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Social studies Common Core 1.OA.A.1 resources
Crack the Code: USA Edition : Google Earth Virtual Field Trip & Teamwork FUN!
Welcome to an amazing interactive virtual field trip / team challenge that will send your students on a mission to explore landforms and famous destinations from coast to coast across the United States!
For each of the 5 questions, students will:
➊ Find the destination on Google Earth using a tablet or computer.
➋ Use the map to solve the question and circle the correct answer from the 2 multiple choices given… each answer comes with a visual number (either on dice, fingers, ten frame, or tally
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K - 4th
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Community Helpers Activities Worksheets Sort Craft Book
These community helpers activities have it all! Students will love the craft, sort, books and games as well as singing the fun and upbeat song about community helpers. There are phonics and math worksheets to complete the theme. The lesson plan provides a detailed schedule for each day, centered on our original songs.It was featured in the TPT newsletter and we have made it better by revising all the images on the community helper worksheets, so the helpers are more diverse and more students se
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K - 1st
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Also included in: Social Studies Economics Money Bundle First Grade
Build a Neighborhood and Community | STEM Challenge
Explore different locations and buildings that make up a town with this neighborhood and community STEM challenge. Your students will help the Mayor plan and design a new community. This project challenges students to think about the characteristics of different communities and the needs of the people living there. Your students will also look for shapes and different forms of matter around the town.What's Included?Guided Slides for Each Stage of the STEM ChallengeMaterial ListParent Donation Le
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1st - 2nd
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Social Studies Economics Money Bundle First Grade
This social studies bundle makes economics come alive for your primary learners through these fun and engaging books, games, worksheets and songs! Students will be able to make great connections from Community Helpers to Goods and Services then to Wants and Needs. Each unit builds on each other with daily lesson plans.We just added our featured TPT Money Bundle to include 4 resources in this economics mega bundle! These four comprehensive units are the perfect way to teach your young students
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K - 2nd
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First Responders and Patriot Day (9/11)
If you want to focus on teaching about the importance of first responders in your community on Patriot Day (September 11), this packet is for you! With this packet you'll be able to teach ELA Common Core Standards and Social Studies Standards at the same time! A math sheet with 4 word problems is also included.
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First Responders Are – Allow your students the opportunity to choose which first responder they would like to find character traits for. Have your students colo
Grades:
K - 3rd
Fish Tank Money Craft | TWO Version | EDITABLE
In this craft activity there are two different versions students can complete. In the first version students are working with money and budgeting. Students will be given a starting amount of money and can use this money to build their fish tank. Students need to be careful not to spend more money than they have. In the second version students are working with identifying money. Students will not have a budget in this version. They are free to pick out any of the fish tank materials and decoratio
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1st - 4th
When We Grow Up - A Cross-Curricular Career Unit!
*Updated 5-15-15*
This is one of my favorite units of the year! Everything you need for a cross-curricular (English/Language Arts, Math, and Social Studies) career unit! Even includes a QR Code Scavenger Hunt! Meets both Common Core and Indiana College and Career Ready Standards!
If you've never hosted your own career day (or week!), you will this year!
Includes:
Lists of Books and Websites to use
Brainstorming, Pre-writing, and Publishing papers for When I Grow Up writing
Career Day/Week
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1st - 2nd
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Animal of the Day! -- 1st Grade Morning Work Bundle -- ENTIRE YEAR
Do you have any zoo wild children?
Infuse wild animal learning with geography, biology and wildlife conservation designed for kids with aligned and rigorous Zoo Wild Morning Work.
This bundle contains 208 different animal species and 208 different pages for hours of fun and learning. This more than covers an entire school year.
Perfect to greet your students with science, math, reading, writing, and social studies every morning!
