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 * Learning Focused Lesson Plan **

**Acquisition Lesson Plan** **Name:** Jenna Seibert Plan for the Concepts, Topic, or Skills – not for the Day **Topic:** Geography- How to read a map, (2nd) Assessment Prompt #1: What is a map and why do we use it? Assessment Prompt #2: What may be found on a map? Assessment Prompt #3: What helps us read a map? Assessment Prompt #4: How can we locate where we live? || __ Me on the Map __ by Joan Sweeney, selection of maps to show: world map, Pennsylvania, park map, map of students elementary school || **// Vocabulary Terms: //** Compass rose, landmarks, symbol, navigate || Graphic Organizer: 7 oval graphic organizer Materials: 2 maps of Pa (1 with cities, 1 with counties,) 2 sided chart with questions to be filled out, overheads with various maps || ** AP #1: ** Using an overhead, the students will identify why we may use each map. As a class, we will pick a road to follow with a marker and see where it takes us. Students will identify the location we got to. || 3 things we will find on a map? 2 things that help us read a map? 1 time we may use a map? ||
 * ** Essential Question: ** How does a map help us to navigate places? ||
 * ** What do students need to learn to be able to answer the Essential Question? **
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 * ** Teaching Strategies: **
 * ** Introduction: ** The teacher will use an overhead while instructing students about different maps. Students will point out key information, and create a map of their home.
 * AP #2: ** Students will be asked to come up to the front overhead and circle specific landmarks that they notice on a particular map. Prior to circling, the teacher will explain what a landmark is. Examples may consist of; roads, tourist attractions, campgrounds, continents, countries, etc. Each student will get a whiteboard and write 3 things that they may find on a map.
 * AP #3 ** : The teacher will ask the students what types of things help us read and navigate a map. We will talk about a compass rose (N, S, E, W,) and I will provide them with a mnemonic device to help (**N**ever **E**at **S**oggy **W**affles.) We will also talk about the key, and the symbols that it provides in order for us to connect symbols to maps. As a class, we will highlight the main pieces that help us read a map, and then each student will write one sentence that will help them read a map.
 * AP #4: ** The teacher will have a map of Pennsylvania with marks for the main cities, and also a map of Pennsylvania with the counties. We will locate our county by using terms such as “east of ,” and “north of _.” They will mark the closest point to where they live with a star.
 * **Assignment:** After the lesson is complete, students will be given an assignment where they have to create a map of their house and write directions to their bedroom. Each map will need a title and a key with symbols. ||
 * **Summarizing Strategies:** 3-2-1