Christopher Columbus...Let's Discover...Google Slides or Paper Pencil.

Christopher Columbus may not have discovered America BUT he was an explorer who we learned from.

This google slide resource uses informational text and interactive activities to build information gather about Christopher Columbus.

Slide One:  All About Columbus/  Students will use the text to complete sentences.

Slide Two:  Using poetry to gather information/Students will click and drag pictures to finish lines of the poem.

Slide Three:  Time Line/Students will click and drag events into the correct sequence.

Slide Four:  True or False/Students will read the statement and click and drag true/false to the response.

Slide Five:  Working with Words/ Students will discover about the word explorer/ Students will use the letters in telescope to make smaller words.

Each activity in this resource is designed to reinforce a Common Core Standard as well as inform students about Christopher Columbus, the explorer.

The packet contains:

1 poem

1 KWL organizer

A factual mini book for "guided reading"

1 Scoot game to assess student understanding and reinforce fact building

1 Word Search

1 ABC Order

Definition Exploration

Math Game...Addition

2 Writing Activities (about Columbus and describing items to Columbus from today)

2 Word Studies (explorer, telescope)

Vocabulary Cards

Craft...sail around the world

Take a peek!