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Grade 1 · Social Studies · Unit 9 of 13

Measure & Draw Maps

Steps, hands and map symbols

What your child practises

Measuring distance with footsteps, blocks and hands, map titles, symbols and legends, and making a simple map of a familiar place.

Prince Edward Island Curriculum curriculum outcome: 1.3.1 · map titles, symbols and legends, and making a simple map of a familiar place

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Which unit is best to measure a small book?

    • paper clips
    • school buses
    • kilometres

  2. Question 2

    On many maps, a blue wavy line means a…

    • river
    • road
    • school

  3. Question 3

    A pencil is 7 clips long. A crayon is 4 clips long. Which is shorter?

    🖍️
    • the pencil
    • They are the same
    • the crayon

  4. Question 4

    A map is a drawing as if you look from…

    • inside a box
    • above
    • underneath

  5. Question 5

    You count steps from the door to the desk. You are using…

    👣
    • footsteps as a unit
    • a clock
    • a mirror

  6. Question 6

    Which symbol shows a place to swim?

    • 🚌a bus
    • 📚a book
    • 🏊a pool

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