Grade 4 - Shape and Space (Transformations)
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Prescribed Learning Outcomes
Suggested Instructional Strategies
Suggested Assessment Strategies
Recommended Learning Resources
PRESCRIBED LEARNING OUTCOMES
It is expected that students will use numbers and directional words to describe the relative positions of objects in two dimensions, using real-world contexts.
It is expected that students will:
- communicate and apply terms of directions to maps (north, south, east, and west)
- place an object on a grid using columns
and rows
- describe the position of an object on a grid using columns and rows
- trace a path on a grid or map, using oral
or written instructions (and vice versa)
- create and verify symmetrical two-
dimensional shapes by drawing lines of symmetry
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SUGGESTED INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES
To develop their spatial sense, students need many experiences that focus on geometric relationships, directionality, orientation, and perspective. The application of ordinal concepts to maps and models link hands-on classroom experiences with objects and events in the real world. By doing problems that involve precise language, students will be able to practise and apply their understanding of position.
- Have students use compasses to make sketch maps of the schoolyard, their route to school, or part of their community.
- Have students play games like Battleship to gain experience with coordinate grids.
- Have students fold paper, cut out a shape of their own choice along the fold, and then unfold the paper. Have students work in groups to record the shapes made. Challenge students to create unfolded cutouts that match given geometric shapes.
SUGGESTED ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES
To develop their understanding of objects and their position and movement in space, have students actively move themselves or the objects. While students are engaged in these activities, assess their progress by observing and communicating with them on an ongoing basis.
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- Have students make up direction cards or a mini-orienteering course. Examine their work for accuracy, scale, and complexity.
- Have students identify and verify lines of symmetry in a given set of quadrilaterals. Have students work in groups to record and present their data. Look for multiple lines of symmetry. Can students find them all? Which students persevere? Which students give up or partially complete the activity?
RECOMMENDED LEARNING RESOURCES
Print Materials
- Interactions 4-6
- Polyhedraville
- The Problem Solver 4: Activities for Learning Problem-Solving Strategies
- Problem Solving with Pentominoes
- The Puzzling World of Tangrams and Pentominoes
- Quest 2000: Exploring Mathematics Grade 4
- The Show & Tell GeoBoard Collection
Video
- Mathematics: What Are You Teaching My Child?
Software
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