Translating and reflecting shapes

PROCEDURAL

Mathematics›Geometry|Ages 10—11|ID: mt_lxaM6iVpdr

Draw and translate simple shapes on the coordinate plane; reflect shapes in the axes

Mastery Evidence

Translate a triangle 3 units right and 2 units down on a coordinate grid and state the new coordinates
Reflect a shape in the x-axis and list the coordinates of the reflected vertices
Explain how translation changes coordinates (add/subtract) while reflection changes the sign of one coordinate

Assessment Prompt

“If [child] draws a triangle at coordinates (1, 2), (3, 2), and (2, 4) on a grid, can they then reflect it across the x-axis and tell you the new coordinates of each corner?”

Prerequisites3

Transformations on a Grid
hardAges 9—10
Coordinates (age 10+)
hardAges 10—11
Transformations on a grid
hardAges 8—12

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Transformations on a Grid hard
Coordinate-plane translations/reflections extend Y5 informal transformations
- Lines of symmetry hard
  Completing symmetric figures supports understanding reflection
  - 2-D shapes (age 8+) hard
    Must identify lines of symmetry before completing symmetric figures
    - 2-D shapes (age 6+) hard
      Vertical line symmetry in Y2 is prerequisite to finding symmetry lines in multiple orientations
      - Angles in triangles (age 6+) soft
        Understanding defining attributes supports describing shape properties formally
        
        2-D shapes hard
        Distinguishing defining vs non-defining attributes requires knowing common 2-D shape names first
        
        3-D shapes (age 5+) hard
        Identifying defining attributes builds on informal analysis and comparison of shapes
        
        2-D shapes hard
        Analysing and comparing shapes requires being able to name them first
        
        3-D shapes hard
        Analysing 3-D shapes requires recognising and naming them
      - 2-D shapes hard
        Describing properties of 2-D shapes (sides, symmetry) requires knowing the shapes first
      - 3-D shapes (age 5+) hard
        Formal property description extends informal analysis of sides and vertices
        
        2-D shapes hard
        Analysing and comparing shapes requires being able to name them first
        
        3-D shapes hard
        Analysing 3-D shapes requires recognising and naming them
    - Transformations on a grid hard
      Identifying lines of symmetry requires the ability to draw and interpret reflection on a grid
  - Transformations on a grid hard
    Completing a symmetric figure requires performing a reflection on a grid accurately
- Coordinates (age 8+) hard
  Performing reflections and translations on a coordinate grid requires the ability to plot specified points
  - First Quadrant Coordinates hard
    Must read/understand coordinates before plotting points
    - Position, direction, and movement soft
      Position/direction vocabulary supports understanding coordinate grid
      - Positional Language hard
        Position/direction vocabulary with right angles extends basic positional language
      - Turns & Directions hard
        Right-angle turns (clockwise/anti-clockwise) build directly on whole/half/quarter turns from Year 1
        
        What Is a Half? soft
        Understanding half and quarter turns benefits from the concept of halves and quarters
        
        Division as equal sharing hard
        Finding a half requires equal sharing into 2 groups — a division concept
        
        Subtraction as taking away or separating hard
        Division as equal sharing/grouping requires understanding subtraction as taking away/separating
        
        How Many in Total? hard
        Understanding subtraction as taking away requires knowing numbers represent quantities (cardinality)
        
        One-to-one counting hard
        Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
        
        Positional Language hard
        Describing movement and turns builds on positional language
  - Understanding angles (age 8+) soft
    Shape classification supports completing polygons on grid
    - 2-D shapes (age 6+) hard
      Identifying 2D shape properties is prerequisite to classifying by shared attributes
      - Angles in triangles (age 6+) soft
        Understanding defining attributes supports describing shape properties formally
        
        2-D shapes hard
        Distinguishing defining vs non-defining attributes requires knowing common 2-D shape names first
        
        3-D shapes (age 5+) hard
        Identifying defining attributes builds on informal analysis and comparison of shapes
        
        2-D shapes hard
        Analysing and comparing shapes requires being able to name them first
        
