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Kindergarten social studies webquests for special education
Kindergarten Volume and Capacity MORE or LESS Math Digital Boom Cards
Ready to engage your pre-k and kindergarten students understanding of volume and capacity? These 40 Digital Boom Cards on nonstandard forms of measurement for comparing capacity with MORE and LESS give students fun, interactive, and easy to use math activities to practice and learn about measuring volume and capacity by finding the pictures that hold more or less.You will be able to use these capacity MORE or LESS math tasks for:whole group teachingmath centershomeworktestsearly finishessmall gr
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PreK - 1st
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Also included in: Kindergarten Math Worksheets Games and Centers YEAR-LONG BUNDLE
Project Based Learning - Native Americans | PBL | Build | Plans | Rubric
Exploring Native American soon? This project-based learning unit is filled with engaging activities and facts. The aim is to encourage students to explore the topic for an extended period.This unit is ideal for Native American Heritage month (November) or any time of the year. This PBL was “piloted” on a kindergarten class, but could be modified for pre-K level. It contains the following activities:KWL chart, Pocket chart picturesDrumbeats (syllables)
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K - 1st
Career Exploration - Law, Public Safety, Corrections and Security
Career Exploration is an important part of education. These are easy to use, self explanatory worksheets. They are meant to be a supplement to an already existing Careers unit, or great for using when you have a guest teacher, or even when you are trying to encourage students to look outside their own sphere. In this one, students use the Bureau of Labor Statistics website to explore careers in Career Cluster: Law, Public Safety, Corrections and Security. Download this file or buy the entire bun
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K - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Fantasy or Reality Digital Reading Activities | Boom Cards
These 40 DIGITAL Reality and Fantasy Real vs. Make-Believe Boom picture task cards are great for emerging readers to make inferences using pictures to tell the differences between Fantasy vs Reality. Great for small groups, whole group instruction, reading centers, early finishers, and distance learning!Save $ by purchasing this resource in my Fantasy and Reality Reading Activities Bundle!SAVE 30% off my GROWING Reading Comprehension Skills Book Companions BUNDLE by clicking here!Boom Card Resou
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K - 2nd
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Goods and Services Sort Worksheets Kindergarten & 1st Grade Economics
These Economics sorting worksheets are fun interactive activities that give kindergarten and 1st grade sort, cut, and glue worksheets to help them see the differences in goods, services, producers, and consumers. These worksheets are great supplemental practice activities that can be used with ANY social studies curriculum!These Goods, Services, Producers, and Consumers Social Studies worksheetsare interactive and designed to give students fun and engaging activities to practice, identify, and
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K - 2nd
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Position Words Kindergarten Near and Far Positional Words Digital Cards
Are you teaching positional/prepositional words NEAR and FAR to your preschool, prek and kindergarten students? These NO PREP INTERACTIVE DIGITAL NEAR and FAR positional word task cards give students practice finding objects that are close and far away. Great for practicing positional/prepositional, directional words, and spatial concepts for NEAR and FAR in whole and small groups for students to identify objects that are near and far. Save 20% with my Positional Words DIGITAL Bundle by clickin
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PreK - K
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Needs and Wants Kindergarten - Wants and Needs Scarcity Economics 1st Grade
Add excitement to your Needs and Wants Social Studies Economics Units with these fun, interactive, DIGITAL and PRINTABLE Wants vs. Needs Activities! Students will use 84 task cards to practice identifying objects that are basic needs (food, water, clothing, transportation, and shelter) and which items (toys, candy, technology, and pets) are wants. These Needs vs Wants task cards are great supplemental practice activities and can be used with ANY social studies curriculum!You will guide your stu
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K - 3rd
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Classifying Animals Mammals Reptiles Birds Amphibians Fish Digital Activities
These Animals, Mammals, Amphibians, Reptiles, Insects, Birds, Fish, Classifications DIGITAL science activities are a great independent science center activity for students to practice classifying animals! 60 easy to use and interactive Boom Cards are great for small and whole groups and can be even be assigned using Google Classroom™.Students will need to be able to read the following sentence and words. What type of animal am I?reptilemammalfishbirdinsectamphibianClick on the link below to get
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K - 2nd
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1-LS1-1
Internet Scavenger Hunt - American Folktales - Distance Learning
This scavenger hunt allows students to explore websites in order to know key characters from American folktales and songs, including John Henry, Annie Oakley, Johnny Appleseed, Davy Crockett and Paul Bunyan. An internet scavenger hunt is similar to a web quest, in that students will use the internet to find information. However, internet scavenger hunts are designed for students to search for specific answers, rather than creating an open ended project. Internet scavenger hunts can be done as a
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K - 2nd
Also included in: Internet Scavenger Hunt Bundle - First Grade
Position Words Behind, Beside, In Front Of, & Next To Task Cards
Give your preschool, prek, and kindergarten students interactive activities to practice the position words BEHIND, BESIDE, NEXT TO, and IN FRONT OF. This is a set of 60 NO PREP DIGITAL positional word task cards for helping students find objects that are behind, beside, next to, and in front of. Great for practicing positional/prepositional, directional words, and spatial concepts in whole and small groups. Save 20% with my Positional Words DIGITAL Bundle by clicking here!Positional and directi
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PreK - K
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PCI Supplemental Reading & Writing Activities L 1 (1-35), Distance Learning
I am a huge fan of the PCI reading program because with the help of this program my most challenged learners were able to learn how to read. The only components that are missing are writing activities. For this reason, I created this product. After successfully using these activity sheets in my classroom, I finally decided to offer them here on TPT. (*Note: My products are supplementary materials and they are not affiliated in any way with the PCI Reading program.) This product includes 1 activi
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K - 2nd
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Classroom Behavior Digital Boom Card Activities - Good vs Bad Choices
Are you looking for a way to teach school, classroom, and playground behaviors Good Choices vs. Bad Choices to introduce your Preschool, PreK, Kindergarten, and 1st grade classroom during the first week of school? This is a set of 36 DIGITAL Boom Cards that uses visuals to teach your students about expected vs. unexpected rules at school, the difference between good choices and bad choices, and the importance of rules and behaviors at school keep them safe.Students need practice learning what e
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PreK - 1st
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Internet Scavenger Hunt - American Symbols - Distance Learning
This scavenger hunt allows students to explore websites in order to identify important American symbols. An internet scavenger hunt is similar to a web quest, in that students will use the internet to find information. However, internet scavenger hunts are designed for students to search for specific answers, rather than creating an open ended project. Internet scavenger hunts can be done as a whole class, in small groups, individually and even at home.This .zip folder includes a variety of form
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K - 2nd
Also included in: Internet Scavenger Hunt Bundle - Kindergarten - Distance Learning
Black History Month QR Code
Black History Month QR Code
Booklet with a QR Code on separate pages to hang around
QR code to links to websites.
