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3rd Grade Map Grid Coordinates worksheets

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Map Grid Coordinates

Grade 3 Social Studies Worksheet

NameDate

Circle the answer, or write the answer on the line.

Look at the map grid. Which square is the tower in?
2.
Look at the map grid. What is in square D3?
- hospital
- police station
- train station
- bank
3.
Look at the map grid. Which place is in row 3?
- igloo
- woods
- hut
- castle
Look at the map grid. Which square is the zoo in?
5.
Look at the map grid. Which place is in column C?
- tower
- beach
- dock
- camp
6.
Look at the map grid. What is in square B3?
- police station
- train station
- bank
- hospital
Look at the map grid. Which square is the castle in?
8.
Look at the map grid. Which place is in row 1?
- zoo
- barn
- shop
- pond
Look at the map grid. Which square is the dock in?
10.
Look at the map grid. Which place is in column B?
- police station
- train station
- bank
- hospital

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About this worksheet

Map Grid Coordinates gives grade 3 students a focused page for a skill that parents and teachers often need as its own printable worksheet. Map grids are a concrete social studies skill that appears in granular competitor catalogs. Students need repeated practice reading location systems before using latitude and longitude later. The items rotate through several question types so the page is not just the same prompt with different numbers or words. Students match places to grid coordinates and use a simple map key.

Support versions keep the reading load, numbers, or choices friendlier while preserving the same thinking. Standard versions match everyday classroom practice. Challenge versions add a closer distractor, an extra reasoning step, or less familiar examples. Before answering, students should say what the question is asking, point to the evidence, and check that the answer fits the exact skill named in the title.

What your child will learn

Read grid locations
Use letters and numbers
Find places on a map

C3 Framework standard: D2.Geo.1.3-5

Worked example

If the park is in column B and row 3, its grid coordinate is B3.

Common mistake

Writing the row before the column when the map key uses column then row.

Helpful hint

Read the letter first, then the number.

Questions parents ask

What is the most common mistake with map grid coordinates?

Writing the row before the column when the map key uses column then row.

How can I help my child with map grid coordinates?

Read the letter first, then the number.

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