By Jena Carroll

1. By Jena Carroll I Can Draw A Map

2. Long Street School Road store fire station school police station James Street tree park home hospital pond This is a map of my neighborhood.

3. Long Street School Road fire station school police station James Street tree park home hospital pond I drew this map today. store You can draw a map too. It is fun!

4. First I drew the streets in my neighborhood. Long Street James Street James Street and Long Street cross each other.

5. School Road and James Street meet each other. Long Street School Road James Street This map is called a street map. It only shows the streets around my neighborhood.

6. trees pond I drew pretty green trees and a big blue pond. Next I drew the park. park

7. trees pond Next I drew the buildings in my neighborhood. park

8. school trees hospital pond My neighborhood had many buildings. store fire station police station park home

9. school trees hospital pond I wrote the names on all of the buildings. store fire station police station park home

10. Key tree store store home home pond fire station school fire station road school hospital police station hospital street police station Some maps have a key. A key is used to describe the pictures that you draw.

11. I can make a key. Map Key pond I drew the same picture I used on my map and wrote the word pond on the side of it.

12. Key tree store store home home pond fire station school fire station road school hospital police station hospital street police station I did the same thing for each picture on my map. Now I have a key for my neighborhood map.

13. north west east south Sometimes maps have a compass. A compass is also easy to draw.

14. First I drew a box with two lines in it.

15. Next I drew arrows on each side of my lines.

16. north west east south Finally I put my directions. Directions tell me how to get from one place to another.

17. north west east south Long Street School Road fire station school police station James Street tree park home hospital pond north The school is north of the park. store

18. north west east south Long Street School Road fire station school police station James Street tree park home hospital pond north The pond is east of the hospital. east store

19. north west east south Long Street School Road fire station school police station James Street tree park home hospital pond How would you get home if you were leaving school? store

20. north west east south Long Street School Road fire station school police station James Street tree park home hospital pond You are here X. store X

21. north west east south Long Street School Road fire station school police station James Street tree park home hospital pond First walk south on School Road. store X

22. north west east south Long Street School Road fire station school police station James Street tree park home hospital pond Next walk west on James Street. store X

23. north west east south Long Street School Road fire station school police station James Street tree park home hospital pond Last cross James Street going south. store X

24. Long Street School Road fire station school police station James Street tree park home hospital pond Can you draw a map of your neighborhood? store