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2nd Grade Map Skills and Map Features Worksheets | Reading a Map Activities

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This is exactly what I needed! I work in a district with no SS curriculum so this provided the perfect opportunity for some map skills. Thank you for the great resource.
This was a great supplement for my science unit. I used it during centers and the kids love it. I made packets to work on and they thrived on know their geography.
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Map skills and map features will come to life in your classroom with these 2nd grade map skills hands-on activities! This map features resource includes lesson plans, foldables, map skills worksheets, vocabulary, materials for early finishers, homework suggestions, and MORE. Students will learn about reading a map as well as map features and will even get the chance to create their own maps! 

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Your class will learn about these important 2nd grades map skills such as:

  • Reading a map
  • Map features such as Title, Legend, Compass Rose, Cardinal Directions, Scale, and Grid
  • How to create a map for different places
  • How to locate different objects on a map

2nd Grade Map Skills and Map Features Activities includes: 

  • Easy to follow map features lessons/activities
  • A mini vocabulary word wall
  • Vocabulary cards with definitions
  • Vocab Match It
  • Mini Vocabulary Posters with high-quality real-life pictures
  • Vocabulary Foldables and notes page
  • Anchor chart ideas and resources
  • Map Poster (map, globe, equator, and compass rose)
  • Map Features Compare and Contrast Activity
  • Parts of a map reading passage
  • All about maps reading passage
  • Parts of a Map Foldable and Worksheet
  • Create a Treasure Map Activity (with a grid or without)
  • KWL
  • Compass Rose fill in the blank
  • Color the globe activity
  • Color the map activity (2 versions)
  • Around the town activity
  • Create your own around the town map
  • Map with a grid activity (2 versions)
  • Create your own map with a grid
  • Map Features Word Search Activity
  • QR Codes with Links
  • Drawing Prompts
  • Writing Prompts
  • An End of the Unit Quiz 

With 86 pages of map features activities and map skills worksheets you will have all of your bases covered when it comes to teaching 2nd grade map skills to your class! Plus, with all activities being LOW PREP or NO PREP, you won’t have to spend hours preparing a 2nd grade map skills unit! Your students will love the hands-on map features activities and you will love that you could provide them with quality geography instruction with minimal effort! 

See What Other Teachers Are Saying . . .

⭐ Great for my 2nd graders and very easy to use!!!

⭐ Great scaffolded map activities-this was a great unit!

⭐ A great way to fit in our Social Studies standards. The resources are clear and easy for students to use. Thanks. 

2nd Grade Map Skills and Map Features Activities covers the following TEKS:

2.3 Geography. The student uses simple geographic tools, including maps and globes. The student is expected to:

(A) identify and use the information on maps and globes using basic map elements such as title, cardinal directions, and legend; and

(B) create maps to show places and routes within the home, school, and community.

2.4 Geography. The student understands the location of places in their community, state, country, and the world. The student is expected to:

(B) locate places, including the local community, Texas, the United States, the state capital, the U.S. capital, and the bordering countries of Canada and Mexico on maps and globes.

3.4 Geography. The student understands the concepts of location, distance, and direction on maps and globes. The student is expected to:

(A) use cardinal and intermediate directions to locate places on maps and globes in relation to the local community;

(B) use a scale to determine the distance between places on maps and globes; and

(C) identify, create, and interpret maps of places that contain map elements, including a title, compass rose, legend, scale, and grid system.

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