Lesson designed to introduce maps and the cardinal directions. After listening to the teacher read aloud or tell the story of Little Red Riding Hood, students retell the story and use cutouts of landmarks and arrows to create a map of her journey to Grandmother's house. Students repeat the exercise using cardinal directions and the story The Jolly Postman by Janet and Allan Ahlberg.

Concepts

cardinal directions, map skills

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Additional Tags

create maps, directions, cardinal direction, map construction

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
• The intended use for this resource is Instructional