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Introduction to Symbols
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The students will learn picture symbols that can be used to express
ideas. |
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| Vocabulary |
symbol |
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| Materials Needed |
post-it-notes with symbols for happy face, sad face, |
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no smoking, no parking, hospital zone, quiet please, airport, World
Map
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Lesson
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| (Pull down the World Map. You can have the students place the
post-it-notes on the surface of the map.)
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| Explain to the students that they do not always have to be able to
read a word to tell what something means. Sometimes we can use signs or
symbols to express and idea and never say a word. Write the word symbol
on the board. A symbol is a drawing, line, or dot that stands for
something else.
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| Use the post-it-note symbols to show examples of symbols.
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| Have the post-it-note symbols ready to be placed on the map. Ask one
student to find the happy face and sad face symbols and place them on
the map. Do the same for the quiet please and no smoking symbols. Ask
the students how they decide what each meant. The symbols discussed so
far express an action or feeling. Tell the students that symbols can
also be used to show where different things are located.
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| Have the school zone, airport, and hospital symbol ready for the
students to use. Ask the students what the symbols mean. Have the
students place the symbols on the map.
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| Explain to the students that since a symbol is a drawing or sign
that stands for a real place or thing, symbols can be made for nearly
everything.
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| Locate your city on the map, or a city close to you. Explain to the
students that a map of the world shows a very large area. Mapmakers
cannot draw a picture of each city. Mapmakers use symbols. Explain that
a symbol is used to identify your city and the students will locate
other cities in another lesson. |
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