A Cross Curricular Unit

on
For Young Learners

Nancy VandenBerge
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Graphics by scrappin doodles
 Enduring Understanding and
Essential Questions
Our physical environment affects our lives.
What is a landform?
How are other places similar and different
from our community?
Unit includes:
Landform mini poster
Landform song
5 page landform 3-way match game
Mini landform riddle book for kids to make
Word search
Abc order
Matching
Compare /contrast landforms
Edible landforms directions and “How to”
writing
Landforms flip book with patterns inspired by
AIMS curriculum
Fred and Ted’s Road Trip opposite /antonyms
activities
A mystery picture math mixed practice
activity
3 math strategy games
 Landforms
(Sung to “This Land Is Your Land”)
Chorus:
Our earth has landforms,
Or special places.
This land is home to
So many spaces.
All kinds of landforms
Are found around us.
Landforms make up our special land!

Up in the highlands,
You’ll find the mountains,
some hills and cliffs too,
And flat-top mesas.
These are the highlands,
A special feature.
Landforms make up our special land.
Chorus
Down in the lowlands,
You’ll find the canyons,
Plus river valleys,
And bluffs and gorges.
These lands are lowlands,
A special feature.
Landforms make up our special land.
Chorus
Deep in the wetlands
Are swamps and marshes,
Plus soggy bogs oh,
and lots of water.
These lands are wetlands,
A special feature.
Landforms make up our special land!
Chorus
Across the wide plains
It’s mostly treeless.
The land is so flat
With grasses growing.
These lands are called plains,
A special feature.
Landforms make up our special land!
Chorus
 LAND HO!
The following 6 pages can
be used for independent
practice of landform names,
definitions/features,
and pictures. It can also be
made into a three-way
matching or memory game
played with another player.
If a memory game is the
intent, copy onto cardstock
before cutting apart and
shuffling, so kids can’t see
through the paper! 
LAND HO!
LAND HO!!
A Landforms
Three Way
Matching Game
Match the Landform Word,
the Feature and the Picture.
mountain valley

an area of
a very high
low ground
piece of
between
land
two hills
 hill volcano

a raised a mountainous vent in

the Earth's crust. When
area or it erupts, it spews out
mound of lava, ashes, and hot
gases from deep inside
land the Earth
 plains cave

flat lands that a large hole in

have only the ground or in
small changes the side of a hill
in elevation or mountain
 river lake

a large, flowing a large body

body of water of water
that usually surrounded by
empties into a land on all
sea or ocean sides.
 canyon waterfall

a deep valley
with very steep
When a river
sides - often
falls off steeply
carved from the
earth by a river.
 ocean island

a large body a piece of

of salt water land that is
that surrounds surrounded by
a continent water
 desert

A dry, barren
area of land,
especially one
covered with
sand.
 The next few pages
can be used to have
kids make a mini
landforms riddle book.
Print and copy riddles
and mini book pages.
Kids cut apart the
riddles. Glue one riddle
on a page. Write the
answer and illustrate
on the following page.
Landforms riddle teacher page

What kind of landform is tallest of all

What
With kind of
a spiky landform
top is tallest
where snow mayoffall?
all
With a spiky top where snow may fall?
MOUNTAINS
MOUNTAINS

This landform is found at the bottom of mountains

And very tall hills; it's the low land between them.
VALLEY

When the wind and the rain wear a mountain away,

The mound that is left is this landform, they say.
HILL

What kind of landform has a vent at the top,

Spews lava and steam and pieces of rock?
VOLCANO

Landforms like this are often times found

In the side of a mountain or as a hole in the ground.
CAVE

You get to this landform when oceans run dry.

They're broad, flat spaces under the sky.
PLAINS
What kind of landform is tallest of all
What kind of landform always runs downhill
With a spiky top where snow may fall?
And can be used to turn turbines that power a mill?
MOUNTAINS
RIVER

This large body of water is surrounded by land.

