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Brambles Pre-school, Brambles Pre-school, & Brambles Pre-school. (1970, January 01). Kids, Pre-School and Beyond! Retrieved from http://kiddliwinkspre-schoolandbeyond.blogspot.com/
What it is: This is an activity where students in the class create a bulletin board to show off their community.
Why you chose it: I chose this as an activity because I think it will be interesting to see what students bring in that relate to the community that surrounds them on a daily basis.
How you are going to use it: I would like to use this in my class because again I think it would be interesting to see what students bring in and then they can explain why they brought it in. It will be a fun and engaging way also to learn about our community.

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Google Earth. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.google.com/earth/
What it is: Google Earth is a website that allows you to discover things around the world without actually having to be there.
Why you chose it: I chose Google Earth because it is a neat way to learn about different cities and places around the world.
How you are going to use it: I plan on using Google Earth when we have a class discussion on mapping and I will ask students if there is any place special they would like to explore. When we explore on google earth, it shows things in 3D view and satellite view which is really cool! We can act like we are actually there instead of being behind the computer screen.

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The Cat in the Hat Can Map This and That! (DL)

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The Cat in the Hat Can Map This and That! (DL)

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The Cat in the Hat Can Map This and That! (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.pbs.org/parents/catinthehat/activity_mapping_tool.html#01
What it is: The Cat in the Hat Can Map This and That is a game on PBS kids that allows students to play around with mapping.
Why you chose it: I chose this because it allows the students to play around with mapping things using technology.
How you are going to use it: An activity I can have students do with using this website is to ask them to map anything of their choice and create it anyway they would like. Having them do this gets them thinking!

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National Geographic Society. (2014, June 16). Neighborhood Map. Retrieved from https://www.nationalgeographic.org/maps/neighborhood-map/
What it is: This is a map of a neighborhood.
Why you chose it: I chose this picture to use because has left and right on it, and it has labels on the pictures.
How you are going to use it: I plan on using this picture with my students and asking them questions like this is their neighborhood. I will ask them questions like, what street doesn't have houses on it?, what street is the school and library on?, etc.

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S, R. (2013, May 21). Mapping the Classroom. Retrieved from http://gradeonereadingcorner.blogspot.com/2013/05/mapping-classroom.html
What it is: This is an activity that allows students to use things provided by the teacher to map the classroom.
Why you chose it: I chose this activity because not only can it force students to use higher order thinking, but it also provides students the key to map the classroom.
How you are going to use it: I plan on using this activity with my students by breaking them down int groups and having them map out the classroom

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F. (n.d.). ME ON THE MAP. Retrieved from https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/ME-ON-THE-MAP-3427458?utm_source=pinterest&utm_campaign=Me On The Map Flip Book Image Only
What it is: This is a Me On The Map flip book.
Why you chose it: I chose this Me On The Map flip book because not only does it allow them to show where their house it, it shows their neighborhood, their town, their state, their country and then their world. Students can use anything from magazine pieces, tissue paper, etc. to create their flip book.
How you are going to use it: I plan on using this flip book with my students so they can show me that they can master the standard.

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Reed, L. (n.d.). Maps and Globes. Retrieved from https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Maps-and-Globes-1484981
What it is: Make Your Own Map worksheet
Why you chose it: I chose this worksheet because it gives the students a chance to show the teacher they can map the classroom.
How you are going to use it: I plan on using this worksheet to allow the students map out their classroom. It will show the teacher they can map it out how it looks, with every little detail they can see.

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Chensanow, N. (1995). Where do I live? New York: B.E.S. Publishing.

What it is: Where Do I Live? is a book that involves geography. When reading this book, children will travel and look outside of the streets of their neighborhood, and town. Whether they live in the suburbs, or city they will be able to see what each place looks like. After traveling through many different places including space, they will find their way home.
Why you chose it: I chose this book because it showed how geography is important, and they will use a map to find where they live.
How are you going to use it: I plan on using this book with an activity where I will have students use a map to find themselves on it.

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Rabe, T., & Ruiz, A. (2002). There’s a map on my lap! New York: Random House.

