Helen Webb

Me on the Map Product Descriptor

Throughout the unit, students will be working through packets modeled after the
book, Me on the Map by Joan Sweeney. Each page of the student booklet has a map
which corresponds with a lesson in the unit, beginning with a map of their bedroom
and ending with a world map. On each page, students will be responsible for
drawing and/or labeling different landmarks on the map.
Students will draw the maps of their bedroom and neighborhood. The following
pages include an outline of their state, their country and the seven continents. On
these maps, students will label the different locations on the existing drawing.

Page 1 Students will fill in a rectangle (representing 4 walls) with images that
represent landmarks in their bedroom
Page 2 Students will fill in the box with landmarks that represent their
neighborhood. This map will include their house, and 3 landmarks that would
make it clear to them that the map represented the place where they live.
Page 3 Students will be given an outline of their state, and label the city
where they live, as well as the state capital.
Page 4 Students will be given an outline of the United States (including the
individual states) and label the state they live in, along with assigned
landmark states which include: Maine, Michigan, Florida, Texas and
Massachusetts.
Page 5 Students will be given a world map with outlines of the seven
continents, and be asked to circle the continent where they live, and label the
other 6 continents.

Landmarks/Labels

4
The student
included the
appropriate
number of
landmarks
and then
included
additional
landmarks
on their
map.
All
landmarks

3
The
appropriate
number of
landmarks is
included.
All
landmarks
are
appropriatel
y labeled.

2
1 or two
of the
required
landmark
s are
missing
Some
labels are
missing

1
3 or more
landmarks
are missing
Landmarks
are not
labeled

Neatness/Organiza
tion

Completeness/Crea
tivity

are labeled
clearly and
appropriatel
y
It is clear
what the
map is
representing

It is clear
what the
map is
representing

Drawing and
writing are
easy to read
and make
sense.

Drawing and
writing are
easy to read
and make
sense.

All maps are

included

All maps are

included

Drawings
are colorful
and very
detailed.

Drawings are
carefully
thought out
and detailed
to represent
the
appropriate
location

Extra
mapping
elements are
included (i.e.
compass
rose, Key)

Some of
the
drawings
are
unclear,
but it is
easy to
understan
d what is
being
represent
ed by the
map
1-2 maps
are
incomplet
e or
missing

Maps are
impossible
to
understand

3 or more
maps are
missing
Drawing are
minimal