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Social studies Common Core 5.OA.A.1 resources

Preview of Chinese Lunar New Year Math - Differentiated Word Problem Craftivity

Chinese Lunar New Year Math - Differentiated Word Problem Craftivity

Engage your 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th grade students with multi-step word problems using this fun and engaging Chinese/Lunar New Year craftivity. Dre the Dragon is celebrating Chinese New Year and needs our help to plan the festivities! This craftivity has kiddos working on multi-step math problems, which are completely differentiated to meet the needs of grades 2-5!Students will complete 5 Chinese New Year themed word problems (multi-step). Not only will your students be engaged and focused, but th
Preview of September 11 By the Numbers Math Activity Patriot Day Twin Towers

September 11 By the Numbers Math Activity Patriot Day Twin Towers

This no-prep September 11th Patriot Day math activity helps students learn facts about the events that unfolded on September 11th, 2001. They will solve math problems to reveal factual information about the attacks. There are 3 differentiated levels to choose from. Students' answers are then compared to a key which will reveal the final message of, "We Remember." This resource is suited for grades 3rd - 8th and is a print-and-go activity.This activity makes a great independent task, partner acti
Preview of Gold Rush - California Gold Rush Math Activities & Escape Room

Gold Rush - California Gold Rush Math Activities & Escape Room

Looking to practice and review those math skills while continuing to learn about the California Gold Rush?This Gold Rush Math Review Activity is packed full of fun and engaging math review problems with a Gold Rush theme!Here's what is included:24 Word ProblemsTwo-step problemsMultiplicationDivisionMoneyTimePatterns100 Straight Forward Algorithm ProblemsMultiplesMeasurement ConversionMultiplication (double-digit)16 Problem Escape RoomComplete Answer KeyTeacher DirectionsHelpful Hints for Scaffol
Preview of Choice Boards for ALL 5th grade Math, Science, & Social Studies Ohio Standards

Choice Boards for ALL 5th grade Math, Science, & Social Studies Ohio Standards

Embark on an enriching interdisciplinary journey through 5th-grade math, science, and social studies with our comprehensive Bundle of Choice Boards. Crafted to engage and empower students, this bundle offers a diverse selection of choice boards covering all standards across these core subjects, providing educators with a versatile toolkit to enhance their curriculum.Each choice board within the bundle is meticulously designed to address specific standards in math, science, and social studies, fo
Preview of 13 Colonies Road Trip PBL - 5th Grade

13 Colonies Road Trip PBL - 5th Grade

Created by
The Geek Teacher
Students will love practicing math that has real world application! Designed to challenge and enrich students who have a good grasp of multiplication and division basics, this project will have students planning an itinerary, creating a budget, choosing a rental car and calculating fuel cost, and mapping out an efficient route! Along the way, they'll also learn a bit about the 13 colonies and real world attractions that exist in each one to bring history into the present.Included in this project
Preview of CONSTITUTION DAY MATH TASK CARDS with recording sheet

CONSTITUTION DAY MATH TASK CARDS with recording sheet

Created by
OWL be Ready
CONSTITUTION DAY MATH TASK CARDSwith recording sheet and answer document WOW! (12) Constitution Day Task Cards Are you required to teach a lesson about the Constitution? These task cards are a great supplement to any Constitution Day lesson. Students must solve math problems aligned with the Common Core State Standards in order figure out Constitution Day facts! What a great way to incorporate Mathematics into Social Studies! The questions cover standards from the NBT and OA domains in gra
Preview of Dream Bedroom Makeover- Math, Area, & Budgeting Project

Dream Bedroom Makeover- Math, Area, & Budgeting Project

Created by
Plylearning
***2024 Update: Items have increased in price since I made this. You might want to consider giving a higher budget***Great low-prep resource for a budgeting project. Students receive $1,000 to redo their bedroom. They get to go to IKEA and purchase furniture, but MUST stay in the budget. Students will have to use addition and subtraction skills, reasoning, and must know area and perimeter. This is a great project for Math or Social Studies during an economics unit. Features:34 slides in 6 partsI
Preview of History of Presidents' Day Article and Activities

History of Presidents' Day Article and Activities

Created by
Mom'N'Me
Thank you for checking out our Presidents' Day Activities Bundle! We hope you find what you are looking for in this bundle of activities that surround this important American holiday. This bundle covers multiple subject areas and standards. There is a great non-fiction article that gets into the true history of where this holiday originated and how it has come to be known as Presidents' Day rather than Washington's Birthday. In this file, you will receive: - 2 Page History of Presidents' Day No
Preview of The Great Stock Market Challenge - Complete Math Unit

