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Preschool social studies graphic organizers $5-10
Community Helpers Unit
This Community Helpers Unit has everything you need to teach your little learners about the people who play important roles in our communities. This Unit has a variety of activities that go into a fun and engaging deep dive into these vital professions, and the best part is that they are all CCSS aligned! What is included?10 mini lessonsWrite the room (editable)Dramatic play centersAnchor chartsCraftsEmergent readersA lapbookSTEM activitiesSight word activitiesClassroom community activitiesCheck
Grades:
PreK - 2nd
Community Helpers | Careers | Easel Activity Distance Learning
Printable and TpT digital activities included for students to learn about community helpers and careers. This career unit has ideas for kids and can be used with kindergarten and first grade students. Wide variety of jobs included.This resource has a Easel Activity for distance learning already created for students to input their responses in answer boxes and to use other tools to draw and highlight. It is an Interactive layer over the original pdf. Click here to learn more about TpT’s digital
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PreK - 1st
Three Little Pigs Retelling Activities, Story Retell Maps, Fairy Tale Sequencing
Kids will love using The Three Little Pigs retell printables to create story maps to practice retelling stories, fairy tale sequencing, and map skills that build oral language, vocabulary, and language comprehension skills. This resource was also designed to help you integrate social studies and teaches kindergarten and first grade children about map skills such as using a compass rose and following cardinal directions.✅How Can I Use This Three Little Pigs Story Map?As a retelling and sequencin
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PreK - 2nd
Little Red Riding Hood Retelling Activities, Story Maps, Fairy Tale Sequencing
Kids will love using the Little Red Riding Hood retell printables to create story maps to practice retelling stories, fairy tale sequencing, and map skills that build oral language, vocabulary, and language comprehension skills. This resource was also designed to help you integrate social studies and teaches kindergarten and first grade children about map skills such as using a compass rose and following cardinal directions.✅How Can I Use This Little Red Riding Hood Story Map?As a retelling and
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PreK - 2nd
Goods and Services "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie..."
This is an integrated social studies and reading mini-unit that focuses on teaching goods and services using the Laura Numeroff classic "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie..." In the book, Mouse asks for lots of different things, some are goods and some are services. This unit is packed full of activities to help your kiddos understand beginning economics in an engaging format.
The mini-unit includes:
-Goods Definition Poster (color)
-Services Definition Poster (color)
-Anchor chart Tree Map Label
Grades:
PreK - 3rd
Community Helpers Unit for PreK, Kindergarten, or First Grade
Community helpers lesson plans, activities, centers, and guided reading books!
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This 155 page unit will teach your PreK, Kindergarten, or 1st grade students about community helpers. It includes different leveled materials to help your meet your students' varying needs.
The unit begins by having students explore the differences between wants and needs. Students then begin to learn about people who help us meet our wants and needs (community helpers).
The lessons focus on the jobs, t
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PreK - 1st
BIBLE STORY Posters with Bible Verses | Church Bulletin Board Activity
This set of 47 Bible story posters are super versatile! These are perfect for bulletin board decor, hall displays, or as a quick coloring page to accompany your Bible study. Shrink them down for interactive notebook inserts and mini books. Students love these note pages because they provide just enough to engage but aren’t overwhelming. Easy to use with your homeschool, chapel lessons, Sunday School, Catholic schools, CCD, Catechism students, and of course, busy pages during church service. This
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PreK - 5th
Jack & the Beanstalk Retelling Activity, Story Retell Map, Fairy Tale Sequencing
Kids will love using the Jack and the Beanstalk retell printables to create story maps to practice retelling stories, fairy tale sequencing, and map skills that build oral language, vocabulary, and language comprehension skills. This resource was also designed to help you integrate social studies and teaches kindergarten and first grade children about map skills such as using a compass rose and following cardinal directions.✅How Can I Use This Jack and the Beanstalk Story Map?As a retelling and
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PreK - 2nd
America and Me: A Study on American Symbols, Monuments, and Leaders
This adorable unit on American Symbols, Monuments, and Leaders is aligned with Common Core Standards and will provide teachers with a variety of ideas and resources for effectively teaching and assessing students.
All pages print great in color or black and white. Following the credits page are several pages without backgrounds or frames in order to save on printer ink.
