What Is a Map?

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━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Worksheet 1 — Cut & Paste: What Is a Map? Sections: • Part A: “Circle the map.” (3 pictures: map, globe, book) • Part B: “Cut and glue the places on the map.” • Cutouts: house, school, park • Blank simple map outline • Part C: Sentence frame (traceable): • “A map shows places.”

This resource focuses on introducing students to maps, helping them identify what constitutes a map and understand the information it conveys about locations. The learning goal is for students to be able to identify a map among other items and articulate what it represents. Key activities include a 'Find the Map' exercise where students select the correct image from a set, create their own neighborhood map using cut-out icons of buildings like houses, schools, and parks, and engage in reading, tracing, and writing sentences about maps. Vocabulary building around key terms such as 'map', 'shows', and 'places' is also included to enhance comprehension.