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Battle Ship Using Grid Paper Lesson PlanBattle Ship Using Grid Paper Lesson Plan
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Illustrative Mathematics
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4th - 6th
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Math
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Duration
45 mins
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Battle Ship Using Grid Paper

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You sank my battleship! The iconic cry of the time-honored game, Battleship will be heard in classrooms with this learning game that requires only grid paper, pencils, and an introductory knowledge of the first quadrant of the coordinate plane.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

coordinate plane, ordered pairs

Additional Tags

coordinate system, ordered pair, math

Pros

  • Practices plotting and naming points in the first quadrant of the coordinate plane
  • Collaborative learning game

Cons

  • None

Common Core

5.G.A.1 MP5

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