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Week 11 · Map It

Wednesday

Investigation: Towel landscape
// Model the shapes of land and water
⏱ about 15 min

Wednesday: Towel landscape

Raven spreads a big towel over some pillows.

Lumps pop up everywhere.

"Mountains!" Rocket shouts. "And a valley in between!"

Raven lays a blue ribbon down the dip. "What do you notice?"

Nova hovers high above. "Hint: look straight down, then draw a map."

Your investigation

You will build a model of land and water, then map it.

  • a towel or a blanket
  • pillows or rolled-up clothes
  • a blue ribbon, string or paper strip for a river
  • a blue paper circle or plate for a lake
  • paper and crayons
Safety first
Build on the floor.
Do not stand or jump on the pillows.
Keep the floor clear so nobody trips.
  1. Put pillows on the floor. Make some tall and some short.
  2. Lay the towel over them.
  3. Find a mountain, a hill, a valley and a flat plain.
  4. Lay the blue ribbon in the valley as a river.
  5. Put the blue circle on a flat part as a lake.
  6. Stand up and look straight down. Draw your map.
MAKE A PREDICTION
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
What color will you use for the river on your map?
Where will the river go in your model?
Draw a map of your towel landscape. Add a key.
I foundWhere in my model?
mountain
hill
valley
plain
river
lake
After buildingTrue or false?
A model can show the shapes of land.?
The tall pillow lumps stand for valleys.?
WHY THIS EXERCISETall lumps are mountains or hills. Dips are valleys.
For a grown-up
Help your child add a simple key to the map.
Ask them to point to a landform on both model and map.
TOWEL CHECK
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
What did Raven use for the river?
Where does the blue circle go?
Why keep the floor clear?

Word Spot: above, girl

Here are new sight words.

Look at each word. Say it. Spell it.

Above: A-B-O-V-E.

Girl: G-I-R-L.

FIND THE WORD
  • Listen to the word.
  • Tap it.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
FILL THE GAP
  • Listen to the sentence.
  • Tap the missing word.
The bird flew ___ the trees.
The ___ climbs the ladder.

Model makers and map makers! Tomorrow we learn kinds of water.

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