Map skills

Zoo Map Challenge

Grades 4-6 · Lesson

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For grades 4-6 teachers who want a no-prep map skills day or a quick check. Students use a made-up zoo map to read the legend, give compass directions, find grid squares, measure with a bar scale, and add two new things to the map. Works as a sub plan.

What's inside

A one-page teacher plan
The zoo map
A 2-page student packet
An answer key

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Would You Rather? Music Vocab DebateGrades 5-6 Executive Functioning Warm-UpsGrades 6-8 Zoo Map ChallengeGrades 4-6 Shadow Tracker: Graph a Day of ShadowsGrades 4-6 Main Idea Quick ChecksGrades 3-5

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