Check out this list of engaging ideas, books, and resources to help teach 2nd grade economics standards to your second grade students.
STEM Bins for Elementary Students “I’m finished! What do I do now?” How many times during our teaching day do we hear these words from our students? Oftentimes, it is much too often, and students are provided a handful of the same options to keep them busy until our next transition. Sometimes students are instructed...
Exploring matter and energy in kindergarten and first grade is so much fun. Watching little ones see the objects around them scientifically is exciting and a tad bit adorable. But nothing beats the surprise as they see matter change before their eyes. Teaching states of matter may take a lot of preparation and experiments, but
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Learn about the lovely Central American country of Costa Rica; famous for coffee, bananas, ox and cart and more with printable Costa Rica Coloring Pages.
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These FREE Math Folders for K-5 learners are jam-packed FULL of helpful resources to help your struggling learners. Wow! When we think of math and literacy, we think of them as two separate things. I mean numbers are numbers and letters are letters. Right? Well, sort of… This is subscriber freebie. Not a subscriber? Subscribe HERE. ... Read More about Free Math Folders for K-5 Learners
Learn American coin names and the value of each with this money booklet for kids! This free money printable is handy to learn what makes 100.
John Chapman, more commonly known as Johnny Appleseed, was a unique man in many ways. His greatest desire was to spread the beauty and love of the apple throughout our great country. Some considered him crazy because of his methods, while others considered him heroic. Johnny Appleseed was really an interesting soul. He was an excellent story-teller, a man who could make do with very little, and always wore a Bible buttoned beneath his coat. He knew what it was like to be poor and freely gave of his possessions so others could be more comfortable. He even wore a
If you’re a preschool teacher or homeschool mama, then you’re definitely going to want to check out these sequencing worksheets for preschool and kindergarten. These preschool worksheets are perfect for practicing order of events, story sequencing, and building reading comprehension skills.
Kids will have fun learning about wedges and screws with this fun,hands on Wedges & Screws Simple Machines Lesson. Perfect for elementary age kids.
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One of the first projects or themes I find fun, simple and engaging is learning about Communities (2 weeks) and making a map as the culminating activity to end the unit. (For a total of 3 weeks on Community) This week, I started by reading the class a book on maps I got on Amazon. The book was chunked over a period of 2 days to ensure understanding. Maps - Kindergarten Unit After the story, the students were shown real maps that I had saved from going on little road trips. We sat in a circle and talked about what we noticed on them. I had a few kids share out about a time they used a map with their family. Real maps - San Diego, San Francisco I also had some maps from the San Diego Zoo and and some play maps for kids from a teacher supply store. We watched a video on maps and models from the United Streaming's website. Our district purchased user licenses for all teachers to access their videos on our Promethean Boards. I pulled out our old ELD song for communities from Rigby. The red car is on velcro and sticks to the different places in the community. So we fill in the sentence frames depending on where the car lands. On Tuesday, I read the last chunk of the Map book. Then, I pulled out our Writing Web for the power word "go." (The laminated web is from a district purchased program called Learning Headquarters). I taught the sight words "go" under my own structure however as a part of this writing unit in my TPT Store called Rebus Writing using Sight Words. The word "go" is week 5 of the 8 week unit. With a pointer I pointed to the word web and we orally filled out each sentence frame from the word bank. I allowed the kids to draw their own interpretation of a map on a half sheet of drawing paper as a pre-assessment to see where they are. Most kids drew standard pictures of places but some surprised me and had some streets and people walking in the map to different places. On Wednesday, I read them a book on map keys/legends. Map Keys and Legends I put up a class legend on the Promethean board that had four requirements. The sample legend was pre filled and colored and drawn and labeled. I asked the kids to draw a map on a full sized drawing page that had a: school, police station, neighborhood of homes, and a park. The symbol for each was a: building with flag next to it, building with a car next to it, triangles to symbolize a neighborhood, and a slide to symbolize the park. I set the kids to work and could see them looking up and referencing the sample key as they drew their maps. I noticed an improvement in their pictures from the day before. Once all the required components from the class key were on their maps I passed out markers and let them fill in the blanks and put more detail in the map. I cut out small legends that were identical to the one I had on the board and had kids glue it on the corner of their map. They were allowed to take it home. By Thursday, I brought out the colorful construction paper! The neat piles of color coded paper soon got a little messy! I had pre cut them into squares or rectangles. The first to go was blue because everyone was required to put a body of water on their map somewhere. It could be a river, lake, ocean or backyard pool. Also, the black strips I precut were the first to go because those were the