Visiting the fun fair

Visiting the fun fair

Pencil and paper
Overview
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This task is about following co-ordinates on a grid.
Practical Task
Listen to the story about Jack and Henry’s visit to the Fun Fair attractions.  Find each co-ordinate that is mentioned in the story. 
Use a ruler to join the co-ordinates of each attraction in the order that Jack and Henry visited them.
 
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grid with co-ordinates of the activities at the fun fair
Task administration: 
This task can be completed with pencil and paper and a ruler.
 
Equipment
One worksheet per student; ruler; pencil.
 
This assessment activity can be carried out with one student at a time or with a class/group working independently.
 
Explain to the students that you will read them a story. In the story will be co-ordinates that they will need to plot and to join using a ruled line.
 
The teacher reads aloud the story below.
 
Jack got up early on Saturday to catch the bus to the Fun Fair.  He got off the bus at (1,3) and went straight to (6,3).
Once he had bought all his tickets, he decided that he had enough time to get some (5,9) and then (11,5) before he met his friend, Henry, at (9,1).
Jack and Henry were very nervous about the (14,1), but really did enjoy the ride.
The boys ran to (12,9) so that they could get a bird's eye view of the whole Fun Fair. They quickly followed this with a ride at (14,7) and then had some (6,8) and (9,9).
After a rest the boys tried the (13,3) and then had lots of laughs at the (12,11).
At lunchtime Jack and Henry had a (5,11). The boys had a final turn at (9,1) before they left the fun fair at (7,0).
Level:
3
Curriculum info: 
Maths, Number and Algebra, Patterns and relationships
Keywords: 
co-ordinates, plotting co-ordinates
Description of task: 
As students listen to the teacher read the story of Jack's visit to the Fun Fair, they plot the co-ordinates on their grid to show Jack's movement around the Fun Fair.
Answers/responses: 
fun-fair-grid-answers.png