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Key Phrase: Max says, “Look! Here’s a map!”

[Freeze frame showing map and table.]

Allow students to view the map on screen and list everything they can about the map displayed, as you distribute the activity sheet, “Right Here in Our City!” (.pdf format)
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Possible responses?

• The map shows New York City streets superimposed with a coordinate grid.
• The grid helps you to find a specific location.
• The horizontal axis is labeled x and the vertical axis is labeled y.

Use the map to find locations by examining how you would locate the point (2,3).

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