The animals that are included are:
Mammals -- Babirusa, Biso
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1st
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Restaurant Mania | Math, Writing, and Design Project
Get your students engaged in this real-world math project! In Restaurant Mania, students will use writing, math, design, and creativity to come up with a plan for a restaurant that would interest them as a customer. They will create a logo, menu, bill, storefront design, floor plan, advertisement, and write a restaurant review.Pages included:⭐Cover page⭐Creative ideas for how to make the project more hands-on⭐Description page with first grade language arts and math standards⭐Scoring rubric⭐My Re
Johnny Appleseed Unit with Nonfiction Book and Craftivities- CCSS Aligned
Johnny Appleseed's birthday is September 26, and your students will love learning about Johnny Appleseed, the American folk hero, with this fantastic comprehensive, common core aligned thematic unit with a non fiction Johnny Appleseed informational reader.
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Included in this unit:
Johnny Appleseed Nonfiction Booklet
Johnny Appleseed Reading Comprehension Worksheet
Johnny Appleseed ABC Order
Johnny Appleseed Making
Grades:
K - 3rd
Learning About Geography Landforms Hands-on Activities and Digital Bundle
Landforms will come alive for your students with this assortment of hands-on Geography activities in addition to Digital Learning with Boom Cards!Why use Learning About Landforms Geography Hands-on Activities and Digital Learning Bundle? Children enjoy hands-on learning as well as digital learning, and teachers know these are the best way for them to learn! This collection of activities is sure to help them remember the names and qualities of the different landforms! How it works: These fun acti
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1st - 3rd
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Presidents' Day Activities for Kindergarten, First Grade, and Second Grade
Celebrate Presidents’ Day with 37 no-prep activities in literacy and social studies. These activities are ideal for students in kindergarten, first grade, or second grade, and offer a range of engaging options. These activities will not only provide students with a deeper understanding of Presidents’ Day, but also allow them to explore the lives of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. Students will write acrostic poems, participate in a Presidents’ Day word work activity, learn about nouns, ve
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K - 2nd
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Get Up and Go! Timelines
We read the story, Get Up and Go! as part of our Reading Series (Harcourt Trophies). It’s a cute story about a girl who gets ready for school, and her dog makes a timeline to help keep track of the passing time.
After reading the story, each child makes their own timeline of how they get ready for school.
Included in this packet are:
*Directions
*My sample timeline
*2 versions of a title square
*2 versions of the main squares
Grades:
K - 3rd
Groundhog Day Activities for Kindergarten, First Grade, and Second Grade
Celebrate Groundhog Day with 37 no-prep literacy, math, and science activities. These activities are specifically designed for students in kindergarten, first grade, or second grade. They can be utilized in literacy centers, math centers, small group settings, independent seat work, early finisher tasks, substitute plans, or morning work. The reading graphic organizers included in this resource are versatile and can be used with any fiction or non-fiction book related to Groundhog Day. Students
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K - 2nd
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Math Word Problems 1-20 with Unknowns: Toy Task Cards
Practice solving word problems with numbers 1-20 involving addition and subtraction with these toy or Santa's workshop task cards. Perfect for an economics unit or a Christmas themed activity!★24 different task cards★2 recording sheets★Scoot recording pageThis activity allows for students to actively move around the room while practicing solving word problems! The first 12 cards involve money (with whole numbers 1-20) and the second set of 12 cards simply involve number of toys or toys on lists.
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K - 2nd
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Kdg/1st Social Studies | Our Community: Civics and Government Lesson
This is a 1 hour, lightly scripted, Social Studies lesson, perfect for Kindergarten or 1st Grade students. It answers the Essential Question: What are the functions of a governing society?Students will:Learn what a community is and the people that help run it.Create a community.Write descriptive examples and draw pictures that describe the role of specific community helpers.Addresses the Civics K-2 subject: Explain how all people, not just official leaders, play important roles in a community.**
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K - 1st
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Chinese New Year Math Activities ~ Holidays Around the World – CC aligned 1-3
This Chinese New Year Math packet includes activities that utilize a wide range of math skills, and is perfect for students ages preK through first grade. These activities incorporate authentic Chinese New Year objects and symbols, introducing students to China and East Asia's most important festival.
