Read an Article and a Map Together

Have students preview the graphic before reading the article. For each answer, ask whether it came from the text, the graphic or both.

Follow the Corps of Discovery from St. Louis to Fort Clatsop with an article and a route map. A map shows where the places in an article are, so reading both together makes a journey easier to follow. The directions on the page read: Read the article. Then use it and the map on page 2 to answer the questions. An answer key is included.

Yes, both. We made it for 6th Grade comprehension exercises, and the page works the same whether it lands on a kitchen table or a center rotation. At home, most families go through it together and talk the answers out loud, and that talking is where most of the learning happens with text and graphics. In class it runs well as independent work while you pull a small group. Print one copy or thirty, whichever the day needs.

A graphic can add facts the words leave out. The bar graph in Read an Article and a Bar Graph Together shows the 1970 and 1980 recycling rates, which the article skips.

It shows where each place is. In Read an Article and a Map Together, the route map makes it clear how far the Corps traveled up the Missouri River to Fort Mandan.

It shows the inside of something. Read an Article and a Diagram Together labels a volcano's magma chamber, main vent, side vent and layers of lava and ash.