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Day 82 · What does a map symbol stand for?Foundation HASS · T2 W17–18 · Day 82 lesson

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Foundation / Hass / Term 2 / Weeks 17 18

Part of the full two-week lesson sequence. Check the pack guide and taught point before teaching.

Open for this lesson: Pack guide · Sources and materials · Worked swaps · Fresh learner checks · Aids and text routes.

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Teacher copy: This page may include teaching prompts or answer keys. Answer keys in this public library can be viewed by anyone. Give learners a clean prompt, use checks as formative evidence, and change a case locally when prior access matters.

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Target/codes: Use source A’s simple legend to link a pictorial symbol to a feature in a fictional shared place; AC9HSFS02 and AC9HSFS04 partial, AC9HSFK03 fictional concept rehearsal only.

  1. Settle/purpose · 3 min. Name the invented source and the question; no personal disclosure or actual-place claim is needed.

  2. Read source · 4 min. Read A’s labels: arch gate, triangle shade roof, rectangle bench, two round planters and curved walkway. Show how each large outline appears on the map.

  3. Model inquiry · 5 min. On key mat E, match two feature cutouts or raised shapes to their map symbols, preserving the two separate round planter positions.

  4. Child response · 7 min. Child places or directs three symbol-feature matches and names a place question the key helps answer.

  5. Check/respond · 4 min. Ask whether the key says why a place matters. It names features, not a person’s reason. Record any uncertain symbol.

  6. Exit · 2 min. Keep one mapping to use with Mira’s note next lesson.

Next move: If a symbol is guessed by colour, show the outline and label again. See learner routes and worked swaps.