A polygon is a 2D shape made up of three or more straight lines.

Move objects including polygons on a grid according to directions and mark the new position

Maths

In this unit pupils will give directions from one position to another on a grid and move objects including polygons on a grid according to directions, and mark the new position. They will describe and draw polygons specified by translations. In the future unit pupils will describe positions in all four quadrants drawing and translating simple shapes and reflecting them in the axes.

In the prior unit pupils rotated two lines around a fixed point to make different sized angles. They identified vertices. In this unit pupils will give directions from one position to another on a grid and move objects including polygons on a grid according to directions, and mark the new position. They will describe and draw polygons specified by translations.

Coordinates

Sofia gives directions to translate polygon A to B. She says, ‘Translate A 3 squares down’.  Is she correct?

Jacob gives directions to translate polygon A to B. He says, ‘Translate A 6 squares down.’ Is he correct?

Jacob gives directions to translate polygon A to B. He says, ‘3 places right, 4 down.’ Is he correct?

Complete the sentence to describe the translation from A to B. 
{{  }} squares right.

Which of these correctly describes the translation from A to B?

Sofia translated the polygon from A to B. What directions will translate the polygon back to its original position? 

True or false? A polygon is a 2D shape made up of three or more straight lines.

Which of these is the correct instruction to move the unicorn to the star?

Right 1 square, down 1 square, right 1 square

Give Dot directions to get to the apple without hitting the blue box.

Which of these statements describe the movement of the counter from A to B?

Jacob says that ‘A has moved 2 squares left and 2 squares up.’ Is he correct?

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Move objects including polygons on a grid according to directions and mark the new position

Lesson outcome

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.