Coordinate Transformations
Identify properties of translations, rotations, and reflections; describe and perform these transformations on given figures, and understand that the image is congruent to the original
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Coordinate Transformations means practising the idea at the table with counters or paper models and one clear check. We will demo once, then your child tries.
Materials: Paper shapes or a ruler and pencil; Shape or angle name cards. 1. Say the goal of Coordinate Transformations in plain words once. 2. Adult traces or shows one shape/angle and names a key property. 3. Child measures or classifies three shapes/angles and names a property each time. 4. Fresh check: one fresh property name. Record and stop. Done: three correct property names with a sketch or measure. Proof: parent note of examples and results. Stop: End after the fresh check; keep optional challenge for another day.
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Check understanding
- Reflect a shape in a given mirror line (including diagonal lines) and state the coordinates of the image
- Rotate a shape about a given centre by 90° or 180° and describe the result
- Translate a shape by a given vector and verify that lengths and angles are preserved
“If your child is asked to rotate a triangle 90° clockwise around a fixed point, can they work out where each corner ends up — and confirm the triangle is still the same size and shape?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Procedural
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Domain
- Geometry
- Age range
- Ages 11–14
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