        3-D shapes hard
        Analysing 3-D shapes requires recognising and naming them
      - 2-D shapes hard
        Describing properties of 2-D shapes (sides, symmetry) requires knowing the shapes first
      - 3-D shapes (age 5+) hard
        Formal property description extends informal analysis of sides and vertices
        
        2-D shapes hard
        Analysing and comparing shapes requires being able to name them first
        
        3-D shapes hard
        Analysing 3-D shapes requires recognising and naming them
    - Angles in triangles (age 7+) hard
      Recognising shapes by attributes is prerequisite to quadrilateral hierarchy classification
      - Angles in triangles (age 6+) hard
        Drawing shapes by attributes extends understanding defining vs non-defining attributes
        
        2-D shapes hard
        Distinguishing defining vs non-defining attributes requires knowing common 2-D shape names first
        
        3-D shapes (age 5+) hard
        Identifying defining attributes builds on informal analysis and comparison of shapes
        
        2-D shapes hard
        Analysing and comparing shapes requires being able to name them first
        
        3-D shapes hard
        Analysing 3-D shapes requires recognising and naming them
      - 2-D shapes (age 6+) hard
        Identifying pentagons, hexagons, quadrilaterals extends knowing 2-D shape properties
        
        Angles in triangles (age 6+) soft
        Understanding defining attributes supports describing shape properties formally
        
        2-D shapes hard
        Distinguishing defining vs non-defining attributes requires knowing common 2-D shape names first
        
        3-D shapes (age 5+) hard
        Identifying defining attributes builds on informal analysis and comparison of shapes
        
        2-D shapes hard
        Analysing and comparing shapes requires being able to name them first
        
        3-D shapes hard
        Analysing 3-D shapes requires recognising and naming them
        
        2-D shapes hard
        Describing properties of 2-D shapes (sides, symmetry) requires knowing the shapes first
        
        3-D shapes (age 5+) hard
        Formal property description extends informal analysis of sides and vertices
        
        2-D shapes hard
        Analysing and comparing shapes requires being able to name them first
        
        3-D shapes hard
        Analysing 3-D shapes requires recognising and naming them
- Transformations on a grid hard
  Describing and representing reflections and translations requires the grid-based transformation diagram
- Describing Movements hard
  Y4 translations on a grid is prerequisite to formal reflection and translation
  - First Quadrant Coordinates hard
    Must understand coordinates before describing translations between positions
    - Position, direction, and movement soft
      Position/direction vocabulary supports understanding coordinate grid
      - Positional Language hard
        Position/direction vocabulary with right angles extends basic positional language
      - Turns & Directions hard
        Right-angle turns (clockwise/anti-clockwise) build directly on whole/half/quarter turns from Year 1
        
        What Is a Half? soft
        Understanding half and quarter turns benefits from the concept of halves and quarters
        
        Division as equal sharing hard
        Finding a half requires equal sharing into 2 groups — a division concept
        
        Subtraction as taking away or separating hard
        Division as equal sharing/grouping requires understanding subtraction as taking away/separating
        
        How Many in Total? hard
        Understanding subtraction as taking away requires knowing numbers represent quantities (cardinality)
        
        One-to-one counting hard
        Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
        
        Positional Language hard
        Describing movement and turns builds on positional language
  - Transformations on a grid hard
    Describing translations on a grid requires the grid-based transformation diagram representation
Coordinates (age 10+) hard
Transformations on coordinate plane require four-quadrant coordinates
- Coordinates (age 8+) hard
  Working across the full coordinate grid requires first-quadrant plotting as a foundation
  - First Quadrant Coordinates hard
    Must read/understand coordinates before plotting points
    - Position, direction, and movement soft
      Position/direction vocabulary supports understanding coordinate grid
      - Positional Language hard
        Position/direction vocabulary with right angles extends basic positional language
      - Turns & Directions hard
        Right-angle turns (clockwise/anti-clockwise) build directly on whole/half/quarter turns from Year 1
        
