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Preschool Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa social studies resources for Easel
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: Kindergarten Games Bundle
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: Kindergarten Math & Reading YEAR LONG BUNDLE 1300+ Pages
Scissor Skills Santa Beard Worksheets | Christmas Activities
Combine Christmas fun with fine motor with our Santa's Beard Scissor Skills activity pages. Each of the 45 beard-trimming pages give students different line styles to cut with increasing complexity. When students have finished the cutting activity they can also color, cut and glue the page into a bright backing paper for a fun classroom display of Santa's curly beards. Perfect for:kindergarten and preschool learnersremediation with students who are challenged by cuttingfine motor developmentprin
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PreK - 1st
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Christmas Errorless and Differentiated Journal Writing for Special Education
With three different levels included, this fun Christmas Journal pack is perfect for all of your non-writers, emerging writers, and writers! These journals are perfect for students who have difficulty coming up with their own thoughts, by allowing them to do more than just copy sentences, errorlessly choosing how to complete each sentence to express their own thoughts!This pack is about all things related to Christmas time, including Santa, Christmas tree, gingerbread house, snowman, and more! T
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PreK - 12th
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Also included in: The Mega Christmas Bundle for Special Education
Kindergarten Christmas Math & Reading Worksheets Counting Addition Sight Words
This set of Christmas activities and worksheets for kindergarten will keep your students practicing essential math and reading skills amid all the holiday excitement. Math Worksheets:Repeating PatternsCookie Count and GraphLet’s Count 0 to 10Gingerbread Math Facts (addition to 10)Place Value Match Up (teen numbers)12 Days of Christmas Count and Write Mini Book (numbers to 12)Reading Worksheets:Christmas Cookie CVC Rhyming WordsChristmas Is Here Sight Words Mini BookWord Family Gingerbread Houses
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PreK - K
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US Government / 3 Branches / Election / Voting Unit - Differentiated Resources
This unit is perfect for your special education, elementary, or co-taught US History class. Topics covered are the three branches of government, important documents (Declaration of Independence, Constitution, and Bill of Rights), political parties (Democrat and Republican), and voting. Perfect to prepare for a discussion about the upcoming election!
A WIDE range of resources allow for each learner to be successful at their own level and give multiple ways to learn.
Interactive Notes: 2 levels
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PreK - 12th
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Christmas Bingo (30 different playing cards & calling cards included!)
Students always love a good game of bingo! Use this Simply First Christmas Bingo to play in your classroom with your students to celebrate the Christmas holiday :)*30 DIFFERENT playing cards included as well as calling cards!Check out my other Bingo games!*Fall Bingo*Halloween Bingo*Christmas Bingo*Winter Bingo*Valentine Bingo*St. Patrick's Day Bingo*Spring Bingo*Easter Bingo*Character Bingo*Summer BingoWant them all? A bundle is available with all 10 bingo games at a discounted price!!
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PreK - 5th
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Also included in: Bingo Bundle! (10 total games)
50 States of the USA Activity Bundle (Map and Flags)
Try it on EASEL! This resource includes a ready-to-use interactive activity students can complete on any device. This “50 States of the USA” activity includes fun worksheets for all 50 states, including Washington DC. Each activity aims to build and strengthen the following skillsets for Pre-K thru 1st Grade students.1. Trace it—Penmanship.2. Find it—Critical thinking and problem-solving.3. Color it—Creativity and fine motor skills. The activities also help familiarize young students with the US
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PreK - 2nd
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Also included in: USA State Symbols and Maps MEGA Bundle | Geography
Christmas Adapted Book Series
Elevate your special education curriculum with our engaging Christmas-themed adapted books, perfect for special education teachers and parents of autistic students. These books offer an enjoyable way to practice identifying attributes like color, prepositions, location, and sequencing, all within the festive holiday season.This series includes 3 adapted books. In "Let's Build a Gingerbread House," students work on important skills such as following directions related to counting and recognizing
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PreK - 3rd
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Morning Work Kindergarten December No Prep Printables Winter Christmas
December Kindergarten Morning WorkPractice 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 numbers, letters, initial, medial and end sounds, patterns, addition(with counting), weather, seasons, and date. 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 th
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PreK - 1st
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Also included in: Winter Kindergarten Morning Work Bundle Math ELA Printable Digital
Cardinal Directions Activities and Worksheets for Kindergarten and 1st
Are you looking for age-appropriate and engaging activities to help your little ones with learning about cardinal directions and map skills? I have some great printables for YOU! Check them out!In this download:Pg. 1 CoverPg. 2 Directions Pg. 3 Fish Swim (Follow Cardinal Directions to help the fish.)Pg. 4 Answer KEY Fish Swim (Follow Cardinal Directions to help the fish)Pg. 5 Seal Bubbles (Follow Cardinal Directions)Pg. 6 Answer KEYPg. 7 Treasure Search (Take the ship to a treasure.)Pg. 8 Treas
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PreK - 1st
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ESL Christmas Writing December Activities Kindergarten, First Grade 2nd Grade
This Christmas labeling activity is great for kindergartners, first graders, and English Language Learners! Have your children label the picture using the words from the word bank.Next have them write a story using as many words as they can from the word bankThis Christmas Writing can be used in many ways:⭐Small Groups⭐Morning Work⭐Independent Work⭐Writing Center⭐Homework⭐Easel Activity IncludedIncluded✅10 Label It Christmas Themed Printables✅10 Write About It Christmas Themed PrintablesWHAT TEA
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PreK - 2nd
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A+ Statue of Liberty Labels
Here are two printable sheets for your students to use for labeling a the Statue of Liberty. You can choose whether to have your students cut and glue the labels, or write the labels in the boxes. This could be used when teaching about American symbols. Bundle and Save $$$:A+ Labeling Throughout The Year: Bundle PackPlease view the mini windows to the right, because the entire download can be seen there. I have included a Google Slides of the labeling sheet so that you can share this activity
