade 1 The Local Community unit in the NEW 2023 Ontario Social Studies curriculum (People and Environments).The workbook covers various topics related to the local community, including traditional territory, natural and built features, community history, community services, emergency services, waste management, green spaces, natural resources, shopping, cultural centres, Indigenous Friendship Centres, libraries, postal service, recreation, and more.There is a variety of
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1st
Also included in:Â Grade 1 Ontario Social Studies Workbook Bundle
Winter Differentiated Leveled Journal Writing for Special Education / Autism
Do you have students who have difficulty writing and coming up with their own thoughts? With three different levels included, this fun winter journal prompt pack is perfect for all of your non-writers, emerging writers, and writers! This pack is great for January as it has a fun winter theme, including snow boots, sleds, coats, and more!There are 10 differentiated journals included, enough to get you through 2 full weeks if you do a journal each day.Need math lessons as well? Check out this wint
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PreK - 12th
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Good Citizenship Activities/ Worksheets (1st, 2nd, 3rd Grade)
This Good Citizenship activities packet includes reading, writing, and Social Studies activities/ worksheets that you need to teach the basics of good citizenship and what it means to be a good citizen. The text is kid-friendly and easy to understand and can be adapted to either whole-group or independent work. Best of all, NO PREP is needed!!!Save time from planning and have fun teaching about Good Citizenship!Simply print and you are ready to teach! 21 Teaching Posters & 10 ActivitiesInc
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1st - 3rd
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Also included in:Â 1st & 2nd Grade Social Studies CURRICULUM Bundle- (14 Resources in One)
NEEDS & WANTS Sort Worksheets Economics 1st 2nd Grade Social Studies Activities
This is a set of financial literacy activities to support your primary economics unit on needs and wants. Includes both printable and digital items.Includes:Vocabulary Posters with definitions of needs and wantsPicture Sort - Students sort picture cards according to whether the item is a need or a wantWriting Activity - Student write about what a need and want is and then describe something they want and something they need.Cut-and-Glue Word Sort - Students classify each item as a need or a want
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1st - 2nd
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Abraham Lincoln Biography Graphic Organizers, Presidents Day Activities & Craft
This Abraham Lincoln biography set includes graphic organizers and a reading and writing flip book craft. This biography set has activities to use for Presidents' Day and covers important facts about Abraham Lincoln's life for students to learn. Within the pack, they will read about Abraham Lincoln, research him, write about him, create a flip book about him, and sort important parts of this famous president's life into graphic organizers. Included in this Abraham Lincoln biography pack: Reading
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1st - 3rd
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Also included in:Â Reading Flip Book Bundle - Collection of Reading Comprehension Activities
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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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