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Social studies Common Core RL.1.3 resources
Fry Bread A Native American Family Story Activity Native American Heritage Month
Engage your students in a rigorous interactive read aloud with the book Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story by Kevin Noble Maillard. Students will love the read aloud and be able to apply their knowledge in the extension activities and writing prompts centered around the book's theme of family and cultural traditions.Get all current interactive read alouds H A L F off with the Interactive Read Aloud ENDLESS Bundle! This resource is included in the November Interactive Read Aloud Bundle!
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K - 2nd
Duck for President Read Aloud - Voting Activities - Reading Comprehension
This "Duck for President" printable or digital interactive read-aloud lesson plan pack includes rigorous text dependent questions, differentiated graphic organizers, response to text writing activities, a craftivity, and detailed lesson plans. These "Duck for President" activities will help you meet several core standards while maintaining your tradition of reading aloud for pleasure. You will guide students to use evidence from the text to deepen their understanding of the story and respond in
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1st - 2nd
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Also included in: November Read Alouds - Fall Activities - Reading Comprehension Bundle
Grace for President Lesson Activities
These language arts activities go along with the book Grace for President by Kelly DiPucchio. It is a great way to bring an election into your classroom!This unit includes 10 activities which will engage students in the story while they learn about voting!Students will make predictions, define election vocabulary, identify the characters, setting, and plot, compare and contrast, sort realistic and unrealistic promises, write their own campaign promises, take a survey, write an opinion, make a ca
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1st - 2nd
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6 Thematic Units First Grade Science & Social Studies Lesson Plans BUNDLE
Are you struggling to fit science and social studies in your busy first grade schedule? Look no further! These six science and social studies thematic units for 1st grade are planned in detail and ready to use. Each of the 6 first grade units begins with a content big idea and then integrates into reading and writing with many math and phonics connections as well!What is a first grade integrated thematic unit?An integrated thematic unit combines content and literacy into one common learning the
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1st
Iditarod and Dog Mushing Long Ago: a race across Alaska
Companion Resource:↠Iditarod Write the RoomThe Iditarod and Dog Mushing Long Ago: a race across Alaska pack gives students a glimpse into the life as a dog musher. Explore some of Alaska's history and learn how it has evolved into a modern day sport. There are two different types of readers. A simple foldable reader with beautiful black and white clip art and simplistic language, and a reading passage with more challenging text and real world pictures.What's Included:✢ Foldable readers: Sled Dog
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PreK - 2nd
Being a Good Citizen 1st Grade Unit on Rights & Responsibilities of Citizenship
Kick off back to school learning about being a good citizen and the rights and responsibilities of citizenship while integrating social studies into your literacy block! This good citizenship thematic unit was written for the first few weeks of school in first grade, but is perfect for any K-2 classroom!BIG IDEA FOR THIS GOOD CITIZENSHIP THEMATIC UNIT"Individuals within a community share rights and responsibilities."WHAT IS A FIRST GRADE INTEGRATED THEMATIC UNIT?My integrated thematic units inc
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K - 2nd
End of Year 1st Grade Assessment | (5 Subject Areas & Writing) First Grade EOY
With this assessment, students will be tested in all subject areas. It should be given over the course of a week, not in one day. This resource was a great way to show parents their child's strengths and weaknesses. I also use this product on my 2nd graders at the beginning of the year. Similar Resources: Social Studies Assessments 1-2 Grade~~Answer Key Included~~This test includes, fill in the blank and multiple choice for all 1st grade subject areas. Including:Reading Comprehension (Fiction, N
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1st - 3rd
Fables and Economics Unit Lesson Plans for 1st Grade Social Studies
