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=COMMUNITY PLACES= K.4 Students compare and contrast the locations of people, places, and environments and describe their characteristics.

Determine the relative locations of objects using the terms near/far, left/right, and behind/in front.
[|Beginning Social Studies Vocabulary] (13:00) Over the fence, under the tree, around the corner, and through to me! Explore "place" vocabulary with fun rhymes and real-world examples. Featured words include close, away from, next to, far, nearest, farthest, first, second, third, last, above, below, right, left, side, center, beginning, end, inside, and outside.

Identify traffic symbols and map symbols (e.g., those for land, water, roads, cities).
[|Understanding Maps: Key to Everywhere] (15:00) Relate the three-dimensional world in which we live to the two-dimensional world of maps by taking a plane ride over a neighborhood and translating the view onto a flat map. Demonstrates points on a compass, how different types of maps show different things, what symbols and scales are, and what a globe is.

===Construct maps and models of neighborhoods, incorporating such structures as police and fire stations, airports, banks, hospitals, supermarkets, harbors, schools, homes, places of worship, and transportation lines.=== [|Math Monsters: Mapping] (15:00) The Monsters are throwing a party and have sent out invitations. One of their guests, Binary Bill has no idea how to get to their castle from his computer shop. Multiplex draws a free form map with just a curving line and emails it to him. This doesn’t work and Binary asks for landmarks. Multiplex quickly adds a few things that can be seen on route – but he doesn’t draw them in the right order. This leads to confusion and a further refining of the map. Ultimately the Monsters leave the castle and go on site to label all the streets in their neighborhood. Then Mina flies up above Monster Land to compare the map to the actual territory. Our field visit is to a school bus driver who explains how he works with maps in order to pick up children.

CULMINATING PROJECT
[|Special Places in Our Community] from the Apple Learning Interchange Students take pictures of special places and buildings in their community as well as draw a picture of it. Their drawing, photo and brief description of why that place is special is arranged in an iphoto book.