Building Skills By Exploring Maps

18 maps and related activities perfect for teaching upper graders to read and understand maps. Meets map standards for fourth through sixth grades.

18 maps and related activities perfect for teaching upper graders to read and understand maps. Meets map standards for fourth through sixth grades.

18 maps and related activities perfect for teaching upper graders to read and understand maps. Meets map standards for fourth through sixth grades.

Great skill-building activities, games & reproducibles for class room teachers or homeschool.

Children need the chance to explore and understand where they live and all the places surrounding them to make sense of their world. Through geography, children can feel a connection with people they have never met and places they have never been. Through these connections, children can be inspired to care about their place and their communities. This book includes chapters explaining the concepts of location, perspective, scale, orientation, map symbols and map keys, and the five themes of geography. In addition, chapters are included on various types of maps and the use of technology to teach map skills. There are suggestions for 100 activities to teach the concepts, assessment questions, and annotated children’s literature that relate to the concepts. The book includes a suggested scope and sequence for teaching map skills in the elementary grades and a glossary of geographic terms.

18 maps and related activities perfect for teaching upper graders to read and understand maps. Meets map standards for fourth through sixth grades.

Follow That Map! is a mind-expanding adventure for the young and a unique way to introduce mapping concepts at the primary level and get kids started on the road to mastering this essential skill.

Get your GPS going with students in grades 5–8 using Map Reading Skills! The activities in this 80-page book provide students with ample opportunities to practice and apply map skills. Map and diagram exercises and hands-on activities reinforce skills. This book includes reproducible maps and a special section on GPS and its uses, and it highlights essential vocabulary in bold. The book aligns with state, national, and Canadian provincial standards.