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Free Social Studies Resources including Power Points and SMART Board files for K-5 presentations on Japan, Shanghai, and other countries
Sentence stems help students communicate what they are thinking about, help many students with special needs, and provide focus for our lesson.
Books and videos can be a great way to teach kids about responsibility. We have put together a great list that your kids will be sure to love.
Here's a great geography worksheet that doubles as a coloring page! Your child will get to practice reading a simple map of a park.
To make sure your upper elementary students receive high quality social studies, use this social studies interactive notebook!
Bellwork is something I have been doing in English for almost ten years now since I student taught, but I haven't been doing it near as lon...
This non-fiction book for beginning readers tells about needs and wants and can be used for reading and for social studies lessons.The first version of this book includes color graphics and is full page sized. I use these pages on my smart board with the whole class.The second version has black and ...
Join me on my journey to engagement (and get a freebie to boot!) If you have been following my blog lately, you will know that I am absolutely (and probably ridiculously!!! ) obsessed with virtual field trips. I promise I will blog about something different soon but I have one last thing. I have been working on organizing all the field trips I find into one sheet and I was just able to make it into a searchable database! So search away and make some connections! Let me know if you take any of these field trips! I would love to hear how others are using them in their classrooms!!! This list is ever growing so bookmark this and keep coming back when you are planning next year!
Exam Board: Pearson BTECAcademic Level: BTEC NationalSubject: Health & Social CareFirst teaching: September 2016First Exams: Summer 2017 Ideal for classroom or independent study, this Revision Guide with ActiveBook is the smart choice for learners studying for the externally assessed Units 1, 2, 3 & 4 of the new BTEC Nationals in Health & Social Care qualifications. The Revision Guide is accompanied by an ActiveBook (eBook) so that learners have the choice and flexibility to access materials anytime or anywhere. The visually engaging format breaks the content down into easily-digestible sections for students and provides hassle-free instant-access revision for learners. Clear specification fit, with revision activities and annotated sample responses for each unit to show students how to tackle the assessed tasks. Written with students in mind - in an informal voice that talks directly to them. Designed to be used alongside the Workbook with clear unit-by-unit correspondence to make it easy to use the books together. Updates to this title If you purchased this title before 3rd April 2017, you will have an older edition. In light of updates to the qualification, there may be changes required to this older edition, which will be outlined at www.pearsonfe.co.uk/BTECchanges. An updated edition of this title will release in time for the new academic year in September 2017. This new edition will reflect updates to the qualification that have been made. If you have the older edition and would like a copy of the new edition, please contact our customer services team, with proof of purchase, on 0845 313 6666 or email [email protected]; ; Published: 26/09/2017
This is a printable where students identify the difference between maps a globes. They must label the land and water. There is a venn diagram to assess the basic similarities and differences of maps and globes. Thanks and happy teaching!
A set of cards for applying knowledge of: -the relationship between location and climate -how humans use clothing to adapt to climate Included in this package: -6 cards that name a country and describe the country's climate -6 cards that name the same countries but ask students to use a map to determine the climate -one page of blank cards you can use to write in your own countries Suggestions for use: Put students in groups and give each group one card. Have students show what they would pack by: -picking actual pieces of clothing out of a bin to “pack” suitcase as a group -brainstorming as a group on large paper (drawing or writing) -drawing a picture of the clothing they would put in their suitcase -writing a list of clothing they would pack in their suitcase -discussing with their group and then presenting their group’s answer to the class orally
This social studies SmartBoard lesson will get your students excited about comparing life in the past to life today. The lesson includes, a lesson plan, interactive pages (pull tabs), website links (to videos and stories read aloud on youtube) and 5 student response worksheets (students will draw/l...
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Your kiddos will love this unit with its fun approach to learning about government services at the local, state and national levels. This unit includes: *Unit plans(5 days) *a flap book activity *cut and paste sorting activity-assessment *cut and paste sorting answer key *clip art for student use *charts that can be used on smart board *large game board with attractive clipart *30 game cards with answers on back *instructions for circle maps (clipart included) Similar products: Government Responsibilities 2: The Branches - Legislative, Executive, Judicial
I finished up my communities min-unit with my class. I'm actually surprised with how much I enjoyed it. Ha! I'm a little ashamed t...
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A list of 101 websites for elementary teachers that you should know if you teach PreK through 5th grade. Tons of great resources for the core subjects.
