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Preview of Community Signs Skill Pack Leveled for Special Education - Life Skills

Community Signs Skill Pack Leveled for Special Education - Life Skills

Do your students need a high level of varied practice in order to learn community signs? This community signs skill pack will help your students progress from identifying a sign to understanding what the community signs mean. Being able to identify and understand community signs is a crucial life skill. These activities help students recognize and understand the meaning of the different signs.This life skills and social studies set is already differentiated for you. There are 3 levels included t
Preview of Gingerbread Theme Day Holiday Christmas Activities

Gingerbread Theme Day Holiday Christmas Activities

Are you trying to find a way to keep your student's engaged and learning with all of the holiday excitement? Themed days may be just for you. During Gingerbread Day, you can read your choice of suggested Gingerbread stories and complete the reading comprehension activities included. There is a letter to send home, a banner, craft activities, stem challenge, and more. You could run centers for the day or complete the activities together. The choices are endless. There is a gingerbread house and
Preview of Holiday Hashtag Blocks Challenge Cards / Christmas & Winter STEM / Student Gifts

Holiday Hashtag Blocks Challenge Cards / Christmas & Winter STEM / Student Gifts

The following holiday challenge cards and gift tags are perfect for student gifts and are designed to accompany “Hashtag” building blocks, found seasonally in Target Dollar Spot.Students may complete the challenge cards independently or with partners, or you may choose to make copies and give them as holiday gifts to your students.Includes smaller cards for individual student use and larger cards for classroom use.To complete the Hashtag Block challenge cards, students will only need about 30 bl
Preview of Reindeer Day Holiday Christmas Activities

Reindeer Day Holiday Christmas Activities

Are you trying to find a way to keep your student's engaged and learning with all of the holiday excitement? Themed days may be just for you. During Reindeer Day, you can read your choice of suggested reindeer stories and complete the reading comprehension activities included. There is a letter to send home, a special snack, a door banner and more. You could run centers for the day or complete the activities together. The choices are endless. There is a reindeer craft activity, writing activitie
Preview of Biography Card Bundle (Daily Routine)

Biography Card Bundle (Daily Routine)

Created by
Adrienne Wiggins
This bundle includes resources to help you incorporate under-represented history into your classroom without having to give up lesson time needed to cover the curriculum. These biography profile cards can be used in 5 minutes a day and will introduce students to 30-42 people a month, not to mention create thoughtful discussion and reflection based on the challenge question cards included.Unfortunately, our curriculum doesn't feature many black and brown faces, or many women. Electing to erase th
Preview of Types of Communities │Rural, Urban, & Suburban

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
Preview of Candy Cane Day Holiday Christmas Activities

Candy Cane Day Holiday Christmas Activities

Are you trying to find a way to keep your student's engaged and learning with all of the holiday excitement? Themed days may be just for you. During Candy Cane Day, you can read your choice of suggested Candy Cane stories and complete the reading comprehension activities included. There is a letter to send home, a banner, craft activities, taste tasting, a science experiment and more. You could run centers for the day or complete the activities together. The choices are endless. There is a pol
Preview of BUNDLED September Unique Learning Systems Task Boxes- Unit 1 Government

BUNDLED September Unique Learning Systems Task Boxes- Unit 1 Government

Created by
Michelle Breaux
**Save 40%** Need extra independent tasks to pair with Unique Learning System (ULS) lessons? I’ve got you covered! These interactive independent task boxes & work stations use Symbolstix images to coordinate with the Unique Learning System (ULS) September Unit 1--Government Rules & Laws. **monthly digital versions coming soon!**This file includes:* addition task cards (1-10) with worksheet* subtraction task cards (1-10) with worksheet * tens frames 1-10* tens frames to 1-20* tens frames
Preview of December Boom Cards™ for Kindergarten Gingerbread Theme | Digital Resource

December Boom Cards™ for Kindergarten Gingerbread Theme | Digital Resource

Help your students practice a variety of Kindergarten skills while having fun! This December Boom Cards bundle includes 8 FULL decks, all with a gingerbread theme that's perfect for December. There's 4 literacy and 4 math activities included.These digital task cards are great for learning at home or at school. Use them as reinforcement during distance learning or at a technology center in the classroom.Audio directions are included on ALL decks.INCLUDED IN THE DECEMBER BUNDLE:Spell the CVC Word
Preview of Hot Chocolate Day Holiday Activities

