Read map symbols and use a map key

Identify 6-8 common map symbols (school, library, park, hospital, road, water, place-of-worship, home); use the map key/legend to look up an unknown symbol; understand that a symbol stands for the real thing.

Mastery threshold

80%

Min instances

Typical minutes

Spaced intervals (days)

1, 3, 7, 14, 30

Prereqs

Understand that a map is a small picture that stands for a real place

Successors

Common misconceptions

Believing symbols are 'codes' that you have to memorize — instead, you LOOK THEM UP in the key
Treating one map's symbols as universal (different maps use different symbols — always check the key)
Confusing the symbol with a label (a book symbol is not the word 'book')

Exercise pool (2)

Diff	Stem	Type
3	Look at this map. Use the KEY to find: (a) the library, (b) a park, (c) a road. Point to each.	decode with key
3	On a small map of an imaginary park, draw 4 symbols (tree, bench, water fountain, slide) and make a KEY explaining what each one means.	create my own key