This afternoon, we began with a review of landforms and bodies of water. Then, we moved into the Florida Studies Weekly learning packet about Maps and Globes. We learned that globes are round models of the Earth. We looked at the globe and I identified the continents, the United States, and Florida. They can show similar things as maps, however maps are flat, more detailed, and can show us how to get places. We looked at a map of the USA and found Florida. Danny also identified the starting sounds of three pictures (mouse, apple, and pig) and wrote them down. Those letters spelled map! We also discussed the equator and that it is a line that goes around the middle of the globe. We found it on the globe and traced our finger over the line. We read that the places around the Earth look differently based on the variety of landforms and bodies of water. Florida is famous for the beaches and has forests and wetlands as well. We looked at two large pictures, one of a map and one of a globe. Danny colored the water on the globe picture in order to help him see how the Earth is mostly covered by water. He then colored the land on the map. Finally, we sorted pictures in an interactive notebook to differentiate between map and globe. I highlighted the starting letters of "map" and "globe" in an effort for Danny to sort them by using the starting sounds of the words.