First Grade Social Studies, Map Skills Geography Centers Teaching Materials & Supplies, Teacher Resources and Books

First Grade Social Studies and Map Skills Teacher Resources, Teaching Supplies, Books and Educational Materials

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Grade Level: Kindergarten - First Grade
Price: $14.95
Product #: 2060937
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Reinforce key social studies skills and concepts with these teacher-tested ideas and student reproducibles. Use these popular units to integrate social studies across all areas of your curriculum and increase your students' understanding of key topics.

You know social studies is a fascinating topic, but how do you get your students exited about it? This teaching resource can do the trick! Inside this easy-to-use resource, you'll find the best social studies units selected from The Mailbox magazine's kindergarten and primary editions.

The activities and ready-to-use reproducibles inside will build your students' understanding of the social studies topics you must teach, reinforcing a variety of important skills and concepts along the way. No more searching for effective, easy-to-do (and fun!) activities to supplement your social studies curriculum. Now they're all here in one handy book !

Grade Level: First, Second, Third Grade
Price: $15.99
Product #: 1002062
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Use this teaching resource to enhance your social studies program and give your students something fun to do and think about every single day. This book contains calendar-related lessons for every week of the year. Each lesson includes five activities-a week of instant social studies! As an extra bonus each lesson contains a language arts component to supplement your regular curriculum.

This resource can be used in two ways: by date (the lessons are in chronological order) or by subject (consult the index).

This teaching resource will respond to several needs of teachers. It will provide fresh material for experienced teachers and materials for the entire calendar year-a necessity in the increasingly popular year-round school and one that is not addressed by traditional curriculum resources.

Grade Level: First, Second, Third Grade
Price: $25.99
Product #: 1002467
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This book provides a wealth of ideas to link social studies with literature, writing, math, music, creative arts, and technology. The ready-to-use activities, sample weekly schedule, and detailed instructions for the activities reduce the time needed for planning and preparation.

Each section of the book is arranged around a social studies theme. A weekly activities calendar will help teachers in planning their lessons. This calendar can be sent home along with the parent letter to keep parents informed of the children's social studies learning experiences.

The overview pages in each theme unit give complete, easy-to-follow instructions for carrying out the theme during the week. These pages contain suggestions for the following areas of study:

In addition to the weekly chart and day-by-day overview plans, each theme section includes the following: a theme sign, a parent letter, a list of journal topics, a mini-book or idea for a class book, and a variety of activity pages. These materials will enable teachers to carry out the theme with minimum preparation time.

The appendix contains other useful materials such as a theme-related bibliography, maps, a journal format, and samples of technology projects.

Grade Level: First - Second Grade
Price: $21.99
Product #: 1003172
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A wonderful addition to any first or second grade social studies curriculum. This book was created especially for the busy teachers of young students.

The hands-on, developmentally appropriate activities are based on the latest social studies standards and are sure to provide your students with fun-filled learning experiences. The activities are full color and will add some spice to the regular classroom materials.

The contents in the book provide a variety of ways to reinforce social studies concepts and skills while maintaining student interest. The activities are easy to implement with little or no preparation at all.

The activities are meant to support and be a resource for teachers as they teach these content skills. The activities provide review and practice in the following areas of social studies:

Each activity is set up with an easy-to-follow lesson. First, each lesson states the objective or learning skill and the materials needed. Most of the materials are provided inside this book. Next, the lesson outlines in what kinds of groupings the activity can be implemented. Most of the activities can be adapted in multiple ways and can be "custom tailored". They can be implemented as a whole class lesson, small group, partners, independently, or in a center. The activities can also be adapted for a variety of student levels.

Suggestions are listed in the actual directions of the activity or they are suggested in the "Ideas" section. The "Ideas" section contains many helpful hints on such things as storage of materials or ideas to either enhance or extend the activity. Overall, the book is an asset to any first or second grade teacher.

Map Skills Social Studies Teaching Supplies & Resources Know Your Map Skills Geography Centers

Grade Level: First - Second Grade
Price: $17.95
Product #: WR00167
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This teacher resource features 10 self-contained and enjoyable learning centers—with manipulatives, reproducibles, colorful maps, and activities—that help reinforce key geography skills. Each center includes a combination of high-interest, hands-on activities and reproducibles that can be easily stored in a folder and used in independent and small group settings.

The centers reinforce a range of geography skills including understanding neighborhood, state and U.S. maps, the compass rose, map keys and symbols, directions words, location, place, regions and more. These concepts and activities have been developed in accordance with state standards and the National Geography Standards set forth by the National Council for Geographic Education.

Each center includes:

Colorful photos and captivating illustrations
High-interest, hands-on activities
Reproducibles
Teacher instructions
Self-checking answer keys
Student progress checklist

By using the engaging activities in these learning centers, students will:

Recognize direction words
Understand what a map is
Identify land and water on a globe
Learn about map keys
Practice using a compass rose
Become familiar with regional relationships

128 pages, full color.

science themes teaching materials A Year of Themes: Science & Social Studies

Grade Level: First, Second Grade
Price: $11.99
Product #: 1003715
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Familiar stories and rhymes immerse children in written and spoken language while building content area skills. The children will become immersed in print and use their developing language and social studies/science skills in purposeful activities. Students will learn phonetic sounds, hear rhyme and rhythm, and begin to understand language structure and scientific concepts.

This teacher resource is divided into nine units-one for each month of the school year (see sample pages for complete table of contents). Each segment is based on a theme and has a literature selection and math activities. Each segment in this book is organized to include some or all of the following activities:

Listed below are the objectives and skills that are taught in this teaching book: