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Learners will investigate and understand a map to help locate places in the classroom, school and home. Also look at larger maps and globes to locate land and different water features. Also be able to use positional words like (near/far, left/right, above/beneath, etc.) when finding different things on the map, classroom, school, and home.

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Understand the use of a map, to locate different places in the classroom, school and home. Also, the ability to point out different landmarks, and water features. Growing vocabulary by using positional words to find different places on a map/globe.

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1. Why are maps important?

2. What is the purpose of a map?

3. Why do we have different types of maps?

4. Why do we use positional words?

5. What is cardinal directions?

6. What can we locate on maps?

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Academic Concepts and Subjects Addressed

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Academic Concepts and Subjects Addressed

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Geography and Environmental Literacy:
K.G.1.1 Use maps to locate places in the classroom, school and home.
K.G.1.2 Use globes and maps to locate land and water features.
K.G.1.4 Identify locations in the classroom using positional words (near/far, left/right, above/beneath, etc.).

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Image of a map that is the classroom, school, and of a home.
Classroom: https://www.nationalgeographic.org/maps/classroom-map/
School:
https://schools.graniteschools.org/plymouth/about-us/school-map/
Home:
https://www.superteacherworksheets.com/blog/learn-all-about-map-skills-
Coloring book: (Each student will receive a booklet)
- My Book of Map Skills
file:///Users/jordancaldwell/Downloads/MapSkillsBook-1.pdf

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Elaborate

Map

Transform

Build

Color coding

Reformat

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Color pencils

Crayons

Coloring booklet file:///Users/jordancaldwell/Downloads/MapSkillsBook-1.pdf

Scratch paper

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1. What kind of maps do you normally see around you?

2. What is a map?

3. What are the four words we use to help with directions?

4. What are examples of positional words?

5. Why do we use a map?

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Teacher will use google slides to show case notes about what a map is and show different kinds of maps, like a globe, smaller maps of like the school building, classroom, and their home or an example of a home map. Teacher will also show different symbols you might find on a map and the positional words that will be used throughout the rest of the lessons.

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After the students learn a little bit about different types of maps they will bring out their coloring booklet and start working on the first page. The first page is the globe. When learning about the globe you will give instructions to the students to color the water blue and the land green. At the bottom of the page you will ask one student or more to share their booklet and go over if it is right or wrong. After they finish coloring the globe have them fill in the the word globe at the bottom.

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The teacher will work their way through the google sides and show all the symbols they will learn for their maps they will later draw themselves. They will also learn the positional words that they will use as well as the symbols later on. The students will use the scratch piece of paper that they were given to doodle each symbol after they learn about them to have a guide to look back on for when they draw out their own map.

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Teacher will place students in pairs. Students will complete a think-pair-share assessment.
Think: Have the students to think why the symbols are so important for the map? Students will think individually for a few minutes.
Pair: Students will now speak with their partner for a few minutes. Each partner will be given about 2 minutes OR less to share their thoughts.
Share: The teacher will group the table back up to make it a larger group discussion. They will go over each symbol again and explain why they are important. At the end the teacher will call time and will go around the room and each group will pick 2 symbols to explain what they are and why they are important. The last group will have to do 3.

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With symbols there comes with positional words and also cardinal direction. The teacher will change slides and explain what positional words are; like (near/far, left/right, above/beneath, etc.). Also showing and image of the classroom map that shows the arrows with the words North, East, South, West on them. Going over why we use these words to describe a map and how it gives direction when using a mop.

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After learning the positional words and cardinal directions the teacher will show different types of maps and explain why they are all different. She will first start with the classroom map that she already has pulled up. By using the positional words she will explain where everything is placed and give cardinal directions as well as she leads her students through the map of the classroom. Followed after that the directions through the school and then the showing of what a home map would look like.

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For the remainder of the time the students will be given the chance to draw a map for the classroom, school, and their home. They will first start working on the classroom map. They will be given 5mins to draw each map as best as they can. They have to use at least one symbol and also write the correct cardinal directions for each map.

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1. What are symbols and why do we use them?
2. Why are maps so important?
3. What are the four cardinal directions?
4. Examples of positional words that can be used to describe and build a map?

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Students will be called one by one to come to the front and show their art work to the whole class. Giving them a few minutes to show the maps that they created. The teacher will ask the audience that isn't showing their work just yet what that classmate used to build their map. Like what symbols did "Sindy" use when she drew the classroom as a map? Everyone will have a turn and the teacher will give a different question when a new student shares.