Instructions for a Volunteer

Supervising the Geography Center

 In between 2-3pm, we do social studies centers that go over concepts that we

are learning in class. (You will have a group of students every 15 minutes)

 The center you are in charge of is geography, where they draw a picture of a
map of the school. In this map they must include, the office, gym, our
classroom, cafeteria, and music room.

 I have provided a folder with a map that I drew, students maps should be
close to this but let them explain to you why they made theirs different if it is.
They can use crayons or colored pencils to draw, we suggest starting out in
pencil and then coloring the map.

 We are focused on using words such as, up, down, to the left of, to the right of,
and across from. Encourage the use of these words when they describe their
maps to you.

 When it is time to rotate, have students put their maps in the box on your
table labeled “Geography” and clean up their area. Once this is finished, they
are free to move onto the next activity.

Thank you so much for all of your help today! We could not have done it without
you! Included in the folder is a planning sheet showing you what skills we are
working on, why we are doing the lesson, and the procedure to use with the
children.
 Planning Sheet for a Volunteer
Geography Map Center

Project: Creating a map of our school Date: 3/9/18

Type: Individual or Small Group

Purpose: To help children learn about…

 Their relative location

 Geography terms
 Other classes locations
 Practice giving directions

To develop…

 Knowledge of their location in the school

 Use of new terms we have been going over
 Fine motor skills through drawing/coloring

Skills to be emphasized…

 Coloring inside the lines

 Using correct geography based vocabulary
 Drawing legibly (and labeling everything)
 Learning how to state their location

Materials needed:

 Map colors/crayons
 Blank computer paper
 Teacher created map of the school with labels
 List of vocabulary terms and how to use them
 Geography bin to put papers
 List of places to include on map for children

Procedure:
1. Hand out sheets of blank paper
2. Ask children to draw a map of their school with the indicated classrooms
3. Show students teachers drawing and explain that our classroom is next to
the cafeteria
4. Allow time to color and create maps
5. Have students talk to you about their maps
6. Put the papers in the tray
7. Rotate groups and repeat
We DONUT know how
to thank you enough

From: Ms. Wynns’ Class

 for helping
in our
classroom!

Thank you for chippin’ in

to help in
our
classroom!
From: Ms. Wynns’ Class