Included in this packet:
Chinese New Year Word Problems ~ Students will solve the word problems related to Chinese New Year (addition and subtraction within 20).
Chinese New Year Scramble ~ Stu
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Grades:
1st - 3rd
Wants and Needs Money Game
Objective: Collect 4 wants/needs cards in your shopping cart. You must purchase items you “need” before purchasing items you “want”. The player with the most money left after their shopping trip will win the game.This is a hands-on game that will provide students with the opportunity to practice counting money while applying their knowledge about wants and needs. As educators, we recognize the significance of instilling financial literacy in our students. In a world filled with enticing choices
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1st - 5th
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Word Problems Addition & Subtraction Within 20 Story Problems Community Helpers
These addition and subtraction word problems within 20 about community helpers come as both no prep worksheets and as task cards for a math center, and will encourage students to think deeply about adding and subtracting! There are a variety of word problem / story problem types so you can easily differentiate for the needs in YOUR classroom!Students will:draw, use tally marks, 10 frame, number bond, number line and write the equationIncludes 10 problems for:Find the sumFind the missing addendFi
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1st
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EDITABLE Class Money System BUNDLE! Economics/Money/Math/Behavior Management
This class economy bundle includes tools you can use in your classroom to manage behavior and anchor discussions about social studies and economics. It is ALL EDITABLE, so you can adjust it if needed to make it perfect for your specific classroom!
Includes:
*** 32 individual reward coupons
*** 4 class reward coupons
*** 4 posters for visible learning/teaching
*** Job Descriptions Page
*** Job Application Template
*** Student Shopping Menu Page
*** Behavior Tracking Sheets
*** Paycheck Templa
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K - 5th
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Veteran's Day Worksheet Activities - English, Writing, Math, Patterns, Coloring
✏️Are you looking for a fun and meaningful way to celebrate Veteran's Day in your classroom? Your students will love learning about Veteran’s Day, the branches of the United States Armed Forces and associated vocabulary words! ✏️Build confidence through differentiated writing, counting, addition, subtraction, pattern, beginning letter sound, ten frame, sight word, number recognition, tracing, and coloring activities! (50 pages)! ✏️Use the writing projects to meaningfully decorate your bulletin
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Grades:
K - 2nd
Word Problems Within 10 with Unknowns: Toy Task Cards
Practice solving word problems with numbers 1-10 involving addition and subtraction with these toy or Santa's workshop task cards. These will work perfectly for an economics unit or a Christmas themed movement activity.24 different task cards2 recording sheetsScoot recording pageAnswer key includedThis activity allows for students to actively move around the room while practicing solving word problems! The first 12 cards involve money (with whole numbers 1-10) and the second set of 12 cards simp
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K - 2nd
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Also included in: Christmas Math and Literacy Centers: Differentiated Bundle
Fourth of July Color by Number Addition Subtraction Worksheets
Celebrate the 4th of July with your students with these fun color-by-number addition and subtraction worksheets. Suitable for First Grade or Second Grade math lessons, these sheets will help your students to practice their number facts while creating a fun piece of art to celebrate the 4th of July!Comes with UK and US spelling variations and answer sheets.SAVE 30% by buying ALL of my other United States Resources in 1 Bundle!This easy-to-use packet includes 6 sheets:addition to 10addition double
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1st - 3rd
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Also included in: The United States Activities Bundle
St. Patrick's Day! Let's Cross the Curriculum and have some fun!
It is St. Patrick's Day and that can only mean one thing! Leprechauns!
Phonics Dancing Across the Curriculum© is trying to catch a Leprechaun. Leprechauns can be sly, and tricky! Tell me how would you catch a Leprechaun? This 76 page unit includes everything to make your St. Patrick’s Day full of Leprechaun mischief. Activities include a word bank, a Leprechaun acrostic, Is it a Leprechaun Question or Statement, follow written directions, a class story, cause and effect, multiplication, divisio
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1st - 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.
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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.
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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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