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Kindergarten walk

This is an introductory lesson in a series of lessons on our community and community helpers. Rosie's Walk by Pat Hutchins will be used as the pattern to plan our own walk around our school playground. Students will then create a simple map of our school playground.

A lesson plan for grade K Mathematics and Social Studies

By Michelle Hensley

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Learning outcomes

Students will:

  • identify things in her/his community and discuss the route used in her walk.
  • create a list of things we could walk around, over, etc. on our playground.
  • use the format of the story map for Rosie’s Walk to create a group map of the route we will take during our class walk around the playground.
  • include positional words in our map.
  • individually create a simple map of our playground and identify the route he/she would take on a walk.

Teacher planning

Time required for lesson

1 hour

Materials/resources

  • Rosie’s Walk by Pat Hutchins
  • chart paper and markers
  • paper and crayons for students

Pre-activities

  • Read the story the day before and discuss it with the children. The fox in this story has an entertaining role.
  • Gather list of needed resources.
  • Prepare a story map of Rosie’s Walk.

Activities

  1. Reread the book and discuss the story map with the children.
  2. Students will list the things we would find around our school and on our playground.
  3. Using the format of the story map for Rosie’s Walk, students will create a map for a kindergarten walk around our playground (including positional words).
  4. Students will take a walk around the playground following the map created (if time permits).
  5. Students will create their own simple maps of our playground.

Assessment

Observation of students’ comments and amount of participation in group activities.

Assess the ability of students to create an appropriate map of our playground.

North Carolina curriculum alignment

Mathematics (2004)

Kindergarten

  • Goal 3: Geometry - The learner will explore the concepts of geometry.

Social Studies (2003)

Kindergarten

  • Goal 5: The learner will express basic geographic concepts in real life situations.
    • Objective 5.01: Locate and describe familiar places in the home, school, and other environments.
    • Objective 5.02: Create and interpret simple maps, models, and drawings of the home, school, and other environments.

  • Common Core State Standards

    • Mathematics (2010)

      • Kindergarten

        • Geometry
          • K.G.1Describe objects in the environment using names of shapes, and describe the relative positions of these objects using terms such as above, below, beside, in front of, behind, and next to.

    • North Carolina Essential Standards

      • Social Studies (2010)

        • K.G.1 Use geographic representations and terms to describe surroundings. K.G.1.1 Use maps to locate places in the classroom, school and home. K.G.1.2 Use globes and maps to locate land and water features. K.G.1.3 Identify physical features (mountains, hills,...