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Free elementary thematic unit plans
Curriculum Map for Preschool, Pre-K, and Kindergarten
UPDATED WITH 2023-2024 Curriculum Maps! Planning for the year can be overwhelming. This year-long clickable curriculum map broken down by week will help you plan your year using themes.Planned for each theme are: • math and literacy centers• dramatic play sets• character (aka social skills) topic & lessons• science • STEM challenges• a sensory table idea• a booklist What's included:2023-2024 EDITABLE Curriculum Pacing Map (you must open and edit it in PowerPoint)!2023-2024 Curriculum Pacing
Grades:
PreK - K
Also included in: Preschool, Pre-K, and Kindergarten Complete Curriculum BUNDLE
Christmas Reindeer Activities FREE
Looking for engaging and fun Christmas activities for the classroom? This packet of reindeer activities is perfect for 1st and 2nd grade students. It has a reindeer craft, informational writing, ABC order, a word search, and writing about a pet reindeer. Pair the reindeer craft with one of the writing activities for a December bulletin board.The packet includes:1. Reindeer Facts – Write facts about reindeer. 2. ABC Order with Santa’s Reindeer – Put the names of Santa’s reindeer in alphabetical o
Grades:
1st - 2nd
Earth Day FREE
Free Earth Day Printables
Also available:
April Printables - KINDERGARTEN
April Printables - FIRST GRADE
May Printables - KINDERGARTEN
May Printables - FIRST GRADE
This is a "no prep" printable packet that can be used as a whole-group activity, centers, morning work, homework, review, etc.
Included:
Printables:
*Nature Walk
*I Can Help the Earth (3-2-1 Graphic Organizer)
*Go Green! (color the helpful pictures)
*Sort it Out! (cut and paste - recycling and composting)
*BONUS Word Wall Ca
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Grades:
K - 2nd
Solar System Activity: Planets Sorts (3) *Freebie*
These planet sorts are a unique way for students to show what they have learned about the planets! All of the information in this free planets activity can also be found in the Solar System Differentiated Reading Passages with Common-Core aligned Comprehension & Vocabulary activities. Hope your students enjoy!
3 Sorts Included:
• Inner Planets
• Outer Planets
• All Planets
Answer Keys
Check out the FULL product here: Differentiated Planets Reading Passages, Comprehension and Vocabulary C
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Pumpkin Mini-Unit FREEBIE!
This mini-unit includes lots of fun and educational activities related to pumpkins! Templates, printables, instructions, and book suggestions are provided for each activity.
Activities Included:
-Inside & Outside Pumpkin Lesson & Craft
-Pumpkin Investigations Activity
-Pumpkin Life Cycle
-Planting Pumpkins
-Pumpkin Jack Experiment
-Pumpkin Seed Estimation
-Pumpkin Craft
Enjoy! Please leave feedback if you use this product in your classroom! Thank you!
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Grades:
PreK - 1st
The Rainbow Fish -Story Sequencing- Re-telling Visuals-FREEBIE
This 50+ page file contains story telling and sequencing tools to promote literacy and oral comprehension. I major in English and my personal philosophy is to use a "Webbed" curriculum, which is similar to a thematic approach where all elements tie together to reinforce learning.
Story telling is a key aspect in developing language acquisition, critical thinking skills and oral comprehension and I create many visuals for my kindergarten students to facilitate engaging them in the wonderful w
Grades:
PreK - 1st
Ocean Animals Reading Freebie: Clownfish Nonfiction Reading Passage & Activities
“All About Clownfish” includes everything you would need to work on vocabulary and comprehension skills with your students while helping them to gain content area knowledge at the same time! I hope you enjoy this free reading passage with your students!*What's included in this freebie*• 2 Vocabulary Preview Charts: 1 blank & 1 with definition filled in for teacher reference• "All About Clownfish" (Grade Level Equivalent: 4)• Finding Text Evidence Activity• Graphic Organizer for Comprehensio
Grades:
1st - 5th
Thanksgiving Activity Pack -FREE-31 Pages!
