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Kindergarten · Social Studies · Unit 12 of 14

Near, Far & Maps

Over, under, left, right, maps and globes

What your child practices

Location words (over, under, near, far, left, right), places on the school campus, and what maps and globes show.

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) teks student expectation: K.3(A); K.3(B); K.3(C) · location words, places on the school campus, and maps and globes

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. Near means close. Far means a long way.
  2. A globe is a model of Earth.
  3. A map shows where places are.

Example: A globe is a model of… A globe is round like our planet. Answer: Earth

Near, Far & Maps in Texas

In the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS), this is unit 12 of 14 in Kindergarten Social Studies, after Holidays & Heroes and before Tools & Technology.

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: Texas Education Agency (TEA)

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

    Where do you go to eat lunch at school?

    • the flagpole
    • the bus stop
    • the nurse's cot
    • the cafeteria

  2. Question 2

    You eat with your right hand. The other hand is your…

    • left hand
    • under hand
    • top hand
    • far hand

  3. Question 3

    The cat hides below the table. The cat is…

    • under the table
    • over the table
    • on the roof
    • far away

  4. Question 4

    Which one is a map tool?

    • a crayon box
    • a pillow
    • a globe
    • a fork

  5. Question 5

    A globe is shaped like a…

    • box
    • ball
    • book
    • pencil

  6. Question 6

    On a globe, which color often shows land?

    • pink
    • black
    • blue
    • green or brown

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