Geometry and Spatial Sense, Grades 4 to 6 - EduGains

LEARNING CONNECTION 2
Coordinate Challenge
MATERIALS
• Loc6.BLM5: Coordinate Challenge (1 per student)
• Loc6.BLM1: Blank 10 × 10 Grid (1 per student)
• overhead transparency or chart-sized copy of Loc6.BLM1: Blank 10 × 10 Grid
Hand out Loc6BLM1: Blank 10 × 10 Grid (one per student). Ask students to plot the following
points: (1, 9) (5, 2) (5, 9) (1, 2). Ask the students to join the points and name the shape.
Have a volunteer place his or her answer on the overhead transparency of Loc6.BLM1: Blank
10 × 10 Grid, or on a large grid drawn on the board, and explain why it is correct.
Ask the students to find and record the perimeter and area of the shape on the grid. Ask for
a volunteer to record the perimeter of the shape on the overhead grid and explain why it is
correct. Ask for another volunteer to record the area of the shape on the overhead grid and
explain why it is correct. During the explanations allow time for discussion and clarification.
Distribute Loc6.BLM5: Coordinate Challenge (one per student). Review the instructions, and
have the students complete the challenge.
Have volunteers record their answers on an overhead transparency, and allow for discussions
of each answer.
Grade 6 Learning Activity: Location – Name My Shapes 21