Resource Scavenger Hunt (Freebie!)

This week our "focus skill" in 3rd grade is using resource books. 

This means we have been becoming familiar with the Dictionary, Thesaurus, and even the Atlas.
We have talked about what we can use each source for
and we made an anchor chart to remind us when to use each source.

We can talk about using these skills day after day,

but what really makes these skills sink in is actually USING these reference books.

So, I created a quick little "Resource Scavenger Hunt" where students must complete 3 tasks.

Task 1: Using a Dictionary

Task 2: Using a Thesaurus

Task 3: Using an Atlas

Each task has five questions. 

The only way students will know the answers to these questions is to use the resource listed.

To make this activity even more interesting, I turned this into a scavenger hunt.

I broke my class into small groups, 

and their goal was to quickly and accurately find the correct answer.

This is a BONUS because we not only practiced our focus skill, 

but we worked on team work! (Win!!)

Click HERE to download for FREE off of TPT.

Hopefully some of you can find this freebie useful in your classroom!

(I think any Dictionary, Thesaurus, and Atlas would work just fine, 

but I used children's versions to make it a bit easier for my third graders!)

Do you have a fun activity that you do when you are teaching resources?

Let me know!