Coordinate Plane

Big Ideas

Geometric relationships can be described, analyzed, and classified based on spatial reasoning and/or visualization.

Essential Questions

How are spatial relationships, including shape and dimension, used to draw, construct, model, and represent real situations or solve problems?

How can geometric properties and theorems be used to describe, model, and analyze situations?


Watch and learn with the Coordinate Plane and Ordered Pairs Song- 1st Quadrant by Math Songs by NUMBEROCK.



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Mystery Graph Pictures can be used to teach coordinate grids and ordered pairs.

Students plot the points on the graph paper and connect the lines to make a picture.

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Here is another opportunity to show your graphing abilities!

Make a Math-Literacy Connection

Use the book Holes by Louis Sachar to tie in the concept of coordinate plane.

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