The worksheet titled "Plotting Points, Writing Ordered Pairs, and Identifying Points on a Graph" features a coordinate plane. The first part of the worksheet displays pictures, like a carrot, football, and rosebud, on the coordinate plane. Students use the ordered pairs to find the picture that's in that spot. They must also write the ordered pair for each given picture.

Then, the worksheet progresses to coordinate planes with dots that are labeled with letters. Students must find the letter at each ordered pair and write the ordered pair for each given point. They also have to plot new points on the coordinate grid using the ordered pairs that are given.

Students get to flex their critical thinking and spatial understanding skills when completing math problems that are associated with a coordinate plane. Not to mention, knowing how to use a coordinate plane is a skill that will come in handy later when students start learning algebra, geometry, and trigonometry.

Very young students will find working with a coordinate plane more engaging if you can incorporate pictures. Use images as points on a coordinate plane and ask them to identify which picture they see after giving them an ordered pair. For example, you might give them the ordered pair (4,5). Then, they look at the grid and draw a mitten on the line because that's what is found on that spot on the graph.

When they get comfortable reading a coordinate plane, you can introduce letters on points on the grid instead of pictures. Students can identify the letter that's associated with ordered pairs. You can also give them a letter, and they have to write the ordered pair. Students can even graph their own points on the coordinate grid. This activity can be a lot of fun if the points that they graph reveal a picture!