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Updated: 31 Mar 2023
Develop elementary grade map skills with a map-reading worksheet.
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Social Studies 1.5
Geography. The student understands physical and human characteristics of place to better understand their community and the world around them. The student is expected to:
Social Studies 2.5
Geography. The student understands how humans use and modify the physical environment. The student is expected to:
It’s Time to Build Map Skills for Kids!
Resources for teaching map skills are abundant, but teachers often find it difficult to find engaging and exciting materials for elementary grades. Many of the fun projects, map games, and coordinate grid worksheets are reserved for the upper-grade levels, but we’ve put together a resource to change that!
This free map skills worksheet will surely engage your young cartographers while building their knowledge of map skills and cardinal directions. Students will locate different objects on the map using cardinal directions with this resource.
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- Answer Key for Easy Grading!
Through this activity, students will show the ability to use a map, legend, and cardinal directions to locate objects on a map.
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A team of dedicated, experienced educators created this resource to support your Geography lessons.
If you have a mixture of above and below-level learners, check out these suggestions for keeping students on track with the concepts:
🆘 Support Struggling Students
Provide read-aloud accommodations as needed, or pair students and have them complete the activity together.
➕ Challenge Fast Finishers
Challenge your fast finishers to expand their mapping skills by drawing a map of their home, school, or neighborhood and using cardinal directions to identify locations.
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Reading a Map: Cardinal Directions
Super Teacher Worksheets has lots of printable social studies worksheets to help teach map skills. Students will learn how to use a compass rose, a scale of miles, how to read a map key and find places on a map. Students will use latitude and longitude to pinpoint coordinates and use the caridal directions to show what direction to travel from city to city. Visit our Map Skills page to view the eniter collection.
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