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Social studies Common Core RL.K.3 resources
Transportation Activities for Kindergarten
Looking for a comprehensive transportation unit that keeps your students engaged? Here it is! This unit is full of transportation activities and complete inquiry based lesson plans that will guide you through.Includes:All About Transportation Anchor ChartLand, Water, & Air Travel SortBook Activity: If I Built a Car by Chris Van DusenBook Activity: How Will We Get to the Beach? by Brigitte LucianiHow will you get there? Choose a form of transportation activityHow have you traveled? Class grap
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PreK - 1st
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Fry Bread A Native American Family Story Activity Native American Heritage Month
Engage your students in a rigorous interactive read aloud with the book Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story by Kevin Noble Maillard. Students will love the read aloud and be able to apply their knowledge in the extension activities and writing prompts centered around the book's theme of family and cultural traditions.Get all current interactive read alouds H A L F off with the Interactive Read Aloud ENDLESS Bundle! This resource is included in the November Interactive Read Aloud Bundle!
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K - 2nd
Fairy Tale Story Maps, Retelling Activities, Fairy Tale Sequencing, Map Skills
Kids will love using these fairy tale story map retell printables to create story maps to practice retelling stories, sequencing, and map skills to build oral language, vocabulary, and 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.Story Retell Maps Include: Story Mapping with Little Red Riding HoodStory Mapping with The Gi
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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
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
Gingerbread Man Retelling Activities, Story Retell Maps, Fairy Tale Sequencing
Kids will love using The Gingerbread Man 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 Gingerbread Man Story Map?As a retelling and sequencing ac
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PreK - 2nd
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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
Dinosaur Activities for Kindergarten
Looking for a comprehensive dinosaur unit that keeps your preschool or kindergarten students engaged?Here it is!This unit is full of dinosaur and paleontology activities and lesson plans that will guide you through every step of the way.Easy to implement!Includes:All About Dinosaurs Anchor ChartDinosaur Information Pages (teacher and student versions)Book Activity: If The Dinosaurs Came Back by Bernard MostMy Dinosaur Research BookHerbivore/Carnivore cut and glue activityWhat is a Paleontologist
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PreK - 1st
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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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PreK - 2nd
AMERICA PRESIDENT'S THEME ACTIVITIES | AMERICAN SYMBOLS | KINDER AND FIRST GRADE
Looking for engaging activities to celebrate President's Day? A full week of activities is here at your fingertips!Use the detailed lesson plans to guide you through five days of lessons that focus on the importance of the US President. A list of preferred picture books is included to tie in with each activity. Activities cover George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, American symbols and much more!Add the American themed literacy and math centers to your plans to guarantee student engagement while y
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K - 1st
Also included in: THEMATIC UNIT ACTIVITIES FOR LITTLE LEARNERS | GROWING BUNDLE
Counting on Katherine Johnson Interactive Read Aloud Activity | Women's History
Engage your young scholars and expand your students reading comprehension skills during story book read alouds with this interactive read aloud kit that provides hands-on timeline craft, inferencing, and more. Featuring Katherine Johnson: Counting on Katherine - Katherine Johnson wanted to become a research mathematician. But she faced many obstacles, including segregated schools and a lack of job opportunities for women. Explore this book and find out how Katherine Johnson saved Apollo 13!Focu
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K - 3rd
HUGE BUNDLE: All About Animals | Set #1 | Animal Science Units | Zoology
Do you love to teach about animals? Here are some amazing resources for your animal science plans. Real photos, non-fiction articles, crafts, worksheets, and writing templates to round out your animal units. This will help you teach about physical characteristics, habitats, and behaviors of these animals. Your students will also have to opportunity to write about, watch videos about, and complete some crafts about these animals. These packages are geared towards pre-K through 2nd grade and has a
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PreK - 1st
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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
Boom Cards Long Ago And Today Social Studies Then And Now Activities
Are you looking for a way to include social studies into your face to face or distance learning classroom? These boom cards are perfect to use when comparing life long ago and today. In this deck, students will listen to a story comparing life long ago and today. Also included are 15 cards where students will choose whether the picture is something from the past or present. Perfect for introducing the topic to students or to use as an individual assessment. This deck includes sound which is per
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K - 2nd
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Community: Reading Comprehension, Writing and Craftivities
Read and Respond to your Favorite Picture Books!Do you love reading picture books to your class and need follow up activities? Try this Community: Read and Respond Pack. It is the perfect way to strengthen comprehension and writing skills along with some fun craftivities to keep your kids engaged! Download the preview for the complete table of contents to see which activities/skills are included with each book.Features: • Activities for 5 Picture Books: Career Day by Anne Rockwell, Clothe