Featuring:
What celebrate Black History Month?
Frederick Douglas
Harriet Tubman
Louis Armstrong
Ruby Bridges
Jackie Robinson
George Washington Carver
Rosa Parks
Malcolm X
Muhammad Ali
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PreK - 12th, Adult Education
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Goods and Services Picture Sorting - Good or Service Digital Boom Cards
Give your primary grade students fun supplemental practice activities as they learn the differences in Goods and Services! These DIGITAL and PRINTABLE Goods and Services economics activities require NO READING and give students pictures to identify as either a good or a service. These 42 Goods and Services social studies economic activities will go with ANY social studies curriculum too!These PRINTABLE and DIGITAL Boom Cards and Easel activities are interactive task cards and designed to give st
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K - 2nd
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Position and Location Words TOP and BOTTOM Digital Task Cards
Use these No-Prep TOP and BOTTOM positional word teaching activities for kindergarten students to practice finding objects on top and on the bottom. Students will use positional language (prepositions) to describe the position and directional location of top and bottom using these 40 positional words DIGITAL Easel Task Cards and Boom Cards. Positional and directional words, also known as prepositions, describe where an object is located or positioned in relation to other things. For example, lef
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PreK - K
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World War I WebQuest
The students will be able to use the following website to complete a World War I WebQuest. The students will click on each section topic and answer the questions to the fullest.
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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American Symbols Activities for United States Symbols
Give your students fun and interactive DIGITAL learning activities to learn about Symbols of America and The United States. This is a set of 30 DIGITAL task cards that give students practice identifying American Symbols and Famous U.S. Landmarks. These NO PREP Symbols of a Great Nation social studies activities can be used in whole group teaching, small groups, and centers too! YOU DO NOT NEED A BOOM LEARNING ACCOUNT TO USE THIS RESOURCE!You will be able to use these Symbols of the United States
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K - 2nd
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Internet Scavenger Hunt Bundle - Kindergarten - Distance Learning
An internet scavenger hunt is similar to a webquest, in that students will use the internet to find information. However, internet scavenger hunts are designed for students to search for specific answers, rather than creating an open ended project. Internet scavenger hunts can be done as a whole class, in small groups, individually and even at home.This is a packet of 8 scavenger hunts, all geared to Georgia's Kindergarten Performance Standards. The scavenger hunts included cover: Day & Nigh
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K
QR Code Habitat Investigation
This QR Code Habitat Investigation is a great whole group inquiry activity, small group investigation, or independent activity (centers, extension, "I'm done") for students grades K-2. There are different versions for those of you without subscriptions to tools like BrainPOP or PebbleGo. Reminder, BrainPOP and PebbleGo are paid subscriptions (though sometimes you can Google free logins). If you do not have memberships to these sites, you will only be able to use the YouTube QR pages.Version 1: B
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K - 3rd
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World War 1 WebQuest
The students will be able to use the following website to complete a World War I WebQuest. The students will click on each section topic and answer the questions to the fullest.
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Kindergarten 2d Shapes and 3d Shapes Geometry DIGITAL Boom Cards
NO PREP DIGITAL identifying 2d and 3d shapes will be fun and engaging using these preschool and kindergarten activities! This math geometry activity uses REAL WORLD OBJECTS of triangles, squares, rectangles, circles, hexagons, trapezoids, ovals, cubes, spheres, cones, cylinders, pyramids, and rectangular prisms for math sorting centers to sort by two dimensional and three dimensional shapes.Check out my Kindergarten Math GROWING BUNDLE and SAVE 30% and includes these 40 DIGITAL BOOM CARDS!Boom C
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PreK - 1st
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Also included in: Kindergarten Math Worksheets Games and Centers YEAR-LONG BUNDLE
Musical Scavenger Hunts
Looking for fun scavenger hunts for your music class? Here are three great products that challenge your students to use their environment and the internet to search for the answers to a variety of scavenger hunts. Musical Scavenger Hunt: This no-prep game is great for a first day of school activity or for a sub tub!Students fill out their own information and then search for students in the classroom with the same answers as theirs. This is a great ice breaker and an even better way to get to
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K - 12th
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Time Travelers: Exploring Black History Month!
Students will learn about the importance of Black History Month.Students will be introduced to influential Black figures who made significant contributions to various fields.Students will develop research and communication skills through engaging activities.
Grades:
K - 3rd
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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.
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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:
- 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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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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