RockLicker · Grade 1 · Lesson 4 of 5

Make a Little Field Map

Make a top-down map with three symbols and a key.

  • Grade 1
  • 30 minutes
  • Worksheet + teacher guidance
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What you will learn

A map shows places from above. A symbol stands for something, and a key tells the reader what the symbol means.

Words to use

  • map: a view of a place
  • symbol: a mark with meaning
  • key: symbol explanations

Work through the activity

  1. 5 min · Look from aboveImagine being a bird over a familiar room or small schoolyard. Name three features that stay in one place.
  2. 10 min · Place featuresDraw the edge of your small area. Put the three features where you think they belong. Use a circle, square or other simple mark for each.
  3. 10 min · Add a keyBeside the map, draw each symbol again and write or dictate its meaning. Do not use a symbol whose meaning is missing.
  4. 5 min · Test the mapShow it to a partner. Ask them to point to one feature using the key. Correct confusing symbols together.
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GRADE 1 · LESSON 4

Make a Little Field Map

Draw on the printed sheet or write, type or dictate your response.
Draw on the printed sheet or write, type or dictate your response.
Draw on the printed sheet or write, type or dictate your response.
Draw on the printed sheet or write, type or dictate your response.

Responses stay in this open page only. Print before closing or changing pages; no student record is stored online.

Check your understanding

What explains the symbols on your map?

Teacher & family guide · answers and assessment

Grade 1 · Make a Little Field Map

Learning goal: Make a top-down map with three symbols and a key.

Expected responses

  1. Accept an approximate top-down arrangement; artistic realism is unnecessary.
  2. Each used symbol needs a matching key entry.
  3. The partner should identify a feature by symbol rather than guessing.
  4. Accept a revised symbol, label or position; “nothing changed” needs an explanation.

Understanding check: The key. The key connects each map symbol to its meaning.

Watch for this misconception

This first map does not measure distance or grant access to any place.

Assess the evidence

Look for the observations, calculation or explanation named in the learning goal. Accept accurate drawings and dictated responses. Use the expected responses to discuss reasoning; a correct guess without explanation is a starting point for another conversation.

Adapt and extend

Read prompts aloud, enlarge print or let a partner record the learner’s explanation. Add a fourth feature and ask whether the key still works.