Title – Transportation
By – T Gorman
Primary Subject – Social Studies
Secondary Subjects – Language Arts, Math, Art
Grade Level – Pre-K-1

Objective:

Students will become familiar with various types of transportation and how they are used.

Materials:

• On the Go by Ann Morris
• toy vehicles, planes, boats etc.
• pocket chart
• pictures of different types of transportation

Motivation:

• Allow students to explore and play with the transportation toys
• Read the story On the Go

Procedure:

• After reading the story, discuss where they saw the different types of transportation: land, air, water
• Label the pocket chart: land, air, water
• Hold up one picture card at a time and have the students name the vehicle.
• Allow them to decide if the vehicle operates on land, air, or water. Have them place the card under the correct heading
• Continue in this manner until all the cards are place in the pocket chart.
• Point out to the children that the cards made a bar graph.
• Discuss the data from the graph:
  Which has the most: land, air , or water? …the least?
  Do any have the same amount?
  How many vehicles in all?

Follow Up:

Have students draw pictures of their favorite types of land, air and water transportation vehicles.

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