Which president hiked and camped for three days in Yosemite National Park? Why do fumaroles in Yellowstone smell like rotten eggs? What national park is larger than the country of Switzerland?
Learn who created the National Park Service and the requirements of being a national park. Read about the native species that have been eliminated from national parks and those that have been recovered from the edge of extinction. Locate national parks on a United States map. Learn which river flows through the Grand Canyon. Demonstrate a geyser. Model multiplication and division using M&Ms, and calculate the area of shapes. Use a chart to record information. Make estimates and predictions, then draw conclusions. Walk in a park, and collect leaves to make leaf-rubbing patterns. Read words containing open syllables and ending syllables of consonant-le. Learn when y sounds like and i and when it sounds like an e. Write an acrostic poem about parks. Write compound words, synonyms, antonyms, and abbreviations. Make a kite and fly it in a park. Use onomatopoeia to make sound patterns.
Skills List
Sample Lesson 1
Sample Lesson 2
Sample Worksheet 1
Sample Worksheet 2
Parks Unit Study Includes:
Documentation of skills taught within the unit study
Detailed lesson plans
Step-by-step instructions for teaching your child
Activities for different learning styles
Enrichment activities to challenge advanced learners
Handwriting guidelines
Worksheets for practice with each lesson
Reading practice pages
Literature List
Materials List
Templates for resources:
- Calendar
- Hundred Chart
- Spelling Squares
- Square Tiles
Grade level: 1-3
This is a one-week, 82 page unit.
Student workbook pages are designed to reinforce the daily concepts and are included within the unit.
ISBN-13: 978-1-947916-06-7
Format: downloadable or loose-leaf
Number of Pages: 46 pages
Publisher: A+ Publishing LLC
Publication Date: 2017
Dimensions: 8.5” x 11”
Lots of fun 
