Content Area Activity
Language Arts
Standards
Standard 2: Geography
Goal 2.1: Analyze the spatial organizations of people, places, and environment on the earth’s surface.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.2
Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
Resources
A. (n.d.). Continents Clip Art [Digital images]. Retrieved July 11, 2017, from https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Continents-clip-art-3128776
Standard 2: Geography
Goal 2.1: Analyze the spatial organizations of people, places, and environment on the earth’s surface.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.2
Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
Resources
A. (n.d.). Continents Clip Art [Digital images]. Retrieved July 11, 2017, from https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Continents-clip-art-3128776
Directions for this Activity
Students will read the eBook that I have created about the seven continents to gain some background knowledge of each continent. https://read.bookcreator.com/QUWJwSBwrCVgrYs96PJ4rmOzi6w1/ik_whZFTSZGJvoq8sxW2DQ
Read the eBook by clicking the link above.
Read the eBook by clicking the link above.
After reading the eBook students will choose a continent of their own to research, Once they have decided they will use the resources included in the eBook and the graphic organizer to conduct their research.
Continent Research Project eBook- Graphic Organizer
Continent Research Project eBook- Graphic Organizer
After completion of the graphic organizer and getting it checked off by the teacher students will start to create their eBook.
A Student Format Sample can be found by clicking the link below. Students will have access to this sample so they have an example of how their book should look. Students will also have access to an image bank to upload appropriate pictures. They may choose to upload their own images too. Here is a link to the image bank.
https://read.bookcreator.com/QUWJwSBwrCVgrYs96PJ4rmOzi6w1/oXRf7TAeQBeZE1AvF7jwhg
A Student Format Sample can be found by clicking the link below. Students will have access to this sample so they have an example of how their book should look. Students will also have access to an image bank to upload appropriate pictures. They may choose to upload their own images too. Here is a link to the image bank.
https://read.bookcreator.com/QUWJwSBwrCVgrYs96PJ4rmOzi6w1/oXRf7TAeQBeZE1AvF7jwhg
When all students are finished with their eBook and the teacher has had time to go through them and make sure they are correct the students will share the link to their book through google classroom. Students will have time each day for one week to read at least two books from each continent. They will fill out what they learned about the other continents on a graphic organizer. This graphic organizer will show everything the students learned about all seven continents.
Graphic organizer Students will use while reading their peers' work
Graphic organizer Students will use while reading their peers' work