Sunday, October 5, 2014

Celebrating Columbus Day!

Columbus Day is a week away Monday, Oct. 13th. I find my students enjoy doing different activities around the holiday. I have created a Columbus Day Activities Across the Curriculum which covers all the subject areas: reading, writing, math, social studies, science, art, and fun activities.


The reading piece is three pages with a vocabulary activity, a list of reading books on Columbus, and questions about the text that are common core.


There is also a writing activity in which students write about what they want to be remember for. The math activities are comparing numbers using decimals and place value.


The social studies is a group activity of reading paragraphs that are facts about Columbus and identifying the main idea. The science activity is creating a homemade compass.


One of my favorite is the directed drawing of a ship in Columbus’ fleet. Students draw with sharpies with your direction and then color them in. They turn out really well even for those students who can’t draw well.


Finally, there are fun activities such as playing a game Nine Man Morris. I give the history of the game, directions, and a game board. There is also a word scrabble and mapping Columbus’ sailing routes.



If you are interested in this Columbus Day Activity pack, you can find it at my TpT store. Have a Happy Columbus Day!

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