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PreK - 2nd
Also included in: November: Reading Comprehension, Writing and Craftivities BUNDLE
Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes Novel Guide
Ghost Boys by Rhodes Novel GuideThis novel guide includes:Chapter by chapter comprehension questionsAnswer keyThemes activityNew vocabularySummaryCause and Effect ActivityExtension resourcesWriting Workshop Post-Reading QuestionsEssay questionsKLW ChartIf you have any questions, please email me @ mrslenamed@gmail.comThis product is ideal for: Teaching social studiesTeaching about American History Teaching about social issuesSimilar Resource(s): "Black Brother, Black Brother"by Jewell Parker Rhod
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6th - 8th
The Little Red Hen Fable and Economics
Integrate economics with The Little Red Hen, by Paul Galdone. I use this pack during our 3rd Common Core 1st Grade Unit: Fables, Economics and Their Life Lessons. The Little Red Hen is a perfect fable for integrating economic terms into literature. Read about how I integrate economics and this fable on the blog.INCLUDED IN THIS LITTLE RED HEN ECONOMICS PACK:• sequencing cards masters (full color cards)• sequencing interactive powerpoint slide• characters and sequencing blackline master• goods
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K - 2nd
I Am Not A Number Residential Schools Lesson
I Am Not A Number by Jenny Dupuis and Kathy Kacer Google Classroom Lesson Teaching about residential schools and The Orange Shirt DayThis is an original lesson plan that includes the following:New Vocabulary Background knowledge and discussion about Canadian Residential SchoolsThe role and consequences of residential school on Canadian First Nations people.Story sequencing activity Identifying the problem and solution Character Analysis Long term effects of residential schools on indigenous cult
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4th - 7th
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DENTAL HEALTH THEME ACTIVITIES | HEALTH ACTIVITIES | PRE-K AND KINDERGARTEN
Celebrate Dental Hygiene month with this fun, engaging activities all about our teeth! This health based unit ties health, math and literacy together and provides you with tons of activities for an entire week of instruction!Use the detailed lesson plans to guide you through five days of dental lessons and activities. A list of preferred picture books is included to tie in with each activity. Activities cover how to brush your teeth, tooth decay, the jobs of our teeth, and tons more!Add the den
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PreK - K
Also included in: THEMATIC UNIT ACTIVITIES FOR LITTLE LEARNERS | GROWING BUNDLE
Chronological Order Worksheets 2
This product is great for teaching and reviewing chronological order and sequence of events for higher level students as opposed to my other product: Chronological Order Worksheets. Below is an overview of what the product contains.Pages 3-8: “Our Calendar”- Students will cut and paste the activities they do at school in chronological order. Then they will write the time the activities begin next to each activity. Then students will answer the questions based off of the cut and paste act
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K - 3rd
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BUNDLE: All About Reptiles and Amphibians | Animal Science Units
Teaching about reptiles and amphibians? Here are some amazing resources for your animal science plans. Real photos, non-fiction articles, crafts, worksheets, and writing templates to round out your animal units. This will help you teach about physical characteristics, habitats, and behaviors of these creatures. Your students will also have to opportunity to write about, watch videos about, and complete some crafts about these animals. These packages are geared towards pre-K through 2nd grade and
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PreK - 1st
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Before We Were Free by Alvarez Novel Guide
Before We Were Free by Julia Alvarez Novel Guide A wonderful realistic fiction, coming-of-age, novel about Garcia family's escape from Dominican Republic's worst dictatorship regime in 1960s. Ideal for teaching world history, hispanic heritage, and social studies: types of government. This resource includes: Pre, during, and post reading activitiesBackground information Chapter by chapter questionsEssay questionsSymbolism New vocabulary Extension resources Answer key includedThis resource is gre
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7th - 10th
Christmas Around the World Flip Book Activities for Kindergarten Winter Holiday
Christmas Around the World Flip Book Activities for Kindergarten is an engaging and educational resource designed to transport your kindergarten students on a festive journey across the globe! This comprehensive kit brings the magic of Christmas to life as it explores traditions from France, Italy, Russia, Germany, Mexico, and Australia.Key Features:1. Country-Specific Flip Books:Dive into the holiday spirit with our interactive flip books for each country. These flipbooks are tailored for young
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PreK - 1st
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The Boy Who Loved Maps Geography Lesson Plan
The Boy Who Loved Maps Lesson Plan Map Skills, Cardinal Directions, Spatial Reasoning, Geography skills Printable and Digital FormatThis resource includes: Learning ObjectivesPre-Reading Activity During Reading Comprehension QuestionsNeighborhood Map Activity Home Map Activity School Map Activity Reading a Map Activity Seating Chart Activity Description & Plan/Thing Activity Sequencing Activity Cardinal Directions Activity Following Directions Map Activity New Vocabulary This resource is gre
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1st - 3rd
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- 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
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