What it is: The Cat in the Hat gets in the car with his friends and finds a map on his lap! He says they will travel the world, see the whole United States and will still be back by the end of the day! Throughout this book we learn about earth, and how its round like a ball, and if we lay it out flat it looks like a map. We learn about a scale, that makes maps easy to use, and how we can make maps either close to us or far away. To remember N, E, S, W, it teaches us the saying “never eat soggy wheat”. As for all other maps, the one we see in this book has symbols based off the legend with pictures we see. When using maps, it is important to notice that there is more than one way to point A to point B, no matter if it is quicker, it can get you around traffic! When traveling the world, no matter where, with a map in your lao, you will always know where to go!
Why you chose it: I chose this book because it is a great way to keep kids interacted when learning about Maps, and everything mapping involves.
How are you going to use it: I plan on using this book to teach the students about cardinal directions, and to teach them how to read a key/legend. After we read this book as a class, I will have the students do a worksheet with partners where they have to figure out where things are based on pictures from the key/legend.

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Murphy, S. (2004). Treasure map. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publisher.
What it is: What is a treasure map? In this book, there are a group of friends who climb into a treehouse and find a treasure map. The treasure map they found is more than fifty years old, and it starts on their corner! Since they believe that there is buried treasure where X is on the map, they get a shovel and go on a hunt. On the map there are clues they follow to get to the X. After they follow the clues, they stumble upon a rock with an X on it, and they start to shovel and dig. Once they get to the metal box, they pull it out and find all sorts of old cool things. After they look in the box, they decide to add some of their own stuff, and then to put it back, that way someone else can find it later. When they get it buried back in the hole, the kids say, “X marks the spot!” and head back to the treehouse.
Why you chose it: I chose this book because it shows kids there are different types of maps, and different ways to read maps.
How you are going to use it: I plan on using this book to show kids there are many different types of maps. An activity I will do after reading this book to the students would be to have them go on their own treasure hunt around the school using a map created by the teacher.

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Ritchie, S. (2009). Follow that map!: A first book of mapping skills. Toronto: Kids Can Press.
What it is: In this book, there are five friends, Yulee, Pedro, Nick, Sally, and Martin, and two dogs, Ollie, and Max. Throughout this book they have many stops, where they use maps, and legends to find places and things. The symbols on the map are there to help find important places, and maps show us which path to follow so we won’t get lost. Max and Ollie get lost, and the five friends use keys, and maps to try and find them!
Why you chose it: This is a simple book that throughout uses legends and symbols to make the children find things.
How you are going to use it: An activity I would do with my students after reading this book would be to assign each table a group a different map of the school, where each group will start at different points, but with clues, they will all end up at the same place.

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Hartman, G. (1991). As the crow flies. New York, NY: Macmillan Publishing Company.
What it is: This book focuses on 5 main animals, and each animal goes different places, and when it reaches its destination, it creates a map of the places they passed. In the end, there is this one huge map filled with all the places the animals passed.
Why you chose it: I chose this book because it shows a map of all the places the animals passed. Once it reached it destination, it would create a map of all the places the animal passed, and after each animal made it to the final destination, it created a big map that showed every single place the animals passed.
How you are going to use it: I plan on using this book when teaching my students about mapping because it is a way to show students maps show everything. I would have students create a map of everything they passed in a school day and then have them explain it if they could.

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Hesselberth, J. (2018). Mapping Sam. New York, NY: Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins.
What it is: Every night, Sam goes upstairs and puts her family to bed. When everyone is finally asleep, Sam sneaks out, and disappears. Sam jumps over fences, rolls across yards, and climbs trees. Sam explains that maps are things that tell us to get from here, to there, and it can tell us what is where. Instead of exploring, Sam wants to stay close to home and likes to be in one certain spot so she can keep an eye out on her neighborhood.
Why you chose it: I chose this book because it was about a cat who explored their neighborhood and explained how maps work.
How you are going to use it: An activity I plan on doing with this book is to have students map their neighborhood and then create a key/legend of their choice of things that they think are important.

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Sweeney, J. M., & Cable, A. (1996). Me on the map. New York: Dragonfly Books.
What it is: This book is about a little girl who finds herself on a map, in many different places. When she starts off finding herself on a map, she is in her bedroom in her house, and then she finds her street on a map to find her house. Throughout this book, the little girl finds her town, the state, and the country she lives in all on a map.
Why you chose it: I chose this book because it shows a little girl on a map. Not only does it show her in her bedroom, in her house, it shows her everywhere, too. She is able to find herself in her town, the state she lives in and the country she lives in all on a map.
Ho you are going to use it: An activity I plan on doing with my students after reading this book is to have them find themselves in their room, in their house, find their street on the map, and then have themselves find the state they live in.

