Study guide: Read and Update a Pretend Park Map
Interpret keys, directions, path connections, and dated map evidence.
Ideas to explain in your own words
- Match a map symbol to the place it represents.
- Use a supplied north arrow to describe relative positions.
- Use stated path connections without inventing a shortcut.
- Compare an older map with a newer specific observation.
Watch your reasoning
- The key pairs P with playground. G means garden and C means community room. W is not a place symbol in this key.
- The gate is below the fountain, and this plan explicitly makes bottom south.
- L–B, B–G, and G–P are all listed. Each other answer uses at least one unlisted connection.
- The note reports that one bench moved beside the garden on Wednesday. It does not describe other objects.
A worked review example
Use a Map Key: C represents the community room because that is what this map’s key says. It does not mean a garden on this map. Use Direction Words on a Plan: “The sandbox is east of the fountain. The fountain is west of the sandbox.” I use the given north-at-top clue to turn page positions into directions. Follow a Connected Path: “L, B, G, P: library, bench, garden, playground.” Each next stop has a listed connection. L to P in one jump is not a shown path. Read the Date on a Map Note: “The Wednesday note reports that the quiet bench moved beside the garden. Monday’s map showed it beside the gate. The note says nothing about moving the gate.”
Make a practice plan
- Try the supplied lesson problems without looking at the answers.
- Compare your method with the worked examples and explain any correction.
- Use the new review cases, then complete the transfer task on paper or in your own document.