15 Thanksgiving printable activities for prek-Kindergarten focusing on visual discrimination, literacy, and math. Laminate and create centers with these fun hands-on activities or use as cut and paste activities.
What is Included:
- Lower case and Upper case vowel practice
-Beginning Sound practice
-number recognition activity
-number quantity activity
-counting practice
-Shape recognition
-Sorting foods and people
-Sorting different thanksgiving pictures
-visual discrimination- which one is di
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Grades:
PreK - K
Zoo Animals Word Search Seek and Find
***This activity is a part of my > ZOO ACTIVITY PACK
Use this cute Zoo word search during your ZOO/Animals unit! It would be perfect for students to do before, during or after a ZOO field trip!
Clip art from: Educlips
Font from: Cara Caroll
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Grades:
PreK - 2nd
The Water Cycle Kindergarten Chart and Activity
This is a water cycle smartboard document to share whole group as well as two different worksheets to complete. Students can label the diagram with words OR cut and paste the pictures into the diagram.
Mrs. Kimbrell's Kindergarten
Meaghan Kimbrell
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Grades:
PreK - 2nd
Tangram Puzzles ~ Ocean
Tangram puzzles can help your students develop problem solving skills and teach them about spatial relationships. You can use these tangram puzzles as a center during an ocean unit, or as a choice for early finishers.
Included are 5 line and silhouette puzzles for:
• Fish
• Sailboat
• Whale
• Crab
• Seahorse
The document also includes the tangram puzzle pieces. I always print a few of them on colored paper and laminate them for durability.
Click the links for more ocean themed packets:
O
Grades:
PreK - 2nd
Rosa Parks- Black History Month
This resource includes a biography of Rosa Parks written on 3 different reading levels, 1 page of text dependent questions (perfect for class discussion and/or writing prompts) and 1 page for students to complete independantly (using evidence from the article to support their answers).
This resource was was designed to maximize student success since it is offered on three different levels of text and vocabulary complexity. The differentiation is done for you! Students can be given their ind
Grades:
1st - 4th
Holidays Around the World / Christmas Around the World FREEBIE
Holidays Around the World/Christmas Around the World FREEBIE. This freebie is a small sample of the complete unit. It contains:· Reading Comprehension Activity for Australia· Flag Activity for Australia Holidays Around the WorldThe complete unit contains information and activities for the following 12 countries:• Australia• Canada• China• France• Germany• Greece• Italy• Japan• Mexico• Spain• Sweden• United StatesActivities included in the complete unit:• Fact cards for each country (color and bl
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Also included in: Holidays Around the World / Christmas Around the World BUNDLE
Community Helpers Sorting
I set this activity up as file folder games. Use the labels to label your file folders. Cut out all of the images. Place the larger ones, firefighter, mail carrier, etc on the sides of the file folders towards the top so there is space below for velcro.
Laminate file folders and cut out and laminate the sorting pieces.
Attach velcro below the pictures on the file folders for sorting.
Students sort through the images to find the ones that belong to the correct community helper.
When children
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Grades:
PreK - K
Weather FREEBIES
This FREEBIE includes a few different weather themed activities that are perfect to supplement any K-1 weather unit!
Included is:
--Weather Bar Graph
--Types of Weather Worksheet (2 versions for differentiation)
--Weather Poem
--Scrambled Weather Poem (Students cut and glue the lines of the poem in order.)
--Writing Page (goes along with Cloudy with A Chance of Meatballs
I hope you enjoy this freebie!
For more freebies, check out my blog K-3 Connection!
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Grades:
PreK - 1st
Holiday: Thanksgiving Math Coloring
A free sample of our math coloring pages featuring a Thanksgiving theme. There are up to 380 problems per puzzle. Fun way to practice math.
Practice all of the basic math facts with these amazing pixel puzzles. There is an addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and two color by number puzzles.
Enjoy!
