Maps+and+Places


 * Grade 1 Social Studies Geo4**. Maps can be used it identify and locate places. Use maps to locate and identify familiar places in a classroom, school, or neighborhood. **SL 1.6** Produce complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation

Listen to read aloud book __I Live in Brooklyn__ by Mari Takabayashi. We will build background knowledge and become familiar with the words about placesin the story. After generating a class list make a word cloud using at least 5 listed words using [|wordle.com.]

With a partner tell how your neighborhood is like Michelle's and how your neighborhood is different. Tell two ways they are alike and two ways they are different. Post your similarities and differences to [|GoAnimate.com].

After thinking about the wonderful things your neighborhood has write a couplet or rhyme with your partner saying so. Examples: My neighborhood is cool because it has our school. Our neighborhood is fun because we have a place to run. Our neighborhood is cool because we go to the pool. Create your couplet at [|scratch.mit.edu].

We will be coninuing working with exploring sample maps, city, state and country maps using the Nystrom Buddy Book Atlas. Using [|googlemaps.com] find two neighborhood places and pin a placemark. Examples might be: your house, your school, your street, city pool, or playground. Locate one landmark mentioned in the story, I Live in Broolyn. These places would be listed on a class list of places named in the book. Some of these may include: Brooklyn, New York, Central Park Zoo, Prospect park, Coney Island, Atlantic Ocean, Manhattan, New York City, Coney Island.

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