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Women's History Month social studies tools for common core interactive whiteboards
European Explorers: Age of Exploration, Voyages, New World Discoveries & MORE!
Looking for an easy-to-use social studies unit on early European explorers for your third, fourth, or fifth grade class? Look no further! Our unit is designed to take your students on an exciting voyage during the Age of Exploration, where they'll learn about and experience the journeys of early European explorers.Our engaging hands-on student activities, including learning centers, a review game, and unit assessment, are available in both printable and digital formats, making prep a breeze. Our
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3rd - 5th
American Revolution: Taxes, Boston Massacre, Tea Party, Battles & Events, & MORE
Looking for a comprehensive and engaging social studies unit for your third, fourth, or fifth grade students? Look no further! Our American Revolution unit has everything you need to make history come alive in your classroom.With a teacher guide, hands-on student activities (available in both printable and digital formats), learning centers, a review game, and a unit assessment, you'll have everything you need to teach your students about the causes of the American Revolution, major battles and
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Indigenous Peoples' Day | Digital Google Slides + PDF
Wanting to teach your students about Indigenous Peoples' Day? This elementary-age appropriate Google Slides e-book also includes a true/false activity and a "history of the land I am on" activity. A .pdf of the activities is also included in case you want a printable version. If you are using this for Distance Learning, you can feel free to add audio so students can listen to you read the text as well!Pages included:-What is Indigenous Peoples' Day?-History of Indigenous Peoples' Day-When is Ind
Grades:
K - 3rd
Also included in: Holidays YEAR LONG GROWING Bundle
Martin Luther King Jr. PowerPoint Lesson for Martin Luther King Day Grades 1 2 3
Let’s Learn About Martin Luther King PowerPoint Lesson will help you present age-appropriate content to your students in first grade, second grade, or third grade. The animated PowerPoint with illustrations will keep young learners engaged as the text is read and discussed. It is perfect for use with a Smart Board or other interactive whiteboard; however it can be used without this technology as long as you have a computer and PowerPoint software. The final page of the PowerPoint includes li
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Sentence of the Day: CCSS Daily Sentence Editing Tool for the YEAR (EDITABLE)
EDITABLE Sentence of the Day Year-Long Sentence Editing Tool!!
Middle grade students to middle schoolers are often challenged by the editing process. When trying to tackle the editing process of an entire written piece, it can be tricky for this group to pick up on obvious and not so obvious errors that exist.
With this Sentence of the Day daily sentence editing to enhance student writing in grades 4-8, your students will get the practice and reinforcement needed to identify: spelling, capita
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4th - 8th
Also included in: Word Work and Writing BUNDLE for Grades 4-8
BACK TO SCHOOL BOOM CARDS ACTIVITY KINDERGARTEN GAME GOOD & BAD CHOICES SORT
GOOD CHOICES VS BAD CHOICES BOOM CARDS GAME (BACK TO SCHOOL ACTIVITIES K-2)This fun digital game is perfect for back to school and is specifically aimed to help kids identify good and bad choices. It contains 34 playable cards and could also be used throughout the year to reinforce good and bad choices. Kids have to look at each picture, determine if the action depicted is a good or bad choice and click the corresponding answer (thumbs up for good choice and thumbs down for bad choice). This
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PreK - 3rd
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Year One HASS Unit: Places and Spaces | Australian Curriculum Geography |
| FREE review/update to V9 Australian Curriculum, landing first half of '24. Buy in now to beat the price increase and get the updates free |This unit includes everything you need to teach a 'Geography: Places and Spaces' unit for Year 1 HASS...for the entire term! Paired with my 'The World Around Me' unit, it is all of your geography content covered. This particular unit focuses on exploring the local environment, while investigating natural, managed and constructed features. Student's explore
Grades:
1st
Asian American & Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month | Google Slides + PDF
Are you wanting to teach your students about Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month? Here is a perfect resource for you! This is an e-book and activities, including a map activity, a learning activity with videos, and a true & false activity! A .pdf version of the activities is included as well. You can feel free to add audio to the slides if you are using for distance/remote learning or this resource is perfect for use in the classroom. Happy AAPI Learning!Slides Included
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K - 2nd
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Year One HASS: Past and Present | Australian Curriculum Aligned |
| FREE review/update to V9 Australian Curriculum, landing first half of '24. Buy in now to beat the price increase and get the updates free |This unit includes everything you need to teach a 'Past and Present' unit for Year 1 HASS for the entire term! Paired with my 'My Family & Personal History' unit, it is all of your history content covered. This particular unit focuses on exploring how things have changed over time, through comparing our daily lives with our grandparents or parents. Stud
Grades:
1st
Kindergarten CKLA ALIGNED Knowledge #6 Native Americans Supplemental Slideshows
PLEASE NOTE:**These materials are not designed to replace lessons or materials provided within Amplify/Core Knowledge (CKLA); they are meant to supplement the existing materials provided by Amplify Education Inc. and The Core Knowledge® Foundation.These interactive PowerPoints are aligned to Amplify Core Knowledge's (CKLA) Kindergarten Listening & Learning Strand, Domain 6, Native Americans. These slideshows are very colorful, interactive, and stay true to the curriculum. Over 800 slides!!!T
Grades:
K
Christmas Jeopardy! Christmas Trivia for Elementary!