This unit includes:
Lesson Ideas
Vocabulary Cards
Brainstorming Webs
KQLI or KWL Chart
Interview Questionnaires (with/withou
Grades:
PreK - 2nd
Spanish Community Helpers Unit for Preschool, Kindergarten, or 1st Grade
Community helpers lesson plans, activities, centers, and guided reading books in Spanish!
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This 155 page unit will teach your PreK, Kindergarten, or 1st grade students about community helpers. It includes different leveled materials to help your meet your students' varying needs.
The unit begins by having students explore the differences between wants and needs. Students then begin to learn about people who help us meet our wants and needs (community helpers).
The lessons focus on t
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Grades:
PreK - 1st
The Three Bears Retelling Activities, Story Retell Maps, Fairy Tale Sequencing
Kids will love using the Goldilocks and the Three Bears retell printables to create story maps to practice retelling stories, fairy tale sequencing, and map skills that build oral language, vocabulary, and language comprehension skills. This resource was also designed to help you integrate social studies and teaches kindergarten and first grade children about map skills such as using a compass rose and following cardinal directions.✅How Can I Use This Goldilocks and the Three Bears Story Map?As
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Grades:
PreK - 2nd
Three Billy Goats Gruff Retell Activities, Story Maps, Fairy Tale Sequencing
Kids will love using The Three Billy Goats Gruff retell printables to create story maps to practice retelling stories, fairy tale sequencing, and map skills that build oral language, vocabulary, and language comprehension skills. This resource was also designed to help you integrate social studies and teaches kindergarten and first grade children about map skills such as using a compass rose and following cardinal directions.✅How Can I Use This Three Billy Goats Gruff Story Map?As a retelling a
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PreK - 2nd
Community Helpers Interactive Book
Community Helpers Interactive BookCommunity Helpers Report Interactive Learning Book from Simply Kinder. Whether you are teaching community helpers or doing a unit on what you want to be when you grow up, this is for you! •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••Included in this download is:Community Helpers covered are: dentist, mechanics, police officer, fireman, construction worker, computer tech, hair stylist, chef, doctor, and mail carrier
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PreK - 1st
Needs and Wants "If You Give a Moose a Muffin..."
This is an integrated social studies and reading mini-unit that focuses on teaching wants and needs using the Laura Numeroff classic "If You Give a Moose a Muffin..." In the book, Moose asks for lots of different things, some are wants and some are needs. This unit is packed full of activities to help your kiddos understand basic human needs in an engaging format.
The mini-unit includes:
-Needs Definition Poster (color)
-Wants Definition Poster (color)
-Anchor chart T-Chart Labels (B&W)
Grades:
PreK - 3rd
Trabajadores de la Comunidad
Community workers in SpanishCircle map for each worker Bubble Map for each worker Writing Sheet for each worker Compare and contrast doctor and veterinarian Compare and contrast police and firefighter Community Workers Book color and B/WWord SearchCards for word wall
Grades:
PreK - 1st
Landforms Worksheets and Activities Unit
Overview: This unit is an engaging and interactive unit designed to introduce elementary learners to various landforms found on our planet. This unit aims to develop students' geographical knowledge, observational skills, and vocabulary while fostering a sense of curiosity and wonder about the diverse landscapes that shape our world. Through hands-on activities, interactive worksheets, and students will embark on an exciting journey to identify, explore, and understand different types of landfo
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PreK - 3rd
President's Day Flap Book {Graphic Organizers, Templates & Emergent Readers}
This is the perfect culminating craftivity to your President's Day unit! Simply use the graphic organizers throughout your presidential unit to gather all of the information you are learning about George Washington and Abraham Lincoln! Then, choose from one of two flap book templates to create your "All About Washington" and "All About Lincoln" flap books!
***** Download the preview to see the president flap books in action! *****
Includes the following:
- Abraham Lincoln Emergent Reader
Grades:
PreK - 1st
My Great Big World of Continents
Come explore the seven continents with My Great Big World packet that is aligned with Common Core Standards for Writing. Students will participate in shared research and writing projects with My Favorite Continent.
