Maps!

We decided that, before we embark on our journey around the world, we should probably learn some map skills!  Here's what we did...

We started off our week just looking at different types of maps.  Park maps, state maps, world maps, zoo maps, etc.

We learned about the different parts of a map and practiced map terms in our vocabulary and spelling lessons.  Our words were: map, compass, direction, legend, latitude, longitude, scale, north, south, east, west, equator, and capital.

We checked out and read books from the library about maps.

We made a compass rose out of paper scraps.

We drew our own maps.

And went geocaching at the lake and practiced coordinates.

We also started our 180 Days of Math workbooks.

And did some journaling from a journaling book I picked up at Target.

 

 

A : 4th/5th grade, L : 2nd grade, K : 2nd grade

Subjects covered this week : Language Arts, Math, Social Studies, Fine Arts, PE, Health & Safety