Finding Coordinates on a Grid

Build confidence reading letter-and-number coordinates on a grid. A worked example leads into locating points and creating questions for others to answer.
Grades
Grades 4–5
Pages
2
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Updated Jan 07, 2023

Subject
Math, Geometry
Topic
Grid coordinates, Letter number grid
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Students will practice Finding Coordinates on a Grid with this 2-page printable.

On the first page, they will write the coordinates of the symbols that are already on the grid.

Then they will add their own symbols to the grid and write the coordinates of those symbols on the next page.

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Identify a point on a grid using a letter-number coordinate pair.

  • Locate a labeled object (a star) on a coordinate grid from a given worked example.

  • Add original objects in empty grid cells and write matching coordinate questions and answers.

Teaching tips

  • Use the worked example (star at D,4) to model coordinate notation before students attempt their own questions.

  • Have students swap papers after drawing their own objects so a partner answers each other's coordinate questions.

  • Reinforce that the column letter is read before the row number, since the worksheet's own answer format follows that order.

Skills covered

  • Coordinate grid reading — students locate a given object (a star) on a lettered/numbered grid and state its coordinate pair, e.g., (D,4).

  • Coordinate notation writing — students record location answers using the letter-then-number format modeled by the worked example.

  • Grid-based questioning — students add their own objects to the pictured grid and write original location questions for a peer to solve.

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In what order should students write their coordinate answers — letter first or number first?

Letter first, then number, matching the worked example's answer of (D,4) for the star.

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