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Objectives• Physically re-create a story and its setting using pictures.
• Learn how to use symbols to create a map.
• Practice reading a map in pairs.• Learn about map symbols, keys, and directions.
• Create their own unique maps.
Materials Needed•Social Studies Alive! My School and Family Big Book and Student editions
•Interactive Student Notebooks
•Interactive Desk Maps
•Chapter Opener Transparency 6
•Transparency 6.3
•Student Handout 6.5 (1 per child)
•Placards 6.1 A – H
•Scissors
•Crayons
Activity 1 – Pre-view: Hearing the Story “Yikes! A Mouse!”
Steps:1. Read “Yikes! A Mouse!”2. Ask children to recall the objects Ms.
Hutchinson passed as she looked for the mouse.
3. Prepare to re-create the story.4. Re-read the story as children re-create it.5. After placard holders are in place, have
one child play the teacher and one play the mouse as the class re-creates the story once more.
Activity Materials – Chapter Opener Transparency 6, Interactive Desk Map, and Placards 6.1A-H
Activity 2 – Discovering What a Map Looks Like
Steps1. Ask Children to gather in their
reading circle and reread “Yikes! A Mouse!”
2. Distribute Placards 6.1A-H, and have children stand in their locations from the day before.
3. With Children’s help, draw a map on the board.
Activity Materials – Chapter Opener Transparency 6, Interactive Desk Map, and Placards 6.1A-H
Activity 3 – Reading a Classroom Map
Steps1. Introduce the new ideas (map, symbol,
map key, and direction) by reading aloud pp. 33 – 37 in the Big Book.
2. Place children in mixed-ability pairs, and give each child an Interactive Desk Map.
3. Instruct children to follow a series of directions using their Interactive Desk Maps.
Activity Materials – Social Studies Alive! My School and Family Big Book, Interactive Desk Map, and Transparency 6.3
Activity 5 – Creating a New Map of Ms. Hutchinson’s Classroom
Steps1. Have children
create their own maps.
2. Have children share their maps.
Activity Materials – Interactive Student Notebooks, Student Handout 6.5 (1 per child), Scissors, and Crayons
Activity 4 – Reading About Features of a Map
Steps1. Review the term map.2. Read about symbols.3. Read about map keys.4. Read about directions.5. Assign Reading Notes 6.
Activity Materials – Social Studies Alive! My School and Family Student Edition, Interactive Student Notebooks, and Crayons
Literature ConnectionMapping Penny’s World, by Loreen Leedy
Me on the Map, by Joan Sweeney
Mouse Views: What the Class Pet Saw, by Bruce McMillan
Resources on the WebSocial Studies School Servicewww.socialstudies.com
Atlapedia Onlinehttp://www.atlapedia.com/
National Geographic.com for Kidshttp://magma.nationalgeographic.com/
Discovery Kidshttp://www.discoverykids.com/
Ohio Historical Societyhttp://www.ohiohistory.org/