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Create-a-Town Simulation
Create-a-Town Simulation
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In this activity, students actually build a model town and learn about their communities by doing activities related to libraries, post offices, schools, hospitals, police stations, fire departments, banks, restaurants, and more.

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Movement Activities for Elementary Students

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Movement Activities for Elementary Students

Break up the day and get your students moving with these movement activities for elementary students.

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Simple STEAM Suggestions

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Simple STEAM Suggestions

Bring Science,Technology, Engineering, Art and Math into the classroom with these fun, cross-curricular projects for ele...

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Indoor Recess Choice Board Activities for Elementary

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Indoor Recess Choice Board Activities for Elementary

This menu features a selection of simple and engaging student-choice indoor recess activities.

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Labor Day Activities

Teach children about Labor Day with these activities.

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Writing a Police Report

If you are trying to get students to use more facts and details in their discussions and writing, this is the activity t...

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Police Station Word Search

Try to find the police-station vocabulary in this word search to reinforce students' learning about their community.

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Guide to the Symphonies Activities

Creative writing, drawing, and listening extension activities for Anna Harwell Celenza's children's books on classical m...

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Extraordinary Girls Activities

Girls interview extraordinary women, host a talk show, discuss their talents, and explore careers in this collection of ...

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The Sisters Club Activities

Extend children's enjoyment of The Sisters Club with a Shakespearean "swears" vocabulary activity, and a birth-order qui...

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