The packet contains:
Continent Picture Cards
Read and Write the Room with Continents
Animals Native to each Continent-Read Aloud
Animal Sort for each continent
Research Project Graphic Organizers (Bubble Map, Journal Pages)
Tic-Tac-Toe Board for choosing a 3 way pattern for completi
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PreK - 2nd
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Community Helpers and Careers Mega Unit
This unit includes:
22 Community Helpers and Careers each with:
*a primary level reading passage
*bold print suggested vocabulary
*are, can, need, tree map (graphic organizer)
*bubble web (graphic organizer)
*picture/vocabulary card
3 Culminating Activities:
*When I Grow Up, I Want to Be writing piece
*Keepsake Ornament to share with families
*Photo Collage Prop for classroom display
This unit was designed with the Common Core and the needs of a primary classroom in mind. The Common Core's f
Grades:
PreK - 4th
Ancient Egypt Unit Bundle - Printable Crafts and Timeline Book Included
Ancient Egypt Unit Study Bundle!!! This bundle includes Research Prompts, Graphic Organizers, Biography Posters, Historical Figure Posters, Paragraph Builders, Word Walls, ABC Sorts, Coloring Pages, Handwriting Practice, Printable Crafts, Character Crowns, Timeline Book and much more targeted towards the TK-5th grades. This is a perfect addition to any unit study on ancient Egypt. Historical figures included in this bundle as of now are: Cleopatra, King Tut, Narmer, Ramesses the Great and Hats
Grades:
PreK - 4th
Martin Luther King I Have A Dream Smartboard MLK
Updated for 2024! This Smartboard product will teach your students about Martin Luther King Jr.!PLEASE NOTE: YOU NEED A SMARTBOARD FOR THIS PRODUCT. If you have a different type of interactive board and are not sure if you can open this product, download one of my many freebies and see if you can open it. This product has background information for you and the students, hyperlinks to 5 educational videos about MLK that are kid friendly (along with the link to his I Have A Dream speech), and has
Grades:
PreK - 5th
Also included in: Martin Luther King Jr & Bessie Coleman BUNDLE for Smartboard
Community Helpers
This is a unit on Community Helpers. This unit includes a short story with facts for each of the community helpers listed below:
-Baker
-Doctor
-Police Officer
-Mail Carrier
-Soldier
-Firefighter
-Farmer
-Teacher
Also included:
-Circle maps for each community helper
-A writing response for each community helper
-Tree maps for each community helper
-Bubble maps for each community helper
-Compare & Contrast venn diagram for soldiers vs. police officers with words and pictures
-A community
Grades:
PreK - 1st
Community Helpers Thematic Unit
This awesome 148 page Community Helpers Thematic Unit contains the following:
KWL Charts
Community Helper webs
Community Helpers Can-Have-Are charts
Community Helpers Labeling- color and Blackline Master
“I am a..” book
“I can be a…” book
“A community helper has…” book
Community Helper Memory Game
Community Helper Play-doh Mats
Community Helper Number Puzzles
Community Helper Poems- Color and Blackline Master
Community Helper Coloring pages
Community Helper Clothespin match
Community Helper ten
Grades:
PreK - 2nd
Los ayudantes de la comunidad (Community Helpers in Spanish)
Los ayudantes de la comunidad (Community Helpers in Spanish)
This product is in Spanish (only).
This product includes 4-6 activities about 19 different community helpers. There are also some non-specific graphic organizers and writing sheets for students to write about themselves.
This product includes 105 student pages in Spanish:
1- Cuando yo sea grande quiero ser (escritura)
19- _____ are bubble graphic organizers
19- tienen son pueden sheets (have/are/can)
19- Puedo escribir un dato d
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Grades:
PreK - 1st
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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.
Benefits of learning social studies
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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On TPT, social studies resources come in various formats, from worksheets to interactive notebooks to units. They can be used to enhance learning, assess a student’s mastery of social studies concepts, or to reteach a tricky topic. With plenty of TPT resources at your fingertips, teaching and learning social studies will be so much easier.
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If you’re a teacher or parent looking for printable or digital social studies resources, TPT has an extensive array of instructional materials for every learning need, topic, or grade level. Whether you’re teaching students about America’s democratic process, the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., how to read maps, or World War II, we’ve got you covered.
Social studies resources on TPT offer informative lessons, engaging texts, intriguing facts, interactive puzzles, and enjoyable trivia games. These grade-specific resources ensure that all students can access age-appropriate materials that stimulate their minds and enhance their creative thinking abilities.
For instance, first graders can explore worksheets on senses and emotions, followed by a coloring page featuring Harriet Tubman. Older students can test their knowledge with quizzes on statistics and capital cities, then delve into the history of the Underground Railroad through an informational sheet or enjoy a word search focused on civil rights leaders. With such a wide variety of subjects and topics covered, our social studies pages provide endless opportunities for students to explore the world in captivating ways.
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