Me On The Map

We just finished up our reading unit called,

In this unit, one of the goals that we work towards is:

To understand concepts related to maps, globes, and journeys, including how to read maps and use globes.

One of our big book selections was this story:

I love this book, it does a really good job helping the students understand where their little place in this big world is, but the students still struggle with the concept that we live on a planet, on a continent, in a country, in a state, in a city, in a neighborhood, etc . . .

To help them understand this concept better, we made these fun layered flip books to show this concept in a visual way.

Here are the instructions to making the layered flip book:

After we made our books, I went to Google Earth. I started with the Earth and then slowly zoomed in on North America, United States of America, Utah, Taylorsville, etc . . . so the students could see the big picture. The students were amazed and I think it reinforced this concept even more.

My students are such smarties! They brought it to my attention that this whole concept was a growing pattern. They also noticed that the actual book was a growing pattern as well. They always amaze me!

Here are our books displayed in the hall for people to see! The students did a great job on this projects, plus they had alot of fun!