streets and kids were allowed to use up to four. Building community maps 1 Building community maps 2 Children got right to work. They were so excited. Each map came out truly unique. As the kids were finished up I had them set up on the rug so the glue could dry and so kids who needed inspiration could come do a carousel walk around the rug and get ideas. Finished maps One of my late finishers added a church to her map even though we never discussed it. Cute! She made her map look like quadrants! She added sand to the beach and a church! The early finishers were doing literacy centers and reading books from the community tub. Building maps was a busy day. On Friday, I handed back their maps and a blank legend key. I asked them to make a legend for their map. Each was different. map key/ legend I had them glue the legends on the back of their maps. I made them a word bank so they could copy. However, some were ready for inventive spelling and didn't need to reference it. If this were done at the end of Kindergarten I would not even offer a word bank on the board. I would ask all kids to use inventive spelling to fill out their legend. If you'd like the free blackline master for the legend see the link at the bottom of this post. IF I HAD IT TO DO OVER AGAIN... I would not have them glue the legends on the back of the maps. I would display it next to the maps because once I mounted them all on the wall I realized they were hidden. LOL! Oh well. Next year I'll have learned my lesson. Wall of Maps! Almost done. Just need to add their name tag underneath each map. After reflection, I wouldn't have just had the kids draw on blank drawing paper. So I created these blackline masters as well. Enjoy! MAPS BLACKLINE MASTERS
Learn about the lovely Central American country of Costa Rica; famous for coffee, bananas, ox and cart and more with printable Costa Rica Coloring Pages.
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A few weeks ago our little daredevil had her first x-ray due to a little jumping on the bed incident. Yup 1 little monkey jumping on the bed, she fell off and bumped her head… broke her clavicle. Well ever since, she has been fascinated with the bones inside her body so there couldn’t be […]
Welcome to the second part of my classroom management series on dealing with blurters. These kids are just a special kind of friend and th...
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Take your homemade playdough to a whole new level of FUN with this amazing Color Changing Playdough recipe. Fun for kids of all ages!
These human body for kids activities allow children to learn about the heart, muscles, lungs, 5 senses, bones organs, cells, and so much more!
Free International Dot Day Activity (Creativity Challenges) Teachers, are you looking for some free resources for International Dot Day? Dot Day takes place on September 15th. The inspiration for the day comes from the book, The Dot , by Peter H. Reynolds. In the story, the main charac
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When students are learning the rules of capitalization, it's always a good idea to have extra worksheets. This will allow the child to have varied sources which may give them practice sentences that are a little different than what they are used to. This worksheet only has five sentences so as not to overwhelm your child.
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MAPS AND GLOBES - Social Studies Resource for First Grade Teachers This set of materials is a great supplemental pack of resources for your instruction on MAPS and GLOBES. THIS PACKET INCLUDES: • 12 vocabulary posters explaining key terms: atlas bird's eye view compass rose equator globe key landmark human feature map physical feature route symbol • Multiple student learning sheets prompting students to: complete a K-W-L chart label and color a globe label and color a map complete a compass rose compare maps and globes using a Venn diagram sort vocabulary definitions on a True/False t-chart practice using map keys find locations using street names demonstrate using a compass when reading a map explain how maps are helpful • An 8-page student history book explaining FUN FACTS about maps • Higher-order projects, including a pancake-book inspired by the children's book Me on the Map and a flip-book project where children create original maps of their bedroom, classroom, and school • Original poems and songs that can be used for integrating shared reading and/or phonics instruction • A Map Memory Game for small groups to play The materials in this set can be used in multiple contexts, including: guided instruction homework options assessment pieces TEACHERS LIKE YOU SAID: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “I used this resource for the first time this year and my students LOVED it, especially reading the maps." (Amanda S.) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “This helped to make my social studies more fun!!" (Leah M.) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “Wow, this was a wonderful resource for our maps and globes unit. Thank you!" (Kirbi M.) Thank you for your interest in this item. After purchasing, REMEMBER TO LEAVE FEEDBACK. Each review leads to TPT CREDIT you can use for future purchases! Copyright © Andrea Knight All rights reserved by the author. Permission to copy for single classroom use only.
A writing template to help children when structuring text types.
Celebrate National Bubble Week in March with these FUN activities to play and learn with crafts, math activity, science, and literacy ideas.
When I start the new school year, I pick a book of the day for the first two weeks. I create a variety of activities to go with each book. I use a lot of books that focus on social and emotional learning, including kindness, friendship, and respect. But, I also add in some fun ... Read More about 8 Books for Back to School
