Reading Comprehension Skills and Strategies - Level 7

Na m e : ___ _

Directions:

Date:

Your ability to read and follow directions carefully can be useful in many situations—

anything from solving a puzzle to saving your life. Practice with this puzzle.

What do you do many times every day of your life,

often without even realizing it? Follow directions! It’s

important to keep this skill sharp!

Dr. Digby found a map of an area where a secret T-Rex skeleton is supposedly buried. Dr. Digby is a
pretty good paleontologist, but he’s terrible at directions and worse at cracking codes. He’s hired
you to help him find the spot. Here’s how. The missing letter(s) in each place is one of the points on
a compass (n, s, e, w). First, fill in the missing letter(s). Then draw a straight line to the place that
is in the direction of the letter you filled in. When you are finished, write a message to Dr. Digby
telling him where to find the spot to dig for the T-Rex skeleton.

Gras__y Cl__aring

Fos__il Swamp

Iguanado__ Ridge Pteranodon ___aterfalls

Stegosaurus Vall__y

Comp__ognathus Cave

Jura__sic Meado__