Social Studies Worksheet · Grades 3–5
Map Skills Word Search Worksheet
A printable map skills word search for grades 3 to 5. Students find 12 words about maps and globes: latitude, longitude, the equator, scale and the legend, hidden across, down, and diagonally up or down, then use the words to finish sentences.
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Subject
Social Studies
Grades
Grades 3–5
Skill Focus
Map Skills Word Search, geography
Lesson Length
25 minutes
Learning Objective
Students will find 12 vocabulary words about map skills in a word search and use them to complete sentences.
Lesson Overview
About this worksheet
This worksheet has a 13 by 13 word search with 12 vocabulary words about maps and globes: latitude, longitude, the equator, scale and the legend. The words run across, down, and diagonally up or down, and a word bank under the grid has a box to check off each word as it is found.
Page 2 checks that the words are understood, not just spotted: eight sentences to finish with a word from the bank, each written so only one word fits, and two words for the student to use in sentences of their own. Page 3 is the answer key, with the puzzle solved, where each word starts, the sentence answers and sample sentences.
It comes in two editions: a color PDF and a low-ink black-and-white PDF for everyday copying.
How to Use This Lesson
Read the words in the word bank together.
Find and circle each word in the puzzle, then check it off.
On page 2, finish each sentence with a word from the bank, then write two sentences of your own.
Check the work with the answer key on page 3.
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