Plan a Map With Every Part is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on planning a map with title, compass rose, legend, scale and grid, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D2.Geo.1.3-5. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 21 of them with 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 13 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. 21 of these 25 sets ask different questions — this skill does not have 25 questions to give. The rest reorder them, so no two students have the same paper in front of them.
Plan a Map With Every Part
D2.Geo.1.3-5
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Plan each map in writing. Then draw it on the back if there is time.
1.Plan a map of a pretend island. Write its title, list symbols for mountains, rivers and towns in a legend, and describe where each is using directions.
A title
Legend symbols for mountains, rivers and towns
Directions such as northeast or south
A scale and a grid
2.Plan a map of a zoo. Write its title, list legend symbols for four animal areas, and say how far apart two areas are using your scale.
A title
Four legend symbols
A scale
A distance worked out from the scale
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Answer key — Plan a Map With Every Part
Set 13. Prints on its own sheet.
1.A title naming the island, legend symbols for mountains, rivers and towns, places described with cardinal or intermediate directions, and a scale and a grid.
2.A title naming the zoo, legend symbols for four animal areas, a scale, and a distance between two areas worked out from that scale.
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Geo.1.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.