Me One the Map Unit Final Product

Here is a great example of a Me On the Map unit final product.  LOVE this Jessica Meacham designed unit.  The kids tied their mini me to a string which they can move through the pockets of the book as they read their story.  What kind of treat greets a finished product?  Milky Way candy bars, of course! 

   

City Kid/Suburb Kid

Continuing with our Me on the Map unit we did a compare/contrast activity between city kids, surburb kids, and country kids.  I used The City Kid & the Suburb Kid as one of my read alouds.  It is one of those double stories--1 story that ends at the middle of the book, then flip the book over to begin a new story that ends at the middle of the book.  It shows two very different lives through illustrations, yet very similar lives through nearly identical text.  The kids gave it rave reviews.

We are beginning our Me On the Map unit and the kids are lovin' it! (Thank you for the great ideas Jessica Meacham!  Mrs. Meacham's Classroom Snapshots.)  So far we've created our mini-me's, sketched our bedrooms, and analyzed a set of school blueprints.  During our Read to Someone time the kids are sprawling out across the room to investigate a variety of maps which they find fascinating.


Word Work Activity:I Can Read & Write 100 Words on Maps