Flips, Turns, and Slides: Adventures with Transformations Lesson Plan Information | Lesson Plan Activities | Printable version (including handouts) (PDF)

Standard: Use Math to Solve Problems and Communicate Outcomes Introduce students to the concepts of transformations and explore the attributes of reflections, translations and rotations in the real world and on a coordinate grid.

Classroom Information

GED Descriptors:      math Roles:      Family, Community Member Program Type(s)      ABE, GED, Family Literacy, Urban, Rural, Corrections NRS Learner levels (ABE/GED)       4, 5, 6 Time frame:       Four 45 minute classes Technology Integration Coordinate Grid Paper Coordinate Grid Paper Coordinate Grid Paper What Is Your Coordinate? Transformations Transformations Lesson Ideas

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Standard: Use Math to Solve Problems and Communicate

Component of Performance How activity addresses component Understand, interpret, and work with pictures, numbers, and symbolic information. Students work with symbolic information when they plot points and construct shapes on a coordinate grid. Apply knowledge of mathematical concepts and procedures to figure out how to answer a question, solve a problem, make a prediction, or carry out a task that has a mathematical dimension Students are required to problem solve to determine where the various points would be. In addition they must determine which transformation has occurred. Define and select data to be used in solving the problem Students must determine what coordinates to use when locating the new point. Determine the degree of precision required by the situation Students recognize that graphing must be precise. Solve problem using appropriate quantitative procedures and verify the results are reasonable Students visually determine if the shape is reasonable. Communicate results using a variety of mathematical representations, including graphs, charts, tables, and algebraic models Students are able to explain how they came up with their answers and recognize examples of transformations in their lives.

Purposeful, Transparent, Building Expertise

Purposeful and Transparent All activities relate to the students goal of understanding turns, flips and slides Contextual Students discuss where in their experience they have seen these relationships Building Expertise Lesson builds of previous student life experiences along with Eureka lesson, "Let's Plot Points."

Lesson Designer Paula Mullet OLRC Math Consultant prmullet@att.net

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