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Cognitive Objectives
• The students will describe the location of animals using positional words
on a simple map.
• The students will follow the pattern of the story to create a simple map.
Homework
Practice using the terminology by drawing a map of you going around, past and
to a favorite place at your house.
Assessment
Formative – Teacher will observe the students while they are creating their
maps as well as monitor them while sharing their maps with their friends.
Summative – Ask the students to explain what they have drawn using
verbal prompts to make sure that they understand that what they drew is a
map.
References
Hartman, G, & Stevenson, H. (1993). As the crow flies: a first book of maps.
Aladdin.
W., Kara. (2009, November 1). Teaching geography with children’s literature: as
the crow flies: a first book of maps [Web log message]. Retrieved from
http://blog.richmond.edu/openwidelookinside/archives/1939