Boxing the Compass: A Printable Compass Worksheet
2 CommentsBy Lostcheerio on Tuesday, February 12, 2008 at 3:00 PM.
In our pirate class (by which I mean our very serious literature class about Treasure Island, which happily is populated exclusively by small boys and therefore has turned into pirate class) we're learning about compasses and how they work.
Did you know a compass has 32 points? Well, it does. We learned sixteen of them, and did this worksheet page to help us remember where the points fall in relation to each other.
This week in class we're going to play a game like Simon Says, called Captain Says. In our round room, we're going to "Captain Says" to the points of the compass. As in... "Captain says tiptoe West!" "Captain says crawl East!" "Captain says march north!" Now we'll see if I can resist blowing their minds by saying "Captain says fly South by Southwest!" Hehehe.
Now I have to come up with a song for boxing all thirty-two points of the compass. Watch this space.
Did you know a compass has 32 points? Well, it does. We learned sixteen of them, and did this worksheet page to help us remember where the points fall in relation to each other.
This week in class we're going to play a game like Simon Says, called Captain Says. In our round room, we're going to "Captain Says" to the points of the compass. As in... "Captain says tiptoe West!" "Captain says crawl East!" "Captain says march north!" Now we'll see if I can resist blowing their minds by saying "Captain says fly South by Southwest!" Hehehe.
Now I have to come up with a song for boxing all thirty-two points of the compass. Watch this space.
Labels: compass, compass lesson plan, lessons, seamanship, treasure island
You are endlessly clever and creative. Those are lucky little boys.
Thank you so much for posting this beautiful compass. We are making maps of 'Williamsburg' tomorrow in our girls book club and though I probably won't teach the points of the compass in any memorable way, it will be a great enrichment opp for the class.