Position and Direction - Four Quadrants - Worksheet

In the "Four Quadrants" worksheet, part of a lesson on Geometry Position and Direction, Year 6 students are tasked with enhancing their understanding of the full coordinate grid by working with all four quadrants. The National Curriculum objective is for students to describe positions on the complete grid, draw and translate simple shapes, and reflect them in the axes. The resources provided for this lesson include differentiated sheets and teaching slides, ensuring that all learners can engage with the material at their appropriate level.

The key vocabulary for this lesson includes terms such as 'first quadrant', 'position', 'coordinate', 'axis', 'vertices', 'x and y coordinates', and the concepts of 'positive' and 'negative'. Students are expected to read and plot coordinates, draw shapes from given coordinates, and become fluent in identifying the positive and negative parts of the axes. They will also learn how to calculate the length of a line segment using the coordinates of its endpoints. The worksheet poses questions that encourage students to consider the order in which axes are read and how to find negative coordinates. The activities are tiered for different levels of ability, from determining coordinates and drawing simple shapes, to handling more complex tasks with fewer labelled numbers on the axes.