Battleship Coordinate Plane – Math Game

Coordinate-plane plotting is practiced through a two-player Battleship-style game using ordered (x,y) pairs.
Grades
Grades 5–6
File type
PDF
Preparation
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Updated Oct 06, 2023

Subject
Graphing, Geometry, Math
Topic
Battleship, Coordinate Grid
Resource types
Games
Preparation
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Ontario expectations
E1.2 — Ontario grade 4 mathematics e1.2

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About this resource

Partners place a five-ship fleet on the My Ships grid, record ordered pairs, and call coordinates to locate the other fleet. The printable page also has an Enemy Ships grid. Use the x-axis-first reminder to review coordinate order. Print the reminder on the back if helpful, and keep each player’s ship locations hidden.

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Plot and record ordered pairs on a coordinate grid in (x, y) order.

  • Use coordinate notation to communicate and locate positions during a two-player game.

Teaching tips

  • Pair students up and have each plot their fleet privately before starting the guessing rounds.

  • Reinforce the x-before-y convention called out on the sheet before students begin plotting.

  • Use the game as a review station after a coordinate-plane lesson rather than as the first introduction to the concept.

Skills covered

  • Coordinate-plane plotting — students place ships by marking ordered pairs on a grid.

  • Ordered-pair notation — students read and write coordinates in (x, y) form to call out guesses.

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Ontario curriculum

Ontario curriculum expectations

Ontario expectations

  • E1.2 — Ontario Grade 4 Mathematics E1.2: plot and read coordinates in the first quadrant of a Cartesian plane, and describe the translations that move a point from one coordinate to another.

Core concepts

  • Coordinate plane

  • Ordered pairs

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