Texas TEKS 1.4.A

Social Studies1st GradeGeography

The Standard

create and use simple maps such as maps of the home, classroom, school, and community

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Social Studies

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students draw a simple map of a familiar place using shapes, symbols, and labels. They use a map to locate places and describe how to move between them.
What Mastery Looks Like: Students place key features in reasonable locations and explain what their symbols represent. They can follow or give a simple route using the map.
Common Misconceptions: Students may draw objects from the side instead of showing where they are from above. They may confuse a map with a picture or leave symbols unexplained.
How to Assess It: Give students a simple classroom map and ask them to mark the door, circle the teacher table, and draw a route between them.

Lesson moves

Build a desk map with blocks, then sketch the room from above and label the door, tables, rug, and shelves.
Ask students to write or tell how they would guide a new student from the classroom door to the reading area.
Play Map Partner by having one student give route directions while a partner traces the path on a simple school map.
Study a community park map and plan a route from the entrance to the playground, restroom, and picnic area.

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