Ready teaching collectionCommunity map makers
Move from map symbols and landmarks to routes, spatial language, contextual reading, and a short check.
Ages 6–86 printables3 sessionsAbout 65 min
This is a teaching sequence, not a merged download. Every step opens its exact printable, ready to preview, adapt, or print.
01
Step 1Connect ideas
Connect terms, meanings, or examples. Map symbols, directions, landmarks, routes, and useful places in a community.
- Worksheet format
- Matching pairs
- Worksheet language
- EN · English
- Duration
- 5–10 min
Teaching moveModel one pair aloud, then let learners complete the remaining matches and explain one choice.
02
Step 2Notice and name
A topic vocabulary reference grid. Map symbols, directions, landmarks, routes, and useful places in a community.
- Worksheet format
- Topic word mat
- Worksheet language
- EN · English
- Duration
- 10–20 min
Teaching moveInvite predictions and name familiar ideas before introducing new vocabulary.
03
Step 3Study the system
Add callouts to an uploaded diagram. Map symbols, directions, landmarks, routes, and useful places in a community.
- Worksheet format
- Labelled diagram
- Worksheet language
- EN · English
- Duration
- 10–20 min
Teaching moveInspect the whole image first, then label each target and discuss how the parts relate.
04
Step 4Build the sequence
Order steps, events, or routines. Map symbols, directions, landmarks, routes, and useful places in a community.
- Worksheet format
- Sequence cards
- Worksheet language
- EN · English
- Duration
- 10–20 min
Teaching moveOrder the cards, rehearse the process aloud, then justify what comes before and after.
05
Step 5Read in context
Complete a passage from context. Map symbols, directions, landmarks, routes, and useful places in a community.
- Worksheet format
- Cloze passage
- Worksheet language
- EN · English
- Duration
- 10–20 min
Teaching moveRead once for meaning, complete each gap from context, then reread the finished text.
06
Step 6Check understanding
Short-answer retrieval check. Map symbols, directions, landmarks, routes, and useful places in a community.
- Worksheet format
- Quiz / exit ticket
- Worksheet language
- EN · English
- Duration
- 5–10 min
Teaching moveUse this as a brief retrieval check and discuss one answer that changed or deepened understanding.