By Joan Sweeney

Illustrated by Annette Cable

Author: Joan Sweeney

Joan Sweeney grew up in Toledo, Ohio. She used to spend Saturday mornings taking free art classes at the Toledo Museum of Art. Now she lives in Evanston, Illinois. She has written many more books since she first wrote Me on the Map. Joan Sweeney wrote her first book when she was six years old! It was called Penguin Island. Her father bought the only copy for a nickel. She has worked as a reporter for a newspaper. When she was a little girl, she wanted to be just like Brenda Starr. Brenda Starr was a reporter in a comic strip that Joan Sweeney loved to read.

Meet the Illustrator Annette Cable

Annette Cable works with different authors to illustrate their books. She has also drawn pictures for other books by Joan Sweeney. She has illustrated a book about time, a book about space, and a book about family trees!

Pop Quiz
What does the author do? He or she writes the stories.

What does the illustrator do? He or she draws the pictures.

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Me on the Map
Genre - Nonfiction
In nonfiction, an author sometimes uses a character to give information. Look for: A character who shares information. Information about maps.

1. Put your reading book on your desk. 2. Open your book to the glossary.
(The glossary is on page 256 in the back of your reading book.)

3. When you see the word Glossary, get ready to find the word.

Country
The name of our country is the United States of America.
2

country

country - a large piece of land; nation

Earth
This is a

earth

Earth - third planet from the sun

picture of Earth from out in space.

1

Special
Special - better than normal

special

It takes a special spaceship to go to the moon.

3

Over
over - across; on

over

The cow jumped over the moon.

Town
Town - a small city Wee Willie Winkie ran through the town.
5

town

World
world - Earth The children made a circle around the world.
5

world

 Say the words. Read the sentence.

Fill in the blank.

special country Earth world town over The hot air balloons are high _______ the town.

special Earth world over country town George Washington is the father of our _________.

The river runs through the ______.

over Earth town country world special

country world over Earth special town

We live on the planet _______.

Earth world over town special country

This globe is a model of the _____.

country Earth special over town world

Today is a _______ day.

Match the words to its meaning.

1. Over ____ D 2. Earth ____ B 3. town ____ E 4. country ____ A 5. world ____ F 6. special ____ C
A. a large piece of land;

nation
B. third planet from the sun C. better than normal D. across; on

E. a small city
F. Earth

Say the Sight Words

over very house which Earth world country special town these those upon

New words in the story: Me on the Map

house street state United States America country would everybody special pictures countries flat giant unroll place find world think

Anne Miller

Web Links
You should be able to click on these sites and go to them by pointing and clicking.
Fill in the Blanks to use on Smartboard
Classify/Categories and I and Me Test Tutor Using I and Me Vocabulary Drill Me On the Map 1 Me On the Map 2 Creative Writing Read Write Think Postcard Generator BBC - Words and Pictures - Write a Postcard Other Activities My Town Community Map - print out (pdf file) U.S. Outline Maps - printouts

Phonics on the Web

Long a/ Skills
Jake's Tale Make a Word Then Add Silent e Long a Ice-cream Cake Poem

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