California Regions, Geography, and Map Skills Bundle

Discover an engaging and effective way to teach about the types of geography and landforms in the four California Regions with close reading passages, text annotation, video support, and informative writing. The map skills resource lets your students practice reading a map with fun games and puzzles as well as close reading. Invite your students to learn how the four regions and geography of California affects how people live and where they live.

These carefully crafted close reading passages with text annotation tools go along with the two videos included. They're perfect to be used as a stand-alone lesson, a supplementary activity, or for sub day plans.

***Please note: The Map Skills and Map Reading product will be added to this bundle on Sunday, July 20th, 2023.

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⭐ Standards Covered ⭐

• California History and Social Studies CAHSS 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.1.3, 4.1.4, 4.1.5
• NCGE Standard 1
• CCSS Anchor Standards for Writing
• CCSS Anchor Standards for Reading

The standards are described in detail in the teacher notes pages.

Also included is a California History and Social Studies standards checklist to help you track what you taught and when.

By the end of this series of lessons, fourth grade students will be able to identify four major types of landforms, their natural resources, and explain why people live there. They will also be able to describe the four California regions and explain how each region's climate and location affect lifestyle and economy. They will be able to engage in reading a map using the grid system, and explain the different symbols and terminology used with maps skills.

You'll get a printable PDF version of each resource with reading, writing, vocabulary, extra activitiesm and assessments. You'll get a link to make your own copy of this interactive presentation in Google Slides (TM) .

You can ➡ watch this video ⬅ to get an idea of the content included.

⭐ Bonus File Included ⭐

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Who this is for:

• ☆Public school teachers
• ☆Private school teachers
• ☆Homeschool teachers
• ☆Parents teaching their children at home

What's included:

• ►Lesson plans for the teacher
• ►A 4 minute video to introduce the topics of landforms and regions
• ►A table of contents to find each section quickly
• ►A blank outline map for students to use in an extension activity
• ►Five pages of reading with text annotation tools in the regions and geography products
• ►Ten pages of reading in the map skills product
• ►Reading comprehension questions including SCR and ECR
• ►Vocabulary activities and assessments
• ►Vocabulary word wall cards
• ►An informational writing activity
• ►Compare and contrast graphic organizers
• ►A writing rubric for fast grading
• ►Teacher answer keys
• ►Plenty of activities such as puzzles and games to keep your students happy.

These resources are part of a growing product line for 4th grade California History and Social Studies.

Related Products

• ✅ 4th Grade Mission Report Flipbook Bundle
• ✅ California Missions Research Report (one page or two page format)

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