Lesson Description:
"What's the Point 2?" is a fun lesson that requires students to graph points (ordered pairs) on the coordinate
plane in order to create a picture. The lesson includes four different graphing assignments and
answer keys, as well as a template to allow the students to create and graph their own pictures using ordered pairs.
Students really enjoy this lesson!
Math Content: Graphing Ordered Pairs (with posssible extension activities in finding the area and perimeter or irregular
geometric figures)
Time Required: 1 Class Period
"What's
the Point 2?" (Coordinate Graphing) includes:
- 4 "What's
the Point?" worksheets
- 4 "What's the Point?" worksheet Answer
Keys
- 1 "What's the Point?" Template to create
your own worksheets
- 2 "What's the Point?" Teacher Tips
pages
- 1 "What's the Point?" Cover Sheet
12 pages in all!
Materials
Needed: Rulers (to draw line segments when connecting plotted points)
Suggested Grade Level: 5th-8th
Teacher Testimonial: As they work through this more advanced version of "connect
the dots," the students enjoy trying to figure out what they are creating as they plot the ordered pairs in each quadrant.
This lesson provides great practice in plotting points, a skill that is essential for students to have mastered when they
graph equations and inequalities. It is also a terrific place to introduce mathematical vocabulary terms such as coordinate
plane, origin, ordered pair, x-coordinate, y-coordinate, x-axis, y-axis, and quadrant.
Enjoy your lesson!!