Hot Chocolate Day Holiday Activities

Are you trying to find a way to keep your student's engaged and learning with all of the holiday excitement? Themed days may be just for you. During Hot Chocolate Day, you can read Do Frogs Drink Hot Chocolate to Stay Warm? and complete the fun comprehension activities included. There is a letter to send home, hot chocolate stand ideas and banner. You could run centers for the day or complete the activities in whole group. The choices are endless! There is a hot chocolate mug craft activity, wr
Preview of Elf Day Holiday Christmas Activities

Elf Day Holiday Christmas Activities

Are you trying to find a way to keep your student's engaged and learning with all of the holiday excitement? Themed days may be just for you. During Elf Day, you can read your choice of suggested Elf stories and complete the reading comprehension activities included. There is a letter to send home, a special snack, a door banner and photo booth ideas. You could run centers for the day or complete the activities together. The choices are endless. There are two elf craft activities, writing activi
Preview of Christmas Build a Scene  |   Boom Cards™

Christmas Build a Scene | Boom Cards™

Created by
Mia McDaniel
Use this Christmas BUILD A SCENE for fun or reinforcement of any skill! I've used it to work on 1) pronouns 2) following directions 3) positional/spatial concepts 4) telling narratives 5) answering questions about the scene after building 6) sequencing 7) articulation at the connected speech/conversation level 8) vocabulary and 9) assessing articulation and fluency carryover at the conversation level and 10) sparking lots of natural dialogue! I have them perform target tasks to earn their turn t
Preview of Social Studies Task Boxes - BUNDLE (set 1 & 2)

Social Studies Task Boxes - BUNDLE (set 1 & 2)

Social Studies Task Boxes (set 1 & 2):Are you tired of boring worksheets! Looking for something new? Here are 32 Social Studies task boxes that can be used in small groups, independent centers, one on one instruction, and take-home boxes for homework for that extra needed practice!! These tasks boxes, or task cards, help promote independent learning skills for early learners, gifted Pre-K, Kindergartners, ELL students, and Special needs or SPED teachers. This resource can be used all sch
Preview of Social Studies Task Box Bundle Special Education

Social Studies Task Box Bundle Special Education

This bundle is currently going through an update. The price will increase to $10 once everything has been updated. Updated Sets:US StatesUS State FlagsWants or NeedsGoods or ServicesTransportationDays of the WeekMonths of the YearThen or NowUS LandmarksCommunity HelpersPeople in my SchoolHow will this product help my students?-This set of social studies task box activities provides matching and visual discrimination practice using a variety of topics that provide extra practice and review for ea
Preview of Christmas Geoboard Task Cards

Christmas Geoboard Task Cards

Christmas Geoboard Task CardsThese Christmas Geoboard Task Cards are perfect for math tubs, centers, STEM and STEAM activities, early finishers, morning work and more! Included are a variety of Christmas themed pictures with differentiated levels for all learners. I have included both colored and black and white options. These cards can easily be printed in a variety of sizes (just select this option when you get ready to print). Pictures included in this set: a tree, lights, ornament, Santa Cla
Preview of Christmas Writing

Christmas Writing

Created by
Cara Carroll
****DECEMBER WORK ON WRITING CENTERS**** How will this resource help make my planning easier? If you’re anything like me, you are constantly trying to improve your writing station. Searching for new ideas, scrambling to get things prepped and ready, wishing you had “just one more thing” to keep your kids excited about writing and engaged in the process. Does this sound familiar?! The activities and task cards in this resource were created to help make all of that easier for you! Help keep your
Preview of Christmas Critical Thinking Bundle | Logic | Sequencing | Math Puzzles

Christmas Critical Thinking Bundle | Logic | Sequencing | Math Puzzles

This is a bundle of my five CHRISTMAS CRITICAL THINKING PRODUCTS for grades 1-3. This bundle teaches logic and deductive reasoning, analogies and classifying, and attribute listing to get your kiddos thinking at those higher levels. This bundle is completely updated with new clip art and fonts and now includes a digital version of each product from use in Google Slides™.Purchase this bundle and save 20% off the price if purchased separately!HOW CAN I USE THIS PRODUCT?In a Center: Print out the
Preview of December Early Finisher Activity Phonics & Math Task Card Boxes for Kindergarten

