Five pages on maps and plans of familiar places. Page 1 is a map of a park seen from above: children write what is just left of, right of, above, below or between other things, which of two things is closer to the gate and what is in a corner. On page 2 a ladybird starts at the gate of a zoo drawn on a square grid; children follow routes such as forward 3, turn right, forward 2 and write the animal each one reaches. Page 3 turns it around: a path is drawn on each of four small grid maps and children write its directions. Page 4 matches classroom furniture to the shape it makes on a plan (a round table is a circle, a bookcase a long thin rectangle), then asks where things are on a plan of a classroom. On page 5 children read clues and draw a bin, a lamp, a box, a ball, a plant and a chair in the right squares of two room plans. The first problem on each page is a worked example.
Draw a plan of your own classroom on the board together: stand on a chair to see the tables from above and talk about the shapes they make. Use "on the map" or "on the plan" when you say left and right. For pages 2 and 3, mark a grid on the floor with masking tape and let children walk the routes, turning on the spot.
Draw a plan of your child's bedroom from above and ask them to mark where the bed, the door and the window are. Hide a toy and give directions to find it: "Go forward 4 steps, turn left, go forward 2." Then swap roles.
This pack supports the following Common Core State Standards for Mathematics:
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Reading simple maps and plans of familiar places, and following and giving directions on a grid. Students say where things are on a park map and a classroom plan, follow and write routes of forward moves and turns, match furniture to its shape from above and draw things on a plan from clues.
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