Me On the Map

Last week we began our community unit and we combined it with our mapping standards.  We read County Mouse/City Mouse and discussed the difference between the country and city.  This lead us into a discussion about King George and if we lived in the city or country. 

Next, we brainstormed all the places, people, and things that make up a community.  Students came up with a lot of great places and things.  

We then read the book,  Me on the Map.  

This book is a great tool when teaching about maps.  We made our own Me on the Map book.  Each student makes their own and is the star of the book.  We talk about what planet, continent, country, state, town, street, etc that we live on.  Our Me on the Map books are hanging in the classroom if you want to stop by and take a peek at them. 

We ended our unit on communities by designing our own map of King George.  Students picked a place in King George and created it out of construction paper.  We then designed a map with roads and glued down the buildings and houses.  The kids had a blast and it turned out really cute! 

This week we will continue our unit on map and become pirates!!!   We will learn the parts of a map, how to read a map, and we will even create our own map.   On Friday, we will use our new map skills to find the hidden treasure somewhere in the school!  ARRGH!