Summer Travel and Maps

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Welcome to our In the Know topic for July, Summer Travel and Maps. You may wish to take a look at other grade spans and recommend articles to students that are below or above their grade’s reading level.

Grades K-1  explore the uses of maps. A Spanish translation can be found here.

Grades 2-3 investigate how GPS works. A Spanish translation to the article may be found here.

Grades 4-5 examine travel in the summer of 2021.  A Spanish translation to the article may be found here.

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