Christmas Trivia Jeopardy! Kids will answer 25 Christmas trivia questions in this engaging, no prep Jeopardy game that is a perfect holiday party activity! Christmas trivia topics covered include Christmas songs, movies, traditions, foods, and the 12 days of Christmas! 25 questions reviewing thought-provoking facts are arranged in a colorful game board to give students a competitive game-like atmosphere ! Topics and point values are linked to corresponding questions and answers in an interacti
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2nd - 6th
HUNDREDS CHART 10 MORE 10 LESS MATH JUNE DIGITAL GAME 1ST GRADE RESOURCE
10 MORE, 10 LESS, 1 MORE, 1 LESS ACTIVITY (MASTERING 100 CHART DIGITAL GAME)A fun, digital interactive game for children to practice 10 more, 10 less, 1 more and 1 less. After kids drag the 4 numbers onto the correct boxes, they click on 'Submit' button to check if they got the answers correct. Perfect for First Grade Math centers, whole class activity, homeschooling and more! This game can be played on interactive whiteboards, computers and tablets. An internet connection is required.20 slid
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1st
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1st Grade Interactive Smart Board Calendar //Morning Meeting For the Whole Year!
2020-2021 AMAZING calendar geared for first grade! My students LOVE calendar time! Get your kids excited to review math skills, sing songs, count, and so much more! The calendar includes an interactive calendar month for months August-June. There is also a different song for each month. My kids are always so excited to see what the "new" song will be. Get your students engaged with this interactive calendar that is so much more fun and engaging than traditional calendar time! Below is a detailed
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K - 2nd
Hyperboles PowerPoint Lesson {Figurative Language}
Buzzing about Hyperboles
More on figurative language! This 21-slide presentation will offer you and your students an in-depth look at hyperboles. Students will be guided through what a hyperbole is, how to understand why statements are hyperboles, and then given the chance to find hyperboles among other sentences. Also included is clarification between similes and hyperboles. Stunning colors and animations will keep students plugged in, and make teaching this figurative language concept fun
Grades:
4th - 8th, Adult Education
Also included in: Figurative Language PowerPoint Lessons Bundle
MAP SKILLS US Geography GOOGLE SLIDES & BOOM CARDS 2nd & 3rd Grade Bundle
Are you a 2nd or 3rd grade teacher looking for an exciting way to teach and review map skills & geography? This interactive bundle includes both Google Slides and Boom Cards, so there are plenty of activities to keep them entertained. They’ll learn all about landforms, the equator, the prime meridian, hemispheres, latitude and longitude, continents, U.S. regions, world oceans, the compass rose, cardinal directions - all with lots of vocabulary thrown into the mix. If you want to excite your
Grades:
2nd - 4th
December 1st Grade + 2nd Grade Morning Work - 1st + 2nd Grade Writing Prompts
This December morning work product will save your mornings, your sanity, your time--you name it! Mess-less, stress-less, and (almost) paperless! A month's worth of morning journal prompts will engage your students, make them think creatively, and have fun! Also—each prompt has the option to play classical music to calm your students as they focus and write!Prompts are organized to cut down on teacher direction-giving time during the busy morning time. The electronic nature of the prompts creates
Grades:
1st - 2nd
Year One HASS: 'The World Around Me' | Australian Curriculum Geography |
| FREE review/update to V9 Australian Curriculum, landing first half of '24. Buy in now to beat the price increase and get the updates free |This unit includes everything you need to teach a 'Geography: The World Around Me' unit for Year 1 HASS...for the entire term! Paired with my 'Places and Spaces' unit, it is all of your geography content covered. This particular unit focuses on exploring the world around us. Students investigate their location in terms of suburb, city and country, as well a
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1st
The Real First Thanksgiving Digital Activity
