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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