My state and the 50 states: 3rd to 5th people & places
My state, then the fifty states: regions, capitals and neighbors. A free 3rd to 5th lesson plan with a hook, practice that links to free activities, and an exit ticket. Copy it and make it yours.
Lesson plan
Goal
- Students work toward: my state, then the fifty states: regions, capitals and neighbors.
Hook (5 min)
- Ask the class: Which states are your state's neighbors?
- Take two or three answers and write them where everyone can see them.
Teach (15 min)
- Say the big idea in one plain sentence: my state and the 50 states.
- Show one example, then one that is not an example, and ask how the two differ.
- Have students tell a partner or a small group the idea in their own words.
Practise (20 min)
- Choose one for the whole class or let groups pick:
- Learn: Colorado on the Map (https://peabody.kids/world/geography/geography-colorado-on-the-map)
- Learn: Colorado's Land (https://peabody.kids/world/geography/geography-colorados-land)
- Try: Quiz: States and capitals (https://peabody.kids/us-states-quiz-for-kids)
- Play: The license plate game (https://peabody.kids/road-trip/plates)
Exit ticket (5 min)
- On a slip or aloud: one thing I learned about my state and the 50 states, and one question I still have.
- Sort the slips into: got it, nearly, not yet. Start tomorrow with the last pile.
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