What is a map?

A map is a drawing that shows the shape of a place and the things that are there. Some maps show a

small place, such as a room. Other maps show the whole world. If you know how to read a map, it shows you where places are and helps you find

your way.

… it would look something like this map of the world.

This is my country on the map of the world

Just as in the book we just read the best way to understand where things

are is to look down on them from a bird’s eye

view. A map is a bird’s eye view of a place with symbols to show what

things are.

If you had a visitor coming to Tiger Creek how would you give them directions to

your classroom?

Straight

Passed

Left

Right

N

S

EW

For long distances you would give directions using the words north, south, east, and west.

Ringgold

Maps are usually drawn on graph paper which has lines across and down the paper. This is called a

grid. Things on a map can be found

by finding the letter and number of the square in

which it sits.

Let’s practice reading a map

grid.