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Covered Bridges of
Vermont
by Joy Giamalva
Click on the covered bridge above and get ready to build your own bridge!

Click here for the worksheet!

covered bridge
http://coveredbridgesite.com/vt/vt_home.html


Click on the picture to learn more about covered bridges of the Northeast!
virtual vermont
http://www.virtualvermont.com/coveredbridge/

Click on the picture for great information on the covered bridges of Vermont!
vermont only
http://www.vtonly.com/bridges.htm

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This activity is made for a 2nd and 3rd grade classroom, but can be adapted for other grades.
This activity covers Vermont's Grade Level Expectations as follows:
Subject : Arts
• Grade : Grades 3-4
• Strand : Visual Arts Skill Development
• GE Stem : A3-4:10

Students show skill development when CREATING art by…
 Expectation : Demonstrating techniques and processes in 2D work (e.g.,
drawing, painting, collage ).
 Expectation : Using various art tools and materials for specific purposes .
 Expectation :  Using elements of 2D and 3D design (e.g., 2D—mixing
warm and cool colors; showing space through overlap,
foreground, middle ground, and background; 3D—
demonstrating form in papier mache, clay, fiber arts).
Subject : Literacy: Writing
• Grade : Grade 3
• Standard/GE Stem : Standard 1.6: Writing Conventions
• Strand : Writing Conventions
• Expectation : W3: 2 In independent writing, students demonstrate command of appropriate English conventions by…
 Detail : Using capital letters for the beginning of sentences and names
 Detail : Using end punctuation correctly in simple sentences (e.g., period, question mark, exclamation point)

• Subject : History & Social Sciences
• Grade : Grades 3 – 4
• Strand : Physical and Cultural Geography
• GE Stem : H&SS3-4:11 Students interpret geography and solve geographic problems by…
 Expectation : Identifying characteristics of surrounding towns and the state of Vermont using resources such as road signs, landmarks, models, maps, photographs and mental mapping. i