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Social studies Common Core RI.3.9 resources
Christmas and Holidays Around the World Upper Elementary Passages, Map Skills
THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE HOLIDAYS AROUND THE WORLD UNIT WITH 21 CELEBRATIONS! ⭐ "Very engaging for my 3rd-5th graders, and perfect for the weeks leading up to Christmas break. There are so many resources here that I didn't even get to use all of them in class, but it was great because I could pick and choose what would be most meaningful for my students. I loved the research pages for students to do their own research on a country, and my students had a lot of fun with that!"⭐ 2023 BONUS: 5 HOLIDA
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3rd - 6th
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Black History Month Reading Comprehension Passages Biographies Research Poster
Black History Month Activities made simple! Celebrate Black History Month with biography close reading passages your students will love to read! Grab these close-reading articles to help your students learn about important African Americans while they reflect on their lives with critical thinking reader reflection tasks.These activities are perfect to tie together important history and nonfiction reading.This pack has 4 biographies to help you teach about African Americans and includes critical
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Also included in: Famous Person Biography Reading Comprehension Passages Scientists
Virtual Field Trip Disney World's Magic Kingdom Google Slides Digital Resource
✈️ Are you ready for a magical adventure filled with learning and fun? Explore the wonders of Disney World's Magic Kingdom with this exciting Virtual Field Trip to Walt Disney's Magic Kingdom!⭐ This immersive learning experience is designed to integrate cross-curricular skills and engage students in an interactive and educational way. With a focus on critical thinking, this virtual field trip to Disney offers interactive activities and learning opportunities that will challenge and inspire stude
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2nd - 5th
Trail of Tears Activities | Indian Removal Act | Native American History
Teaching your students about the Trail of Tears just got a little easier with this informative resource! Informational text, timeline, accounts of individual Native American groups, and skill pages are all included. Students will love the engaging pages while teachers will love the ease of use! INCLUDES BOTH A PRINT AND DIGITAL VERSION MADE FOR GOOGLE SLIDES.************************************************************************************************************PRODUCT INCLUDESlink to digit
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Andrew Jackson and the Trail of Tears BUNDLE
5 Regions of the United States - United States Regions Activities - US Regions
This 5 Regions of the United States Reading and Map Activity Pack is perfect for teaching this fun and engaging geography subject in 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade! This packet includes close reading passages, graphic organizers, vocabulary, and map activities for the Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, Southwest, and West regions of the United States! What's Included:◻️Close Reading Passages for all 5 regions and an introduction◻️Detailed Steps for a 1st read, including “What’s the gist?” and a Vocabulary
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3rd - 5th
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Famous Inventors & Inventions Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions Unit
Introducing six famous Inventors and their revolutionary inventions! Your students will get to discover how Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison, The Wright Brothers, Sarah Breedlove Walker, Benjamin Franklin, and George Washington Carver developed innovations that changed the world forever.This resource will help your students understand each inventor’s unique story, their accomplishments, and the impact they had on the world. Although learning about famous inventions is important, kids love re
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2nd - 5th
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100th Day of School Communities Now and Then BUNDLE | Print and Digital
Looking for a resource to help teach your students about how communities have changed? This Communities Then and Now BUNDLE is perfect for teaching about how communities and society has changed in the past 100 years. It also works well for the 100th day of school! This cross curricular unit can be used in the Social Studies and ELA classroom. New reading passages have been added (perfect for small groups and differentiating instruction). Note: There is now a link on page 2 of the PDF that allows
Grades:
2nd - 5th
Current Events Printables Worksheets Graphic Organizers Informational Text News
Here are 23 no-prep current events printables and graphic organizers that can be used with any article or internet news post. Use them when you are reading an article as a class or for independent selections to keep your students accountable. They will also work well with Time for Kids and Weekly Reader articles.WHAT’S INCLUDED:✍️ PRINT:23 Graphic Organizers for Current Events11 come in both lined & unlined versions!DIFFERENTIATION OPTIONS:Multiple types of graphic organizers for all ability
