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1st grade social studies task cards under $5
Map Skills and Directions BOOM CARDS™ Distance Learning | Reading a Map
This set is a great way to review cardinal directions and reading a map! This deck reviews north, south, east, west, and skills that primary students need to know when looking at a map. This set is geared toward first grade or second grade students! There are 52 slides in this deck. This set randomizes to play 20 cards at a time. So, each time your students play, they will get a new set of cards! The first 2 will stay consistent though (clicking on the map key and compass rose). This
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1st - 2nd
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Also included in: 1st and 2nd Grade SOCIAL STUDIES Boom Cards™ BUNDLE Distance Learning
Types of Communities │Rural, Urban, & Suburban
This is the perfect bundle to use when teaching your students about the different types of communities (rural, suburban, and urban)! Your students will enjoy these hands on activities and task cards, which are great to use in centers. Posters are also provided for your students to refer to. Included in this bundle:-"What is a Community" Poster-Rural Communities Poster-Urban Communities Poster-Suburban Communities Poster-Rural, Urban, and Suburban Picture Cards (1 page each, 4 images to a page)-R
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K - 6th
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Map Skills - First Grade Mapping - Social Studies - Google Slides™
Teaching beginning map skills to 1st graders is always a lot of fun! Students love learning about maps, compass roses, cardinal directions, and map keys! This interactive Google Slides™ unit is a perfect activity to introduce and practice beginning mapping.Audio is included on all slides in this unit.Here's what's included in this deck:Audio included for definitions, instructions, sentencesDifferent uses of mapsCardinal directions on a compass roseUsing directions on a mapUsing a map key activit
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1st - 2nd
Time to Trade- a game to teach systems of exchange, bartering, money & trading.
This is a trading game that can be played with most primary aged children. It has been designed to teach children about the history of trade, giving children a greater understanding of why money is now the system of exchange used in most societies today. This game also helps children in understanding the concepts of trade, bartering, exchange, needs, goods and services.
This product includes 14 pages of resources which contain the following:
- 24 x game cards
- 12 x sets of 10 (120 in total) g
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1st - 7th
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Goods and Services BOOM CARDS™ Distance Learning for 1st Grade and 2nd Grade
This set is a great way to review goods and services! This activity goes over what a good and service is and examples of goods and services. It is great for your kindergarten, first grade, and second grade students! Students will read the statement (or push the speaker button to have it read to them) and then click on the "good" or "service" icon to answer. There are 35 slides in this deck. This set randomizes to play 20 cards at a time. So, each time your students play, they will get a
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1st - 2nd
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Also included in: 1st and 2nd Grade SOCIAL STUDIES Boom Cards™ BUNDLE Distance Learning
Economic Resources: Capital, Human & Natural Resources
Teaching your students about capital, human, and natural resources? Use this 8 page printable book, 24 picture task cards, and a quick assessment to make planning a breeze!
Use the printable book to introduce the three types of resources. Create a class set of books or print only a few to use in small groups or a reading center.
Print task cards to allow students time to apply and practice their understanding of the three types of resources. Use the picture task cards and recording sheet in
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1st - 4th
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Rural, Urban, Suburban Task Cards - A Community Unit Suppliment
These 64 task cards with rural, urban and suburban clip art & real photographs will engage your students while learning about the community around them! A great supplement to your social studies unit on the community! This is a printable set, in PDF format.
