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Christopher Columbus

Printable Worksheet Booklet (Print Portrait)

Ship Route

Name ______________________________ ____

Fact: Sometimes there is more than one way to get somewhere. There are different routes you can take.

Directions:

1. Start with the boat. Draw a line with a marker of the different routes you can take to get to the star. The star is where you can buy spices and tea. 2. Use a different color for each route.

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Route

Name ______________________________ ____

Fact: Sometimes there is more than one way to get somewhere. There are different routes you can take.

Directions:

1. Start with the car. Draw a line along the roads with a marker of the routes you can take to get to the barn. 2. Use a different color for each route. 3. How many routes did you find?

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Map Activity

Name ________________________ ________

Fact: Christopher Columbus was born in Italy

Directions: 1.

Color Italy yellow.

Cut out the picture of Christopher Columbus.

Glue the picture in the box.

France

Spain

Summary

Name ______________________________

Directions: Use the words below to write about the Columbus.

Italy

Christopher Columbus find West Indies route

born

explorer

wanted better

sea

symbol

Opinion

Name ____________________________ __

Fact: Spices are put in foods to make food taste better. What spice do you like to put in your food? What food do you put that spice in?

Directions:

1. Fill in the first blank with the spice you like. 2. Fill in the second blank with the food you like to put the spice in.

pepper

cinnamon

vanilla

nutmeg

I like to put ___________________________ in _________________

Cloze Reading

Name _______________________________________________

Directions: 1. Cut out each box below. 2. Paste each box into the correct space.

1. Christopher Columbus was an _______________.

2. Columbus was born in _______________.

3. Columbus wanted to find a better route to the _______________

4. People wanted _______________ from the East Indies.

explorer

tea and spices

Italy

East Indies

Patterns

Name ________________________

Directions: 1. Cut out the pictures at the bottom of the page. 2. Glue pictures to match the pattern.

King

Name ______________________________ ____

Fact: King Ferdinand from Spain gave Columbus money and ships for his voyage.

Directions:

1. Kings wear a crown. Does the United States have a king? ______________. 2. Color the picture. 3. Write the word “king” on the line below.

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Map Activity

Name ________________________ ________ Fact: The King and Queen of Spain gave Columbus money for his voyage.

Directions: 1.

Color Italy yellow.

Color Spain red.

Cut out the picture of the king and queen

Glue the picture into the box.

England

Italy

France

Spain

3 Ships

Name ________________________________

Directions: Write the name of each ship.

Nina Pinta

Santa Maria

_ _ _ _ _ P

_ _ _ _ N

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ M S

Classification

Name ________________________

Directions: 1.

Circle each picture of a ship.

Put an “X” on each picture that is not.

Supplemental Activity: 1. Cut out each ship. 2. Glue pictures of the ships on a sheet of paper.

Biography

Name ________________________________

Directions: Use the book to fill in the answer .

Country born _____________________________

Where did Columbus want to go? ________________

How many ships did Columbus have? _______

Which country gave Columbus money? _____________

Classification

Name ________________________

Directions: 1.

Circle each picture of a anchor. Put an “X” on each picture that is not.

Supplemental Activity: 1.

Cut out each anchor.

2. Glue pictures of the anchors on a sheet of paper.

Ship

Name __________________________________

Fact: Columbus had 3 ships given to him by the King and Queen of Spain. They were called the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria.

Directions:

1. Have you ever been on a ship?_____________ 2. Color the picture. 3. Write the word “ship” on the line below.

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Sorting

Name ________________________

Directions: 1.

Circle each picture of a ship.

Put an “X” on each picture that is not.

Supplemental Activity: 1.

Cut out pictures of each ship.

2. Glue pictures of the ships on a sheet of paper.

Summary

Name ______________________________

Directions: Use the words below to write about the Columbus’s voyage.

King and Queen paid

gave Nina Pinta

Spain

voyage 3 ships Columbus Santa Maria

Recipe

Pineapple Banana Smoothie

Fact: Columbus found pineapples in the Bahamas. Pineapple tastes great in smoothies. Here is a recipe to make a pineapple and banana smoothie.

Ingredients s

Banana

Milk

Chopped Pineapple Recipe

1. Peel banana. Cut in 1/2.

1/2

2. 1/3 cup chopped pineapple.

3. 1/3 cup of milk.

Directions

Put these ingredients in the blender:

1/2 banana

1/3 cup of chopped pineapple

1/3 cup of milk

Blend on high for 30 seconds.

Pour in a glass.

Pineapple

Name ______________________________

Fact: Columbus and his crew found pineapples in the Bahamas. They had never seen pineapples before. They took pineapples back to Spain.

Directions:

1. Have you seen a pineapple at the grocery store? _________ 2. Color the picture. 3. Write the word “pineapple” on the line below.

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Biography Multiple Choice

Name _______________________________________________

Directions: Use the book and circle the correct answer.

1) Where was Columbus born?: A: Spain B: Italy C: America

2) Where did Columbus want to go?

A: East Indies B: Africa C: Spain

3) What country gave Columbus money? A: Spain B: Italy C: England

4) How many ships did Columbus have?

A: 1 B: 2 C: 3

5) What do we call the islands Columbus found? A: Hawaii B: Bahamas C: Japan

Short Answer

Name ____________________________________

Directions: 1. Fill in the blanks with the word in bold. 2. Rewrite the sentence.

This is a ship

This is a ____________________________.

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This is a pirate.