Hi, it's Cathy from Cathy Collier's The W.I.S.E. Owl. I've told you in the past I am a Reading Specialist from a K-2 school AND my school has half-day kindergarten. That's right...3 hours to get it all done. "How?" you might ask. Well, we can never teach 1 thing at a time in isolation. It all has to integrated. I've told you in the past I am a Reading Specialist from a K-2 school. At my previous K-2 school, we had half-day kindergarten. That's right...3 hours to get it all done. "How?" you might ask. Well, we never taught one thing at a time, in isolation. It all had to be integrated. Here are eight examples of how we integrated the social studies standard of Maps and Globes into our day. 1. Integrating Maps and Globes into Read Alouds I am not going to lie...I love this activity. To take them around the world in through books was really fun. We had a map of all seven continents on the bulletin board and each day we read a book set in a different continent. We can look at the different environments through the books making special notice of the clothes, the weather, the animals, you get the idea. Here are my list of favorites North America - Mama, Do You Love Me? by Barbara Joosse South America - "Slowly, Slowly, Slowly," said the Sloth by Eric Carle Europe - Strega Nona by Tomie dePaola Africa - Where Are You Going, Manyoni, by Catherine Stock Asia - Daisy Comes Home, by Jan Brett Oceania - Koala Lou, by Mem Fox Antartica - Five Little Penguins Slipping on the Ice, by Steve Metzger 2. Poem of the Week about Maps First, the Shared Reading poem of the week is called Maps. The poem is read each day with a different emphasis. Students begin by echoing one line at a time, then by the end of the week they are choral reading. Lessons throughout the week include: 1-to-1 voice to word match, rhyming words, word families, vocabulary, punctuation, fluency, and comprehension. Most poems can also answer most of the questions: who, what, where, when, why, and how questions. 3. Integrating Math with Globes Before telling your students there is more water than land on the earth...throw a ball at them. (HEHE) When my oldest was born a friend gave me a stuffed model of the earth. I kept it in his room for years then I moved it to my classroom. I explain to students that I will throw the ball at them, and when they catch it they need to look at their thumbs. Are their thumbs on water or land? We tally their thumbs. This tally chart becomes an anchor chart in the room. Typically, the ratio of water to land will come through in their catch. After we catch the ball and tally, we analyze the data. We come to the conclusion there is more water than land on the earth. Learning by discovery is powerful. To get an earth ball, click the link. (This is not an affiliate link, I just like the activity.) 4. Maps and Globes While Using Pre-Writes Another anchor chart which distinguishes map features is a sorting map, specifically land features v. water features. AFTER making the anchor chart, make them use it. The following week, add the anchor chart and a student chart to the Social Studies Center and have them recreate the sort. Add the anchor chart to a Writing Center and ask students to write a sentence with one land feature and one sentence with a water feature. Add the Anchor Chart to a Book Making Center and ask students to choose either column to write a book with one detail on each page. 5. Integrate Maps and Globes into Independent Writing Ask students to use the 4 squares about maps and globes to write 4 sentences on a topic. The topic is always in the center of the map, with four details relating to the topic in each box. Early writers can write four sentences with a predictable text (I like the, I see the, Look at the, etc). For more advanced writers, several sentences can be written about each square on the pre-write grid. For a complete blog post about 4 squares, check out Four Square, The Right Way. 6. Reading Strategies with Maps and Globes Students can easily be asked to compare and contrast items on and about maps and globes. Once students sort for individual assets and common assets, they can write about the sort. Students can distinguish between a map and a globe. This is a perfect hands-on exploration activity. Give the students maps (you can get some from AAA for free) and a variety of globes (I love looking for these at thrift shops). Oriental Trading offers a dozen blow-up globes for $13.99. They can see the differences. Making a T-chart is a natural progression. I have also cut a blow-up globe to show students how they can lay flat and show the whole earth. 7. Poetry Center with Map Poem The week AFTER the poem is introduced to the class, the poem is moved to the poetry center. This is a process center, meaning the product might change each week (poem), but the process remains the same. A process center creates independent success. During the first semester, students are asked to circle the word wall words and color the circles with a "light" color, like yellow. The second semester, they are asked to complete the poem with word wall words. Every week, students are also asked to illustrate the poems. 8. Making Maps and Globes in the Art Center Like the Poetry Center, the poem is put in the Art Center, the week AFTER the it's taught. Giving them 4 strips of black construction paper, a piece of chalk, and a map key, students can make a map drawing dotted lines on the black strips for roads. They can also be given a paper plate, a black triangle, and a black outline of the earth to make a globe. Coloring the outline of the paper plate, coloring and glueing the copy of the earth, and adding the triangle as a base creates a great globe. Anyone who teaches half-day kindergarten can tell you, keeping all our skills separate isn't the way to get it all done. Integration is the only way to expose students to all the standards. If you would like a small sample of the activities listed here, click the Integrating Maps and Globes FREEBIE here. You may also be interested in these other posts: The CENTER of the Literacy Block, all about centers in Kindergarten Integrating Math into Writing Adds Up to Student Success, for integrating ideas. This site contains affiliate links to products. I may receive a small commission for purchases made through these links.
I am always on the hunt for new, fun phonics games! Teaching the same phonics patterns and skills over and over can be difficult for both my students and for me as the teacher to try and have students practice these skills without getting bored. Before we play phonics games, there is always a direct […]
These interactive whiteboard games are all based on popular TV shows and are a fun and engaging way for the whole class to review classroom concepts. Download the templates, customize them to your own needs, and be ready to play these great games on an interactive whiteboard or LCD projector.
Still trying to get caught up on sharing what my kids have been learning about this year! A few months ago (How is it already April???) we ...
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I love teaching my students all about Martin Luther King Jr.! We do *lots* of activities on acceptance, tolerance, and respecting each other...
Free Social Studies Resources including Power Points and SMART Board files for K-5 presentations on Japan, Shanghai, and other countries
Do you NEED a lesson on needs and wants? I hope you will WANT to purchase this one! My smart board lesson contains a detailed lesson plan for this 2 day lesson, interactive pages ( pull tabs, click to reveal), video link, song link and a printable responding sheet for your students. Literature book suggestions are included as well (you will need to get your own copy at the library). Your class will have fun learning about the difference between needs and wants! View the PREVIEW file to see all the pages included in the Notebook file. (Note: some website links may be slightly different from the preview as I update web links that no longer work). Includes 2 printables. A differentiate NEEDS and WANTS response sheet and a NEEDS and WANTS draw/label printable. Lisa Rombach (This is a .notebook file and requires Notebook software to open)
Ease your mind from all the planning and gathering of photos, talking prompts, connections, etc... Teach from the editable kindergarten Passport to Social Studies slides with colorful visuals, talking prompts, independent work displayed as a task analysis (great to keep up on the smart board if admi...
Teaching students about life long ago? Comparing the past and the present? Grab this resource for students to sort items from life today and long ago. Use this as a practice page or an assessment tool to check for mastery.Grab my other resources available in my shopToday and the Past Sort CardsToday...
If you are planning to study the various countries of the world you are gonna love this free world book!
