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Reading Maps: Locating the Countries We Have Been Reading About Lesson PlanReading Maps: Locating the Countries We Have Been Reading About Lesson Plan
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Reading Maps: Locating the Countries We Have Been Reading About

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Show your class how to read a map and decipher all of the markings and features. Start out by connecting maps to their homework from the night before and their current reading, in this case That Book Woman, and a related informational text. Small groups or pairs can then complete the map scavenger hunt and other activities. Close the lesson with an exit ticket. What did your pupils learn about maps today?

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Maps, conversation skills, map skills, physical maps

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read map, that book woman, heather henson, david small, Informational Text, Maps, english language arts
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Grade
3rd
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Assessments
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Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
1 hr
Instructional Strategies
Collaborative Learning
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Year
2013
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Creative Commons
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Common Core

RI.3.7 SL.3.1.a

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