Two City Views, One Earth Globe

Compare city places with a globe model of Earth.

Look at the city views

Listen as your teacher reads. Then answer the questions.

A Globe in the Midtown Learning Room

At the Midtown Learning Room, Ms. Imani places a globe beside two photos. One photo shows a rooftop garden on Elm Street. The other shows water beside Bay Avenue. Ms. Imani says a globe is a round model of Earth. Blue areas on it show water. Green, brown, and other colors show land, such as the land where the garden's building stands. The globe shows Earth as a whole. The photos show small city places more closely.

What does the globe model?

Question 1 optionsA. The rooftop gardenB. EarthC. One city streetD. A classroom wall

Match each place with the globe clue that fits it.

Which city place would match a blue area on the globe?

Question 3 optionsA. The water beside Bay AvenueB. The soil in the rooftop gardenC. The roof below the gardenD. The wall in the learning room

Which sentence compares the globe and the photos?

Question 4 optionsA. The globe shows the garden up close, and the photos show Earth.B. The photos show Earth, and the globe shows one city street.C. The globe models Earth, and the photos show small city places.D. The globe and the photos both show the learning room.

Circle the two sentences about colors on the globe.

Use the globe idea

Think about the globe and the two city places.

A child points to a brown area and says, “That is water.” What should Ms. Imani say?

Question 6 optionsA. Brown areas show land.B. Brown areas show streets.C. Brown areas show the whole globe.D. Brown areas show the classroom.

Nia makes a round model of Earth. She wants to show a pond and the ground around it. Which plan fits the lesson?

Question 7 optionsA. Blue for the pond and green or brown for the groundB. Green for the pond and blue for the groundC. Blue for the pond and no color for the groundD. Brown for the pond and blue for the ground

Which pair tells what the globe colors show?

Question 8 optionsA. Blue is land; other colors are water.B. Blue is water; other colors are land.C. Blue is buildings; other colors are streets.D. Blue is a city; other colors are the classroom.

Tell what a globe is. Then tell which globe color could show the water beside Bay Avenue and which colors could show land.