Position / Transformation

Curriculum details

Strand

Geometry and Measurement (Strand 3)

Sub-strand

Position / Transformation (3.2)

Content standard

B4.3.2.1 - Describe the position of objects in space using the cardinal points

Indicator

B4.3.2.1.1 - Tell the position and motion of objects in space using the cardinal points north, south, east and west

Suggested placement

Term 3, Week 3 (Week 27 of the year)

Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.

Source document note

The official curriculum document has a fault in this entry, so the curriculum text above is transcribed exactly as printed:

• exemplars - p.38

Curriculum reference

Mathematics Curriculum for Primary Schools (Basic 4-6), 2019, p. 38

Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

E.g. 1. Put pupils in convenient groups a give each group with a worksheet on graph with different labelled coordinates; some with axes labelled and other not etc. Pupils discuss their worksheets in their groups, then with whole class, describing coordinates, axes and pointing out errors on graphs if any
E.g. 2. Pupils describe the position and motion of objects: e.g. The point P is to the west of point T but to the north of the A
E.g. 3. Ask learners to locate the coordinates (i.e. ordered pairs of the location) of the Points; e.g. B is (2,- 3) and T is (2,2)

 Printed p.46 reprints this whole row - the same content standard text, the same indicator text and the same three exemplars - under a second heading also numbered "Sub-strand 3", and codes it B4.3.3.1 / B4.3.3.1.1, which collides with the perimeter standard on printed p.39. It is transcribed once, from p.38, where the code B4.3.2.1.1 agrees with the Sub-strand 2 heading above it.