- Today you will solve MYSTERIES on Neighborhood Map Machine!
- After you finish EACH mystery, please go to the Google Form to rate the mystery EASY, MEDIUM, or HARD.
- At the end of class, you will write what your favorite / least favorite mystery was, and why.
CLASSROOM CONNECTION
- Social Studies - Mapping
- Reading and following directions
SOFTWARE USED
- Students will watch Reading Maps on BrainPOP Jr.
- Students will learn about map symbols, and create their own community using our software Neighborhood Map Machine.
LESSON - Day 2/3
- Students will watch the BrainPOP Jr. movie "Community Helpers"
- On DAY 2 - students will learn how to draw Moby - as a practice round.
- On DAY 3 - Students will use Kerpoof to draw Moby as a community helper!
- They must write "Moby is a ______" and sign their name.
LESSON - Day 4
- Students will create a math word problem on the topic "communities" using our software, Kidspiration.
CLASSROOM CONNECTION
- Social Studies - Communities, Maps
- Art
- Math Word Problems
SOFTWARE USED
LESSON - Day 2
- Using our software, Neighborhood Map Machine, students will learn about grid coordinates by completing a scavenger hunt.
LESSON - Day 3 & 4
- Students will use Kidspiration to create a classroom map of the computer lab.
- Students will learn how to use the keyboard shortcuts to COPY and PASTE.
CLASSROOM CONNECTION- Social Studies - Map Skills
