socialStudiesSocial Studies
Cardinal Directions & Maps
The Cardinal Directions & Maps generator creates map-skills worksheets where students label compass rose directions, read simple grid coordinates, and trace a cardinal-direction path across a classroom or neighbourhood map. Internalising North, South, East, and West is an essential geography foundation that pays off in every subsequent map-reading activity for Pre-K through Grade 4. Answer key and teacher guide included.
Grade Levels
Pre-KKGrade 1Grade 2Grade 3Grade 4
What's Included
Answer Key included
Teacher Guide included
Reproducible from seed
Curriculum Standards
C3 D2.Geo.1.K-2
Construct maps, graphs, and other representations of familiar places.
C3 D2.Geo.2.K-2
Use maps, graphs, photographs, and other representations to describe places and the relationships and interactions that shape them.
Topics
cardinal directionscompasscompass rosemap readingcoordinatesgrid mapnavigationsocial studiesgeographyspatial skills