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Leedy, L. (2000). Mapping penny's world. New York: Henry Holt and Company, LLC.
What it is: During class, Lisa is learning how to map! Her teacher tells them that maps are pictures of places from above. Her teacher tells her class that they can make a map of anyplace they would like. Lisa decides to draw a map of her room, as she was looking down from the ceiling. Penny her cat, loves to hide! Lisa decides to make a map of Penny’s hideouts and add symbols that stand for the things Penny has hid outside. Penny loves to do all sorts of activities, and she love to travel. This led to her mapping Penny’s world.
Why you chose it: I chose this book because it allows the. students to see they can map literally anything and everything they choose to!
How you are going to use it: An activity I plan on doing with my students after reading this book is to allow them to map something of their choice. I think it will be pretty interesting to see what they can map.

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Greve, M. (2009). Keys and symbols on maps. Florida: Rourke Pub.
What it is: Keys and symbols on maps focus on the way maps use symbols. Maps use symbols to represent things such as cities, streets, lakes, neighborhood, restaurants, and more. This book teaches children how to use the map’s key to understand and find the place on the map.
Why you chose it: I chose this book because it teaches and shows the students what keys and symbols look like and what they stand for.
How you are going to use it: After reading this book with students, I will provide them a worksheet where they will have to read the map using the key/legend given.

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Learning About Maps- Symbols, Map Key, Compass Rose (CA)

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Learning About Maps- Symbols, Map Key, Compass Rose (CA)

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(2014, October 13). Retrieved March 22, 2019, from https://youtu.be/dp8VOG8Cgag
What it is: This is a short video that teaches us about maps, and what are on maps.
Why you chose it: I chose this video because it is a very engaging way to teach students about maps.
How you are going to use it: I plan on using this video to not only teach students what's on a map, but to also teach them how to spell those words. An activity you could do after watching this video with the students is to give them a neighborhood map worksheet and have them color code places that are on the map key.

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(2015, November 19). Retrieved March 22, 2019, from https://youtu.be/f2I81_BFb-s
What it is: This video is a short little song that teaches us about cardinal directions.
Why you chose it: I chose this video because it is an engaging way to teach students about how to be able to read cardinal directions.
How you are going to use it: After watching this video, I will provide students with a worksheet where they have to be able to read cardinal directions. It will have just a few simple questions on it like which way do you go to go home? or When you walk into the classroom, which way is your desk?, etc.

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-WHAT IT IS
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Standard K-1: The student will demonstrate an understanding of his or her surroundings.

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Standard K-1: The student will demonstrate an understanding of his or her surroundings.

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1. K-1.1  Identify the location of his or her home, school, neighborhood, and city or town on a map.

2. K-1.2  Illustrate the features of his or her home, school, and neighborhood by creating maps, models, and drawings.

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Diaz, N., & Owens, M. (2015) A Ticket Around the World. Canada: Owlkids.

What it is: A ticket around the world, is about traveling around the globe to 13 different places! You can transport yourself to any of the 13 places. Each place you go, you learn about all the different types of foods, landmarks, etc. they have and learn interesting facts you wouldn’t know! When it talks about the different countries, it has a map as the background of the page, and shows the foods, language, landmarks, and more, each country has.
Why you chose it: I chose this book because it shows students maps for all around the world.
How you are going to use it: After reading this book to my students, I would allow them to choose a country they think is interesting and have them act like they are there and map it.

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(2017, February 10). Retrieved March 22, 2019, from https://youtu.be/D9NpWpr27Ak
What is it: This is a song about mapping. In this video, there is an animal that wants to go a visit someone but they don't know the way. The animal uses a map to find out where to go and takes an adventure to find it!
Why you chose it: I chose this video because it talks about how they will go forwards and backwards, and under and over to find things.
How you are going to use it: An activity I can do with my students after watching this video is to talk to them about why they think they use forward, backwards, over and under when it comes to the importance of mapping.

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The Map Song: Song for kids about maps and navigation! PlayKids: I Love to Learn songs for Kids