        What Is a Half? soft
        Understanding half and quarter turns benefits from the concept of halves and quarters
        
        Division as equal sharing hard
        Finding a half requires equal sharing into 2 groups — a division concept
        
        Subtraction as taking away or separating hard
        Division as equal sharing/grouping requires understanding subtraction as taking away/separating
        
        How Many in Total? hard
        Understanding subtraction as taking away requires knowing numbers represent quantities (cardinality)
        
        One-to-one counting hard
        Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
        
        Positional Language hard
        Describing movement and turns builds on positional language
  - Understanding angles (age 8+) soft
    Shape classification supports completing polygons on grid
    - 2-D shapes (age 6+) hard
      Identifying 2D shape properties is prerequisite to classifying by shared attributes
      - Angles in triangles (age 6+) soft
        Understanding defining attributes supports describing shape properties formally
        
        2-D shapes hard
        Distinguishing defining vs non-defining attributes requires knowing common 2-D shape names first
        
        3-D shapes (age 5+) hard
        Identifying defining attributes builds on informal analysis and comparison of shapes
        
        2-D shapes hard
        Analysing and comparing shapes requires being able to name them first
        
        3-D shapes hard
        Analysing 3-D shapes requires recognising and naming them
      - 2-D shapes hard
        Describing properties of 2-D shapes (sides, symmetry) requires knowing the shapes first
      - 3-D shapes (age 5+) hard
        Formal property description extends informal analysis of sides and vertices
        
        2-D shapes hard
        Analysing and comparing shapes requires being able to name them first
        
        3-D shapes hard
        Analysing 3-D shapes requires recognising and naming them
    - Angles in triangles (age 7+) hard
      Recognising shapes by attributes is prerequisite to quadrilateral hierarchy classification
      - Angles in triangles (age 6+) hard
        Drawing shapes by attributes extends understanding defining vs non-defining attributes
        
        2-D shapes hard
        Distinguishing defining vs non-defining attributes requires knowing common 2-D shape names first
        
        3-D shapes (age 5+) hard
        Identifying defining attributes builds on informal analysis and comparison of shapes
        
        2-D shapes hard
        Analysing and comparing shapes requires being able to name them first
        
        3-D shapes hard
        Analysing 3-D shapes requires recognising and naming them
      - 2-D shapes (age 6+) hard
        Identifying pentagons, hexagons, quadrilaterals extends knowing 2-D shape properties
        
        Angles in triangles (age 6+) soft
        Understanding defining attributes supports describing shape properties formally
        
        2-D shapes hard
        Distinguishing defining vs non-defining attributes requires knowing common 2-D shape names first
        
        3-D shapes (age 5+) hard
        Identifying defining attributes builds on informal analysis and comparison of shapes
        
        2-D shapes hard
        Analysing and comparing shapes requires being able to name them first
        
        3-D shapes hard
        Analysing 3-D shapes requires recognising and naming them
        
        2-D shapes hard
        Describing properties of 2-D shapes (sides, symmetry) requires knowing the shapes first
        
        3-D shapes (age 5+) hard
        Formal property description extends informal analysis of sides and vertices
        
        2-D shapes hard
        Analysing and comparing shapes requires being able to name them first
        
        3-D shapes hard
        Analysing 3-D shapes requires recognising and naming them
- Measuring temperature hard
  Negative coordinates require understanding of negative numbers
  - Negative numbers in context hard
    Calculating intervals across zero extends Y5 negative number context
    - Negative Numbers hard
      Counting through zero is prerequisite to interpreting negative numbers in context
      - Counting Within 1,000 hard
        Counting backwards through zero extends counting backwards within 1000
        
        Counting in 2s hard
        Counting to 1000 by 5s/10s/100s extends skip counting from Year 2
        
        Rote counting to 100 hard
        Skip counting in 2s, 5s, 10s requires fluent rote counting by ones first
        
        One-to-one counting hard
        One-to-one correspondence requires knowing the number name sequence
        
        The multiples of 100 soft
        Understanding multiples of 100 supports skip counting by 100s
        
