1st Grade

Standard 1-2: The student will demonstrate an understanding of home, school, and other settings across the world.

Suggested Vocabulary:

Suggested Literature:

• Adshead, Paul. Around the World with Phineas Frog: A Geographical Puzzle. West Orange, NJ: Child’s Play, 1996. Phineas and his daughter travel around the globe dispensing geographic clues to help the reader determine their location. (NA)
• Alexander, Ellen. Llama and the Great Flood. New York: T.Y. Crowell, 1989. In this myth from Peru, a llama warns his master of great flood coming and suggests they move to a high peak in the Andes Mountains. (NA)
• Ammon, Richard. Amish Horses. New York: Atheneum, 2001. This picture book chronicles the many tasks on an Amish farm, for the horses and the farm family. (NA)
• Ancona, George. Harvest. Tarrytown, NY: Marshall Cavendish, 2001. Through txt and photography, this book depicts the life of migrant farm workers and why they are willing to take risks and make sacrifices due to the work ethic that drives them. (NA)
• Ata, Te. Baby Rattlesnake. Chicago: Children’s Press, 1989. Baby Rattlesnake throws tantrums to get his rattle before he’s ready. He gets it, but learns a lesson. (AD550L)
• Atwell, Debby. River. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1999. A purposeful, yet effective, story of changes over time makes a statement about respect for the environment. (NA)
• Barner, Bob. Which Way to the Revolution?: A Book about Maps. New York: Holiday House, 1998. Paul Revere’s route to warn the colonists that the British are coming is cleverly explained by a helpful band of mice. (AD70L)
• Berger, Melvin. The Whole World in Your Hands: Looking at Maps. Philadelphia: Chelsea House, 1999. This book explains what maps are and how to use them, discusses map symbols and their meanings, and includes maps of a house, community, city, state, country, and the world. (390L)
• Brett, Jan. Gingerbread Baby. Putnam Publishing Group, 1999. Popping out of the oven when the impatient child opens the door prematurely, the Gingerbread Baby leads people and animals on a merry chase through the Swiss countryside. (AD430L)
• Bursik, Rose. Amelia’s Fantastic Flight. New York: Econo-Clad Books, 1999. Amelia builds an airplane and, using her best map skills, takes the reader on a tour of the world. (AD580L)
• Charlip, Remy. Fortunately. New York: Aladdin Books, 1964. Ned travels from New York to Florida, with good luck and bad luck following him along his trip. (AD420L)
• Cherry Lynn, The Great Kapok Tree. San Diego: Gulliver Books,1990. A magical tale is told that sends a conservation message which speaks to both children and adults. (670L)
• Cherry, Lynne. A River Ran Wild. San Diego: Voyager Books, 2002. A story of
  restoration and renewal is told through the history of a river. (670L)
• Chin-Lee, Cynthia. A Is for the Americas. New York: Orchard Books, 1999. This unusual
  alphabet book takes young readers on a lively tour of the Americas as it links the letters
  of the alphabet to a variety of geographic terms (NA)
• Dr. Seuss, The Lorax. New York: Random House, 1971. The Once-ler tells how the Lorax was lifted and taken away. (520L)
• Editors of National Geographic. Our World: A Child’s First Picture Atlas. New York: National Geographic, 2000. This beginner’s atlas combines basic geography terms, detailed maps, interesting facts, and photographs of people and well-known places. (NA)
• Edwardson, Debby Dahl. Whale Snow. Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge, 2003. A young Inupiaq boy learns of the ties between his people’s culture and the hunting of bowhead whales. This story includes interesting contrasts between historic beliefs and modern times on the North Slop of Alaska. (NA)
• Geisert, Bonnie. Desert Town. New York: Walter Lorraine Books/Houghton Mifflin, 2001. This is the story of a small town over a one-year span that shows how small town life is connected to the changing seasons and physical environment. (NA)
• Haas, Jessie. Hurry! New York: Greenwillow, 2000. A young girl helps her grandparents get the hay in before a rainstorm ruins the crop. (NA)
• Hartman, Gail. As the Crow Flies: A First Book of Maps. New York: Simon & Schuster Children’s, 1993. The book focuses on map skills as it follows the journeys of an eagle, rabbit, crow, horse, and gull. (320)
