Lesson 3

Ubiquemos más puntos

Warm-up: Observa y pregúntate: Puntos con cero (10 minutes)

Narrative

The purpose of this warm-up is for students to think about points on the axes. In previous lessons they have plotted points with non-zero coordinates. Thinking about the points with zero prepares them for plotting points on the horizontal and vertical axes which they will do in this lesson. 

Launch

  • Groups of 2
  • Display the image.
  • “¿Qué observan? ¿Qué se preguntan?” // “What do you notice? What do you wonder?”
  • 1 minute: quiet think time

Activity

  • “Discutan con su compañero lo que pensaron” // “Discuss your thinking with your partner.”
  • 1 minute: partner discussion
  • Share and record responses. 

Student Facing

¿Qué observas? ¿Qué te preguntas?

Coordinate grid. horizontal and vertical axis, 0 to 10. 

Student Response

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Activity Synthesis

  • “¿Cómo podemos describir la ubicación del punto?” // “How can we describe the location of the point?” (It is at the bottom left of the grid.)
  • “Las coordenadas de este punto son \((0, 0)\). ¿Cuáles serían las coordenadas del punto si lo moviéramos 2 unidades hacia arriba?” // “The coordinates of this point are \((0, 0)\). What would be the coordinates of the point if we moved it up 2 units?” (0, 2)

Activity 1: ¿Cuál es el punto? (20 minutes)

Narrative

The purpose of this activity is for students to plot several points with the same vertical or horizontal coordinate and observe that they lie on a horizontal or vertical line respectively (MP7). Students also plot points on the axes for the first time. Before plotting the points on a grid with gridlines, students first estimate the location of the points. This encourages them to think about the coordinates as distances (from the vertical axis for the first coordinate and from the horizontal axis for the second coordinate).

MLR8 Discussion Supports. Display sentence frames to support partner discussion: “Primero, yo _____ porque . . .” // “First, I _____ because . . .” and “Observé _____, entonces yo . . .” // “I noticed _____ so I . . . .”
Advances: Conversing, Representing
Action and Expression: Internalize Executive Functions. Invite students to verbalize their strategy for estimating and plotting points before they begin. Students can speak quietly to themselves, or share with a partner.
Supports accessibility for: Organization, Conceptual Processing, Language

Launch

  • Groups of 2
  • “Ustedes y su compañero van a completar cada uno un grupo distinto de 4 problemas. Cuando terminen, discutan su trabajo con su compañero” // “You and your partner will each complete a different set of 4 problems independently. After you’re done, discuss your work with your partner.”

Activity

  • 5–7 minutes: independent work time
  • 5 minutes: partner discussion
  • Monitor for students who:
    • use the halfway point on each axis as a benchmark for the coordinate grid without gridlines
    • start at zero and count spaces along each axis for the marked coordinate grid with gridlines
    • recognize the points should be aligned because they share a common horizontal or vertical coordinate

Student Facing

Compañero A

  1. Estima la ubicación de cada punto.

    Punto Coordenadas
    \(A\) \((5,1)\)
    \(B\) \((5,2)\)
    \(C\) \((5,3)\)
    \(D\) \((5,4)\)
    Horizontal and vertical axis, each 0 to 10. 
  2. Ubica y marca los puntos en la cuadrícula de coordenadas.

    Coordinate grid. horizontal and vertical axis, 0 to 10, by 1's. 
  3. ¿Qué tienen los puntos en común?
  4. Ubica el punto de coordenadas \((5,0)\) en la cuadrícula de coordenadas.

Compañero B

  1. Estima la ubicación de cada punto.

    Punto Coordenadas
    \(A\) \((4,3)\)
    \(B\) \((5,3)\)
    \(C\) \((6,3)\)
    \(D\) \((7,3)\)
    Horizontal and vertical axis, each 0 to 10. 
  2. Ubica y marca los puntos en la cuadrícula de coordenadas.

    Coordinate grid. horizontal and vertical axis, 0 to 10, by 1's. 
  3. ¿Qué tienen los puntos en común?
  4. Ubica el punto de coordenadas \((0, 3)\) en la cuadrícula de coordenadas.

Student Response

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Advancing Student Thinking

If students do not reasonably estimate a location for a point on the blank grid, point to the location half way between 0 and 5 on the horizontal axis and ask, “¿Qué número podría ir aquí?” // “What number might go here?”

