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9. Recap the lesson and discuss the activity. Make the connection between the activity and relative location. Materials Needed: Poster Pal chart “Location Words,” scavenger hunt clues, prize or treat for the scavenger hunt Online Related Media: N/A Extended Reading Articles: N/A Article 5: Mapping My Classroom Word Count: 20 Vocabulary: N/A High Impact Teaching Strategies: Worked Examples, Multiple Exposures, Collaborative Learning Lesson Plan: 1. Review with the students that they have been learning about relative location. Ask the following questions, giving students time to discuss their thoughts with a partner or group. Discuss the answers as a class. Give feedback on responses and reteach, as necessary. a. What is relative location? (Relative location tells where something is, using other places or objects.) b. What words can we use to describe relative location? (Refer to the Poster Pal chart “Relative Location.” Discuss the words on the chart.) 2. Review what was previously learned about maps: a. Maps are flat drawings of places. We use maps to help us find places. 3. Show the image “Community Map,” included in related media. Have a discussion that helps the students to make the connection between maps and location. We use maps to find places. We use maps to tell us the location of places. We can use maps to describe the relative location of places. Discuss the locations of places on the map. 4. Read the article to the students as they follow along. 5. Explain to the students that today, they are going to draw a map of their classroom. They will use that map to describe the relative location of objects in their classroom. 6. Guide students as they draw a map of your classroom. Use the Poster Pal activity “Mapping My Classroom” to model and draw a map with them. 7. After the map is complete, put the students into pairs. Have the students take turns describing the relative location of objects on their map. Model this for the students. Encourage the students to use the words on the Poster Pal chart “Location Words.” If students give inaccurate information, ask "What makes you say that?" This will give information on misconceptions. 8. As the students discuss, walk around and give them feedback on their relative location descriptions.
Location | Week 14
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