Book Summary
In Mapping the Woods: Maps and Cartography, readers are introduced to a variety of maps including physical, political, and data maps. Samples of each type of map, as well as explanations about scale, keys, landmarks, and symbols, are provided. 

About the Lesson 

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Ask and Answer questions

Objectives

• Identify main idea and supporting details
• Read a map
• Identify commas in a series
• Recognize and use content vocabulary

Materials

• Book — Mapping the Woods: Maps and Cartography (copy for each student)
• Chalkboard or dry erase board
• Game pieces for vocabulary game
• Comprehension — Main Idea, Content Vocabulary worksheets

    Indicates an opportunity to use the book interactively (All activities may be completed with paper and pencil if books are not consumable.)

Vocabulary

• Content words: cartographers, compass rose, elevation, key, landmarks, pictorial map, relief maps, scale, statistics, surveying, topographic