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Kindergarten · Social Studies · Unit 7 of 13

My First Maps

Pictures that show where things are

What your child practices

Introduces maps as pictures that show where places are. Your child finds familiar places on a simple map of a classroom or neighborhood.

Alabama Course of Study content standard: K.7 · what maps are for and how to read simple maps

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. A map is a picture that shows where things are.
  2. Small shapes or words on a map stand for real things.
  3. Follow the steps one by one to find the way.

Example: The park is between the school and the library. Where is it? Between means in the middle. The park sits in the middle of the two. Answer: in the middle of the two

My First Maps in Alabama

In the Alabama Course of Study, this is unit 7 of 13 in Kindergarten Social Studies, after Needs & Wants and before Places Near Me.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE)

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Which of these is a map?

    • a drawing of a classroom from above
    • a photo of a smiling cat
    • a drawing of a rainbow
    • a picture of a cake

  2. Question 2

    On a map, houses on the same street are…

    • under water
    • on the moon
    • in different countries
    • near each other

  3. Question 3

    The school is next to the park. They are…

    • in the sky
    • far apart
    • upside down
    • close together

  4. Question 4

    A map is a picture of a place seen from…

    • above
    • inside a box
    • behind a wall
    • underneath

  5. Question 5

    On a play yard map, a swing picture shows the…

    • swing set
    • sandbox
    • tree
    • fence

  6. Question 6

    A plane symbol on a map often shows an…

    • pond
    • farm
    • school
    • airport

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