Communities first grade social studies

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 to admit that I have never been that great at teaching first grade social studies. I just didn’t put in the time that I should’ve. I always put way more into ... Read More about Communities Mini Unit

Get your students outside this school year! We have some tried and true ideas and teacher tips to help you teach your students outside. You'll find information about how to use tools found in nature to supplement math lessons, and activities for reading, social studies, science, and more! Start enjoying the benefits of bringing the outdoors into your school day!

Hello Everyone! Hope you're having a joyfilled day!! I wanted to share my "Me and My Community" social studies mini unit with you. If you are one of my kiddos reading this, have mom or dad print it off for you and get busy!! :) We've done many of these activities already, but it is still a great summer time filler! The unit contains 30 pages of poems, drawing and writing activities, anchor chart activities, a mini book for kids to make, citizenship, community workers, map skill activities…

Hello everyone! Summer is totally winding down for me and I think I’m actually OK with it… EEK! :) Don’t tell anyone! My teammate and I have met up a few times this summer to plan for the first 3 weeks of school. We also made all of our copies for the first couple ofRead more

Learn 5 ways to create an engaging communities unit for your students. Teach them facts about their community and other communities! They will learn about types of communities, community helpers, services and buildings in their communities, and more!

Teach 1st or 2nd grade communities with ease with these common core social studies lesson plans. Curriculum includes civics lesson plans, rural, urban, and suburban communities, goods and services, nonrenewable resources vs renewable resources, community helpers activities and community places crafts.

It’s that time of year again. Time to go back to school. Can you believe it?! I know the Target Dollar Spot has been preparing us for this moment for a couple of months now, but I still can’t believe it’s already time to return to the classroom. This summer I had the opportunity …

Learning to be a good citizen in the primary grades is so important as young students begin to understand what it feels like to become a rig...

Hello Everyone! Thanks for stopping by to take a peek! Today I worked on updating our beginning of the year social studies unit, "Me and My School."In this unit we discuss the purpose for rules, who the leaders are around us, what some good rules are, what happens when we don't follow rules, etc. One great book I love to use during this unit is David Shannon's "David Goes to School." If you don't have this book yet, it is a must! Kids love this book and can totally relate to the cute little…