The Great Stock Market Challenge - Complete Math Unit

Suitable and adapted for grades 5-12Open the Preview to see more detailed informationWatch the movie to see a high speed play through of the presentationThis complete cross-curricular unit has students learn about companies, research stocks, create a portfolio, track their performance, submit their project and write a test. Students will learn about real life financial literacy, trade-offs, decision making, strategies, and apply mathematical concepts.The unit runs about 10-14 weeks long, with an
Preview of Montessori Cosmic Guide: Elementary Montessori & Homeschool Learning Materials

Montessori Cosmic Guide: Elementary Montessori & Homeschool Learning Materials

Montessori Cosmic Guide: Elementary Montessori & Homeschool Learning Materials - Montessori-inspired Lessons & Materials in All Subject Areas (165 pages + Key): The COMPLETE Montessori Elementary Guide contains enough content to cover an entire school year!Item specifics: Recommended Ages: 8 to 12 years old (but you know the child best!)Number of Pages: 385 including Answer Key Subjects: For all Elementary subject areas ('Cosmic Education') Genre: Elementary, Montessori, Homeschooling, D
Preview of China Math Mystery Pictures Grade 5 Multiplications Divisions 1-40

China Math Mystery Pictures Grade 5 Multiplications Divisions 1-40

Created by
Gentle Oddities
4 China math mystery pictures to practice multiplication, division, addition and subtraction, grade 5 (5th indicated on the cover, see details below regarding the grades).This resource is perfect for keeping students who finish before the rest of the class engaged in a meaningful way.Contents:8 worksheets per picture for easy differentiation:2 sheets (easy and hard versions) with a mix of additions and subtractions within 1000 that also contain equations (e.g.: 137 + … = 500)2 sheets (easy and h
Preview of Data Notebook | 5th Grade | All Subjects

Data Notebook | 5th Grade | All Subjects

This package is perfect for any 5th grade classroom wanting to implement Data Notebooks into their classroom. This is an ALL INCLUSIVE BUNDLE over 330 pages of printables! This notebook encourages independence and development of individual ideas and goals through leadership. The data notebook includes individual standards by standard abbreviations for example RI.5.1. All of the smaller 5th grade data notebooks are included in this bundle.This data notebook is used to create independent and se
Preview of Explore the road less traveled: United States Road Trip Project

Explore the road less traveled: United States Road Trip Project

Printable Project Based Learning. Students will use cross-curricular skills while they plan a United States Road Trip: financial literacy, computation, geography, research, and planning. Students choose from a variety of cards to plan a road trip.Organizational resources include: -60 United States Tourist Destinations-Place value cards to create a budget-Number of People Cards-Months of the Year-Additional IncidentalsStudent resources include:-Planning document-Note-catcher-Journal Prompts-Packi
Preview of Income Inequality & Wealth Distribution Critical Thinking, Math & Social Justice

Income Inequality & Wealth Distribution Critical Thinking, Math & Social Justice

What is income inequality? Are the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer? Is wealth being distributed equally in your country? This integrated math, social justice, critical thinking, and economics lesson is designed to introduce the idea of income inequality to students in grades 6-9 at a level they can easily understand- all while having them practice important math skills involving ratios and percentages. This lesson is a useful application for a math unit: percent and ratio practic
Preview of Math Around the World Task Cards

Math Around the World Task Cards

Math Around the World has twenty geography themed multi-step word problems with a focus on addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Four of the task cards deal with measurements so two versions are provided; imperial and metric. Each task card references a city and or country which the student locates on the included answer sheet after solving the problem. An A4 size world map is included in the packet. An answer sheet without the world map is also included should you prefer to si
Preview of Memorial Day Math Activity Poppy Mystery Picture Grade 5 Multiplication Division

Memorial Day Math Activity Poppy Mystery Picture Grade 5 Multiplication Division

Created by
Gentle Oddities
A Poppy Math Mystery Pictures to review the 4 operations for Memorial Day. This product is aligned to the Common Core standards. 8 different worksheets to allow you to differentiate: two sheets of mixed additions and subtractions with equations (EASY and HARD), two sheets of multiplications (EASY and HARD), two sheets of mixed multiplications and divisions with equations (EASY and HARD) and two sheets of mixed 4 operations with equations (EASY and HARD with priorities an
Preview of Constitution Day by the Numbers Math Activity Morning Work Centers

