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Kindergarten Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa social studies resources for Google Apps
Map Skills Unit with Slideshow– Me on the Map – Maps and Globes - with Digital
This map skills unit for K-2 has all you need to teach your students about maps and globes. With an informational map skills PowerPoint slideshow (also included in video form), vocabulary resources, printable activities and books, and digital activities for Seesaw and Google Slides, this set will get your little geographers making, reading, and talking all about maps! Perfect to use alongside the read-aloud Me on the Map, this maps unit includes an easy-to-assemble “My Home” booklet with version
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K - 1st
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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All About Patriot Day *9/11 activities*- Printable & Digital Versions
This is an informative non-fiction reading about Patriot Day (9/11) for little learners. It is perfect to get conversations going in a safe manner. I have added a digital version that can be used in Google Classroom.Here are some comments from customers:"This is the perfect amount of information for my third graders! Thank you."-Lindsay Krill"Great way to teach a difficult topic for our little ones."-Joy"A great supplemental activity for September 11th!" Kelsey B."Thank you so much for a produ
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K - 3rd
Virtual Field Trip: Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade & Balloons Over Broadway
Buckle up and head to NYC for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade! This virtual field trip covers the history of the Thanksgiving Day Parade- from the Wondertown Windows to the behind the scenes of the magnificent parade that is broadcasted all over the world today! This virtual field trip will start by giving your students some hints as to where they will be traveling. Students will make predictions. Students will access prior knowledge about New York City, Thanksgiving, and the Parade.Your stud
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K - 6th
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Christmas Writing Prompts & Daily Journal Activities - December Writing Center
Looking for daily writing prompts that get kids excited about writing and building beginning writing skills? Writing Mats for December (Christmas, Santa, and winter holiday themed writing) has 20 different printable and digital writing prompt practice pages for the month of December with a picture and word list, plus writing conventions checklist. They would make the PERFECT pack to get kids excited to write about Christmas and winter!3 RESOURCES IN 1:PDF or PPT - Just open the PDF or PPT file a
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K - 2nd
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Chinese New Year 2024 | Lunar New Year | Low Prep Print and Digital Activities
The Lunar New Year 2024 packet contains fun and engaging no prep activities and activities for Google Slides™ aimed at the lower elementary grades. These Chinese / Lunar New Year activities will help you celebrate the holiday in your classroom and save you time with lesson planning and preparation. All activities are printable and, selected activities are available for Google Slides™. Chinese New Year and Lunar New Year versions of the activities are included in the packet.The Lunar New Year Act
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K - 1st
2nd Grade Social Studies Communities Curriculum YEAR LONG Bundle Units
2nd Grade Social Studies! Lesson plans, comprehension, vocabulary, and activities! This mega bundle features units that focus on 2nd grade community themes in social studies (although it can be used in 1st or 3rd grade as well. This bundle features all of my units 1-6 in a giant bundle that includes over 450 pages! You save when you bundle instead of buying them individually! This can also be used alongside Michigan's MC3.GOOGLE DRIVE ACCESS LINKS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE PDF DOWNLOAD ON THE GO
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K - 3rd
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Continents Bundle - A PowerPoint/Google Trip to the 7 Continents
Learn about the Seven Continents! Take a journey around the world without ever leaving your classroom with these stunning PowerPoint and Google Slides presentations. This set of 8 PowerPoint/Google Slides presentations uses real photographs to give your students a peek into the amazing continents of the world.Each presentation has a map, weather, animals, homes, important cities, landmarks, and a short three-question quiz.This bundle includes {for PowerPoint and Google Slides}Let's Learn About A
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K - 2nd
Christmas Activities | Olive the Other Reindeer Christmas Book Companion
This Olive, the Other Reindeer literature guide provides opportunities for your students in grades K-2 to think critically and creatively through a variety of lessons. This product includes both a print and digital version (Google™ Slides) of this book study. Be sure to check out the preview to see everything included in this unit! THIS OLIVE, THE OTHER REINDEER BOOK STUDY INCLUDES:A pre-reading wondering about the book activityMaking predictions activity using the cover of the bookComprehensio
