Tying+GPS+to+TEKS

Your TEKS to be covered depends on what you plan to do. The physical act of completing a GPS activity is not covered by any TEK save maybe a Physical Education TEK. Rather it is the activity that you plan for the GPS that covers the TEKS. The following examples should give you some idea.


 * Example 1: Multiple Choice Cache**

Students locate caches around the school that contain multiple choice questions that review any given topic. The skills contained within the multiple choice questions will determine the TEKS to be covered.

4th Grade Math 4.(E) use division to solve problems (no more than one-digit divisors and three-digit dividends without technology).
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 * Example 2: Seek and Find**

Students locate caches in individual groups. Inside the cache is a clue such as a word, a picture, or a phrase. As each group locates their cache, they can assemble their clues and practice making inferences.

3rd Grade Language Arts 1.(D) identify and read contractions (e.g., I'd, won't); and
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 * Example 3: Pieces of a Puzzle**

Students locate caches around the school that contain pieces to a puzzle. The puzzle pieces could be part of a worksheet, directions for an assignment, or a picture of a book cover. The worksheet skill, assignment, or activity based on the picture will determine your TEKS to cover. //**TEKS covered in this assignment:**// 4th Grade Reading (7) Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Literary Nonfiction. Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the varied structural patterns and features of literary nonfiction and provide evidence from text to support their understanding. Students are expected to identify similarities and differences between the events and characters' experiences in a fictional work and the actual events and experiences described in an author's biography or autobiography.

4th Grade Social Studies (2) History. The student understands the causes and effects of European exploration and colonization of Texas and North America. The student is expected to: (A) summarize motivations for European exploration and settlement of Texas, including economic opportunity, competition, and the desire for expansion; (B) identify the accomplishments and explain the impact of significant explorers, including Cabeza de Vaca; Francisco Coronado; and René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle, on the settlement of Texas;