Geography If I Could Build a Town Betsy Franco If I could build a town, well then, I know just what I'd make: an ice cream store, a toy shop, and a.

2nd Grade GeographyBy: Marissa Sánchez Lagunas

* 2— G4.0.1 Describe land use in the community (e.g., where people live, where services are provided, where products are made).

* 2— G2.0.1 Compare the physical and human characteristics of the local community with those of other community.

*2— G1.01 Construct maps of the local community that contain symbols, labels, and legends denoting human and natural characteristics of place.

* 2— G2.0.2 Describe how the local community is part of a large region (e.g., county, metropolitan area, state).

Geography

Poetry

If I Could Build a Town  Betsy Franco

 If I could build a town, well then, I know just what I'd make: an ice cream store, a toy shop, and a store with bread and cake.

 I guess I'd make a park  and build a nifty fire station. Say, would you like to help me? It just takes imagination!

 Main Street  Betsy Franco

 The bookstore, the sports store, the grocery,

 The post office, bank, and the  library,

 The firehouse, the clinic, the town police.

 The pet store, the shoe store, the bakery.

 I gave you  a tour all along  our main street.

 Now don't you  agree that  our city is neat?

Games & Songs Games http://www.wartgames.com/themes/communities.html http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/multimedia/in

teractive/maps-tools-adventure-island/kd/?ar_a=3

Map Songhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jgotrjc-Psc

Interactive Maps

http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/elwoodcity/

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/socsci/books/applications/imaps/maps/g3_u1/

Website

Brainpophttp://www.brainpop.com/educators/community/bp-jr-topic/rural-suburban-and-urban/

National Geographichttp://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/search/?csrfmiddlewaretoken=Y9qdi6BQK4XhRnyyGkWR8tyBYooK6xYo&token=communities&page_num=1&per_page=10&sorting=0&tab=0&ar_a=1&audiences=1&searchSubmit.x=0&searchSubmit.y=0

Videos

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mw6RBvUmayA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNcF53AEPeQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sU997BUUbw8

Activity Books

Books and Magazines

Artworks

Venecia Campanile; San MarcosBy: Ernest Descals

Carretera; BerguedaBy: Ernest Descals

Lesson Plan

http://www.eduplace.com/ss/act/comp.html

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