How do you handle common mistakes in your classroom? A graphing activity prepares scholars to recognize common misconceptions when graphing ordered pairs. The activity concentrates on three common graphing mistakes.

Concepts

graphing, graphing points, ordered pairs, coordinate plane, x-axis, x-coordinates, y-axis, coordinate pair

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Give a pre- and post-test before and after the lesson to gauge improvement in understanding

Classroom Considerations

• Provide individuals with graph paper and colored pencils to complete the lesson
• Expects previous experience with graphing on a coordinate plane

Pros

• Provides notes to help plan for instruction
• Allows pupils to make their own conclusions with guided support

Cons

• None

Common Core

6.SP.B.4