Social studies small group activities

In this post, I share seven different topics to bring meaning to February science and social studies standards.

As a kid in school I loved when my teachers celebrated creativity in the classroom. In fact, when I reflect on my own education, the moment...

Reading about the explorers to America and doing hands-on activities helps us too explore. This time, we're exploring the explorers!

Well it took almost a full school year, but thanks to a professional development I went to, I found a review technique ALL of my 7th graders were on board with. I call it “True, False, Fix.…

Teaching social studies is more of a challenge than ever before. Here are 5 key trends for 2024 to help your teaching be less stressful and more impactful for your students.

If you are like me, you are always looking for new and exciting ways to engage your students in Social Studies. I try at least one new strategy a year to expand my own teaching

Learn how to use social studies stations in the Middle & High School classroom to increase student engagement. Includes link for a free station activity!

Find engaging ways to teach social studies. From timelines to wax museums, explore creative activities that bring social studies to life.

Do you need warm up ideas? I want to share 3 warm up ideas for social studies classes with you. These are engaging and easy to implement!

Floating City - STEM Challenge for Kids. Can you build a city that floats and doesn't fall down? This is a fun engineering activity for hot summer days. #stem #preschool #kindergarten #summer

Create a graffiti wall in the classroom to get students engaged. Learn more:

Grab ideas to fill your social studies class for when you start teaching US Symbols. These easy low-prep activities are easy and fun!

In third grade our first unit for social studies is a fun one.....geography. The kids get very excited and love to start exploring maps and globes. Take a peek at a few of my favorite classroom activities for geography. I start the year off by introducing interactive notebooks. I explain to my students that these are notebooks that will keep track of our ideas, discoveries and information to help us grow. These are unique in the fact that they are never truly complete, the students learn…

Plenty of interactive ideas and activities to teach landforms for kids. Find videos, worksheets and even experiments to help.

A collaborative blog that shares teaching ideas and resources geared to third grade teachers and students.

Well, it is time for the second installment of my “An Apple a Day” Linky Party. This week’s topic is… Classroom Management! Before I was hired for my current position, I worked as a substitute for several schools in my district. This allowed me to see many different types of classroom management practices, from […]

A hands-on approach to building your community. Children love constructing and being able to walk through their community. Real photos help teach mapping and community buildings.

Do you teach your students about community helpers? This fun whole group reading unit is perfect to teach about text to world. It is also a great theme to incorporate social studies topics such as needs and wants, goods and services, and different parts of a community. These five books are the anchor books I have chosen for the week. I also share four other non-fiction digital readers that I have made on Boom Learning. We begin the week by focusing on the story "On the Town" by Casely. This…

Make learning fun at home or school with this local community mapping activity for kids. Help kids learn about their community and its features with this simple, kid created map. #localcommunity #localcommunityactivities #localcommunitygrade1 #mapping