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Map Skills

Name: Map Skills
Author: Jan Kennedy
ISBN: 9781568226392

by Jan Kennedy, Pat Biggs

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Overview

Go beyond memorizing names and borders. Explore new routes to learning about maps. Map Skills--Grade 1 journeys from introducing globes and maps to locating continents and using the compass rose. Your students will enjoy their voyages using map symbols and keys as they tour a wildlife refuge, find Razz the missing rabbit, and discover why a flock of wild geese make a puzzling flight twice each day. Every page offers opportunities for discussion, and allows for work to be completed together as a class, with partners, or alone. Your students will have lots of fun learning and exploring!

Synopsis

Go beyond memorizing names and borders. Explore new routes to learning about maps. Map Skills - Grade 2 journeys from reviewing the globe and compass rose to using a map scale and locating countries within continents. Your students will experience numerous and varied adventures using map symbols, map keys, and map scales as they follow the ice-cream truck, help Sam Super Spy complete a secret mission, go the distance in a bike-a-thon, and even travel across the United States to join some children on exciting adventures. Your students will have a wonderful time learning and exploring!