Provide hands-on activities for practice and mastery. Check for understanding of concepts and skills by using relevant standard materials, i.e. worksheets, text problems, workbooks, teacher prepared exercises, etc.

Map Practice

Activity (choices):
1. Give each student a piece of white drawing paper. Give the students written directions or read oral directions to the students as they follow them. Example: Draw a tree in the middle of the page. Draw a house northeast of the tree.
2. Give the students blank Bingo cards, and have them write the names of the cardinal directions in the spaces on the card. Make up a list of questions about things in the classroom or school. Example: What direction is the filing cabinet from the door?
3. Make a product map of Texas.
4. Have students draw a map of their bedroom. They should pretend to sit on the ceiling and draw the things they see on the floor.
5. Practice mapping skills with additional activities.
More Activity Choices:
1. Give students a piece of graph paper. Have them use the paper to make a scale drawing of their bedroom and its furniture arrangement. Then use another piece of paper to rearrange the furniture in the bedroom. Suggestion: Let _ inch graph paper equal one foot in actual size. It may be easier to cut out pieces of paper to represent the furniture. This would allow the students to move the furniture and see if it would fit in different areas of the room.
2. The teacher creates a treasure map by writing mysterious clues in a poem. The students must determine the treasure’s hiding place on the outline of an island by illustrating, labeling and connecting the landmarks from the clues in the poem.
Evaluation: Completion of task.