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Brookside Block Party Map

Read a neighborhood map description, use simple symbols, and follow north, south, east and west directions.

Grade 1Social StudiesInteractive · Printable

Aligned toGEO.1.1

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  • 1 C3 Framework standard
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  • 14 questions
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Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 1
Subject
Social Studies
Question types
Multiple choice, Circle the answer, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students use north, south, east and west to describe places on a neighborhood map.
  • Students use a map key to interpret simple place symbols.

How to use

Read the passage aloud, review the map key and map details, then have students answer the questions and explain their thinking.

Curriculum

C3 Framework standard covered

GEO.1.1

Use the cardinal directions north, south, east and west and a map key with simple symbols.

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Brookside Block Party Map

Use a map key and direction words to find places.

Read the map

Listen as your teacher reads the passage. Use the map key and map details to answer the questions.

A Map for Brookside's Block Party

On Saturday, Noor and Eli help make a map for Brookside's block party. They want visitors to find places without asking for help. The map key says triangle is the playground, square is the notice board, circle is the lemonade stand, and star is the first-aid table. The picnic tables are marked with a diamond. On the map, the notice board is in the center. The playground is west of it, the lemonade stand is east of it, the first-aid table is north, and the picnic tables are south. Noor starts at the playground and walks east, then north, to reach the first-aid table. Eli starts at the picnic tables, walks north, then east, to reach the lemonade stand.

1.
Why would a visitor look at the map key?
  • A. It tells how many people attend the party.
  • B. It shows which day the party starts.
  • C. It explains what each symbol means.
  • D. It gives the names of all visitors.
2.
Which pair is matched correctly?
  • A. A star means the notice board.
  • B. A square means the notice board.
  • C. A diamond means the playground.
  • D. A circle means the first-aid table.
3.
The picnic tables are in which direction from the notice board?
  • A. South
  • B. East
  • C. North
  • D. West
4.
Noor starts at the playground. Which direction should she walk first?
  • A. North
  • B. West
  • C. South
  • D. East
5.
Circle the two details that are part of Eli's route.

He starts at the picnic tables.He walks south first.He walks east after going north.He ends at the first-aid table.

Follow the directions

Use the passage to follow routes and check each direction.

6.
Eli follows his plan. Where does he end?
  • A. The playground
  • B. The first-aid table
  • C. The lemonade stand
  • D. The notice board
7.
Which sentence correctly compares Noor's and Eli's plans?
  • A. Both children pass the notice board on their way.
  • B. Both children begin at the lemonade stand.
  • C. Noor ends at the lemonade stand, and Eli ends at first aid.
  • D. Both children walk west first.
8.
Which walking plan uses the right direction?
  • A. From the playground, walk east to the notice board.
  • B. From the notice board, walk south to the first-aid table.
  • C. From the picnic tables, walk south to the notice board.
  • D. From the lemonade stand, walk east to the notice board.
9.
Which route gets from the playground to the picnic tables by using two straight walks?
  • A. Walk west, then north.
  • B. Walk east, then south.
  • C. Walk east, then north.
  • D. Walk south, then west.
10.
Jalen says, "The first-aid table is west of the notice board." Which sentence corrects him?
  • A. The first-aid table is east of the notice board.
  • B. The first-aid table is south of the notice board.
  • C. The first-aid table is north of the notice board.
  • D. The first-aid table is in the same place as the notice board.
11.
Circle the two symbols that mark where Noor starts and finishes.

The playground symbolThe notice board symbolThe lemonade stand symbolThe first-aid table symbol

Check the map

Think about how the key and direction words work together. Answer the last questions.

12.
A family is at the picnic tables and wants to reach the first-aid table. Which direction should they walk?
  • A. North
  • B. South
  • C. East
  • D. West
13.
Noor says she should walk west from the notice board to reach the first-aid table. Explain her mistake and give the correct direction.
14.
Why might Brookside visitors use both the map key and direction words? Give one example from the passage.

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