Position and Direction - Describe Movement - Starter

The educational resource outlines a series of mathematical exercises aimed at Year 4 students during the Summer Term's 11th week. These exercises are designed to enhance students' fluency in mathematics through a variety of tasks including division, translation of shapes on a coordinate grid, and understanding place value. For instance, students are challenged to divide 336 by half of 24, and to simplify 56 divided by 8. Additionally, they are tasked with recording the coordinates of points before and after translation, specifically moving them 6 units to the right and 4 units up on a grid. The lesson also involves multiplication with the number 9, and understanding the effect of dividing by 10 on the position of digits within a number.

Further exercises include translating points on a coordinate plane, with descriptions such as "3 right and 5 down" or "4 left and 1 up", to help students grasp the concept of position and direction. The resource also prompts learners to calculate the sum of a sequence of numbers by systematically adding 100s and 10s. Additionally, students are encouraged to express numbers both numerically and in words, reinforcing their comprehension of place value and number representation. For example, they are shown how the numeral 336 corresponds to the written phrase "three hundred and thirty-six". These activities are designed to build foundational skills in mathematics, preparing students for more complex concepts in the future.