Camping Theme Day Activities

Description

Bring the outdoors into your classroom with this engaging CAMPING THEME DAY Activities resource! It is perfect for end-of-year celebrations, theme days, or cross-curricular learning and includes interactive stations, games, writing prompts, math practice, and creative projects that will keep your students excited and learning all day long! Designed for 2nd–4th grade students, this resource includes a 51-page booklet with 18 hands-on activities.

Transform your classroom into a camping adventure (as shown in the room transformation examples on page 2) and let students rotate through fun, standards-based stations.

Perfect For:

• End of Year Activities
• Camping Theme Days
• Classroom Transformations
• Literacy & Math Centers
• Morning Work or Rotations
• Sub Plans

Why Teachers Love This Resource:

Perfect for end-of-year fun or themed learning days

Covers ELA, Math, Phonics, Art, and SEL

Easy-to-use station rotation format

Engaging, hands-on, and student-centered

Includes answer keys and teacher directions for easy implementation

 

What’s Included:

ELA & Writing Activities

• Camping Mad Libs (parts of speech practice + creative writing)
• “First Time Camping” writing prompt
• Campfire Story Roll & Write activity (build a story with a character, setting, and problem)
• Sentence Types Activity (complete, fragment, run-on sentences)

Phonics & Word Work

• “Gone Fishin’” rhyming word matching game with multiple play options
• Camping Word Search with vocabulary

Math Stations

• Campfire Computations (3 versions included):
  Addition & Subtraction
  1-digit multiplication
  2-digit multiplication

Games & Team Building

• Backyard Bingo Station (multiple boards + calling cards)
• Stranded in the Woods Team Building Challenge (problem-solving + collaboration) (pp. 37–39)

Creative & Art Activities

• Campground Creative Drawing & Writing
• Directed Drawing Lessons (campfire & bear step-by-step)
• Camping bookmarks for students to create and keep

 

Check out our other (growing list) of theme day resources:

SPACE Theme

Common Core Standards Alignment

English Language Arts (ELA)

Writing:

• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.K.2 – Use drawing and writing to compose texts
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.1.3 – Write narratives recounting events
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.2.3 – Write narratives with details
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.3 – Develop real or imagined experiences

Language (Grammar & Conventions):

• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.1.1 – Use parts of speech
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.2.1 – Demonstrate command of grammar
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.1 – Use conventions of standard English

Foundational Skills (Phonics):

• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.2 – Demonstrate understanding of spoken words
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.1.2 – Identify rhyming words

Speaking & Listening:

• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.K.1 – Participate in collaborative conversations
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.2.1 – Engage in discussions with peers

Math

• CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.OA.C.6 – Add and subtract within 20
• CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.2.OA.B.2 – Fluently add and subtract within 100
• CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.OA.A.1 – Understand multiplication
• CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.OA.C.7 – Fluently multiply and divide

Social Emotional Learning (SEL)

• Teamwork and collaboration (group challenges)
• Problem-solving and critical thinking
• Communication and sharing ideas