It's a great place to fish and swim, if you can.
LAKE

What kind of landform is a huge chunk of water

That takes up three-fourths of the Earth, and is salty?
OCEAN

Going over this landform will make you shiver.

It occurs when there's a sharp drop off in a river.
WATERFALL

To get to this landform, a boat you may ride

Since water surrounds it on every side.
ISLAND

What kind of landform has very steep sides

That were cut by a river's erosion and time?
CANYON
 Landforms riddles student page
What kind of landform is tallest of all
What
With kind
a spiky topof landform
where snow may is fall?
tallest of all
With a spiky top where snow may fall?
MOUNTAINS

This landform is found at the bottom of mountains

And very tall hills; it's the low land between them.

When the wind and the rain wear a mountain away,

The mound that is left is this landform, they say.

What kind of landform has a vent at the top,

Spews lava and steam and pieces of rock?

Landforms like this are often times found

In the side of a mountain or as a hole in the ground.

You get to this landform when oceans run dry.

They're broad, flat spaces under the sky.
What kind of landform is tallest of all
What
With kind
a spiky topof landform
where snow may always
fall? runs downhill
And can be used to turn turbines that power
MOUNTAINS
a mill?

This large body of water is surrounded by land.

It's a great place to fish and swim, if you can.

What kind of landform is a huge chunk of water

That takes up most of the Earth, and is salty?

Going over this landform will make you shiver.

It occurs when there's a sharp drop off in a river.

To get to this landform, a boat you must ride

Since water surrounds it on every side.

What kind of landform has very steep sides

That were cut by a river's erosion and time?
My Landforms
Riddle Book

By________

Read the riddles

and try to figure
out the landform!!
 What is it?

Glue riddle here.

Answer
__________________________
Name _______________

In my community I see …
______________________
______________________
______________________
______________________

Landforms in my community
Name ________________ Find the landform words in the puzzle

m o u n t a i n h p
c c l a n n s d i l
a e f o r o l p l a
v a l l e y a l l k
e n m s l n n a a e
n d f o r a d i m s
l a v o l c a n o n
d r e v i r f s o r
mountain valley
hill volcano cave
plains river lake
ocean island
canyon
Name _________________
Put the Landform Words in ABC Order.

mountain
valley
hill
volcano
cave
plains
river
lake
ocean
waterfall
island
canyon
Name ________ Draw a line to match the landform
word to the picture.

mountain
valley
hill
volcano
plains
river
lake
ocean
island
canyon
desert
List some things List some things
you would never you would never
find on a find in the
mountain. ocean.

Name ______________________
Name ____________

A Mountain
of Spelling
Practice

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Compare Landforms
 Edible Landforms
Use a large sugar cookie as a
base. Use the following
ingredients to show
different land forms:

Green frosting
Blue frosting or sugar
Candy corn
Gumdrops , Sixlets, or M&M’s
Graham cracker crumbs

Draw a picture of your

Landform Cookie.
Write about what you did using
transition words:
first, next, then, and last.
Enjoy your cookie.
Edible Landforms
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Name ______________________
Here’s a picture of my Landform Cookie.

Here’s how I made it.

__________________________________________
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
__________________________________________
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Make a landforms
flip book.
Cut shapes of
landforms from
construction
paper, or color
white copy paper.
Add details, layer,
and staple or bind
to light blue
background.
(Inspired by AIMS Curric.)
Purple
Mountains-
cut and
discard top
Green- Hills- Cut on line and discard
top.
Dark blue- River- Cut on line
and discard top.
Dark Brown- Plains- cut on line and
discard top.
Light brown- Desert- Cut on line and
discard top.
Dark blue- Ocean- cut on line and discard top
Green - Island- cut on line and discard top.
Landforms book
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The following can be used as
literature response activities to
“Fred and Ted’s Road Trip” by
Peter Eastman. This is an “I Can
read It All By Myself” book and
can be found in any bookstore.
In the story, Fred and Ted’s Road Trip, you see
many land forms. How many can you find?
________________________________________
________________________________________
________________________________________
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Draw one of them.