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PreK - 1st
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Mexico Mini Book for Early Readers - A Country Study
This Mexico Mini Book is perfect for your students to learn about Mexico! This book can be used for a very basic country study in lower elementary grades! This is perfect for Pre-k, Kindergarten, and 1st Grade. Each page has a basic fact about Mexico and a scene or illustration to get students to connect to the words. The scenes can be colored in as a fun activity for the students! This printable interactive activity includes:A black/white half page mini book for students to color and readA colo
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PreK - 1st
Winter Hidden Picture Scenes Printable Articulation Carryover Speech Therapy
Students will search for hidden pictures in these sound loaded winter scenes as they practice their articulation and language skills. Articulation students can practice targeted speech sounds while language students practice winter vocabulary, answering questions, prepositions, grammar, etc. It is also a fun activity for practicing visual discrimination and attention to details. For added fun, you could have them use a magnifying glass or googly eye finger pointers as they search for pictures! D
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PreK - 2nd
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Community Workers Unit for Special Education
Elevate your community workers lessons with this comprehensive unit, specially designed for special education teachers and parents of autistic students. Packed with engaging games, printables, flashcards, and an adapted book, this resource covers a range of learning styles. The set includes 12 flashcards with definitions, a 12-page adapted book, 9 matching worksheets, 8 writing worksheets, 7 creative writing worksheets, 12 coloring/following direction worksheets, an 'I Have, Who Has?' game, and
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PreK - 5th
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Community Signs Mega Pack for Special Education
Enhance your students' understanding of common community signs with this comprehensive unit designed for special education and parents of autistic students. Packed with engaging games, printables, flashcards, and an adapted book (What Should I Do?), the resource covers a range of activities to reinforce sign recognition skills. The toolkit includes flashcards with definitions, a multiple-choice adapted book, a card game for identifying signs based on clues, file folder activities for matching si
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PreK - 5th
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Economy Unit for Special Education
Explore the basics of the economy with this comprehensive unit tailored for special education teachers and parents of autistic students. Packed with engaging games, printables, flashcards, and an adapted book, this functional social studies theme facilitates academic learning about life skills. Designed for differentiation across diverse learning styles, the unit includes flashcards with definitions, an adapted book ('Why is Money Important?'), matching worksheets, information sheets, writing ex
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PreK - 5th
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Hanukkah Mini Book for Early Readers - Christmas Activities
Your students will love completing this Hanukkah mini book. This mini book is for early readers: Pre-k, Kindergarten and 1st Grade. This Hanukkah mini book lets students read easy words and pair them with the scene on the page. Students can color in the pages for some fun!This printable interactive activity includes:A black/white half page mini book for students to color and readA color half page mini book for the teacher to use as a guide, to laminate, and/or to add this mini book to their coll
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PreK - 2nd
Winter Bingo (30 completely different cards & calling cards included!)
Students always love a good game of bingo! Use this Simply First Winter Bingo to play in your classroom with your students to celebrate the Winter holidays as well as winter activities! :)*30 DIFFERENT playing cards included as well as calling cards!Check out my other Bingo games!*Fall Bingo*Halloween Bingo*Christmas Bingo*Winter Bingo*Valentine Bingo*St. Patrick's Day Bingo*Spring Bingo*Easter Bingo*Character Bingo*Summer BingoWant them all? A bundle is available with all 10 bingo games at a di
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PreK - 5th
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Also included in: Bingo Bundle! (10 total games)
Christmas in Italy: La Befana Mini Book for Early Readers - Christmas Activities
Your students will love completing this La Befana mini book. This mini book is for early readers: Pre-k, Kindergarten and 1st Grade. This La Befana mini book lets students read easy words and pair them with the scene on the page. Students can color in the pages for some fun!Plus a full color teacher copy for students to check their work, use as a guide, or to laminate and add this mini book to your collection! This teacher copy is 15 pages and in full color!La Befana Mini Book displays informati
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PreK - 2nd
Also included in: Christmas Around The World Mini Book Bundle for Early Readers
Wampanoag Tribe Mini Book for Early Readers - Native American Activities
This Wampanoag Tribe Mini Book is perfect for your students to learn about the Wampanoag Tribe! This book can be used for a very basic Native American study in lower elementary grades! This is perfect for Pre-k, Kindergarten, and 1st Grade. Each page has a basic fact about the Wampanoag and a scene or illustration to get students to connect to the words. The scenes can be colored in as a fun activity for the students! this is a perfect way to introduce this tribe to your students!Plus a full col
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PreK - 2nd
Colonial Times Mini Book for Early Readers - 13 Colonies, Colonial Jobs, & More!
Your students will love completing this Colonial Times mini book. This mini book is for early readers: Pre-k, Kindergarten , 1st Grade, and 2nd Grade. This Colonial Times mini book lets students read easy words and pair them with the scene on the page. Students can color in the pages for some fun!This Colonial Times has information on the Colombian Exchange, the 13 Colonies, The New England Colonies, the Middle Colonies, the Southern Colonies, colonial jobs, slaves, technologies in the colonial
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PreK - 2nd
Ancient Egypt Mini Book for Early Readers - Ancient Civilizations Activities
This Ancient Egypt Mini Book is perfect for your students to learn about the Egyptians! This book can be used for a very basic Ancient Egypt study in lower elementary grades! This is perfect for Pre-k, Kindergarten, and 1st Grade. Each page has a basic fact about Ancient Egypt and a scene or illustration to get students to connect to the words. The scenes can be colored in as a fun activity for the students! this is a perfect way to introduce this ancient civilization to your students!Plus a ful
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PreK - 2nd
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