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There
are special words and phrases that are used to identify the location of
things.
The
features of a particular place can be described.
We can name
the location of where we live:
Street
address
Town
State
Country
We can
name our school and describe its location.
Maps and
globes represent physical
location and place.
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With guidance from the teacher, students should be able to:
Use
correctly words and phrases that indicate location and direction such as
up, down, near, far, left, right, straight, back, behind, and in front of.
Tell or
show what a map is and what a globe is.
Identify
the student’s street address, city or town, and Massachusetts
as the state and the United
States as the country in which he or she
lives. Identify the name of the
student’s school and the city or town in which it is located.
Describe
the location and features of places in the immediate neighborhood of the
student’s home or school.
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Use art
materials to construct representations of various geographical features of
a region following a field trip or reading a book.
Use
blocks, collage or other art materials to create maps of the classroom,
school grounds or neighborhood.
Use the
sand table to create representations of local geographic features such as
mountains, streams, forests, roads.
Write and
illustrate a class big book or individual address books about location and
place using digital photos, maps, or drawings. e.g., This is my house, My address
is_____________...or This
is our class, This is our classroom, This is our school, Our school is in
(town) our town is in MA. MA is
in the United States.
Map the
school by going on a hunt (i.e. to find the Gingerbread Man). Label the
parts of the map with the job of the people who work in that part of the
school (cafeteria, gymnasium, nurses office, principals office)
Play
games to teach direction: Mother May I? Doggy where’s my bone? I spy,
Write
letters to classrooms in other parts of the state or country. Send a
representation of a character and request that the character be
photographed or keep a journal about the places it visits. E.g. Make Way
for Ducklings, Toot and Puddle, Flat Stanley etc.
Participate
in Journey North (simulated butterfly migration)
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