Weekend Plans

Students will be researching a U.S. National Park of their choice as part of creating a survival guide for backcountry camping. They will use a link to select their U.S National Park. Next they will complete a series of research, and writing activities that will help them complete their planning & project. I've broken the project into six days of activities that can be modified to meet your needs. A rubric is included for grading as well as links for day one's planning process.

This is a novel study that I used with an advanced first-grade class, as a reading resource specialist. It could be used with students reading Princess Pulverizer at another grade level. It provides teachers with chapter-by-chapter vocabulary and definitions, journal questions, and three skill-building activities including a printout board game, a kindness quest, and a princess seeking a helpful dragon activity that builds thinking and creative skills.