In the story, Fred and Ted’s Road Trip, why do

you think Fred and Ted get along so well?
________________________________________
________________________________________
________________________________________
________________________________________
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Draw you and a friend doing something you like to do.

Name ____________
In the story “Fred and Ted’s Road Trip,” the
characters seem to find different ways to get
things done. Fill in the T Chart.
Fred Ted

Fred packed
tools.
Ted drove on
the road.
Fred drove in
to the puddle.
Ted was
clean.
Fred got wet.

Ted drove
under the log.
In the desert
Fred was hot.
 Mountains and
Valleys
Antonyms or opposites
are good words to
know about. You read
many antonyms in
“Fred and Ted’s Road
Trip.” Here are some
more. Match up each
card with it’s antonym
on the sorting mat.
Record your findings on
the recording sheet.
big little

far near

boy girl
before after

come go

under over
day night

good bad

stop go
 no yes

found lost

first last
 new old

always never

up down
 run walk

cold hot

mountain valley
Mountains and Valleys
Sorting Mat
 Name _____________
Mountains and Valleys Recording Sheet

Opposites
Antonyms
 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40

41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50

51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60

61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70

71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80

81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90

91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100

101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110

111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120
Landforms Mystery Picture Clues
Light Blue-
All one digit numbers,
10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20,
21, 22, 27, 30, 31

Purple-
30+2, 30+3, 30+4, 30+5, 30+6,
all numbers with a 4 in the tens place,
all numbers with a 5 in the tens place,
all numbers with a 6 in the tens place

Dark Blue-
7 tens and 4 ones,
7 tens and 5 ones.
7 tens and 6 ones,
7 tens and 7 ones,
7 tens and 8 ones,
7 tens and 9 ones
8 tens

Green-
70 + 1, 70 + 2, 70 + 3, 80 + 1, 80 + 2, 80+ 3, 80+ 4,
all numbers with a 9 in the tens place
100, 100+1, 100+2, 100+3, 100+4, 100+5, 100+6, 100+7,
100+8, 100+9, 100+10

Brown-
All numbers with a 1 in the hundreds place and a 1 or
2 in the tens place
 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40

41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50

51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60

61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70

71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80

81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90

91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100

101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110

111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120
 Each player gets 3 game pieces of the same color. Take turns putting the
pieces on a mountain on the game board. When all 6 pieces are used, take
turns moving pieces along the lines until one player gets three in a row across,
up and down, or diagonally. That player is the winner! No jumping is aloud! Plan
your strategy!! Clear the board and play again!
For
Mountain
and Valley
Hi Lo Game
Small
gameboard
Mountain
and
Valley
Hi-Lo
Mountain
and
Valley
Hi-Lo
Cut apart and tape together to form number line to 20
(or higher)

1 2 3 4 5

6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15

16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25

26 27 28 29 30
 The Bear
Went Over The
Mountain
Each player needs a game board and
a set of number cards 0-9. Shuffle
cards and place
face down in front of player.
Take turns drawing 2 cards. Player has
to decide what 2 digit number he/she
wants to make and then where to put
that number. The numbers on the
game board must go from smallest to
largest. Player writes the number on
the paw print.
Cards are reshuffled into the deck.
Keep playing until one player finishes
the “climb!”
Turn is skipped if there are no paw
prints in which to write the number.
Game can be played individually.
Name _______________

The Bear
Went
Over The
Mountain

10 100
0 1 23 4
5 67 8 9
Volcano!
This game is a practice in subtraction.
Players will begin with 10 (or more
depending on skill level) small pebbles .
Take turns tossing a larger pebble on to
the Volcano Gameboard. The number
you land on tells how many small pebbles
you lose. Land on 5, lose 5. If you land on a
line, no number space, or off the board,
lose nothing. The player to lose all of
his/her pebbles first wins. Keep a record
of throws and subtraction activity.
Volcano!
10
8
7
5
3
2
Name ____________
Volcano!
My Volcano Game Recording Page.
I started with ________ pebbles.
This is how I got to 0.