  Jimenez, Francisco. The Christmas Gift. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2000. The author shares his remembrances of a childhood Christmas spent in a farm labor camp, with poverty, the strength of family love, and the true meaning of Christmas. Text in both English and Spanish. (AD720L)
• Jonas, Ann. The Trek. New York: Lectorum Publications, 1991. On her way to school, the city streets become a jungle then a desert, complete with ‘wild animals’ (trees, chimneys, fences, fruit). (AD250L)
• Johnson, Angela. Those Building Men. New York: Blue Sky Press/Scholastic, 2001. This picture book shows Asians, Native Americans, Africans, and European immigrants as they build American monuments such as the Erie Canal, bridges, and skyscrapers. (AD420L)
• Johnson, D.B. Henry Hikes to Fitchburg. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2000. Two friends set out separately to meet thirty miles away in Fitchburg. (AD170L)
• Keats, Ezra Jack. A Letter to Amy. New York: Puffin, 1968. Peter wants to invite Amy to his birthday party, but he wants it to be a surprise. (170L)
• Knight, Margy Burns and Mark Melnicove. Africa Is Not A Country. Brookfield, CT: Millbrook, 2000. Passing a day with children in various African countries introduces the reader to the distinctive customs of different areas. (NA)
• Knowlton, Jack. Geography from A to Z: A Picture Glossary. New York: HarperCollins
  Children’s Books, 1997. Brief, clear definitions along with colorful illustrations make
  learning geography vocabulary easy for the young reader. (IG880L)
• Kurtz, Jane. River Friendly, River Wild. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000. A series of poems describes the Red River, which forms the border between Minnesota and North Dakota, and a family’s experiences of being evacuated during the river’s spring floods. The family then returns home to survey the damage. (AD400L)
• Laufer, Peter. Made in Mexico. New York: National Geographic, 2000. The author reveals a way of life in a remote Mexican village that touches music around the world. (NA)
• Leedy, Loreen. Mapping Penny’s World. New York: Holt, 2000. After learning about maps in school, Lisa maps the many different aspects of her world, including a map of her bedroom, her hiking and biking trails, and her dog Penny’s favorite places to hide toys. (AD640L)
• Lin, Grace. The Ugly Vegetables. Watertown, MA: Talewinds/Charlesbridge, 1999. A little girl thinks her mother’s garden is the ugliest in the neighborhood until she discovers that flowers may look and smell pretty, but Chinese vegetable soup smells best of all. (390L)
• Lyon, George Ella. Come a Tide. New York: Orchard Books, 1990. A girl provides a lighthearted account of the spring floods at her rural home. (490L)
• McDonald, Megan. My House Has Stars. New York: Orchard Books, 1996. Children from around the world describe their homes and the way the night sky looks in their part of the world. (AD650L)
• Oluonye, Mary N. South Africa. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda/Lerner, 1999. This book describes the people, government, geography, religion, language, customs, life-style, and culture of South Africa. Also recommended in this series: China, Kenya, and Vietnam. (NA)
• Onyefulu, Ifeoma. Emeka’s Gift: An African Counting Story. New York: Cobblehill Books, 1995. An African boy, Emeka, wanders around his Nigerian village looking for a gift to take to his grandmother. (NA)
• Petty, Kate. The Amazing Pop-Up Geography Book. New York: Dutton, 2000. This book offers a wide diversity of factual information about the physical and cultural geography of the earth. (NA)
• Priceman, Marion. How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World. New York: Knopf, 1994. This story is about a girl who gathers the ingredients for an apple pie from locations all over the world. (NA)
• Pryor, Bonnie. The House on Maple Street. Kerala, India: Mulberry, 1987. Two girls discover artifacts in their yard and wonder what was happening at 107 Maple Street over the last three hundred years. (AD650L)
• Rabe, Tish: There’s a Map on My Lap! All about Maps. New York: Random House, 2002. This book is about maps and their components. (NA)
• Raffi. Everything Grows. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Rounder Books, 2004. Revised book has new artwork and shows children of different races, various scenes from nature, and has simple music. (NA)
• Rockwell, Anne. The Way to Captain Yankee’s. New York: Macmillan, 1994. Before Miss Calico sets out to visit her friend Captain Yankee in his new home on Pebble Point, she looks at a map to see how to get there. (AD580L)
