St. Paul's School will be no more after June 2003,  because St. Basil's school and St. Paul's we will forming a  new school called the Holy Spirit School.  This is great opportunity for the students to learn about mapping because have large blue prints of the new school that I show the students that the contractors have placed in the staff room. We went for a community walk around the school, and saw the construction site with the men working with the bobcats, large cranes, plus large signs. This is a great opportunity for the students to see the development of the new school from the ground up.
Mapping our classroom and using the symbols to represent different objects is a good way to involve the students in an atmosphere that is familiar to all of them.  An easy way to remember the directions is to use the words "Never Eat Shredded Wheat". We will be drawing a treasure map so that the students can then follow a map while incorporating the symbols so that other people can locate the buried treasure.
I asked a volunteer from the Humane Society to come and speak to the class because her organization provides a service to the community with protecting and adopting animals.  The students loved the kittens that were brought into the classroom for the visit.  The students asked questions about her volunteering at the Humane Society, and questions reflected her reason for volunteering there and what she wore for a uniform.