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Kindergarten social studies thematic unit plan interactive whiteboards
Voting: The Cookie Election Digital and Paper Bundle
Make the voting process fun and engaging with this non-political 5 day mini-unit!Have a class election to determine the best cookie: Chocolate chip or Oreo!This product includes Google Slides with:Voter registration cards4 commercials for each cookie that play directly in the Google Slides2 opinion writing options to state an opinion and provide reasons both before and after voting3 different options to create campaign posters: OREO, chocolate chip or both cookiesa graph to show class voting res
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K - 2nd
French Digital Community Helpers BUNDLE | Social Studies | Les Métiers
Whether you're looking for digital resources to support your Grade 1 Social Studies Local Community & Community Helpers unit (les membres de la communauté) or whether you are simply looking for digital French field trips and inquiry lessons, this bundle is calling your name! Focusing on 5 different community helpers, this French bundle provides students with the opportunity to dive deeper into each profession, while having fun and staying engaged! The bundle includes separate Google Slides p
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K - 2nd
Voting: The DIGITAL Learning Cookie Election {distance learning}
Make the voting process fun and engaging with this non-political 5 day mini-unit!Have a class election to determine the best cookie: Chocolate chip or Oreo!This product includes Google Slides with:Voter registration cards4 commercials for each cookie that play directly in the Google Slides2 opinion writing options to state an opinion and provide reasons both before and after voting3 different options to create campaign posters: OREO, chocolate chip or both cookiesa graph to show class voting res
Grades:
K - 2nd
Also included in: Voting: The Cookie Election Digital and Paper Bundle
Community Helpers Presentation - Preschool, K, 1st, 2nd - Perfect for Career Day
Are you looking for a fun way to present community helpers in your classroom? This fun and informative presentation is perfect for your community helpers theme.Community helpers included: dentist, firefighter, mailman, police officer, teacher, flight attendant, photographer, chef, meteorologist, mechanic, coach, paleontologist.This bundle is perfect for teaching THEMES in the classroom. Have a look at this to save time and $$$: BUNDLE - 9 THEMES___________________________________________________
Grades:
PreK - 2nd
Bear Powerpoint! Black, Brown, Grizzly, Polar, Sun, Panda, Koala
I created this PowerPoint to help my students learn about different types of bears. It focuses on each different type of bear (and Koala's) and teaches facts that allow students to compare and contrast the different types of bears (and marsupials)! Students will learn where each of these bears live, what they eat, hibernation techniques, cubs (and joeys), size, and fun facts! There are multiple links for short informational videos about each type of bear that correlate to the material being read
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PreK - 5th
Texas Heroes - Stephen F. Austin - For Smartboard
Included in this Stephen F. Austin Smartboard Pack you will receive:
* KWL chart
* Texas Pledge Slide
* Biography (2 pages of facts and history for you to have right at your fingertips),
* Blank Austin Bubble Map
* Fill in the Blank interactive slide
* Glow in the Dark (slide and reveal) page
* Venn Diagram to compare/contrast a variety of political figures (Austin, Houston, Navarro, Lincoln, Washington)
*Writing Prompt Page for students to describe a reason why they like Stephen F. A
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Grades:
PreK - 5th
Urban, Rural and Suburban Jeopardy Game
This Jeopardy Game features 5 questions for each of its 4 catoegories- Urban Communities, Rural Communities, Suburban Communities and Communities in general.
Once students have learned about each of these communities, they can have fun testing their knowledge by answering these questions on this interactive SmartBoard Game. Students can come up to the SmartBoard and click on the question that they would like to answer. Questions get more challenging as you go from $100 to $500.
There are 2
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Grades:
K - 5th
Daily Slides for When I Grow Up Community Helpers - Google Slides
This digital resource can be used in SO many ways!-Through live distance learning platforms.-By students and families learning from home.-By in-person teachers on interactive boards.-By in-person students on school learning devices.Resource includes:-20 career/community helper themed slides-with 5 themed YouTube links on each slide-PLUS a bonus blank slide template for more learning fun!Careers included:Actor, Artist, Astronaut, Baker, Chef, Construction Worker, Doctor, Farmer, Firefighter, Flor
Grades:
PreK - 1st
Also included in: Kindergarten Supplemental Resource Bundle - SEPTEMBER
Arctic SMART Board Thematic Unit
This is an interactive SMART Board presentation about the climate, culture, people, communities, and animals in the Arctic. It includes lessons, videos, interactive slides, lab ideas, and writing/craft activities for each subtopic including the tundra, the Inuit people, land animals and camouflage, Arctic animals with fur, Arctic animals with feathers, and Arctic animals with blubber.
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K - 3rd
Texas Heroes - Jose Antonio Navarro - For Smartboard
Included in this Jose Antonio Navarro Smartboard Pack you will receive:
* KWL chart
* Texas Pledge Slide
* Biography (2 pages of facts and history for you to have right at your fingertips),
* Blank Navarro Bubble Map
* Fill in the Blank interactive slide
* Glow in the Dark (slide and reveal) page
* Venn Diagram to compare/contrast a variety of political figures (Austin, Houston, Navarro, Lincoln, Washington)
*Writing Prompt Page for students to describe a reason why they like Jose Ant
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Grades:
PreK - 4th
Australia Unit with Mem Fox Books on Promethean Board
This flipchart contains pages to help teach Australia, Australian animals and some books by Australian author, Mem Fox.
The original flipchart was a bit larger but it was too large to upload - sorry.
