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Kindergarten End of Year social studies activboard activities
End of the Year Slideshow Template Google Slides | PowerPoint | Bulletin Board
Celebrate with this STUDENT-CREATED end of the year slideshow template in Google Slides (or easily convert to PowerPoint)! Perfect for your end of the year party or celebration. Each student customizes a slide to showcase what they're most proud of and their favorite memories from the year. The teacher can customize the cover of the slideshow and add class photos from the year as well. It's one less thing YOU have to create end of the year! Let your students! They love it.How can this slideshow
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PreK - 8th
Monsters Addition and Subtraction Game: Team Challenge Activity for Smart Boards
Have a blast practicing addition and subtraction within 20 with this fast paced engaging team game for interactive whiteboards (SMARTBoard, Promethean, Mimio), tablets and computers. Students face off to see who can answer the question first. The team with the most points when time runs out wins! Your students will love the silly monsters who pop out of the boxes and show the questions. Fun animations and sounds add to the excitement of the game and make it one that your students will want to pl
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K - 1st
Long Ago and Today | Then and Now Social Studies | Google Slides
Life Long Ago vs. Life Today This is a Google Slides file that covers "then and now" social studies lessons. These lessons teach about life long ago as it compares to life today. I have included 3 Google Slides Lessons that require no extra materials for students to complete, though some writing activities have a black & white print option as well. The 3 lessons could easily be stretched across more days as needed. Students will make comparisons between life long ago vs. today. The Google Sl
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K - 2nd
Sight Words Game - Monster Theme Team Challenge
Have a blast practicing sight words with this fast paced engaging team game for interactive whiteboards (SMARTBoard, Promethean, Mimio), tablets and computers. Students face off to see who can say the word first. The team with the most points when time runs out wins! Your students will love the silly monsters who pop out of the boxes and show the questions. Fun animations and sounds add to the excitement of the game and make it one that your students will want to play again and again.Note: An in
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K - 3rd
Black History Bundle K-3
This bundle includes ALL of my primary Black History Units! Great for multi-age classrooms as these resources will give options for kindergarten- 3rd grade. All resources have been (or are in the process of being) updated to be accessible for virtual learning. Please see each product description below.
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K - 3rd
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein - Economics and Retelling Activities
Who doesn't love Shel Silverstein's beloved book The Giving Tree? The Giving Tree activities include literacy and economic social studies activities. It helps first grade kids practice retelling, sequencing and identifying the moral or life lesson of the story. The Giving Tree is also a great social studies content book for learning economic concepts like scarcity, choice, opportunity cost and resources. I love using this book around Christmastime to launch a class giving project!INCLUDED IN THE
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K - 3rd
Subitizing & Counting Game for Numbers 0-20: Ten Frames, Tally Marks, Dice
Have a blast practicing counting and subitizing to 20 with this fast paced engaging team game for interactive whiteboards (SMARTBoard, Promethean, Mimio), tablets and computers. Students face off to see who can answer the question first. The team with the most points when time runs out wins! Your students will love the silly monsters who pop out of the boxes and show the questions. Fun animations and sounds add to the excitement of the game and make it one that your students will want to play ag
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K - 1st
Fire Safety | Google Slides
Fire Safety Digital Activities Resource engages students in learning about fire safety both in person or virtually via Google Classroom or via screen share in Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, or your preferred virtual platform. This no prep resource can be used for students independently, small group, or whole group.Included in this pack:Fire safety learning target slideLearn about Fire Safety (5 min video)Learn about Fire Fighters (10 min video)Fire Drill at School (5 min video)Virtual Field
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PreK - 2nd
Also included in:Â Year Long Learning Slides Bundle
Christmas and Holidays Around the World Passport and Directed Drawings
This Holidays Around the World resource includes a digital and a printable version. It was created for Seesaw, PowerPoint, and as a PDF document. This resource can be used with a Smartboard, computer, iPad or tablet. It includes the cover for the passport, flag, directed drawing (8 steps) and lines for them to write a fun fact about each country.Countries included:United States - reindeerMexico - poinsettia Italy - la BefanaGermany - gingerbread cookieAustralia - koalaIsrael - dreidelThe Netherl
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K - 2nd
END OF THE YEAR THEME DAY DIGITAL & PAPER MEGA BUNDLE
This MEGA bundle is a combination of my paper pencil and my Digital Google Slides End of the year activities. I look forward to this every year and so do my students. We have a blast and review all the skills we have worked on all year long. Your students can complete beach day, popcorn day, circus day, bubble day, camping day, and ice cream day all while learning through the end of the year. Each day is offered on Google Slides and Print. There are writing, math, and phonics activities included
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K - 2nd
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Landforms | Mountains Valleys Deserts Coasts Activities, Slides & Worksheets
Landforms Activities including Flip Books, Google Slides lessons, and worksheets to learn Mountains, Valleys, Deserts, and Coasts - This is an interactive Google Slides Lesson (55 slides) with 21 accompanying B&W printable worksheet activities. Google Slides include the following:14 slides to teach Mountains8 slides to teach Valleys13 slides to teach Deserts15 slides to teach CoastsGraphic Organizer to Show All LandformsThis product includes a Google Slides file that can be used for teaching
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K - 2nd
Georgia Social Studies | Me on the Map | City, County, State, Country, Continent
My Place on the Map - lessons for identifying and locating city, county, state, country, and continent - This geography unit is an interactive Google Slides Presentation (76 slides) with 18 accompanying B&W printable worksheet activities.This product is ideal for the early grades. This product includes an interactive Google Slides file that requires no extra materials for students to complete, though I have included black & white printable worksheets to go along with the slides. I plan t
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K - 3rd
Students Need a "Brain Break?" Fun Q & A Game Brain Teasers, Movement, & More
Interactive Promethean ActivInspire Flipchart intended for use with the first and second grade student.