December Early Finisher Activity Phonics & Math Task Card Boxes for Kindergarten

Looking for ways to engage your fast finishers? Practice sight word recognition, rhyming words, number order, and more with these early finisher task cards! Just print and laminate and use for years to come for centers, morning work, and early finisher activities. These December task cards cover the following skills:Sight word recognitionBeginning soundsEnding soundsRhyming wordsLetter orderAntonymsNumber recognitionBefore and after numbersCounting practiceNumber comparisonAdditionNumber bondsTe
Preview of CHRISTMAS FINE MOTOR MATS - STEM STATIONS for December

CHRISTMAS FINE MOTOR MATS - STEM STATIONS for December

Created by
Just Reed
Looking for the perfect STEM STATION to engage your Pre-K and Kindergarten Students during the month of DECEMBER?Please download the preview file for a peek at what's included. There are 51 STEM mats/task cards in all!This STEM STATION has everything you need for hands on learning fun with common classroom manipulatives like pattern blocks, snap cubes, pom poms, playdoh, Legos, and more!Simply print the included task cards and place them on a ring clip. Add bins of the STEM materials, and labe
Preview of Christmas Tree Day Holiday Christmas Activities

Christmas Tree Day Holiday Christmas Activities

Are you trying to find a way to keep your students engaged and learning with all of the holiday excitement? Themed days may be just for you. During Christmas Tree Day, you can read your choice of suggested Tree stories and complete the reading comprehension activities included. There is a letter to send home, a banner, craft activities, stem challenge, and more. You could run centers for the day or complete the activities together. The choices are endless. There is a tree house, build a tree a
Preview of Christmas Math Center | Kindergarten Pattern Blocks Games | Counting Activities

Christmas Math Center | Kindergarten Pattern Blocks Games | Counting Activities

Are you looking for engaging fine motor, hands-on Christmas Math Activities using Pattern Blocks for small groups or to use in math centers this December? This is a fun game to get your students to practice matching shapes and counting while using pattern blocks.⭐ BUNDLE AND SAVE⭐ Buy the year long Pattern Blocks Bundle for a discount!What activities are included in the Christmas Math Centers?Pattern Block Spin & Match - Students will spin a spinner to complete the mystery picture then recor
Preview of Christmas P.E. Stations

Christmas P.E. Stations

Created by
Brandy Shoemaker
Christmas P.E. Stations! Your physical education class will LOVE these Christmas P.E. Stations!Set up easy Christmas-themed physical education stations in your P.E. classroom with these task cards. Set of 16 color, full page task cards/station signs with three pages of station directions and materials list. Visual cues help struggling readers remember what to perform at each station. Stations require minimal supplies (cones, balls, bean bags, basketball and goal, scooter board, etc.) and can be
Preview of Christmas Task Box Activities For PreK and Preschool

Christmas Task Box Activities For PreK and Preschool

This resource offers 16 hands-on learning activities for the Christmas season. The tasks are designed to strengthen math, literacy, and fine motor skills. Adorable clip art makes these learning tasks inviting and fun! Students can work on uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers and counting, shapes, colors, matching, sorting, visual discrimination, and fine motor skills. There are ideas and suggestions included. The 16 tasks include:1-10 cookie count and clip the number word1-20 jingle bell
Preview of Christmas Kindergarten Math Games | Counting Boom Task Cards

Christmas Kindergarten Math Games | Counting Boom Task Cards

Need practice counting objects with Kindergarten during Christmas? These Christmas Kindergarten Math Boom Cards make counting objects fun! This is a self-correcting game that is paperless and no prep for you!Your Kindergartners will have fun counting December and Christmas themed objects which makes counting and number identification fun and festive for Christmas and perfect for your math centers! This Christmas Math Boom Card set includes 30 different Boom Cards. Each card will have a collage
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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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There are many different types of history resources sold by Sellers on TPT. Some popular social studies lessons include U.S. history, world history, ancient history, geography, civics, and government.

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Educators can save time preparing history lessons with resources created by experienced teachers. Simply start a search for social studies resources on the TPT marketplace, and filter by grade level, price, and/or resource type to find materials that've been proven to work in classrooms like yours. No matter what you’re teaching, there are plenty of social studies lessons and activities sold by Sellers on TPT that are tailored to meet your students' skill levels.