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Kindergarten · Social Studies · Unit 6 of 12

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.

New York State Learning Standards learning standard: K.6a; K.6b · simple maps of familiar places and words for where things are

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 New York

In the New York State Learning Standards, this is unit 6 of 12 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: New York State Education Department (NYSED)

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
    • a road
    • a house
    • water

  2. Question 2

    Which of these is a map?

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

  3. Question 3

    You want to find the school. What helps most?

    • a map of the neighborhood
    • a pot of paint
    • a pair of mittens
    • a bag of leaves

  4. Question 4

    The park is between the school and the library. Where is it?

    • far from both
    • on top of the school
    • in the middle of the two
    • under the library

  5. Question 5

    A map is a picture of a place seen from…

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

  6. Question 6

    A map is a…

    • song about a place
    • toy you can eat
    • real place itself
    • small picture of a real place

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