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Continents, Oceans, & Map Skills UNIT- Reading Passages, Lapbook, PowerPt, Test!

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Tony the Tourist
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3rd - 5th, Homeschool
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113 pages and slides
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This was a great resource to use in my social studies class. The students were very engaged with the activities.
Wonderful resource to supplement our Social Studies Unit. We wanted to expose our 5th graders to geography skills before starting our Science Unit on Weather. This was the perfect resource!
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Description

Teach the seven continents and five oceans with this 3-4 week, no-prep, full unit on the Continents & Oceans with a side of Map Skills! With this unit, you will receive complete lesson plans, a student workbook with informational text and reading comprehension tasks, an accompanying interactive notebook (activity lapbook), a PowerPoint for teacher-guided instruction, and an end-of-unit assessment.

The student workbook and PowerPoint presentation are Google 1:1 compatible. Reading and literacy skill building activities are built-in to the student workbook and encouraged throughout the unit. This unit is easy to use with whole-class instruction, independent learners, or as stations.(You can also buy the Student Workbook as a stand-alone resource by CLICKING HERE).

This unit is also great to use with a 'TYPES OF MAPS' unit (OR... bundle them together and save $$. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO!).

INCLUDED:

- A Student Workbook

  • Vocabulary List
  • Five Lessons: An Overview of the Earth, The Oceans, The Continents, What is Latitude & Longitude?, Hemispheres and Directions
  • Reading Passages with Guided Notes
  • Reading Skills activities
  • Study Guide
  • Google 1:1 Compatible

- An Interactive Notebook / Activity Lapbook

  • Completely aligned to the Student Workbook
  • 5 interactive activities
  • Can be used by students independently
  • 8 Writing Prompts on a Choice Board
  • Vocabulary Flashcards

- PowerPoint

  • Provides a digital form of the Student Workbook
  • Great for teacher-directed read alouds and whole-class instruction
  • Unit content is not editable, but you can add or delete slides
  • Google Slides Presentation also included

- Teacher Guide

  • Lesson plans with Student Learning Objectives and Essential Questions
  • Answer Keys for all resources
  • Unit preparation checklist
  • State Standards: Common Core, TEKS, VA SOL
  • Link to Google compatible Student Workbook

- Test

  • Editable Word document
  • 5 fill-in-the-blank questions with a word bank
  • 5 multiple choice questions
  • 2 short response questions

Check out these other Unit Bundles:

TYPES OF MAPS

AMERICAN REVOLUTION

THREE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT

EUROPEAN EXPLORERS

MESOAMERICA: MAYA, AZTEC, and INCA CIVILIZATIONS

ANCIENT CHINA

WESTWARD EXPANSION

AMERICAN CIVIL WAR

13 AMERICAN COLONIES

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Total Pages
113 pages and slides
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Teaching Duration
3 Weeks
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Standards

to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).
Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea.
Describe the relationship between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text, using language that pertains to time, sequence, and cause/effect.
Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 3 topic or subject area.
Use information gained from illustrations (e.g., maps, photographs) and the words in a text to demonstrate understanding of the text (e.g., where, when, why, and how key events occur).

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