This chapter on Geography is meant to introduce students to the world around them and begin building foundational geographic skills which will serve them well in later social studies courses. This chapter may look different than many geography units you’ve seen.This chapter was designed with close help from Dr. Phil Gersmehl and his wife Carol, both of whom have extensive geographic pedagogical knowledge and experience. In this chapter we invite students to the world of spatial thinking rather than simply nailing down and exploring the five themes of geography.

In this assessment task students are asked to place shapes at a point on their workmat. They are asked to use their positional words to tell where the two dimensional flat shape or the three dimensional solid shape is located. A workmat, checklist and rubric are provided

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This list contains links to parent videos, student videos, games, books, and activities aligned to Kindergarten, Cluster 1.

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This is lesson 3 of 6 lessons focused around developing a mathematical community at the beginning of the school year. While this lesson addresses standard NC.K.G.1, its primary goal is for students to recognize that mathematicians listen to and learn from one another.

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Based on a series of teacher directions, students select stated shapes and place them in specified locations. Students must recognize the names of shapes and position words. This task may be used for instructional or assessment purposes.

Students practice the language of location in relation to themselves and classroom objects. The class will work collaboratively to create a simple classroom map and then use it to describe the location of various objects found in the classroom.