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Preschool social studies resources for Easel Assessments and for special education
Mexico Mini Book for Early Readers - A Country Study
This Mexico Mini Book is perfect for your students to learn about Mexico! This book can be used for a very basic country study in lower elementary grades! This is perfect for Pre-k, Kindergarten, and 1st Grade. Each page has a basic fact about Mexico and a scene or illustration to get students to connect to the words. The scenes can be colored in as a fun activity for the students! This printable interactive activity includes:A black/white half page mini book for students to color and readA colo
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PreK - 1st
Jamaica Mini Book for Early Readers - A Country Study
This Jamaica Mini Book is perfect for your students to learn about Jamaica! This book can be used for a very basic country study in lower elementary grades! This is perfect for Pre-k, Kindergarten, and 1st Grade. Each page has a basic fact about Jamaica and a scene or illustration to get students to connect to the words. The scenes can be colored in as a fun activity for the students! This printable interactive activity includes:A black/white half page mini book for students to color and readA c
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PreK - 2nd
Argentina Mini Book for Early Readers - A Country Study
This Argentina Mini Book is perfect for your students to learn about Argentina! This book can be used for a very basic country study in lower elementary grades! This is perfect for Pre-k, Kindergarten, and 1st Grade. Each page has a basic fact about Argentina and a scene or illustration to get students to connect to the words. The scenes can be colored in as a fun activity for the students! Plus a full color teacher copy for students to check their work, use as a guide, or to laminate and add th
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PreK - 2nd
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Inside/Outside Voices Learning Volume Control for SPED/OT/Autism Boom Cards
*Update* Now includes a Boom Deck AND a separate Easel activity! Make sure to download both* This Boom Cards™ deck helps your students learn volume control and voice modulation. Do your students know how loud their voice should be depending on where they are and what they are doing? It teaches children how to understand when and how to use indoor and outdoor voices, using a visual chart. If your students struggle with voice modulation, or controlling the volume of their voice, this Boom Deck™
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PreK - 1st
STUCK by Oliver Jeffers Speech Companion with Boom™ Cards & Printable Activities
Updated December 2021 to include a link to FREE Boom™ Cards and Reading Assessment! "What a truly creative and unique take on a book companion! This is very thorough, with a great variety of targets and activities. This is a refreshingly creative companion." Use this product in 3 ways:47 PRINT and GO worksheets for in person learning, speech therapy, and home programsTpT EASEL Activities and Assessments for online and distance learningFREE BOOM CARD deck with sequencing activities Stuck by Olive
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PreK - 2nd
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Popcorn Printable CVC Word and Short Vowel Sound Sort
Target decoding CVC words and phonemic awareness skills by identifying the medial or middle sounds in CVC words. Perfect for small groups, literacy centers, or independent work. Learners will match pictures to their CVC word popcorn bucket AND identify the short vowel sounds in CVC words and sort them into vowel popcorn buckets. A digital slide presentation is also included so you can review the CVC words before and/or after you assign the activities.This activity can be used for reading cent
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PreK - 2nd
Also included in: Popcorn CVC Words Printable & Digital Bundle for Reading
Rusty Learns Gentle vs Rough Hands - Social Skills Behavior Story - SEL
Rusty Learns Gentle vs Rough Hands - Social Skills Behavior Story - SELIt can hurt people when we hit, scratch, or use rough hands. But when people are gentle, this feels nice! It’s important to use gentle hands with everything and everyone around us. Students will enjoy the colorful pictures while watching Rusty learn good choices and do the right thing. The Easel Version will not have the Rusty the Greyhound cartoon character. The Questions in the video will not be in the downloaded story, b
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PreK - 2nd
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Also included in: Dealing With Others Social Skills Behavior Story Growing Bundle - SEL
Pirate Treasure Hunt Inference Clues Activities for Language FREEBIE
Search for pirate treasure at your school by making inferences to solve clues and visit a variety of locations around your school campus. This is ideal for pirate-themed lessons during speech & language therapy, whole group activities, or Talk Like a Pirate Day. Students can work as a team to practice inferencing skills to solve each clue to find the "treasure" at the end of the hunt. A digital slides version of the activity compatible with PowerPoint and Google Slides™ is also included.
