Plan a Map of Your Route is a free printable Kindergarten to Grade 2 social studies worksheet on planning a map that shows places and a route, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D2.Geo.1.K-2. It prints 8 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.
Set 1 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Plan your maps in words, then circle the best answers.
1.Plan a map of your classroom for a new student. Write the symbols you would put in the key, and say where each thing is from the door: north, south, east or west.
I named at least four things in the classroom
I gave each one a symbol
I used direction words
2.Write directions for the route from your classroom to the school library. Use north, south, east and west, or left and right.
My directions start at the classroom
I used direction words
My directions end at the library
3.Which map shows a smaller area: a map of your classroom or a map of your city?
A.The map of your classroom
B.The map of your city
C.They show the same area
4.You use a tree symbol for parks. What must you do so readers understand it?
A.Leave it out of the key
B.Show the tree symbol in the key
C.Draw it as large as possible
5.You are drawing a map of your route to school. What should the line on your map show?
A.What time school starts
B.The way you travel
C.How tall the buildings are
6.Where do you explain what each symbol on your map means?
A.On the compass rose
B.In the title
C.In the map key
7.Why should you label the streets on a route map?
A.So the map is heavier
B.So people know which street to take
C.So the map has more colors
8.When you draw a route, where should the line start?
A.At the edge of the paper
B.At the title
C.At the place where the trip begins
LessonPrint · D2.Geo.1.K-2 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Plan a Map of Your Route
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.At least four classroom things, each with a key symbol, placed from the door with north, south, east or west.
2.Directions in order from the classroom to the library, using north, south, east and west or left and right.
3.The map of your classroom
4.Show the tree symbol in the key
5.The way you travel
6.In the map key
7.So people know which street to take
8.At the place where the trip begins
Questions about Plan a Map of Your Route
What does the Plan a Map of Your Route worksheet cover?
It practices planning a map that shows places and a route — 8 questions for Kindergarten to Grade 2, all on C3 Framework D2.Geo.1.K-2: Draw a map or chart of a place you know. The instruction to students is “Plan your maps in words, then circle the best answers”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which C3 Framework indicator does Plan a Map of Your Route practice?
D2.Geo.1.K-2, under Geography for Kindergarten to Grade 2. The published indicator reads: “Construct maps, graphs, and other representations of familiar places.” The worksheet assesses that indicator rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
Plan a Map of Your Route is written for Kindergarten to Grade 2, typically ages 7-8. It is one of the sheets on D2.Geo.1.K-2, so it suits any student working at that standard — including older students revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does Plan a Map of Your Route come with an answer key?
Yes. All 8 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 Plan a Map of Your Route 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 Plan a Map of Your Route free to print and photocopy?
Yes. Plan a Map of Your Route, 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.