Are you struggling to fit social studies in your busy first grade schedule? Look no further! This economics unit is integrated with classic fables to make your literacy block more impactful and help you use your precious instructional time wisely.Wait…fables and economics… really? Yes, you read that right! This 6 week first grade thematic unit connects morals from fables to life lessons we learn in economics in a hands on and unique way.Beef up your first grade literacy block by integrating soci
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K - 2nd
Boom Cards Long Ago And Today Social Studies Then And Now Activities
Are you looking for a way to include social studies into your face to face or distance learning classroom? These boom cards are perfect to use when comparing life long ago and today. In this deck, students will listen to a story comparing life long ago and today. Also included are 15 cards where students will choose whether the picture is something from the past or present. Perfect for introducing the topic to students or to use as an individual assessment. This deck includes sound which is per
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K - 2nd
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Community: Reading Comprehension, Writing and Craftivities
Read and Respond to your Favorite Picture Books!Do you love reading picture books to your class and need follow up activities? Try this Community: Read and Respond Pack. It is the perfect way to strengthen comprehension and writing skills along with some fun craftivities to keep your kids engaged! Download the preview for the complete table of contents to see which activities/skills are included with each book.Features: • Activities for 5 Picture Books: Career Day by Anne Rockwell, Clothe
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PreK - 2nd
Also included in: November: Reading Comprehension, Writing and Craftivities BUNDLE
The Little Red Hen Fable and Economics
Integrate economics with The Little Red Hen, by Paul Galdone. I use this pack during our 3rd Common Core 1st Grade Unit: Fables, Economics and Their Life Lessons. The Little Red Hen is a perfect fable for integrating economic terms into literature. Read about how I integrate economics and this fable on the blog.INCLUDED IN THIS LITTLE RED HEN ECONOMICS PACK:• sequencing cards masters (full color cards)• sequencing interactive powerpoint slide• characters and sequencing blackline master• goods
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K - 2nd
Rules and Laws First Grade Activities BUNDLE
Are you looking for new fun ways get your kids involved in civics? These lessons will help your students understand differences between rules and laws. The will see why school, community, state and country rules and laws are essential for our society. These print and digital activities will help your students understand what it takes to be a good citizen. Here's What's Included: BONUS FILE: INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK✨ 3 buildings:✨ school✨ home✨ capitol building✨ answer key RULES AND LAWS SORT
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1st - 2nd
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Christmas Around The World | Holidays Around the World Activities
This simple version of Christmas Around the World is perfect for the crazy holiday season in the classroom. These Holidays around the world activities are easy, low-prep, and meaningful. They can fill as much or as little as your schedule allows! Plus, you'll have an adorable Christmas Around the World tree to display when you are finished!INCLUDED IN THIS CHRISTMAS AROUND THE WORLD RESOURCEA world map to track where you travel9 Christmas ornaments for countries around the world (see preview fo
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1st - 2nd
Monomyth Cycle (Hero's Journey) Activity Using "Piper" (2016) – Pixar Short Film
Piper (2016) is a Pixar short film that follows the journey of a young, sandpiper (bird) aptly named, Piper! This activity uses the short film as a way to engage student discussion and analysis of the Monomyth Cycle, or Hero's Journey.As of February 11, 2022, the short film is available on the Disney+ streaming service, or alternatively, you can purchase the Pixar Short Films Collection: Volume 3 on Amazon, which includes Piper. It is highly recommend this short film is paired with the publicly
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Not Grade Specific
Citizenship Unit
It can be a challenge to find time in the day to teach social studies, let alone prep for it! This Interdisciplinary Citizenship Unit is designed so you can teach it during your ELA block and Math! There are 25 days of lesson plans including:
- Read Alouds
- Writing Activities
- Cooperative Learning Opportunities
- Discussion questions
- Projects
- Skits and much more!
