Little 1st Grade SOCIAL STUDIES Thinkers {UNIT 3: Holidays Around the World}

Little Social Studies Thinkers is a complete social studies curriculum specifically for primary. It’s everything you need to introduce, teach, practice, and assess your primary friends. It incorporates many state standards for 1st grade. This curriculum was completely researched, designed, and created by Karen Jones.

UNIT 3: Holidays Around the World teaches students about holiday traditions and customs. It takes children on a tour all around the world to learn about holidays, celebrations, and traditions in different countries and continents. This unit explicitly teaches these holidays:

Mexico: Las Posadas
Germany: Christmas
Italy: Christmas
Sweden: Saint Lucia Day and Christmas
India: Diwali
Israel: Hanukkah
Australia: Christmas
United States: Kwanzaa
Africa/Middle East: Eid al-Fitr
Canada/U.S.: Christmas

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Little 1st Grade SOCIAL STUDIES Thinkers {UNIT 2: Families, Long Ago & Today}

Little Social Studies Thinkers is a complete social studies curriculum specifically for primary.  It’s everything you need to introduce, teach, practice, and assess your primary friends.  It incorporates many state standards for 1st grade. This curriculum was completely researched, designed, and created by Karen Jones.

UNIT 2: Families, Long Ago & Today teaches students about how families have changed over time. It also explores diversity within the family structure and within our communities. It contains lessons on these specific topics:

Past, Present, and the Future
Using Books, Photos, and Artifacts to learn about the Past
Making a Timeline
Life Long Ago and Today
Diversity within a Community
Our Families
Our Family and Cultural Traditions

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Little 1st Grade SOCIAL STUDIES Thinkers {UNIT 1: Responsible Citizenship}

Little Social Studies Thinkers is a complete social studies curriculum specifically for primary.  It’s everything you need to introduce, teach, practice, and assess your primary friends.  It incorporates many state standards for 1st grade. This curriculum was completely researched, designed, and created by Karen Jones.

UNIT 1: Responsible Citizenship is great for the beginning of the school year. It introduces students to rules and specific things that they can do to become a responsible citizen. It contains lessons on these specific topics:

What rules are
What laws are and how they are different than rules
How to show respect and responsibility
Good and bad choices
Friendship and honesty
Why teamwork is important
What is perseverance and how can we persevere
Good sportsmanship

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Little Kindergarten Science Thinkers {UNIT 5: Animals}

Little Science Thinkers is a complete science curriculum specifically for Kindergarten.  It’s everything you need to introduce, teach, practice, and assess your kinder friends.  It incorporates many state and NGSS standards. This curriculum was completely researched, designed, and created by Karen Jones.

UNIT 5: Animals teaches your little learners all about animal groups. It contains lessons on these specific topics:

Animals are living things
How animals grow and change
The six main animal groups; including reptiles, birds, fish, amphibians, mammals, and invertebrates
How animals adapt
Life Cycles

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Little Kindergarten Science Thinkers {UNIT 4: Plants}

Little Science Thinkers is a complete science curriculum specifically for Kindergarten.  It’s everything you need to introduce, teach, practice, and assess your kinder friends.  It incorporates many state and NGSS standards. This curriculum was completely researched, designed, and created by Karen Jones.

UNIT 4: Plants teaches your little learners all about plants. It contains lessons on these specific topics:

Living and nonliving things
Parts of a plant
Plant needs
How plants make food
How plants reproduce
Life cycle of a plant
How plants adapt

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Little 1st Grade Science Thinkers {Unit 4: Survival of Living Things}

Little 1st Grade SCIENCE Thinkers is a complete science curriculum specifically for first grade.  It’s everything you need to introduce, teach, practice, and assess your students.  It incorporates both the NGSS standards as well as many state standards for 1st grade science. This curriculum was completely researched, designed, and created by Karen Jones.

UNIT 4: SURVIVAL OF LIVING THINGS teaches your little learners all about how living things grow and survive in our world. It includes many engaging investigations and experiences for your class. It includes lessons on these topics:

Living and Nonliving Things
Animal Offspring
Biomimicry
Inherited Traits
Interdependence of Living Things
Food Chains

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Little Readers & Thinkers: Concepts of Print

Little Readers & Thinkers: Concepts of Print is a complete unit plan specifically for pre-readers and early readers. If you’re wondering how to start reading instruction in your Kindergarten classroom, THIS IS IT!

Concepts of print refers to the understanding of how print and books work. These skills are a critical prerequisite to teaching children to read. Kindergarten reading instruction sometimes begins with the assumption that students have an understanding of most concepts of print. Unfortunately, students who come to school without these skills can fall behind right away if the direct instruction and modeling of these important skills is overlooked. The purpose of this unit is to supply you with the tools needed to build a strong foundation in concepts of print with all students in your classroom.

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Little 1st Grade Social Studies Thinkers Curriculum

Little 1st grade Social Studies Thinkers  is a complete Social Studies curriculum specifically for First Grade.  It’s everything you need to introduce, teach, practice, and assess your students.  It is cross-referenced and written to address the main topics of many 1st grade Social Studies Standards.

This full year-long curriculum contains lessons for the whole year. There are 5 full unit plans and 2 mini-units.

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Little Kindergarten Social Studies Thinkers Curriculum

Little Kindergarten Social Studies Thinkers  is a complete Social Studies curriculum specifically for Kindergarten.  It’s everything you need to introduce, teach, practice, and assess your students.  It is cross-referenced and written to address the main topics of many Kindergarten Social Studies Standards.
This full year-long curriculum contains lessons for the whole year. There are 5 full unit plans and 2 mini-units.

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Little 1st grade Science Thinkers Curriculum

Little First Grade SCIENCE Thinkers is a complete curriculum specifically for First Grade.  It’s everything you need to introduce, teach, practice, and assess your students.  It is cross-referenced with and written using the main topics of state First Grade Science Standards and many NGSS.

This full year-long curriculum contains lessons for the whole year. There are 5 full unit plans.

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Little Kindergarten Science Thinkers Curriculum


Little Kindergarten SCIENCE Thinkers  is a complete curriculum specifically for Kindergarten.  It’s everything you need to introduce, teach, practice, and assess your kinder friends.  It is cross-referenced with and written using the main topics of state Kindergarten Science Standards and many NGSS.

This full year-long curriculum contains lessons for the whole year. There are 6 full unit plans.

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