Jingle Bell Coordinates: A Christmas Adventure

Jingle Bell Coordinates: A Christmas Adventure

Learning Objective

Understand how to use coordinates to locate objects on a grid.

What do you already know about using coordinates?

What are Coordinates?

Coordinates are a set of values that show the exact position of a point on a grid. They consist of an x-coordinate and a y-coordinate.

The Christmas Grid

We will use a Christmas-themed grid to practise using coordinates to locate festive objects.

Locating Santa's Presents

We will practise locating Santa's presents on the grid using coordinates such as (2, 3) and (-1, 4).

Mapping Rudolph's Route

We will map Rudolph's route through the Christmas village using coordinates to plot each location he visits.

Decorating the Christmas Tree

Students will decorate a Christmas tree on the grid by placing ornaments at specific coordinates.

Santa's Sleigh Adventure

We will create a path for Santa's sleigh to follow by connecting coordinates and drawing the route on the grid.

Christmas Coordinates Challenge

Students will solve a set of coordinate challenges related to Christmas-themed objects and characters.

Write down 3 things you learned in this lesson.

Have students enter three things they learned in this lesson. With this they can indicate their own learning efficiency of this lesson.

Write down 2 things you want to know more about.

Here, students enter two things they would like to know more about. This not only increases involvement, but also gives them more ownership.

Ask 1 question about something you haven't quite understood yet.

The students indicate here (in question form) with which part of the material they still have difficulty. For the teacher, this not only provides insight into the extent to which the students understand/master the material, but also a good starting point for the next lesson.