Materials
Red Light, Green Light by Anastasia Suen
green sign
red sign
Instructions
1. Draw a basic outline of the
children's playground on a large
sheet of paper, leaving blank
spaces where playground equipment
belongs.
1. Gather the children together. Read
As the Crow Flies by Gail Hartman to
the children.
2. After finishing the story, engage the children in a discussion about the
different creatures in the story, and look at the maps for each section.
Point out how at the end of the story, the little maps become part of a
big map.
3. Show the children the large prepared map outline. Tell the children
they are going to make a map of their own playground.
4. Show the children pictures of the various pieces of playground
equipment and challenge the children to indicate where on the maps
the equipment belongs.
5. Write the name of the piece of equipment in the blank space on the
map, and continue until the map is complete.
To assess the children's learning, consider the following:
1. Can the children identify the names of the pieces of equipment on
their playground?
2. Can the children correctly indicate where the various pieces of playground equipment belong on the map?
