Assessment (Wednesday):
Pre-assessment
Preparation
Presentation
Application
Game: The world game.
Part two: Hold up the beach ball globe
Evaluation
Closure
Pre-assessment
- Venn diagram, comparing with map and globe
- Map of world with no names, let student fill in the blank of what is each countries
Preparation
- Focus on pertinent local landforms including island, lake, mountain, ocean, river, and valley. Have students check the Glossary for a definition of bay. Discuss the meaning of the words beach, canyon, ravine and other pertinent landforms in your area.
- Matching landform worksheet
Presentation
- Explain to students that a place may be described by telling about its physical features – its land, water, climate and plants. Physical features are sometimes called geographical features.
- To describe the geographical features of a place, you might talk about its landforms. Before humans ever settled here, landforms were shaped by nature. The land is still changing today, but most change is too slow for us to see (except for landslides, floods, earthquakes, fires or other such events seen on the T.V. news).
- Discuss with students about map contains elements such as title, scale, symbols, legends, grids, and cardinal and intermediate directions. Explain what it is and the purpose of it.
Application
- Second activity: Map an Imaginary Place; each student selects at least ten geographical features to include in a physical map of an imaginary place. The geographical features selected need not be the same as the ones found in the San Diego region. For example, a student may include an island, a beach, a peninsula and a river as part of the geographical features to be found at their imaginary place. The map should be drawn on construction paper with crayons or colored pencils.
- Map title with the name of the imaginary place
- Compass rose
- At least 10 geographical features labeled with names
- A legend or key to identify symbols
- A written description of where the imaginary land is located and information about its natural environment including the land forms, bodies of water, soil and how people have changed or modified the physical environment over time.
Game: The world game.
- Pick a country, state, etc. and don't tell students.
- Give students a clue directing to a particular continent, ocean, country, or state on the map. (Students are trying to figure out what country, state, etc you chose).
- Have students guess the location by putting their finger where it might be.
- Give a second clue.
- Continue until all clues are given.
- Ask students to raise their hands if they figured it out on the first, second, or third clue.
Part two: Hold up the beach ball globe
- Arrange students in a circle.
- Throw the ball to a student and have them catch it.
- Ask the student, “Where is your thumb?” Repeat the activity-keeping track with tally marks on the board of how many times it is on land, and how many times it is on water. Students will realize that the earth is made up of more water than land.
Evaluation
- Students will be graded based on rubric (for The Map of Imaginary Place).
Closure
- Ask students to point out where is America? Africa? Russia? Etc.
- Discuss with students what does mountain looks like? Ocean? Etc.
Assessment (Thursday):
Pre-assessment
Preparation
Presentation
Application
Evaluation
Closure
Pre-assessment
- Discuss about what they learned past three days
- City, state, country, and continent worksheet
- Worksheet of Which state is
Preparation
- Ask students to talk about their community:
- Where is it located?
- Who is part of our community?
- What buildings or places are here?
Presentation
- Explain that the class will be composing an ABC book based upon what they found in the recent unit on community (or the topic you’ve chosen).
- Show some examples
- Explain that their ABC Book will be a way to teach what they learn to someone else, their audience.
Application
- Students will work on his or her own, while teacher will develop his/her own ABC book (be part of class).
- Teacher will assist if needed.
Evaluation
- ABC book will be evaluation by rubric
Closure
- Students will pick one of their favorite letters and show it to the class.
- Put up students’ work on the shelf or wall