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What's the Point? Lesson PlanWhat's the Point? Lesson Plan
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Odell Education
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6th
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Duration
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What's the Point?

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Point your class in the right direction in plotting points with three activities that give scholars a chance to learn about and practice plotting points on a coordinate plane. They draw figures on the coordinate plane and list out the ordered pairs so others can reproduce the figure.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

coordinate plane, ordered pairs, plotting points

Additional Tags

math

Instructional Ideas

  • Play Battleship to introduce the concept

Classroom Considerations

  • Lesson suggests using Geoboards
  • Requires graph and chart paper

Pros

  • Lists some assessment strategies

Cons

  • Outdated standards alignment

Common Core

6.NS.C.6.c

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