Latitude & Longitude ... Oh My!

Today we continued our study of maps & globes.  We looked at the globe and learned about the imaginary lines of latitude & longitude.  Your children were provided with guided notes.  These notes had spaces to fill in the blank with the correct word or phrases.  They used a newspaper called Studies Weekly to help our learning of these new social studies concepts.  We will continue to use Studies Weekly throughout the year.  This reading also ties into learning the non-fiction text features.  We have learned about titles, subheadings, caption & labels and how they help us as readers.  They did a remarkable job with this!

The kids found the International Date Line most fascinating -- especially when they asked me the day & times in different cities & countries around the world.  Thank goodness for the iphone! 

If you don't get the chance to see 3M's display of peace rocks -- here they are!  We have Einsteins and Picasso's in our class!