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Activity Overview


Colorado has so many wonderful places to visit, and postcards are a fun way to let others know about where you’ve been! Using the 2 cell poster template provided, students will create a postcard from Colorado. The written part must include at least one fact about the landmark, and the picture must accurately depict the location.

Some popular tourist attractions in Colorado include Rocky Mountain National Park, Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre, Garden of the Gods, Mesa Verde National Park, Coors Field, and Vail Ski Resort.


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Template and Class Instructions

(These instructions are completely customizable. After clicking "Copy Activity", update the instructions on the Edit Tab of the assignment.)



Due Date:

Objective: Create a postcard from a landmark in Colorado.

Student Instructions

  1. Click on “Start Assignment”.
  2. Create a 2-cell storyboard or use the template provided.
  3. In the left cell, create an image that depicts the landmark or the state in general using an appropriate scene, characters, and items. Be sure to include the state name somehow.
  4. In the right cell, write a note to a friend or family member describing the landmark that you have "visited". You must include at least one fact about the landmark.
  5. On the address lines provided, make up a creative address for the recipient.
  6. Create a fun stamp in the box in the upper right corner.
  7. Save often!

Lesson Plan Reference

Common Core Standards
  • CCSS: W.4.7 - Conduct short research projects that build knowledge through investigation of different aspects of a topic.
  • CCSS: RI.4.4 - Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words or phrases in a text relevant to a grade 4 topic or subject area.
  • CCSS: RI.4.7 - Interpret information presented visually, orally, or quantitatively (e.g., in charts, graphs, diagrams, time lines, animations, or interactive elements on Web pages) and explain how the information contributes to an understanding of the text in which it appears.
  • CCSS: RI.4.10 - By the end of year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, in the grades 4-5 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.
Switch to: Common CoreArizonaCaliforniaColoradoFloridaGeorgiaIowaKansasMarylandMassachusettsNebraskaNew JerseyNew YorkNorth CarolinaOhioOklahomaPennsylvaniaTexasUtah

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Rubric

(You can also create your own on Quick Rubric.)


Conducting Research
Present information after conducting research.
Proficient Emerging Beginning
Organization
Examples are accurate, complete, well organized, and easy to understand.
Examples are somewhat accurate, complete, well organized, and easy to understand.
Examples are inaccurate, incomplete, disorganized, and difficult to understand.
Illustrations
Illustrations depict the written description with clear visuals of appropriate scenes, characters, items, etc.
Illustrations depict the written description but are unclear or incomplete.
Illustrations do not make sense with the written description.
Spelling and Grammar
Spelling and grammar is mostly accurate. Mistakes do not get in the way of understanding.
Spelling is inaccurate and hinders full understanding.
Text is difficult to understand.


Activity Overview


Colorado has so many wonderful places to visit, and postcards are a fun way to let others know about where you’ve been! Using the 2 cell poster template provided, students will create a postcard from Colorado. The written part must include at least one fact about the landmark, and the picture must accurately depict the location.

Some popular tourist attractions in Colorado include Rocky Mountain National Park, Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre, Garden of the Gods, Mesa Verde National Park, Coors Field, and Vail Ski Resort.


Template and Class Instructions

(These instructions are completely customizable. After clicking "Copy Activity", update the instructions on the Edit Tab of the assignment.)



Due Date:

Objective: Create a postcard from a landmark in Colorado.

Student Instructions

  1. Click on “Start Assignment”.
  2. Create a 2-cell storyboard or use the template provided.
  3. In the left cell, create an image that depicts the landmark or the state in general using an appropriate scene, characters, and items. Be sure to include the state name somehow.
  4. In the right cell, write a note to a friend or family member describing the landmark that you have "visited". You must include at least one fact about the landmark.
  5. On the address lines provided, make up a creative address for the recipient.
  6. Create a fun stamp in the box in the upper right corner.
  7. Save often!

Lesson Plan Reference

Common Core Standards
  • CCSS: W.4.7 - Conduct short research projects that build knowledge through investigation of different aspects of a topic.
  • CCSS: RI.4.4 - Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words or phrases in a text relevant to a grade 4 topic or subject area.
  • CCSS: RI.4.7 - Interpret information presented visually, orally, or quantitatively (e.g., in charts, graphs, diagrams, time lines, animations, or interactive elements on Web pages) and explain how the information contributes to an understanding of the text in which it appears.
  • CCSS: RI.4.10 - By the end of year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, in the grades 4-5 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.
Switch to: Common CoreArizonaCaliforniaColoradoFloridaGeorgiaIowaKansasMarylandMassachusettsNebraskaNew JerseyNew YorkNorth CarolinaOhioOklahomaPennsylvaniaTexasUtah

Rubric

(You can also create your own on Quick Rubric.)


Conducting Research
Present information after conducting research.
Proficient Emerging Beginning
Organization
Examples are accurate, complete, well organized, and easy to understand.
Examples are somewhat accurate, complete, well organized, and easy to understand.
Examples are inaccurate, incomplete, disorganized, and difficult to understand.
Illustrations
Illustrations depict the written description with clear visuals of appropriate scenes, characters, items, etc.
Illustrations depict the written description but are unclear or incomplete.
Illustrations do not make sense with the written description.
Spelling and Grammar
Spelling and grammar is mostly accurate. Mistakes do not get in the way of understanding.
Spelling is inaccurate and hinders full understanding.
Text is difficult to understand.





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