SS Notebooking: Explorers

Below are some pictures from our Explorers unit. In Virginia the 4 explorers students have to know in third grade are Columbus, de Leon, Cartier, and Newport.

Unit Title Page and Table of Contents

 Vocabulary/Brain pics & KWL

 Explorer Writing Prompt/Route Map

 Explorer Grid/Columbus Flipbook

 Explorer Annotated Diagram (ex. eyes to look for gold, hands to steal land, etc.) & Venn Diagram

 Ponce de Leon flipbook & Cartier Brochure

 Newport Brochure & Route Map

 Envelope for Explorer Postcards & Affects on Indians page

 Front of Explorer Postcards

 Back of Explorer Postcards

 Grading Sheet

I collect and grade the notebooks at the end of each unit. I grade 5-8 of the most important assignments and then I take an overall notebook grade for the rest of the work (completion, effort, neatness, etc.).