WOW Game Title: Texas Symbols Memory Game

Content Area: Social Studies

TEKS Focus: American Symbols

Citizenship and social Studies Skills

Physical Education Unit: Cardiovascular, Locomotor skills

Grade: 3

Resource(s):

Picture Resources: http://www.statesymbolsusa.org/Texas/Mockingbird.html - Mockingbird

http://www.statesymbolsusa.org/Texas/CHILI.html - Chili

http://www.statesymbolsusa.org/Texas/SQUARE_DANCE.html - Folk dance

http://www.statesymbolsusa.org/Texas/Gem_Topaz_Lone_Star.html - Gem

http://www.statesymbolsusa.org/Texas/Sport_Rodeo.html - Rodeo

http://www.statesymbolsusa.org/Texas/Grapefruit.html - Grapefruit

http://www.statesymbolsusa.org/Texas/Vegetable_Onion.html - Sweet Onions

http://www.hcpl.net/kidsite/funandgames/SRP/forms/images/bluebonnet.jpg -

Bluebonnet

http://www.statesymbolsusa.org/IMAGES/Alabama/pecan-nuts-on-tree.jpg -

Pecan Tree

Equipment/Materials: Texas Symbols Memory Game Cards (make enough for 1 set per relay team), 1 cone per team of 4

(Tip: Tape the cards onto poly spots to help weight them down and remain on the floor or laminate them on poster board)

**Card-sized Printing Instructions: Go to File-Print. Under “Print Range” select “pages” and type in “3-18”. Then where it says “Zoom” check on “4 pages per sheet”.

Set Up:

Activity:

Give the cards with the names of the historical figures on them to each team and scatter their matches (who they are) faced down in the area in front of the teams. This activity is a relay in which they are trying to be the first team to find all of the matches. Upon signal, the first person in the line will run and try to find the match of their team’s first card/historical figure. Upon each turn, they will only get 1 flip to see if they have found the correct match. If they find the match, they pick it up and take it back to their team’s Frisbee. Teachers will review the matches at the end of the game to reinforce the historical figures.

Variations:

·  Place all of the cards face-down in the activity area and have the students flip 2 cards per each turn. If the two cards match, they pick them both up and put them in their team’s Frisbee. The team with the most matches at the end when all of the matches have been found is declared the winners.

Review Questions:

Skill focus: What physical activities can you do in your self-space when it is not your turn during the relay race?

Academic focus: What is the Texas State Bird? What is the Texas State Food Dish? What can you eat that comes from our Texas State Tree?

Texas State Bird

Mockingbird

Texas

Dish

Chili

Texas

Dance

Square

Dance

Texas Gem

Texas

Blue Topaz

Texas

Sport

Rodeo

Texas Vegetable

Sweet

Onions

Texas

Flower

Bluebonnet

Texas

Tree

Pecan

Tree