P R E V I E W

© Teachers’ Curriculum Institute What Is a Map? 1

Have you ever seen maps like these?

What do you think they show? Write your ideas.

This map shows .

This map shows .

R E A D I N G N O T E S

© Teachers’ Curriculum Institute2 What Is a Map?

Color the map. Follow these steps:

1. Draw a brown line around the classroom.

2. Color the door orange.

3. Color the round tables green.

4. Color the cabinet orange.

5. Color the teacher’s desk brown.

6. Color the student desks blue.

7. Color the wastebasket yellow.

8. Color the computer black.

9. Color the rectangular table red.

10. Color the symbols in the map key to

match your map.

R E A D I N G N O T E S

© Teachers’ Curriculum Institute What Is a Map? 3

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R E A D & D O

© Teachers’ Curriculum Institute4 What Is a Map?

Look at the maps that follow.

Choose the map you would use for each

need. Write the kind of map in the blank.

Then find a place on each map.

1. Find your state on the map.

I need a map.

2. I want to find the school library.

I need a map.

What is east of the library?

3. Find the school.

I need a map.

What is south of the school?

4. I want to find all the oceans.

I need a map.

How many oceans are on the map?

R E A D & D O

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N

S

EW

ATLANTICOCEAN

PACIFICOCEAN

M E X I C O

C A N A D A

Washington

Oregon

California

Nevada

Idaho

Montana

Wyoming

UtahColorado

New MexicoArizona

NorthDakota

SouthDakota

Nebraska

Kansas

Oklahoma

Texas

Minnesota

Iowa

Missouri

Arkansas

Louisiana

Wisconsin

IllinoisIndiana

Kentucky

Tennessee

MississippiAlabama

Florida

Georgia

SouthCarolina

NorthCarolina

Virginia

WestVirginia

Ohio

Pennsylvania

MarylandDelaware

New JerseyConnecticut

RhodeIsland

MassachusettsNewYork

Vermont

NewHampshire Maine

Michigan

PACIFIC OCEAN

ARCTIC OCEAN

Alaska

Hawaii

PACIFICOCEAN

PACIFIC OCEAN

ARCTIC OCEAN

N

SEW

PACIFICOCEAN

PACIFICOCEAN

ATLANTICOCEAN

ATLANTICOCEAN

SOUTHERN OCEAN

INDIANOCEAN

ARCTIC OCEAN ARCTIC OCEAN

NORTHAMERICA

SOUTHAMERICA

AFRICA

ANTARCTICA

EUROPE

AUSTRALIA

ASIA

Town Map

World Map

School Map

United States Map

P R O C E S S I N G

© Teachers’ Curriculum Institute6 What Is a Map?

Make a new classroom map. Use the

symbols on your handout.

1. Color each symbol.

2. Cut out each symbol.

3. Glue the symbols on the map.

Make this classroom look different!

4. Color the map key to match your map.

5. Write the letters N, S, E, and W on the compass rose

to point north, south, east, and west.

P R O C E S S I N G

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