U.S. Regions Grade 3
Breanna Cooksey
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Jordan Prendergast
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Lauren GeIger
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Dusty Szewczyk
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3rd Grade
REgions of the
United States
Design for Instruction
Theme: United States Regions
Group Members: Jordan Prendergast Dusty Szewczyk
Breanna Cooksey Lauren Geiger
Group Members: Jordan Prendergast Dusty Szewczyk
Breanna Cooksey Lauren Geiger
Each region will be introduced by an Author Study using the True Books: US Regions series. Guided reading and Discussions will be lead by the instructor
Day 1: Northeast (ME, VT, NH, MA, RI, CT, NJ, PA, NY, MD, DE)
JORDAN:
Northeast
Centers:
Trivia
Drawing/Illustrations
Technology (Map App)
Passport station (places traveled)
*All activities completed in center will be added to the students travel journal for the Northeast region.
JORDAN:
Northeast
Centers:
Trivia
Drawing/Illustrations
Technology (Map App)
Passport station (places traveled)
*All activities completed in center will be added to the students travel journal for the Northeast region.
Day 2: Southeast (AR, KY, TN, MS, AL, GA, FL, SC, NC, VA, DC, WV)
Dusty
Booklet about the Southeast to be colored before centers start *used for assessment with rubric and placed into travel journal.
Centers:
The South File Folder Game
IPAD Center: 50 States
Geography Center: Map Labeling Nat Geo Map Maker
Book Center
Regions of the United States Poster *assessment at the end of the day
Dusty
Booklet about the Southeast to be colored before centers start *used for assessment with rubric and placed into travel journal.
Centers:
The South File Folder Game
IPAD Center: 50 States
Geography Center: Map Labeling Nat Geo Map Maker
Book Center
Regions of the United States Poster *assessment at the end of the day
Day 3: Southwest (AZ, NM, TX, OK)
Breanna and Dusty
*Students will investigate and discover information about each state using the IPAD located at each center.
Centers: My Southwest Regions Booklet
Texas: IPAD 50 State Information APP
Arizona:IPAD 50 State Information APP
New Mexico: IPAD 50 State Information APP
Oklahoma: IPAD 50 State Information APP
Breanna and Dusty
*Students will investigate and discover information about each state using the IPAD located at each center.
Centers: My Southwest Regions Booklet
Texas: IPAD 50 State Information APP
Arizona:IPAD 50 State Information APP
New Mexico: IPAD 50 State Information APP
Oklahoma: IPAD 50 State Information APP
Day 4: Midwest (ND, SD, NE, KS, MN, IA, MO,WI, MI, IL, IN,OH)
Breanna
Centers:
IPAD center: Venn Diagram App *Comparing regions
People of the region: (jobs, etc): Cowboys Kansas students will be creating old Western help wanted ads
Geography of the region: Mapping
What is the region know for: Farming, Tornados (draw own farm/ create a tornado)
Places to travel to in the region: Interactive white board virtual field trip to * St Louis, Missouri; Mount Rushmore in South Dakota etc.
*All centers activities/evidence will be placed in the students travel journal according to region they are working on.
Breanna
Centers:
IPAD center: Venn Diagram App *Comparing regions
People of the region: (jobs, etc): Cowboys Kansas students will be creating old Western help wanted ads
Geography of the region: Mapping
What is the region know for: Farming, Tornados (draw own farm/ create a tornado)
Places to travel to in the region: Interactive white board virtual field trip to * St Louis, Missouri; Mount Rushmore in South Dakota etc.
*All centers activities/evidence will be placed in the students travel journal according to region they are working on.
Day 5: West (CA, NV, OR, WA, ID, CO, MT, AK, HI)
Lauren
Lauren
- They will paste the Western region on a sheet of paper and will add stickers to it once they've visited it (learned about it) and the capitol will be written on the state (added to time capsule)
- They will go on a virtual field trips of various national parks in the west
- Create travel brochures for various national parks in the west (added to the time capsule)
- Technology, iPad app
Note technology use on back:
Stack the States IPAD APP
US Quiz 50 States IPAD APP
Venn Diagram IPAD APP
50 State Information APP
Stack the States IPAD APP
US Quiz 50 States IPAD APP
Venn Diagram IPAD APP
50 State Information APP