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PreK - 2nd
Counting Objects to 20 Task Cards Scattered Configuration - Differentiated
Here's a fun and engaging counting activity to get your students counting objects to 20 in a scattered configuration and identifying numbers. This set of counting task cards will require your students to accurately count objects and identify the number to match the set of objects. Students will be pairing each object with a number and learn that the last numbers show the total number of objects. This set of counting task cards can easily be differentiated to meet your students' learning needs.Te
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PreK - 1st
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Heavy or Light Google Slides and Easel Assessment) Digital Resource
Included you will find 35 Google Heavy or Light Slides for Google Classroom that will allow students to practice identifying whether an item is heavy or light.Google Slides: Students will drag the hand to point to the correct answer or record their answer on the included recording sheet.*Easel Assessment: Students will look at the item or read the sentence and click on either heavy or light. This Easel Assessment will give students instant feedback.This Google Slides resource has 35 Google slide
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PreK - 1st
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Dinosaur Counting to 10 Task Cards Worksheets and Boom Cards
Provide your students with a fun Dino-resource to learn numbers up to 10, which includes printable and digital activities to help your students practice counting, number recognition, and more. In this download, you will find a Boom Cards interactive activity to practice counting to 10. The task is to count the number of dinosaurs and click on the correct number. Includes 20 Boom Cards. Want to see a preview? You can check it out HERE.I've also included some printable options. You will find:30 C
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PreK - K
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Also included in: Numbers to 10 Boom Cards Bundle 50% off OVER 50 ACTIVITIES
Crayon Color Match and Sort Printable and Digital Activities
Target basic concepts, vocabulary, color recognition, and color naming with this fun crayon color sort and match activity. It includes 12 colors - red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, pink, black, white, gray, brown, and peach. Students can complete crayon matching puzzles and sort crayons into their correct boxes by reading the color name on each box. This activity would pair well with any crayon-themed book. Digital Activities are also included.Printable Activities:12 Colors - red, or
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PreK - 1st
Kindergarten Readiness Assessment
Are you looking for a new way to assess your preschool students? Are you tired of the old paper and pencil assessments? Or maybe you want both? Then this is the resource for you! The DIGITAL VERSION is now on Easel!This resource is designed to assess your special needs preschool student's academic growth and readiness for kindergarten at the beginning and end of the year. It contains simple black and white flash cards for fewer distractions while assessing. Directions on how to use the print
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PreK - K
Boom Cards Speech Therapy, Animated Verbs, WH Questions, Pronouns, GIFs
Make teaching expanding sentences fun with this animated verb Boom Card resource! Kids will learn multiple objectives such as answering WH- questions, expanding sentences, following specific directions, describing locations, pronoun use, labeling verbs, turn-taking, and more. Also, kids could learn to IMITATE the simple movements to reinforce their verbal expression. These Boom Cards can teach students a format they can use throughout the stages of their language development. From basic word a
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PreK - 2nd
Pattern
Pattern-making plays a crucial role in early math education by fostering logical reasoning, critical thinking, and foundational mathematical skills that lay the groundwork for more advanced concepts in the later stages of learning.It includes 10 pattern sheets and cards to complete all the patterns.