This is a set of task cards that focuses only on rural, urban and suburban communities and recognizing the differences. The set can be used in a variety of ways. They can be spread around the room, to play scoot. They can be place
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1st - 4th
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The Constitution, Declaration of Independence and Bill of Rights Scavenger Hunt
This is a scavenger hunt for The Constitution, Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. In this pack you will find 16 cards and a worksheet with questions. They will be able to answer the questions on the worksheet using the cards. I like to hang the cards around the room and get the kids up and out of their seats.**updated to include a digital file 4/14/2020** **Great for distance learning!**Directions: There are 16 cards, each with a fun fact. You cut the cards apart and hang them a
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1st - 5th
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Also included in: Scavenger Hunt Bundle
Procedures l Citizenship l Rules Back to School BOOM CARDS™ Distance Learning
This set is a great way to review rules and procedures at the beginning of the school year! This deck goes over what a good citizen does and acceptable behavior inside the classroom and at school. It is great for your kindergarten, first grade, and second grade students! Students will read the statement (or push the speaker button to have it read to them) and then click on the "thumbs up" or "thumbs down" icon. There are 55 slides in this deck. This set randomizes to play 20 cards at a ti
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K - 2nd
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Also included in: 1st and 2nd Grade SOCIAL STUDIES Boom Cards™ BUNDLE Distance Learning
Types of Communities Urban | Suburban | Rural BOOM CARDS™ Distance Learning
This set is a great way to review types of communities including urban, suburban, and rural areas! This deck reviews each community type by showing a picture and having kids click on the correct answer. It is great for your first grade or second grade students! There are 43 slides in this deck. This set randomizes to play 20 cards at a time. So, each time your students play, they will get a new set of cards! This set also includes sound files where the students click on the sound but
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1st - 2nd
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Also included in: 1st and 2nd Grade SOCIAL STUDIES Boom Cards™ BUNDLE Distance Learning
Tooth Traditions Around the World
Did you know that there are other traditions besides the Tooth Fairy or the Tooth Mouse? Some children throw their tooth on a roof, some wrap it in cotton wool and put it in a river. Other children bury their teeth and some children make wishes.This research pack is student friendly and ready to go! Simply print and set up your research stations.Included in the pack are traditions from the following countries:USA, Spain, South Africa, India, China, Japan, Argentina, Australia, South Korea, Vietn
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K - 5th
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Also included in: Holidays / Celebrations Around The World BUNDLE
Levels of Government BOOM CARDS™ Distance Learning Local | State | National
This Levels of Government Boom Cards™ set comes with 30 digital task cards that are perfect for your elementary aged students. This set covers local, state, and national levels of government in kid friendly terms. It reviews how a mayor is in charge of a city and some of the jobs at the local level. It also discusses how a governor is in charge of a state and some of the duties at the state level. The set also reviews how a president is the leader of a country and some of the things that the nat
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1st - 3rd
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Also included in: 1st and 2nd Grade SOCIAL STUDIES Boom Cards™ BUNDLE Distance Learning
Continents & Oceans BOOM Cards Geography Review Activity
Continents & Oceans Boom Cards Review ActivityAre you looking for an independent digital activity to review the continents and oceans? Try Boom Cards! This Boom deck includes 32 different cards.The continents and oceans are shown in a variety of ways to help students learn to recognize them. They are shown:By their shape (continents).On a globe.On a map. This purchase will give you a PDF that will lead you to the Boom Learning platform. Boom cards are cloud-based digital resources. Boom Card
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1st - 3rd
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Map Skills 1st Grade Social Studies Boom Cards™
Teaching beginning map skills to 1st graders is always a lot of fun! Students love learning about maps, compass roses, cardinal directions, and map keys! This interactive BOOM Cards™ resource is a perfect activity to introduce and practice beginning mapping.Audio is included on all slides in this unit.Here's what's included in this deck:Audio included for definitions and instructionsDifferent uses of mapsCardinal directions on a compass roseUsing directions on a mapUsing a map key activitiesThis
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K - 2nd
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Needs and Wants BOOM CARDS™ Distance Learning Kindergarten 1st Grade 2nd Grade
This set is a great way to review needs and wants! It includes over 50 cards! This activity goes over what needs and wants are and examples of both. It is great for your kindergarten, first grade, and second grade students! Students will read the statement (or push the speaker button to have it read to them) and then click on the "need" or "want" icon to answer. There are 52 slides in this deck. This set randomizes to play 20 cards at a time. So, each time your students play, they will
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K - 2nd