Minimal prep is required for this unit plan! Just print and teach! Check out the LARGE preview to see what’s included! I ho
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K - 2nd
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Chronological Order Worksheets 2
This product is great for teaching and reviewing chronological order and sequence of events for higher level students as opposed to my other product: Chronological Order Worksheets. Below is an overview of what the product contains.Pages 3-8: “Our Calendar”- Students will cut and paste the activities they do at school in chronological order. Then they will write the time the activities begin next to each activity. Then students will answer the questions based off of the cut and paste act
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K - 3rd
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BUNDLE First Grade Knowledge Units 1-11 Culminating & Pausing Point Activities
Activities associated with ALL CKLA Knowledge Domains for First Grade! Perfect for Pausing Point, Review, and Culminating Activity Days! This resource features activities to help students further understand each of the concepts taught in knowledge throughout the year!This Resource Includes:ALL Mid Domain AssessmentsCrafts to Create in Relation to Different DomainsWriting ActivitiesClass Books for EACH DomainHands-On and STEM ActivitiesIf you are looking for more CKLA resources and other activiti
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1st
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NGSS:
1-ESS1-1
, 1-LS3-1
, 1-ESS1-2
Storylineonline: Trombone Shorty: Reading Comprehension Activity
This NO-PREP reading comprehension activity is ready-made for you! Students simply follow the link to each book read-aloud, listen to the story, then complete the worksheet- which is filled with standards that students need to succeed! Easy to use as a daily language lesson. Perfect for Summer School and Special Education.
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1st - 3rd
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Map Skills Common Core Reading and Writing Unit
First grade map skills unit (great for second grade too) that also practices common core reading and writing skills. This unit also has projects that include art and map making.
The unit is organized around a shared reading wall story (narrative input chart) and 4 articles. Also included are 2 versions of a student mini-book that goes with shared reading story. The story uses unit vocabulary in an engaging narrative to build background, social studies vocabulary, and interest.
UNIT HAS 4 AR
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1st - 2nd
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Family and Diversity Unit
It can be a challenge to find time in the day to teach social studies, let alone prep for it! This Interdisciplinary Family & Diversity Unit is designed so you can teach it during your ELA block! There are 20 days of lesson plans including:- Read Alouds- Writing Activities- Cooperative Learning Opportunities - Discussion questions - Projects - Research and Presentation Opportunities and much more!Minimal prep is required for this unit plan! Just print and teach! Check out the LARGE preview t
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K - 2nd
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Magic Tree House TONIGHT ON THE TITANIC Comprehension (Answer Key Included)
I also have Discussion Cards for the non-fiction research guide, Titanic.Rationale for using Text Evidence and Comprehension packets:This approach provides a way for students to engage in critical thinking and reflection as they respond to what they have read. Citing textual evidence requires students to look back into the text for evidence to support an idea, answer a question or make a claim. This skill combined with comprehension questions on DOK Levels 1, 2, & 3 leads students to think d
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1st - 3rd
Thematic Unit - Back to School in Spanish, Aligned to CCSS Over 100 pages!
This 120-page Back to School Unit in Spanish has been written primarily for Bilingual and Dual Language classrooms. It was geared at a 1st grade level. I have included the CCSS (Common Core) standards that are covered by the material in the unit. Please download the preview to get an idea of what the unit includes.
This document includes -
-7 pages of detailed plans
-Lists of resources (songs, poems, books) that are related to the theme.
-Worksheets that cover Spanish grammar (feminine vs.
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K - 2nd
Columbus Day or Indigenous People Day for Primary Grades
Do you need meaningful activities to do for Columbus Day (or Indigenous People Day) to meet objectives in curriculum? Here are enough informational and content related activities to make an integrated day for you and yours. The 10-page non-fiction text, written with primary students in mind, can kick off your day. There is a follow-up graphic organizer and 11 other activities to engage students in a full day of content related math, language arts, and social studies. You’ll be able to set up wor
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K - 2nd
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Amazing Africa! Heritage Pack - African Countries, Culture, People Lesson Guide
The Amazing Africa! Heritage Pack is designed to introduce children to the wonderful continent of Africa through high-level overviews of many countries combined with more in-depth “visits” using engaging living picture books. An early elementary novel and richly illustrated book about African traditions round out this pack by adding perspective and fun. Though children will learn a bit about most of Africa’s 54 countries, they will go deeper with over 15 countries, sometimes remaining on a singl
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1st - 3rd
Also included in: African American History & Culture - Heritage Packs Bundle #1
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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
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