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What’s Your Coordinate? Unit PlanWhat’s Your Coordinate? Unit Plan
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5th - 8th
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What’s Your Coordinate?

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Your middle schoolers will show what they know with their bodies when they become the coordinate plane in this conceptual development unit. Starting with the characteristics of the coordinate plane, learners develop their skills by acting out the graphing of points on the life-sized grid and then on paper.

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CCSS: Adaptable

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math

Instructional Ideas

  • Optional extension lesson incorporates programmable calculators and the graphing of points

Classroom Considerations

  • Prepare another room for the life-sized coordinate plane work ahead of time

Pros

  • Complete, conceptually developed unit
  • Learners are actively engaged in the learning and then translate the concepts to paper

Cons

  • None

Common Core

5.G.A.2 6.NS.C.8 MP5 MP7

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