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4th - 7th
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Titanic Passages Reading Comprehension Escape Room Titanic Activities
Are you looking for Titanic nonfiction reading comprehension passages and questions? A Comprehension Quest® is a FUN escape room style activity and is a unique way to get students excited about practicing reading comprehension! ⚓Here's how it works:⚓Starting off with the hook video, students learn they have a quest to complete. In this edition, students must figure out who the author is of a firsthand account letter written by a Titanic survivor. Students will read 6 passages and complete standa
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2nd - 5th
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Memorial Day | Veterans Day Unit | Print and Digital
Looking for an engaging way to teach your students about Veterans Day or Memorial Day? This comprehensive unit is an excellent way to teach about the six branches of the military. This hands-on unit can be used in the Social Studies and Reading/LA classroom. This now includes a link on page 2 of the PDF that allows teachers to make a copy for use in Google Classroom - ideal for use in the classroom and online!!!This complete no-prep unit contains:-Fact cards with pocket pattern (can be used in i
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2nd - 4th
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Also included in: Memorial Day and Veterans Day BUNDLE
Summer Olympics 2024 | Print and Digital
Looking for a way to incorporate the 2024 Olympics into your classroom? This complete no-prep unit contains activities to keep your students engaged while learning about the 2024 Summer Games. This unit is full of foldable activities (great for interactive notebooks and lapbooks) and other hands-on activities. You can easily use the reading passages and activities in your Social Studies and Reading/Language Arts classroom.Note: This contains a link on page 2 of the PDF that allows you to make a
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2nd - 5th
Also included in: Summer Olympics 2024 BUNDLE | Print and Digital
Presidents Day Reading Comprehension Passages Washington Lincoln Activities
Compare George Washington and Abraham Lincoln this February! Presidents Day activities made simple and meaningful with this all in one {reading, writing, math} no prep pack will keep students engaged and learning this February!Your students will love the informative articles and creative activities included and you will love the standards addressed and ease of use!Help your students learn about presidential history with these nonfiction close reading articles on George Washington, Abraham Lincol
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Winter Holidays Reading Comprehension Passages and Activities
Thanksgiving Activities Lapbook - Thanksgiving Compare and Contrast Activities
This fun Thanksgiving Activity Lapbook is high interest for any elementary grade level. Lapbooks can be used in every subject area, and they are perfect for differentiation in the classroom as students compare the Pilgrims and the Wampanoags. This product, with 11 different templates, incorporates common core skills compare and contrast, vocabulary, and writing. Templates include updated clipart. (TPT Featured Product)Templates for the lapbook include photographs to act as a guide. Students can
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2nd - 4th
Also included in: November Bundle - Informational Text and Math Activities
Black History Month | Black American Inventors | Print and Digital
Looking for an engaging unit to teach your students about black American inventors? This Black American Inventors unit contains hands-on activities as well as reading comprehension activities. These activities can be used in your Social Studies and Reading/LA block. Note: This unit now contains a link on page 2 that allows you to make a copy for use in Google Classroom. This is ideal for classroom use AND distance learning!!!Individuals in this unit include:Patricia BathBenjamin BannekerGeorge W
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2nd - 5th
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Also included in: Black History Month BUNDLE: Inventors | Print and Digital
Martin Luther King Reading Passage Black History Month Close Reading February
Getting ready to celebrate MLK Jr Day in your classroom? Students will read, learn, and critically think about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. while practicing close reading strategies with these informational passages. Included are 3, two-page articles to help your students understand the life of Martin Luther King.Your students will practice gathering important information as they read social studies content in informational texts.Close reading anchor charts are also included to help your students
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3rd - 5th
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Continents, Oceans, & Map Skills + Types of Maps= Two BUNDLED Units!
