Suitable for Grades: 5th Grade
CCSS: 5.G.A.1, 5.G.A.2, 6.NS.C.6.C
CCSS Description: Use a pair of perpendicular number lines, called axes, to define a coordinate system, with the intersection of the lines (the origin) arranged to coincide with the 0 on each line and a given point in the plane located by using an ordered pair of numbers, called its coordinates. Understand that the first number indicates how far to travel from the origin in the direction of one axis, and the second number indicates how far to travel in the direction of the second axis, with the convention that the names of the two axes and the coordinates correspond (e.g., x-axis and x-coordinate, y-axis and y-coordinate).
CCSS Description: Represent real world and mathematical problems by graphing points in the first quadrant of the coordinate plane, and interpret coordinate values of points in the context of the situation.
Find and position integers and other rational numbers on a number line diagram; find and position pairs of numbers on a coordinate plane.
Students can practice reading and writing coordinates in all four quadrants with this code breaker worksheet, designed to stop learners mixing up the x and y coordinates.
All the letters of the alphabet are placed on a coordinate grid spanning from -10 to 10 in both the x and y direction. Firstly, students will write down the coordinates of given letters and find the letter that corresponds to a given coordinate pair.
In section B, learners will write down the coordinates of given letters to spell each word and then use the coordinates given to spell out the missing words.