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| Book: Ghost Town at Sundown (primary) |
Review vocabulary and facts featured in Mary Pope Osborne's 10th Magic Tree House book (most of this lesson can be used without the book). Also on abcteach.com: crossword, word search, and word scramble. |
| Acrostic Form: Covered Wagon |
Write a covered wagon acrostic poem. |
| Border Paper: Write Your Own "Wanted" Poster |
Unlined paper with a "Wanted Poster" style border for students to make their own. |
| Color and Write: Rodeo |
A picture of a cowboy leaning against a fence to color and wide lines to write. |
| Coloring Page: Covered Wagon |
Color this picture of an ox-drawn covered wagon with a family walking alongside. |
| Coloring Page: Cowboy Hat |
Color this picture of a cowboy hat. Use for shapebooks, bulletin boards, booklet covers, etc., or trace and cut out for a great shapebook. |
| Coloring Page: Cowgirl |
Drawing of a cowgirl riding a horse, in profile. |
| Coloring Page: Design the Boots |
Create a pattern for the boots to match your own style and personality. |
| Coloring Pages: Rodeo |
four pages |
| Coloring Pages: Western Theme |
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| Comprehension: Rodeo (upper elementary) |
Read the "Great American Rodeo" advertisement and answer the comprehension questions; practice distinguishing between fact and opinion; then write about your own rodeo experiences. |
| Fiction: My New Boots (primary) |
"Johnny wanted new boots." A very short realistic fiction reading comprehension. |
| Missing Letters: Cowboy Theme |
From "la_ _ o" to "l_ngh_rn" (word bank included) |
| Picture Graph: Rodeo |
Students practice reading basic graphs with this rodeo-themed worksheet. |
| Poster: Rodeo (elementary) |
It's rodeo time! Students find all the important information in this poster... and then make a poster of their own. |
| Shapebook: Covered Wagon (Elementary) |
Trace and cut out this wide lined covered wagon pattern for a great shapebook. |
| Spelling: Rodeo (primary) |
Something for cowboys and cowgirls. Learn vocabulary with this fun set: a word search, word scramble, cloze exercise, and more. From "boots" to "stirrups". |
| Theme Sign: Western |
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| Theme Sign: Wild West |
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| Wanted Poster: Good Deeds |
Great to put kids pictures in for a bulletin board. |
| Word Search: Rodeo |
From "cow" to "rodeo". Lower case, no diagonals, easy. |
| Word Search: Western Rodeo |
From "bandana" to "whip". |
| Word Search: Western Rodeo (1) |
From "bandana" to "western". Lower case, easy. |
| Word Search: Western Rodeo (2) |
From "bandana" to "whip". |
| Word Search: Western Rodeo (4) |
From "bandit" to "whip". |
| Word Wall: Cowboys |
[member-created with abctools] From "bronco" to "tumbleweed" |
| Word Wall: Western/Rodeo |
From "bandana" to "saddle", these vocabulary building word strips with pictures are great for word walls, sentence strips, spelling and vocabulary practice. |
| Writing Prompt: Cowboy/Rodeo (upper elem) |
Four pages of writing prompts and other activities related to writing and poetry, with a cowboy/rodeo theme. |
| Story Sequence: Cowboys (elem/upper elem) |
Read the story, then number the events as they occur in the story. Write the story again in your own handwriting and draw a picture to go with the text. |
| Story Sequence: Cowboys (upper elem/middle) |
Read the events, put them in order (explaining the reasoning for the order), then write them into a story with creative embellishments. This lesson is adaptable to a variety of levels. |
| Desk Tag: Western Theme |
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| Fiction: Cowboy Up! (upper elem) |
A fictional reading comprehension about a boy's vacation with his father, who loves the cowboy life rather more than his son does. |
| Fiction: The Wild Pony (primary) |
“Is it my pony?” Red said. “Wow! Thank you!”
A realistic fiction reading comprehension about a boy who gets a Shetland pony. |
| French: Phrases illustrées les cowboys et les vachères |
French picture sentences, cowboys and cowgirls.
Phrases illustrées, les cowboys et les vachères. |
| Maze: Cowboy 1 (easier) |
Help the cowboy get the saddle for his horse. |
| Maze: Cowboy 2 (easy) |
Help the cowboy put on his boots |
| Maze: Cowboy 3 (hard) |
Help the cowboy get the rope |
| Maze: Cowboy 4 (harder) |
Help the cowboy find the way to the sheriff's badge |
| Picture Sentences: Cowboys and Cowgirls |
"The cowgirl is in front of the fence." Choose the sentence that best describes the picture. |
| Spelling: Cowboys (upper elem) |
Using the lyrics to the folk song "Doney Gal" as a backdrop, this unit builds spelling and vocabulary skills while developing critical thinking abilities. |
| Word Problems: Cowboy Addition (elem) |
"Cowboy Tom helped at a roundup. The first week, he caught 61 cows. The second week he caught only nine. How many did he catch altogether?" Five problems, simple addition. |
| Word Problems: Cowboy Addition (primary) |
"Cowboy Tom catches two bulls. Cowboy Mike catches five bulls. How many bulls do they catch altogether?" |
| Word Problems: Cowboy Skip Counting (elem) |
"A stagecoach can drive ten miles per hour. How far can it drive in one hour? How far in two hours? How far in nine hours?" All problems feature skip counting by 10s. |
| Word Problems: Cowboy Subtraction (elem) |
"Cowboy Tom ropes thirteen cows and puts them into a corral. He forgets to shut the gate and seven escape. How many are left?" |
| Word Problems: Cowboy Subtraction (primary) |
"Cowboy Tom ropes seven cows and puts them into a corral. He forgets to shut the gate and four escape. How many are left?" |
| Worksheet: Cowboy Time (primary) |
"What time do the cowboys get up?" Read the clock and answer the questions. |
| Word Problems: Cowboy Addition (upper elem) |
"Cowboy Tom helped at a roundup. He earned $1.50 for every cow he caught. The first week, he caught 99 cows. The second week he caught 273. How many did he catch altogether?" Five addition problems. |
| Word Problems: Cowboy Division (upper elem) |
"Cowboy Tom worked from seven in the morning until three in the afternoon yesterday building two miles of fence. He was paid $48. What was his hourly wage?" |
| Word Problems: Cowboy Multiplication (upper elem) |
"Cowboy Jake is afraid of rattlesnakes. He sees a lot of them on the ranch where he lives. In fact, he sees an average of thirty every year. About how many has he seen in the nine years he has lived on the ranch?" |
| Word Problems: Cowboy Subtraction (upper elem) |
"Cowboy Jake is competing in a rodeo. In the last event, a bull kicks him in the arm and breaks it, but he still wins $144 in all. How much does he have left after he pays a doctor $66 to put his arm in a cast?" |
| Story Sequence: Cowboys (primary/elem) |
Cut out the pictures and put them in order next to the sentences. Then read a story that uses the sentences as the foundation. Good early reader work. |
| Board Game: Western theme (b/w) |
blank gameboard with a Western theme |
| Comprehension: Tall Tale - Pecos Bill (upper elem/middle) |
Read a Pecos Bill tall tale and answer the multiple choice questions, then read a true story about Pecos Bill with short answer comprehension questions. Sort fact from fiction in a review worksheet. Think and write about the values reflected in these tall tales. Finally: Write your own Pecos Bill tall tale. A great unit! |
| Board Game: Western theme (color) |
blank gameboard with a Western theme |
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