Product Overview
Christina, Grant, Mimi and Papa make their way to Mount Rushmore to check out the colossal carving of four presidents? and find a mountain's worth of mystery, history, precocious prairie dogs, quirky clues, befuddling Badlands, and one Crazy Horse! One sassy sculptor! A batch of badlands! One store named Wall! Four story faces! And a Loooooong way down!
LOOK what's inside this mystery - people, places, history and more!
PLACES: South Dakota: Mount Rushmore National Memorial - Avenue of Flags Grand View Terrace Lincoln Borglum Museum Wall Drug Store, Route 90 Sioux reservation Custer State Park, Pierre Prairie dog town Peter Norbeck Visitor Center Crazy Horse Monument and Visitor Center, Custer County.
PEOPLE: George Washington Thomas Jefferson Abraham Lincoln Theodore Roosevelt Gutzon Borglum, Sculptor Lincoln Borglum, Sculptor Crazy Horse, Sioux warrior Henry Standing Bear Korczak Ziolkowski, sculptor.
HISTORY/GEOGRAPHY/SOCIAL STUDIES: Mount Rushmore History and Facts South Dakota History, Geography, Weather, Animal Life and Plant Life The Badlands History, Geology: Erosion, Corrosion, Rock minerals, mako sica Animals: coyote Prairie Products: Wheat and Animals: prairie dogs, bison, burros Sioux Nation History, Reservation and Traditional Dance: rain dance The Promise Proverbs.
Like all of Carole Marsh Mysteries, this mystery incorporates history, geography, culture and cliffhanger chapters that will keep kids begging for more! This mystery includes SAT words, educational facts, fun and humor, built-in book club and activities.
Below is the Reading Levels Guide for this book:
Grade Levels: 3-6
Accelerated Reader Reading Level: 4.3
Accelerated Reader Points: 2
Accelerated Reader Quiz Number: 140439
Lexile Measure: 670
Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading Level: Q
Developmental Assessment Level: 40
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1. Download the Carole Marsh Mysteries Real Kids! Real Places! Correlations to Common Core/State Standards HERE.
2. Download the Where Have You Been map HERE.
3. Utilize the Real Kids! Real Places! Common Core State Standards Teacher Resource for classroom discussion questions and activities for ELA grades 2-6. This can be used for all 50 mysteries HERE.
4. Download additional activities including Fact or Fiction, Fascinating Facts, Book Club Discussions and Book Club Activities HERE.
5. Want a sneak peak? Read the first three chapters HERE.
