standard_description: 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).
problem_activity: Stage 6: Shapes on the Coordinate Grid
Required Preparation
Materials to Copy
Blackline Masters
Can You Draw It Stage 6 Recording Sheet
Explore the Coordinate Grid Cards

Narrative
Partner A picks a card and describes it to their partner. Partner B earns two points if their rectangle matches the one Partner A described exactly and one point if it doesn’t match exactly, but matches the clue given.


aligns: no