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media type="custom" key="8317550" Hayes Hippies Grid Coordinates Assessment

My lesson and assessment will focus around the Colorado math standard which relates to shape, dimension, and geometric relationships. The state standard reads : Geometric figures are described by their attributes and specific location in the plane. The Douglas County School District progress report (our report card) reads this standard like this: Describes geometric figures using attributes/location on a coordinate grid. Along with this standard, DCSD has proficiency level descriptors. For students to attain a 3 by the end of the year, they must be able to name and locate points specified by ordered number pairs on a coordinate grid.

The relevance and application to teaching grid coordinates are:

The coordinate grid is a basic example of a system for mapping relative locations of objects. It  provides a basis for understanding latitude and longitude, GPS coordinates, and all kinds of  geographic maps. (www.dcsdk12.org)

__Goal: __

 The goal is to have all students attain a 3 on the DCSD progress report which will indicate a proficient level of understanding in the area of naming and locating points on a coordinate grid.

__Objective: __

The student will be able to read, identity and plot grid coordinates on a graph.

__Lesson Abstract: __

There are several lessons in the Everyday Math book on grid coordinates. This skill is not proficient with my whole class and this skill needs to be retaught but with a supplement of additional materials. The additional materials I will be using is a short move clip from Discovery Education. Lesson 9: Working with Coordinates [Video Segment]. Available from http://www.discoveryeducation.com/>

 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">After this clip is shown, students will practice problems along with the teacher. Using my document camera so the whole class can see, I will have a sheet showing multiple grids with plots already made and model how to find the coordinates pairs. I will have students have their own copy of the sheet as well. After practicing reading coordinates, we will then practice making plot points, I will have graph paper under the document camera and will model how to plot several points. I will have students come up and plot points as well.

__<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Assessment: __

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">After modeled practice, the students will receive a worksheet with new directions. The students will need to show their learning by completing the page independently. They would need to identify grid coordinates. The student would also need to be able to plot several coordinates on graph paper.

__<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Updated Technology Assessment Tool: __

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">A grid coordinate quiz would be made on www.thatquiz.com that the students would take. The quiz would have students plot and identify grid coordinates. Below is a screenshot of the quiz. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;"> · #|Fit