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PreK - 1st
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Rusty stops eloping and asks for a break - Social Skills Behavior Story - SEL
Rusty stops eloping and asks for a break - Social Skills Behavior Story - SEL It can be very scary for teachers when their students get up and walk away from them. In this story, Rusty walks out of the classroom. His teacher tells him that asking for a break is ok, but walking away is not. He could get hurt or lost. Rusty asked for a break, and his teacher gave him one.The Easel Version will not have the Rusty the Greyhound cartoon character. The Questions in the video will not be in the downloa
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PreK - 2nd
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Speech Sound Visuals: Teddy Talker Mouth Position Cards w. Reinforcement Rhymes
A fun-filled, easy way to learn about 38 sounds! Meet Teddy Talker, with his special CUE system built into the visuals of this child-friendly bear to represent these features:• voice: bowtie red=voice off; bowtie green=voice on• nasal sounds: honey on Teddy's nose• windy sounds: breathYou can use Teddy materials with programs and materials you already use. As a bonus, each phoneme has a corresponding rhyme that embeds the cues for phonetic placement, describing articulation in simple terms. Th
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PreK - 2nd
Also included in: Teach Together Bundle : Teddy Talker
Rusty Shares, Take Turns, and Stays Calm - Social Skills Behavior Story - SEL
Rusty Shares, Take Turns, and Stays Calm - Social Skills Behavior Story - SEL Taking turns and sharing is an important way for a child to learn how to play with their friends. Taking turns can be tough. With so much fun to be had, who wants to wait?! Rusty learns that the best way to have fun with friends is to share toys - and though he initially gets angry when someone takes his teddy bear, both Rusty and his friend learn how taking turns and remaining calm can lead to even more fun.The Easel
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PreK - 2nd
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Pumpkin 2-D Shapes Sorting Matching and Language Printable & Digital Activities
Match, sort, describe, compare & contrast 5 different 2-D shapes with 18 different common objects using these fun pumpkin shape activities. Pair this resource with your favorite pumpkin books including Spookley the Square Pumpkin by Joe Troiano for literature-based lessons. These printable and digital activities are ideal for October, Halloween, and Fall lessons and portions can even be used all year round. Digital slide activities are compatible with PowerPoint and Google Slides™.The PRI
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PreK - 2nd
Rusty learns to be a Good Sport: Win and Lose -Social Skills Behavior Story- SEL
Rusty learns to be a Good Sport: Win and Lose -Social Skills Behavior Story- SELWhen we play games, someone wins, and someone has to lose. And although this might not feel very nice, Rusty learns that it’s taking part that counts! After all, we're guaranteed to have fun when we try our best. We can also be happy for our friends when they win. Rusty notices that it doesn’t feel very nice to be laughed at when you lose, but even though he lost and was upset, he remembered the steps to calm down. N
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PreK - 2nd
Kindergarten Math Addition with Pictures up to 20
Overview: Indulge your young learners in a sweet and educational adventure with our Kindergarten Math Addition with Pictures Worksheet. This delightful resource is designed to make math practice a treat for both teachers and students. Here's what you'll find in this comprehensive set:Key Features: 1. Irresistible Dessert Visuals: Our 10-page worksheet set features mouthwatering dessert pictures that add a scrumptious twist to math practice. From cupcakes to ice cream, students will be motivated
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PreK - 1st
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Math Mats 1-20 with IEP Goals and Objectives - Easel Assessment Included
These math work mats would be a great addition to your math centers. You can laminate and/or put them in write & wipe sleeves. Use a dry erase marker. Included:Total of 40 MatsThis set includes math mats numbers 1-20 in color.This set includes math mats numbers 1-20 in BWData SheetsIEP Goals/ObjectivesThis product is available in my IEP Box for counting to 20.
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PreK - 12th
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IEP Goals and Activities for Elementary Math Numbers 1-10 Assessment/Centers
This math unit for elementary math numbers 1 - 10 includes: Simple assessment to determine if your students can discriminate a number from a letter. Make 2 copies. One for the student to read from. You will mark another sheet for data collection. You should circle what your student misses.Suggested IEP goals for learning numbers 1-10Suggested lesson ideasData sheetsEditable graphs for tracking student progress 5 different activities for each number5 different activities for learning to draw a li
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PreK - 5th
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What Should I Wear Boom Cards™ self dressing support for Occupational therapy
Knowing how to identify what to wear is a self-care skill that benefits all children, not just those in OT (occupational therapy) or special education. This Boom Cards™ deckis perfect for special education and students with autism. Practice a child's ability to choose what to wear and appropriate clothing for the weather and occasion. Includes descriptions of why an answer is correct for improved learning. Click here for a preview: Try it Now!Made by a pediatric OT for teletherapy or special edu
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PreK - 2nd
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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.
Teaching with social studies resources
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.
Discover printable and digital social studies resources
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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