• Rylant, Cynthia. Henry and Mudge in Puddle Trouble. . New York: Aladdin, 1987. Henry and his dog, Mudge, look forward to spring’s flowers, puddles, and new kittens next door. (500L)
• Singer, Marilyn. On the Same Day in March: A Tour of the World’s Weather. New York: HarperCollins, 2000. This book describes weather and its effects throughout the world using relevant terminology and emphasizing the relationship between geography and various weather patterns. (AD450L)
• Stanley, Diane. Joining the Boston Tea Party. New York: HarperCollins, 2001. With the help of their Grandmother’s hat, the twins journey back in time to the Boston Tea Party. (380L)
• Sweeney, Joan. Me On A Map. New York: Dragonfly Books, 1996. This playful introduction to maps shows children how easy it is to find the places they know and love. (280L)
• Tolstoy, Alexei. The Great Big Enormous Turnip. New York: F. Watts, 1968. Many have lined up to pull up the turnip, but it is not until the mouse adds his weight at the end that they are successful. (NA)
• Van Allsburg, Chris. Just a Dream. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1990. Walter is a litterbug and has no time for sorting the garbage. Walter has a dream in which he visits the future and realizes the need for preserving the environment. (550L)
• Viorst, Judith. Alexander, Who’s Not (Do You Hear Me? I Mean It!) Going to Move. New York: Scholastic, 1995. Alexander is furious that he has to move and leave his friends and special places. (730L)
• Wallace, Nancy Elizabeth. Recycle Every Day! Tarrytown, NY: Marshall Cavendish Children’s Books, 2003. This story follows a rabbit family for a week and chronicles their recycling activities. The illustrations are created from recycled material. Recycle Game and Activity are included. (NA)
• Wallner, Alexandra. Sergio and the Hurricane. New York: Holt, 2000. Sergio’s wish for a hurricane brings too much excitement to San Juan, Puerto Rico. This is a tale of family and community preparation for, and recovery from, a natural disaster. (600L)
• Walters, Virginia. Are We There Yet, Daddy? New York: Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers, 1999. Designed by a teacher to use in her classroom, this book introduces map skills as it describes the trip that a little boy makes with his father to Grandma’s house. (NA)
• Yezerski, Thomas F. A Full Hand. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2000. Nine-year-old Asa learns for the first time how to navigate a canal boat in the American northeast more than a hundred years ago, helping readers learn about boats, locks, aqueducts, and a forgotten way of life. (NA)
• Yolen, Jane. Welcome to the Sea of Sand. New York: Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers, 1999. The story and the artwork in this book introduce the reader to the ecosystem of Arizona’s Sonoran Desert. (AD830L)
• Zolotow, Charlotte. Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present. New York: Harper Trophy, 1990. Mr. Rabbit helps a young girl find a present for her mother. Caldecott Honor Book. (280L)

Suggested DataStreaming Video:

**Important Notes:
The video clips from United Streaming should not be relied on to teach the indicators, they are offered here as additions to your instruction as they often touch on one part of the indicator, not the whole indicator.

Type the underlined phrase or title in the keyword search to bring up the video, and then select the parts you want to use.

• 1-2.1 – Math Monsters: Mapping
  Part best used: Making a Map
• 1-2.2 – Date Farm
• Farmer’s Market in Hilo, Hawaii
• Japanese Fish Market

Suggested Maps:

• Generic community maps, globe, U.S. maps
• Countries A to Z World Maps
• Community maps (membership fee)
• Create Maps (membership fee)
• Color Maps
• World Atlas and World Maps
• Rainforest maps and information
• Classroom map activity
• (This is the Alliance’s map folio online – world, US, regional, SC, etc.)
• Type in your school name and address, each child’s name and address, etc..
• Tom Snyder’s Neighborhood Map Machine software

Pacing Suggestion:

13-15 days

Assessment Suggestions:

• http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php
• Assessments should be created through checklist, observation, journal reflections, and authentic activities graded by a rubric. Map(s) should be utilized.