Designs and Patterns on Grid

Primary (Age 6 – 9)

Curriculum Goal

Primary: Geometry and Spatial Sense

Identify and describe the location of an object, using a grid map, and reflect two-dimensional shapes.

Context

This game can be played as a whole class or in small groups.

Materials

Multiple square tiles in many different colours per player
One Game board per player (Appendix A)
- Teacher or Leader’s board can be created on an interactive white board
- Student’s game board will remain hidden from the view of the teacher/leader.

Lesson

Teacher calls out the coordinates on which square tiles should be placed (e.g. place a red tile on B3; place a blue tile on C1).
Students follow the instruction to place the correct tile in the correct coordinate.
Repeat this process until a colourful design has been made on the grid.
At the end, reveal the teacher reveals their game board and allows students to revise their shapes to match the teacher game board.
Change the roles and play the game again.

Look Fors

Can children follow the teacher/leader’s instructions?
What kind of spatial language do children use (e.g. up/down, left/right, under/over)

Extension

Once students are familiar with coordinates, Pentomino Battleship can be played.

Related Lessons

Students practice reading letter-number coordinates by playing a battleship game with a partner.

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