New Planner

Today we started our new planner, "Where We Are in Time and Place." The central idea is this: Pictures and symbols help people make sense of the world around them. We will inquire into the use of pictures and symbols, the way maps explain characteristics of a place and how and why maps change.

To help us with these inquiries, we will be adding a new geography component to our daily routine in our classroom for a few minutes each day. We colored USA and world maps today which we will keep in our geography folders. Each day they will be given 2 questions to ponder. We will have discussions about each question each day and use the maps to answer the questions if needed. The will have the option of taking home the geography folder on Thursday to go over the questions at home for homework because on Friday we will have a geography quiz on the exact same questions.

Geography is a lot of fun and the kids really do get a better sense of where they are in this great big world!