Location of Objects
TEKS Objective
The student will describe the change in the location of an object such as closer to, nearer to, and farther from.
Essential Understanding
The student knows that energy, force, and motion are related and are a part of their everyday life.
Science Background
Spatial Relations and Learning: New Horizons for Learning (PDF) - Information about spatial relations, including qualities like size, distance, volume, order, and time.
Spatial Relations and Learning
by Carol Stockdale and Carol Possin, www.arkinst.org
Fun and Games, Spatial Concepts: Chateau Meddybemps (website) - Information that helps parents and teachers learn about and teach developmentally appropriate spatial concepts to young students.
Signature Lesson
Play, Build, and Learn Spatial Relationships: Education.com (website) - Students develop a basic spatial concepts vocabulary while completing this investigation.
Play, Build, and Learn Spatial Relationships
by Pam Schiller and Lynne Peterson, Education.com
- Supporting Lessons
- Extensions
- Assessment Ideas
- Literature Connections
- Related
TEKS - Additional Resources
Supporting Lessons
Spatial Concepts Learning Activities: Chateau Meddybemps (website) - Students use pictures and words to reinforce their understanding of spatial relationships.
Spatial Concepts Learning Activities
Chateau Meddybemps, www.meddybemps.com
Elaboration Lessons and Extensions
Clifford, Which Clifford? PBS Kids (website) - Interactive whiteboard games featuring Clifford and Puppy Clifford, and focusing on spatial vocabulary, size comparison and estimation.
Assessment Ideas
Clifford, Measuring Up: PBS Kids (website) - Use this interactive whiteboard game to assess your students’ understanding of spatial relations, including location.
Literature Connections
Up Above and Down Below. Redding, Sue. (ISBN-13: 9780811848763)
Positions: Under, On, Beside, In Behind. Aemmer, Gail. (ISBN-13: 9780887240072)
Additional Resources
Word Pairs Game: Do2Learn (website) - Game that helps children learn about the relationship between “location” words that go together (e.g., front/back, in/out, up/down, etc.).
TEKS Navigation
Grade 1
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