Explorers Theme Unit

Explorers
Theme Unit

Time Line - Explorers of the Americas
     Explorers of the Americas - Pre-made PDF for your bulletin board (4 pages)
     Explorers of the Americas - Pre-made PDF for your bulletin board (8 pages)
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Plays: Reader's Theater Scripts
America's Best Explorer (Grades 2-5)

Word Wall

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Reading Comprehensions
Fiction
     The Exploration of a Report (Grades 4-5)
     An Exploration Discovery (Grades 5-6)

Non-Fiction
     Who Was First? (Grades 1-3)
     Leif Ericson Day (Grades 3-4)
     French and English Explorers of America (Grades 3-4)
     Spanish Explorers of America (Grades 3-4)
     St. Lawrence Explorers (Grades 3-4)
     Ada Blackjack: Heroine of the Arctic (Grades 3-5)
     Life on an Explorer's Ship (Grades 4-5)
     Meriwether Lewis (Grades 4-6)
     Matthew Henson (Grades 4-6)
     The Ends of the Earth: Ann Bancroft, Polar Explorer (Grades 4-6)
     Will Steger, Polar Adventurer (Grades 4-6)
     Lewis, Clark, Sacagawea, and Pomp (Grades 5-7)
     Exploring Tasmania (Grades 5-7)
     Exploring Alaska (Grades 5-7)
     Vasco da Gama (Grades 5-7)
     Marco Polo (Grades 5-7)
     Ferdinand Magellan (Grades 5-7)
     Ibn Battuta (Grades 5-7)
     Arctic Explorers (Grades 5-7)
     Matthew Henson (Grades 5-7)
     Vasco Nunez de Balboa (Grades 5-7)
     Before Columbus (Grades 5-7)
     Conquistadors (Grades 5-7)
     Exploring America's Great Rivers (Grades 5-7)
     Pocahontas and John Smith (Grades 5-7)
     Juan Ponce de Leon (Grades 5-7)
     Charles Lindbergh (Grades 5-7)
     Jacques Cousteau (Grades 5-7)
     Jacques Cartier (Grades 5-7)
     Samuel de Champlian (Grades 5-7)
     Explorers for Holland (Grades 5-7)
     Early English Explorers: Frobisher and Davis (Grades 5-7)
     John and Sebastian Cabot (Grades 5-7)
     John Cabot (Grades 5-7)
     Henry Hudson (Grades 6-8)
     The Man Who Named America - Martin Waldseemuller (Grades 7-8)
     Matty McNair: Polar Explorer (Grades 7-9)

Aerospace
     Copernicus and Galileo: Explorers of Science (Grades 3-5)
     Steve Fossett: American Adventurer (Grades 5-6)
     John Glenn (Grades 5-7)
     Space Walkers (Grades 5-7)
     Ellen Lauri Ochoa: World's First Hispanic Astronaut (Grades 5-7)
     Copernicus (Grades 6-7)
     Telescopes Over Time (Grades 6-7)
     Edwin Hubble: Father of Observational Cosmology (Grades 6-7)
     Wernher Von Braun (Grades 6-7)

Spanish
     Leif Ericson (grades 3-4)
     Exploradores Franceses e Ingleses de América (grades 3-4)
     Exploradores Españoles de América (grades 3-4)
     Los Exploradores de San Lorenzo (grades 3-4)
     La Vida en un Barco de Exploradores (grades 6-8)
     Lewis, Clark, Sacagawea y Pomp (grades 8-9)
     Explorando Tasmania (grades 7-8)
     Explorando Alaska (grades 8-9)
     Vasco de Gama (grades 7-8)
     Marco Polo (grades 7-8)
     Fernando de Magallanes (grades 8-9)
     Ibn Battuta (grades 8-9)
     Exploradores del Ártico (grades 8-9)
     Vasco Núñez de Balboa (grades 8-9)
     Antes de Colón (grades 5-7)
     Los Conquistadores (grades 5-7)
     Explorando los Grandes Ríos de América (grades 8-9)
     Pocahontas y John Smith (grades 5-7)
     Juan Ponce de León (grades 5-7)
     Charles Lindbergh (grades 7-8)
     Jacques Cousteau (grades 7-8)
     Jacques Cartier (grades 6-8)
     Samuel de Champlain (grades 6-8)
     Exploradores para Holanda (grades 6-8)
     John Glenn (grades 5-7)
     Caminantes Espaciales (grades 8-9)
     Ellen Lauri Ochoa: la primera astronauta hispana del mundo (grades 5-7)

French
     Leif Erikson (grades 3-4)

German
     Leif Eriksson (grades 3-4)

Read and Color

Explorers Read and Coloring Book (PDF file)

The Pathfinder: Jedediah Strong Smith

A Sailor From Italy

Book Units
Meet Christopher Columbus (Landmark Books) (Grades 2-3)
Lewis & Clark - Blazing a Trail West (Grades 4-6)

Christopher Columbus

Visit the Columbus Day Theme Unit

Science Project
Explorers Science Activity

Writing

Replying to Letters

Lewis and Clark

Lewis and Clark Theme Unit

Document Based Activities

Explorers Review
     Explorers first grade social studies questions
     Explorers second grade social studies questions
     Explorers third grade social studies questions
     Explorers fourth grade social studies questions
     Explorers fifth grade social studies questions
     Explorers sixth grade social studies questions

Quizzes
General Quiz
     Explorers review quiz - options for multiple pages, keys, and edit writing questions (Grades 5-7)
     Edit the explorers review quiz using edHelper's quiz editor tool (Grades 5-7)
More Quizzes
     English Explorers Review Quiz (Grades 6-8)
     French and Dutch Explorers Review Quiz (Grades 6-8)

Analogies

Explorers Analogies

Analogies in Foreign Languages
     French analogies
     Italian analogies
     German analogies

Coloring Pages
     Explorers coloring page #1
     Explorers coloring page #2
     Explorers coloring page #3

Finish the Story
     Backyard Explorers (Grades 2-3)
     Adventure on the Trail (Grades 2-3)
     Tidal Cave (Grades 2-3)
     Domingo's Voyage (Grades 6-8)

Writing
Explorers Draw and Write

Explorers Draw and Write

Dot to dots
Spelling
     Spelling (challenging)

Alphabet
     Alphabet (lowercase letters)
     Alphabet (CAPITALIZED letters)

Counting
     Mixed: Each page count by a different number
     Count by 1's (easier)
     Count by 1's
     Count by 2's
     Count by 3's
     Count by 4's
     Count by 5's
     Count by 6's
     Count by 7's
     Count by 10's
     Count by 25's
     Completed drawings (no dot to dots)

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