My world and community
Map My Classroom
Draw a bird’s-eye map of your classroom with a key and a compass rose.
Thinking sheet · My world and community
Design a Library of Things
Libraries lend books, but some lend tools, games and instruments too. Plan one for your community.
- Grades
- 2–5
- Time
- about 25 minutes
- Kids practice
- sharing resources, community planning, writing rules
What kids do
“What if you could borrow anything? Plan a library of things!”
- Things people could borrow
- Library rules
- The library card
- This would help our community because…
How to run it
- Talk about things people use only sometimes: ladders, tents, cake pans.
- Rules should keep things safe and fair.
- Start a class library of things!
Talk about it
- What would you borrow first?
- What rules matter most?
- Why share instead of buy?
Take it further
Start a class borrow box for games and art supplies.
Pairs well with
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