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5 Tips for Working with ELL’s in Social Studies

November 10, 2016 No Comments

Social Studies is so important for all of our students – but our ELL students can often struggle with the amount of content and vocabulary

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Top 10ish Strategies for Success on the US History STAAR

November 3, 2016 No Comments

   Teaching 8th grade Social Studies is a tremendous task, now add the difficult STAAR test and it seems overwhelming.  Here are my Top 10ish

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Anchor Charts in Secondary Social Studies

January 11, 2016 3 Comments

As a secondary Social Studies teacher, the thought of anchor charts intimidated me – isn’t that an elementary thing? How would I use them in

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Free Bill of Rights Foldable

Create a mini-book with your students over the Bill of Rights and the Principles of Government. Your students can make this book in under 10 minutes, and then you can use it for review with a variety of games.

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Explore the different reform movements in Texas wi Explore the different reform movements in Texas with placards, a chart, paper clip questions, and a This or That processing activity.
 
7th Grade Texas History members can find this resource under the “Age of Oil” dropdown on the members page.
 
I’d love to hear from you, teachers: What element of this lesson helped your students most?
 
#socialstudies #teachers #texashistory
Working with Lisa to create new resources to help Working with Lisa to create new resources to help teachers tackle the STAAR. Interested? Book a STAAR Review PD session for your district.
After several years of trial and error, I finally After several years of trial and error, I finally figured out what makes centers work and how you can use different types of centers in your classroom.
 
With the right setup, centers become your secret weapon. You get to step back while students step up.
 
Save this post for your next planning day!
 
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🚨 NEW RESOURCE ALERT 🚨 This resource is designed 🚨 NEW RESOURCE ALERT 🚨
 
This resource is designed to help your 7th grade Texas History students explain the impact of economic concepts within the free enterprise system.
 
It includes: 
🪙 World wall images
🪙 A vocabulary activity
🪙 Informational text
🪙 Doodle Notes™
🪙 Texas specific economic placards
🪙 Scavenger hunt questions
🪙 Economic scenarios to analyze
 
All for $4!
 
Comment “Free Enterprise” for the link. 
 
#socialstudies #teachers #texashistory
Dawn and Jodi planning ahead for our newest social Dawn and Jodi planning ahead for our newest socialstudies+ U.S. History resource.
Escape Rooms engage students! Learn about the EU a Escape Rooms engage students! Learn about the EU and Brexit as your students read and solve puzzles.
Is vocabulary your focus for 2026? Try using a voc Is vocabulary your focus for 2026? Try using a vocabulary, pyramid, fist list, or bumper words with your word wall terms. All of these strategies can be found in my vocabulary strategy manual.  Comment “Vocabulary” for the link.
My current favorite: Hexagonal Thinking. Tell me y My current favorite: Hexagonal Thinking. Tell me yours!
 
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Empower your EB students to engage, learn, and shi Empower your EB students to engage, learn, and shine. Comment “EBResources” and I’ll send you a link to explore all my EB Social Studies resources.
 
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My bundle of New Republic games includes: ✏️ New R My bundle of New Republic games includes:
✏️ New Republic of the United States Review Game
✏️ The New Republic Task Cards
✏️ Jackson Game with Task Cards
✏️ The New Republic Card Sort 
✏️ Presidents of the New Republic Game
✏️ Court Cases of the New Republic BOOM Cards
✏️ The New Republic BOOM Cards
✏️ Washington’s Presidency BOOM Cards
 
Games include topics from Washington through Jackson.
 
Comment “NRGames” if you’re interested in spicing up your New Republic unit!
 
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Help your students to learn about the key events o Help your students to learn about the key events of the Republic of Texas, including the Cordova Rebellion, Council House Fight, Santa Fe Expedition, and Meir Expedition. 
 
In this resource you will receive:
🔷 Seven pages of informational text on the key events
🔷 Doodle Notes™ for these events
🔷 An image analysis to use as a preview to the activity
🔷 A formative assessment allowing your student to play a review game on Boom Learning™
🔷 Google Slides™
🔷 Directions for the activity
 
Comment “TexasRepublic” and I’ll send you the link!
 
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A sneak peek coming your way from Dawn and Lisa. A A sneak peek coming your way from Dawn and Lisa. A visual summary with primary source analysis on the Cuban missile crisis. Expect this amazing resource next week.
Freebie! 🤠 Students can quickly assemble these l Freebie! 🤠
 
Students can quickly assemble these logic boxes and then answer questions by rearranging them into complete sentences. Multiple combinations allow repeated review of Westward Expansion, and your students will love a new and different game.
 
Comment “westward” and I’ll send you the link!
 
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Here’s how it works. 🎲Take a crayon box. 🎲Put di Here’s how it works.
 
🎲Take a crayon box.
🎲Put dice inside and hot glue it shut.
🎲Students will refer to a reading and roll the dice.
🎲Using the free Question Dice cue cards on my website, students will create questions to ask each other about the reading.
 
Comment “DiceGames” and I’ll send you a link to the free cue cards!
 
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