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K - 3rd
Digital Christmas Party Games | Digital Christmas Activities
Easily plan a fun and engaging virtual Christmas Party with these digital Christmas Party games! These digital Christmas activities are no prep, so they can be completed during centers, morning work, or as part of your Christmas party. There is more than enough to last the whole day and keep your little elves engaged! 6 digital Christmas Party activities are included in both PowerPoint and Google Slides:If you are looking for Digital Winter Party games, you can find them here.1. GUESS WHO (ora
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PreK - 2nd
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Daily Agenda Google Slides - Christmas Templates
New Christmas Holiday slide theme! Use slides to post agenda, classwork, bellringer, assignments, instructions, and more! Great for distance learning.Included in this product is 100+ editable blank daily, weekly, and instructional templates. Almost every part of this product is editable including text boxes, colors, sizes, and fonts! I have also include pre-made digital timers.How can you use these templates?→ Templates for daily, weekly, and subject-specific agendas→ Text, fonts, and colors are
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K - 12th
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Also included in: Daily Agenda Google Slides | Ultimate Bundle!
Christmas Themed Slides Templates for Google Slides: December | Holiday
130+ Google Slides Templates with a Christmas and Holiday Theme perfect to use for December with your kindergarteners, first, second, third, fourth and fifth graders. Google Slides templates are a fun way to present information to your class. You can add text, images, links, etc. to make them fit your classroom needs. ★Please note that these templates are not editable but there are many versions of each and some that have no text heading so you can add your own text/title. The fonts I used have
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K - 5th
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Kindergarten December Calendar Digital Morning Meeting Google Slides Weather
Kindergarten calendar and morning meeting time have never been easier! I have done all the planning and prep work for you so you can easily incorporate this interactive, digital calendar and morning meeting activities into your December routine. Also included are daily jokes, weather activities, SEL prompts, phonics, alphabet, math games, and so much more!Students absolutely love this calendar and look forward to the themed activities and songs. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Students LOVE these calendars. They are ve
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PreK - 1st
National Parks Virtual Field Trip BUNDLE - Fun Friday Brain Break Activity
Take your students on a virtual field trip to 10 national parks! This bundle includes ten virtual field trips, one for each of the featured national parks. ⭐Internet access is required to use this resource.Each virtual field trip includes:A brief PowerPoint/Google Slides presentation (23-25 slides, including title page, section dividers, and numerous brainstorming slides):Basic information about the national parkLinks to 360° photos of 6 points of interest in the parkLink to explore a place in t
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K - 4th
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Polar Express Literacy Pack
This package includes several literacy activities to go along with The Polar Express. I have two files, one for kindergarten and one for 1st/2nd grade.Update: Now with Google Slides! (Watch the video preview to see those!)Reading:Sequencing the story (varying levels of difficulty)Cause and effect 2 Read, Visualize, DrawPolar Settings writing activity Original poem- Rebuild a PoemRead, think, match (varying levels of difficulty)Summary Slide (center)PhonicsMaking words (match onset and rime: CVC
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K - 2nd
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Print and Digital Memorial Day Activities | Google Slides | Distance Learning
Print and Digital Memorial Day Activities This Print and Digital Memorial Day Activities (Google Slides) product includes 30 interactive Memorial Day Google Slides to help teach about this holiday in a meaningful way! See below for what is included:** Print version now available!!Print and Digital Memorial Day Activities :- KWL Chart- Memorial Day Anchor Chart - Free Response Pages- Vocabulary Practice- Branches of the Military & Writing- 2 Slides include videos: PBS Kids Memorial Day and M
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K - 5th
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December Morning Work for Kindergarten Christmas Math and Reading - Homework
Our best selling kindergarten morning work will completely transform your mornings. Worksheets for December cover both math and literacy skills including rhyming, letter recognition, syllables, matching and producing initial sounds, numbers, counting and more! Activities are aligned with almost all state standards as well as the Common Core standards.This kindergarten morning work is compatible with Google Slides™.Both the printable worksheets and the digital slides are included in this one purc
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PreK - 1st
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Holiday Christmas Theme Day Elf, Reindeer, Candy Cane, Santa, Tree, Gingerbread
Are you trying to find a way to keep your student's engaged and learning? Themed days may be just for you. I am so excited to use these PAPER HOLIDAY THEME activites in December. This bundle includes elf, reindeer, candy cane, Santa, Christmas Tree and gingerbread activities. Each day provides letters to send home, banners, literature activities for the book of your choice, writing extensions, crafts, word work activities, scoots, math games and activities, and so much more. With the holiday ex
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K - 2nd
Careers, Community Helpers Guessing Game Digital & Printable
This Careers and Community Helpers Guessing Game makes learning about careers and community helpers interactive and FUN! Students pretend to be "Career Detectives" and use their clues to solve 17 riddles. ✅ Both a digital for Google Slides™ and a PowerPoint version of the presentation are included, as well as a printable mini coloring book!✨THIS RESOURCE INCLUDES:✅ A digital for Google Slides™ Career Guessing Game with 17 clever career riddles. Students (or educators) read the riddle, use the cl
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PreK - 1st
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Also included in: School Counseling SEL Curriculum 10 Classroom Guidance Lessons #2
Elf Day Activities Elf Application Kindergarten 1st Grade Christmas Party
Elf Day classroom activities are always fun during December. Your students will love completing an elf application and spending a day in the life of an elf as they travel from station to station trying out the different jobs of an elf! Included in this resource are 8 different stations where students will learn about the different jobs of a North Pole elf. These hands-on activities can be taught as separate lessons or set up this resource as an engaging holiday event in your classroom.CLICK ON T
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K - 2nd
Asian American & Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month | Google Slides + PDF
Are you wanting to teach your students about Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month? Here is a perfect resource for you! This is an e-book and activities, including a map activity, a learning activity with videos, and a true & false activity! A .pdf version of the activities is included as well. You can feel free to add audio to the slides if you are using for distance/remote learning or this resource is perfect for use in the classroom. Happy AAPI Learning!Slides Included
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K - 2nd
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Map Skills Digital Activities for Google Slides
Learning about map skills is super fun when using Google Classroom and Google Slides. In this resource, students have fun identifying, sorting and labeling maps, globes, landforms, bodies of water, cardinal directions and more! These activities can easily be separated and assigned over several lessons.Activities included in these Map Skills Google Slides:- Four slides introducing, sorting, identifying and recognizing uses for maps and globes.- Four slides introducing, sorting, identifying and la
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K - 2nd
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Also included in: Map Skills Printable and Digital Bundle of Activities
Christmas Kindness Activity For December SEL And School Counseling Lessons
Are you looking for fun, low prep kindness activities this Christmas? Use these 2 activities to help students consider how they can "light up someone else's day" with acts of kindness! This resource is great for individual, small group or classroom character education lessons! This resource includes a Google Slides component which makes it great for educators doing distance learning.This item is part of a winter social skills bundle! Click here to save 20%!***************************************
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K - 2nd
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Also included in: Social Skills Activities For Winter Themed SEL And Counseling Lessons
Social Media Template Bundle Instagram, Snapchat, & Twitter with DIGITAL OPTION!
Engage and connect with your students through social media templates!Looking for an idea for a project? These can be used over and over again throughout the year and your students will love them!Use these as an entrance or exit slip, as a bulletin board, back to school activity, or end of year wrap up! They can retell a story from a novel, pretend to be a historical character, you name it! So versatile, and so easy for you! Your students will LOVE these!Ideas for Use:❁Back To School Get to Know
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K - 12th
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