Activity Synthesis

  • Ask previously identified students to share their thinking.
  • “¿Qué podemos decir sobre un conjunto de puntos cuando ellos tienen la misma primera coordenada?” // “What can we say about a set of points when they share the same first coordinate?” (They will be on the same vertical line.)
  • Display image from student solution showing points with first coordinate 5.
  • “¿Cómo supieron dónde ubicar el punto que tenía coordenadas \((5,0)\)?” // “How did you know where to put the point with coordinates \((5,0)\)?” (I put it on the horizontal axis. I went over 5 but did not go up at all.)
  • “¿Qué ocurre cuando los puntos de un conjunto tienen la misma segunda coordenada?” // “What happens when a set of points share the same second coordinate?” (They will be on the same horizontal line.)
  • Display image from student solution showing points with second coordinate 3.
  • “¿Qué nos dice el cero que aparece en (0,3)?” // “What does the zero in (0,3) tell us?” (It means the point will be on line zero of the horizontal axis, which is the vertical axis.)
  • \((0, 0)\) es un punto importante porque es donde empezamos cuando ubicamos un punto en la cuadrícula de coordenadas. Encuentren \((0, 0)\) en la cuadrícula con la que han estado trabajando” // \((0, 0)\) is an important point because it's where we start when we plot a point on the coordinate grid. Find \((0, 0)\) on the grid you have been working with.”

Activity 2: Ubiquemos puntos sin una cuadrícula (15 minutes)

Narrative

In the previous activity, students noticed that points with the same vertical coordinate lie on a horizontal line and points with the same horizontal coordinate lie on a vertical line. The purpose of this activity is to reinforce this idea by asking students to plot points on a blank coordinate grid given a single point. Using this point, they can plot other points with the same horizontal or vertical coordinate. Some students may keep one coordinate the same and double or halve the other as is shown in the student solution. Other students may label points on the axes. The given point, for example, allows students to identify \((4,0)\) and \((0,2)\). An advantage to working with points on the axes is that these are essentially number lines with which students have been working for several years. The synthesis highlights the special nature of the points \((1,0)\) and \((0,1)\). All of the points where the gridlines meet can be measured off exactly after \((1,0)\) and \((0,1)\) are plotted. 

Launch

  •  Groups of 2

Activity

  • 3–5 minutes: independent work time
  • 5 minutes: partner discussion

Student Facing

  1. Hay un punto que está marcado en el plano de coordenadas. Ubica y marca otros puntos. Explica o muestra cómo razonaste.

    Coordinate grid. horizontal and vertical axis, 0 to 10. Point plotted. Labeled, open parentheses, 4, comma, 2, close parentheses. 
  2. ¿Puedes ubicar \((1,0)\)\((0,1)\) con precisión? Explica o muestra cómo razonaste.

Student Response

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Advancing Student Thinking

If students need support getting started with the task, ask, “El punto que está marcado es \((4,2)\). ¿Qué sabes sobre él?” // “What do you know about the point \((4,2)\) that is plotted?”

Activity Synthesis

  • Invite students to share the points that they plotted and their reasoning.
  • Plot the points as they discuss their reasoning.
  • “¿Cómo ubicaron \((1,0)\)?” // “How did you plot \((1,0)\)?” (I know where \((2,0)\) is on the vertical axis because it has the same horizontal coordinate as \((2,4)\). Then I just halved the distance to the vertical axis and that's \((1,0)\).)
  • “Si ya saben dónde está \((1,0)\), ¿qué otros puntos pueden ubicar en el eje vertical?” // “Once you know where \((1,0)\) is, what other points can you locate on the vertical axis?” ((2,0), (3,0), (4,0),... I can just keep marking off that distance like I do when I am on a number line.)

Lesson Synthesis

Lesson Synthesis

“Hoy ubicamos puntos que están en la misma línea horizontal o vertical, incluidos los ejes horizontal y vertical” // “Today we plotted points that lie on the same horizontal or vertical line, including the horizontal and vertical axes.”

Display the first image from student A solution in first activity.

“¿Estos puntos tienen la misma coordenada horizontal o coordenada vertical? ¿Cómo lo saben?” // “Do these points have the same horizontal coordinate or vertical coordinate? How do you know?” (They all sit over the same place on the horizontal axis. That tells you the horizontal coordinate and it’s the same for all of the points.)

“¿La coordenada vertical de alguno de estos puntos es 0? ¿Cómo lo saben?” // “Do any of the points have vertical coordinate 0? How do you know?” (No, if the vertical coordinate were 0, the points would be on the horizontal axis.)

“En la próxima sección, vamos a explorar rectángulos y otros cuadriláteros. En algunos casos los vamos a ubicar en la cuadrícula de coordenadas” // “In the next section, we will be exploring rectangles and other quadrilaterals and sometimes we’ll put them on the coordinate grid.”

Cool-down: Ubica coordenadas (5 minutes)

Cool-Down

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Student Section Summary

Student Facing

En esta sección, ubicamos y describimos puntos en la cuadrícula de coordenadas.

Coordinate grid. horizontal and vertical axis, 0 to 10. 2 points plotted. Labeled Q and P. 

El punto \(P\) está a 4 unidades del eje vertical y a 2 unidades del eje horizontal. Sus coordenadas son \((4, 2)\). El punto \(Q\) está a 0 unidades del eje vertical porque está en el eje vertical. Está a 7 unidades del eje horizontal. Sus coordenadas son \((0, 7)\).

La primera coordenada de un punto nos dice su posición horizontal y la segunda coordenada nos dice su posición vertical.