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Grade Range: 3 - 6
TeachersFirst Reading Treks create a virtual field trip of resources about a piece of literature or text using the My Maps feature of Google Maps. This Reading Trek provides inspiration and suggestions for using the trade book Harriet the Spy. Harriet Welsch is an 11-year-old girl living in New York’s Upper East Side. One day she starts writing her observations about everyone she knows in a notebook. Then someone finds her notebook and exposes its content, which is very critical. Use our robust Instructional Guide with students in grades 4-7. Content correlates to Common Core Standards, ISTE Student Standards, National Core Arts Standards for Visual Arts, and National Curriculum Standards for Social Studies. Find the entire selection of Reading Treks <a href="/reading-treks">here</a>.
In the Classroom
You and your students will benefit from the many suggested classroom uses for this resource found on the Instructional Guide (PDF). Consider using the historical information and locations from the book to have students create timelines of the important events during history. Find a variety of free online timeline creation tools <a href="content/edge.cfm?c=20 ">located here</a>. Using the map and locales, trace and then calculate distances between locations on the map. Use Google My Maps, <a href="/single.cfm?id=18096">reviewed here</a>, to create and share custom maps.
At Home
Share Harriet the Spy with your student as you discuss how not everyone fits into stereotypes and discuss techniques on how not to feel pressured to fit in with the crowd.
Tags
virtual field trips, women, new york,
Subjects
Geography (US/World), Language Arts, Reading, Social Studies, Social Studies,