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Grades:
K - 7th
Free Sample Life Cycle Units - Butterfly, Chicken, Plant, Frog, & Insect
This is a free sample of the compare and contrast reading passages with Venn Diagrams from my life cycle units. The complete units include a KWL, reading passages for all life cycle stages with REAL pictures and an opportunity to engage students with a turn and talk, interactive notebook foldables for vocabulary and life cycle, labeling the parts of each item, coloring, sequencing, unit assessment, and more!Find the individual units or for in a discounted bundle here:Frog Life Cycle Unit and In
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Grades:
2nd - 6th
Hawaiian Luau End of Year Celebration and Activities for ELA and Writing
Having an end of year Hawaiian Luau is a fun way to celebrate the end of year, while still incorporating ELA and Writing Activities! In this product, you will find all do the details that will help you plan an end of year Luau celebration including printable centers, parent letters, and a sample luau schedule. The activities included are easy to prep! What is Included: p.2 - Table of Contentsp.3 – Luau Ideas p.5 – Sample Luau Parent Letterp.6 - Editable Luau Parent Letterp.7 &8 – Sample Luau
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Grades:
K - 2nd
All About Me and Me By the Numbers Posters • First Day of School
First Day of School All About Me Activity. A set of FREE posters for Back to School. Give these out at the beginning of the school year and request them to be returned ASAP. Then put them in a file and pull one out as needed for Student of The Week! Now you won't find yourself scrambling during the year.
This would also make a great Back to School "Get to Know You" activity.
2 Poster styles: All About Me & Me By the Numbers
2 variations of each
2 sizes of each: 8.5x11, 11x17, 18x24
(That'
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Grades:
PreK - 6th
The Mitten by Jan Brett FREEBIE!
Be sure to check out my other resources you can use with The Mitten by Jan Brett!Click HERE for Close Reading Lessons using The MittenClick HERE for January themed Close Reading Super PackClick HERE for Guided Reading Lessons using The MittenHope you and your student have fun with this freebie!Sally Landers
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Grades:
PreK - 3rd
Build a Turkey: A Pattern Block Math Center
Practice number sense and geometry skills!Are you looking for a fun low prep Thanksgiving math center? This Build A Turkey Pattern Block Center is great for practicing symmetry, shape id and counting and is really easy to make! Print the turkeys and have students use pattern blocks to create the “feathers.”This pack includes: •Activity Directions •Turkey Body Cut Outs •Student Response Sheet*************************************************************************** Find More Reso
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Grades:
PreK - 1st
Grinch - Color by Sight Words
This is a Grinch themed color by color code sight word activity.
Sight/High Frequency Words used in this activity:
with, she, can, like
Students will color the picture by recognizing words and coloring according to the given color code.
Enjoy!
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Grades:
K - 1st
Pop Up Speech and Language Craft: Shark CVC (short vowels)
"Pop Up" Speech and Language Crafts are easy and kids love them! Create a 3D pop-up animal while targeting speech therapy goals! This is a great craft to use with your ocean themes or to pair with your favorite shark books!This pop-up craft includes a color and black/white shark template and 5 different CVC pages that you can use to target several goals (one page for each short vowel: a, e, i, o, u)!Target fine motor skills by having the child cut the circles out, fold in half, and glue. Suggest
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Grades:
PreK - 2nd
Also included in: Speech and Language Pop Up Craft Activity Units Bundle
Duck For President - FREEBIE
Duck for PresidentElection, Reading & Writing Activities FREEBIEThis Includes:Common Core Reading Aligned Worksheets - 5 pagesElection Voting Forms - 2 pagesWriting Pages - 14 pagesDuck versus Farmer Brown Anchor Chart (to fill out with class) - 1 pg or 6 page posterWhat a President Does Anchor Chart (to fill out with class) - 1 pg or 6 page posterelection activities | duck for president | voting | voting worksheets | election worksheets | ballot | ballot voting | student voting | student el
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Grades:
K - 3rd
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