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