X and y mark the spot. Young scholars watch as a video instructor describes the process of plotting ordered pairs on a coordinate plane. Beginning with an overview of the vocabulary, the video demonstrates how to find the location of points in all quadrants and on the axes. 

Concepts

coordinate plane, ordered pairs, coordinate pair, graphing points, quadrants

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Post the video on a class website for pupils to use as review
• Pair with additional videos on the same topic from the same publisher

Classroom Considerations

• Instruction begins with the basics of graphing on a coordinate plane

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Uses color to emphasize important information
• Includes instruction on using a graphing calculator to plot points

Cons

• None

Common Core

SL.6.2 SL.7.2 SL.8.2 SL.9-10.2 SL.11-12.2 RST.6-8.7 RST.9-10.7 RST.11-12.7