Books in Arizona Experience series

I’m Reading About Arizona is a 48-page colorful book that helps students learn what makes Arizona unique. I’m Reading about Arizona helps early readers learn fun and interesting facts about Arizona. The colorful illustrations, bold, vibrant art, kid-friendly text and photographs help bring the state to life. I’m Reading About Arizona topics include:Native AmericansExplorersHistoryStatehoodFlagCapitalSealNicknameBordersCountiesPeopleBirdFlowerTreeInsectDesertsMountainsRiversLandmarkAgricultureSportsClaim to FameGlossaryAnd More!

One of the most popular misconceptions about American Indians is that they are all the same-one homogenous group of people who look alike, speak the same language, and share the same customs and history. Nothing could be further from the truth! This book gives kids an A-Z look at the Native Americans that shaped their state's history. From tribe to tribe, there are large differences in clothing, housing, life-styles, and cultural practices. Help kids explore Native American history by starting with the Native Americans that might have been in their very own backyard! Some of the activities include crossword puzzles, fill in the blanks, and decipher the code.

This 180 day, reproducible Social Studies Daily Workbook will introduce your students to fun, fascinating, and fast facts about their state. Each day, your class will learn valuable information to supplement the social studies curriculum. Skills covered in these daily lessons include reading comprehension, basic math computation, spelling, and new vocabulary words. This book is divided into 36 weekly sections. Topics covered include state basics, geography, history, people, and government. Every Friday is a 'Fun Friday' where students can dive into word searches, mazes, puzzles and other activities that stimulate their imagination!

The Big Arizona Activity Book! 100+ activities, from Kindergarten-easy to Fourth/Fifth-challenging! This big activity book has a wide range of reproducible activities including coloring, dot-to-dot, mazes, matching, word search, and many other creative activities that will entice any student to learn more about Arizona. Activities touch on history, geography, people, places, fictional characters, animals, holidays, festivals, legends, lore, and more.

Modeled after the popular TV game show; features categories like state History, Geography, Exploration, People, Statehood, State Attractions, and lots more. Each category lists educational and entertaining answers--the student gives the correct question. Includes approximately 30 categories and 150 answers and questions. Kids love the Jeopardy-style format! This reproducible book features categories of your state to build quick-thinking skills. The categories includes missions, animals, landmarks, flag facts, ancestors, politics, settlers, statehood, trivia, first, potpourri and more.

The Arizona Interactive Notebook: A Hands-On Approach to Learning About Our State! is one of our NEW products for 2017! A true-time saver, the Arizona Interactive Notebook: A Hands-On Approach to Learning About Our State! includes ready-to-use pages and instructions that make state-studies fun and successful for the whole class.The Arizona Interactive Notebook: A Hands-On Approach to Learning About Our State! is more than just a notebook for taking notes it's a way of collecting and thinking about information. The Arizona Interactive Notebook: A Hands-On Approach to Learning About Our State! helps students become creative, independent, and reflective thinkers, readers, and writers. Students learn to express their own ideas and apply skills learned in class. The Arizona Interactive Notebook: A Hands-On Approach to Learning About Our State! gives teachers ready-to-use pages, templates, instructions, writing prompts, and more, making it easy to start using their interactive notebooks today!WHY USE INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOKS?Interactive Notebooks are great for students! Building an Interactive Notebook helps students build organization skills as they take responsibility for their learning resources. The Interactive Notebook provides students with an outlet to apply the knowledge they gain in ways that express their own ideas and creativity. Guided writing activities incorporated into an Interactive Notebook help your students develop into independent, creative, reflective thinkers. And, once completed, an Interactive Notebook becomes a comprehensive and engaging review tool to help your students master content and prepare for tests. Interactive Notebooks are great for teachers!You can easily customize your instruction. You direct the learning process and pace. You determine where to dig deeper...and when and where to add pizzazz! You choose which projects to use as instruction, which projects to use as reinforcement, which projects to use as independent practice, and which projects to use as assessments. You can supplement activities with your own texts and projects. And, you meet the unique needs of your students in each and every year!A true time-saver! Step-by-step teacher instructions Ready-to-use, reproducible pages Writing and reflection prompts Student letter Supply lists Rubric And more!This book is reproducible and has 68 pages.

Exploring Arizona through Project-Based Leaning includes 50 well-thought-out projects designed for grades 3-5. In assigning your students projects that dig into Arizona’s geography, history, government, economy, current events, and famous people, you will deepen their appreciation and understanding of Arizona while simultaneously improving their analytical skills and ability to recognize patterns and big-picture themes. Project-based learning today is much different than the craft-heavy classroom activities popular in the past. Inquiry, planning, research, collaboration, and analysis are key components of project-based learning activities today. However, that doesn’t mean creativity, individual expression, and fun are out. They definitely aren’t!Each project is designed to help students gain important knowledge and skills that are derived from standards and key concepts at the heart of academic subject areas. Students are asked to analyze and solve problems, to gather and interpret data, to develop and evaluate solutions, to support their answers with evidence, to think critically in a sustained way, and to use their newfound knowledge to formulate new questions worthy of exploring.While some projects are more complex and take longer than others, they all are set up in the same structure. Each begins with the central project-driving questions, proceeds through research and supportive questions, has the student choose a presentation option, and ends with a broader-view inquiry. Rubrics for reflection and assessments are included, too. This consistent framework will make it easier for you assign projects and for your students to follow along and consistently meet expectations.Encourage your students to take charge of their projects as much as possible. As a teacher, you can act as a facilitator and guide. The projects are structured such that students can often work through the process on their own or through cooperation with their classmates.

Each desk-sized “FunSheet” includes original illustrations are designed to be colored with markers, colored pencils, or crayons. The “FunSheet” includes YOUR state name, statehood information, state flag, state seal, and lots of state symbols and facts for kids to read, color, and learn, PLUS a state symbols word search and maze. The oversized 11” x 17” “FunSheet” gives kids lots of room to show their creativity and include lots of educational value! You can even laminate the fun sheets to use throughout the year as desk-sheets, placemats, wall displays, and more! These attractive coloring and activity sheets make it fun to learn about YOUR state’s symbols and other important facts. Each pack comes with 30 sheets. Put the “FunSheet” in the hands of every student.

Arizona Geography-Statistics say most kids know less geography than ever-don't let that apply to your students! Start by making sure kids know the main places & geographic features in their own state. Give them activities that pretend they are taking a cross-state bike tour, using free football game passes, jogging through the state, etc., & they'll find their way around in a hurry! Geography activities include info on counties, rivers, museums, historic places, sites of interest, colleges, bordering states, climate, topography, crops and more, all ready to reproduce! Approximately 30 activities and 200 geography related places and facts are covered. Students work alone or in groups and use maps, reference books or resource people to complete challenging riddles, matching games, word searches, fill-in lists, scavenger hunts, and completion exercises that reinforce learning, sharpen research skills, and provide a lively introduction to Arizona.