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Maps, Photographs and Words is a free printable Grade 3 English worksheet on matching what you want to find out to the map, photograph or diagram that shows it, aligned to Common Core standard RI.3.7. It prints 3 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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Maps, Photographs and Words

RI.3.7

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Write the letter of the best picture next to each one.

1.Write the letter of the picture that would show each thing best.
  • How high the waterfalls are that salmon leap
  • How the stages of cheese-making follow each other
  • What a lighthouse keeper's room looked like long ago
  • Which rivers in Scotland have salmon
  • A.A map with the salmon rivers marked in blue
  • B.An old black-and-white photograph
  • C.A flow chart with arrows from milk to aged cheese
  • D.A photograph of a salmon in mid-air at a waterfall
2.Write the letter of the picture that would show each thing best.
  • What the parts of a canal lock are called
  • How tall a lighthouse is compared with a house
  • Where swallows fly in winter
  • How the water level changes in a lock
  • A.A drawing of the two side by side
  • B.Two side views, before and after the water flows in
  • C.A labeled diagram of the gates and sluices
  • D.A map with arrows from Britain to southern Africa
3.Write the letter of the picture that would show each thing best.
  • How much weight a swallow loses on the journey
  • When each part of Louis Braille's life happened
  • What a braille cell looks like
  • What the holes inside a loaf look like
  • A.A timeline from age three to age forty-three
  • B.A close-up drawing of six raised dots
  • C.A photograph of a sliced loaf
  • D.A bar chart of its weight before and after

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Answer key — Maps, Photographs and Words

Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. How high the waterfalls are that salmon leap — D (A photograph of a salmon in mid-air at a waterfall) 2. How the stages of cheese-making follow each other — C (A flow chart with arrows from milk to aged cheese) 3. What a lighthouse keeper's room looked like long ago — B (An old black-and-white photograph) 4. Which rivers in Scotland have salmon — A (A map with the salmon rivers marked in blue)
  2. 2.1. What the parts of a canal lock are called — C (A labeled diagram of the gates and sluices) 2. How tall a lighthouse is compared with a house — A (A drawing of the two side by side) 3. Where swallows fly in winter — D (A map with arrows from Britain to southern Africa) 4. How the water level changes in a lock — B (Two side views, before and after the water flows in)
  3. 3.1. How much weight a swallow loses on the journey — D (A bar chart of its weight before and after) 2. When each part of Louis Braille's life happened — A (A timeline from age three to age forty-three) 3. What a braille cell looks like — B (A close-up drawing of six raised dots) 4. What the holes inside a loaf look like — C (A photograph of a sliced loaf)

Questions about Maps, Photographs and Words

What does the Maps, Photographs and Words worksheet cover?

It practices matching what you want to find out to the map, photograph or diagram that shows it — 3 questions for Grade 3, all on Common Core RI.3.7: Use maps and photographs with the words to explain what happened. The instruction to students is “Write the letter of the best picture next to each one”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.

Which Common Core standard does Maps, Photographs and Words practice?

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.7 — RI.3.7, under Reading: Informational Text for Grade 3. The published standard reads: “Use information gained from illustrations (e.g., maps, photographs) and the words in a text to demonstrate understanding of the text (e.g., where, when, why, and how key events occur).” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.

What age or grade is this worksheet for?

Maps, Photographs and Words is written for Grade 3, typically ages 8-9. It is one of the sheets on RI.3.7, so it suits any student working at that standard — including older students revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.

Does Maps, Photographs and Words come with an answer key?

Yes. All 3 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.

How many different versions of Maps, Photographs and Words can I print?

25 — one per student, and all 25 ask different questions. Set 1 downloads the whole class as a single PDF. Every version is fixed to its own address, so a sheet printed today holds the same problems when you reopen it next week.

Is Maps, Photographs and Words free to print and photocopy?

Yes. Maps, Photographs and Words, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.

Is there a lesson plan to teach RI.3.7?

Yes — “Maps, Photographs and Where, When and Why” is a 40-minute Grade 3 plan for RI.3.7, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. Maps, Photographs and Words is the practice that follows it.

More practice for RI.3.7

Use maps and photographs with the words to explain what happened.

Teaching this next? Maps, Photographs and Where, When and Why is the 40-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RI.3.7 of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.