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Lesson Plan

Map Your Day!

Mapping just took on a bold new look! With the help of Sara Fanelli’s My Map Book, students will see maps in a whole new way!
Grade:
First Grade
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Learning Objectives

  • Students will understand what maps are used for and create their own maps with support from the teacher.

Introduction

(15 minutes)
  • Gather the students together in a comfortable spot.
  • Bring out My Map Book by Sara Fanelli.
  • Read the title of the book and point to the picture on the cover.
  • Ask the students what they think the book will be about.
  • Ask the students what a map is.
  • Allow sufficient wait time and call on a few students to answer.
  • Explain to the students that a map is a representation of a place or thing that usually looks like a picture.
  • Ask the students why maps are important. Some ideas would be: maps help us find things, maps help us get places, maps help us explore and make sense of the world around us.
  • Read the book to the students.
  • Encourage students to offer insights and connections during the read aloud.
  • Ask students to come up to the front of the class to find various items on the maps during the read aloud.