Friday, February 17, 2012
Branches of Government Card Sort
We finished our government unit several weeks ago, but that is one of those VERY hard concepts for my students, so I frequently feel the need to go back and review the concepts on occasion. One of the hardest parts of this unit is identifying the roles and responsibilities of each branch of government. There are some really big words and complex concepts for third graders! I've recently created a card sort that I plan to use to help reinforce these ideas and concepts that I'm excited to use next week. It's the same information that they've studied, but it's just presented in a different way. You can grab a copy by clicking on the picture:)
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Ashleigh,
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing! This is great! Every year we have the high school social studies teacher come and talk to our kiddos about the Constitution and Branches of Government. She uses something like this and also has our kiddos read letters that gives different scenarios. The students have to then tell her by looking at the cards which branch of government would be responsible for helping with the situation mentioned.
Have a great weekend! I love your blog!
Krista
stellar-students
What a great game! I do my branches of government unit at the end of the year, so this is perfect for me!
ReplyDeletePerfect timing. Starting the branches of government next week. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Ashleigh! Branches of government are coming up pretty soon and I am so thankful to have your wonderful resource!!!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much! Love it! I agree this is such a difficult concept for 3rd graders. I would love it if you would include an answer key. It is so nice just to print one off and keep it with the game. Just a suggestion...
ReplyDeleteGreat cards...thanks for sharing them with us!
ReplyDeleteHi Ashleigh,
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I agree my son was having problems with the concepts so this will work out great for us. Thanks for sharing it :)
ReplyDeleteThis is awesome. Thank you so much! I am just starting my government unit, so I will definitely plan time for this activity.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much!
ReplyDeleteJust stopping by to say thank you again. My students really enjoyed this activity!
ReplyDeleteThis may sound ridiculous but...do you have an answer key?
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