Grade/Subject: Six/Math

Lesson Duration: 50 min

Date: November 16, 2016

Unit: Shapes and Space

OUTCOMES FROM ALBERTA PROGRAM OF STUDIES

General Learning Outcomes:
Grade 6 Shape and Space: Describe and analyze position and motion of objects and
shapes.
Specific Learning Outcomes:
6.8 Identify and plot points in the first quadrant of a Cartesian plane, using whole
number ordered pairs.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Students will:
1. Demonstrate knowledge of Cartesian coordinates and how to plot them
2. Demonstrate knowledge plotting polygons using Cartesian coordinates
ASSESSMENTS
Observations:
Key Questions:
I will observe students
How do you plot Cartesian Coordinate
understanding of plotting points
points? (L.O. #1)
using Cartesian coordinates by
How can we draw polygons using
assessing their effectiveness on the
Cartesian coordinates? (L.O. #2)
worksheet
LEARNING RESOURCES CONSULTED
Resource #1:
MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT
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Whiteboard & Projector

Procedure

Introduction (4 min):
Hook/Attention Grabber: Show students 2D parametric curves and 3D Torus-Knot. Ask
the students how they would communicate to create this shape to someone? Explain
how math can be used to communicate this and how it transcends language.
Assessment of prior knowledge: Ask students if they have seen grids before, which way
the x-axis runs and which way the y-axis generally runs.
Expectations for learning and Behavior: Tell students that Mr. Baker is being kind
enough to let me teach his lesson so we are going to show him how awesome you can
behave, right?
Advance Organizer / Agenda: PowerPoint (Complete), bring up models of Torus-Knot in
grapher.

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Grade/Subject: Six/Math
Lesson Duration: 50 min
Date: November 16, 2016

Unit: Shapes and Space

Body (27 min):

Key Questions: How do you plot Cartesian Coordinate points? (L.O. #1)
(12 min) Learning Activity #1: Explaining the Cartesian plane.
Discuss that the students have seen the Cartesian plan before.
- Ask the students what is different about this one? (Answer: Numbers)
Ask students about their alphabet and what comes first x or y?
- Explain to them that what reading coordinates it is the same way there are xcoordinates which come first and then there is y-coordinates second. (x,y)
Show students (0,0) and that it is also called the origin (Ask if anyone knows that
before telling them)
Show students how to plot on a grid, be sure to show them x-coordinate first
coordinate starting at (0,0) and counting out on the x-axis while marking it with a
marker ie. (3,0) and marking straight up with a line. Then show y-coordinate by
starting at (0,0) and counting up 4 spaces to (0,4) then draw horizontal line
across. Discuss how the two intersecting lines are our point. (3,4) label on grid
-Do three more examples one being in the negative:
-(2,6), (5,0), and (-4,-2)
Next have students come up and plot first four points with different colours on the
grid:
-(4,6), (0,-1), (-4, 2), (2,5), (-4, 6), (4,2), and (-2,5) Plot remaining three (label
all on grid)
-Connect pictures to make cat face
Assessments/Differentiation: Assessing students placing their points in the correct
location when I call them up to the board.
Key Questions: How can we draw polygons using Cartesian coordinates? (L.O. #2)
Start with a triangle, have the students help you plot a triangle using the same
practices we discussed.
- (2,2), (4,4), (5, 1) What type of triangle is this? Isosceles
Draw random shape with four points, ask students where they want me to put the
coordinates connect dots to make polygon
(15 min) Learning Activity #2: Task: Draw 6 different polygons on your Cartesian
plane. For each Plot each vertices with the X, Y coordinates.
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Date: November 16, 2016
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Closure (0 min)

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Unit: Shapes and Space