Major Landforms and Geography Activities for Kids

Students will love learning about these 12 major landforms with this fun resource made for interactive notebooks! The following 12 major landforms are included in this pack: ✔Island ✔Lakes ✔Valley ✔Volcano ✔Rivers ✔Peninsula ✔Glaciers ✔Mountains ✔Canyons ✔Oceans ✔Swamps and Marshes ✔Delta There are 12 Landform Foldable Booklets with questions and scenes about each landform for students to read, answer questions, cut, paste, and color. These Foldable Booklets fit perfectly inside their interactive notebooks and provide a tool for students to come back to review at any time. In addition, there are also 12 Landform Posters with brief info and a real-life photo so students can visualize and connect to the information. These Landform Posters can be placed in at centers, learning station, or for a bulletin board display. SEE IT ON TPT Teacher Notes: Read. Connect. Create. Prep Work: Copy the 12 Landform Foldable Booklets (2 pages) back to back so that the questions are on the inside of the booklet and the passage is on the outside cover of the booklet. **See the directions and product sample pictures for examples. Landforms Foldable Booklets: Create a learning station about each of the 12 landforms included in this unit. Be sure to put the foldable booklets and landform photo poster at each station or center. Each passage gives a definition of the landform and an example of one so students can form a connection to the information. You could have the students work in pairs or group work. The Landform Foldable Booklets have four questions for students to answer. There is also a related landform scene for students to color also. They can use the Landforms Posters with real-life photos to help them visualize and connect to the information. Activities: Follow the directions included to fold their landform booklets correctly. As a class have them share their answers. These booklets fit perfectly inside an interactive notebook so students can refer back to them at any time. ✔Depending on the time allotted and age of your students, 12 landforms might be too many. In that case, you could have each student learn about 3, 4, or 6 of the landforms and teach each other about the other ones. ✔For Elementary Grades – Second grade, Third grade, Fourth grade, Fifth grade ⭐This product is similar to my Geography Activities Pack with 12 Major Landforms except that passages are shorter and are made to fit on the Landforms Foldable Booklets specifically to fit inside their interactive notebooks. This pack doesn't include a flip book. This is a Digital Download. No Physical Product will be shipped.  LEGAL DETAILS: These specific files are ©2018 Heart 2 Heart Teaching, LLC. 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