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Kindergarten · Social Studies · Unit 6 of 10

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.

Minnesota K-12 Academic Standards benchmark: K.3.13.1 · showing routes between places on 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 Minnesota

In the Minnesota K-12 Academic Standards, this is unit 6 of 10 in Kindergarten Social Studies, after My Jobs, Rules & Leaders 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: Minnesota Department of Education (MDE)

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

    A blue wavy line on a map often shows…

    • a hill
    • water
    • a house
    • a road

  2. Question 2

    Start at the door. Go past the sink. Stop at the rug. Where are you?

    • at the window
    • at the rug
    • at the door
    • at the sink

  3. Question 3

    On a classroom map, a small square says DOOR. What is it?

    • the door
    • the rug
    • the window
    • the sink

  4. Question 4

    A map can show us…

    • the way to a place
    • how a song sounds
    • how soup tastes
    • how a flower smells

  5. Question 5

    What might you see on a neighborhood map?

    • tastes and sounds
    • tunes and smells
    • streets and buildings
    • dreams and wishes

  6. Question 6

    Which is true of a map?

    • It is always very big
    • It makes sounds
    • It shows a place from the side
    • It shows a place from above

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