GEOGRAPHY

Pre-Kindergarten

                                   

Overarching Question: Where are we?

Essential Questions:                                                                                        

v      How do people use maps?

v      What is our town?

 

Enduring Understandings 

MA History/ Social  SCIENCE  CURRICULUM FRAMEWORK   LEARNING STANDARDS

 

SAMPLE Assessments

Learning Experiences

 

I live in _______________________________ .

Name of town

Our school is in_________________________

                                     Name of town

 

A map is a symbol that represents a place.

 

Geography uses special words to describe where things are.

 

 

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.

 

 

Describe the location and features of places in the immediate neighborhood of the student’s home or school.

 

Assessments:

 

 

Learning Experiences/Activities:

 

Books:

As the Crow Flies

From Here to There

Me on the Map.