        A Hundred Is Ten Tens hard
        Multiples of 100 require understanding 100 as a unit
        
        A Ten Is Ten Ones hard
        100 as ten tens extends understanding of 10 as ten ones
        
        The teen numbers hard
        Understanding 10 as a bundle builds on understanding teen numbers as 'a ten and some ones'
        
        How Many in Total? hard
        Understanding tens-and-ones composition requires cardinality — knowing numbers represent quantities
        
        One-to-one counting hard
        Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
        
        Reading and writing numbers to 20 hard
        Composing/decomposing teen numbers requires reading and writing those numerals
        
        How Many in Total? hard
        Reading/writing numerals 0–20 requires understanding that numerals represent quantities (cardinality)
        
        Writing digits 0-9 hard
        Writing numerals requires the motor skill of forming digits 0-9 (taught in English handwriting)
        
        The two digits of a two-digit number hard
        Must understand two-digit place value before extending to hundreds
        
        A Ten Is Ten Ones hard
        Understanding tens and ones place value requires the concept of 10 as a bundle
        
        The teen numbers hard
        Understanding 10 as a bundle builds on understanding teen numbers as 'a ten and some ones'
        
        How Many in Total? hard
        Understanding tens-and-ones composition requires cardinality — knowing numbers represent quantities
        
        Reading and writing numbers to 20 hard
        Composing/decomposing teen numbers requires reading and writing those numerals
        
        The teen numbers hard
        General two-digit place value extends from understanding teen number composition
        
        How Many in Total? hard
        Understanding tens-and-ones composition requires cardinality — knowing numbers represent quantities
        
        One-to-one counting hard
        Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
        
        Reading and writing numbers to 20 hard
        Composing/decomposing teen numbers requires reading and writing those numerals
        
        How Many in Total? hard
        Reading/writing numerals 0–20 requires understanding that numerals represent quantities (cardinality)
        
        Writing digits 0-9 hard
        Writing numerals requires the motor skill of forming digits 0-9 (taught in English handwriting)
- Transformations on a grid soft
  Working with the full coordinate grid (all four quadrants) extends the transformation diagram to negative coordinates
- Plotting points in the first quadrant hard
  Four-quadrant coordinates extend first-quadrant plotting
  - Numbers on a number line hard
    Plotting points requires understanding the coordinate system
    - Lines, Rays & Angles hard
      Coordinate system builds on understanding perpendicular lines
      - Types of angles hard
        Y4 acute/obtuse angle identification is prerequisite to drawing and labelling angle types
        
        Right Angles & Turns hard
        Identifying right angles and greater/less than right angle is prerequisite to naming acute/obtuse
        
        Understanding angles hard
        Identifying right angles requires understanding what an angle is
        
        2-D shapes (age 6+) soft
        Understanding angles as shape properties requires knowing basic shape properties
        
        Angles in triangles (age 6+) soft
        Understanding defining attributes supports describing shape properties formally
        
        2-D shapes hard
        Distinguishing defining vs non-defining attributes requires knowing common 2-D shape names first
        
        3-D shapes (age 5+) hard
        Identifying defining attributes builds on informal analysis and comparison of shapes
        
        2-D shapes hard
        Analysing and comparing shapes requires being able to name them first
        
        3-D shapes hard
        Analysing 3-D shapes requires recognising and naming them
        
        2-D shapes hard
        Describing properties of 2-D shapes (sides, symmetry) requires knowing the shapes first
        
        3-D shapes (age 5+) hard
        Formal property description extends informal analysis of sides and vertices
        
        2-D shapes hard
        Analysing and comparing shapes requires being able to name them first
        
        3-D shapes hard
        Analysing 3-D shapes requires recognising and naming them
        
        Position, direction, and movement hard
        Recognising angles as turns extends Y2 work on quarter/half/three-quarter turns
        
        Positional Language hard
        Position/direction vocabulary with right angles extends basic positional language
        
        Turns & Directions hard
        Right-angle turns (clockwise/anti-clockwise) build directly on whole/half/quarter turns from Year 1
        