This link goes to my blog where you can see some photos from our Multi-cultural night.
http://littlepriorities.blogspot.com/2012/04/multi-cultural-night.html
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K - 2nd
Also included in: DOLLAR DEAL BUNDLE (Growing Bundle)
Canada Day
CANADA: This fun and interactive slide presentation is all about Canada. It’s a great way to discover this great Country.The pictures in the slide presentation are very colourful and will keep your students engaged.❤️ You may also like:-CANADIAN MONEY-COMMUNITY HELPERS-DINOSAURS-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Don’t forget to leave FEEDBACK on your purchases. This will allow you to receive credits that you can
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K - 3rd
Community Helpers 9 day Unit (No Prep, No Print!)
This is a 9-day community helpers unit that requires absolutely NO prep! Each lesson includes the daily focus, a fun guessing activity to warm the students up, a description of the community helper for the day, a fun activity (labeling, sorting tools, making lists, etc), and continues with a song or story for the day. Each lesson ends with a writing/drawing extension (used for assessment) that the students can complete in their own notebooks/paper. This would also make a fantastic distance learn
Grades:
PreK - 2nd
Desert Habitat PowerPoint
This is an 11 slide PowerPoint with images of the desert landscape and habitat. It includes a map of desert regions and images of cactus, camels, tarantulas, snakes, scorpions and dry landscape and scrub vegetation. This is a great introduction to a unit on deserts of different types of habitats.
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K - 3rd
All About Mexico
This SMART Board document helps my students review the geography, climate, food, culture, people, currency, and history of Mexico. We do several hands-on activities centered around each of the slides.
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K - 2nd
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Ocean Habitat PowerPoint
This is 12 slide PowerPoint with images of the ocean / sea habitat with an emphasis on learning the letter "S". It includes pictures of sharks, seahorses, starfish, stingrays, sand, and more. This is a great introduction to a unit on Oceans or Habitats.
Grades:
PreK - 2nd
Les Pompiers | Les Métiers de la Communauté | French Community Helpers
Are you looking for digital French resources to support the local community and community helpers social studies unit? This Google Slides resource is perfect for K-2 students who are learning about important members/helpers in the community. These Google Slides are interactive and engaging, allowing for great discussions and learning opportunities.This resource focuses on Firefighters (Les Pompiers). This digital resource can be used for distance learning as well as in-person learning. If you ar
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Grades:
K - 2nd
Also included in: French Digital Community Helpers BUNDLE | Social Studies | Les Métiers
Les Policiers | Les Métiers de la Communauté | French Community Helpers
Are you looking for digital French resources to support the local community and community helpers social studies unit? This Google Slides resource is perfect for K-2 students who are learning about important members/helpers in the community. These Google Slides are interactive and engaging, allowing for great discussions and learning opportunities.This resource focuses on Police Officers (Les Policiers). This digital resource can be used for distance learning as well as in-person learning. If yo
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Grades:
K - 2nd
Also included in: French Digital Community Helpers BUNDLE | Social Studies | Les Métiers
Landforms and Bodies of Water Smart Board Lesson
This file includes definitions and real photographs of landforms and bodies of water to provide visuals and enhance your classroom lessons.
Includes: plain, hill, mountain, valley, peninsula, coast, island, desert, volcano, canyon, cave, river, lake and ocean.
Grades:
K - 3rd
Les Dentistes | Les Métiers de la Communauté | French Community Helpers
Are you looking for digital French resources to support the local community and community helpers social studies unit? This Google Slides resource is perfect for K-2 students who are learning about important members/helpers in the community. These Google Slides are interactive and engaging, allowing for great discussions and learning opportunities.This resource focuses on Dentists (Les Dentistes). This digital resource can be used for distance learning as well as in-person learning. If you are l
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Grades:
K - 2nd
Also included in: French Digital Community Helpers BUNDLE | Social Studies | Les Métiers
Les Bibliothécaires | Les Métiers de la Communauté | French Community Helpers
Are you looking for digital French resources to support the local community and community helpers social studies unit? This Google Slides resource is perfect for K-2 students who are learning about important members/helpers in the community. These Google Slides are interactive and engaging, allowing for great discussions and learning opportunities.This resource focuses on Librarians (Les Bibliothécaires). This digital resource can be used for distance learning as well as in-person learning. If y
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Grades:
K - 2nd
Also included in: French Digital Community Helpers BUNDLE | Social Studies | Les Métiers
Fire Safety & Drill Lesson (No Prep, No Print!)-2 days!
This fire safety lesson includes everything you would need to teach fire safety to your students! It starts off with a fire safety song, followed by a description of how to properly follow fire safety, and even takes a look into why we have fire drills and a fire alarm sound to give your students a preview of what to expect! There is a fire-related activity, and an assessment at the end that asks students to draw to show. This is a 2 day lesson (Although it can be condensed if needed, it is comp
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PreK - 2nd
Agriculture - Plants
This is a Smart Notebook file that forms a unit about Agriculture - Plants. It was originally made for a senior special needs class but can easily be used for a class of nearly any age or ability. It includes 7 lessons that can be taught over a week or a term.
If you do not have SMARTnotebook you can still view and use this lesson, as long as you are connected to the internet:
http://express.smarttech.com/#
Simply go to this webpage and upload the file. Some of the formatting will change, and m
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Grades:
K - 10th
Halloween Around the World Bundle
This resource is a Halloween themed unit that ties in Social Studies & ELA skills. Enjoy a PowerPoint, lesson plans with benchmarks aligned, assessment, and student activity book.
Grades:
K - 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
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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