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5th Grade Map Skills: Compass and Directions worksheets

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Map Skills: Compass and Directions

Grade 5 Social Studies Worksheet

NameDate

Write the answer on the line.

What direction is the store from the pond?
What direction is the pond from the school?
Use the picture in question 1.
What direction is the school from the store?
Use the picture in question 1.
What direction is the park from the library?
Use the picture in question 1.
What direction is the school from the library?
Use the picture in question 1.
What direction is the store from the library?
Use the picture in question 1.
What direction is the park from the bank?
Use the picture in question 1.
What direction is the library from the bank?
Use the picture in question 1.

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About this worksheet

A map is a drawing of a place seen from above, and the compass rose tells you which way is north, south, east and west. This fifth grade sheet shows one small town map with a compass rose and asks eight questions of the same kind: what direction is one place from another? Some answers are the four main directions and some are in between, such as northeast or southwest, so a child has to look from one place to the other and not just guess.

Each version uses a different town and different questions, and the answer key gives the direction for every question.

What your child will learn

Use a compass rose
Name the four main directions
Name the in-between directions
Read where places are on a map

C3 Framework standard: D2.Geo.2.3-5

Worked example

If the park is straight up the page from the school, the park is north of the school.

Common mistake

Reading the direction from the wrong place, so the answer is turned around: it is the second place that you describe from the first.

Helpful hint

Start at the first place. Look toward the second place and find that way on the compass rose.

Next skill: Physical Geography of the US

Questions parents ask

What is the most common mistake with map skills: compass and directions?

Reading the direction from the wrong place, so the answer is turned around: it is the second place that you describe from the first.

How can I help my child with map skills: compass and directions?

Start at the first place. Look toward the second place and find that way on the compass rose.

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