Mapping Our Classroom

Students have learned many important factors in creating maps recently. They know to use a compass rose and they know to use a birds-eye view. Recently we used pattern blocks in preparation for making maps of our classroom. The students positioned and repositioned blocks to help them visualize and recreate the layout of furniture in our classroom. Finally, they drew maps of the classroom, indicating the shape, position (and sometimes relative size!) of the key items in our class.