Constitution Day by the Numbers Math Activity Morning Work Centers

Are you looking for a fun and engaging activity for Constitution Day? This print-and-go Constitution Day math activity helps students learn facts about the Constitutional Convention, the Constitution itself, and the Founding Fathers. They will solve math problems to reveal factual information about these events and people in history.There are 3 differentiated levels to choose from. Students' answers are then compared to a key that will reveal the colony in which the Constitution was signed. This
Preview of Growing BUNDLE Asia Math Mystery Pictures Grade 5 Multiplication Division

Growing BUNDLE Asia Math Mystery Pictures Grade 5 Multiplication Division

Created by
Gentle Oddities
24 different Asia Math Mystery Pictures (Japan, China and India) to review the 4 operations. This product is aligned to the Common Core standards. Each Mystery Picture has 8 different worksheets to allow you to differentiate: two sheets of mixed additions and subtractions with equations (EASY and HARD), two sheets of multiplications (EASY and HARD), two sheets of mixed multiplications and divisions with equations (EASY and HARD) and two sheets of mixed 4 operations with equations (EASY and H
Preview of Escape the Plutonians! Outer Space Escape Room

Escape the Plutonians! Outer Space Escape Room

Created by
Bailey Reese
This is a step-by-step direction guide for hosting a space-themed escape room with your students in Science! This document is NOT editable, but please contact me and I can try to accommodate you as best as possible!What IS Included:*Checklist for teachers on how to host escape room*Background Story to read to your students to 'set the scene' prior to beginning escape room*5 Printable Challenges for your students to complete (clues all include a reading with a puzzle for students to complete. Int
Preview of BUNDLE China New Year Math Mystery Pictures Grade 5 Multiplication Division

BUNDLE China New Year Math Mystery Pictures Grade 5 Multiplication Division

Created by
Gentle Oddities
16 China and Chinese New Year math mystery pictures to practice multiplication, division, addition and subtraction, grade 5 (5th indicated on the cover, see details below regarding the grades).This resource is perfect for keeping students who finish before the rest of the class engaged in a meaningful way.Contents:8 worksheets per picture for easy differentiation:2 sheets (easy and hard versions) with a mix of additions and subtractions within 1000 that also contain equations (e.g.: 137 + … = 50
Preview of China Math Mystery Pictures Grade 5 Multiplications Divisions 1-40

China Math Mystery Pictures Grade 5 Multiplications Divisions 1-40

Created by
Gentle Oddities
4 China math mystery pictures to practice multiplication, division, addition and subtraction, grade 5 (5th indicated on the cover, see details below regarding the grades).This resource is perfect for keeping students who finish before the rest of the class engaged in a meaningful way.Contents:8 worksheets per picture for easy differentiation:2 sheets (easy and hard versions) with a mix of additions and subtractions within 1000 that also contain equations (e.g.: 137 + … = 500)2 sheets (easy and h
Preview of Pioneer-Themed Clue Game in Google Forms! Fun word problem practice

Pioneer-Themed Clue Game in Google Forms! Fun word problem practice

Created by
PB and L
Students answer pioneer-themed double-step word problems (all operations!) to get clues to help them figure out the who, what, and where of a pioneer/frontier-themed crime!What do I receive?This product comes with Google Slides™ and Google Forms™ resources. The link to your copy of the Google Form is embedded in the Slide you receive!The slide includes a grid to help students keep track of their clues as they work through the Form.What do I need?This resource works best with laptops and Chromeb
Preview of MLK Order of Operations

MLK Order of Operations

*This purchase comes with digital activities for you to edit to use with Google Classroom.* (Paperless activities for students to use from their tablets or computers) There are two activity sheets (worksheets) here that allow students to complete quotes made by Dr. Martin Luther King. They look almost identical for those who have students with wandering eyes or to use one as practice and the other as independent practice. These can be used for small group work or as a review. This is a very simp
Preview of Asia - Animals of India Math Mystery Pictures Grade 5: Operations

Asia - Animals of India Math Mystery Pictures Grade 5: Operations

Created by
Gentle Oddities
4 different Animals of India Math Mystery Pictures to review the 4 operations. This product is aligned to the Common Core standards. Each Mystery Picture has 8 different worksheets to allow you to differentiate: two sheets of mixed additions and subtractions with equations (EASY and HARD), two sheets of multiplications (EASY and HARD), two sheets of mixed multiplications and divisions with equations (EASY and HARD) and two sheets of mixed 4 operations with equations (EASY and HARD with prioritie
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Learning social studies offers many benefits to students in terms of helping them develop a holistic understanding of the world. Namely, it helps them:

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