This bundle features two print-and-go teacher favorites used in tandem- a Continents & Oceans, Map Skills unit and a Types of Maps unit! These units will enhance your students' map-reading skills, map fluency, and knowledge about the Continents & Oceans. The student workbooks and PowerPoints are also Google 1:1 compatible. Benefits:- No prep-work or planning is needed! - Student workbooks include informational reading passages with built-in reading skills tasks (like 'Main Idea', 'Sum
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3rd - 5th
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Paired Texts: Transcontinental Railroad (Design a Job Flyer Assessment)
This product is great when studying The Transcontinental Railroad and/or Westward Expansion. Several standards from 3rd to 5th grade are covered.
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-Teacher directions of how to use in the classroom
-2 page Transcontinental Railroad reading passage
-Transcontinental Railroad reading passage comprehension questions
-2 page Central Pacific reading passage
-Central Pacific reading passage comprehension questions
-2 page Union Pacific reading passage
-Union Pacific reading passage comprehe
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3rd - 5th
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Black History Month Super BUNDLE
Looking for a high interest Black History Month activities? This bundle contains activities and reading passages that can be used in your Social Studies or Reading/LA block. These Black History Month activities can all be completed in the classroom or online in Google Classroom.
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2nd - 5th
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Paired Passages with Writing Prompts Paired Text Levels of Local Government
Are you looking for paired passages to help your students compare and contrast two texts? These paired passages and reading comprehension activities on local government include nonfiction texts to help your students compare and contrast two texts with a similar theme and topic. This PRINT & DIGITAL mini-unit on local government integrates social studies with reading and includes 12 fun and engaging pages of reading comprehension activities perfect for 3rd and 4th grade. It is guaranteed to i
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3rd - 4th
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Honoring Veterans Day (Dog Tag Craft and Writing Activity)
***UPDATED 10/20/13
In order to educate my students on why we celebrate and more importantly honor Veterans, I have created this 27-page writing prompt and Dog Tag craft. Not only did they write friendly letters to veterans, but they also learned about the history of military dog tags and why poppies are often symbolic of Veterans Day.
This project is aligned to the 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade standards, but it can easily be adapted to higher or lower grades.
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3rd - 6th
Black History Month BUNDLE: Inventors | Print and Digital
Looking for high interest activities for Black History Month? These activities will keep your students engaged while learning about historical figures. These activities can be used in your Social Studies classroom as well as your Reading/Language Arts classroom.Note: The unit and presentation both contain links that allow use for Google Classroom. This can be used in the classroom AND online - ideal for distance learning!!!This BUNDLE contains all that you need to keep your students actively lea
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1st - 5th
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Biography Research: A Guided Research and Report Writing Pack
This biography guided research and report writing is designed as a way for students to be able to organize their research on an important person and put it together in a report format. This is great for both introducing students to the research report writing process, as well as for teaching students how to pull information from multiple texts to create one writing piece.
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*A booklet designed for organizing information that is gathered. There are pages included for:
Askin
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2nd - 3rd
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Communities Unit: Urban, Suburban, Rural with PowerPoint Slides
Looking for an engaging unit to teach communities in social studies? This unit is perfect for grades 1, 2, and 3 with interactive reading passages, 32 powerpoint presentation slides, vocabulary words that are embedded throughout the unit and more! Your students are sure to stay engaged with the wide range of materials and resources available to explore this topic. The materials in this unit are interactive and utilize multimodal strategies to increase student engagement and outcomes. The communi
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1st - 3rd
Also included in: Science and Social Studies YEAR LONG POCKETBOOK MEGA Bundle!
Dinosaur Passages Reading Comprehension Escape Room
Are you looking for dinosaur nonfiction reading comprehension passages and questions? A Comprehension Quest® is a FUN escape room style activity and is a unique way to get students excited about practicing reading comprehension! ✏️Here's how it works:✏️Starting off with the hook video, students learn they have a quest to complete. In this edition, students must figure out which dinosaur some newly discovered fossilized bones belong to. Students will read 6 passages and complete standards-aligne
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2nd - 5th
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