A Pep Talk for Teachers and Students

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House on Maple Street Writing Prompt

Chris Van Allsburg

Let's Write A Story!

(You will need to know your classroom student number for this activity)

• Student #1 will begin by writing the first 3 sentences of a story to go along with this picture. These sentences will posted in a comment.
• Student #2 will continue the story writing 3 more sentences to continue the story.  
• Each student, in number order, will continue the story by writing 3 sentences in a comment.  
• The last student in our class list will end the story.  
• When all comments have been posted, we will share our story as a class read aloud!

Chronological Order Debate

• Look at the four Smithsonian photographs, and try to put the photographs in chronological order. Use any element of the image as evidence, including the general look of the photograph.
• Write your chronological sequence in a comment. 
• Respond to at east two other classmates who have a  difference of opinion.

Every Picture Has a Story

• Take out a blank sheet of paper and draw a line down the middle.  
• Tittle the right side of your paper "What I Know by Looking"
• Title the left side of your paper "Questions I Have "
• On the right side, list all of the things you see in this photograph. Concentrate on facts, not inferences. 
• On the left side, list questions you have about the photograph—questions that cannot be answered just by looking.

Leave 2 comments on this post, one for something you know about the picture just by looking, and one with a question you have about the photograph.  

Google Earth Activity

• Click on the search icon and type in the GEC address
  (2500 S State St. Salt Lake City, UT 84115). 
• Zoom in to the level needed to view the district property and surrounding buildings.
• Work with groups of 2-3 to answer these questions:
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1. On the West side of the property, there is a white shape with a black rectangle in the center of it (The Helipad). What type of polygon is the helipad?
2. Look at the Wilson playground. Write a ratio for the number of tether-ball circles to the number of hopscotches painted there.
3. There is a "V" shaped parking lot on the SE side of the district buildings. About what percentage of the cars are red?
4. What season and time of day was this satellite photo most likely taken? What clues helped you decide?
5. There are some four squares (lg. and sm.) painted on the South side of Wilson. If 12 children went out and stood in individual squares, what fraction of the total number of squares would be filled with children? Can you simplify that fraction?
6. Write another math question based on the aerial view of the GEC and post it in a comment.