Mapping the World 6-pack Author: Anna-Maria Crum ISBN: 9780176360801 Copyright Date: 2007 Lesson Plan Blackline Master Grade Level: 3 Reading Level: N Strategy/Skill: Information skills, Main ideas, Summarizing, Using texts as models for own writing, Vocabulary and word study Genre: Explanation, Report Theme/Topic: Change over Time, Geography, Math Classification: Nonfiction

Book Summary

There are different maps for different purposes.  This text describes many kinds of maps and how and when they are used.  It also explains how people use a compass and the Global Positioning System (GPS) to find their way.

Features of the Book

• Procedural text
• Historical information
• Mapping activity
• Maps with legends and scales
• Example of a street index
• Specialized vocabulary – scale, legend, symbol, grid, contour
• Acronym – GPS (Global Positioning System)

Purpose

Mapping the World can be used to introduce and reinforce the following skills and understandings:

• identifying the main idea and supporting detail
• summarizing information
• exploring word families
• writing procedural text
• interpreting maps and using them as a source of information

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