👩‍🏫 Teacher’s Guide

Objective
Students will apply a map that fits using the examples and practice below.

Vocabulary
scale, symbol

Teaching Notes

• Model one response, then ask students to work independently and explain their choices with specific words or evidence.
• Teach the rule, discuss the worked example, and cover answers during practice.
• Use incorrect responses to identify which part of the rule needs another example.
• Allow approximately 25–35 minutes, including discussion and independent practice.

🧒 Student Worksheet

Concept and Helping Material

Big Idea
Read for meaning. Identify the topic, connect details, and use evidence to answer questions.

Read

A map makes a large place small enough to see on paper. A key explains symbols. A scale shows how a map distance relates to a real distance. On our practice map, one centimeter stands for ten meters.

If a path measures three centimeters on this map, it represents thirty meters. A different map may use a different scale. Always read the key and scale before comparing distances. A straight line between two places may be shorter than the path people actually walk.

Scale is a proportional relationship. Doubling a map distance doubles the represented distance when the scale stays constant. However, a map’s purpose affects which details it includes. A walking map may emphasize paths and entrances, while another map highlights bus routes. Neither includes every feature of the real place.

Vocabulary and Definition

• — the relationship between model distance and real distance
• — a mark that stands for something

Words to Learn

scale, symbol

Sentences to Fill In

1. The term for the relationship between model distance and real distance is ____.
2. The term for a mark that stands for something is ____.

Think & Respond Q&A

1. What does a map key explain?
2. What does the scale relate?
3. State the main idea in one sentence.
4. Name a detail that supports that idea.
5. At this scale, what does three centimeters represent?
6. Is a straight-line distance always the walking distance?
7. Explain one word using the passage.

Hands-On Experiment or Activities

Read the passage aloud twice. On the first reading, solve unfamiliar words. On the second, group words into meaningful phrases. Then close the text and retell its central idea. Reopen it to check accuracy.

Reflection

• Explain one thing you learned.
• Write a short paragraph applying the skill. Underline your evidence or target words and explain one choice.