Lesson Plan: Objects on a Grid
This lesson plan includes the objectives, prerequisites, and exclusions of the lesson teaching students how to describe the locations of points on a grid.
Objectives
Students will be able to
- describe the positions of points on a square grid,
- use the terms up and right to describe how to get to a given point,
- count how many units right and up are needed to reach a given point,
- describe, with symbols, the location of objects in a square grid.
Prerequisites
Students should already be familiar with
- positional terms such as up and right.
Exclusions
Students will not cover
- writing coordinates of points,
- naming the - and .