This Colorado Library Lesson is for librarians and classrooms serving Grades 2-5. Perfect for US state studies or US geography lessons.
This Colorado Library Lesson is for librarians and classrooms serving Grades 2-5. Perfect for US state studies or US geography lessons.
This Colorado Library Lesson is for librarians and classrooms serving Grades 2-5. Perfect for US state studies or US geography lessons.
This Colorado Library Lesson is for librarians and classrooms serving Grades 2-5. Perfect for US state studies or US geography lessons.

Colorado Library Lesson

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This Colorado Library Lesson features Colorado state symbols, places of interest, wildlife, landforms, climate, foods, and more!

Students learn about Colorado through fun facts, would you rathers, vocabulary words, trivia questions, and more! Designed as a library lesson, but can also be used in the classroom.

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FAST FACTS ABOUT THIS COLORADO LIBRARY LESSON

  • Recommended for: Grades 2-5
  • Lesson Duration: 1-2 library lessons (about 50 minutes total)
  • Formats: PPT, Google Slides, PDF
  • Editable: YES, all text is editable

THIS COLORADO LIBRARY LESSON INCLUDES:

  • 55-slide PPT + Google™ Slides library lesson presentation
  • List of 19 recommended books for Grades 2-5 that are set in Colorado (1 page)
  • Scavenger Hunt Activity (2 pages)
  • Answer Key for Scavenger Hunt (1 page)
  • Prep, set up, tips (6 pages, PDF only)
  • Detailed, pre-filled, editable lesson plan; includes detailed tips and CCSS, TEKS, and AASL Standards (4 pages)
  • Instructions on how to set up PPT and Google Slides timings for digital bulletin boards (2 pages, PDF only)

COLORADO LIBRARY LESSON INCLUDES

  • Colorado wildlife: prairie dog, bison, mountain lion, bighorn sheep, bald eagle, Western painted turtle, pronghorn
  • ASL sign for “Colorado” and postal abbreviation “CO”
  • Important cities in Colorado
  • Colorado state flower: columbine
  • Landforms: Rocky Mountains, plains, Pikes Peak, Mount Elbert, hot springs, Great Sand Dunes, Mount Blue Sky
  • Places of Interest: Mesa Verde, Four Corners Monument, Mount Evans Scenic Byway
  • Discovery of the world’s first Stegosaurus fossils
  • Colorado foods: wild game, peaches
  • Vocabulary: herbivore, elevation, centennial, perennials, coteries, geothermal, possessive apostrophe
  • Indigenous groups/tribes
  • Climate
  • Limited use of possessive apostrophes in US place names (uses Pikes Peak as a springboard/example)

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