Warm Up: Fill out your table of contents. Tape vocab words on page 14. Divide page 13 into 9 sections (however you want!). In each section, draw and label a picture to represent each of the 9 vocabulary words!

Today’s Agenda: Go over vocab Share travel brochures GRUNGEBALL!! Read Aloud

Name 2 mountain ranges in the United States.

Which region has rolling hills and broad rivers?

Which region has strange flat toped hills…plateaus?

Which region has wide areas of grassland…plains?

Which region (or regions) has peninsulas?

Name an island in the United States

Can you name the 5 Great Lakes?

What gulf was used by explorers to travel to Mexico and other parts of America?

What river is a tributary of the Mississippi?

Turn and Talk: Turn to the person next to you and share your brochure! Which region did you choose? Why? How did you organize your brochure? What is one interesting fact about your region?

GRUNGEBALL: Each time will start out with 10 “Xs.” The object of the game is to KEEP your “Xs.” When everyone is quiet, I will ask a question SILENTLY write down your answer I will say “talk with your team”—compare answers, make sure everyone agrees I will pick a desk number from the hat If that person answers correctly, they can erase an “X” from another team Then, they can shoot a basket. If you make it from the first line, erase 1 more “X,” second line 2 “Xs,” third line 3 “Xs.” *If a team is working together well, I can add an “X.” If a team is off task, I can delete an “X.”

Tall mountains along the Pacific Coast; fertile valleys

Which river forms the border between Texas and Mexico?

Wide grasslands with few trees; elevation increases westward

Death Valley National Park, California and Nevada

Which river is A?

Which lines run from north to south on the globe?

Which river connects the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean?

Which ocean is located along California’s coastline?

Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, Kansas

Which region is EAST of the Interior Lowlands, WEST of the Coastal Plain?

Which lines run from east to west on the globe?

Which region is EAST of the Great Plains, WEST of the Appalachian Mountains?

Broad lowlands, warm sunny beaches, many harbors and bays

Forms a horseshoe shape around the Hudson Bay; glaciers carved out thousands of lakes

Old, eroded mountain range

New York Harbor

Which river is known as the “Gateway to the West?” Why?

Shenandoah National Park, Virginia

Which region is EAST of the Coastal Range, WEST of the Rocky Mountains?

Give TWO examples of how Native Americans used waterways.

What river was used by people living in the United States to transport farm and industrial products North to South?

What line is 0 degrees latitude?

San Francisco, California

Which region is EAST of the Basin and Range, WEST of the Great Plains?

Which river was explored by Lewis and Clark?

Which river is B?

Which region is EAST of the Rocky Mountains, WEST of the Interior Lowlands?

Which river is E?