        What Is a Half? soft
        Understanding half and quarter turns benefits from the concept of halves and quarters
        
        Division as equal sharing hard
        Finding a half requires equal sharing into 2 groups — a division concept
        
        Positional Language hard
        Describing movement and turns builds on positional language
        
        Types of angles (age 8+) soft
        Identifying right angles and turns is supported by the convention of marking right angles with a small square
        
        Position, direction, and movement hard
        Right angles as quarter turns extends Y2 turn vocabulary
        
        Positional Language hard
        Position/direction vocabulary with right angles extends basic positional language
        
        Turns & Directions hard
        Right-angle turns (clockwise/anti-clockwise) build directly on whole/half/quarter turns from Year 1
        
        What Is a Half? soft
        Understanding half and quarter turns benefits from the concept of halves and quarters
        
        Division as equal sharing hard
        Finding a half requires equal sharing into 2 groups — a division concept
        
        Subtraction as taking away or separating hard
        Division as equal sharing/grouping requires understanding subtraction as taking away/separating
        
        Positional Language hard
        Describing movement and turns builds on positional language
      - Parallel and perpendicular lines hard
        Y3 horizontal/vertical/perpendicular/parallel lines is prerequisite to drawing and identifying them formally
        
        Right Angles & Turns hard
        Perpendicular lines require understanding right angles
        
        Understanding angles hard
        Identifying right angles requires understanding what an angle is
        
        2-D shapes (age 6+) soft
        Understanding angles as shape properties requires knowing basic shape properties
        
        Angles in triangles (age 6+) soft
        Understanding defining attributes supports describing shape properties formally
        
        2-D shapes hard
        Distinguishing defining vs non-defining attributes requires knowing common 2-D shape names first
        
        3-D shapes (age 5+) hard
        Identifying defining attributes builds on informal analysis and comparison of shapes
        
        2-D shapes hard
        Analysing and comparing shapes requires being able to name them first
        
        3-D shapes hard
        Analysing 3-D shapes requires recognising and naming them
        
        2-D shapes hard
        Describing properties of 2-D shapes (sides, symmetry) requires knowing the shapes first
        
        3-D shapes (age 5+) hard
        Formal property description extends informal analysis of sides and vertices
        
        2-D shapes hard
        Analysing and comparing shapes requires being able to name them first
        
        3-D shapes hard
        Analysing 3-D shapes requires recognising and naming them
        
        Position, direction, and movement hard
        Recognising angles as turns extends Y2 work on quarter/half/three-quarter turns
        
        Positional Language hard
        Position/direction vocabulary with right angles extends basic positional language
        
        Turns & Directions hard
        Right-angle turns (clockwise/anti-clockwise) build directly on whole/half/quarter turns from Year 1
        
        What Is a Half? soft
        Understanding half and quarter turns benefits from the concept of halves and quarters
        
        Division as equal sharing hard
        Finding a half requires equal sharing into 2 groups — a division concept
        
        Positional Language hard
        Describing movement and turns builds on positional language
        
        Types of angles (age 8+) soft
        Identifying right angles and turns is supported by the convention of marking right angles with a small square
        
        Position, direction, and movement hard
        Right angles as quarter turns extends Y2 turn vocabulary
        
        Positional Language hard
        Position/direction vocabulary with right angles extends basic positional language
        
        Turns & Directions hard
        Right-angle turns (clockwise/anti-clockwise) build directly on whole/half/quarter turns from Year 1
        
        What Is a Half? soft
        Understanding half and quarter turns benefits from the concept of halves and quarters
        
        Division as equal sharing hard
        Finding a half requires equal sharing into 2 groups — a division concept
        
        Subtraction as taking away or separating hard
        Division as equal sharing/grouping requires understanding subtraction as taking away/separating
        
        Positional Language hard
        Describing movement and turns builds on positional language
        
        Positional Language soft
        Horizontal/vertical builds on positional vocabulary
Transformations on a grid hard
Drawing and describing translations and reflections on coordinate planes is the direct application of transformation diagram skills

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