1. Location and Direction Jasmine Mejia

2. Content Area: Social Studies Grade Level: Kindergarten Summary: The purpose of this instructional PowerPoint is to help students understand and be able to correctly use the words and phrases that indicate location and direction. Learning Objective: Given a phrase or word that indicates a direction or a location, the student will be able to correctly identify the word with 100% accuracy. Common Core: K.11 Use correct words and phrases that indicate location and direction, including up, down, near, far, left, right, straight, back, in front of, and behind. ISTE standard: Creativity and innovation Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology.

3. Facts Direction allows you to be able to tell the location of anything in a map. Direction also allows you to be able to tell the location of anything around the world. Once you learn direction and location you will be able to tell whether something is located up, down, near, far, left, right, straight, back, in front of, or behind.

4. Let’s check it out!......The balloon is going UP The Dog is running BEHIND the boy…… …… The cats are sitting BESIDE each other

5. Let’s check it out! North America is FAR away from Europe......... ……..But it is NEAR Central America

6. Which arrow is going up?

7. Correct! Yay! You got it right!

8. In which picture are the men hiding behind the bushes?

9. Correct! You got it!

10. Andy the dog is pointing to the left. Click on Andy.

11. Correct! That’s right!

12. Summary In this lesson you will learn to identify the location as well as the direction of something. Following that, you will be able to identify direction and location on anything when asked. You will be able to tell the direction of something by looking at it.

13. Good guess but let’s try again!