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By practicing graphing skills, students are increasing their visual thinking and problem solving skills.
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Susan Shonle on 31 Jan 12By practicing graphing skills, students increase their visual thinking and problem solving skills
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Coordinate planes? Four quadrants? Ordered pairs? These are terms that make students in the middle grades uneasy. However, with practice, graphing on the coordinate plane can be an enjoyable activity.
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Extension: If each ordered pair is graphed accurately and each point is connected in the given order, you will have created a five-pointed star! This makes a connection with math to art (shapes are an element of art). Adaptations: ESL students would see the answer in picture form. Gifted students could make other graphs with this activity. Special Ed students could work in pairs.
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