This is a ____________________________.

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This is a Native American.

This is a ____________________________.

___________________________________

Summary

Name ______________________________

Directions: Use the words below to write about Columbus was confused.

Columbus

thought

called

Indians

confused

East Indies Native Americans

Capitalization

Name ________________________________

Rule: Always capitalize the first word in a sentence.

Directions:

1. Capitalize the first word in each sentence. 2. Rewrite each sentence.

EXAMPLE: the dog is big.

The dog is big.

1. christopher Columbus was born in Italy . _________________________________________

2. the King and Queen gave him 3 ships.

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3. ships sailed for 60 days.

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4. columbus found the New World.

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Map Activity

Name ________________________________________________

Directions: 1.

Draw a line from Spain to the Bahamas

Cut out the ship below

Glue the ship next to the Bahamas

Color the Atlantic Ocean blue

Atlantic Ocean

Spain

New World

Bahamas

Vocabulary

Name ____________________________ ___

Directions: Use the word bank to fill in the blanks.

explorer – person who looks for new places voyage – a trip route – a way to get somewhere crew - workers

1. Another word for a trip is a ________________________.

2. A person who looks for new places is an ___________________________.

3. A way to get somewhere is a _______________________.

4. Workers means ________________________________.

Cloze Reading

Name _______________________________________________

Directions: 1. Cut out each box below. 2. Paste each box into the correct space.

1. Columbus was _______________.

2. He called the Native Americans _______________.

3. He thought he was in the _______________

4. He was on land they called the _______________.

New World

East Indies

Indians

confused

Grammar

Name ________________________________

Directions: 1. Fill in the space with the word Spanish (People or things from Spain) 2. Rewrite the sentence .

1. King Ferdinand was from Spain. He was ________________________. _________________________________________

2. The ships were from Spain. They were ________________ ships.

_________________________________________

3. The colony belonged to Spain . It was a _______________ colony.

__________________________________________

______________

4. Queen Isabella was from Spain.

She was _______________________.

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Job

Book Exam

Name _______________________________________

Directions: After the first question is answered, use your main idea cards to answer the additional questions.

What do you know about Christopher Columbus? ____________________

________________________________________________________

Who was a famous explorer? _________________________________.

What did people want from the East Indies? _____________________

and _________________________________.

Who paid for Columbus’s voyage? _______________________________.

What were the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria? _____________________.

What did Columbus call the Native Americans? _____________________.

What are the islands called where Columbus landed?

___________________________.

EZ Summary

Name ______________________________ ____

Directions:

1. Cut out each box below. 2. Paste each box into the correct space.

This is the Christopher ________________.

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He sailed on a _________________.

He called the Native Americans

_________________.

Columbus

Indians

ship

Fill in the Blank

Name ___________________________________

Directions: Use the words in the Word Bank to fill in the blank .

Americans

explorers Indies ships Italy

Bahamas

1. Christopher Columbus was born in _____________________. (page 1 )

2. Columbus wanted to go to the East _______________________. (page 2)

3. The King and Queen gave him 3 ____________________. (page 6)

4. Columbus found islands in the _______________ . (page 8)

5. Native _______________________________ lived on the islands where Columbus landed. (page 9)

6. Many ___________________ started to explore the New World. (page 13)

Grammar

Name ________________________________

Directions: 1. Fill in the space with the word too (too means very) 2. Rewrite the sentence .

1. The voyage was _______ dangerous. _________________________________________

2. The crew was _____ nervous. _________________________________________

3. The voyage was _______ expensive.

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______________ 4. Traveling by land was ______ dangerous. __________________________________________

5. The East Indies were ______ far away to walk.

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Q and A

Name ____________________________ ___ _______________

Directions: Answer the WH question and fill in the blank.

Christopher Columbus was an explorer. Who was an explorer? ____________________________________ _______________________________________ was an explorer.

__________________________________________________________ People wanted tea and spices from the East Indies. What did people want from the East Indies? _________________________ People wanted _______________________________ from the East Indies.. ______________________________________

Columbus was given 3 ships. What was Columbus given? _____________________________________ Columbus was given ________________________________________.

Columbus sailed for 60 days. How long did Columbus sail for?_________________________________ Columbus sailed for ______________________________.

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Reading Assessment

Name _______________________________________

Directions: Draw a line from the word to the matching picture.

ship

king

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queen

Columbus

Sentence Scramble

Name __________________________ ______________________

Directions: Unscramble the words to make a sentence. The word(s) in bold is the first word(s) in the sentence.

Columbus an was explorer

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Columbus money needed for voyage the

______________________________________________

Pirates ships stole from

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Columbus Native Americans Indians called

______________________________________________

Vocabulary Assessment

Name _______________________

Directions: Draw a line from the definition to the matching word.

a person who looks for new places

crew

a trip

voyage

a way to get somewhere

explorer

route

workers

WH Questions

Name __________________________

Directions: Answer the question and fill in the blanks.

The answer to a Where question is a place or location.

Christopher Columbus was born in Italy.

Where was Christopher Columbus born? _______________________.

Columbus was born in _________________________.

King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella were from Spain. Where were the King and Queen from? _____________________________. King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella were from _________________________.

Columbus wanted to get products from the East Indies.

Where did Columbus want to get products? __________________________.

Products were in the _______________________________________.

Many explorers wanted to go to the New World.

Where did explorers want to go? __________________________________.

Explorers wanted to go to the ___________________________________.

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