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Also included in: 1st and 2nd Grade SOCIAL STUDIES Boom Cards™ BUNDLE Distance Learning
Landforms with Real Photos BOOM CARDS™ Distance Learning
This set is a great way to review landforms in your classroom! This deck reviews what a landform is and 15 different landforms. It includes REAL PHOTOS as well! This set is great for your first grade, second grade, or third grade students! There are 52 slides in this deck. This set randomizes to play 20 cards at a time. So, each time your students play, they will get a new set of cards! The first one will stay consistent though (the definition of a landform). This set also includes
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1st - 2nd
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Also included in: 1st and 2nd Grade SOCIAL STUDIES Boom Cards™ BUNDLE Distance Learning
Economics: Producers and Consumers | Boom Cards | Digital Task Cards
Economics / Economic Finances: Producers and Consumers - This pack is a great addition to your Economics: Producers and Consumers unit. This product gives you access to 20 digital task cards on the Boom™ Learning website on producers and consumers. These 20 digital task cards are great for Google Classroom™. All 20 cards have audio. They work on a laptop, desktop, Chromebook, tablet, or any other mobile device that can access the internet. They can also be used as a whole group activity using yo
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1st - 3rd
Community Helpers Lesson - BOOM CARDS - Digital Task Cards Activity
Students will love learning about Community Helpers using these BOOM Cards during your Social Studies unit! They are interactive digital task cards that can be used on a computer, iPad, tablet.....and they are self-marking! Great for sharing information, assessing prior knowledge, whole class instruction, mini-lessons, and independent work.***CLICK HERE FOR A PLAYABLE PREVIEW***Also teaching Places in the Community? Check out the Community BOOM Bundle!Prefer this resource for Google? Check out t
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PreK - 3rd
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American Symbols BOOM CARDS™ Distance Learning US Symbols Digital Task Cards
This set is a great way to review United States Symbols! It includes over 55 cards! There are a variety of activities to review for your social studies unit on American Symbols. There are 58 slides in this deck. This set randomizes to play 20 cards at a time. So, each time your students play, they will get a new set of cards! This set also includes sound files where the students click on the sound button to have the words read to them. This is perfect for your non-readers or low reade
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1st - 2nd
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Also included in: 1st and 2nd Grade SOCIAL STUDIES Boom Cards™ BUNDLE Distance Learning
Community Helpers Cut and Paste
Community Helpers
Cut and paste: 3 pages
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Community Helpers : Cut and Paste
Community Helpers : What do they do?
Community Helpers : Cut and Paste
Community Helpers : What do they do?
Community Helpers : Word Search
Community Helpers : Thank you community helpers
Community Helpers : Owls
Community Helpers | Community Workers
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K - 3rd
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Also included in: BUNDLE: Community Helpers Worksheets
I have . . . Who has . . . - Landforms, Continents, and Oceans
This is a 20 slide presentation that can be used as a review or printed out and used as a game.•As a review, just follow the sequence asking students to answer each question accordingly. •As a game, print out slides and hand one out to each student. Any student can start by stating what he/she has and another students respond when their given card is the answer to someone else’s question. Sounds complicated, but it’s easy once you see the cards. Lookin for more LANDFORMS resources? Look here!Lan
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1st - 7th
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September Unique Learning Systems Task Box- Unit Letter Match (SPED, Autism)
Need extra independent tasks to pair with ULS lessons? I’ve got you covered! These task boxes use Symbolstix images to coordinate with the Unique Learning System (ULS) September Units on Government. This 20 page file includes letter match cards for the letters of study (Mm, Tt, Pp, Nn, Cc) in upper and lower case. There are 10 cards and a cover sheet. AND…. who doesn’t love a BONUS FREEBIE?! It’s included. Check out the bundle that includes all 12 sets!
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PreK - 12th
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Also included in: September Unique Learning Systems Task Boxes (SPED, Autism)
Touch Money SCOOT!
Touch Money is a great way to teach your students how to count groups of coins! I use this with my special learners who benefit from the visuals of touch points.
This SCOOT includes 24 task cards, an answer sheet and answer key! You can use these by posting them around the classroom & having students write their answers on their sheet or by placing the laminated cards in a bin at their desk where they can answer them independently for repeated practice.
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1st - 3rd
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Also included in: Touch Money Bundle for Special Education
Vocabulary
Students will love to learn about new vocabulary words with this center activity. With the roll of a die, students will investigate new words and deepen their understanding.
Perfect for workshop, centers, partners, or independent learning.
Use with your GLAD science and social studies units.
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1st - 6th
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