This Jeopardy game is engaging, interactive, and FUN. Created not to keep score and see who wins, but to give your students a much needed "brain break." (Of course, you can still have your students keep score if you'd like. Just download the free scoring template I have attached under the Preview!).
Categories include: Name that Character; Finish that Line; Let's Get Moving; Knock, Knock; and
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K - 2nd
Interactive Calendar Books -Autism-Circle Time Morning Meeting
I use interactive calendar books for my students to complete independently at their desks as we are doing calendar each morning. It comes with interactive pieces for students to match - I have my higher level students use a dry erase marker and write each answer in the given space. Simply laminate and cut the pages, bind and add velcro!Enjoy!
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PreK - 12th
Time Line chronological order Social Studies cut and paste ESL
Here is a time line for chronological order with words and pictures.
I tried it out on my kindergarten class and they were able to successfully complete it with a little bit of help.
I have them write the words first, while we talk about it. They can then cut and paste the words on top of what they wrote and match the picture to it.
If you like this or my other centers, but let me know. If there is a problem I would like to know that as well. I will be happy to make it right, before you pos
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PreK - 2nd
Goods and Services Lessons | Sort & Activity Included | Slides & Worksheets
Goods and Services Economics lessons - Social Studies lessons for K, 1st, 2nd.This is an interactive Google Slides file (77 slides) with 11 accompanying B&W printable worksheet activities. An 8 day detailed lesson plan is included, though this unit could be taught in less/more days as time permits.This product includes a Google Slides file that can be used for teaching on the smartboard (it is very interactive - lots of student involvement!) or can be assigned in Google Classroom for student
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K - 2nd
Fables and Economics Unit Lesson Plans for 1st Grade Social Studies
Are you struggling to fit social studies in your busy first grade schedule? Look no further! This economics unit is integrated with classic fables to make your literacy block more impactful and help you use your precious instructional time wisely.Wait…fables and economics… really? Yes, you read that right! This 6 week first grade thematic unit connects morals from fables to life lessons we learn in economics in a hands on and unique way.Beef up your first grade literacy block by integrating soci
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K - 2nd
Also included in:Â 6 Thematic Units First Grade Science & Social Studies Lesson Plans BUNDLE
END OF THE YEAR AWARDS PRESENTATION ceremony - any grade choose any background!
This is the perfect thing to use for an End of Year Celebration or PArty with students and their families! I use this instead of presenting awards. Directions on how to create a slide for each student. Choose from several backgrounds! Present on a promethan board or smart board at a ceremony or celbration and/or print as an adorable keepsake!!
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PreK - 5th
Kentucky Social Studies | Me On the Map |City, County, State, Country, Continent
My Place on the Map - lessons for identifying and locating city, county, state, country, and continent - This is an interactive Google Slides Presentation (76 slides) with 18 accompanying B&W printable worksheet activities.This product is ideal for the early grades. This product includes an interactive Google Slides file that requires no extra materials for students to complete, though I have included black & white printable worksheets to go along with the slides. I plan to teach these l
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K - 3rd
Patriotic Digital Resources | My Country Tis of Thee and America the Beautiful
Patriotism lesson including the songs America the Beautiful and My Country Tis of Thee - Digital Resource for 1st Grade Social StudiesThis is an interactive Google Slides Lesson (62 slides) with 19 accompanying B&W printable worksheet activities. Read Aloud suggestions are included to support lessons:How Do Dinosaurs Go to School?, by Jane YolenThe Recess Queen, by Alexis O'NeillL is for Liberty, by Wendy LewisonLast Stop on Market Street, by Matt De Le PenaI have used this unit to meet the
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PreK - 3rd
Digital Memory Book and Virtual Kindergarten Graduation
Every year, we do a slideshow and play it on the Smartboard. This year, I have added additional Graduation Slides to celebrate kids. You can add your photos from the school year. You can ask parents for a last day of school photo. You can add Awards or Diplomas with student photos. This will make a wonderful collectible for parents. It comes in Google Slides.This has been updated to include Preschool and 1st grade. there are slides that say promotion instead of graduation.You can find the awards
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K
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Also included in:Â End of Year Graduation Activities
Home, School, and Community Authority Figures
Give your kindergarten and 1st grade students simple and easy to use practice and review activities for identifying community leaders and authority figures at home, in school, and in the community! This Community Leaders and Authority Figures BUNDLE includes NO-PREP Sorts Worksheets, Task Cards, Digital Boom Cards, and Easel Ready Interactive task cards! These supplemental social studies activities go GREAT with ANY social studies curriculum!Learning to identify authority figures can help your k
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PreK - 2nd
Louisiana Social Studies | Me On the Map | City, Parish, State, Country, Cont
My Place on the Map - lessons for identifying and locating city, parish, state, country, and continent - This is an interactive Google Slides Presentation (76 slides) with 18 accompanying B&W printable worksheet activities.This product is ideal for the early grades. This product includes an interactive Google Slides file that requires no extra materials for students to complete, though I have included black & white printable worksheets to go along with the slides. I plan to teach these l
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Grades:
K - 3rd
Needs and Wants Lessons | Sort & Activity | Google Slides & Worksheets
Needs and Wants Economics lesson including activities for Those Shoes by Maribeth Boeltz - This is an interactive Google Slides Lesson (38 slides) with 22 accompanying B&W printable worksheet activities.This product includes a Google Slides file that can be used for teaching on the smartboard (it is very interactive - lots of student involvement!) or can be assigned in Google Classroom for students to complete individually. The lessons include many activities, included ones where students w
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K - 3rd
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