Thursday, October 7, 2010

Chalking it up to Social Studies!






















Last week, our class took advantage of some fine weather and used the pavement and chalk to make maps of the first floor of our school.












Grade 2 Mapping Expectation:







-construct and read a variety of graphs, charts, diagrams, maps, and models to clarify
and display information


















Grade 3 Mapping Expectation:







-make and use maps of urban and rural communities containing the necessary map elements of title, scale, symbols and legend, and cardinal directions












-consult map legends when looking for selected features (e.g., H – hospital)