Plot More Points
10 min
Narrative
The purpose of this Warm-up is for students to think about points on the axes. In previous lessons, students plotted points with non-zero coordinates. Thinking about the points with zero prepares them for plotting points on the horizontal and vertical axes which they will do in this lesson.
Launch
- Groups of 2
- Display the image.
- “What do you notice? What do you wonder?”
- 1 minute: quiet think time
Teacher Instructions
- “Discuss your thinking with your partner.”
- 1 minute: partner discussion
- Share and record responses.
Student Task
What do you notice? What do you wonder?
Sample Response
Students may notice:
- There is a point on the zero.
- There are no other points.
- It looks like the same coordinate grid we have been using in the other lessons.
- What are the coordinates of the point?
- Is the point on the horizontal axis or the vertical axis?
- Is there just one coordinate for that point?
Activity Synthesis (Teacher Notes)
- “How can we describe the location of the point?” (It is at the bottom left of the grid.)
- “The coordinates of this point are (0,0). What would be the coordinates of the point if we moved it up 2 units?” (0, 2)
Standards
Building Toward
- 5.G.1·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).
- 5.G.A.1·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.,<span class="math">\(x\)</span>-axis and <span class="math">\(x\)</span>-coordinate, <span class="math">\(y\)</span>-axis and <span class="math">\(y\)</span>-coordinate).
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Plot More Points
10 min
Narrative
The purpose of this Warm-up is for students to think about points on the axes. In previous lessons, students plotted points with non-zero coordinates. Thinking about the points with zero prepares them for plotting points on the horizontal and vertical axes which they will do in this lesson.
Launch
- Groups of 2
- Display the image.
- “What do you notice? What do you wonder?”
- 1 minute: quiet think time
Teacher Instructions
- “Discuss your thinking with your partner.”
- 1 minute: partner discussion
- Share and record responses.
Student Task
What do you notice? What do you wonder?
Sample Response
Students may notice:
- There is a point on the zero.
- There are no other points.
- It looks like the same coordinate grid we have been using in the other lessons.
- What are the coordinates of the point?
- Is the point on the horizontal axis or the vertical axis?
- Is there just one coordinate for that point?
Activity Synthesis (Teacher Notes)
- “How can we describe the location of the point?” (It is at the bottom left of the grid.)
- “The coordinates of this point are (0,0). What would be the coordinates of the point if we moved it up 2 units?” (0, 2)
Standards
Building Toward
- 5.G.1·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).
- 5.G.A.1·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.,<span class="math">\(x\)</span>-axis and <span class="math">\(x\)</span>-coordinate, <span class="math">\(y\)</span>-axis and <span class="math">\(y\)</span>-coordinate).