Do your kiddos still think that turkey was served at the First Thanksgiving? Do they know why the Pilgrims celebrated with a meal? Do they know the Native Americans were from the Wampanoag Tribe? This product is included in the Thanksgiving Games and Activities Mega BundleThis interactive digital resource includes information about the historically accurate First Thanksgiving with the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag. This fun and engaging resource goes from the Pilgrims' voyage to the 3 day feast
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2nd - 4th
Also included in: Thanksgiving Activities and Games Mega Bundle
Telling time to the minute | Elapsed time Boom Cards
Are you looking for a digital activity designed to give your students practice with elapsed time word problems and time to the nearest minute? Check out these NO prep, interactive, digital BOOM Cards that are fun for students and a huge time saver for teachers! This telling time unit is a great way to keep your students engaged when teaching or reviewing elapsed time word problems and time to the nearest minute.Click the PREVIEW button above to see everything included!By purchasing this differen
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3rd
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Decades Research Project Posters - Printable & Digital
Decades Research Project Posters are a fun and simple way for your students to research decades through history. These project posters are student friendly and help guide your students in what exactly to research. These posters are perfect for students to display their research! And they look fabulous on a bulletin board or hallway display!This is part of my HUGE GROWING BUNDLE OF RESEARCH PROJECT POSTERS. This is includes ALL of my research project posters. Your students could become research e
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3rd - 8th
Also included in: GROWING BUNDLE Research Project Posters
Boom Card Multiplication and Division Practice No Prep
Buy the BUNDLE & SAVE 20%!!!Are you looking for digital activities designed to help develop your student's understanding of multiplication and division? Check out these NO prep, self-checking, interactive, highly engaging, digital Boom Cards that are fun for students and a huge time saver for teachers! In this unit, you will find the following 29 Decks that cover the 3rd Grade Common Core Standards for the Operations & Algebraic Thinking Domain:★ 24 Digital Task Cards, designed to provid
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Grades:
3rd
Adjective Boom Cards Bundle
Do your students need practice with adjectives? These NO prep, self-checking, interactive, digital Boom Cards are so much fun for students and a huge time saver for teachers! Your students will get tons of grammar practice identifying adjectives and using adjectives in a sentence with this 3 deck bundle of Boom Cards!In this unit, you will find:★ 20 digital task cards designed to give students practice with determining the word that is an adjective. Students must drag the gumball with the adje
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Grades:
2nd - 4th
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Grade 2 CKLA ALIGNED Knowledge #3 Ancient Greek Civ. Supplemental Slideshows
PLEASE NOTE:**These materials are not designed to replace lessons or materials provided within Amplify/Core Knowledge (CKLA); they are meant to supplement the existing materials provided by Amplify Education Inc. and The Core Knowledge® Foundation.These interactive PowerPoints are aligned to Core Knowledge's (CKLA)/Amplify's 2nd Grade Listening & Learning Strand, Domain 3, Ancient Greek Civilizations. These PowerPoints are very colorful, interactive, and stay true to the curriculum. Over 1,2
Grades:
2nd
Christmas Around the World Unit Holidays Google Slides Classroom Powerpoint
Christmas Around the World is made simple with this teaching digital resource for you! Included are Christmas Around the World Google Slides and PowerPoint Presentations with voice-over so that you can have your students listen to each slide and follow directions. This Holidays Around the World Google Slides research is perfect for students to use independently! Included for Each Country:-PowerPoint Presentations with voice over-Google Slides NOW with voice over-Instructions for how to access th
Grades:
K - 2nd
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- Become active, responsible, and engaged citizens
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