ME ON THE MAP

How many MAPS are you on?*A slide show by Mrs. Forsgren and her First Grade students

About our Project!

Family and Community Academic Standard

Four Week Unit

Maps skills Reading

Writing Social Studies

Timelines Cooperative group work

Let the Learning and Creating Begin…

The students begin the unit by listening to “Me on the Map” by Joan Sweeney.

We spent one day focusing on each map we are part of.

The children made an individual map for each and added important features& landmarks.

All maps were complied into a book entitled “Me on the Map”!

A masterpiece completed!

• A student assembled collection of maps.• Student created class book entitled “From

My Windowsill..”• Each child created their own timeline with

the help of 6th grade buddies.• Last but not least!...Students worked in

groups of 2-3 to create a slide on one of the Maps they are apart of.

First Grade “Slide Guide”

• At least 3 things you learned about the map.

• At least one image but not more than four about the map.

• Write/draw word & image ideas on slide practice paper.

• With teacher assistance, create slide on computer.– 3 fonts to choose from, locating images

*LET THE SLIDE SHOW BEGIN…

My Roomby : student’s names

• Share my room with my brother

• I have my own room• Bed• Toy box• 2 windows• Dresser• Train track

My Homeby : student’s names

• Apartment• Trailer house• “Regular” house• In town• In the country• I have 2 homes.

My Town: Barnesvilleby: student’s names

• Blue Eagle Park Dairy Queen

• Atkinson Elementary Fire Department• Super Value store Public Library

My State: Minnesotaby: student’s names

• St. Paul is the capital

• Mall of America• Duluth has a

suspension bridge• Paul Bunyan

Legend• A lot of lakes• Mississippi River

and I can spell it!

My Country: USAby: student’ names

• Our capital is Washington D.C.

• 50 states• Alaska & Hawaii don’t

touch the others.• Mexico and Canada

are our neighbors.• Minnesota is North.• Texas is the biggest.• Rhode Island is the

smallest.

My Continent :North Americaby: student’s names

• The countries that are in North America are :– USA– MEXICO– CANADA

• We think Greenland is too!

• Three oceans surround it.

My World: Earthby:

• The earth is round. • It is covered with a lot

of water.• There are 7

continents.– North America– South America– Africa– Asia– Australia– Europe– Antarctica

• There are 4 oceans.

Thank you for watching our slide show!

DO YOU REMEMBER HOW MANY MAPS YOU ARE ON?