Are You At Your Destination?

Show your students how coordinate planes can be useful in seeing the distance between various locations! Have them draw shapes on a coordinate plane and determine the location of corners.

Grade

Fifth Grade

Subject

Math

View aligned standards

5.G.A.1

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to plot points on a coordinate plane. Students will be able to identify the X and Y coordinates of a point that is plotted.

Introduction

(5minutes)

Ask students to give you directions to get to the shelf or another location using the wordsright, left, up,anddown. For example:Walk 2 steps up and 4 steps left.