WOW Game Title: Texas Symbols Memory Game
Content Area: Social Studies
TEKS Focus: American Symbols
Citizenship and social Studies Skills
Physical Education Unit: Cardiovascular, Locomotor skills
Grade: 3
Resource(s):
Picture Resources: http://www.statesymbolsusa.org/Texas/Mockingbird.html - Mockingbird
http://www.statesymbolsusa.org/Texas/CHILI.html - Chili
http://www.statesymbolsusa.org/Texas/SQUARE_DANCE.html - Folk dance
http://www.statesymbolsusa.org/Texas/Gem_Topaz_Lone_Star.html - Gem
http://www.statesymbolsusa.org/Texas/Sport_Rodeo.html - Rodeo
http://www.statesymbolsusa.org/Texas/Grapefruit.html - Grapefruit
http://www.statesymbolsusa.org/Texas/Vegetable_Onion.html - Sweet Onions
http://www.hcpl.net/kidsite/funandgames/SRP/forms/images/bluebonnet.jpg Bluebonnet
http://www.statesymbolsusa.org/IMAGES/Alabama/pecan-nuts-on-tree.jpg Pecan Tree
Equipment/Materials: Texas Symbols Memory Game Cards (make enough for 1 set per relay team), 1
cone per team of 4
(Tip: Tape the cards onto poly spots to help weight them down and remain on the floor or laminate them
on poster board)
**Card-sized Printing Instructions: Go to File-Print. Under “Print Range” select “pages” and type in
“3-18”. Then where it says “Zoom” check on “4 pages per sheet”.
Set Up:
Memory cards flipped over
scattered
Frisbees for the completed
matches to be placed
Activity:
Give the cards with the names of the historical figures on them to each team and scatter their matches
(who they are) faced down in the area in front of the teams. This activity is a relay in which they are
trying to be the first team to find all of the matches. Upon signal, the first person in the line will run and
try to find the match of their team’s first card/historical figure. Upon each turn, they will only get 1 flip
to see if they have found the correct match. If they find the match, they pick it up and take it back to
their team’s Frisbee. Teachers will review the matches at the end of the game to reinforce the historical
figures.
Variations:
 Place all of the cards face-down in the activity area and have the students flip 2 cards per each
turn. If the two cards match, they pick them both up and put them in their team’s Frisbee. The
team with the most matches at the end when all of the matches have been found is declared the
winners.
Review Questions:
Skill focus: What physical activities can you do in your self-space when it is not your turn
during the relay race?
Academic focus: What is the Texas State Bird? What is the Texas State Food Dish? What can
you eat that comes from our Texas State Tree?
Texas State
Bird
Mockingbird
Texas
Dish
Chili
Texas
Dance
Square
Dance
Texas
Gem
Texas
Blue
Topaz
Texas
Sport
Rodeo
Texas
Vegetable
Sweet
Onions
Texas
Flower
Bluebonnet
Texas
Tree
Pecan
Tree